Here’s a story that Francis Libby probably repeatedly told his children. While a soldier in the Revolutionary War, he rowed General George Washington across the Hudson River and back. He received a drink of liquor for his service. Francis Libby, whose grandfather, John Libby, came to America in 1637, wasn’t very old when he partook […]
John Libby Lost His Homes and Two Children in King Phillip’s War
I may have been deep asleep when my teacher covered King Phillip’s War, which played out in New England from 1675 to 1676. But this fact would have raised me from my stupor: One of my very distant relatives, John Libby (1603-1685), lost his house and two sons in the fighting. If you are like […]