ELISHA KIBBE 1644-1735

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Elisha Kibbe
Settled in Salem, Massachusetts. Removed to Enfield, Connecticut and was one of the founders of that town. His youngest son, Isaac Kibbe, born in 1683 was the first boy born there. His daughter, Rachel Kibbe, born in 1688, lived until her 100th year. She remembered the raising of the second church edifice in Enfield in 1706, when "there was a great frolick which lasted 3 days." She married first Jonathan Bush, 1681-1746, and secondly Lieutenant John Meacham. She was the grandmother of Hannah Bush, the wife of Colonel Amos Alden. Her brother, Isaac Kibbe, 1683-1766, was the father of Isaac Kibbe, 1731-1779, who during the revolution kept the tavern which stood on the east side of Enfield street less than a quarter mile to the north of the meeting house, which he built and completed in 1775, and around which Captain Abbey drummed the Lexington Alarm. Another descendant of Elisha Kibbe, the pioneer settler, is the well known genealogist and authority on Enfield history, Jmes Allen Kibbe, of Warehouse Point.

Elisha Kibbe, 1644-1735, was born about November 20, 1644 and baptized in Boston, Massachusetts, September 30, 1645. He became a joiner by trade, and when nineteen years old removed to Salem, Massachusetts. Here he married October 12, 1667, Rachel Cooke, 1645-1740, daughter of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cooke of Salem. In 1680/82 he removed his family to Enfield, Connecticut, where they were among the first settlers. He was active in town affairs holding various public offices including that of Selectman and Constable. He died in Enfield, April 3, 1735, and his widow died there in September 10, 1740.

This story came from: Boston Massachusetts Vital Records, History of Salem, Massachusetts, by Perley; and history of Enfield, Connecticut by Allen

Elisha was born about November 20, 1644, and baptized in Boston, Massachusetts, September 30, 1645.

He became a joiner by trade, and when nineteen years old moved to Salem, Massachusetts.

Here he married Rachel Cooke on October 12, 1667. Rachel was born in 1645. She was the daughter of Henry and Judith (Birdsaw) Cooke of Salem.

In 1680/82 he moved his family to Enfield, Connecticut, where they were the first settlers.

He was active in town affairs, holding various public offices including that of Selectman and Constable.

He died in Enfield, April 3, 1735, and his widow died there on September 10, 1740.

Enfield's first settlers, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut
The first recorded contact between Europeans and Native Americans in Connecticut occurred when Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sailed up the Connecticut River in 1614. Block may have made it as far as the rapids at Enfield. In less than a century after that first meeting the Native American population was decimated and displaced from what had become Enfield.

In 1674, the General Court of Massachusetts granted land stretching as far south as Asnuntuck Brook to the Town of Springfield. That year, Springfield's John Pynchon built the first European structure in what would soon be Enfield, a saw mill on the Brook. The saw mill was destroyed one year later during King Philip's War.

Enfield's first settlers, John Pease, Jr. and Robert Pease, arrived in 1679 from Salem, Massachusetts, and spent their first winter camping in a shelter dug into the side of a hill. The next Spring, they were joined by their families and other settlers from Salem; by the end of that year (1680) about 25 families had settled in the area. In 1683, the Town of Enfield was incorporated. At this time, the town extended east ten miles from the Connecticut River and south six miles from Longmeadow Brook. Five years later, on March 16, 1688, the townspeople purchased Enfield from a Podunk Indian named Notatuck for 25 pounds Sterling. It is unclear what claim Notatuck actually had to the land, or whether he was selling the land or the rights to use it.

Enfield's population was growing. Little villages with names like Wallop and Scitico were settled within Enfield's 60 square miles during the first decades of the 1700s. In 1734 the eastern-most village was incorporated as the Town of Somers.

As a result of an error in the survey done in 1642 by Woodward and Saffery, Enfield was settled as part of Massachusetts Colony. A 1695 survey corrected the error, showing that Enfield, as well as Suffield and Somers, was within Connecticut Colony's borders. Apparently unhappy with the Massachusetts government, the citizens of Enfield first discussed separating from Massachusetts at a 1704 Enfield town meeting. Perhaps they weren't really that unhappy, because it wasn't until 1747 that Enfield began to officially pursue becoming part of Connecticut. Legal action was taken in both the Massachusetts and Connecticut Legislatures and in court in London, England. In 1750 Enfield seceded from Massachusetts and became part of Connecticut Colony.

Elisha Kibbe A First Settler of Enfield Connecticut
1644-1735Elisha Kibbie was a first settler of Enfield, Connecticut. He settled near the middle of town. He died at the age of 97 in 1735. His first son (1a) Edward was one of the first settlers of Somers, Connecticut in 1713. His son, (1) Edward Kibbe, was born in Enfield 1694. He married Ester Fowler, 1720. (2) Elisha was born in 1698, married Mahitabel Felt, in 1728 and settled in Somers. Their eldest son, Elisha was born in 1729, He died in Enfield in 1805. (3) Jacob the third son of Edward Kibbe was born in 1701, married Grace Citron in 1723 and settled in Somers. (4) Israel was born in 1704 and married Sarah Horton in 1725, settled in Somers and left sons.

John Kibbe (2a) second son of Elisha, Sr. settled near the centre of town, had one son, John born 1699, moved to Stafford, left three sons. James Kibbe (3a) third son of Elisha, Sr., settled in the north part of the town, had four sons born in Enfield; James born, 1707, Isaac born 1712, Stephen born 1714, David born 1723, and one daughter who married Samuel Billings, 1733, and settled in Somers. Isaac, youngest son of Elisha, Sr., born 1683, the first male child born in Enfield, died in 1766, had one son, married Margaret Terry, 1755, died in 1799. Rachel, daughter of Elisha, Sr., born 1688, married Jonathan Bush, first husband, died 1786.

Eldon Mohler added this on 13 October 2008
Story of Elisha Kibbe, Sr. and his Son Edward Kibbe. Elisha Kibbe, Sr. lived in Enfield, Connecticut and Edward lived in Somers, Connecticut. This was taken from a catalogue of the names of the first Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut.

KIBBE family beginning in America 1640
1640 -The first appearance of the Kibbe family in America was in the person of Edward Kibbe II, arrived in Boston in 1640 with his wife, Mary Partridge Kibbe. Edward was born in Exeter, England, on May 11, 1611, the son of Edward Kibbe I and Debora Kibbe, both of whom were born and died in Exeter.

Records indicate that Edward II was an participant in the affairs of the Boston area in 1662 he was appointed Clerk of Market a position apparently created to give the Muddy River area representation in the Boston Markets. From 1666 to 1683 and his wife were listed as contributors to a fund to erect the second meeting house in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Mary Partridge Kibbe affiliated with the church in Boston in September, 1645. The records of her registrations of the ten births, baptisms, and deaths of children born to the couple are held in Roxbury and Boston.

Edward II was interred in the Old Burying Ground located at the Congregational Church in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on November 1, 1694.

Elisha Kibbe, the third child of Edward II and Mary Partridge Kibbe, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, circa November 20, 1644, and was baptized on September 30, 1645, in Boston. At the age of nineteen he moved to Salem, Massachusetts, where he was married to Rachel Cooke (1645-1740), daughter of Henry and Judith Birdsall Cooke of that city on October 12, 1667. In 1680/1682 he moved his family to Enfield, where they were among the early settlers. He was active in civic affairs, holding the offices of Selectman and Constable among others. He died in Enfield on April 3, 1735, and was followed in death by his wife, Rachel, on September 10, 1740.

Isaac I, the seventh of Elisha's and Rachel's eight children, was born in Enfield on March 21, 1683, the first male child to be born in that city. He married Dorothy Smith, daughter of Ebenezer Smith of Suffield, Connecticut, on July 7, 1720, a union which produced seven children. Isaac died in Enfield on June 6,1766, at the age of 83, and was followed in death by his widow, Dorothy, on June 29, 1781, at the age of 85.

Isaac Kibbe II was born in Enfield on February 14, 1731. He was married there on February 20, 1755, to Margaret Terry (b. 1735), daughter of Isaac and Margaret Downing Terry of Enfield. Thirteen children were born of that marriage. Isaac II compiled an illustrious career of community service, including aid of money and supplies to the cause of the American Revolution and serving as an ensign in its Navy, and was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. He died on February 11, 1779.

Elisha Kibbe, 1682 Removed. to Enfield, Connecticut from Salem Church Affiliation: Nov 30, 1645 baptized Puritan Church @ Boston January 20, 1644/45

Muddy River, Brookline Massachusetts possible birth date and place.

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Elisha was born about November 20, 1644, and baptized in Boston, Massachusetts, September 30, 1645. He became a joiner by trade, and when nineteen years old moved to Salem, Massachusetts. Here he married Rachel Cooke on October 12, 1667. Rachel was born in 1645.
She was the daughter of Henry and Judith (Birdsaw) Cooke of Salem. In 1680/82 he moved his family to Enfield, Connecticut, where they were the first settlers. He was active in town affairs, holding various public offices including that of Selectman and Constable. He died in Enfield, April 3, 1735, and his widow died there on September 10, 1740.

1. John, 1668-1755
2. Edward, 1670-1756
3. Elisha, 1673-1688
4. James, 1675-
5. Mary
6. Thomas
7. Isaac, 1683-1766
8. Rachel, 1688-1786

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Elisha Kibbe was born in 1644 in Massachusetts. Elisha married Rachael Cook of Salem Massachusetts, on October 12 1667. They had nine children. Elisha was a joiner (wood worker) by trade.

In 1680 he moved his family to Enfield, Connecticut, among the earliest settlers in that area. Elisha was very active in town affiars and held many public offices including that of Selectman and Constable. Elisha died on April 1 1735.

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5. Elisha3 Kibbe (Edward2, Edward1) was born November 20, 1644. Elisha died 1735.

He married Rachel Cooke October 12, 1667. Rachel was born about 1645. She was the daughter of Henry Cooke and Judith Birdsall.

Rachel died April 3, 1735. Elisha Kibbe2 (Edward1) Elisha Kibbe, 1644-1735, the second son of Edward and Mary (Partridge) Kibbe, was born about November 20, 1644, since at his baptism in Boston, Massachusetts, September 30, 1645, he was said to be ten months and ten days old.

He became a joiner by trade, and when nineteen years of age removed to Salem, Massachasetts. Here he was married Oct. 12, 1667, to Rachel Cooke, 1645-1740, daughter of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cooke of Salem. In 1680/82 he removed his family to Enfield, Connecticut, where they were among the earliest settlers. Elisha was active in town affairs, holding various public offices including that of selectman and constable. He died in Enfield, April 3, 1735 and his widow died there September 10, 1740.

Above from Kibbe Genealogical Notes on some descendants of Edward Kibbe and his wife, Mary (Partridge) Kibbe compiled by Doreen Potter Hanna 1972 References: vital records of Boston, Mass History of Salem, Massachusetts by Ferley, History of Enfield, Connecticut, By F.O. Allen Connecticut Vital Records: Enfield, Wallingford, Suffield Hale House and Related Families, by
Jacobus and Waterman, 1952 Descendants of William Kelsey, by Claypool The Phelps Family of America, by Oliver S. Phelps and Andrew T. Servin, 1865. Hartford Times Genealogical Page, 12/24/1955:re Bush Sitton. Ms. Hanna used the spelling "Kibbe" through out her book dispite the fact that records showed various spellings including: Keebe, Kibby, Kibbey, Kibbee, and Kibbie.
found on ancestry.com

Elisha Kibbe--Son of Edward
Elisha Kibbe was born in Roxbury January 16, 1644/45; married in Salem, Massachusetts, on May 7 or 10/7 or 12/12), 1667, Rachel Cooke; and died April 3, 1735 in Enfield, Connecticut.  (HINMAN says that Elisha Kibbe died in 1739, age 97; but in 1693 Elisha called himself age "48 years" (SAVAGE)).  Rachel Cooke was born January 31, 1644/45, daughter of Henry and Judith (Birdsall) Cooke, and died September 10, 1740, aged 96, 8  months, 10 days.  (SAVAGE, HANNA, TIMES, CLEMENTS, STILES)  Elisha became a joiner by trade and at age nineteen moved to Salem, Massachusetts.  In 1682 they removed to Enfield, Connecticut, then part of Springfield, Massachusetts, among the first settlers.  Both Elisha and Rachel died in Enfield.  Elisha held various public offices there, including Selectman and Constable (HANNA).

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Edward Kibbe--New England Colonist and Ephraim Kibbey Frontiersman

Compiled by George R. Griffiths, August 1991