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Brookhaven, who married Charity Haw-
kins. He was a contractor and builder,
and some of the houses erected by him
are still standing in Speonk. Charity
Hawkins was a daughter of Joseph Haw-
kins, of Setauket, Long Island, son of
Alexander Hawkins, son of Eleazar Haw-
kins, of Stony Brook, Long Island, son of
Zachariah Hawkins, who came to Long
Island about 1655, son of Robert Haw-
kins, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1635.
Daniel Warren Ruland, son of Daniel
Ruland, was born in Speonk, Suffolk
county, Long Island, September 4, 1821,
and died in February, 1905. He learned
the carpenter's trade, and as a young man
entered independent building operations,
becoming the principal contractor of the
village, and erecting most of the struc-
tures there built during his contracting
career. Later in life he engaged in farming,
following this calling until old age
compelled him to become less active. He
was a Republican in political faith, was
postmaster for years, and also held numerous
other town offices. He married
Amelia Tuthill, born in Speonk, Long
Island, daughter of Elisha and Harriet
(Rogers) Tuthill. The Tuthill family
was founded by Henry Tuthill, who came
to America from Norfolk, England, in
1635, and who was first of Hingham,
Massachusetts, then of Southold, Long
Island. The line from him and his wife,
Bridget, is through their son, John Tuthill,
and his wife. Deliverance (King)
Tuthill; and their son, John (2) Tuthill,
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born February 14, 1658. He was called
"Chalker John," a man of note, of great
shrewdness and energy, affable and of
sterling honesty ; was a favorite with people,
and held many offices, among them
justice of the peace, and one of the commissioners
that laid out "King's Highway."
He was a member of the New
York Colonial Legislature, 1693-94, and
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sheriff in 1695. Through him and his
wife, Mehitable (Wells) Tuthill, the line
continues to Joshua and Hannah (Reeve)
Tuthill ; their son, John Tuthill, and his
wife, Sarah (Wells) Tuthill (this John a
soldier in the Revolutionary army, Suf-
folk county militia, under Colonel Josiah
Smith) ;
their son, Joshua Tuthill, and his
wife, Polly (Benjamin) Tuthill (Polly
Benjamin was a daughter of James Benjamin,
of Southold. This James Benjamin
served in the battle of Long Island,
and also at White Plains in the Revolutionary
War, and, according to Mather,
was a refugee to Connecticut. There was
a James Benjamin, of Connecticut, who
served in the Revolutionary forces in
1775-76-78-80-81, but there is no proof
that this is the same James, and it seems
unlikely, despite the identity of names);
and their son Elisha Tuthill, married
Harriet Rogers, daughter of Jesse and
Amelia (Jagger) Rogers, and had a
daughter Amelia, wife of Daniel Warren
Ruland.
Dr. Frederick D. Ruland, son of Daniel
Warren and Amelia (Tuthill) Ruland,
was born in Speonk, Suffolk county. Long
Island, July 19, 1865. After attending
public schools, a private school, and
Franklinville Academy, he entered the
medical department of Columbia Univer-
sity, and was graduated M. D. in the
spring of 1889. For the following one
and a half years he was an interne in a
Long Island sanitarium, in 1891 coming
to Westport and organizing the Westport
Sanitarium. Dr. Ruland has been presi-
dent and chief of the medical staff for
more than twenty-five years, and under
his direction the sanitarium has come
into high rank among institutions specializing
in the treatment of nervous and
mental diseases. The personnel of the
institution, professional and practical,
numbers about fifty to sixty. One hun-