Tuttle Family

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The Tuttles are probably the most "colorful" of all of my ancestors, as you will see in reading the following report.  Our family descends through John Tuttle and his wife, Joan, who settled in Ipswich. In this family are found murderers, some insanity, great immorality and deceit, and great knowledge and achievement.  It is through the Tuttle family that the connection to Aaron Burr can be found, the third great grandson of William Tuttle, brother of our ancestor, John. Eli Whitney, inventor of the Cotton Gin, married Henrietta Edwards, a 6th cousin in this family.  Another famous man, who is a third cousin to me, was Jonathan Edwards, known as "The Divine", because of his Calvinistic preaching methods. He was a strict Presbyterian minister, both loved and hated by his congregation.  He alienated many in his church because of his beliefs and fiery manner.  He is known for his extreme, great intelligence, some saying he was the greatest intelligence in the entire Western Hemisphere.  He entered Yale University at the age of 13, and graduated at 17, at the head of his class.  He was the third president of Princeton, succeeding his son-in-law, Aaron Burr, Sr.  His descendants went on to become influential ministers, college presidents, financiers, surgeons and judges. Jonathan's grandson was Aaron Burr, the Vice President under Jefferson.  The family, religiously, were Quakers and Calvinist Presbyterians.

The Tuttle name is probably taken from the name of a locality, and the name of Tothill, Toothill or Tuthill is still borne by many villages in Great Britain. The first name on the roll of the Battle Abbey (1066) is Toteles. The family has been well known in several parts of England and many of its members have held positions of honor and distinction. The family claims very ancient descent in Ireland, being known before the Christian era in the well-known sept or tribe of O'Toole, which also appears written O'Tothill by antiquarians. Between the years 1629 and 1640 many families left England on account of the conditions existing there. In the year 1635 there were three distinct families by the name of Tuttle who came to America in the ship "Planter", and besides these two other Tuttles bearing the Christian name of John, one of them accompanied by his brother Henry came in that year. Others came a few years later. Of those who came in the "Planter", John Tuttle settled at Ipswich, Richard in Boston and William in New Haven.
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In the following report, look for these people of interest in the third generation:  Richard Edwards and his wife Elizabeth Tuttle, (Elizabeth was pregnant with another man's child when she married Richard Edwards, and later became insane), Sarah and Benjamin Tuttle, (Benjamin murdered his sister for "losing her virginity", and was tried and executed). Elizabeth's sister, Mercy Tuttle, was tried for killing her son.  Exerpts from books on the families of New England are reprinted telling the details of the accusations and the trials that followed.

This report goes to the10th generation, and the birth of my grandfather.

The Tuttle Family

Generation No. 1

1. SYMON1 TOOTHILL (RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born Abt. 1560 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died 1630 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England. He married ISABEL WELLS 1592, daughter of JOHN WELLS. She was born Abt. 1565 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died Abt. 1635 in New Haven, New Haven CT.

Notes for SYMON TOOTILL: Name also spelled Tuthill and Tuttle.

Children of SYMON TOOTILL and ISABEL WELLS are:

i. HENRY2 TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1580, Tharston, Norfolk, England; d. March 26, 1618, Tharston, Norfolk, England; m. ALICE GOOCH, Abt. 1606.

Notes for HENRY TUTTLE: Henry Tuttle was in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1635, coming with his brother John about 1635. He settled in Southold, Long Island.

ii. DOROTHY TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1592, London, Middlessex, England; d. London, Middlessex, England; m. JOHN BILL.

2. iii. RICHARD TUTTLE, b. 1593, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. May 08, 1640, Boston, MA.

iv. SIMON TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1596, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. December 14, 1630, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England.

3. v. JOHN TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1596, Tharston, Norfolk, England; d. December 30, 1656, Carrickfergus, Ireland.

vi. THOMAS TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1600, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England; d. December 1630, England; m. (1) ALICE JAMES, March 01, 1616/17, Burton, Latimer, England; b. 1591, England; d. Abt. 1623, England; m. (2) KATHERINE BRABROOKE, June 26, 1624, Burton, Latimer, England.

4. vii. WILLIAM TUTTLE, b. December 24, 1607, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. June 16, 1673, New Haven, New Haven CT.

Generation No. 2

2. RICHARD2 TUTTLE (SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)1 was born 1593 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died May 08, 1640 in Boston, MA. He married (1) JOAN GRAFTON. He married (2) ANNE TAYLOR June 19, 1622 in Barnwell, St. Andrew, Northamptonshire, England. She was born Abt. 1594 in England.

Notes for RICHARD TUTTLE: TUTTLE The word Tuthill, meaning a conical hill, is of remote antiquity in England. From one or more places named Tuthill, the surname Tuthill (or Tuttle) is derived, after a prevalent custom in the twelfth century and later, when surnames came into use in England. The family has been especially prominent in Devonshire, England. In 1635 three families of this name came to America in the ship "Planter," from the parish of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. John, Richard and William Tuttle, the heads of these three families, were doubtless brothers. Richard, aged forty-two, settled in Boston, where he died May 8, 1640.

Children of RICHARD TUTTLE and ANNE TAYLOR are:

i. ANN/HANNAH3 TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1623.

ii. JOHN TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1625, England; d. 1687; m. MARY HOLYOKE, February 10, 1646/47.

iii. TUTTLE, b. December 1627; d. Bef. 1635.

iv. REBECCA TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1629, England.

3. JOHN2 TUTTLE (SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born Abt. 1596 in England, and died December 30, 1656 in Carrickfergus, Ireland. He married JOAN ANTROBUS Abt. 1628 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, daughter of WALTER ANTROBUS and JOAN ARNOLD. She was born Bef. June 25, 1592 in England, and died Aft. January 29, 1660/61.

Notes for JOHN TUTTLE: Listed as passenger on ship Planter, 1635, sailing from London April 10, 1635, and arrived at Boston on Sunday, June 7, 1635. John Tuttle, age 39, and family boarded ship at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Ipswich England. With him was wife, Joan 42, children, Abigail 6, Simon 4, Sarah 2 and John 1. Also wife's mother, Mrs. Joan Antrobus 65. "John joined the settlement [Ipswich] the same year that he arrived in the "Planter", as appears by the town record in 1635...he was made a freeman 13 March, 1639...representative 1644... he went to Ireland about the time that the disheartened colonists at New Haven were negotiating for the purchase of the city of Galloway in Ireland for a future home...he established himself advantageously there and did not return..."

Children of JOHN TUTTLE and JOAN ANTROBUS are:

5. i. ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE, b. November 04, 1628, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

ii. SIMON TUTTLE, b. Bef. January 10, 1630/31.

iii. SARAH TUTTLE, b. 1633, England.

6. iv. ENSIGN JOHN TUTTLE, JR., b. Bef. March 21, 1633/34, England.

v. HANNAH TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1636.

7. vi. SIMON TUTTLE, b. 1637, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; d. January 1691/92, Ipswich, Essex, MA.

4. WILLIAM2 TUTTLE (SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)2,3 was born December 24, 1607 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died June 16, 1673 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married ELIZABETH MATHEWS Abt. 1630 in Northamptonshire, England. She was born Abt. 1609 in England, and died December 10, 1684 in New Haven, New Haven CT.

Notes for WILLIAM TUTTLE: William Tuttle came with the first settlers of New Haven in 1639. In 1656 he bought of Joshua Atwater his house, homelot and barn in the Yorkshire Quarter between land of Thomas Johnson and that of Mrs. Constable's. The Tuttle Homestead was the only land owned by Yale College for nearly 30 years. In the 243 years from the first purchase of it from the Indians, it was held by five proprietors, Joshua Atwater 16 years, Hester Coster 5 years, First Church of New Haven 26, Yale College 166 years. Mr. Tuttle and Mr. Gregson were the first owners of land in East Haven. Thomas Tuttle's lot adjoined his father's on the south. In seating the Meeting House the first seat near the pulpit was the seat of honor, this was given to William Tuttle. He had 12 children born and raised in the old Homestead. William settled in Charlestown, at the age of twenty-six years; he was prominent in New Haven as early as 1647. and held many important positions.

Children of WILLIAM TUTTLE and ELIZABETH MATHEWS are:

8. i. JOHN3 TUTTLE, b. 1631, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. November 12, 1683, New Haven, New Haven CT.

9. ii. HANNAH TUTTLE, b. 1633, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. March 16, 1695/96, Stratford, Fairfield CT.

10. iii. THOMAS TUTTLE, b. 1634, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England; d. October 19, 1710, New Haven, New Haven CT.

11. iv. JONATHAN TUTTLE, b. 1637, Boston, Suffolk, MA; d. 1705, New Haven, New Haven CT.

v. DAVID TUTTLE, b. Bef. April 07, 1639.

12. vi. JOSEPH TUTTLE, b. Bef. November 22, 1640, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. September 1690, New Haven, New Haven CT.

13. vii. SARAH TUTTLE, b. 1642, CT; d. November 17, 1676, Stamford, Fairfield CT.

14. viii. ELIZABETH TUTTLE, b. 1645, New Haven, New Haven CT.

15. ix. SIMON TUTTLE, b. 1647, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. April 16, 1719, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

x. BENJAMIN TUTTLE, b. Bef. October 29, 1648; d. June 13, 16774.

Notes for BENJAMIN TUTTLE: "The Grand Jury haveing heard the accusation against Benjamen Tuttell did return that they found the Bill here followes the Indictment: Benjamen Tutle thou art indicted by the name of Benjamen Tutle late of Stamford that not haveing the fear of God before thine eyes thou hast most wickedly risen up against thy sister, Sarah the wife of John Slawson of Stamford afoarsayd some time in November last about the 18th day & by smiteing her with an axe or some other instrument of death thou hast slayne her for which according to the law of God & the lawes of this colony thou deservest to dye. The prisoner haveing heard the Indictment read was required to Answer Guilty or not guilty; he Answered not guilty & referred himselfe to be tryed by God & the country. The former Jury being called man by man & the prisoner ordered to look upon them & accept or except against them, he accepting of them the case was comitted to the sayd Jury. The Jury return that they finde Benjamen Tutle Guilty according to the Inditment. The court haveing considered the return of the Jury doe approve of the same. And accordingly did sentence the sayd Benjamen Tutle to be carryed hence to the place from whence he came & at a convenient time to be carryed thence to the place of execution & there to be hanged by the neck till he dyes & then out downe & buryed. This court appoynts that execution be done upon the prisoner according to sentence the 13th of June next & the secretary is appoynted to signe a warrnt to the marshall to see execution done according to the sentance. And the reverend Mr. Nath. Collins is desired & appoynted to preach the lecture that day execution is to be done." Benjamin was hanged at New Haven, June 13, 1677.

16. xi. MERCY TUTTLE, b. April 27, 1650, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. Aft. 1695.

17. xii. NATHANIEL TUTTLE, b. February 24, 1652/53, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. August 20, 1721, Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

Generation No. 3

5. ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE (JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born November 04, 1628 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. She married JOHN MEADER 1653 in Oyster Hill, Straffor, son of JOHN MEADER. He was born 1625 in St. Andrews, Holborn, London, and died 1715 in Oyster River, Strafford, New Ham.

Notes for ABIGAIL TUTTLE: Another Abigail Tuttle may have been born to Joan and John Tuttle, since an Abigail Tuttle is listed as having died before the age of six.

Children of ABIGAIL TUTTLE and JOHN MEADER are:

i. HANNAH4 MEADER, b. 1657; m. NICHOLAS FOLLETT.

18. ii. JOHN MEADER, b. 1660; d. 1738.

iii. JOSEPH MEADER, b. 1664; d. 1739; m. ELIZABETH ALLEN5, February 20, 1689/90.

iv. ELIZABETH MEADER, b. March 28, 1665.

v. SARAH MEADER, b. January 11, 1667/68; d. 1719; m. EDWARD WAKEMAN, March 16, 1690/91.

19. vi. NATHANIEL MEADER, b. June 14, 1671; d. April 25, 1704, Oyster River, Strafford, New Ham.

vii. NICHOLAS MEADER, b. 1673.

6. ENSIGN JOHN3 TUTTLE, JR. (JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)6 was born Bef. March 21, 1633/34 in England. He married JUDITH OTIS6, daughter of RICHARD OTIS and ROSE STOUGHTON. She was born 1667, and died 1712.

Notes for ENSIGN JOHN TUTTLE, JR.: John held several public offices, and was ensign of the Dover military company. He lived on the west side of Back river, about a mile from his father, on his grandfather's farm. He owned a large tract of land in the parish of Somersworth and another at Tole End. On May 7, 1712, when he was attending to some business at his mill on the upper falls of Cochecho, with his eldest son, he was suddenly attacked by some Indians and slain. His son Thomas escaped. At the time of the massacre at Dover, in 1689, his wife's father, her brother and her sister, were killed and the garrison burned by the Indians, while she and two sisters were carried away. The party was overtaken after a time by the soldiers at Conway and the three prisoners rescued. When John Tuttle was killed he left his wife with six children, the oldest only fourteen years of age.

Notes for JUDITH OTIS: Taken captive by Indians 28 Jun 1689, and rescued later.

Children of JOHN TUTTLE and JUDITH OTIS are:

i. MARY4 TUTTLE, b. January 07, 1697/98.

ii. THOMAS TUTTLE, b. March 15, 1699/00.

iii. JUDITH TUTTLE, b. May 10, 1702, Dover, NH.

iv. JOHN TUTTLE, b. May 08, 1704.

v. DOROTHY TUTTLE, b. March 21, 1705/06.

vi. NICHOLAS TUTTLE7, b. July 27, 1708; d. 1793; m. (1) DEBORAH HUNT; m. (2) BERTHA DAVIS.

Notes for NICHOLAS TUTTLE: NICHOLAS TUTTLE, third son of ensign John and Judith (Otis) Tuttle settled in that part of Dover which is now called Lee. He subsequently removed to Nottingham, where he died in 1793, and where his descendants have been numerous. His grandfather, Judge Tuttle, gave him lands on the east side of Dover neck "lying and being between Leftenant Beard's land and Nutter's and the High Street on the west and the river on the east." This tract of land included the homestead of John Tuttle, the first settler. Nicholas sold this land to Judge Millett in 1735.

vii. JAMES TUTTLE, b. February 09, 1710/11.

7. SIMON3 TUTTLE (JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1637 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and died January 1691/92 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. He married (1) JOAN BURNHAM 1659. He married (2) SARAH COGSWELL 1663, daughter of JOHN COGSWELL. She was born Abt. 1646, and died January 24, 1731/32.

Children of SIMON TUTTLE and SARAH COGSWELL are:

20. i. JOHN4 TUTTLE, b. April 1663, Ipswich, MA; d. February 03, 1715/16, Ipswich, MA.

ii. JOANNA TUTTLE, b. September 24, 1664, Ipswich, MA; m. (1) JOHN BISHOP; m. (2) JOHN PICKARD, March 05, 1690/91; m. (3) EDMUND POTTER, November 1704; m. (4) JOHN WHIPPLE, JR., April 1708.

21. iii. SIMON TUTTLE, b. September 17, 1667, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 11, 1746, Littleton, Middlesex, MA.

22. iv. ELIZABETH TUTTLE, b. November 24, 1670, Ipswich, MA; d. November 29, 1752, Haverhill MA.

8. JOHN3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1631 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died November 12, 1683 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married CATHERINE LANE November 08, 1653 in New Haven, New Haven CT.

Children of JOHN TUTTLE and CATHERINE LANE are:

i. HANNAH4 TUTTLE, b. November 03, 1655; m. SAMUEL CLARK, November 07, 1672.

ii. JOHN TUTTLE, b. September 16, 1657.

iii. SAMUEL TUTTLE, b. January 09, 1658/59; m. SARAH NEWMAN, 1684.

iv. SARAH TUTTLE, b. January 22, 1661/62; m. JOHN HUMISTON, September 10, 1685.

v. DANIEL TUTTLE, b. April 13, 1664; d. 1700, Milford, New Haven CT.

Notes for DANIEL TUTTLE: Twin of Mary

vi. MARY TUTTLE, b. April 13, 1664; m. JOHN BALL, June 06, 1716.

Notes for MARY TUTTLE: Twin of Daniel

vii. ELIZABETH TUTTLE, b. November 26, 1666.

viii. DAVID TUTTLE, b. November 14, 1668.

9. HANNAH3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1633 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died March 16, 1695/96 in Stratford, Fairfield CT. She married (1) JOSHUA JUDSON Abt. 1655 in Stratford, Fairfield CT. He died 1661. She married (2) JOHN HURD, JR. December 10, 1662 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. He was born Abt. 1632 in England, and died 1690 in CT.

Child of HANNAH TUTTLE and JOHN HURD is:

23. i. BENJAMIN4 HURD, b. February 16, 1665/66, Stratford, Fairfield CT; d. May 21, 1754, Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

10. THOMAS3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)8 was born 1634 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and died October 19, 1710 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married HANNAH POWELL May 21, 1661 in New Haven, New Haven CT. She was born August 1641 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died October 15, 1710 in New Haven, New Haven CT.

Notes for THOMAS TUTTLE: Thomas Tuttle was a cooper: chosen Packer 1672-74. Guager and Packer 1704. Juryman 1682. Constable 1683, excused from training on account of gout 1689. One of the appraisers of the estate of James Davids (Col. John Dixwell, one of the regicides) President Stiles of Yale College says "Thomas Tuttle I have been told, assisted in laying out Mr. Dixwell and there is some reason to believe he was the very person that privately dug Whalley's grave and assisted at his interment here." (Stiles' Hist. of the Judges.) He (Thomas Tuttle) lived and died on what is a part of College Square. The property was held by Tuttle's for 133 years. "Mrs. Constable 1639 to 1652. Thomas Wheeler 1652-1657. Thomas Tuttle and descendants 1657 to 1780. John Scott 1780-1796. Yale College 1796-1882."

Children of THOMAS TUTTLE and HANNAH POWELL are:

i. HANNAH4 TUTTLE, b. February 21, 1661/62.

ii. ABIGAIL TUTTLE, b. January 17, 1662/63.

iii. MARY TUTTLE, b. June 14, 1665; d. August 12, 1683.

iv. THOMAS TUTTLE, b. October 27, 1667; d. January 30, 1702/03; m. MARY SANFORD, June 28, 1692.

v. JOHN TUTTLE, b. December 05, 1669.

vi. ESTHER TUTTLE, b. April 09, 1672; m. SAMUEL RUSSELL, February 25, 1693/94.

24. vii. CALEB TUTTLE, b. August 29, 1674; d. 1751.

viii. JOSHUA TUTTLE, b. December 19, 1676; m. MARY MIX, February 25, 1709/10.

ix. MARTHA TUTTLE, b. May 23, 1679; d. January 25, 1698/99.

11. JONATHAN3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1637 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, and died 1705 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married REBECCA BELL. She was born August 1643 in Stamford, Fairfield CT, and died May 02, 1676 in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA.

Children of JONATHAN TUTTLE and REBECCA BELL are:

i. REBECCA4 TUTTLE, b. September 10, 1664; m. ISAAC DEIGHTON.

ii. MARY TUTTLE, b. February 07, 1665/66; m. EBENEZER FROST, October 04, 1704.

iii. DAVID TUTTLE, b. November 14, 1668.

iv. JONATHAN TUTTLE, b. April 06, 1669.

v. SIMON TUTTLE, b. March 11, 1670/71.

25. vi. WILLIAM TUTTLE, b. May 25, 1673, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. 1727, New Haven, New Haven CT.

vii. NATHANIEL TUTTLE, b. February 25, 1675/76, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. March 1727/28, New Haven, New Haven CT; m. ESTHER DOOLITTLE; b. January 24, 1682/83, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. 1756, New Haven, New Haven CT.

12. JOSEPH3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born Bef. November 22, 1640 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died September 1690 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married HANNAH MUNSON May 02, 1667 in New Haven, New Haven CT. She was born Abt. 1648 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died November 30, 1695 in Guilford, New Haven CT.

Children of JOSEPH TUTTLE and HANNAH MUNSON are:

i. JOSEPH4 TUTTLE, b. March 18, 1667/68, New Haven, New Haven CT; m. ELIZABETH SANFORD, December 10, 1692.

ii. SAMUEL TUTTLE, b. July 15, 1670, New Haven, New Haven CT; m. SARAH HART, December 11, 1695.

iii. STEPHEN TUTTLE, b. May 20, 1673, New Haven, New Haven CT; m. RUTH.

iv. JOANNA TUTTLE, b. February 25, 1674/75, New Haven, New Haven CT; m. STEPHEN PANBONNA.

v. TIMOTHY TUTTLE, b. September 30, 1678, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. November 21, 1678.

vi. SUSANNA TUTTLE, b. February 20, 1678/79, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. October 10, 1737.

vii. ELIZABETH TUTTLE, b. July 12, 1683, New Haven, New Haven CT.

viii. HANNAH TUTTLE, b. May 14, 1685, New Haven, New Haven CT.

ix. HANNAH TUTTLE, b. February 26, 1685/86, New Haven, New Haven CT.

13. SARAH3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1642 in CT, and died November 17, 1676 in Stamford, Fairfield CT. She married JOHN SLOSSUN November 22, 1663 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He died October 16, 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield CT.

Notes for SARAH TUTTLE: Sarah Tuttle was merely a flirt, but two separate incidents have guaranteed her place in history. At a court held in New Haven, May 1, 1660, Jacob Murline and Sarah Tuttle were prosecuted for "sinful dalliance". They were accused of "sitting down on a chest together, his arm about her waist and her arm upon his should or about his neck, and continuing in this sinful position about half an hour, in which time he kissed her and she kissed him, and they kissed one another", as the witnesses testify. This complaint was made by Sarah's father under a law that whosoever should inveigle or draw away the affections of any maid or maid servant for himself or others, without first obtaining the consent of her parents or guardians, should pay, besides all the damages the parent might sustain, 40 shillings for the first offense, and for the second towards the same person, 4 pounds and for the third, fined, imprisoned and corporally punished, as the Plantation court may direct.

The term "inveigling" appears to have had rather wide implications. There were cases in which the young man charged with this offense had done nothing more than to walk with the girl on a country road. Young women who consented to advances from the men were also looked upon with legal disfavor. Mr. Tuttle pleaded that Jacob had endeavored to steal away his daughter's affections.

Additionally, the Governor declared that "the business for which they were warned to the Court he had heard in private at his house which he related to stand thus; on the day John Potter was married, Sarah Tuttle went to Mr. Murline's for some three hours. Mr. Murline bid her go to her daughters in the other room, where they fell into speech of John Potter & his wife, that they were both lame, upon which Sarah Tuttle said that she wondered what they would do at night whereupon Jacob came in a tooke away or took up her gloves; Sarah desired him to give her the gloves, to which he answered he would do so, if she would give him a kiss, upon which they sate downe together, his arme being about her & her arme upon his shoulder or about he necke & he kissed her & shee him, or they kissed one another, continuing in this posture about half an houre. Mrs. Murline now in Court said that she heard her say, she wondered what they would doe at night & she replied they must sleep, but there was company with her in the roome, and she was in a strait; but it is matter of sorrow & shame to her."

Jacob was asked what he had to say to these things; to which he answered, "yes he was in the other roome & when he heard Sarah speake those words he went in, where shee haveing let fall her gloves, he tooke them up & she asked him for them; hee told her he would if shee would kisse him which she did; further said that he tooke her by her hand & they both sate downe upon a chest, but whether his arme were about her & her arme upon his shoulder or about his neck, he knowes not, but he never thought of it since, till Mr. Raymond told him of it; for which he was blamed & told that it appeares that he hath not layd it to heart as he ought. But Sarah Tuttle replyed that shee did not kiss him; but Sarah being asked if Jacob had inveigled her, she said, no; tho Tuttle said that he came to their house two or three times before he went to Holland & they two were together & to what end he came he knowes not unless it were to inveigle her & their mother warned Sarah not to keep company with him. Jacob denyed that he came to their house with any such intention nor did it appeare so to the Court. The Governor told Sarah that her miscarriage is the greatest that a virgin should be so bold in the presence of others, to carry it as she had done & to speake such corrupt words, most of the things charged being acknowledged by her self, though that about kissing him is denyed, yet the thing is proved. Sarah professed that she was sorry that she had carried it so foolishly & sinfully which she sees to be hateful; she hoped God would help her to carry it better for time to come. The Governor also told Jacob that his carriage hath beene very evil and sinfull, so to carry towards her; & to make such a light matter of it as not to thinke of it (as he had exprest) doth greatly aggravate."

Sarah was characterized by the court as a "bold virgin" who had better mend her ways. She said meekly that she would. Jacob was set free and told to shun such virgins as Sarah. The Court declared, "that we have heard in the publique ministry that it is a thing to be lamented that younge people should have their meetings, to the corrupting of themselves & one another; as for Sarah Tuttle, her miscarriages are very great, that she should utter so corrupt a speech as she did concerning the persons to be married & that she should carry it in such an imodest, uncivil, wanton, lascivious manner, as hath beene proved; & for Jacob, his carriage hath beene verry corrupt & sinfull, such as brings reproach upon the family & place; the sentence therefore concerning them was, that they shall pay either of them as a fine 20 shillings to the Treasurer."

Sarah Tuttle died at the hands of her brother, Benjamin on November 17, 1676. Twenty-nine year old Benjamin made his family's name in history with that rather indelicate instrument, the ax. That night he began quarreling with sister, Sarah. A fragment of paper preserved in the CT State Archives contains a statement by Benjamin.

In it he said that he was with his sister, that they had had a falling out, that he was afraid she would do to him what he had done to her, and that he had no love for her. He and Sarah may have been arguing about the division of their dead father's considerable property, or perhaps Sarah made a disparaging remark about their sister, Elizabeth, who was showing signs of an impetuous nature and lack of decorum which was quite at odds with the Puritan standards of the day. Benjamin may have reminded Sarah that she was no angel; she had scandilized the town in her youth by publicly exchanging kisses with a Dutch sailor, for which she and the sailor were fined.

Whatever the quarrel was about, Benjamin resolved it in a terrible, final manner. He went to the barn, got an ax, returned to the house and struck Sarah on the head, "maulling & mashing her head to many pieces in a barbarous and bloudy maner." Benjamin then ran away and hid in the woods, but was later apprehended and tried and convicted for the murder May 29, 1677.

An official record of the case appears in Crimes, op. cit. Document No. 80:

A veardet of a Jourey's Inqest in Stamford, novemb'r 18th 1676 one the death of Sarah Slason, wif to Jno. Slason; howe was found barbarsley Slayen In hur one hous, as followeth -

"We hous names are hear undar wretten (of the Jourey) and how a greed undar outh decleare: the body of the womman we found leyeng dead a cros the hearth, with hur head In the cornar of the chem[ney?], wounded after this mannar: the Skull and Jaw, eaxtremly broken, from the Jaw to hur neack, and soo to the crown of the head, one the right Sied of the Same, with part of her brayens out, wich ran out at a hool, wich was Struck through her head, behind the ear. Judgeng the weppon with wich It was dune to be with a narro ax that laye near hur, wich was much bloddy a bout the pooll of the same, and a pone Inqisishon from the children of Jno. and Sarah Slasson, Jno. Slasson, sune to Jno. and Sarah, as a boye aged a bought twelief years, sayeth that, beeng In his fat[her's] hous one Sattarday night, the 18th of this Instant, a bought one houar and half with In the night, his mothar, him self and the rest of the children beeng thare, his mothar beeng at the fiare, Sitteng In a chare, and bengimun tuttell Setteng [at] the chimny cornar near his mothar, his mothar was saying to hur children She was Sorry hur husband was gone to mr. bishops without his Suppar, exspecteng he was gon to watch, for She feard he would be Sick for want of It. Bengiman tuttell replyeng verry Short, that he might have had It befor he went If he would. his mothar ansreng him a gaiene with this reply: (you ned not be Soo short), a pone wich he went out of the dooars, an when he was out his bothar bead his Sistar Sarrah, Shutt the dore, beang It Smockt, and as She went to Shut It, bengiman tuttall came In with Sumtheng In his hand and Spock these words anggarly: (Ile Shut the doar for you) and soo went to his mother and struck her one the right Sied of the heed with that he broght In his hand, but knoes not whethar It was an ax or other weppon; at wich blow She fell and nevar Spock nor groned more; and followd with Sevrell blows aftar She fell, Standeng over hur, a pone wich he rune out of doars and cried [two illegible words]. Just as he struck his mothar the furst blow, bengiman tuttell Sayed (I will tech you to Scold) and a pone thaire criyeng out, bengiman tuttell fled; There beeng no parson In the hous when the mistchef begun, to help them. Sarah Slason, dafter to Jno. and Sarah Slason, was a bout aged a bout niene yeares, declared the same varbattom.

Wee, the Juary, doe declare that the decklaratshon of the boy and the gurl as above was declared befor us by them, and doe Judg that the wund one her heed was the caus of her death, as witnes our hands.

henary Smith, Danyell Scofeld, Samuel dibboll, Caleb hiatt, Jno. Asten, Jno. Selleck, Rich: Law, Frances Bell, Jno. Homs, Jno. Grene, Isak [illegible], [illegible]"

Children of SARAH TUTTLE and JOHN SLOSSUN are:

i. JOHN4 SLOSSUN, b. September 09, 1664.

ii. SARAH SLOSSUN, b. January 20, 1666/67.

iii. JONATHAN SLOSSUN, b. July 25, 1670.

iv. ELIZABETH SLOSSUN, b. January 30, 1671/72.

14. ELIZABETH3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)9 was born 1645 in New Haven, New Haven CT. She married RICHARD EDWARDS10 November 19, 1667, son of WILLIAM EDWARDS and AGNES SPENCER. He was born May 16, 1647 in Hartford, Hartford CT, and died April 20, 1718 in Hartford, Hartford CT.

Notes for ELIZABETH TUTTLE: "A remarkable feature in our family history, as it would be in any other, is the branch of Elizabeth. It is an interesting genealogical study. Both the parents were of the same Welsh race. There is evidence that the mother had the sensitive and excitable temperament of genius. Richard Edwards, being an only child, inherited ample means and gave his children the best education the country afforded. To educate is to bring out, and to train, it cannot create talents or character. The ministerial profession was then almost the only field for the employment of able and educated men. So all things conspired to favor the natural bent for their son Timothy. The process was continued and in the next generation reached its highest development in his son Jonathan. From the very beginning this branch has been noted for its high regard for education, its scholarly culture, and its religious disposition. It is said to include a larger number of eminent persons than have sprung from any other one of the New England founders. It is wonderful, says a late writer, how much of the grace and culture of American society has sprung from this root. The same pursuits continued generation after generation in the same families, or originally set apart by nature for a chosen work, has resulted in a heritage of confirmed aptitudes, enlarged natural capacities, delicacy and refinement of physical organization, manners, sentiments and tastes; a sort of 'Brahmin Caste in New England,' as Dr. Holmes put it, of which the Edwards family form a considerable proportion, and in which it holds a high rank."

FROM CONN. QUARTERLY
"The branch of the Tuttle family from which Elizabeth Tuttle came, was erratic to the degree of insanity, and is so to a certain extent to the present day. This family taint was restrained by the strong will and great spirituality and intellectual vigor of Rev. Timothy and Rev. Jonathan, only to crop out again in renewed activity in the son (Pierpont Edwards) and the grandson (Aaron Burr), of the 'divine Jonathan,' both of whom were profligate, vicious and licentious. Mrs. Richard Edwards' brother was found guilty of slaying his sister, by the Colonial Court, and executed; and another sister was found guilty of killing her own son, but through the confusion existing at that time, she escaped the penalty of the law."

Elizabeth Tuttle, the eighth child of William Tuttle and Elizabeth Mathews married Richard Edwards November 91, 1667. Elizabeth early on showed signs of an impetuous nature and lack of decorum, which was quite at odds with the Puritan standards of the day.

From the minutes of "A County Court holden by adjournment at Hartford, 1668" came this note: "Richard Edwards and Elizabeth his wife, being called to an account of incontinency before marriage, the Court having considered what hath been presented, with the acknowledgement of the said Ricahrd that he was upon the bed with her at Mr. Wells, his house, before marriage, the best part of one night, and in company with her at New Haven (according to which the child was borne), this Court cannot but judge and declare the child borne of the said Elizaeth to be and be reputed child of the said Richard Edwards, and for their incontinency before marriage, they are adjudged to pay [as] a fine to the public treasury of the County of Hartford, the sum of five pounds."

Richard subsequently learned that he was not the father of the first child, Mary, and on July 2, 1689, he filed a petition to divorce her. He rather plantively based his divorce action on the following four reasons: "(1) Her being guilty at first of a fact of ye same nature; (2) Her refusing me so longer together; (3) Her carage having been observed by some to bee very fond and unseemly to some other man than my self; (4) Her often comending on other man with show or ye like words...hee was worth a thousand of my self." That "other man" may have been one William Pitkin, for he brought suit against Richards Edwards in May of 1691 for using a term in his divorce case that was "derogatory of his (Pitkin's) honor." The records found in "Crimes and Misdemeanors, Divorces, 1664-1732, Document No. 235" read:

"He found, three mo. after marriage, that she was with child by another (Mr. Randolph), who she accused before 2 magistrates; and her father [William Tuttle] took and brought up the child; which from regard to her and relying upon her fair promises, he [Richard] neglected to take advantage of her, for which he had bitter cause to repent. He lived with her eight or nine years, when she obstinately refused conjugal communion with him, and deserted his bed; and her conduct was so intolerable that by advice, he travelled abroad, hoping by his absence she would relent. On his return, for a while, she behaved herself, but soon, in answer to some question, she said she had committed folly with another man, whom she named, and fell into her old fits of obstinacy; and he renounced her as a wife, and so has since lived. She has caused him intolerable and insupportable afflictions. He enters into a long scriptural argument for divorce and quotes early Christian examples and authorities. She is guilty of adultery, and he prays a release."

Edwards' plea for divorce was denied despite the fact that Elizabeth's two eldest children by Edwards, Timothy and Abigail, testified against her, "to the great obstinacy of their mother and to her absenting herself from their father's bed and society."

Two years later, in Oct of 1691, a council of "able divines (including the famous Rev. Thomas Hooker and Rev. Increase Mather) were assembled to consider the divorce action again. At that time Richard made a second, more long-winded plea. By then he was calling himself an attorney, though he was self taught. Besides, he needed to be free to marry Mary Talcott, with whom he had lain already. In fact, Mary Talcott had been fined for fornication with him.

On top of that, Mercy Brown, Elizabeth's sister, had killed her son the previous spring and her brother Benjamin had been executed for murdering their sister, Sarah prior to that. It became clear that Elizabeth herself was, at times, not in her right mind, and often threatened to murder her husband while he was asleep. Surely the judges would understand that Richard's fear of Elizabeth was not ungrounded. The upshot of this second plea was that the ministers decided "it is not within the compass of human power to deny him a divorce." Edwards was granted the divorce and eventually married Mary Talcott, with whom he had six children.

After the divorce, there is no record of Elizabeth ever marrying again. Nor was the date of her death recorded, which leads one to believe that she may have been leading a marginal existence by the time she died. It is possible, too, that she committed suicide. Suicide was a grave sin in those times, and a person who had committed suicide could not be buried in a cemetery. Perhaps she had wandered to another, wilder part of the country and died in an area where records were not kept.

Ironically, Elizabeth Tuttle was the ancestor of a family that was to have an amazing impact on American history. Her son Timothy married a Stoddard, and he became the father of Jonathan Edwards, the brilliant, neurotic minister who has been called the last of the great Puritans. Jonathan Edwards married a Pierepont. His descendants went on to be influential ministers, college presidents, financiers, surgeons and judges. Perhaps the most famous descendant was Aaron Burr.

Notes for RICHARD EDWARDS: Richard Edwards was a well-to-do merchant, later became an attorney-at-law, and practicing his profession as early as 1684; in 1702-3 he argued a fugitive slave case against Saltonstall. He was probably the first Queen's Attorney, appointed as such in April, 1705, the office having been created in May, 1704.

His eldest son, Timothy, wrote as follows concerning him: "He was a noble stature of a straight, well-formed body and of a comely countenance. His smile had a pleasantcy beyond which I have seen in many, yea, in most others. He was quick and nimble in his movements even to old age and was of a strong and healthy constitution. He had a strong clear mind. and had a very good utterance. He had a quick fancy; a pleasant. ready wit, with a very good judgment. He could argue in a matter and reason in a case very well. He was a man of considerable reading; both in Law History, and Divinity; was well furnished for society and very pleasant in consultation. Thus it pleased the Most High to endow and adorn my dear departed father with many virtues which rendered him very lovely and desirable in his life and much lamented in his death.

Children of ELIZABETH TUTTLE and RICHARD EDWARDS are:

i. CYNTHIA4 EDWARDS.

ii. MARY EDWARDS, b. 1668.

26. iii. TIMOTHY EDWARDS, b. May 14, 1669.

iv. ABIGAIL EDWARDS, b. 1671; m. (1) BENJAMIN LATHROP11, 1689; m. (2) CAPT. THOMAS STOUGHTON, 1689; d. 1690.

Notes for ABIGAIL EDWARDS: Ten children by Thomas Stoughton.

v. ELIZABETH EDWARDS, b. 1675; m. (1) JACOB DEMING; m. (2) HINCKLEY.

Notes for ELIZABETH EDWARDS: she had four children with first husband.

vi. ANN EDWARDS, b. 1678; m. (1) JONATHAN RICHARDS; m. (2) WILLIAM DAVENPORT.

vii. MABEL EDWARDS, b. 1685; m. JONATHAN BIGELOW.

Notes for MABEL EDWARDS: Six children.

15. SIMON3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1647 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died April 16, 1719 in Wallingford, New Haven CT. He married ABIGAIL. She died August 11, 1722.

Children of SIMON TUTTLE and ABIGAIL are:

27. i. ABIGAIL4 TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1680, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. December 06, 1728, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

ii. THANKFUL TUTTLE, b. Abt. 1680.

iii. DANIEL TUTTLE, b. November 11, 1680, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. August 12, 1747, Wallingford, New Haven CT; m. RUTH HOW, October 18, 1716, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

28. iv. TIMOTHY TUTTLE, b. 1682, New Haven, New Haven CT; d. April 15, 1756, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

v. REBECCA TUTTLE, b. 1698.

vi. JONATHAN TUTTLE, b. September 18, 1701.

vii. ISAIAH TUTTLE, b. July 10, 1704; m. SUSANNAH DOOLITTLE, June 04, 1727.

viii. ELIZABETH TUTTLE, b. November 08, 1705.

ix. DEBORAH TUTTLE, b. January 01, 1708/09.

x. DAVID TUTTLE, b. April 25, 1713.

16. MERCY3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born April 27, 1650 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died Aft. 1695. She married SAMUEL BROWN May 02, 1667 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He was born 1645, and died November 04, 1691.

Children of MERCY TUTTLE and SAMUEL BROWN are:

i. ABIGAIL4 BROWN, b. March 11, 1668/69.

ii. SARAH BROWN, b. August 08, 1672.

iii. RACHEL BROWN, b. August 14, 1677.

iv. FRANCIS BROWN, b. October 07, 1679.

v. GIDEON BROWN, b. July 12, 1685.

vi. SAMUEL BROWN, b. October 29, 1689.

17. NATHANIEL3 TUTTLE (WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born February 24, 1652/53 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died August 20, 1721 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. He married SARAH HOW August 10, 1682 in New Haven, New Haven CT. She was born January 25, 1654/55 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died November 1743 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

Children of NATHANIEL TUTTLE and SARAH HOW are:

i. HEZEKIAH4 TUTTLE, d. 1753; m. MARTHA HUTHWITH, April 11, 1711.

ii. ANNA TUTTLE, d. July 22, 1753.

iii. MARY TUTTLE, b. May 1683; d. Bef. 1721.

iv. EPHRAIM TUTTLE, b. Bef. July 20, 1683; m. DINAH WHEELER, February 13, 1705/06.

v. TEMPERANCE TUTTLE, b. Bef. November 24, 1684; d. November 1749.

vi. ISAAC TUTTLE, b. February 03, 1697/98; m. (1) MARY WARNER; d. October 28, 1746; m. (2) PRUDENCE WHEELER, January 10, 1728/29; d. 1730.

Generation No. 4

18. JOHN4 MEADER (ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1660, and died 1738. He married (1) SARAH FOLLETT in Strafford, New Hamps, daughter of NICHOLAS FOLLETT and ABIGAIL. She was born 1654. He married (2) ELIZABETH KIRKE12, daughter of HENRY KIRKE and RUTH GLANFIELD. She died Bef. 173512. He married (3) AGNES CLARK.

Children of JOHN MEADER and SARAH FOLLETT are:

i. ABIGAIL5 MEADER, b. 1681; m. JOHN DAVIS.

ii. JOSEPH MEADER, b. April 10, 1681; d. 1759; m. CHARITY NASON, December 29, 1703.

29. iii. ELIZABETH MEADER, b. 1684; d. 1737, Dover, New Hampshire.

iv. NICHOLAS MEADER, b. 1685; d. June 1767; m. LYDIA.

30. v. SARAH MEADER, b. August 29, 1685, Oyster River, Durham, Strafford NH; d. 1725.

19. NATHANIEL4 MEADER (ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born June 14, 1671, and died April 25, 1704 in Oyster River, Strafford, New Ham. He married ELEANOR HALL 1695.

Notes for NATHANIEL MEADER: Killed by Indians at Oyster River near Nicholas Follett's home.

Children of NATHANIEL MEADER and ELEANOR HALL are:

i. LYDIA5 MEADER, b. August 25, 1696; m. ELBERT ELBORTON, December 22, 1717, Portsmouth NH; b. New York.

ii. DANIEL MEADER, b. November 03, 1698; m. ELIZABETH ALLEN13, August 23, 1727.

iii. NATHANIEL MEADER, b. March 08, 1699/00; m. RACHEL SIAS.

iv. ELIZABETH MEADER, b. April 03, 1702; m. HENRY TIBBETTS, January 23, 1728/29; b. July 29, 1699, Dover Neck, Strafford, NH.

Notes for HENRY TIBBETTS: Members of the "Society of Friends"

v. ELEANOR MEADER, b. June 03, 1704; m. (1) DANIEL LIBBY; m. (2) JOHN BROOKS.

20. JOHN4 TUTTLE (SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born April 1663 in Ipswich, MA, and died February 03, 1715/16 in Ipswich, MA. He married MARTHA WARD December 03, 1689.

Children of JOHN TUTTLE and MARTHA WARD are:

i. MARTHA5 TUTTLE.

ii. MARY TUTTLE.

iii. SUSANNA TUTTLE.

iv. WILLIAM TUTTLE.

21. SIMON4 TUTTLE (SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born September 17, 1667 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died April 11, 1746 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. He married MARY ROGERS June 16, 1696 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachussetts. She was born September 10, 1672, and died September 18, 1736.

Children of SIMON TUTTLE and MARY ROGERS are:

i. SARAH5 TUTTLE.

ii. MARGARET TUTTLE.

iii. ELIZABETH TUTTLE.

iv. NATHANIEL TUTTLE.

v. LUCY TUTTLE.

31. vi. SIMON TUTTLE, b. August 10, 1707, Ipswich MA; d. 1793, Littleton, Middlesex, MA.

32. vii. SAMUEL TUTTLE, b. May 19, 1709, Ipswich, MA; d. December 11, 1780, Littleton, Middlesex MA.

22. ELIZABETH4 TUTTLE (SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born November 24, 1670 in Ipswich, MA, and died November 29, 1752 in Haverhill MA. She married SAMUEL AYER November 21, 1693 in Haverhill, MA. He was born September 28, 1669 in Haverhill MA, and died January 02, 1742/43.

Children of ELIZABETH TUTTLE and SAMUEL AYER are:

i. HANNAH5 AYER.

ii. PETER AYER.

iii. SAMUEL AYER.

iv. WILLIAM AYER.

Notes for WILLIAM AYER: Doctor

v. EBENEZER AYER.

Notes for EBENEZER AYER: Yeoman

vi. SIMON AYER.

vii. SARAH AYER.

33. viii. ELIZABETH AYER, b. November 10, 1652, Haverhill MA; d. Abt. 1699, Haverhill MA.

23. BENJAMIN4 HURD (HANNAH3 TUTTLE, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born February 16, 1665/66 in Stratford, Fairfield CT, and died May 21, 1754 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. He married SARAH KIMBERLY Abt. 1690 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. She was born August 01, 1672 in Albermarle Prov., Carolina Prov., NC, and died August 20, 1749 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

Child of BENJAMIN HURD and SARAH KIMBERLY is:

34. i. ZADOC5 HURD, b. December 19, 1703, Woodbury, Litchfield, CT; d. February 12, 1742/43, Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

24. CALEB4 TUTTLE (THOMAS3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)14 was born August 29, 1674, and died 1751. He married (1) HANNAH BUTLER. She was born in Branford. He married (2) MARY HOTCHKISS14 March 01, 1698/99. She was born in East Haven.

Notes for CALEB TUTTLE: Caleb son of Thomas Tuttle, was prominent in the secession from the First Church Society, which resulted in the organization of the Second Society known as the "North Church" corner of Church and Elm St. also known as the "Blue Meeting House" because it was painted blue. His first wife was Mary Hotchkiss of East Haven, 2nd wife Hannah Butler of Branford. He knew all about the Regicides and told many a tale concerning them before his death in 1751.

Child of CALEB TUTTLE and MARY HOTCHKISS is:

35. i. ABRAHAM5 TUTTLE, b. February 16, 1721/22.

25. WILLIAM4 TUTTLE (JONATHAN3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born May 25, 1673 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died 1727 in New Haven, New Haven CT. He married MARY ABERNATHY, daughter of WILLIAM ABERNATHY and SARAH DOOLITTLE. She was born March 27, 1680 in Wallingford, New Haven CT.

Children of WILLIAM TUTTLE and MARY ABERNATHY are:

i. AARON5 TUTTLE, b. November 25, 1698; m. MARY MUNSON, February 06, 1723/24.

ii. MARY TUTTLE, b. August 1702.

36. iii. SUSANNAH TUTTLE, b. November 10, 1708.

iv. LYDIA TUTTLE, b. February 22, 1710/11.

v. JEMIMA TUTTLE, b. February 13, 1711/12.

vi. HANNAH TUTTLE, b. November 10, 1715.

vii. DAN TUTTLE, b. August 01, 1718.

viii. DANIEL TUTTLE, b. April 30, 1722; d. 1784; m. ABIGAIL FREDERICK, January 26, 1742/43, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

26. TIMOTHY4 EDWARDS (ELIZABETH3 TUTTLE, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born May 14, 1669. He married ESTHER STODDARD November 06, 1694, daughter of SOLOMON STODDARD and ESTHER WARHAM. She was born June 02, 1672, and died January 10, 1770.

Notes for TIMOTHY EDWARDS: He graduated at Harvard in 1691 and was the pastor of the Church in East Windsor. He had ten daughters and one son, Jonathan, the distinguished divine.

Children of TIMOTHY EDWARDS and ESTHER STODDARD are:

37. i. JONATHAN5 EDWARDS, b. 1703; d. March 28, 1758.

38. ii. ESTHER/EUNICE EDWARDS, b. 1705; d. June 01, 1788, East Windsor CT.

27. ABIGAIL4 TUTTLE (SIMON3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born Abt. 1680 in Wallingford, New Haven CT, and died December 06, 1728 in Wallingford, New Haven CT. She married ISAAC CURTIS June 05, 1706 in Wallingford, New Haven CT.

Children of ABIGAIL TUTTLE and ISAAC CURTIS are:

i. EBENEZER5 CURTIS, d. July 24, 1717.

ii. DANIEL CURTIS, b. August 07, 1707.

iii. ISAAC CURTIS, b. Abt. 1709.

iv. ABIGAIL CURTIS, b. April 09, 1712.

v. ELEAZER CURTIS, b. February 03, 1714/15.

vi. PHEBE CURTIS, b. April 04, 1718; d. August 05, 1718.

vii. JOSHUA CURTIS, b. April 26, 1719; d. July 20, 1719.

viii. EBENEZER CURTIS, b. January 17, 1720/21.

ix. PHINEAS CURTIS, b. August 12, 1723.

28. TIMOTHY4 TUTTLE (SIMON3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1682 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died April 15, 1756 in Wallingford, New Haven CT. He married (1) MARY PECK. She was born October 06, 1689 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died January 22, 1747/48 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT. He married (2) SARAH ATWATER. She was born April 06, 1693 in New Haven, New Haven CT, and died May 28, 1761 in Wallingford, New Haven CT. He married (3) THANKFUL DOOLITTLE November 02, 1706 in Wallingford, New Haven CT, daughter of JOHN DOOLITTLE and MARY PECK. She was born May 04, 1688 in Wallingford, New Haven CT, and died November 23, 1728 in Wallingford, New Haven CT.

Children of TIMOTHY TUTTLE and MARY PECK are:

39. i. MEHITABLE5 TUTTLE, b. November 15, 1730, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. October 04, 1775.

ii. ICHABOD TUTTLE, b. July 02, 1732; d. January 09, 1746/47.

Children of TIMOTHY TUTTLE and THANKFUL DOOLITTLE are:

40. iii. RACHEL5 TUTTLE, b. April 10, 1706, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. November 25, 1749, Cheshire, New Haven, CT.

iv. EBENEZER TUTTLE, b. May 18, 1708, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. December 03, 1736, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

v. EPHRAIM TUTTLE, b. April 10, 1710, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. February 02, 1773, Wallingford, New Haven CT; m. (1) THANKFUL SEDGWICK; b. April 21, 1721, Hartford, Hartford CT; d. October 05, 1806; m. (2) ESTHER HOTCHKISS, June 16, 1731, Wallingford, New Haven CT; b. February 18, 1711/12, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. July 22, 1732, Cheshire, New Haven, CT; m. (3) HANNAH PANGBORN, January 16, 1733/34; b. Abt. 1714; d. May 22, 1756, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

41. vi. MARY TUTTLE, b. October 03, 1712, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. April 21, 1770.

vii. GERSHOM TUTTLE, b. August 11, 1714, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. August 13, 1777, Claremont, Sullivan, NH; m. LOIS ALLIS, October 17, 1737, Sunderland, Franklin, MA; b. January 13, 1707/08.

42. viii. TIMOTHY JONATHAN TUTTLE, b. December 04, 1716, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. October 23, 1760, Goshen, Litchfield, CT.

ix. ABIGAIL TUTTLE, b. April 11, 1719, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. 1751, CT.

x. SIMON TUTTLE, b. 1721.

xi. MOSES TUTTLE, b. 1723; d. 1809.

xii. THANKFUL TUTTLE, b. November 05, 1726, Wallingford, New Haven CT; d. December 09, 1747, Wallingford, New Haven CT.

Generation No. 5

29. ELIZABETH5 MEADER (JOHN4, ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1684, and died 1737 in Dover, New Hampshire. She married JOHN HANSON July 23, 1703, son of THOMAS HANSON and MARY KITCHEN. He was born 1681 in Dover, Strafford County, NH, and died 1727 in Enroute Canada.

Children of ELIZABETH MEADER and JOHN HANSON are:

i. HANNAH6 HANSON, b. June 11, 1705; m. SAMUEL HODGSON.

ii. SARAH HANSON, b. November 13, 1707.

43. iii. ELIZABETH HANSON, b. November 13, 1710, Dover, New Hampshire; d. 1759.

iv. JOHN HANSON, b. March 17, 1712/13; d. January 09, 1784; m. PHEBE AUSTIN.

v. ISACK HANSON, b. February 25, 1713/14; d. April 1812; m. SARAH HORN, May 31, 1734.

vi. DANIEL HANSON, b. March 26, 1718.

vii. EBENEZER HANSON, b. February 27, 1719/20; d. June 27, 1724, Dover, New Hampshire.

viii. CALEB HANSON, b. February 08, 1720/21; d. June 27, 1724, Dover, New Hampshire.

ix. MARIAN FROISSART HANSON, b. June 13, 1724.

30. SARAH5 MEADER (JOHN4, ABIGAIL3 TUTTLE, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born August 29, 1685 in Oyster River, Durham, Strafford NH, and died 1725. She married JOHN TIBBETTS August 31, 1709, son of JEREMIAH TIBBETTS and MARY TWOMBLY. He was born Abt. 1683 in Dover Neck, Strafford, NH, and died Bef. May 02, 1750 in Durham, Strafford, NH.

Children of SARAH MEADER and JOHN TIBBETTS are:

i. JOHN6 TIBBETTS, b. November 14, 1711, Dove, Strafford, NH; d. January 16, 1782, Dover, Strafford, NH; m. TAMSON RICKER, 1736.

ii. JEREMIAH TIBBETTS, b. 1713, Dover Neck, Strafford, NH; d. 1804, Barrington, Strafford, NH; m. MARTHA BICKFORD, Abt. 1743.

iii. NATHANIEL TIBBETTS, b. February 28, 1719/20, New Hampshire; d. New Hampshire.

31. SIMON5 TUTTLE (SIMON4, SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born August 10, 1707 in Ipswich MA, and died 1793 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. He married ABIGAIL CHASE Abt. 1727. She was born March 27, 1709 in Newbury, Essex, MA, and died 1783.

Child of SIMON TUTTLE and ABIGAIL CHASE is:

44. i. STEPHEN6 TUTTLE, b. May 27, 1738, Littleton, Middlesex MA; d. Bef. March 19, 1785.

32. SAMUEL5 TUTTLE (SIMON4, SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born May 19, 1709 in Ipswich, MA, and died December 11, 1780 in Littleton, Middlesex MA. He married MARTHA SHATTUCK 1729, daughter of REV. BENJAMIN SHATTUCK. She was born January 07, 1716/17.

Notes for SAMUEL TUTTLE:
Epitaph of gravestone reads:
"Frail man as soon as born decays.
Like flowr that quickly faid;
He counts a few and troublous days,
Then passes like a shade."

Children of SAMUEL TUTTLE and MARTHA SHATTUCK are:

i. SUSANNA6 TUTTLE, b. October 31, 1731.

ii. MARTHA TUTTLE, b. December 11, 1733.

iii. SAMUEL TUTTLE, b. June 05, 1736; m. MARY RUSSELL.

45. iv. SAMPSON TUTTLE, b. August 29, 1738; d. June 07, 1815.

v. MARY TUTTLE, b. August 15, 1740.

vi. LUCY TUTTLE, b. December 10, 1742.

vii. WILLIAM TUTTLE, b. January 21, 1743/44.

33. ELIZABETH5 AYER (ELIZABETH4 TUTTLE, SIMON3, JOHN2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)15 was born November 10, 1652 in Haverhill MA15, and died Abt. 1699 in Haverhill MA. She married (1) JOHN CLEMENTS, son of ROBERT CLEMENTS. He was born September 16, 1653 in Haverhill MA, and died May 16, 1692 in Haverhill MA. She married (2) SAMUEL WATTS15 March 08, 1696/9716. He was born Abt. 165016, and died 1721.

Notes for JOHN CLEMENTS: John served as a soldier in King Philip's War, in 1676. He took the Oath of Allegience in Haverhill in 1677.

Notes for SAMUEL WATTS: Samuel had two wives, both named Elizabeth Ayer (different parents).

Children of ELIZABETH AYER and JOHN CLEMENTS are:

i. SAMUEL6 CLEMENTS, b. November 02, 1677; m. RUTH PEASLEE.

ii. JOB CLEMENTS, b. February 20, 1678/79; m. MEHETABLE AYER.

iii. MARY CLEMENTS, b. February 20, 1680/81; m. CHRISTOPHER BARTLETT.

iv. ELIZABETH CLEMENTS, b. April 09, 1684; m. ISAAC BRADLEY.

v. JOHN CLEMENTS, b. July 18, 1686; m. (1) ELIZABETH KIMBALL; m. (2) MARY EMERSON.

vi. NATHANIEL CLEMENTS, b. June 1689; m. SARAH MERRILL.

vii. HANNAH CLEMENTS, b. September 11, 1691; d. September 15, 1691.

viii. ABIAH CLEMENTS, b. September 12, 1692; m. DANIEL LITTLE.

Child of ELIZABETH AYER and SAMUEL WATTS is:

46. ix. SAMUEL6 WATTS, JR., b. August 18, 1691.

34. ZADOC5 HURD (BENJAMIN4, HANNAH3 TUTTLE, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born December 19, 1703 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT, and died February 12, 1742/43 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. He married ESTHER CURTISS, daughter of JOHN CURTISS and JOANNA BURR. She was born September 02, 1706 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT, and died February 15, 1742/43 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT.

Child of ZADOC HURD and ESTHER CURTISS is:

i. JOHANNA6 HURD, b. 1741.

35. ABRAHAM5 TUTTLE (CALEB4, THOMAS3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL)17 was born February 16, 1721/22. He married LYDIA HUMISTON17 January 22, 1740/41.

Children of ABRAHAM TUTTLE and LYDIA HUMISTON are:

i. RICHARD6 TUTTLE17.

47. ii. REBECCA TUTTLE, b. February 15, 1753.

36. SUSANNAH5 TUTTLE (WILLIAM4, JONATHAN3, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born November 10, 1708. She married ELISHA PARKER, son of JOHN PARKER and MARY KIBBE. He was born October 25, 1708 in Wallingford, New Haven CT.

Children of SUSANNAH TUTTLE and ELISHA PARKER are:

i. DAN6 PARKER.

ii. RUTH PARKER, b. February 28, 1727/28.

iii. AARON PARKER, b. April 09, 1730; m. SARAH MARTIN, March 11, 1756.

iv. ELISHA PARKER, b. July 25, 1735; m. ESTHER SPENCER, August 10, 1759.

v. JOHN PARKER, b. September 17, 1739.

48. vi. DAMARIS PARKER, b. July 16, 1743.

vii. SUSANNA PARKER, b. December 07, 1745.

37. JONATHAN5 EDWARDS (TIMOTHY4, ELIZABETH3 TUTTLE, WILLIAM2, SYMON1 TOOTILL, RICHARDA, THOMASB TOTEHYLL) was born 1703, and died March 28, 1758. He married SARAH PIERPONT18 July 28, 1727, daughter of JAMES PIERPONT and MARY HOOKER. She was born January 09, 1709/10, and died October 02, 1758 in Philadelphia.

Notes for JONATHAN EDWARDS: Colleague pastor of the Church in Horthampton, Mass. Rev. Jonathan Edwards died about six weeks after his installation as President of the Union College, in Princeton N.J., where he succeeded his son-in-law. The Encyclopedia Britannica describes him as "the most distinguished metaphysician and divine of America." John Fisk says: "Jonathan Edwards was one of the wonders of the world, probably the greatest intelligence that the Western Hemisphere had yet seen." Jonathan Edwards was capable in his sermons of producing so great pain to the quick sensibilities of his hearers that during his discourses the house would be filled with weeping and wailing auditors; on one occasion another minister present is said to have cried out in his agony, "Oh! Mr. Edwards! is God not a God of mercy?" This celebrated preacher succeeded the elder Burr, who died in September, 1757, in the presidency of Princeton college, but he did not take his seat until in February of the following year. Mr. Edwards held the position scarcely a month, dying while undergoing inoculation for the smallpox. He has been called the turning point in the spiritual existence of the congregations of the last century.

Children of JONATHAN EDWARDS and SARAH PIERPONT are:

49. i. SARAH6 EDWARDS, b. August 25, 1728; d. October 11, 1764, Goshen MA.

ii. JERUSHA EDWARDS19, b. April 26, 1730; d. February 14, 1746/47.

50. iii. ESTHER EDWARDS, b. February 13, 1731/32; d. April 07, 1758, Princeton NJ.

51. iv. MARY EDWARDS, b. April 07, 1734; d. February 28, 1807.

52. v. LUCY EDWARDS, b. August 31, 1736; d. September 13, 1786.

53. vi. TIMOTHY EDWARDS, b. July 25, 1738; d. October 28, 1813.

54. vii. SUSANNA EDWARDS, b. June 20, 1740; d. May 02, 1803.

55. viii. EUNICE EDWARDS, b. May 09, 1743; d. September 09, 1822.

56. ix. JONATHAN EDWARDS, JR., b. May 26, 1745.

x. ELIZABETH EDWARDS<