Henry TIBBETTS

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Henry's will at Warwick was dated 30 Dec 1764, proved 28 Jan 1765 or 2 Feb 1765. He mentions sons Henry, Charles, and Waterman, and daughter Phebe. In November 1764, both Charles and Elizabeth Tibbetts died. It is not clear whether these were Henry's children or grandchildren. Henry himself died not long after they did. Capt. Samuel Tillinghast of Warwick recorded these deaths in his diary. The entry for 17 Jan 1765 reads, "Last night died Henry Tibbits, Who has been Long Ill with Many disorders. This is the third out of this Famely in about two months." Editor Cherry Fletcher Bamberg tells us that "John Gorton preached at the funerals of Charles and Elizabeth Tibbits on 16 Nov. 1764 and then at Henry Tibbits' funeral on 18 Jan. 1765." According to "John Gorton's Papers," Elder Gorton's text at Henry's funeral was Isaiah 55:3.

Cherry Fletcher Bamberg's book entitled "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, Rhode Island" says that Henry was the second son of his father Henry. It reports that he joined the Six-Principle Church of East Greenwich on 19 August 1754, and records that he contributed to repair the meetinghouse in 1763.

Henry was under 21 in 1708 when he was mentioned in his grandfather's will (NK 5:139 - 142). Some records say that he died 17 Jan 1765, but Capt. Samuel Tillinghast's Diary says the 16th.

Henry married Phebe WATERMAN 23 Nov 1738, Warwick, RI. Phebe (daughter of John WATERMAN and Anne OLNEY) was born Between 1705 and 1714; died Bef Dec 1764. [Group Sheet]

Henry — Ruth Brown. Ruth (daughter of Elisha Brown and Patience Edmunds) was born 27 Nov 1736, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Hannah Remington 15 Dec 1763, Warwick, RI. Hannah (daughter of Thomas REMINGTON, III and Abigail ELDREDGE) was born 11 May 1746, Warwick, RI; died 22 Apr 1766, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Waterman Tibbitts and his wife Mercy Waterman were first cousins, both descendents of Roger Williams through his daughter Mercy, who married Resolved Waterman, whose son John Waterman married Anne Olney. Waterman's mother -- Phebe, and Mercy's father -- John, were siblings, children of John and Anne.

Waterman & Mercy joined the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich together on 16 October 1783. According to author Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, this was 20 years after he contributed money to repair the meetinghouse, and 18 years after being married by Elder Gorton. At 12 o'clock on Christmas Day 1783, there was a church meeting held at "Brother Waterman Tibbitts." Other church meetings were noted as taking place there, also. Later, on 31 April 1787, they were given letters of recommendation to Elder Thomas Manchester's church in Coventry on 31 April 1787. Waterman became clerk of this assembly, the Maple Root Baptist Church, in 1790.

According to Bamberg's notes in the book "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, Rhode Island," he was born 13 April 1741 in Warwick, RI, by his own sworn testimony. He was a lifelong resident of Warwick. His Revolutionary War service consisted of short enlistments in various alarm companies spanning two years. Town records at Warwick in 1779 listed for Waterman Tibbetts: 93 acres of land used for hay, corn, apples, wood, pasteurage, a house, barn, cider house, corn crib, and a variety of farm animals. The 1798 Direct Tax recorded a two-story home, 40' x 24', on two acres about two miles from Apponaug. The family burial plot was originally located up on the hill where Tollgate High School is now, so I imagine his farm was in that area, probably bordering Bald Hill Road.

Waterman married Mercy WATERMAN 13 Dec 1764, Warwick, RI. Mercy (daughter of John WATERMAN and Mercy STAFFORD) was born 31 Dec 1742, Warwick, RI; died 10 May 1824; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI. [Group Sheet]

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She may be the Elizabeth whose marriage to Thomas Hill, Esq. is in the North Kingstown vital records, no date.

Phebe married Nicholas Harris, Sr. 25 Feb 1773, Warwick, RI. Nicholas was born 26 Aug 1749; died 22 Apr 1819. [Group Sheet]

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The Providence Phenix recorded the death of Charles Tibbitts on Oct. 2, 1812, in his 47th year. It stated that he left a wife and two children (see James Arnold's Vital Record of RI, 1636 - 1850, Deaths From Newspapers). His gravestone has ben photographed, but it is very difficult to read.

Charles married Maplet REMINGTON 1 Jun 1806, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Maplet (daughter of Jonathan REMINGTON and Phebe UNKNOWN) was born 2 Mar 1782, RI or MA; died 20 Dec 1861, West Greenwich, RI; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

John married Susan "Sukey" Greene Cooke 26 Jul 1790, East Greenwich, RI. Susan (daughter of Hopkins Cooke and Anne Arnold) was born Abt 1770; died 5 Oct 1855. [Group Sheet]

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Henry Tibbetts was a surgeon in the US Navy, and died at sea on the "Nathaniel Greene" (see Adelos Gorton's "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton," Philadelphia, 1907).

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Lafayette married #1: a lady from Newport, and #2: daughter of a French nobleman (according to Mrs. Morse).

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Daniel Tibbetts died at sea (see "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton" by Adelos Gorton, Philadelphia, 1907).

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In the 1850 Federal Census at Warwick, Kent, RI, the family is: Benjamin 69, Alma 62, Almira 36 (she would have been married at this time -- or widowed?), Susan A. 29, Daniel 27, & Benjamin W. 22.

His gravestone has been photographed.

Benjamin married Alma A. Arnold 5 Jan 1805, Warwick, RI. Alma (daughter of William Arnold and Ruth Burket) was born 22 Sep 1786; died 23 Sep 1869. [Group Sheet]

Julia married George Arnold Briggs 5 Jun 1836, Warwick, RI. George (son of John Briggs and Mercy Arnold) was born 12 Mar 1801, Warwick, RI; died 26 Dec 1871, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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I have copies of census pages from 1860 and 1880 showing Sally at ages 52 and 71, also a certified copy of her death certificate from the town of Coventry, as well as a photocopy of the original death record in the Coventry Book of Deaths for 1899. A photograph of her gravestone has been posted on the family tree at our web site [www.thesorensens.net].

Sally married Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD 24 Dec 1826, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Jeremiah (son of Carmi WHITFORD and Barbary BAILEY) was born 18 Sep 1805, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 29 Aug 1882, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Charles married two half-sisters who were daughters of William Wilkinson (1760-1852). Sarah was a daughter of William's first wife, Chloe Larned, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Larned of Killingly, CT; she died in 1797. Mary Rhodes was a daughter of William's second wife, Marcy Wilkinson, whom he married in 1798. She was a daughter of Oziel & Lydia (Smith) Wilkinson. Charles's wives were both seventh-generation descendents of Roger Williams, as he was.

Charles — Sarah Wilkinson. Sarah was born Abt 1793; died 18 Jun 1819; was buried , Cemetery 3, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Mary Rhodes Wilkinson 7 Oct 1823, Providence, RI. Mary (daughter of William Rhodes) was born 15 Oct 1806. [Group Sheet]

John — Catharine Wilson. [Group Sheet]

Ruth — Thomas Marble. Thomas (son of William Marble and Catherine Westcott) was born 31 Oct 1809; died 13 Oct 1894, Warwick, RI; was buried , Centerville Methodist Church Cemetery, West Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

Almira married Christopher H. Arnold 24 Dec 1846, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Mary A. Kelley 22 Nov 1851. Mary (daughter of John M. Kelley and Mary Unknown) was born 2 Sep 1830; died 14 Jun 1857. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Marion T. Gardner Aft Mar 1855. [Group Sheet]

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I cannot find Benjamin's dates in the RI Cemetery Database, but there are two infants who died young, who may have been his sons. They are both named Benjamin, and both are buried in the cemetery where his father Hon. Benjamin is buried.