General Notes

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Tailor, farmer, mechanic
1870 N. Collins,  New York  Thomas and wife Lovicy living in hom e with Thomas' son Enos.
1850 Collins, Erie County,  New York
1855 North Collins, Erie County,  New York
1860 N. Collins,  New York
1865 N. Collins,  New York
1875 N. Collins,  New York
1870 census, Thomas and his second wife Lovicy were livin g with his son Enos.
1875 census, pg. 14, #128-#129 lists Harriet Hicks, age 59 , f, boarder, widowed, born Cayuga, native, living with th e Thomas Hibbard family.
1880 census indicated both of Thomas' parents were born i n Vermont.
North Collins did NOT exist in 1850. It was formed from par t of Collins in 1852/3 and was originally called Shirley. S hirley Rd. is one of the few remaining vestiges of it's sho rt-lived name. The name Shirley was not popular with the to wnspeople and within a year the name Shirley was changed t o North Collins. Therefore, many of the persons that you fi nd are listed in the 1850 Collins census and then in the No rth Collins 1855, 1860, etc. censuses probably did not actu ally move. They were still living where they always did, ju st the name of their area was changed.
Book" History of Town of Concord-pg. 729 lists Thomas S. Hi bbard as Justice of the Peace in 1853 and 1874. Lists T.S.H ibbard as Justice of the Peace in 1877. (Assume all same pe rson.) Pg. 730-731 under Town Officers of N. Collins: Colle ctors,
1872 - Thomas S. Hibbard
1873-
NOTE: "In 1873, owing to a fear of spreading small-pox, n o town meeting was held, and the officers elected the previ ous year held over."