Henry Tibbetts

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Tibbetts was born on 15 May 1761, in Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Tibbitts Jr., was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Fry, was 21. He had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Lucy Wightman. He died on 28 February 1854, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 92.

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Family Time Line

Henry Tibbetts
1761–1854
Lucy Wightman
1773–
Elizabeth Tibbets
1791–1873
Benjamin B. Tibbetts
1797–1851
William Tibbitts
1794–1877
Sarah Tibbetts
1796–1888
Whitman Tibbits
1799–1884
Tabitha S. Tibbetts
1799–1863
Clarissa S. Tibbitts
1803–1901
Lydia A Tibbetts
1809–1869
John G. Tibbetts
1814–1885
Henry Augustus Tibbits
1815–1905

Sources (18)

  • Henry Tibbets, "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932"
  • Henry Tibbitts, "Rhode Island, Town Deaths and Burials Index, 1639-1932"
  • Henry Tibbitts, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1955"

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Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire): variant of Tebbutt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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