John Tuttle (bef. 1631 - 1683)

Born before 8 Dec 1631 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katharine (Lane) Tuttle — married 8 Nov 1653 in New Haven, New Haven Colony, New England

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1683 after age 51 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Biography

John Tuttle immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Tuttle, eldest son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, was born about 1631.^[1]

Christening

Date: 8 Dec 1631, Ringstead, Northants - "John sonne of William Tootell was baptised Decem. 8th 1631."^[2]

Date: 8 Jul 1637^{[citation needed]}

6 April 1635, enrolled at London as passengers for New England aboard the Planter were Husbandman Willm Tuttell..26; Elizabeth Tuttell..23; Jo: Tuttell..3 1/2; Ann Tuttell..2 a q^r; Tho: Tuttell..3. mo:^[3]

John had a house and lot in East Haven given to him by his father in 1661, which he sold, the next year to John Potter, the blacksmith. He also had land at Stony River which he sold to the Widow of William Ludington. Nov. 23, 1662, John Tuttle asked the New Haven Court if he could purchase some land of the Indians beyond Chestnut Hill.^[4]

He married 8 Nov 1653 in New Haven Colony, Katharine Lane, daughter of John^[1] of Milford^[4]

John Tuttle died 12 Nov 1683.^[1] His inventory was taken on 12 November 1683 in New Haven and was valued at £79.^[5] His sons John and Samuel were administrators, the other children, to receive their parts when they came of age.^[4]

Children

1. Hannah, b. Nov. 2, 1655; m. Nov. 7, 1672, Samuel Clark; died 21 Dec 1708, all in New Haven.^[1]
2. John, b. Sept. 15, 1657; m. May 29, 1689. Mary Burroughs; died before 1723; all in New Haven.^[1]
3. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1659/60; bp. 23 Mar 1666 at the first Cong. Church of New Haven (with siblings); m. June. 1684, Sarah Newman; died 8 July 1733; all in New Haven.^[1]
4. Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1661/2 New haven; bp. 23 Mar 1666 at the first Cong. Church of New Haven (with siblings); m. (1) Sept. 10, 1685, New Haven John Humiston; m. (2) 10 Jan 1698 at Wallingford.^[1]
5. Daniel (twin) b April 13 1664; bp. 23 Mar 1666 at the first Cong. Church of New Haven (with siblings)^[1]
6. Mary (twin) b April 13 1664; bp. 23 Mar 1666 at the first Cong. Church of New Haven (with siblings)^[1]
7. Elizabeth, b. 19 Nov. 1666, New Haven, bap. Nov. 21, 1666; m. John Read, jr., of Norwalk. ^[1]
8. David, b. Nov. 14, 1668; m. Nov. 24, 1698, Mary Read; all in New Haven.^[1]

• Perhaps Benjamin, who was bp 9 July 1671 in Milford. Mentioned as possible in the Tuttle genealogy and by Jacobus^[4][1]
• Perhaps Susanna, d. Oct. 1683. Mentioned in Tuttle genealogy by not by Jacobus. ^[4]
• Perhaps James Tuttle, on jury in N. H., in 1703,Mentioned in Tuttle genealogy by not by Jacobus.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
2. ↑ Green, David L. "The Children of Richard Tuttle of Boston." The American Genealogist. 56:143, 1980.
3. ↑ Hotten, John Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. New York: Empire State Book Company, 1874.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Tuttle, George Frederick. 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. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 1883.
5. ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NK-G : 7 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 117. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 1, page 195.