TIBBITTS FAMILY HISTORY PAGE



Us!
Samantha, Christopher and Katharine Tibbitts
Born September 21 & 24, 1998 in San Diego, California
By now you should know all about us!



Our Dad
Jonathan Christopher Tibbitts
Born February 9, 1964 in Key West, Florida
Married Julie Gott on May 2, 1992
Casey has spent most of his life in the San Diego area. He graduated from the University of San Diego in 1986, and met Julie during a two-year stint in Los Angeles. They moved to San Diego shortly after their marriage. He has worked in Information Systems since 1990, and currently is with Diversa Corporation.


At the Wild Animal Park - March 1999



Our Grandfather
Jonathan Cilley Tibbitts, Jr.
Born August 11, 1935 in Alameda, California
Married Alison Davis on June 24, 1961
Jonathan moved with his parents and sister to Central Valley, California, when he was a young boy. After graduating from Cal Tech in 1958 he joined the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps. While a naval officer he met and married Alison, and they raised two sons. His duty stations included such places as Key West, Naples, Vietnam, Guam, and Monterey. He retired as a commander in 1977, and works now in construction management in San Diego.


Granddad and Katie - June 1999



Our Great-Grandfather
Jonathan Cilley Tibbitts
Born October 11, 1899 in Alameda, California
Married Beatrice Braue on April 11, 1929
Jonathan was raised in Alameda and graduated from Maine's Bowdoin College in 1922. During the Great Depression, he and Beatrice moved with their two children to Central Valley, California, to work near the Shasta Dam construction project. He became a judge and served several terms as supervisor of Shasta County's fourth district. Beatrice passed away in 1966, and Jonathan remained in Central Valley until his death in 1988.


Jonathan and Beatrice with children
Helen and Jonathan - November 1935



Our Great(2)-Grandfather
Walter Greenough Tibbitts
Born September 26, 1860 in Rockland, Maine
Married Grace Cilley on September 12, 1893
Walter was raised in the shipbuilding industry, and eventually became a shipbuilder himself. Shortly after their marriage he and Grace relocated to Alameda, California, and had five children, three of whom died very young. He became a partner in the Barnes & Tibbitts Shipbuilding Company, and was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 1931.

It was Walter who changed the spelling of the family name from "Tibbetts" to "Tibbitts" for reasons unknown today.


Walter and Grace with son Jonathan - 1900



Our Great(3)-Grandfather
Alpheus Chandler Tibbetts
Born December 13, 1817 in Windsor, Maine
Married Elizabeth Farrow on August 30, 1840
Alpheus was the youngest of the six children of Thomas and Fanny. He became a sailmaker, first in Maine and then in Brooklyn, New York. He and Elizabeth eventually returned to Maine to raise their two sons, and he died there in 1890.


Business card of A.C. Tibbetts - 1854



Our Great(4)-Grandfather
Thomas Tibbetts
Born September 26, 1783 in Woolwich, Maine
Married Frances (Fanny) Yeaton (or Yaton) on July 8, 1802
Thomas was a church deacon. Shortly after he and Fanny were married in Bristol, Maine (then Massachusetts), they moved to Windsor and raised six children. Thomas died there in 1844.



Our Great(5)-Grandfather
Nathaniel Tibbetts
Born 1740 in Dover, New Hampshire
Married Lois Davis on September 22, 1762
Lieutenant Nathaniel Tibbetts served in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War. He and Lois had ten children, the youngest of whom was Thomas. Lois died in 1802, and Nathaniel married Abigail (Young) (Gray) Gould. He died in Woolwich, Maine (then Massachusetts) in 1817.



Our Great(6)-Grandfather
John Tibbetts, Jr.
Born November 14, 1711 in Dover, New Hampshire
Married Tamson Ricker in 1736
John and Tamson had between eight and twelve children, of whom Nathaniel was the third. They were married for 46 years, and died within a few months of each other in 1782.



Our Great(7)-Grandfather
John Tibbetts
Born 1683 in Dover, New Hampshire
Married Sarah Meader on August 31, 1709
John and Sarah had three children, of whom John Jr. was the oldest, before Sarah died in 1722. He then married Tamson (Meserve) Ham and had another daughter. John died in Durham in 1750.



Our Great(8)-Grandfather
Jeremiah Tibbetts, Jr.
Born June 5, 1656 in Dover, New Hampshire
Married Mary Twombley on February 28, 1684
Jeremiah and Mary had seven children, of whom John was the third.



Our Great(9)-Grandfather
Jeremiah Tibbetts
Born 1631 in London, England
Married Mary Canney before 1656
Jeremiah came to the New World with his parents and younger brother at the age of four. He was a farmer and raised thirteen children with his wife Mary. He also served as the first prison keeper in the colony of New Hampshire. He died in Dover in 1677.



Our Great(10)-Grandfather
Henry Tibbetts
Born 1596 in London, England
Married Elizabeth Austin before 1631
Henry and Elizabeth and their two young sons sailed from London, England, on June 13, 1635, aboard the "James". They landed in Boston on September 16, and found themselves eventually in Dover, New Hampshire. Henry was a shoemaker and also took up farming. He and Elizabeth had two more children in America, where he died in 1676.



Our Great(11)-Grandfather
Nicholas Tibbetts
Born about 1570 in England
Married Mary Baker before 1596
Nicholas and Mary were both English, most likely from London, and died sometime after 1596.


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