Ezekiel and Elizabeth Tubbs, 6th great grandparents on RootsMagic tree

Ezekiel Tubbs was born on July 13, 1727 in New London, Connecticut, the 3rd generation of his family born in America, great grandpa William Tubbs left England for America around 1634. Ezekiel was the youngest of nine kids of Isaac and Martha Smith Tubbs. The Tubbs kids had a troubled childhood with extreme poverty and the dad having a mental breakdown. Ezekiel’s mom went to court to get rights to manage land and money to support the family which helped a little.

Ezekiel married Elizabeth, last name unknown, by 1749, they were both 19. Elizabeth was from the same area and that’s all that’s known of her. Ezekiel and Elizabeth had 6 kids, 3 sons and 3 daughters.

Ezekiel was a soldier in the French Indian Wars from 1755 to 1759 from about age 28 to age 32. The French and Indian War had colonists from British America against New France (Canada) with American Indian allies on both sides. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris, then more wars followed. In 1778 records show an Ezekiel Tubbs fighting in the Revolutionary War, most likley this Ezekiel who was 51 years old.

Ezekiel and Elizabeth died around 1790, probably in New London, Connecticut. Their 3 sons Ananias, Lemuel and Ezekiel fought in wars then married, had families. Daughters Elizabeth and Abigail married Gaines brothers. Elizabeth married David, Abigail married Joseph Gaines. Abigail and Joseph, 3rd great grandparents of Faber Miller had a son Obed. Obed traveled to Iowa with his older sons who farmed and started families in Bremer & Butler Counties.

Sources

• Collections of the Connecticut historical society at HathiTrust
• Rolls of Connecticut men In the French and Indian War 1755-1762 at HathiTrust