Simon (Tuthill) Tuttle (1721 - abt. 1777)

Born 12 Jun 1721 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hester (Royce) Tuttle — married 20 Nov 1746 in Farmington Twp., Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1777 at about age 55 in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Simon Tuttle, the son of Deacon TImothy Tuttle and Thankful Doolittle, was born on 12 Jun 1721, in Wallingford, in Connecticut Colony.^[1]

Deacon Timothy Tuttle and his family lived in the portion of Wallingford which became Prospect, Connecticut, after 1827.

By April of 1744, Simon had established himself as a member of the community in New Cambridge (renamed and incorporated in 1785 as the town of Bristol), Farmington Township, in Hartford County. On 12 Apr 1744, he was one of a number of Farmington residents who signed a petition to the General Assembly at Hartford asking that they be allowed to hire a pastor and establish a place of worship separate from the one already in Farmington Township, citing the distance they had to travel to worship at the original church.^[2]

On 20 Nov 1746, Simon married Hester Royce, the daughter of Abel Royce and Joanna Beach, in Farmington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony.^[3][4] The record of this marriage indicated that Simon was a resident of New Cambridge (later renamed and incorporated in 1785 as the town of Bristol) in Farmington Township.

In July of 1747, a prolonged dispute over the selection of a new minister for the Congregational Church in New Cambridge resulted in a split in the congregation. Simon Tuttle and his father-in-law, Abel Royce, were among a minority who renounced their memberships in the Congregational Church in favor of establishing a Church of England in the town. The other members of this group were Caleb Mathews, Stephen Brooks, John Hickox, Caleb Abernathy, Abner Mathews, and Danell Roe. They were later joined by Benjamin Brooks, Stephen Brooks, Jr., Ebenezer Hamblin, Joseph Gaylord, and David Rogers.^[5][6]

Hester and Simon had eleven children, the first of which was apparently born in Wallingford:

• Daniel Tuttle (b. 10 Aug 1747, Wallingford; bp. 18 Oct 1747, by Parson Hall, Wallingford)
• Joel Tuttle (b. 27 May 1749, Farmington Twp.; bp. 12 Jun 1749)
• Christian Tuttle (b. 12 Apr 1751, Farmington Twp.; bp. 12 Jun 1751, [Bristol] Farmington Twp.)
• Thankful Tuttle (b. 20 Mar 1753, Farmington Twp.; bp. 12 May 1753, Farmington Twp.)
• Stephen Tuttle (bp. 10 Aug 1755, Farmington Twp.)
• Amos Tuttle (b. 2 Sep 1757, Farmington Twp.; bp. 2 Oct 1757, Farmington Twp.)^[7]
• Anne Tuttle (b. 24 Apr 1760, Farmington Twp.; bp. 1 Jun 1760, Farmington Twp.)
• Amy Tuttle (bp. 13 Feb 1763, [Bristol] Farmington Twp.)
• Esther Tuttle (b. 5 Nov 1764; bp. 13 Jan 1765, [Bristol] Farmington, Twp.)
• Ziba Tuttle (b. 29 Mar 1767; bp. 17 May 1767, [Bristol] Farmington Twp.)
• Lola Tuttle (bp. 28 May 1769, [Bristol] Farmington Twp.)

It is said that Simon Tuttle died in Farmington Township in about 1777. Unfortunately, there seem to be no records of a probate for him in Connecticut and although Find A Grave Memorial# 101769894 indicates that he was buried in the Old Episcopal Cemetery in New Cambridge (now Bristol), Connecticut, there is no photo of a gravestone and apparently no other record of his death.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tuttle, Simon, s. Timothy & Thankfull:" Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), Wallingford, p. 314 (accessed 23 Dec 2017).
2. ↑ Atkins and Peck, "Bristol: An Address," Bristol, Connecticut. ("In the Olden Time, "New Cambridge") Which Includes Forestville, p. 30.
3. ↑ Timlow, "Marriage Record of Rev. Jeremiah Curtiss," Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Conn., p. 209.
4. ↑ Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", v. 8, p. 1904.
5. ↑ Peck, A History of Bristol, Connecticut, pp. 40-1.
6. ↑ Roswell Atkins and Epaphroditus Peck, "Bristol: An Address," Norton, ed., Bristol, Connecticut, p. 31.
7. ↑ Jacobus pointed out that the Farmington record, which indicates Amos was born in 1758, must be in error, since he was baptized in 1757: Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, p. 1905.

• Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection). (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (subscription required)
• Find A Grave Memorial# 101769894 (accessed 13 Apr 2018).
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiler., Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, vols. I-VIII, Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. (subscription required)
• Norton, Frederick Calvin, ed., Bristol, Connecticut ("In Olden Time, "New Cambridge") Which Includes Forestville, Hartford, CT: City Printing Co., 1907.
• Peck, Epaphroditus, A History of Bristol, Connecticut, Hartford, CT: The Lewis Street Bookshop, 1932.
• Timlow, Heman R., Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Conn., Hartford, CT: Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1875.