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first marriagfe) : i. Elizabeth, born February
12, 1715; married (first) Isaac Brack-
ett; (second) Daniel Frisbie, May 4, 1748.
2. Sarah, born December 23, 1716; mar-
ried, June 18, 1740, Moses Cook ; died at
Waterbury, Connecticut, January 4, 1760.
3. Abigail, of whom further. 4. Esther,
born March 17, 1721 ; died May 5, 1741.
5. Caleb, born February 18, 1723. 6.
Enoch, born January 30, 1725. 7. Eben-
ezer, born December 9, 1726. Children
(by second marriage) : 8. Samuel, born
September 25, 1728; served in the Revo-
lution. 9. Anna, born October 3, 1732;
married, December 25, 1751, Stephen
Cook. She died December 10, 1769.
(IV) Abigail Culver, daughter of Samuel
and Sarah Culver, vi^as born December
17, 1718. She married Elijah Frisbie (see
Frisbie II).
(The Tuttle Line).
Arms—Azure, on a bend doubly cotised argent
a Hon passant, sable.
Crest—On a mount vert, a bird, proper, in the
beak a branch of olive, fruited, or.
Motto—Pax.
The derivation of this name is seen in
very ancient application of tot and tut,
which was evolved from Teutates, the
name of a Celtic God. The root may be
seen in the Greek theos, or deity. The
combination of tut with hill, to form Tut-
hill ;
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or "the hill of God" has been applied
to certain hills and places in England.
Examples are Tutnall, Tetnall, and Tar-
tenhill. Tuthill, or Tuttle, as a patronymic,
is thus traced back in this manner,
and is truly a grand old name. Tuthill,
Tuttil, Tutoll, Tottle, Tuttle, Tatyle,
Totehall, etc., are some of the varieties
under which it presents itself.
The English Tothills lived in Devon,
beginning with the fifteenth century.
Geoflrey Tothill was alderman of Exeter
one branch of the family was related to
;
the Drake family, a member of which was
Sir Francis Drake, of explorer fame.
(I) William Tuttle, the ancestor of
this Tuttle family, came to Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, in July, 1635. He was designated
by the appellation of Mr., removed
from Boston in 1638 to Quinnipiac, and
thence, in 1641, to Hartford, Connecticut.
He died in June, 1673, and his widow was
granted the administration of his estate.
He married Elizabeth, who died December
30, 1684, aged seventy-two years.
Children: i. John, of whom further. 2.
Hannah, born in England, in 1632-33;
married (first) in 1649, John Pantrey;
married (second) June 23, 1654, Thomas
Wells, Jr. 3. Thomas, born in England, in
1634-35; married, May 24, 1661, Hannah
Powell. 4. Jonathan, baptized in Charlestown,
Massachusetts, July 8, 1637; mar-
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ried Rebecca Bell. 5. David, baptized in
Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 7,
1639. He died unmarried in 1693. 6.
Joseph, baptized in New Haven, Connecticut,
November 22, 1640 ; married, May
2, 1667, Hannah Munson. 7. Sarah, bap-
tized in New Haven, in April, 1642 ;
mar-
ried, November 22, 1663, John Slauson.
8. Elizabeth, baptized in New Haven, No-
vember 9, 1645
; married, November 19,
1667, Richard Edwards. 9. Simon, bap-
tized March 28, 1647. lO- Benjamin, bap-
tized October 29, 1648; died (s. p.) June
13, 1677. II. Mercy, born April 27, bap-
tized May 19, 1650; married. May 2, 1667,
Samuel Brown. 12. Nathaniel, baptized
February 29, 1652; married, August 10,
1682, Sarah Howe.
(II) John Tuttle, son of William and
Elizabeth Tuttle, was born in England in
1631, and died in East Haven, Connecticut,
November 12, 1683. He had a house
and lot in East Haven, which he sold in
1662. The inventory of his estate gives
his wealth as being estimated at seventy-