John Tuttle
8-Apr-1763, MA

JOHN TUTTLE, born 8-Apr-1763 in Sunderland, MA;
son of John TUTTLE born 1726 & Eunice ALLEN born 1728;
died 19-Oct-1829 in Palmyra, OH; buried in West Cemetery.

Served in the Revolution; enlisted Jun-1779 in the Capt. Smith Company, Colonel Sproat Massachusetts Regiment; discharged in 1780 with pension.

Wheelwright, carpenter, and stonemason; moved from Sunderland, MA, to Palmyra, OH, in 1804. See biographical note, below.

Married (1) c1781 in Sunderland, MA, to Abigail RICE;
born 1766 in Sunderland, MA;
daughter of _____ RICE born ____ & __?__;
sister of Nathan RICE, also a Revolutionary soldier, who married John's sister, Ruth Tuttle; died 1790 in CT.

Children of John & Abigail:

1. John Tuttle, born c1785;
2. - 6. died young;

Married (2) 20-Jul-1790 in Sunderland, MA, to Sarah BROAD;
born 29-Oct-1763 in Holden, Worcester County, MA;
daughter of Josiah BROAD born 1711 & Elizabeth SCOTT born c1741;
died 14-Oct-1802 in Sunderland, MA.

Children of John & Sarah:

7. James Tuttle, born 7-Sep-1791;
8. Sarah Tuttle, born 29-Dec-1792;
9. Joseph Tuttle, born 22-Oct-1794;
10. Abigail Tuttle, born 28-Jul-1796;
11. Lafayette Tuttle, born 22-Oct-1797;
12. Betsy Tuttle, born 14-Jan-1799; died 1891.
13. Nelson Tuttle, born 25-Dec-1800;
14. infant born 1802; died young.

Married (3) Jan-1805 in Sunderland, MA, to Polly PARKER;
daughter of Elijah Parker & "descendant wife [?of] Abner WRIGHT".

Children of John & Polly:

15. Rebecca Tuttle, born 3-Sep-1805; died unmarried as an adult.
16. Lydia Tuttle, born 23-Aug-1807;
17. Horatio Tuttle, born 3-Jan-1810;
18. Jesse Tuttle, born 4-Apr-1812;
19. William Tuttle, born 2-Jun-1814;
20. Isaac Tuttle, born 17-Oct-1816;
21. Calvin Rutter Tuttle, born 19-Jan-1820;
22. Seth Tuttle, born 5-Aug-1823;
23. Elvira Tuttle, born 19-Dec-1826;

Biographical Note, "History of Portage County, Ohio", 1885:

"JOHN TUTTLE of Palmyra, Portage County, the father of Lafayette Tuttle, was born at Lebanon, Conn., in 1762, and lived in Sunderland, Mass., where a family of four sons and four daughters were born, all of whom lived to an advanced age, except the eldest boy, John, who met his death through inhaling well-damp while digging a well. Our subject served as a soldier under Gen. Randolph during the Revolutionary war. In the year 1804 , when he moved to Palmyra, Portage Co., Ohio, with his family, he settled about one mile south of the township center. After his wife died, and by a second marriage he had a family of five boys and two girls. He died October 19, 1829, aged sixty-six years."

Listed in U.S. Census of 1790 for Sunderland, MA:

USC 1790	white male over 16y	white male under 16	free white female	other free persons	slaves
	1	1	3	-	-

Listed in U.S. Census of 1800 for Sunderland, MA:

USC 1800	under 10y	10-15y	16-25y	26-45y	over 45y
white male	3	1	-	1	-
white female	3	-	-	1	1

Listed in U.S. Census of 1820 for Palmyra, OH:

USC 1820	under 10y	10-15y	male 16-18y	16-25y	26-45y	over 45y
white male	4	1	-	2	-	1
white female	-	2	n/a	3	1	-

Sources:

• transcribed from "Tuttle and Tuthill Lines in America" compiled by Alva M. Tuttle,
  Columbus, OH; published privately in 1968;
• Data from the Revolutionary pension files of the National Archives;
• "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War";
• Narrative of the Life of Joseph Tuttle, an undated manuscript in the possession, in 1954, of Glen G. Tucker of Warren, OH.
• "The Palmyra Tuttles", a manuscript by Harley A. Tuttle, 1922, in the possession, in 1954, of Glen G. Tucker of Warren, OH.
• "History of Sunderland, Mass.", Smith, 1899.
• "History of Portage County, Ohio", published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885;
• Letters written in 1896 to George F. Tuttle from Mrs. William Wall of Allegany, PA.
• "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio", Ohio DAR, 1929.

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