Individual Details

William Tubbs

(1612 - May 2, 1688)

Duxborrow, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Events

Birth1612England
Arrival1634Plymouth, British America
CivilMay 29, 1635Plymouth, British America
CivilJanuary 6, 1636Plymouth, British America
Civil1637Freeman
MilitaryJune 7, 1637Plymouth, British America
MarriageNovember 9, 1637Plymouth, British America - Mercy Sprague
CivilNovember, 1640Plymouth, British America
Residence1643Plymouth, British America
CivilDecember 9, 1664Duxbury, British America
Divorce1668Massachusetts, British America - Mercy Sprague
Marriage1668Dorothy Soane
DeathMay 2, 1688Duxbury, British America
OccupationShoemaker
OccupationFarmer

Families

SpouseMercy Sprague (1617 - 1688)
ChildSamuel Tubbs (1638 - 1695)
SpouseDorothy Soane (1620 - 1690)

Notes

Birth

Birth is an estimate, with sources.

Arrival

Arrival date is an estimate with no actual sources, date based on court appearance in 1635.

Civil

William brings a suit against John Barnes 29 May 1635, accusing John of not paying for bushels of corn that he ordered. court appears to rule in favor of William.

Civil

A parcel of land is granted unto William Tubbs lying in the point or nook beyond Experience Mitchell’s land

Civil

The names of the Freemen: William Tubbs and future father in law Francis Sprague with Mr Bradford, Govnor, Captain Miles Standish, John Howland, etc.

Military

William offers to help Massachusetts Bay with their warrs against the Pequin (Peqout) Indians. Voluntaries: William Tubbs with about 20 others and three ‘such as will goe if they be prest”.

Civil

To William Tubbs forty acres with some meadow to yt.

Civil

William Tubbs Sr to John Hudson on 9 December 1664: William Tubbs sr of Duxburrow Shoomkaer, for 25L sold to John Hudson fifty acres of upland ground in the township of Duxburrow

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, US and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2010), Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 297.

2. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1 page 34 William’s suit against John Barnes 29 May 1635.

3. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1 page 47. A parcel of land is granted unto William Tubbs lying in the point or nook beyond Experience Mitchell’s land.

4. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1 page 52.

5. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1 page 60. .

6. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W page 1727 Francis Sprague.

7. (2008). || Volume 3 page 1547.

8. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1-2 page 68.

9. Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Editor (1855–1861). || Volume 1 page 165 To William Tubbs forty acres with some meadow to yt. November 1640 .

10. (2010) || Mayflower Descendants volume 34 page 24.

11. (1995). || Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W page 1727 Francis Sprague.

12. (1957). || Page 2.

13. (1888). || Page 596 Appendix Marriage Celebrations.

14. (2008). || Volume 3 page 1547.

15. (2010) || Mayflower Descendants volume 34 page 24.