Elizabeth TUTTLE

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."

Elizabeth married Richard EDWARDS on 19 Nov 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, and was divorced in Oct 1691 in By Act of the Connecticut General Assembly. Richard (son of William EDWARDS and Agnes HARRIS) was born on 16 May 1647 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 20 Apr 1718 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1st Pastor of East Windsor, Connecticut

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Excerpts from Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington: Timothy married Esther Stoddard, daughter of Rev. Solomon. He graduated at Harvard in 1691 and was the pastor of the Church in East Windsor. He had ten daughters and one son, Jonathan, the distinguished divine. The Rev. Jonathan Edwards, born 1703, married Sarah, daughter of Rev. James Pierpont, and died at Princeton, NJ, March 28, 1758, about six weeks after his installation as President of the College, where he succeeded his son-in-law.
Described as "the most distinguished metaphysician and divine of America."
He had eleven children. One daughter, Esther, was the wife of Rev. Aaron Burr, President of Princeton College and mother of Vice-President Burr, and his son Jonathan was President of Union College.
Pierpont, the younges child of Rev. Jonathan, resided in New Haven, married Frances Ogden, and their daughter Henrietta Frances was the wife of the celebrated inventor, Eli Whitney.

Timothy married Esther STODDARD on 06 Nov 1694 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Esther (daughter of Rev Solomon STODDARD and Esther WARHAM) was born on 02 Jun 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 19 Jan 1770/1 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Benjamin LATHROP in 1689 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Benjamin (son of Benjamin LATHROP and Martha ?) was christened on 5 Aug 1660; died in 1690 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Capt Thomas STOUGHTON on 19 May 1697 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Thomas (son of Thomas STOUGHTON and Mary WADSWORTH) was born on 21 Nov 1662 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Jan 1748 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jacob DEMING on 14 Mar 1695 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Jacob (son of John DEMING, Jr. and Mary MYGATT) was born on 26 Aug 1670 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1712 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jonathan HINCKLEY. Jonathan was born in Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Jonathan RICHARDSON in 1696. Jonathan (son of Stephen RICHARDSON and Lydia GILBERT) was born on 10 Sep 1674; died on 07 May 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married William DAVENPORT in 1702. William was born about 1665; died on 29 Jun 1742 in Coventry, Tolland Co., Conn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1685

Mabel married Jonathan BIGELOW, Jr. on 14 Dec 1699 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Jonathan (son of Jonathan BIGELOW and Rebecca SHEPARD) was born on 22 Mar 1673 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Jul 1749 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]