▁in ▁Br istol ' s ▁Pri ory ▁Church ▁of ▁St ▁James . ▁ ▁Tw elve ▁months ▁before ▁his ▁death , ▁an ▁a iling ▁Henry ▁Gib bes ▁had ▁sent ▁the ▁young est ▁of ▁his ▁three ▁sons , ▁Philip , ▁to ▁the ▁newly ▁colon ised ▁West ▁Indian ▁island ▁of ▁Barb ados ▁to ▁seek ▁his ▁fortune . ▁He ▁would ▁be ▁joined ▁later ▁on ▁Barb ados ▁by ▁some ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁his ▁immediate ▁family — as ▁well ▁as ▁by ▁represent atives ▁of ▁the ▁wider ▁Gib bes ▁cl an . ▁Barb ados ▁was ▁in ▁those ▁days ▁a ▁propriet ary ▁col ony ▁of ▁Great ▁Britain . ▁It ▁became ▁a ▁refuge ▁for ▁Royal ists . ▁ ▁Philip ▁Gib bes ▁was ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁mon archy ▁and ▁a ▁Caval ier ▁by ▁political ▁and ▁religious ▁persu asion . ▁He ▁acquired ▁land ▁on ▁Barb ados ' ▁west ▁coast ▁and ▁prosper ed ▁through ▁the ▁propag ation ▁of ▁sugar c ane . ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁his ▁plant ation ▁in ▁St ▁James ▁Par ish ▁of ▁a ▁tropical ▁fe ver ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 8 ; ▁he ▁had ▁married ▁a ▁woman ▁named ▁A vis ▁and ▁founded ▁an ▁island ▁dynast y : ▁Sir ▁Philip ▁Gib bes , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron et ▁was ▁a ▁great - grand son . ▁The ▁Gib bes ▁family ▁made ▁their ▁money ▁by ▁har vest ing ▁and ▁mill ing ▁bulk ▁loads ▁of ▁sugar c ane , ▁using ▁black ▁slave ▁labour , ▁imported ▁from ▁Africa . ▁They ▁dist illed ▁and ▁export ed ▁rum ▁and ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁Tri angular ▁Trade . ▁Land