Thomas Hibbert

Thomas Hibbert (1710–1780) was an English merchant and planter who became a prominent figure in colonial Jamaica.

[1] Thomas was the son of Robert Hibbert (1684–1762) and his wife Margaret Tetlow Mills.

His youngest brother, John (1732–1769), also lived in Jamaica, from 1754 until his death;[3] his other brother, Robert, was father of Thomas, a co-founder of the family trading business Hibbert, Purrier and Horton, and of George, merchant and pro-slavery campaigner.

The youngest died whilst still young, but Jane Harry and Margaret were sent to have an Anglican education in England.

[5] Jane was befriended by Mary Knowles and became a noted Quaker convert which ended her friendship with Samuel Johnson.