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TIBBETTS, Jeremiah

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  • Name TIBBETTS, Jeremiah  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 1631  Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Jeremiah (Jeremy) Tibbetts 
    Probate 5 May 1677  New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 5 May 1677  Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I15019  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father TIBBETTS, Henry,   b. 4 Jul 1596, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1676, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother AUSTIN, Elizabeth,   b. 1596, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1674, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1626  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 CANNEY, Mary,   b. Abt 1637, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1706, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1654  Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. TIBBETTS, Jeremiah,   b. 5 Jun 1656, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 17 Dec 1743, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. TIBBETS, Samuel,   b. 7 Aug 1666, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1738, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. TIBBETTS, Henry,   b. 1675, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1727, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. TIBBETTS, Hannah,   b. 25 Feb 1660, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1662, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. TIBBETTS, Benjamin,   b. 24 Feb 1658, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1748, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. TIBBETTS, Jeremiah,   b. 5 Jun 1656, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1743, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. TIBBETTS, Captain Thomas,   b. 24 Feb 1660, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1748, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. TIBBETTS, Joseph,   b. 7 Aug 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1745, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. TIBBETTS, Mary,   b. 24 Feb 1658, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1688, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. TIBBETTS, Elizabeth,   b. 1672, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1732, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. TIBBETTS, Ephraim,   b. Feb 1669, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1751, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. TIBBETTS, Nathaniel,   b. 1674, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1705, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. TIBBETTS, Martha,   b. 1670, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1677 (Age 7 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     14. TIBBETTS, Captain Thomas,   b. 24 Feb 1660, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1748, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Marriage 1654  [8] 
    Family ID F12618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1631 - Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1654 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 5 May 1677 - New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 May 1677 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Henry Tibbetts MA Pioneer

    Histories
    Jeremiah Tibbetts    		Jeremiah Tibbetts
    from the website: TIBBETTS FAMILY OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MAINE, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE    		from the website: TIBBETTS FAMILY OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MAINE, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Notes 
    • From http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cwinkleblack/tibbetts.html

      Jeremiah Tibbetts. b. 1631 in England. Came to New England in 1635 with his parents on the ship "James" and settled in Dover, N. H. He married Mary Canney, daughter of Thomas Canney of Dover, in c. 1654/5. He died in 1677 in Dover Neck, N. H., where he had been keeper of the jail for years. Mary d. Ju. 2, 1706 in Dover Neck, and married a second time to Nathaniel Loomis.

      Granted 100 a. in 1658 which James Clements owned in 1719. Witnessed ag. Richard Pinkham in 1660. Prison keeper of Dover 1670, when he wit. in suit H. Symonds v. Barefoot.

      Will, 5 May - 20 June 1677 (inv.), gives to s. Jeremiah 10 a. and two yearling stears in his poss. on Acc. of 13 pounds givin hem by his gr.fa. Canney which the testator used in his own behoof; to w. Mary half the ho. and barn for life, and all else to bring up 'our small children'; w. and s. Jeremiah execs., Job Clements and John Roberts overseers.
    • Jeremiah Tibbetts was born in England in 1631, and died on June 20, 1677, in Dover Neck (now, Dover), Strafford Co., N.H., aged 46 yrs. He married Mary Canney in Dover Neck in about 1654/5. Mary Canney was born in 1636 in Dover Neck, Strafford Co., N.H., and died there on July 2, 1706, aged 70 yrs.[1]

      Parents: Henry Tibbetts and Elizabeth Austin; and Thomas Canney and Mary Loome.

      Jeremiah Tibbetts was called Jeremy in the old Dover records. He was brought to New England by his parents in 1635, when he was four years old. Jeremiah was constable of Dover Neck in 1663 and 1666, and keeper of the Dover jail in 1670 and for several years thereafter. In 1665, he “stood up” for the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He had several grants of land from the town. The following church records show when five of their twelve children were born and when one of their children married.

      “Jeremiah : the Son of Jeremiah Tibbet by Mary his wife bo[rn] : ye 5 June 1656

      "Mary theire daughtr borne ye 15 Aprill : 1658 :

      "Thomas Tibbet Son of Jer : Tibbet by Mary his wife bo : 24 feb : 1659

      "Hannah Tibbet daughtr of Jer : Tibbet by Mary his wife bo : 25 feb : 1661

      "Joseph Tibbet Son : of Jer : Tibbet by Mary his wife bo : ye 7th August 1663

      "…

      "Samuel Tibbets mar : to Dorothy Tuttle Sept 1[s]t 1686” [2]

      Jeremiah Tibbetts wrote his will on May 5, 1677. It mentions his children by name and his father-in-law, Thomas Canney. The will was proved October 31, 1677. The inventory was completed on June 20, 1677, and his estate totaled £272.00.00. His will stated in essence:

      “In the name of God Amen: I, Jeremiah Tippetts of Dover Upon Puscataqua: now lying upon my sick bed but of my perfect mind & memory do commit and bequeath my soul & spirit to God that gave it & my outward estate as follows:

      "First I desire that my body be decently buried & that my funeral charges with all lawful debts due from me be honestly discharged & satisfied.

      "Next I ordaine & appoint my son Jeremiah that the remainder of that ten acres of land which I bought of the town which lies now without fence, with two yearling steers already in his possession be to him & his forever & on the account of thirteen pounds given to my said son by his grandfather Thomas Canny which I made use of for my own behalf.

      "Thirdly I do appoint & ordain to be in the hands of Mary my wife for the bringing up of our small children all my present estate: Except what shall hereafter be nominated: & the one half of my now dwelling house & barn to be for her own proper use during her life time but the former during her widowhood or as my executors shall see cause: it is to be understood that I assign my wife the new end of the house:

      "4thly, I do hereby bequeath to my son Jeremiah to be delivered into his own custody at one and twenty years of his age & to be for him & his forever the other half of my house & barn with the one half of that fenced ground which is of the ten acres which I bought of the town:

      "5thly, I do bequeath to my son Thomas at his one & twentieth year of age to be for him & his forever, the other half of the fenced ground which is of that ten acres which I bought of the town and also the half of my dwelling house & barn now left in the custody of my wife to be his forever after my wife deceases:

      "6ly, I do hereby bequeath to my daughter Mary Rawlings one cow:

      "7ly, I ordain & appoint that my executor hereafter named shall pay or cause to be paid to my daughter Hannah ten pounds & on ye behalf of ten pounds given to her by her grandfather Canny & made use of by myself for my own use: & behalf:

      "8ly I do hereby appoint & ordaine that whatsoever of my estate shall remain unspent after the raising & bringing up of my children whether moveable or unmoveable it be justly & equally divided among my children now following: namely, Hannah, Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, Ephraim, Martha, Elizabeth, Nathaniel & Henry:

      "And for the execution of this my will & testament: I do by these presents appoint & ordain Mary my wife & Jeremiah my eldest son to be my true & lawful executors: to be overseers for the right management of all & every the premises aforesaid I do hereby appoint & ordain my brother Joseph Canny & my trusting & loving friend Sergeant John Roberts: to all which I sign and seal this 5th day of May one Thousand six hundred seventy & seven as Witness my hand: 1677.

      "Teste The X sign of Jeremiah Tippett (seal)

      "Job Clements

      "John Roberts”[3]

      Children of Jeremiah Tibbetts and Mary Canney: Jeremiah Tibbetts (1656-aft 1677); Mary Tibbetts Rawlings (1658-bef 1677); Captain Thomas Tibbetts (1659-1748); Hannah Tibbetts Perkins (1661-aft 1677); Joseph Tibbetts (1663-aft 1677); Capt. Samuel Tibbetts (1666-aft 1677); Benjamin Tibbetts (abt 1668-aft 1677); Ephraim Tibbetts (abt 1669-aft 1677); Martha Tibbetts (abt 1670-aft 1677); Elizabeth Tibbetts Bickford (abt 1672-aft 1677); Nathaniel Tibbetts, captured and carried away by Indians Nov. 5, 1705, and assumed dead (abt 1673/4-abt 1705); and Henry Tibbetts (1676-1727).

      [1] Source for most of the information is New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register, Vol. 98, 62-63.

      [2]Collections of the Dover, N.H., Historical Society (Dover N.H.: Scales & Quimby, 1894), 124.

      [3]Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire ... 1635-1771, Vol. 31, 181-184.

      Jeremiah "Jeremy" Tibbetts was mentioned many times in the court, including holding many offices, taken from New Hampshire Court Records, pp. 113, 128, 178, 193, 213, 270-271.

      P. 113 (1655) "The grand jury do present Jan Canny the wiffe of Thomas Canny for a fame (rumor, public report) for beatting his sone in lawe Jerimy Tibbits and his wiffe: And likwise for striking hir husband in a cannow (canoe?) and giving him revilling spechis. Admonished by the course and to pay fees two shillings and six pence."

      P. 128 (May 1657): "A jurie beinge sworne to inquire into the death of George Branson & apoynted to view his corpse, whoe died:

      John Dam, William Furber, John Bickford, John Roberts, Anthonie Nutter, John Woodman, William Williams, Richard Cater, Richard Yorke, Raph Wamly, Thomas Nocke, Jerimiah Tippetts, Richard Bray.

      Wee the aforesaid jurie havinge searched the bodie of George Branson doe finde by the testimonie of John Alt that Branson went well out of his house, and hee went after him & found branson liinge one the grounde and crying the bull had killed mee: with one wounde up towards his shoulders, and another athwart the small of his backe; with his members brooke all which wee apprehend was the cause of his death: Edward Shaw wittnessinge the same with John Alt."

      P. 178 (1663): "At a countie court held in Dover the 30 of June 1663: John Meader & Jer: Tibbit tooke oath of Constable for the yeare ensewing for Dover."

      P. 193 (June 1664): "Jer: Tibbit Constable of Dover for not making timely return of his warrants is sentenced to pay a fine of six shillings 8d".

      Jer: Tibbet making request to this court to have his fine taken of pleading his cannoo was taken away and som other excuse, the court grants his request & remits it."

      P. 213 (1666): "Jeremiah Tibbet is continewed as prison keeper for this yeer ensuing & to be allowed the same Sallery as formerly."

      P. 270-271 (1671): "It appearing that Jer: Tibbett prison keeper opened ye prison dore & lett ye prisoners have light & had like to have burned downe the prison the Court sentence him to repaire the prison at his owne cost as good as it was beore by ye 15th of July next or pay 5l & fees.

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