THOMAS DIBBLE

• Death Notes
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         Thomas Dibble was born circa 1613 at England. He died on 17 October 1700 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
        
    

• General Notes
  • Landowner
    Freeman, Dorchester
    Thomas was the ancestor of President R. B. Hayes, 19th Pres. U. S. (A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family, page 25)
    Thomas, son of Robert, came to New England in 1635. He landed at Boston, and was allotted land at Dorchester, MA 17 Dec 1635.
    Listed among the first Puritan settlers of Windsor. (First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, First Puritan Settlers of Windsor, Page 11 )
    An unknown named vessel left the port of Weymouth in Dorsetshire in March 1635 with 20 families and servants under the leadership of the Reverand Joseph Hull, gathered largely from parished of Batcombe and Broadway in Somersetshire. The ship arrived 5 May 1635 in Boston. Practically all of the passengers went to the plantation at Wessaguscus by permission of the General Court which officially changed the name of the settlement to Weymouth in July 1635. Among the passengers were: Thomas Dibble 22, husbandman and Frances Dibble 24, sister. (Planters of the Commonwealth 1620-1640, Lists of Passengers and the Ships Which Brought Them - 1635 pages 125-127)
    
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    The unknown first wife sometimes called Miriam without evidence
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    He was among the first settlers of Windsor, CT in 1635.
    
    The will of Thomas Dibble Senior of Windsor was dated 17 February 1699/1700:
    "I, Thomas Dibble, Sen., of Windsor, doe make this my last will and testament: Imprimis: To my son Samuel and wife I give the north half part of my orchard whereon he liveth, during his natural life, and the remainder to his son Samuel.
    To my son Thomas Dibble and his wife I give the other half of my orchard during life, and the remainder to his son Abram.
    Item. I give to my daughter Miriam Gillett that two acres of meadow she now possesseth.
    Item. To my said daughter Miriam I give, for the use of her son, my best broadcloth coat, hatt and breeches. All the rest of my apparrel to be divided, two parts to my sons Samuel and Thomas, the other part to be to my grandsons Josiah Dibble and Wakefield Dibble. I appoint Mr. John Elliot and son-in-law Samuel Gibbs to be executors." Witness: John Eliot, Alexander Allin.
    (Signed) Thomas X Dibble, Senior.
    A schedule followed the signed will:
    "A schedule, expressing the form and manner how I would have my household stuffe and other moveables disposed and divided, is as
    follows:
    To my daughter Miriam 2 pewter basons, 1 platter, 1 quart pot, two porringers, one saucer, one dram cup, a chafendish, a choping knife, 2 old skilletts, a settle, and the cest (chest) that use to stand by my bedside, five yards of two cloth and 40 shillings in pay, to be paid by my son-in-law Samuel Gibbs out of that he oweth me.
    To my grand daughter, Eliza: Gibbs, the bedstead, feather bed, and all thereto appeartaining, which is in the parlour, 1 iron pot and crooks, best table, and box with lock and key, 3 chairs, best brush, 1 square basket, one pressing iron, best shears, one bodkin, pair stillyards.
    To Experience Gibbs, 1 iron kettle, 2 chairs, an old chest, the trundle bedstead, bed and green rug, best and worst pillows, 1 little table and a gridiron.
    To  Mirriam Gibbs, the worst of ye beds and worst table and a little basket.
    To Hepzibah Dickson, a brass candlestick.
    To Palidence [sic] Denslow, a half pint cup and a corn bowl.
    To Joanna Loomis, 2 smoothing irons and a pair of pot hooks.
    To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Mather, Senior, my gun and sword and my andirons, tongs and spit."
    Witness: John Eliott, Alexander Allin. (Signed) Thomas X Dibble, Senior. The inventory was taken 1 November 1700 by Samuel Cross, Nathaniel Gaylor and Alexander Allen, and amounted to £60-14-01. Will proved 13 November 1700
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    Thomas Dibble was among the first settlers of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, along with Mr. John Warham,  who laid the foundation of the church there, in 1635,  The Rev. Mr. Warham lived to see much of the forest removed--roads made passable--a house for worship built--himself and family and friends comfortably situated in this new country and the title of their lands confirmed, with his family rich in new land, and died in 1670, after a ministry there of about 35 years.  (Sources : Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845 The First Puritan Settlers of Windsor. and First Settlers of the Colony)    Thomas Dibble married in 1635 (Source: Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, A few Families of Windsor, from Record)