Henry Tibbitts II (abt. 1662 - abt. 1702)

Born about 1662 in Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island

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Died about 27 Dec 1702 at about age 40 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

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Biography

Henry Tibbitts Jr., son of Henry Tibbitts (abt.1636-bef.1713) and Sarah (Stanton) Tibbetts (1640-aft.1708), was born in 1662 at Quidnessett, Rochester (later Kingstown) Rhode Island.

On 6 September 1687, Henry Tibbitts Jr. is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 0s 0d, which places him as an adult resident in Kingstown, RI on this date. ^[1] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house 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. Therefore, this tax 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. ^[2]

Photo: Tibbitts House ca.1700 Administration to widow Rebecca. Inventory, £274. 8s. 2d.

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
2. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.

Other Sources

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• "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KC-KG6 : 4 November 2020), Henry Tibbits in entry for William Tibbits, 1736.
• "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KC-K2G : 4 November 2020), Henry Tibbits in entry for Frances Green, 1712.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZB-QCR1 : 15 December 2020), Henry Tibbitts, Oct 1703; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140772.

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• FamilySearch profile for Henry Tibbetts Jr..