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Birth: 1638
Duxbury
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: 1695
New London
New London County
Connecticut, USA
Son of William and Mercy (Sprague) Tubbs, husband of Mary (Willey) Tubbs, father of Bethia, William, Samuel, Mercy "Mary", Joanna, Isaac, Sarah, Dorcas, John, and Joseph Tubbs.
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Sadly our history is not always as pleasant as we hope it would be but still it deserves to be told.
Our forefather Isaac Chapman Tubbs, son of Samuel and Mary (Willey) Tubbs was born September 6, 1682 and was the first known Tubbs in our line who was able to read and write. He married Martha Smith in 1707 and was the father of at least nine children.
Sometime around 1728, after his last child was born, Isaac went insane. He decided to circumcise himself with a hatchet but, "he cut off that part which should have been left and left that which should have been cut off, according to the true method of circumcision". Quoting scriptures from the bible he then went to his neighbors and asked them to castrate him but when they refused he again attempted to do it himself. He was prevented from doing it but Isaac was quoted as saying, "My sons must be made like myself". Isaac had 7 sons and again the neighbors tried to dissuade him and thought they had succeeded but later found out they had not, Apparently none of the sons died at the hands of their father but one can only imagine the horror this family endured.
Isaac died in 1749 at Lyme, Connecticut, his tortured soul finally laid to rest.
Written by Kathy Pike
Source: The History of the Tubbs Family by Charles Tubbs
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Parents:
William Tubbs (1612 - 1688)
Mercy Sprague Tubbs
Spouse:
Mary Willey Tubbs (1648 - 1730)*
Children:
Isaac Tubbs (1682 - 1749)*
Siblings:
Samuel Tubbs (1638 - 1695)
Bethia Tubbs Hanmer (1640 - ____)*
William Tubbs (1655 - ____)*
*Calculated relationship
Note: Various sources tell us that Samuel is buried here but there is currently some dispute about this.
Burial:
Old Cove Burying Ground
East Haddam
Middlesex County
Connecticut, USA
Created by: K. Pike
Record added: Feb 23, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 34132907
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