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- --- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 82, 1797, page1104-6:
VIII. Edward Gibbon, eldest son of Alice, the second wife, born at Westcliffe, Oct. 9, 1637, married, about Jan. 1672, Martha, daughter of Sir John Roberts, of Cranbrook and Canterbury, knt, by Jane, daughter of Simon Bunce, of Throwleigh, by Anne, daughter and heir of Arthur Barham . . .
Their daughter Martha, wife of Edward Gibbon, died about Nov. 1677, leaving an only child, Jane Gibbon, born in 1675, who in 1704 married John Brydges, Esq. of Gray's-Inn, Barrister-at-Law, who, in consequence, became possessed of the mansion and estate of her relations, the Coppins, at Wootton, partly by settlement, and partly by purchase; and who, dying in July 1712, at the early age of 31, left her surviving till April 28, 1738. By this marriage, she was grandmother of the writer of this article.
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