Tombstone Tuesday
Captain Thomas Tibbals
Born 1615 in Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Died 1703 in Milford, New Haven, CT USA
A memorial stone is dedicated to him in Milford, CT. The stone's inscription reads:
IN MEMORIAM
CAPT.
THOMAS TIBBALS
OBIT 1703
IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
HELPFULNESS AT FIRST COM
ING TO MILFORD TO SHOW THE
FIRST COMERS THE PLACE
LAND RECORDS
Captain Thomas Tibbals emigrated to the New World at the age of 20 aboard the ship "The TrueLove" for which he paid his passage of 20 pounds meaning he was not an indentured servant or convict but a "person of quality" according to the ship register . Upon arriving in North America in 1635 he first landed in Massachusetts and from there he moved on to the Connecticut area by 1639. While in Connecticut Thomas befriended the local natives and was rumored to have married a native woman. By all accounts Thomas's friendly relationship with the natives paved the way for him to negotiate agreements to purchase from them a town site for incoming settlers. The town site Thomas founded became Milford, CT.
Thomas married Sarah Mary Smith and in 1644 they had a daughter, Mary Tibbals. Sarah died in 1644 and Thomas went on to marry again to Sarah Seabrook.
Thomas Tibbals was a planter and a Free Mason. He was given his tracts of land at the Milford townsite for his service in the Pequot War.
Thomas died at the age of 88 in CT and is buried in the Milford Founder's Cemetery.
Captain Thomas Tibbals is my Maternal 9th Great Grandfather.
Hi cousin - He is my 11th great grandfather on my father's side. Hard to believe he made it to 88 years old in that day and age!!
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