John Gibbs was an Archdeacon of Down from 1869 until1880 Belfast/ Ulster Street Directory (Hillsborough his death.The Morning Post (London, England), Friday, May 31, 1890; pg. 5; Issue 36804.

Gibbs was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1851.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1885 p452: London, Horace Cox, 1885 He served curacies at Bushmills and Shankhill. He was Rector of Hillsborough from 1869 until his death on 29 May 1890.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Belfast News Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, June 3, 1890; Issue 23372.

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