Symon Tuttle (1560 - 1630)

Born 1560 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Wells) Tuttle — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1630 at about age 70 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England

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Biography

Simon Tuttle of Ringstead, the son of Richard Tootill of Woodford and probably grandson of Thomas Totehyll of Woodford, was born say 1560 and was buried at Ringstead 15 June 1630. He married Isabel Wells, the daughter of John Wells of Ringstead, who was born about 1565. Together they had five sons:^[1]

1. Richard Tuttle (ca.1593-1640)
2. John Tuttle (ca. 1596 - 1656)
3. Thomas Tuttle, died between 20 Jan 1617/8 and 19 Dec 1627
4. Simon Tuttle, ( - 1630)
5. William Tuttle (ca. 1609 - 1673)

Among the “Soldyers under the Leadinge of Captaine Niccolles” 30 July 1588, during the invasion of the Spanish Armada, was Symond Tootyll. ^[2]

Symon Tootwell was included in the list of Freeholders for Ringsteed in 1604-5.^[3] In Sept. 1605 Simon Totehill is in the list of “Persons charged with Arms and Horse” as having one corslet.^[4]

Simon was mentioned in his father’s will and also in that of his father-in-law, John Wells, in 1618. John also named four of Simon’s sons. Simon was the supervisor of the will of Matthew Harris of Woodford on 5 Nov. 1600.

"The nyneteeneth Day of December… one thousand six hundred twentie seaven I Symon Tuttell of Ringsted… doe make this… my last will…

I give and bequeath unto Isabell my wife All that moytie or prcell of land meadows and commons wth theire and each of theire appurtenanceswch ys due to me out of the land formerly conveyed to my Eldest sonne Richard and the house messuages or tenements wherein I now dwell together with all the houses yards lands meadows pastures commons comedies and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appurteyning and also All those landes meadows and commons wth thappurtances wch I lately had and purchased of Thomas Holding Edward Aspin alias James, and of Willm Sillyman and of each of them to have and to hold the same for and during the terme of her natural life and after the natural death or decease of my saide wyfe I give and bequeath all and singular the said mentioned lands and premises wth their and each of their appurtenances unto Willm Tuttell my youngest sonne to have and to holde the same unto the saide Willm Tuttell… and for want of such yssue to the second sonne of my sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever

Itm I give and bequeath unto John Tuttle my second sonne all that dwelling house wherein Mr Wrothfall now dwelleth wth all the houses thereunto belonging and the yarde and orchard thereunto adjoining, and sometime in the tenure or occupason of John White to have and to hold the same unto the saide John Tuttell and to his heirs… for ever.

Itm I give and bequeath unto Isabel my said wyfe the one halfe [ ] that meadow wch I lately purchased of Joane Bateman widow to have and to hold the same for and during her natural life, And I give and bequeath the other Mytie or half of the same meadowe to my sonne Willm to enter thereupon ymmediately after my decease, and I likewise give and bequeath unto my said sonne Willm the other Moytie of the same meadowe to enter thereupon after the natural decease of my said wyfe to have and to hold the same unto him the said Willm… so as he my said Sonne relinquishes the twentie poundes given to him by his grandfather John Welles in and by his last will and testamt and the fyve pounds wch fell to him by the death of his brother Thomas Tuttell and for want of such issue of the body of the said Willm I give and bequeath the same meadowe unto the eldest sonne of my said sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever and I doe give to my sonne Richard [ ] halfe [ ] the lord mordant on both side of it.

Itm I give to my sone John and his heirs for ever one dole of meadow of forty foote in same which I purchased of Eusache Morton Thomas Ekins.

Itm I give to my sunn John his Daughter Abigaill five pounds at the age of fifteene years:

Itm I give and bequeath unto the poore of Ringsted aforesaid xx s to be distributed amongst the poorest sorte at the discreson of the minister and churchwardens.

Itm I give to my godchildren xx s apiece.

Itm I give to my sonne Willm my best bedsted wth the bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, or therewith usd, the table in the hal wth the frame, halfe a dussen of framd stooles, the yron barres on the chimneys wth the hookes and hangings thebed whereon he lyeth my best brasse pan my best brasse pott, my mault mill as now yt standeth, my bolting twine and yielding? Fatt, the barr of yron and the package? And I will that all my sheepe be equally devided betweene my said wife and my said sonne Willm wth the increase thereof so long as he keepeth himselfe unmarried.

Itm I give and bequeath unto my said sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever one acre of leyes wch I purchased of Mr Carier, and half a dusson sheep.

Itm I forgive [ ] my said sonne John thirtie pounds.

Itm I give more unto my said sonne Willm my great cubbord in the [ ] the greater chest, two of the biggest chaires, and the chest that standeth by the bedsted.

Itm I give unto my grand children xx s a peece Divided allwaies And I will that all the said Movable goods herein given to my sonne Willm [ ] stand and remaine as standerds in the house during the natural life of my saide wyfe, And I will and doe [ ] and advise my said sonn Willm carefully to apply and husband his mothers business to the best of his power in [ ] of the person herein bequeathed unto him All the residue of my goodes not given nor bequeathed [ ] legacies pformed and my funeral expenses discharged

I give & bequeath unto Isabel my said wife [ ] and sole executrix of this my psent testamt and for the better execuson thereof I order [ ] supervisors thereof and for their paines I give them [ ] s apiece [ ] and seal the day and year above written.
Simon T[ ] ^[5]

Symon/Simon died 15 Jun 1630 at Ringstead, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England and is buried at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Churchyard at Ringstead, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Moved from the page of his wife. This doesn't all belong here either, but is temporarily pasted here until it can be gone through and useful information extracted.

Ringstead Tuttles

After checking out the citations that people sent me, as much as I could get ahold of them, mostly TAG, and a couple of citations, I never did get ahold of the Prindle book, I found that documents such as wills establish that the Tuttles were of Northampton. My sources, as well as a summary of the disproven roots cited in older Tuttle genealogies in the United States, are below.

This is the true Tuttle lineage. The material is a little confusing.
Here is the version I put together;

First Generation
Thomas Totehyll, Of Woodford, co Northampton, Engl b 1506. assessed for subsidy there, 1544. Karen Price has him marrying Elizabeth Mason, source? He witnessed wills of Robert Crosse, 1524, Robert Pashles, 1538, Sir Silliam Longe, 1541, Elizabeth Whitbread, 1552, Richard Lyncoln, 1545. It seems to me that he must have had sufficient status to witness Sir William Longe's will; he is likely to have had some relationship by blood or marriage to all of these people. Probably father of:

Second Generation
Richard Tootill, of Woodford, co Northampton, born abat 1530, m Elizabeth _____. Wayne Barnes identifies her as Elizabeth Lyncoln. Source? Price has he d 1587/88 Woodford. Sam has he d 1589/90 in Peterborough. Jacobus cited his will for March 1589 as the date of his death. I infer there might have been more than one Richard Tootill. Jacobus has him supervised will of Richard Beare of Woodford, 3 Nov 1579, witness will of Elizabeth Lyncoln, 1556. Atleast we know there were Lyncolns around, and again, they were probably closely related to the Tuttle family.
Children: (from his will)
Symon, about 1560 Ringstead d 1630.

Third Generation
Simon Totill or Towtills of Ringstead, co Northampton, b abt 1560, buried Ringstead, 6/15/1630, married abt 1592, Isabel Wells, b abt 1565, dau of John Wells of Ringstead, who mentioned her in his will, 1618. Symon mentioned in both his father's will and his father in law's', whose will also named all four Tuttle grandsons (or rather, four of five of them, he left out John). Simon Tuttle supervised will of Mathew Harris of Woodford in 1600. His widow accompanied her sons on the Planter in 1635, but probably didn't live long. See Simon Tuttle's will at Sam Casey's web site. Simon Tuttle was a very well -off man (though not on the same level of well off as my Noyes ancestors, who had advanced into the gentry), with much property and possibly a fair number of sheep. Gene Curtin mentions that the College of Arms was cited as the source for Simon's children by a family historian ordinarily skeptical of noble ancestry claims, from which he infers that Simon Totill had the right to bear a coat of arms. (A well off yeoman could qualify for a coat of arms.) The catalogue of his property from his will reads:

• land he gave his son Richard, with land, meadows, and commons, and the house and other buildings, where he and his wife live. land, meadows and commons which he bought from Thomas Holding and Edward Asin alias James and of William Sillyman.
• the dwelling house where Mr. Wrothfall now lives with all the houses that belong to it, and adjoining yard and orchard. John White lived there or held it too, at some point. the meadow which he purchased from Joane Bateman widow, apparently a large meadow, since he divied it up among his family. (William had inherited 20 pounds from his grandfather, John Welles.)
• a meadow he bought from Eusache Morton and Thomas Ekins.
• a bedstead adn furniture, a table in the hall with a frame, "framed stools", more than one chimney in his house, good brass pans, a great cubboard, more than two chairs some of them large, a chest by the bed. a malt mill,
• sheep. Half a dozen of them to a specific family member, the others to be divided.
• one acre of "leyres" which he purchased from Mr. Carier. Could be something to do with the sheep.
• Atleast thirty-five pounds. Plus 2(xxs) to be given to the church, the poor, etc.

John Wells' will indicates that he was at least as well of, perhaps a bit wealthier, than Simon Tuttle. subsidy rolls indicate that John Wells or Weales, and Simon Totehill or Symon Tootwell, of Rinsteed, were assessed for pieces of armor or equipment and amounts of money, I forget what if anything that is supposed to signify.

Children:
Richard (see below) William (see below) John (named in Simon's will, possibly the individual below) Thomas (the Thomas I couldn't identify with William b abt 1609 who I didn't know where he went yesterday were Thomas the son of Simon, and William Tuttle the emigrant - from Jacobus's version. William was not known to be born in 1607, not 1609, until his baptismal record was found at Ringstead. Simon of Burton Latimer, co Northampton, buried 14 Dec 1630 at Burton Latimer, m by license (why, significance?) Peterborough, dated, Mar 1616/17 Alice James who was bapt at Burton Latimer 30 Jan 1591/2 and bur there Jan 1623/4, dau of Wm James. Simon m (2) Burton Latimer 26 Jun 1624, Katherine Brabooke, dau of Richard and Joan Brabooke of Burton Latimer.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ David L. Greene, Origin of John Tuttle of Ipswich, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist, 1978, Vol 54, pages 173-174.
2. ↑ Tuttles Revisited- Douglas Richardson, TAG- Vol. 59, p. 215 quoting Northamptonshire Lieutenancy Papers- Joan Wake, Northamptonshire Record Society, 1975- p. 65
3. ↑ A Copy of Papers Relating to Musters, Beacons, Subsidies, Etc. in the County of Northampton- Joan Wake, Northamptonshire Record Society, 1926- p. 116
4. ↑ Tuttles Revisited- p. 215 quoting The Montagu Musters Book: 1602-1623- Northamptonshire Record Society- Vol. VII
5. ↑ Origin of John Tuttle of Ipswich- David Greene, TAG- Vol. 54, pp. 167-75 (1978)
6. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Isabel-Tuttle/6000000003075171378

• Mildred Bradford, Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors, Baltimore, 2000.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112990701/symon-tuttle