Thomas Lillibridge, the first, moved to Rhode Island in the 1690s. All Lillibridges in America are thought to be descended from him. In 1715 he moved to what is now called Richmond Connecticut. The dwelling houses he lived in and his descendants after are chronicled. Thomas and other Lillibridges are buried in the Lillibridge Cemetery on his property. Lillibridges continued to live on this land until the death of Janetta Lillibridge Brown in 1940. Their history gives insight into americas history.
The Reverend David Lillibridge, Thomas the firsts grandson, ""was almost gigantic in frame, and...