TUFTS
My first and only Tufts ancestor is Mary Tufts, the daughter
of Peter and Frances Tufts, born in England about 1613. She married George Fowle in England, about
1634, had one son, and then came to America.
She lived first in Concord, Massachusetts (where she had five children),
and then in Charlestown (where she had five more children!).
It is interesting that Mary’s sister, Elizabeth, and
brother, Peter Tufts, all came to America, too, and lived in Malden, Massachusetts
next door to Charlestown. Peter Tufts (1616 – 1700) married Mary Pierce in 1647 in
Charlestown, and had five children.
Sister Elizabeth Tufts (about 1619 – 1693) married Thomas Lynde in
Charlestown in 1646.
Tufts University http://www.tufts.edu/
is located in both Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, across the Mystic
River from Charlestown and Malden. The
founders were Universalists, and 20 acres of land were donated by Charles Tufts
in 1852 on top of Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford. He also made a second donation of another 80 acres later in his
life. In 1892 the trustees voted to
admit both men and women. P. T. Barnum
was an early benefactor, and he started a Natural History Museum on campus with
his animal specimens, including Jumbo the elephant, who is the college mascot.
Charles Tufts (1781 – 1876), the college benefactor, is the
3x great grandson of Peter Tufts and Mary Pierce of Malden, Massachusetts. He would be my fourth cousin, five
generations removed. He made his fortune
in brickmaking, and inherited most of his land. He is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
You can read about the Tufts family at Thomas W. Tuft’s blog
“Tufts Family Genealogy” at the link http://tuftsgenealogy.blogspot.com/ There is a book called Tufts Kinsmen: A Recapitulation
of the Geonealogy of All Known Persons of the Tufts Surname, by Herbert
Freeman Adams, 1992, as well as many papers published by the Tufts Kinsman
Association at the NEHGS library. You
can also read a story of the family at the book Sex in Middlesex, by Roger Thompson, University of
Massachusetts Press, 1986, pages 45 – 53.
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Generation 1: Mary Tufts, daughter of Peter Tufts and
Frances Unknown, born about 1613 probably in Wilby, Norfolk, England, died 15
February 1676 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married about 1634 in England to
George Fowle, son of George Fowle and Ann Draper. He was born on 27 January 1610 in Sandhurst,
Kent, England, and died on 19 September 1682 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Eleven children.
Generation 2: Lt. James
Fowle m. Abigail Carter
Generation 3: Capt.
James Fowle m. Mary Richardson
Generation 4: Mary Fowle m. James Simonds
Generation 5: Caleb Simonds m. Susanna Converse
Generation 6: Ruth
Simonds m. Andrew Munroe
Generation 7: Luther
Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint
Generation 8: Phebe Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson
Generation 9: Albert Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise
Roberts (my grandparents)
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