Richard
Tufts
Born in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Gershom Tufts
and Mary (Baldwin) Tufts
Brother of
Elizabeth (Tufts) Peeples, Gershom Tufts Jr., Susanna (Tufts) Brechin, Lydia (Tufts) Walker, Samuel Tufts, Francis Tufts, James Baldwin Tufts, William Tufts and Abigail (Tufts) Vaughan
Husband of
Mercy (Floyd) Tufts
— married
26 Mar 1800 in Nova Scotia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 63
in Little Beach, Saint Martins, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2021
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Biography
Richard was born in 1758. He is the son of Gershom Tufts and Mary Baldwin.
Sources
- Whitmore, W. H., compiler. Register of Families Settled at the Town of Medford, Mass., Boston, Massachusetts : John Wilson & Son, 1855; digital images, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books : accessed 27 March 2021); citing pg. 56. <https://www.google.com/books/edition/Register_of_Families_Settled_at_the_Town/CMsUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gershom+tufts&pg=PA56&printsec=frontcover>
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-JFTX : 2 March 2020), Richard Tufts, 25 Sep 1758; citing Birth, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009696.
- Tufts, William and Gersham, Richard – 1791 – Halifax County. Nova Scotia Land Papers 1765-1800. https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=1506&Doc=memorial&Page=201109775. 29 March 1791, Memorialists are settled on lands at Dartmouth assigned to their father...
- Marriage Bond: Nova Scotia Archives - Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Richard Tufts and Mary Floyd married on 22 March 1800 at Halifax County, Registration: Year: 1800 number: 1543 [1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.78%
Donald Quass
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Dennis Eldershaw :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CQ3329664 [compare], yourDNAportal DENc2d5d080, Ancestry member cool_denny
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~0.78%
Nancy (Potter) Halliday :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A789863 [compare], Ancestry member na9252
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~0.78%
Morgan Campbell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A488763 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan (Nelson) Nelson-Oxford :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal SUSe7228ce5, Ancestry member snoxford
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~0.78%
Doug Jarvis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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