My ancestor Symon Tootill/Tuttle/Tuthill never lived
in the New World. His wife, Isabell
Wells, came with her sons, William, John and Richard, on the Planter in
1635. There is no further record of her
in New England, so she probably did not live long after the voyage. In genealogy we often laugh about the “myth of
the three brothers who arrived in America”, but this is the third time I’ve
written about three brothers arriving in the New World. I descend from The brother John, and also
from their sister, Dorothy, who married John Bill in England and also came to
New England.
Symon Tootill was born about 1560 in Ringstead,
Northamptonshire, England. He was
mentioned in his father’s and also in his father-in-law’s wills. Simon’s will mentions his sons Richard,
Thomas, John, Simon and William. He was
buried at Ringstead on 15 June 1630.
Simon’s will was dated 19 December 1627 and proved at Northampton:
In
the Name of God Amen The nyneteeneth Day of December in the yeare of our Lord
god one thousand six hundred twentie seaven I Symon Tuttell of Ringsted in the
Countie of Northton yeoman strong in minde and of good and pfect memory thanks
and praise be to allmighty god and weighing and considering the frailety of
mans life and the uncertainty of this world doe make and ordayne this my psent
Testamt contayning therein my last will in mann[er] and forme as followeth that
ys to say ffirst I [c]om[m]end and com[m]itt my soule into the hands of
Allmighty god Creator assuredly believing through the onely meritte of Jesus
Christe my saviour to be made ptaker of Everlasting life And my body I comitt
to the earth from whence it came to be buried [torn] Christon burialls at the
discrecion of my Executrix hereafter named, hopeing assuredly to receive the
same again at the gene[ral] resurreccion not a mortall but an immortall and
glorious body.
And
now as concerning those lands and goodes wch god of his goodness hath lent me I
give and bequeath unto Isabell my wife All that moytie or prcell of land
meadows and com[m]ons wth theire and each of theire appurtenances wch ys due to
me out of the land formerly [?] conveyed to my Edlest sonne Richard and the
house messuages or ten[emen]ts wherein I now dwell together with all the houses
yards lands meadows pastures com[m]ons comodities and appurtenances whatsoever
thereunto belonging or in any wise appurteyning and also All those landes
meadows and comons wth thappurtances wch I lately had an purchased of Thomas
Holding Edward Asin [?] al[ia]s James, and of Will[ia]m Sillyman and of each of
them To ahve and to hold the same for and during the terme of her naturall life
and after the naturall death of decease of y saide wyfe I give and bequeath all
and singular the said mentioned lands and premisses wth their and each of their
appurtenances unto Will[ia]m Tuttell my youngest sonne to have and to holde the
same unto the saide Will[ia]m Tuttell and to the heirs of his Body Lawfully to
be begotten, 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 adjoyning, and sometyme in the tenure or
occupason of John White to have and to hold the same unto the saide John
Tuttell and to his heirs and assignes for ever Itm I give and bequeath unto
Isabel my said wyfe the one halfe [torn] that meadow wch I lately purchased of
Joane Bateman wydow to have And to hold the same for and during her naturall
life, And I give and bequeath the other Mytie or half of the same meadowe to my
sonne Will[ia]m to enter [there] upon ymmediately after my decease, and I
likewise give and bequeath unto my said sonne Will[ia]m the other Moytie of the
same meadow to enter thereuppon after the naturall decease of my said wyfe to
have and to hold the same unto him the said Will[ia]m and to the heires of his
bodye lawfully to be begotten, so as he my said sonne [re]linquishes the
twentie poundes given to him by his grandfather John Welles in and by his last
will and testamet 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
Will[ia]m 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 gie to my sonne Richard
[illegible] halfe [illegible] the lord mordant [?] on both sides 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 Daugher Abigaill fiue pounds at the age of fifteene years:
Itm I give and bequeath unto the poore of Ringsted aforesaid xxs. to be
distributed amongst the poorest sorte at the discreson of the minister and
churchwardens. Itm I give to my godchildren xxs. apeece. Itm I give to my sonne
Will[ia]m my best bedsted wth the bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, or
therewith usd, the table in the hall wth the frame, halfe a duzzen of framd
stooles, the yron barres on the chimneys wth the hookes and hangings the bed
whereon he lyeth my best brasse pan my best brasse pott, my mault mill as now
yt standeth, my bolting [twine and yeelding?] 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 Will[ia]m 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 [missing] my said sonne John thirtie pounds. Itm I
give more unto my said sonne Will[ia]m my great cubbord in the [missing] the
greater chest, two of the biggest chaires, and the chest that standeth by the
bedsted. Itm I give untomy grand [childre]n xxs. a peece Divided allwaies And I
will that all the said Movable goods herein given to my sonne Will[ia]m
carefully to apply and husband his mothers business to the best of his power in
[missing] of the person herein bequeathed pformed and my funeral expenses
discharged. I give & bequeath unto Isabel my said wife [missing] and to be
executrix of this my psent testamt and for the better execuson thereof I order
[missing] them supervisores thereof and [missing]s. apeece [missing] and seal
the day and year above written.
There is an additional line
written in different penmanship (Abigail was born in 1628)
"to
my sunn John, his daughter Abigail, five pounds at the age of fifteene
years."
The will was signed by Simon T.... (the paper of
this will is described as fragile and broken)
Simon’s son John Tuttle came to America on board the
Planter with his wife and her three children by a first marriage (two of the
Lawrence daughters are my 9x great grandmothers), and his brothers William and
Richard and their families. He settled
in the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1651 he returned to England and then
to Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland.
On 6 April 1657 his wife, Joan, wrote that he had died there on 30
December 1656. She probably died there,
too. I descend from their son, Simon Tuthill, my 9x great grandmother, who
settled in Ipswich and Lynn, Massachusetts.
My lineage from the Tuttles:
Lineage A:
Generation 1:
Symon Tootill, born about 1560 in Ringstead, Northampton, England, died
before 15 June 1630; married about 1592 to Isabel Wells, daughter of John
Wells. She was born about 1565 and died
about 1635 probably in New Haven, Connecticut. Six children.
Generation 2: Dorothy Tuttle, born about 1592 in
England and died about December 1638 in Boston, Massachusetts; married about
1612 in England to John Bill, son of John Bill and Ann Mountford. Five
children.
Generation 3: Philip Bill, born April 1629 in
Ringstead, died 8 July 1689 in New London, Connecticut; married 8 July 1689 in
Groton, Connecticut to Hannah Waite, daughter of Samuel Waite and Mary Ward. She was born about 1625 probably in
Finchingfield, Essex, England, and died about 1709 in Groton, Connecticut. Eight children.
Generation 4: Samuel Bill m. Mercy Houghton
Generation 5: Ebenezer Bill m. Patience Ingraham
Generation 6: Asahel Bill m. Mary Rand
Generation 7: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m.
Isabella Lyons
Generation 8: Professor Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann
Margaret Bollman
Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson
Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha
Louise Roberts (my grandparents)
Lineage B:
Generation 2: Dorothy’s brother, John Tuttle married
Joan Antrobus in 1627 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. She was the widow of Thomas Lawrence, who
died on 20 March 1625. Joan and Thomas
Lawrence are my 10x great grandparents on my maternal side. John was born about
1656 and died on 30 December 1656 in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. They had five children together.
Generation 3: Simon Tuthill, born 1637 in Ipswich,
Massachusetts; died 11 January 1691 in Lynn, Massachusetts; married about 1663
to Sarah Cogswell, daughter of John Cogswell and Elizabeth Thompson. Twelve
children.
Generation 4: John Tuthill, born 22 April 1666 in
Ipswich, died 27 Feb 1715 in Ipswich; married on 3 December 1689 in Ipswich to
Martha Ward, daughter of Samuel Ward and Abigail Maverick. She was born 16 September 1672 in Salem,
Massachusetts, and died 17 August 1723 in Ipswich. Seven children.
Generation 5: Martha Tuthill m. Mark Haskell
Generation 6: Lucy Haskell m. Jabez Treadwell
Generation 7: Nathaniel Treadwell m. Mary Hovey
Generation 8: Jabez Treadwell m. Betsey Jillings
Homan
Generation 9: Eliza Ann Treadwell m. Abijah
Hitchings
Generation 10: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah
Eliza Lewis
Generation 11: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m.
Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 12: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley
Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Heather, did any of your Tuttles settle in New Jersey? There is a Stephen Tuttle buried in the national cemetery here in St. Augustine who was a native of New Jersey. He was a Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers and was involved in building the sea wall that protected the town. He died here in 1835 from an illness. Apparently he was quite a character and got into all kinds of trouble while he was here. The story of how I "stumbled" onto him is at First Plots and he's the engineer mentioned in Dungeon Tales.
ReplyDeleteI am descended from John Tuttle & Joan Antrobus. I didn't know the story of the family of William Tuttle. Thanks for the link to the radio show and book. I think I need to read the book now. It sounds fascinating! And to think that when I was learning about Puritan life in school I thought they were the most boring society ever.
ReplyDeleteI am descended from one of the three sons: William Tuttle (d. 1673, Connecticut) through his son Joseph. After listening to last week's Fieldstone Common episode, I figured out that I am related to the "notorious" Elizabeth Tuttle, who was not William's wife, but one of his daughters (and sister to my ancestor, Joseph). (William's wife was an Elizabeth, too, making things confusing.)
ReplyDeleteAha! You are correct, Elizabeth! Too many Elizabeths! I'm fixing that error now...
DeleteI never heard of the "myth of the three brothers who arrived in America," but that's exactly what our family has. We still don't have an arrival date or place or even a state--and somewhat like yours, it's a name with half a dozen different spellings. It's a brick wall I haven't even thought of tackling yet.
ReplyDeleteNew England genealogy seems full of certainties! Or at least, yours does.
Mariann, you made me laugh with your "certainties" statement. Most of my Surname Saturday sketches were once brickwalls. I've been working on these for 35 years. Nothing is certain, and I'm still digging up information on most of these names. It's a never ending battle!
DeleteNathaniel Tuthil Tuttle 1639 Hingham, Mass https://www.ancestry.com/media/viewer/viewer/aa8cac55-c370-4faa-aa0a-8c87d2092b6a/12065842/-7327677
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TUTTLE Genealogy
DOROTHY PHELPS GELLAI·THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
This is one branch of the Tuttle family who resided in Hingham, MA (separate from the ones in Ipswich, MA and New Haven, CT).
The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass.
https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil02tutt#page/n3/mode/2up
Nathaneil, Joseph, James Jacobus, James m to Rebecca Washburn, Joseph/James Tuttle 1767 d 1860 ( James Tuttle 1766-1850 wife Nancy, daughter Patience Rebecca 1806 Ebert, GA
down to Patience REbecca Tuttle