in Malden churchyard.
His children were--
1-2Peter, b. 1648.
3Jonathan, b. 1657.
4John, b. 1665.
5Mary, m. John Edes.
6Elizabeth, m. Joseph Lynde, bro.-in-law of Pet. Tufts, jun.
7Mercy, m. Joseph Waite.
8Sarah, m. Thomas Oakes.
9Persis, d., unm., 1683.
10Lydia, d., unm., 1683.
1-2Peter Tufts, of Medford, commonly called Capt. Peter, m., 1st, Aug. 26, 1670, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lynde, who d. July 15, 1684, by whom he had--
2-11Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1676.
12Peter, b. Jan.--
3-27Jonathan, b. July 1, 1685; d. Dec. 15, 1688.
28John, b. Apr. 11, 1688.
29Jonathan, b. Feb. 6, 1690.
30Rebecca, b. Oct. 16, 1694; m. John Willis, Apr. 17, 1717.
31Samuel, b. Apr. 29, 1697; m. Elizabeth Sweetson, Mar. 28, 1723.
32Persis, b. May 2, 1700; m. J. Codman, Malden, Feb. 12, 1737.
33Joseph, b. June 29, 1704.
34Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1707.
1-4John Tufts was of Malden.
His residence was standing in 1821; and John Tufts, who was then alive, possessed a silve
, Sardinia, to Sicily2111,025
1864*Cartagena, Spain, to Oran, Africa1301,420
1864Gwadur, India, to Elphinstone Inlet, India357437
1864Mussendom, Persia, to Bushire, Persia39397
1864Bushire, Persia, to Fao, Persia15419
1864Gwadur, India, to Kurrachee, India246670
1864Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50347
1865*Bona, Africa, tBushire, Persia, to Fao, Persia15419
1864Gwadur, India, to Kurrachee, India246670
1864Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50347
1865*Bona, Africa, to Sicily270250
1865Trelleborg to Rugen, Germany5580
1865South Foreland, England, to Cape Grinez, France2530
1866Ireland to Newfoundland1,8962,424
1866Ireland to Newfoundland1,8522,424
1866Lyall's Bay to White's Bay4150
1866Crimea to Circassia40
1866Colonia to Buenos Ayres304
1866England to Hanover22427
1866Cape Ray, NewfouIsles to Land's End, England2742
1869*Corfu to Santa Maura50160
1869*Santa Maura to Ithaca7180
1869Ithaca to Cephalonia7
1869*Cephalonia to Zante1060
1869Bushire, Persia, to Jask50597
1869Brest, France, to St. Pierre2,5842,760
1869St. Pierre to Duxbury, U. S.749259
1869Moen to Bornholm, Sweden8028
1869Bornholm, Sweden, to
bap. 3 Oct. 1714; Oldham, bap. 3 Sept. 1716; Susanna, bap. 18 Sept. 1720; Samuel; Sarah, m. William Jones, Framingham, 31 Mar. 1748.
Amos the f. rem.
to Brookline, thence to Framingham, and d. about 1754.
5. Jonathan, S. of Simon (3), by w. Persis, had two children, bap. 2 Aug. 1713, and 8 Jan. 1715-16, names not recorded; Jonathan, bap. 20 Oct. 1717; Persis, bap. 9 Aug. 1719; Margaret, bap. 10 Sept. 1721; William, b. 5 Jan,. 1723-4, d. young; Susanna, b. 2 June 1726; William, b. 17 Oct. 1Persis, bap. 9 Aug. 1719; Margaret, bap. 10 Sept. 1721; William, b. 5 Jan,. 1723-4, d. young; Susanna, b. 2 June 1726; William, b. 17 Oct. 1727; Margaret bap. Abigail ,b. 17 Jan. 1728-9; Sarah, b. 12 June 1730; William, bap. 29 Oct. 1732; John. Jonathan the f. rem.
to Worcester, and died there in 1756.
For a, more extended account of the Gates family, see Barry's Hist.
Framingham.
Gay, John, of Wrentham, Miller, bought of Gov. Belcher, 8 Feb. 1733, a part of the estate at the N. E. corner of Brighton and Mount Auburn streets; and afterwards purchased the remainder, which had been owned by the heirs of Edmund Angier, or of Jo
ied in 1764.
He died in 1741.
She, and probably he, lie in the old cemetery in Harvard square,—this part of Somerville then belonging to the Cambridge parish.
The children of Nathaniel who lived to grow up were: Nathaniel, William, Mary, John, Persis, and Isaiah.
We do not know when Nathaniel moved to his father's farm on the south side of Union square, but it was probably about the time of his marriage.
No traditions of Nathaniel have been handed down, nor has any one that we have ever tNathaniel, therefore, left no descendants after the first generation.
Nor, indeed, have there been any descendants of Nathaniel bearing the Tufts name, in Somerville, for seventy years. The two daughters, Mary, who was married to John Morse, and Persis, who was married to Christopher Ranks, are not known to have continued to live in Somerville.
The eldest son of Nathaniel, however, Nathaniel, Jr., had two daughters, from the elder of whom there have been numerous descendants of prominence in
Tufts, Leonard, II.—24.
Tufts, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel, I.—22, 23.
Tufts, Mary, wife of John Stone, I.—24.
Tufts, Mary Adams, wife of Nathan, II.—21.
Tufts, Nathan, Sr., II.—21.
Tufts, Nathan, son of Nathan, Sr., II.—21.
Tufts, Nathan, nephew of Nathan, Jr., II.—21.
Tufts, Nathaniel, son of John, I.—22, 23, 24.
Tufts, Nathaniel, Jr., son of Nathaniel and Mary Sprague, I.—22, 23, 24.
Tufts. Nathaniel, son of Isaiah, I.—23.
Tufts, Oliver, II.—23, 24.
Tufts. Persis, daughter of Nathaniel, I.—22, 23.
Tufts, Peter, I.—21.
Tufts, Peter, descendants of, I.—24.
Tufts, Peter, house of. I.—24.
Tufts, Captain, Peter, son of Peter, I.—21.
Tufts, Peter of Milk Row, son of John, I.—22, 24; II.—25, 26.
Tufts, Peter of Winter Hill, II.—21, 24, 25.
Tufts, Peter, son of Peter and Anne Adams, II.—22.
Tufts, Peter, Jr., II.—22. 23.
Tufts, Samuel, son of Peter of Milk Row, II.—26.
Tufts, Samuel, Jr., II
Isaiah the father d. 11 Mar. 1768, a. 40.
A nurse child at Isaiah's (from Boston), d. 15 Oct. 1762, a. 6 mos. His wid. Eliza-Beth had after his death, a son, Henry, b. 10, bap. 11 Aug. 1768, d. 12 Sept. 1769, a. 12 mos. 1 day. Wid.
Elizabeth m. Edward Fillebrown, 7 Dec. 1775.
See Bond's Wat., 463, 940; Wyman's Chas., 897.
2. Stephen, bro. of Isaiah (1), had wife—. adm. Pct.
ch. 1 Oct. 1758.
Had son, Stephen, b. 17, bap. 20 June. 1756; Ruth, bap. 17 Dec. 1758; John, bap. 13 Dec. 1761; Persis, b. 24 Nov., bap. 4 Dec. 1763; Joshua, b. 3, bap. privately 19 Jan. 1766.
An infant of Stephen, d. 28 Sept. 1764.
and a nurse child at Stephen's, Senior, d. 9 Jan. 1757, a. 6 mos. Stephen belonged to the Baptist Society, 1787.
See Bond's Wat., 462-63, 940; Wyman's Chas., 896, 897.
3. Benjamin, s. of Wid. Stearns (1), d. 8 Sept. 1770, a. 20. 4.
Isaiah, s. of Wid. Isaiah (1), d. 1 Aug. 1770 (age not given).
5. Joshua, s. of Wid. S., at Mr. Adams's, d. 9 Nov. 1749, a. 9 yrs. Phineas,
Joshua, 94.
Mary, 96.
Russell, Phillip, 62.
Sargent, Joseph, 95.
Seccomb, Anne, 93.
Charles, 92.
John, 63 (3).
Jonathan, 93.
Peter, 61.
Thomas, 92.
Willis, 62.
Sheppard, Jacob, 28, 29.
Solomon, Ann, 62.
Tufts, Abigail, 63.
Anna, 25, 28.
Cotton, 26 (2).
Dorothy, 27 (2), 28 (2), 62.
Elizabeth, 25.
Henry, 95.
John, 26 (3).
Jonathan, 26 (3), 63.
Joseph, 61.
Lydia, 63.
Mary, 25, 26.
Mercy, 26 (2), 27, 28 (2), 94, 95.
Nathaniel, 27.
Persis, 28.
Peter, 25 (2), 93, 94.
Rebecca, 27.
Samuel, 27 (2), 28, 64 (2).
Sarah, 61.
Simon, 60.
Thomas, 25, 92.
Wade, Abigail, 95.
Anne, 26.
Wade, Dorothy, 26 (2), 63, 93.
Dudley, 26.
Jonathan, 26 (2), 62.
Lydia, 93.
Mercy, 25, 62, 95.
Nathan, 63.
Nathaniel, 25, 63.
Rebecca, 93.
Samuel, 26, 63, 95.
Sarah, 93.
Susanna, 28.
Wait, Mercy, 95.
Sarah, 93, 95.
Whitmore, Abigail, 25.
Anna, 63, 95.
Elizabeth, 95.
Elliot, 64 (2).
Francis