robert married abigail scholey, with whom he had nine children: anne hibbert, elizabeth hibbert, john hibbert (died 1770), margaret hibbert, samuel hibbert (died 1746), thomas hibbert (1744–1819; co-founder of family trading partnership, hibbert, purrier and horton), robert hibbert (1750–1835), george hibbert (1757–1837) and william hibbert (1759–1844).