Elizabeth TUTTLE

1645 - Aft 1691  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Elizabeth TUTTLE  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Christening	9 Nov 1645	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut   [2, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1691  [1]
  Notes	From Conn. Quarterly: "The branch of the Tuttle family from which Elizabeth Tuttle came, was erratic to the degree of insanity, and is so to a certain extent to the present day. This family taint was restrained by the strong will and great spirituality and intellectual vigor of the Rev. Timothy and Rev. Jonathan, only to crop out again in the renewed activity in the son (Pierpont Edwards) and the grandson (Aaron Burr), of the 'divine Jonahtan', both of whom were profligate, vicious and licentious. Mrs. Richard Edwards' brother was found quilty of slaying his sister, by the Colonial Court, and executed; and another sister was found quilty of killing her own son, but through the confusion existing at that time, she escaped the penalty of the law." From Tuttle Genealogy: "A remarkable feature in our family history, as it would be in any other, is the branch of Elizabeth. It is an interesting genealogical study. Both the parents were of the same Wlesh race. There is evidence that the mother had the sensitive and excitable temperament of genius. Richard Edeards, being an only child, inherited ample means and gave his children the best education the country afforded. To educate is to bring out, and to train, it cannot create talents or character. The ministerial profession was then almost the only field for the employment of able and educated men. So all things conspired to favor the natural bent for their son Timothy. The process was continued and in the next generation reached its hightest development in his son Jonathan. From the very geginning this branch has been noted for its higth regaard for education, its scholarly culture, and its religious disposition. It is said to include a larger number of eminent persons than have sprung from any other one of the New England founders. It is wonderful, says a late writer, how much of the grace and culture of American society has sprung from this root. The same pursuits continued generation after generation in the same families, or originally set apart by nature for a chosen work, has resulted in a heritage of confirmed aptitudes, enlarged natural capacities, delicacy and refinement of physical organization, manners, sentiments and tastes; a sort of 'Brahmin Caste in New Entland', as Dr. Holmes put it, of which the Edwards family form a considerable proportion, and in which it holds a high rank."
  Person ID	I57876	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	William TUTTLE,   b. 24 Dec 1607, Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England d. Jun 1673, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth MATHEWS,   b. 1612, England d. 30 Dec 1684, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1631  [5]
  Family ID	F07648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard EDWARDS,   b. 16 May 1647, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut d. 20 Apr 1718, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1667	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Divorced	1691	Due to insanity   [1]
  Divorce	Oct 1691	By Act of the Connecticut General Assembly   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Rev Timothy EDWARDS,   b. 14 May 1669   d. 27 Jan 1758 (Age 88 years)  [Birth]   2. Abigail EDWARDS,   b. 1671   d. 23 Jan 1754, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 83 years)  [Birth]   3. Elizabeth EDWARDS,   b. 1675  [Natural]   4. Ann EDWARDS,   b. 1678, Hartford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. May 1764, Coventry, Tolland Co., Connecticut (Age 86 years)  [Birth]   5. Mabel EDWARDS,   c. 13 Dec 1685   d. 04 May 1765, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut (Age ~ 79 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F06684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S01670] Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington by Rosell L. Richardson. [S4920] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 August Vol. 51 No. 1 . [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society). [S4953] George Frederick Tuttle, "The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle" , (Tuttle & Company, Official State Printers, Rutland, VT. - 1883). [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.