Desire (Tuttle) Reed (1697 - abt. 1743)

Born 11 Jul 1697 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Todd — married 20 Apr 1721 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Wife of John Reed — married 26 Aug 1730 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1743 at about age 45 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Desire (Tuttle) Reed was born on 11 Jul 1697 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, daughter of John Tuttle (~1657 - 1759) and Mary (Burroughs) Tuttle (1672 - >1759).

Her siblings were:

1. Ephraim Tuttle (~1690 - ~1730)
2. John Tuttle (1692 - 1731)
3. Nathan Tuttle (1694 - 1762)
4. Daniel Tuttle (~1702 - )
5. Hannah (Tuttle) Fuller (~1710 - )

Desire married Daniel Todd (1686 - 1724) on 20 Apr 1721 in New Haven.^[1][2]

Desire married John Reed (1701 - 1786) on 26 Aug 1730 in New Haven. Their son was Josiah Reed (1732 - >1780).

Desire died about 1743 in Connecticut Colony aged ~45 ^[3]

Discrepancy Observed: Death ~1743 is attributed to undocumented Find a Grave A Entry. However, Find A Grave currently provides a death date of 26 August 1730, which is highly improbable because that is the same date that Desire reportedly married John Reed. Are any other records available to better identify or estimate when Desire died?

Research Notes

Desire was baptized in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, on 1 Aug 1697.

In "Families of Ancient New Haven" There is a miscellaneous section on the Read name on page 1502, vol 3. It reads as follows: John m 26 Aug 1730 (New Haven VR)--Desire [da. Joseph & Elizabeth (Sanford) Tuttle, wid. Daniel Todd, bp 1 Aug 1697 (First Congregational Society, New Haven).

Other sources state: Desire is daughter of John and Mary (Borroughs/Burroughs/Burrows) Tuttle. (more research is needed)

In "Reed-Read lineage: Captain John Reed of Providence R.I. and Norwalk, Conn. and his descendants through his sons, John and Thomas, 1660-1909" by Ella Frances Reed Wright, a section on page 549 includes the following:

"JOHN (3), s. of Thomas (2) and Mary (Olmstead) Reed, b. Aug 7, 1701, d. 1786; m. first, Aug 26 1730, Desire (Tuttle) Todd, dau. of John and Mary (Burroughs) Tuttle, wid. of Daniel Todd; second, Sarah, b. 1735, d. 1783...

Desire Tuttle was a descendant of Wm. Tuttle emigrant, b. 1609, settled in New Haven, 1639. Lived on what is now the southeast corner of the campus of Yale University, corner Chapel and College Streets. "

A large collection of research on the Tuttle lineage in america by tiggernut24_at_yahoo.com also supports the parentage of John and Mary (Borroughs/Burrows) Tuttle: http://www.oocities.org/tiggernut24/Readyhough/tuttle.html

In "The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle: Who Came from Old to New England in 1635, and Settled in New Haven in 1639, with Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Massachusetts, lists her as a possible daughter of John and Mary and notes research is needed.

12. John Tuttle, b. Sept. 15. 1657; m. in New London by Captain Avery, May 29, 1689, Mary Burroughs.*....

There were three more children supposed to belong to John 12 or to James 1.10; further search needed. V. Desire, bap. in N. H., July 11, 1697; m. April 20, 1726, Daniel Todd ; (2) Aug. 20. 1730, John Read. VI. James, bap. in N. H., April, 1699. A James and Stephen Tuttle on rate bill of the north parish of Lebanon, 1741. VII. Azuba, m. Benjamin Fox, April 13, 1710, of New London, s. of John and g. s. of Thomas Fox of Concord.

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VI page 198 has Daniel Todd marrying "Desire Tuttle (bap. 1697; John, m Mary Burroughs;)"

More sources (numerically speaking) have been found supporting John Tuttle and Mary Burroughs as Desire Tuttle's parents, but it should be noted that further research may prove Joseph Tuttle Jr. and Elizabeth (Sanford) Tuttle are the correct parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10482638 Daniel Todd
2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/lineagebookofnat08nati/lineagebookofnat08nati_djvu.txt
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #170725804 Desire Tuttle Todd Read

• "Lineage book of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America" [1]

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/tuttle.html

• http://www.oocities.org/tiggernut24/Readyhough/tuttle.html

• "The Todd family in America or the descendants of Christopher Todd, 1637-1919 : being an effort to give an account, as fully as possible of his descendants"

by Todd, John E. (John Edwards), 1833-1907. 1n; Todd, George Iru Publisher Northampton, Mass. : Press of Gazette Printing Co.

• The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VI page 198

• "The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle: Who Came from Old to New England in 1635, and Settled in New Haven in 1639, with Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some Account of the Descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass," George Frederick Tuttle. Publisher : Heritage Books, 1883 [2]

• "Reed-Read Lineage: Captain John Reed of Providence, R. I. , and Norwalk, Conn. and His Descendants Through His Sons, John and Thomas, 1660-1909" Author: Ella Frances Reed Wright Publisher: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012

ISBN 1462289487, 9781462289486