Capt John TUTTLE

1646 - 1720  (74 years)

• Name	John TUTTLE
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	1646	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  HIST	The "Tuttle Burial Ground" was on the east side of the homestead next to the road. Not within the memory of the oldest resident on the Neck, has there been any other private burial ground below the hill where the old Church stood. The first settlers on this part of the Neck, including John' Tuttle (I.), lie buried in the old cemetery on the east side of the road above "Meeting-house Hill," or the site of the old Church. Not more than three generations of Tuttles lie buried in this old "Tuttle Burial Ground," which is now barely discernible.  [1]
  MILF	Y
  MILX	Capt of the Dover Militia
  _UID	75AB5B227A784C2BBBA2649F052B30B379C5
  Death	Jun 1720	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Association	Capt John TUTTLE (Relationship: self)
  Person ID	I46808	main
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family	Mary MNU,   b. Abt 1648, York County, Maine d. 12 Jul 1720, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 72 years)
  Children	1. Dorothy TUTTLE,   b. 1664, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 9 Dec 1738, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age 74 years)   2. Ens John TUTTLE,   b. 1671, Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 7 May 1712, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F32482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Capt John TUTTLE, son of John' and Dorothy Tuttle, was a man of distinction in civil and military life. He filled, successively, every public office within the gift of the citizens of Dover; and was, by appointment in 1695, Judge of Their Majesties' Court of Common Pleas under the administration of Lt. Gov. Usher. He was Selectman of Dover in 1686-87-88: Town Clerk from 1694 to 1717: Town Treasurer in 1705, and other years following: member of the Provincial Assembly in 1698-99, 1705-6-7. He was one of the six Commissioners sent from Dover to the Convention of 1689, to "meet with the Commissioners of ye other towns of ye Province, to confer about and resolve upon a method of Government within this Province." Dover Rec. The Convention met at Portsmouth, and resolved to put the Province, as it had been before, under Massachusetts, and it was done accordingly. In 1705, Col. Richard Waldron and Judge Tuttle were the "two principal men" of Dover, chosen, "to joyn with the Representatives of said Province, and them invested with full power to hear, debate, and determine matters relating to Mr. Allen's Claim." Dover Rec. Besides acting in the public capacities here named, he appears to have been, during all this time, chairman of the board of public surveyors of land. He was one of the leading members of the Church of Dover. While a member of the General Assembly in 1698, he and the other members subscribed a declaration, declaring, "That in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, there is not any transubstantiation of the Elements of Consecration thereof by any person whatsoever. And that the Invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other Saint, and the Sacrifice of the Masse, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are Superstitious and Idolatrous." The town records show a large number of special public trusts confided to him by his fellow citizens. ——- Judge Tuttle died in June, 1720, leaving a large estate which he disposed of by will among his children and grandchildren. His wife Mary survived him, and was Executrix of his will. Her family name is not known. Lieut. Tristram HEARD and Capt. Francis Mathews were named in the will as trustees of his grandchildren. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 21;136.