Thomas Tuttle (1705 - 1750)

Born 24 Nov 1705 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Silence (Sperry) Tuttle — married 1 Jan 1730 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died May 1750 at age 44 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas was born 24 NOV 1705, the third child to Caleb Tuttle^[1] and Mary (Hotchkiss) of New Haven, Connecticut Colony^[2]. He was likely named for his paternal grandfather Thomas Tuttle Sr. (1634-1710) continuing the family name from a short-lived uncle of Thomas Sr^[3].

Thomas (1705) was the second generation born in America^[4].

He married Silence Sperry 1 Jan 1730 (1729, Julian calendar) in New Haven Connecticut.^[5]. Together they had at least 10 children, several of whom would go on to serve in the Revolution. Little of Thomas' and Silence's lives has survived them other than dozens of grandchildren and the extensive progeny of the generations since.

New Haven Vital Records record Thomas and Silence being married by Rev Joseph Noyes. Noyes was the controversial pastor of the first congregational church. He instigated the establishment of a second congregational church in New Haven. Noyes was a Yale graduate, which was built on the original Tuttle homestead, home of Thomas great-grandfather. Thomas died young at age 45 in 1750. A place of burial isn't documented, but he does have an entry on Find A Grave for a burial at sea, but little information is recorded there ^[6]. The probate petition was filed 4 June 1750 indicating he died before then. Silence was named administrix since there was no will. She received the widows share of one-third of the personal property, house, barn and land, eldest son Thomas received 2 parts of the remaining 2/3rds, while the other children all received one part each^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Caleb Tuttle (1674-1751)
2. ↑ New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, CT, 1917.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB334/i/7397/107/5922903
3. ↑ Green, David L. The Origin of John Tuttle of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. Vol 54 (1978) p167. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12604/174/143287537
4. ↑ His grandfather Thomas was born in England and was three months old when his family emigrated and were prominent first settlers of New Haven
5. ↑ "New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850," Vol. 1, p. 215: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-haven-ct-vital-records-1649-1850/image/?volumeId=7397&pageName=215&rId=6161339 (accessed 1 Mar 2017)
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198990825/thomas-tuttle
7. ↑ Thomas Tuttle Probate Packet #10,979. Probate Packets, Tuttle, Silence-Ufford, I, 1683-1880. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.

• Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917) Part 1, Page 107.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Volume: 140; SAR Membership Number: 27884.