John Tufts (1754 - 1839)

Born 24 Nov 1754 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Perry) Tufts — married 19 May 1778 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1839 at age 84 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Corporal John Tufts served with 15th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Tufts is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A116799.

John Tufts is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 307776
Rank: Corporal

Revolutionary War: John Tufts served in establishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of Corporal from Home Guard, Somerville - 1775 - 1776 . See "Medford in the Revolution by Helen Tilden Wild - JC Miller, Jr., printer. John Tufts served at the Lexington Alarm and servie 8 months.

Biography

John Tufts was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a Private in Capt. Isaac. Hall's company, Col. Thomas Gardner regiment which assembled April 19, 1775 and as a Corporal in Hall's company, [[Bond-2369|Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Gardner's) 37th regiment marching from Medford by order of Gen. Washington at the time of taking Dorchester Heights in March, 1776 and in Dec. 1776 was one of the men drafted from the town of Medford to march to Cambridge and join Capt. John Walton's company and go to Noddle's Island.

John Tufts was born on November 24, 1754 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, son of Peter Tufts II and Anne (Adams) Tufts . ^[1]

John married Elizabeth Perry on May 19, 1778 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [1]}

Their children were: ^[1]

1. John Tufts Jr., b. Sept. 12, 1780, bp. Oct. 18, 1789.^[2]
2. Benjamin Tufts, b. 27 Aug 1782, bp. Oct. 18, 1789.^[2]
3. James Tufts, b. 12 May 1784, bp. Oct. 18, 1789,^[2] d. 13 Oct 1861.^[1][3]
4. Elizabeth Tufts, b. 16 Mar 1786.
5. Leonard Tufts, b. March 20, 1788, bp. Oct. 18, 1789,^[2] d. 4 Jun 1851.^[1][3]
6. Cynthia Tufts, b. March 5, bp. Mar. 14, 1790,^[2] d. 18 Nov 1871.^[3]
7. William Tufts, b. 6 May 1793, bp. May 12, 1793.^[2]
8. Lydia Tufts, b. 5 Apr 1795, bp. Apr. 12, 1795.^[2]
9. Sophia Tufts, b. 20 Mar 1797, bp. Jan. 26, 1797,^[2] d. 23 Sep 1799.^[1]
10. Asa Tufts, b. 16 May 1799.
11. Oliver Tufts, bp. Oct. 25, 1801,^[2] d. 18 May 1883.^[1][3]

John died on September 10, 1839 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,, aged 84. ^[4]

John was born in 1754. He passed away in 1839.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920
4. ↑ Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of John Tufts", Ancestor # A116799.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 16, p. 135
  • "Tufts, John, Medford. Corporal, Capt. Isaac Hall's co.. Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which assembled April 19, 1775 ; service, 5 days ; also, (late) Capt. Hall's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Gardner's) 37th regt. ; company return dated Camp Prospect Hill, Oct. (5, 1775 ; also, Lieut. Caleb Brooks's (late Capt. Hall's) co.. Col. Bond's regt.; order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 29, 1775."
  • "Tufts, John, Medford. List dated Medford, Dec. 9, 1776, of men drafted from town of Medford, Dec. 9, 1776, to march to Cambridge and join Capt. John Walton's co. and go to Noddle's Island ; also, Private, Capt. Walton's co. ; enlisted Dec. 9, 1776; discharged Dec. 12, 1776; company detached for service at Noddle's Island."

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KQ-W42 : 14 December 2022), John in entry for Leonard Tufts, 1851.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23B4-48N : 1 September 2021), John in entry for James Tufts, 1861.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29D-5C6F : 10 November 2022), John in entry for James Tufts, 1861.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7VD-N4C : 17 November 2022), John in entry for Cynthia Tufts, 1871.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWM7-7YN : 17 November 2022), John in entry for Oliver Tufts, 1883.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42Q-YX1 : 20 May 2022), John Tufts, 24 Nov 1754; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-TVH : 20 May 2022), John Tufts, 19 May 1778; citing Marriage, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-N6XN : 18 October 2022), John Tufts and Eliz Perrey, 19 May 1778; citing Marriage, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCJ-ZQSR : 11 May 2022), John Tufts and Eliz or Elizabeth Perrey or Perry, 19 May 1778; citing Marriage, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010699.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-Y5J7 : 11 May 2022), John Perrey and Elizabeth Perrey, 19 May 1778; citing Marriage, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010699.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-DBB6 : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for John Tufts, 12 Sep 1780; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-DB15 : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Benjamin Tufts, 27 Aug 1782; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D19M : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for James Tufts, 12 May 1784; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D1S1 : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Elizabeth Tufts, 16 Mar 1786; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D1QF : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Leonard Tufts, 20 Mar 1788; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D17P : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Cynthia Tufts, 5 Mar 1790; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D14W : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for William Tufts, 6 May 1793; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D14W : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for William Tufts, 6 May 1793; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D1H5 : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Lydia Tufts, 5 Apr 1795; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D1ZN : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Sophia Tufts, 20 Mar 1797; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-D1DC : 20 May 2022), John Tufts in entry for Asa Tufts, 16 May 1799; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6ZKG : 20 May 2022), John in entry for Sophia Tufts, 23 Sep 1799; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JN4G : 18 October 2022), John Tufts in entry for Tufts, 24 Sep 1799; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZC-DY6 : 10 November 2020), John Tufts in entry for Leonard Tufts, 4 Jun 1851; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277238.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-XCGP : 6 April 2020), John Tufts in entry for James Tufts, 13 Oct 1861; citing Death, , , Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011944.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QK-FHMH : 6 April 2020), John Tufts in entry for Oliver Tufts, 18 May 1883; citing Death, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011949.

• Wild, Helen Tilden. Medford in the Revolution, Military History of Medford, Massachusetts, 1765-1783 (J.C. Miller, Jr., Medford, Mass., 1903); p. 52
  • "Tufts, John. Corporal, Lexington alarm; served 8 mos., 1775-76. Son of Peter and Anne (Adams); born 1754-5; married Elizabeth Perry ; died Sept. 10, 1839; lived on Sycamore street, Somerville, in house now (1903) occupied by Somerville Historical Society, Lee's Head- quarters, 1775."

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter, Boston, Mass., 1914)
  • Vol. 2. Marriages and Deaths, p. 769 "Deaths", "Tufts"
    • "John, Sept. 10, 1839, a. 85 y. Old age."

• Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1907);
  • p. 309 "Marriages", "Tufts"
    • "John and Eliza[beth] Perrey of Cambridge, May 19, 1778."
  • p. 146-53
    • "Benjamin, ch. John, bp. Oct. 18, 1789."
    • "Cynthia, d. John, bp. Mar. 14, 1790."
    • "James, s. John, bp. Oct. 18, 1789."
    • "John, ch. John, bp. Oct. 18, 1789."
    • "Leonard, ch. John, bp. Oct. 18, 1789."
    • "Lydia, d. John, bp. Apr. 12, 1795."
    • "Oliver, s. John, bp. Oct. 25, 1801."
    • "Sophia, d. John, bp. Jan. 26, 1797."
    • "William, s. John, bp. May 12, 1793."
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