My relationship: Me > William R. Compton II > Helen Tubbs > Samuel Murray Tubbs > Kelsey Tubbs > John Tubbs > John Tubbs (my 4th great grandfather)
Although I have a number of ancestors who fought in the French-Indian Wars, the Revolutionary War (on both sides), the War of 1812, and the Civil War, most all survived their service. John Tubbs was an exception.
He was born in 1752 in Lyme, Connecticut. He married Sarah Sims, (born 1743 in Lebanon Connecticut) on December 7, 1772. They settled in the Kingston area of the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. They had two children, sons John Tubbs, Jr. and George Tubbs. John is listed as a taxpayer in Kingston in 1776.
During the Revolutionary War, John enlisted on September 19th, 1776 in a call for volunteers in Capt Robert Durkee's company at Wyoming, PA., attached to Col John Durkee's regiment, of the 4th Connecticut line.
Private John Tubbs (one of fifty Pennsylvania riflemen) fought at the Battle Of Millstone on Jan. 20th 1777. He received a bounty for his service at the battle. He was also likely involved in the actions at Bound Brook, at Brandywine, at Germantown, and at Mud Fort and he may have wintered at Valley Forge as the company was present there. It is confirmed that he did winter encamp (1777 -1778) at Morristown, NJ.
The Battle of Wyoming (Pennsylvania) took place on July 3, 1778. [From ExplorePAhistory.com: The Battle of Wyoming and the massacre that followed, in July 1778, has been called the "surpassing horror of the American Revolution" because of the brutal and horrific acts committed by Iroquois Confederation warriors and their British and Loyalist allies against the Connecticut Yankees who had settled Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley.]
John died on July 3, 1778. There is conflicting information as to whether he died from dysentery contracted while at Morristown, or whether he died in the slaughter at the Battle of Wyoming which was fought on July 3, the same day of his death. John may have been too sick to take part. He may have indeed lingered on long enough to have served or may have been massacred. His brother, Lebbeus Tubbs was in this battle, and survived.
John is buried at Kingston, PA about 4 miles from the site of the Battle.
We may be related. My great-great grandfather, John Tubbs, fought with a Pennsylvania volunteer unit in the American Civil War. He was present at the First Battle of Bull Run. His grandson, Lloyd L. Tubbs, was my grandfather. He is now deceased as is my father, Edward F. Tubbs. John Tubbs apparently moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia after the war as his Tubbs family line has been in Virginia ever since.
ReplyDeleteYes, we probably are, but your John Tubbs is obviously different. My John Tubbs was in a Pennsylvania company of a Connecticut regiment and died in 1778. Do you know his ancestry?
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