Henry Tibbitts (abt. 1636 - bef. 1713)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Marriage 1.2 Life Timeline 1.3 Rhode Island Borders 1.4 The Lands of Henry Tibbetts 1.5 Last Will of Henry Tibbetts 2 Genealogical Records 2.1 Marriage Records 2.2 Vital Records 2.3 Land Records 2.4 Tax Records 2.5 Published Genealogical Information 3 Research Notes 4 Sources 4.1 Other Sources

Biography

Henry Tibbetts was born sometime between 1625 and 1640 possibly at Warwickshire, England; the earliest Rhode Island records for Henry Tibbetts, are from June 1658 Newport court records and affirm that he immigrated to Rhode Island prior to this date. The Warwickshire, England point of origin for Henry is found in the Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family memoirs; page 329: by Cuyler Reynolds, ^[1] a pay-for publication genealogy service popular in the early 1900's, and this information tidbit, not found elsewhere, was likely gleaned from family lore during subject interviews of Tibbetts family members; hence hearsay, and therefore this assertion may, or may not be correct.

Marriage

The identity of Henry's parents is presently (2024) unknown, but there are reliable records documenting his marriage to Sarah (Stanton) Tibbetts (1640-aft.1708) in December of 1661 at Kingston, Rhode Island. ^[2][3][4] Austin asserts Sarah to have been the daughter of Robert and Avis Stanton. ^[5] This marriage record establishes an upper birth date range for both Henry and Sarah of about 1640, it places Henry in Kingstown, RI by 1660, and it establishes that he followed the Quaker faith. It is known that Henry died on or slightly before 1713, hence assuming an upper average lifespan of 85 years; one may then set the probable lower end of Henry's birth date range to 1628, yielding a probable midpoint-estimated date for his birth of 1634. There are a significant number of primary records for Henry and his family appearing in the Narragansett Rhode Island records after his 1661 marriage, but none have been found prior to this date, substantiating his arrival in Rhode Island to have been shortly prior to his 1661 marriage. There are also a number of published genealogies for him and his family. The gathered records render his Tibbetts surname in a variety of spellings; it may be found in records written in any of the following variants: Tebbetts, Tibbetts, Tibbits, Tibbitts, Tybits Tippets, and/or Tippett (and perhaps others).

• Children of Henry Tibbetts and Sarah Stanton; the exact dates and birth order of their children is unknown, the birth order listed below is based on the sequential order of estimated birth dates assigned to his children in Wikitree: ^[6]

1. Mary (Tibbetts) Greene (1661-1708) married Edward Greene (abt.1643-abt.1717);
2. Henry Tibbitts II (abt.1662-abt.1702) married Rebecca Medbury;
3. Ann (Tibbitts) Fones (abt.1663-bef.1701) married Samuel Fones;
4. Daughter Unknown (Tibbitts) Tanner (abt.1664-abt.1688) married William Tanner Jr.
5. George Tibbitts (abt.1670-1746) married (1) Mary, (2) Alice Sherman and (3) Sarah Bliven;
6. Sarah Ann (Tibbitts) Hall (1672-1733) married William Hall;
7. Martha (Tibbitts) Stanton (abt.1673-1752) married Benjamin Stanton
8. John Tibbetts (1682-1755) married Elizabeth Hazard.

Life Timeline

Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, ^[5] and others, offer an extensive aggregation of the events in the life of Henry Tibbetts documented in a variety of Rhode Island records, the following is an account of the information found in those records:

1. ) 1658 Jun: At the General Court of Trials, an accusation that Henry Tibbetts stole six ewe goats from Henry Hobson was cleared and the goats were returned to Henry Tibbetts; also the Constable of Newport was also ordered to deliver a hat to Henry Tibbetts "which was taken by warrent of search out of Robert Spinks howse..."^[7]
2. ) 1663, Jul. 3: He and others of Narragansett desired to be under protection of Connecticut.
3. ) 1665, May 13: He and others petitioned the Assembly of Rhode Island for accommodation of land, &c., in Kings Province. :#) 1670, Jun. 22: Constable. He was appointed by Connecticut, and the inhabitants were desired to yield obedience to Connecticut rule.
4. ) 1671, May 20: He took oath of allegiance to Rhode Island
5. ) 1672. Jan. 1: He with five others bought a tract of land of Awashuwett, Chief Sachem of Quobesett in Narragansett (the two brothers and three sons of the sachem joining in deed),
6. ) 1677, May 2: The Rhode Island General Assembly at Newport voted on a petition from Thomas Gould, James Raynolds, and Henry Tibbitt "for instruction, assistance and advice as to the oppressions they suffer under from the Colony of Connecticut" arriving at a unanimous result to "vindicate their jurisdiction unto the Naraganset Countrey." The court statement goes on to further declare the authority of the court in the matter by asserting the proclamation: "hereby also strictly prohibiting the said Thomas Gould, James Raynolds and Henry Tibbitt, and all other persons inhabiting in the Naraganset Countrey, from yielding any subjection or obedience to any authority derived from any other Colony." This is followed by a 24 May 1677 court record in which the court addresses Mr. Thomas Gould, Mr. James Raynolds, and the rest who were carried away prisoners to Hartford, by the Colony of Connecticut, and declares it has addressed this issue of wrongful imprisonment, and thus the sovereignty of the Narragansett Country to the King of England. The King rules in favor of Rhode Island and on 12 Feb 1679 grants jurisdiction of the Narragansett and Niantick country to be governed by the Colony of Rhode Island. ^[8] page 197-199 Clearly, the Colony of Connecticut used this arrest and imprisonment of Tibbetts, Gould, and Reynolds, as a "show of force" to aggressively assert their supreme governmental authority over the Narragansett and Niantick country in direct response to the oath of allegiance these Quidnessett landholders, situated in the Narragansett Country, had sworn to the government of Rhode Island in 1671.
7. ) 1678, Jun. 12: Constable; receiving his appointment this time from Rhode Island authorities,
8. ) 1670, Jul. 29: He and forty-one others of Narragansett signed a petition to the King praying that he “would put an end to these differences about the government thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising in people's minds as they stand affected to this or that government”
9. ) 1687, Sep. 6: On 6 September 1687 he is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1 s, and a property tax of 7s 4d, which places him as an adult, male resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. ^[9] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 138 individual taxpayers, but only eighty-five unique family groups living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. The list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. ^[10] Henry Sr.'s son, Henry Jr., and his son-in-law Edward Greene are also named on this tax roll.
10. ) 1687-88: Grand Jury.
11. ) 1688, Mar. 6: He and Daniel Vernon were empowered to take care that a certain highway in Kings Town be forthwith laid open for the use and benefit of the inhabitants.
12. ) 1690: Conservator of the Peace.
13. ) 1702: He gave 6s. toward building Quaker meeting house at Mashapaug.
14. ) 1702, Oct. 26: He bought 150 acres in Coweset of George Havens of Shelter lsland, for £80.
    1. ) In the Haven biography page of Austin's Genealogy he notes that: in 1724-09: Eleanor (Thurston) Terry former widow of George Havens sues George Tibbitts, heir of Henry Tibbets for right of dower on lands sold by her husband George Havens, to Henry Tibbitts in 1702, twenty-two years earlier. {Editorial Note: besides being an amazingly outrageous and brazen act by Eleanor Terry, this snippet also defines which of Henry's sons inherited the 150 acres at Coweset.}
15. ) 1703, Jul. 12: He was chosen with others to lay out highways.
16. ) 1705: Deputy.
17. ) 1708, Nov. 27: Will Written: Execs, wife Sarah and son George. To wife half of certain land while widow, as also half of orchard and housing. To son George and heirs male, he other half, and at wife's death he to have her part. To son John, land in East Greenwich where he lives. To eldest daughter Mary Greene, wife of Edward Greene of Aquidneset, £20 4s. To daughter Martha Stanton, wife of Benjamin £20. To Grandsons equally, (Except sons of Edward Greene, they being provided for) certain lands bought of the Indians. To three grandsons Thomas, Henry, and William, sons of Henry, deceased, daughter-in-law Rebecca Tibbitts, widow of Henry, and grand daughters Rebecca, Avis, and Dinah, daughters of Henry, each £5. To grand daughter Anne Fones, daughter of Samuel Fones, £10. To grandson William Tanner, land purchased of Thomas Stanton of Stonington, and five loads of hay. Son George to take care of his mother &c. Inv. £64, 11s.
18. ) 1710, Jan. 9: He deeded son John of East Greenwich, 90 acres there.
19. ) 1713, Jul. 13: Will proved.

Rhode Island Borders

Henry Tibbetts landed squarely in the middle of a three way power struggle for control of what is presently the western half of Rhode Island. At the time Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were all vying for control of the area, and it was not it was not all clear who would prevail in this power struggle. The following is the story of what was at stake, the political maneuvering that ensued, and how Henry Tibbetts got caught up in the conflict.

The Lands of Henry Tibbetts

Land in Quidnesett (North Kingstown):

In accordance with this 1718 plat map of Quidnesett Neck, Rhode Island, supplied by Homer Aylesworth, the farm of Henry Tibbetts is situated adjacent to the farm of Arthur Aylesworth on: ^[11]:

1718 Plat of Quidnesett, Rhode Island

Note that the plat map is dated 8 Feb 1718, five years after the 1713 death of Henry Tibbetts and yet the owner of lot #36 is still identified as Henry Tibbetts; a detailed examination of the owner's list in this plat map reveals a far greater correlation to the names of the original 1661 owners of the lots than it does to the owner's in 1718. For example, the Fone's Record ^[12] clearly documents that the lot in the far northeast corner of the map labelled Henry Fowler was sold by Fowler in 1666 to Thomas Clark; then in 1666 ^[12](Fones; page 90) Thomas Clark sold the farm back to the land agent Wm. Hudson. Wm Hudson, in turn sold the farm to Henry Tibbetts in 1667 ^[12](Fones; page 90) and finally it is probable that it is this farm that Henry Tibbetts bequeathed to his grandson William Tanner Jr. in 1713. Thus this Henry Fowler farm changed hands four times between the time it was assigned to the original owner, Henry Fowler in 1661, and in 1718 when the probable owner was William Tanner Jr. (Not Henry Fowler). A similar analysis on other lots yields the same conclusion, viz this map drawn in 1718 is the mapmaker's representation of the original 1661 ownership assignments of the properties (or of those shortly thereafter), and not the present ownership in 1718. The present day location of Henry Tibbetts homestead may be found on Google maps as the area bounded by Essex Road on the south; the bend in the Hunt River (and Potowomut Pond) to the north and highway 1 to the west. These present day roads are well correlated to the roads shown on the 1718 plat map.

Land at Misquamicutt (Westerly) Henry Tibbitts name was included in the lottery for land lots at Misquamocuck, and was granted ownership for Lot 11 on 15 Sept 1661. Other Quidnesett owners (see plat map above) were granted land at Westerly in this Lottery: {note would need to have been born prior to 1640.}

• Caleb Carr lot 27. Probably Caleb Carr I (bef.1623-1695)
• Thomas Gould lot 64. No viable candidate presently in wikitree Thomas Gould (1654-1734) was only 7 years old in 1661.
• John Green lot 42 Probably John Greene (1606-abt.1695)
• Capt. {John} Cranston lot 88. Probably John Cranston (1625-1680)
• Walter Cunnigrove lot 53
• John Samford lot 75. Possible John Cranston (1625-1680)

Those related: Jeremy Willis to Ruben Willis; Jeremiah Westcoat to Robert Westcott (bef.1631-1675)

Purchased (with John Greene, Thomas Waterman, John Andrew, John Briggs, John Fones ) land from Anashuecot, chief Sachem Fones Record; page 166 167. 18 Oct 1686 purhased land from indians Devils foot, pasture Pasutat, Masquechuaug river, Potowome river. This land is in East Greenwich just across the Masquechuaug river from the first farm owned by Henry Tybits

Austin notes that Henry Tibbetts purchased 80 acres from George Havens in East Greenwich.

Last Will of Henry Tibbetts

The will of Henry Tibbetts was recorded in the town records of North Kingstown, but was severely damaged by the 1850 fire that partially destroyed the town records. Abstractions and paraphrases of the will have been recorded in the works of Austin, and George Tanner, but the 1996 work of Alden G. Beaman ^[13] provides a recent preservation of the document and provides some evidence the work remains extant to this date, though, as of Jan 2024, no scanned, indexed copy of the image has been found available on line. Alden's work remains under copyright protection and is therefore not readily accessible online; hence while not completely certain (as the document is not easily available for a cross-check), it would appear the following extraction was pulled from Beaman's tome:

Tibbets, Henry. Will dated 27 Nov 1708, pgs 139-142. Mentions Wife Sarah Tibbits. Sons George Tibbits, John Tibbits, & Henry Tibbits dec leaving widow testator's daughter-in-law Reb[burn]. Daughters [assumed in some cases when relationship burned away] Mary Green wife of Edward Green, Sarah Hall wife of [burn], & [burn]ha Stanton wife of Benjamin Stanton. Grandsons Thomas Tibbits, Henry Tibbits under 21, & William Tibbits. 3 Granddaughters daughters of son Henry, viz: Rebecah, Avis, & Dinah all under 18 & unmarried. Granddaughter Anna Ffones daughter of S[burn]. [burn]lliam Tanner who rec'd land. Witn: [burn]eremiah Gould, [burn]hn Willson, [burn]leg Card.

Gives "to grandson William Tanner, land purchased of Thomas Stanton, of Stonington, etc."

Austin's abstract ^[5] reads as follows:

Genealogical Dictionary of RI; Page 202: Execs, wife Sarah and son George. To wife half of certain land while widow, as also half of orchard and housing. To son George and heirs male, he other half, and at wife's death he to have her part. To son John, land in East Greenwich where he lives. To eldest daughter Mary Greene, wife of Edward Greene of Aquidneset, £20 4s. To daughter Martha Stanton, wife of Benjamin £20. To Grandsons equally, (Except sons of Edward Greene, they being provided for) certain lands bought of the Indians. To three grandsons Thomas, Henry, and William, sons of Henry, deceased, daughter-in-law Rebecca Tibbitts, widow of Henry, and grand daughters Rebecca, Avis, and Dinah, daughters of Henry, each £5. To grand daughter Anne Fones, daughter of Samuel Fones, £10. To grandson William Tanner, land purchased of Thomas Stanton of Stonington, and five loads of hay. Son George to take care of his mother &c. Inv. £64, 11s.

Finally George Tanner's ^[14] abstraction of the document gives us the following:

Tanner Genealogy; page 13: Henry Tibbitts, wife Sarah, daughter of Robert and Avis Stanton: Will made November 27th, 1708, proved July 13th, 1713, gives "to grandson William Tanner, land purchased of Thomas Stanton, of Stonington, etc.

The description of the land as deeded by Henry Tibbitts to his grandson William Tanner, shows that the land lay in North Kingstown, and was the land owned by his desendants until within a few years. "One Hundred and Fifty Acres, bounded by George Tibbitts, Arthur Aylesworth, John Briggs, ***it being the s*** given to said Tanner By the last Will and testament of me, to have and to hold, &c., ***after the decease of me the said Henry Tibbitts the deceased *****bbitts, to him the said William Tanner his heirs, And the said H*** with the said William Tanner *** times forever hereafter the Decease of me the said Hen****te of my wife Sarah Tibbitts. Witness that this is my Deed of Gift, &c. Signed, The Marke of Henry (H) T****"

The notation showing that Henry Tibbett's will was proved on 13 July 1713, closes the final chapter of his story.

End of Biography.

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Genealogical Records

The following section of this profile provides detailed information found in the collected information sources. The purpose of this section is to provide the reader access to the information contained within the cited sources; to examine the genealogical record for areas of data corroboration and conflict, and to establish a hierarchy of reliability for the cited information. In addition, this section provides a platform to analyze, cross-correlate, and comment on important aspects of the cited historical data record.

Marriage Records

• Derivative Primary Source, Rhode Island Marriage Records ^[2] Data Extract:

• Quaker Marriages, Page 36: Henry Tibbetts married Sarah Stanton, Dec. __, 1661.
• Quaker Marriages, page 140: George Tibbetts of North Kingstown, and Sarah Bleson, of Swanzey, daughter of John, deceased, married 30 d, 10m, 1725.

• Secondary Source, William Montgomery Clemens; American Marriages Before 1699; ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Marriages prior to 1699; page 202: Sarah Stanton married Henry Tibbits, December 1661, Kingston, R.I.

• Secondary Source, Clarence Almon Torrey, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Vol III ^[4] Data extract:

1. ) Torrey's pre-1700 Marriages; page 1517 of 2308: TIBBETS, Henry (-1713) & [Sarah STANTON] (?1640-1708+); Dec 1661; Kingstown, RI/N Kingstown, RI. {Briggs-Degroff 225,228, 299; RI VR 7:34,36; Austin's Dict. 80, 202, 388; Stanton (#2) 1; LBDF&P #352; NYGBR 50: 354-5.}

Vital Records

• Primary Source, Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County ^[15] Volume 5, Early Vital records from North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island:

1. ) North Kingston Records; Page 47, (96 of 920): John Tibbetts, of Henry, and Elizabeth Hazard, m. at E. Greenwich, ____ 7, 1705,

Land Records

• Secondary source, derived from primary sources, James, N. Arnold; ^[16] Data Extract: {Editorial Note: the original texts, cited below, are court records, generally real estate deeds, associated with real estate transactions for the "Narragansett Lands;" a strip of land along the western shore of the Narragansett Bay, in Rhode Island, running from Point Judith on the south to Pojack on the north. The records were recorded in Boston, Massachusetts and begin with the original purchase of this land from the Narragansett sachem, xxx in 1660 and go up to about ddd, when the English King ruled that this land should be governed by the government administrators of Rhode Island. Each document is lengthy, and the language is a bit convoluted, so in the interest of clarity and brevity the following information abstracts have been created to capture the essence of the records. The reader is encouraged to click on the hot links to view the entirety of the original documents.}

Tax Records

1689:

• Secondary Source, Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; ^[9] Data Extract:

1. ) Ancestry.com ImageRI Taxes under Gov. Andros Page 592: Taxes under Gov. Andros: Assessments of ye Estates of ye Town of Rochester (later renamed Kingstown) in ye Kings Province September 6th, 1687: Henry Tebbitts Senio^r 1s pole; 7s 4d.

Published Genealogical Information

1835:

• Secondary Source, Elisha Reynolds Potter;Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol III; ^[17] Data Extract:

1. ) Narragansett History; page 75; 1671-05-20 {Rhode Island} Court session at Acquedneset {Quidnessett}. Mr. Samuel Dyre, Robert Spinke, Lieut. Robert Westcott, John Greene, George Wightman, Mr. Thomas Gould, Henry Tibbits, Daniel Gould, James Reinolds, Samuel Waite, John Briggs, John Andrew, Thomas Waterman were called to court to give their "engagement" to the Colony of Rhode Island and were informed the Colony made no claim to the land they inhabit. The following made and engagement {oath} to Rhode Island: Mr. Thomas Gould, Mr. Samtel Dyre, Mr. James Reinolds, John Sweet, Sen., John Andrew, Henry Tibbits, Samuel Waite, William Downing, Henry Greene, John Pratt, John Briggs, John Greene, George Browne, William Helmes, Daniel Greene, George Wightman, Robert Westcott, Robert Spinke, Samuel Pratt, Lodowick Updike, Richard Updike
2. ) [https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofna00pott/page/76/mode/2up?q=Henry 1672-01-01: Devil's foot on Fones' Purchase. Awashowat's deed to John Greene, Thomas Waterman, John Andrew, Henry Tibbits, John Briggs and John Fones, &c. of a tract North of the Devil's Foot, (L. E. 2. 189— N. K. Rec. 2. 54,) bounded from John Andrew's house by the road to the Devil's Foot — thence strait over river Passatuthonsee, to a rock — thence strait North to a river running into Maskachaug cove, and along said river to Ward's cove — thence along road, South-east to Potowome river, as high as salt water, and thence strait to Andrew's house.
   1. ) 1677: Fones' purchase was confirmed by the {Rhode Island} Assembly, to the then 24 partners, with a provision not to interfere with East Greenwich, or any prior grants, and with a reservation of one-third of the purchase for the use of the colony.
3. ) Narragansett History; page 106; 1687-03: Daniel Vernon and Henry Tibbits appointed to lay open certain highways in Rochester {Kingstown}.
4. ) Narragansett History; page 109; 1700-04-22: a court of enquiry was held in Kingstown, in consequence of a riot which had taken place there, and the forcibly rescuing a prisoner from the Deputy Sheriff. Henry Tibbits, Jr., John Tibbits, Zorobabel Westcoat and Elisha Michell, were fined, &c., but the three first, on making a proper acknowledgment, had apart of their fine remitted by the Assembly. Lieut. James Green, Israel Newton, Ishmael Spink, Edward Green, Daniel Greene, John Wightman, Valentine Wightman, John Green, Nicholas Utter, Jr., Thomas Withers, Charles Berry, Robert Aylesworth, Edward Hops, Joseph Dolliver, Jr. and Daniel Erolt, (the French Doctor's son,) were also fined, &c., but the execution of the sentence was suspended by the Assembly, on their recognizing to appear at the next General Court of Tryals. {Editorial note: rescued prisoner unknown, but the action riled up a major contingent of the community against the sheriff. Henry Tibbet's sons; also note Wightman, and Aylesworth families are living in Quinessett by 1700.}
5. ) RIHS; page 197 1677-05-02: Rhode Island Court ruled to extend state jurisdiction to Quidnessett response to a request from Thomas Gould, James Raynolds and 'Henry Tibbitt seeking "instruction, assistance and advice" in protection from oppression from the Colony of Connecticut. In return the petitioners are strictly prohibited from yielding any subjection or obedience to any authority derived from any other Colony.
6. ) RIHS; page 199: 1677-05-24: Thomas Gould, James Reynolds and others {Henry Tibbitts} were carried off to jail at Hartford by the Connecticut authorities. Rhode Island issued stern response to the Connecticut authorities demanding they cease and desist or face an appeal to the King.
7. ) page 223-225: Laying out of a Highway. signed by Henry Tibbitts (his mark)
8. ) Page 253: 1661-09-15: Misquamocuck {Misquamicut or Westerly}; Henry Tibbits receives lot 11 in the casting of lots for the initial distribution of lot in the town of Misquamocuck, RI.

1887:

• Secondary Source, John Osborne Austin , Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 , ^[5] Data Extract:

1. ) Genealogical Dictionary of RI; at Archive.org, Page 202 also at GDRI at Family Search; Page 202: Henry Tibbitts (____ - 1713) married 1661, Sarah Stanton (____- 1708) daughter of Robert & Avis Stanton. Kingstown, RI. Timeline of Henry Tibbitts events:
   1. ) 1663, Jul. 3: He and others of Narragansett desired to be under protection of Connecticut.
   2. ) 1665, May 13: He and others petitioned the Assembly of Rhode Island for accommodation of land, &c., in Kings Province. :##) 1670, Jun. 22: Constable. He was appointed by Connecticut, and the inhabitants were desired to yield obedience to Connecticut rule.
   3. ) 1671, May 20: He took oath of allegiance to Rhole Island
   4. ) 1672. Jan. 1: He with five others bought a tract of land of Awashuwett, Chief Sachem of Quobesett in Narragansett (the two brothers and three sons of the sachem joining in deed),
   5. ) 1677, May 2: He and others having been imprisoned by Connecticut authorities, the Rhode Island Assembly sent a letter of this date complaining thereof and asserting that if they persisted in “disturbing the inhabitants with illegal and forcible intensions, we shall be necessitated without further delay to represent the state of the difference between us unto His Sacred Majesty, in whose determination we shill acquiesce and to whose royal command we shall yield obedience,” &c.
   6. ) 1678, Jun. 12: Constable; receiving his appointment this time from Rhode Island authorities,
   7. ) 1670, Jul. 29: He and forty-one others of Narragansett signed a petition to the King praying that he “would put an end to these differences about the government thereof, which hath been so fatal to the prosperity of the place; animosities still arising in people's minds as they stand affected to this or that government”
   8. ) 1687, Sep. 6: Taxed 8s. 4d.
   9. ) 1687-88: Grand Jury.
   10. ) 1688, Mar. 6: He and Daniel Vernon were empowered to take care that a certain highway in Kings Town be forthwith laid open for the use and benefit of the inhabitants.
   11. ) 1690: Conservator of the Peace.
   12. ) 1702: He gave 6s. toward building Quaker meeting house at Mashapaug.
   13. ) 1702, Oct. 26: He bought 150 acres in Coweset of George Havens of Shelter lsland, for £80.
   14. ) 1703, Jul. 12: He was chosen with others to lay out highways.
   15. ) 1705: Deputy.
   16. ) 1708, Nov. 27: Will Written: Execs, wife Sarah and son George. To wife half of certain land while widow, as also half of orchard and housing. To son George and heirs male, he other half, and at wife's death he to have her part. To son John, land in East Greenwich where he lives. To eldest daughter Mary Greene, wife of Edward Greene of Aquidneset, £20 4s. To daughter Martha Stanton, wife of Benjamin £20. To Grandsons equally, (Except sons of Edward Greene, they being provided for) certain lands bought of the Indians. To three grandsons Thomas, Henry, and William, sons of Henry, deceased, daughter-in-law Rebecca Tibbitts, widow of Henry, and grand daughters Rebecca, Avis, and Dinah, daughters of Henry, each £5. To grand daughter Anne Fones, daughter of Samuel Fones, £10. To grandson William Tanner, land purchased of Thomas Stanton of Stonington, and five loads of hay. Son George to take care of his mother &c. Inv. £64, 11s.
   17. ) 1710, Jan. 9: He deeded son John of East Greenwich, 90 acres there.
   18. ) 1713, Jul. 13: Will proved.
2. ) Children of Henry Tibbitts and Sarah Stanton:
   1. ) Henry Tibbitts Jr. (__-1702, Dec 27.) married Rebecca (___). Of Kingstown, RI.
   2. ) Ann Tibbitts (__-1702) married Samuel Fones (1666 - 1757, Dec), son of John & Margaret (__) Fones of North Kingstown.
   3. ) George Tibbitts (__-1702) married (1st) Mary ____ (__); married (2nd) Alice Sherman (1680, Jan 12- __), of Samson & Isabel (Trippe) Sherman; married (3rd) 1725, Dec 30, Sarah Bliven (__- 1759) of John Bliven.
   4. ) John Tibbitts (__-__); married 1707, June 7 Elizabeth Hall (1687,Oct 2 - __), of William & Alice (Tripp) Hall
   5. ) Mary Tibbitts (__-__); married Edward Greene, of John and Joan (__) Greene.
   6. ) Sarah Tibbitts (__-__); married William Hall (1672-__) of William and Alice (Tripp) Hall.
   7. ) ____ Tibbitts (__) married William Tanner (__) of ____ Tanner.
3. ) GDRI; page 368: Robert Stanton

Research Notes

1. 2024-01-23: There is a second Henry Tibbetts (abt.1596-bef.1676) of Dover, New Hampshire, who lived as a contemporary of this Henry Tibbetts, but was older than this Henry, by about 40 years. The profile of Henry Tibbetts (abt.1596-bef.1676) excludes the Henry Tibbetts of this profile as a possible son.
   1. Possible?? birth record https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9049226:9198? Henry, b. 1631, son of John and Ann
2. 2023-04-30: Who was the Thomas Stanton, from whom Henry Tibbetts purchased the North Kingstown land bequeathed to Wm Tanner Jr. in 1708? Ans: possibly Thomas Stanton I (abt.1615-1677), most likely, son Thomas Stanton II (1638-1718), or (least likely) grandson Thomas Stanton III (1665-1683).
3. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol VII, T-Y, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. 2011. Page 38-40. Cites Henry Tibbets of Dover, New Hampshire only. Not the Henry of this profile. There is no Tibbetts (at all) in The Great Migration 1620-1633, Vol. III} and the text specifically excludes Henry Tibbetts of this profile as a son.
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Sources

1. ↑ Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed; Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs; Lewis Publishing co., New York; 1911.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Births, Marriages and Deaths; Vol VII Friends and Ministers;] Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1895. Vol. 7: "Friends and Ministers".
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriages Before 1699; Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA; Genealogical Publishing Co., Copyright,1985. Seventh printing 2004. Available at:

   1. ) Ancestry.com -- seachable on-line database; data access fee required. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA, 2012.
   2. ) New England Marriages prior to 1700; at American Ancestors. IMPORTANT NOTE American Ancestors cites the version of Torrey which includes Torrey's Source References, the version at Ancestry does not!
      1. ) Torrey uses a coded abbreviation for his source citations; a cross reference manual which expands Torrey's abbreviations into a title string having sufficient information to perform a source verification search may be found HERE.
   3. ) Print edition. This manuscript is still in print and may be available at Amazon.com or Abebooks.com or other rare booksellers. Note the edition without the references is a single volume, with references is a multivolume set.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation., Albany, NY., Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887. Public Domain. {Note there are two on-line sources offering scanned images of this text; archive.org and the book library of Family Search. The scanned image quality of the archive.org copy is poor, in some places unreadable. Family Search has three scanned copies of the book with good scanned image quality.]

   1. ) Archive.org: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Title Page
   2. ) Family Search book library: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Title Page

6. ↑ "History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1677-1960 with Related Genealogy" by Martha R. McPartland; East Greenwich Free Library Association; East Greenwich, Rhode Island; 1960. (974.502 EA7M ACPL)
7. ↑ RICR 1, 1920. Pages 42-43.
8. ↑ Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol III; Marshall, Brown, and Company; Providence, RI; 1835.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989.
10. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.
11. ↑ page 12
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Arnold, James, N.; The records of the proprietors of the Narragansett : otherwise called the Fones record, Vol I; Providence, RI.; Narraganssett Historical Publishing Co.; 1894. <
13. ↑ Rhode Island Genealogical Register (Beaman, ; Princeton, Mass., 1978-1996) Volume 4 No. 4, Abstracts North Kingstown Wills, Page 320.
14. ↑ Tanner, Rev. George C. D.D. William Tanner, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island and His Descendants, Faribault, Minn., Self published by the author. 1905 (original publication). Public Domain.
15. ↑ Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1894. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

    1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County--Title page Archive.org
    2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Title page at Ancestry

16. ↑ Arnold, James, N.; The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett: otherwise called the Fones record, Vol I; Providence, RI.; Narraganssett Historical Publishing Co.; 1894.
17. ↑ Potter, Elisha Reynolds; Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, Vol III; Providence; Marshall, Brown, and Co.; 1835. The early history of Narragansett; with an appendix of original documents, many of which are now for the first time published. Rhode Island Historical Society Collections

Other Sources

The following section provides a listing of source material that is pertinent to the profile subject, but not presently cited in the narrative text of the profile.

• Records of The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England (Providence Press Co., Providence, 1857) Vol. 2 1664-1677, Page 124, 323, 391, 413, 567, 582.

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1862) Vol. 4.

• Page 299: Henry Tibbets, of Wickford {Conn.} or Westerly {RI} in 1670 was made a Constable by auth. of Conn. but in the obscure controv. a. bounds between the Cols. of Conn. and R. I. he was claimed by both parties.

• Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Vol. 4, No. 4, Abstracts North Kingstown Wills, Page 320
• Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 138, 540, and 553.

• Smith, Joseph Jencks. Civil and Military List of Rhode Island. 1647-1800 (Preston and Rounds Co., Providence, R.I., 1900) Page 9.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7JFR-B2N2 : 15 December 2020), Henry Tibbitts, Nov 1678; citing Military Service, Rhode Island, United States, Citing Smith, United States; FHL microfilm 103140772.

• Briggs, Harry Tallmadge, 1874- The Colonial Ancestry of the Family of John Greene Briggs, son of Job Briggs, and Patience Greene, and Isabell Gibbs De Groff, daughter of William Stoutenburgh De Groff, and Susan Hopkins; New York, N.Y., Press of B. H. Tyrrel, 1940. {Largely a 1940s regurgitation of Austin.}

1. ) pages 225-226;

• Denison, Frederic. Westerly (Rhode Island) and its witnesses. J. A. & R. A. Reid. Providence. 1878. Purchase of Misquamicut, pp. 47-50

• Stanton, William Henry. Our ancestors the Stantons (Philadelphia, Priv. print. for W. H. Stanton 1922) Pages 28+

• https://archive.org/details/factsfanciesconc00unse/page/n15/mode/2up Facts and fancies concerning North Kingstown, Rhode Island;] DAR 1941.

• John Fones (1635-1703) John Fones of Fones records

• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924091024574&view=1up&seq=308 Henrie ____ 1655 freeman of Portmouth? Other Henrys Henry Bull, Henry Bowen, Henry Knowles, Henry Bishop, Henry Vane, Henry Timberleggs (or Timberlake), Henry Stephens, Henry Browne, Henry Townsend, Henry Redick, Henry Perran (or Perrie), Henry Stevens, Henry Hobson, Henry Pearcy