Son of Samuel Tubbs III and Mercy Tozer
1754 at age 24 in New London, Connecticut he married Bathsheba Hamilton
1760 at age 30 his wife and three young children picked up and left New London for Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada with the Hamilton Family. By 1773 he and his family had moved back to the Wyoming Valley (Connecticut).
June 24, 1773, he was appointed a member of the committee to run the boundary-line between Kingston and Plymouth.
By 1790 he and his family moved to Newtown (now Elmira), Chemung County, New York.
Esteemed Military Service:
Lt. Lebbeus Tubbs and his family were all present at the Battle of Wyoming and at the subsequent Indian massacre that took place on July 3rd and 4th of 1778. He served in the 1st Alarm Company under Captain James Bidlack, Sr. This Company was part of the 24th Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Lt. Tubbs was 48 years old when the battle occurred. He had previously served as a private during the French and Indian Wars. The Battle/Massacre of Wyoming was a tragic chapter in the history of the American Revolution. Of the 375 American military personnel engaged in the battle only 174 survived. Following the short battle the Indians tortured and killed not only captured soldiers but many of the women, children, and elderly that they could find in the settlement. Lt Lebbeus Tubbs continued to serve in the militia following the Battle of Wyoming. Revolutionary War payroll records dated in 1780 document that he fought in Col. John Franklin's Regiment: John Franklin in late 1779 was Captain of a regiment of Wyoming County Militia that was part of Sullivan's Expedition to remove the Indians from Western New York State.
1754 at age 24 in New London, Connecticut he married Bathsheba Hamilton
1760 at age 30 his wife and three young children picked up and left New London for Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada with the Hamilton Family. By 1773 he and his family had moved back to the Wyoming Valley (Connecticut).
June 24, 1773, he was appointed a member of the committee to run the boundary-line between Kingston and Plymouth.
By 1790 he and his family moved to Newtown (now Elmira), Chemung County, New York.
Esteemed Military Service:
Lt. Lebbeus Tubbs and his family were all present at the Battle of Wyoming and at the subsequent Indian massacre that took place on July 3rd and 4th of 1778. He served in the 1st Alarm Company under Captain James Bidlack, Sr. This Company was part of the 24th Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Lt. Tubbs was 48 years old when the battle occurred. He had previously served as a private during the French and Indian Wars. The Battle/Massacre of Wyoming was a tragic chapter in the history of the American Revolution. Of the 375 American military personnel engaged in the battle only 174 survived. Following the short battle the Indians tortured and killed not only captured soldiers but many of the women, children, and elderly that they could find in the settlement. Lt Lebbeus Tubbs continued to serve in the militia following the Battle of Wyoming. Revolutionary War payroll records dated in 1780 document that he fought in Col. John Franklin's Regiment: John Franklin in late 1779 was Captain of a regiment of Wyoming County Militia that was part of Sullivan's Expedition to remove the Indians from Western New York State.
Son of Samuel Tubbs III and Mercy Tozer
1754 at age 24 in New London, Connecticut he married Bathsheba Hamilton
1760 at age 30 his wife and three young children picked up and left New London for Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada with the Hamilton Family. By 1773 he and his family had moved back to the Wyoming Valley (Connecticut).
June 24, 1773, he was appointed a member of the committee to run the boundary-line between Kingston and Plymouth.
By 1790 he and his family moved to Newtown (now Elmira), Chemung County, New York.
Esteemed Military Service:
Lt. Lebbeus Tubbs and his family were all present at the Battle of Wyoming and at the subsequent Indian massacre that took place on July 3rd and 4th of 1778. He served in the 1st Alarm Company under Captain James Bidlack, Sr. This Company was part of the 24th Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Lt. Tubbs was 48 years old when the battle occurred. He had previously served as a private during the French and Indian Wars. The Battle/Massacre of Wyoming was a tragic chapter in the history of the American Revolution. Of the 375 American military personnel engaged in the battle only 174 survived. Following the short battle the Indians tortured and killed not only captured soldiers but many of the women, children, and elderly that they could find in the settlement. Lt Lebbeus Tubbs continued to serve in the militia following the Battle of Wyoming. Revolutionary War payroll records dated in 1780 document that he fought in Col. John Franklin's Regiment: John Franklin in late 1779 was Captain of a regiment of Wyoming County Militia that was part of Sullivan's Expedition to remove the Indians from Western New York State.
1754 at age 24 in New London, Connecticut he married Bathsheba Hamilton
1760 at age 30 his wife and three young children picked up and left New London for Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada with the Hamilton Family. By 1773 he and his family had moved back to the Wyoming Valley (Connecticut).
June 24, 1773, he was appointed a member of the committee to run the boundary-line between Kingston and Plymouth.
By 1790 he and his family moved to Newtown (now Elmira), Chemung County, New York.
Esteemed Military Service:
Lt. Lebbeus Tubbs and his family were all present at the Battle of Wyoming and at the subsequent Indian massacre that took place on July 3rd and 4th of 1778. He served in the 1st Alarm Company under Captain James Bidlack, Sr. This Company was part of the 24th Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Lt. Tubbs was 48 years old when the battle occurred. He had previously served as a private during the French and Indian Wars. The Battle/Massacre of Wyoming was a tragic chapter in the history of the American Revolution. Of the 375 American military personnel engaged in the battle only 174 survived. Following the short battle the Indians tortured and killed not only captured soldiers but many of the women, children, and elderly that they could find in the settlement. Lt Lebbeus Tubbs continued to serve in the militia following the Battle of Wyoming. Revolutionary War payroll records dated in 1780 document that he fought in Col. John Franklin's Regiment: John Franklin in late 1779 was Captain of a regiment of Wyoming County Militia that was part of Sullivan's Expedition to remove the Indians from Western New York State.
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