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• Military Event: Militia
• Military Flag: Y
• Cause of Death: Killed by Indians

Notes:

He was a yeoman, a man of property, and among his possessions was a Negro slave named Lot. He succeeded his father as a member of the committee for the control of the common lands of the town. His efficient leadership in the Indian Wars did much to prevent savage outrages.
Killed while trying to free prisoners taken by Indians after the attack on Haverhill.
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On 27 Aug 1708, Haverhill, then a compact village of about thirty houses, was attacked and almost entirely destroyed by Algonquin, St. Francois and Penobscot Indians under the direction of the French forces from Canada. Sixteen of the inhabitants were massacred, including Rev. Benjamin Rolfe and family, many made captives, and when the enemy retreated they were followed by Captain Samuel Ayer with a company of twenty men who, though out-numbered thirteen to one, attacked them fearlessly, killing nine of their number and retaking several prisoners. The Captain was shot in the groin and died just as his son reached the scene with reinforcements. [The date of the attack conflicts with the much later date given for Captain Ayer's death.]

Samuel married Elizabeth TUTTLE on 21 Nov 1693 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Simon TUTTLE and Sarah COGSWELL) was born on 24 Nov 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1752 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: AYERS
• Occupation: State Representative - 1683 -1698
• Immigrant?: Y
• Residence: May 1666, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Notes:

Freeman, 1666. Representative, 1683, 5, 9 and 10. He was a farmer and possessed considerable estate. In 1670 he was one of a committee to build a school house, and in 1675 a committeeman to designate what Haverhill houses should be garrisoned against the Indians.

Residence:
Made freeman

Peter married Hannah ALLEN on 1 Nov 1659 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William ALLEN and Ann GOODALE) was born on 17 Jun 1642 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Dec 1729 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Baptism: 10 Jan 1631, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Migration: 1635, “Planter”

Notes:

He came from England to Boston, Mass. Bay Colony with his parents and three siblings on the ship "Planter". (Tuttle Family Gen.)

His parents left New England and settled in Ireland, leaving Simon to carry on business dealings. Apparently, the father would send merchandise to Simon at Barbados, expecting Simon to send his father any profits. But Simon kept all the proceeds.

Migration:
w/ parents, 3 siblings

Simon married Sarah COGSWELL about 1663 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John COGSWELL and Elizabeth THOMPSON) was born about 1646 in Leigh, Lancashire, England; died on 24 Jan 1732 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: TUTTLE
• Immigrant?: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

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• Also Known As: AYERS, AYRE
• Noteworthy: Survived a hurricane during the voyage to the New World
• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y
• Migration: 5 Apr 1635, “James”

Notes:

John Ayer, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled first in Salisbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, when he was a proprietor of that town. He sold his house and lands and removed to the adjacent town of Haverhill about 1647.
He was a proprietor in 1648-49 and bought various parcels of land. He was a town officer and leading citizen. His sons, John, Jr., Robert and Thomas, were also proprietors in 1650.
He married Hannah who died at an advanced age, October 8, 1688.
He died March 31. 1657. His will was dated March 12, 1656, and proved at Hampton, October 6, 1657. He bequeathed to his wife Hannah; sons John, Thomas, Robert, Obadiah, Peter and Nathaniel; daughters Hannah, Rebecca and Mary. John had the homestead.

Children:
i. John, resided at Haverhill and Ipswich, m1, May 5, 1646, Sarah Williams, m2, March 26, 1663, Mary Wooddam.
2. Rebecca, m, October 8, 1648, John Aslet, at Newbury.
3. Sergeant Robert, born about 1625, m, February 27, 1650, Elizabeth Palmer.
4. Thomas, resided in Haverhill; m, April 1, 1656, Elizabeth Hutchins.
5. Peter, born about 1633.
6. Mary, born 1634.
7. Obadiah, lived in Haverhill, and removed 1669 to Woodbridge, New Jersey; m, March 19, 1660-61, Hannah Pike.
8. Nathaniel, m, May 10, 1670, Tamesin Turloar at Haverhill.
9. Hannah, born December 21, 1644, m Salisbury, March 24, 1662-63, Stephen Webster.
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JOHN, Salisbury 1640, had Hannah, b. 21 Dec. 1644, rem. to Ipswich 1646, Haverhill 1647, there d. 31 Mar. 1657. His will of 12 Mar. pro. 6 Oct. foll. names w. Hannah, ch. John; Nathaniel; Hannah, wh. m. 24 Mar. 1663, Stephen Webster; Rebecca; Mary; Obadiah; Robert; Thomas; and Peter.
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This John Ayers is not Capt John Ayres of Brookfield, who was killed by Indians.
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The immigrant John Ayer was said to have come from England, arriving on The James in 1635 with his wife Hannah and their first 4 children - Thomas, Rebecca, Robert, and Peter.

On June 3, 1635, John Ayer set sail for the New World with his family, including his two brothers-in-law, John and Stephen, aboard the ship James. As they approached New England, a hurricane struck, and they were forced to ride it out just off the coast of modern-day Hampton, New Hampshire. According to the ship's log and the journal of Increase Mather, whose father Richard Mather and family were passengers, the following was recorded;

"At this moment,... their lives were given up for lost; but then, in an instant of time, God turned the wind about, which carried them from the rocks of death before their eyes. ...her sails rent in sunder, and split in pieces, as if they had been rotten ragges..."

They tried to stand down during the storm just outside the Isles of Shoals, but lost all three anchors, as no canvas or rope would hold, but on Aug 13, 1635, torn to pieces, and not one death, all one hundred plus passengers of the James managed to make it to Boston Harbor.

John married Hannah MNU about 1620 in Cockfield, Durham, England. Hannah was born in 1598 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 8 Oct 1688 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: AYER
• Immigrant?: Y
• Info Unproven: Y

Notes:

Parents unknown
Hannah was NOT the daughter or sister of John EVERED alias WEBB.

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• Occupation: house carpenter
• Immigrant?: Y
• Parents Unproven: Y
• Migration: Abt 1632

Notes:

Ancestor to President James Abram GARFIELD
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William Allen appears in Salisbury, MA in 1639. He participated in the first division of Salisbury land in 1639 when the town was called Colchester, and in that of 1640 when it became Salisbury. He was a house carpenter by trade and because he consistently signed documents with his mark, it would seem that he could not write. He participated when the town divided the mowing of beach lots in 1654 and in 1657 he bought lot No. 35 of Mr. Hall's farm, which Hall had sold to the town, for £1: 18: 2. His name appears on several church lists and petitions. He also bought and sold several small planting lots, ox commons, etc., between 1650 and 1667. He was sworn constable of Salisbury on 9 April 1650 and was on the Grand Jury in the Salisbury Court of 2 December 1666.

In 1677 he was in court twice: one on July 5 he complained that Sarah Taylor, his servant, had departed in a disorderly way, accusing his wife of beating her cruelly. The court ordered Sarah's mother to place her in some godly family and in the meantime Sarah was "to refrain from the company of Goodwife Houldredge and Sarah Buswell." In October Allen and his son, Jeremy, then aged 19, were sued by Joseph Greely to recover a horse which Jeremy had taken without Greeley's knowledge. Greeley won the case and Allen was ordered to return the horse within one month, if it was sound and well. If it was not, Greeley was to recover £5 in corn or neat cattle.

WILLIAM, Newbury, nam. by Coffin as of Salem 1638, but no support can be found for any other, so early, than him who had then occup. there for twelve yrs. and prob. he is more correct in placing him at Salisbury from 1639 to 50 ; m. Ann, d. of Richard Goodale, had Ann, b. 4 Jan. 1640; Hannah, 17 June 1642; Mary, 29 July 1644; Martha, 1646; John, 9 Oct. 1648; William, 2 Oct. 1650; Benjamin, 1652; Joseph, 13 Oct. 1653; Richard, 8 Nov. 1656; Ruth, 19 Feb. 1658; and Jeremiah, 17 Feb. 1659. In Salisbury he is commonly nam. with prefix of respect, as Mr. and he d. 18 June 1686. His will, of 16 Sept. 1674, with codic. 7 Nov. 1676, names w. Ann, wh. d. end of May 1678, s. John, William, Benjamin, Richard, and Jeremiah; ds. Abigail Wheeler, Hannah Ayer, Mary Hewes, and Martha Hubbard. His wid. Alice d. 1 Apr. 1687. Hannah m. 8 Oct. 1659, Peter Ayer.

William married Ann GOODALE on 31 May 1639. Ann (daughter of Richard GOODALE and Dorothy WHITERENT) was born in 1622 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died on 31 May 1678 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Baptism: 22 Oct 1622, London, Middlesex, England

Notes:

Buried:
Unmarked

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• Occupation: Mercer (dealer in fine textile fabrics)
• Religion: Puritan; Ipswich church
• Immigrant?: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Cause of Death: Killed by a tree
• Baptism: 4 Jun 1596, Holcot, Northamptonshire, England

Notes:

s/o Simon TUTTLE & Isabel WELLS of Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England.
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John Tuttle was born about 1596 (aged 39 on 2 April 1635), son of Simon Tuttle of Ringstead, Northamptonshire. He married by 1628 Joan (Antrobus) Lawrence, daughter of Walter and Joan (Arnold) Antrobus and widow of Thomas Lawrence.
He was a mercer, yeoman & merchant, with business in Barbados, who brought his family from St. Albans, Hertfordshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the Planter (on 2 April 1635, "a mercer, Jo[hn] Tuttell," aged 39, "Joan Tuttell," aged 42, "W[illia]m Lawrence," aged 12, "Marie Lawrence," aged 9, "Abigall Tuttell," aged 6, "Symon Tuttell," aged 4, "Sara Tuttell," aged 2, "Jo[hn] Tuttell," aged 1, and "Joan Antrobuss," aged 65, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter).
They first settled at Ipswich MA but moved to Boston between 1649 & 15 November 1650.
John Tuttle left New England permanently in late 1650, sailing to Southampton and then settling at Carrickfergus, Ireland. His wife followed him to Carrickfergus in 1654.
COMMENTS: On 16 February 1649[/50?], John Tuttle entered into a major business deal, apparently ill-advisedly, which within a few months led to a series of legal entanglements and his permanent departure from New England. The last record found for Tuttle in New England was on 28 December 1650, when William Aspinwall took notice of goods which Tuttle had placed on two ships at Boston. He must have sailed for England very soon after, for on 1 March 1650/1 we find him at Southampton in England, signing a lengthy document designed to get him out of his financial predicament. On 6 March 1650/1, while still at Southampton, John Tuttle wrote a letter to John Gore at Roxbury, presumably as a cover letter for the agreement which had recently been completed. By 22 May 1651, these documents had made their way back to Boston, and, a week later, on 29 May 1651, John Tuttle's wife is seen acting on his behalf at Boston. John Tuttle never returned to New England, and is found by 1656 at Carrickfergus, Ireland.
He died in Carrickfergus, Ireland, 30 December 1656. John Tuttle was brother of RICHARD TUTTLE and of WILLIAM TUTTLE .
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An Ancient Inquest in New Hampshire
The names of the Jury panneld Coroners inquest. upon the body of Thomas Tuttell the sonne of John Tuttell of Dover: the first month: 1655:
viz.:
John Roberts, Anthony Nutter, Thomas Beard, Job Clements, William Story, James Newtt, Joseph Austin, Jeremy Tibbetts:
Wee whose names are subscribed doe testifie how wee found Thomas Tuttell, the sone of John Tuttell but the stump of a tree which he had newly fallin upon another limb of the other tree rebounding back and fell upon him, which was the cause of his death as wee consider; this was found the last day of the last March (54).
A true coppie of the original by me - Renald Fernald.

John married Joan ANTROBUS. Joan was born about 1592 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died after 29 Jan 1661 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: TUTTLE
• Immigrant?: Y
• Historical Notes: letters written by Joan Tuttle from Ireland: On 3 October 1656, writing from Carrickfergus to "my dear & loving daughter Jane Gidding at Ipswich," "Joanna Tuttell" referred to "my last dated in February" and then asked to "hear how your breach is made up in respect of the ministry which I long to hear, if you have Mr. Cobete I pray present my love to him and tell him I live under a very honest man, where I enjoy the ordinance of God in New England way"; "I hear Richard S[a]chwell hath paid no rent, I pray speak to him and get it £48, send me word what increase there is of our mare and whether Thomas Bornum have groundsilled the house or not"; "Simon deals very bad with his father, he lies at Barbados and sends no returns but spends all, his father will have no more goods sent to him, I could wish I had no such cause to write, I think he & John intends to undo their father" [EQC 2:174; EQCF 5-31-1]. On 6 April 1657, writing from Carrickfergus to "her loving son Gorg Giding dwelling in Ips[wich]," "Joanna Tuttell" stated that "these are to let you understand that the Lord hath taken to himself my dear husband & left me desolate in a strange land and in debt by reason of Siman's keeping the returns from Barbadous, grief that he hath taken for his two sons hath brought upon him a lingering disease, lost his stomach and pined away never sick till the day before he died which was the 30th of December. I pray talk with Mr. Jeuett about that which I left with you & him this 3 years. I have not heard of anything that he hath done I cannot hear of the cattle nor what increase the mare hath nor the rent. I pray let things be ready for I have writ to John Lawrence to take them into his hands. If Simon or John should come let not them meddle with anything there, my husband hath given them something in his will which I shall pay them, now I will keep the estate in my own hand as long as I live. It may be I may see New England again. I pray look to my house that it be not ruined. Hanna is to be married shortly to a good husband, one that loves her well and a handsome man" [EQC 2:173; EQCF 5-30-1]. On 20 March 1657[/8], writing from Carrickfergus to "her beloved son Mr. George Gidding at Ipswich," "Joanna Tuttell" stated that "I wonder I hear nothing from Mr. Juete. I hear he improves my estate to his own advantage. I prayed him to pay my son Martain £12 in good goods and he let him have nothing but beef that none else would take. I pray you to take care of my estate at Ips[wich] and let not him do what he list but take account of what he doth. There is 4 years rent this March which comes to above a hundred pound"; "I am to remove again 16 miles nearer my son that married my daughter Hannah, [he] hath the employment that my husband was in the treasury, is removed to another town"; "If I should come to New England I fear I should go abegging if reports be true my estate decays apace for want of looking to"; "I pray send no goods to Simon. I hear that of him which will bring my gray head with sorrow to the grave" [EQC 2:142-43; EQCF 4-139-1]. Joan (Antrobus) (Lawrence) Tuttle was still in New England on 18 March 1653/4, when she mortgaged land at Ipswich [EQC 2:365]. She must have left to join her husband in Ireland soon after that date, for, on 6 April 1657, she asked her son-in-law George Gidding to "talk with Mr. Jeuett about that which I left with you & him this 3 year" [EQC 2:173]. Her sons Simon Tuttle and John Tuttle were at Barbados in 1656, 1657 and 1658, at the times of her three letters from Ireland. Simon returned to New England in 1659 [EQC 2:141-43, 171-74] and, despite his mother's dislike of his handling of the family's affairs in Barbados, he was given control of his father's estate that same year, while his mother was still alive [EQC 2:178, 335; EPR 1:277-78]. Son John was last heard of on 6 April 1657, when he was still in Barbados, and was dead by 4 April 1674 [EQC 2:173, 5:292]; further records for him might be found in Barbados.
• Baptism: 25 Jun 1592, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Migration: 1635, “Planter”

Notes:

d/o Walter ANTROBUS & Joan ARNOLD
m1 Thomas LAWRENCE
Children:
1.     Abigail (b abt 1628)
2.     Simon (b abt 1621) m Sarah COGSWELL
3.     Sarah (b abt 1632) m Richard Martin
4.     John (abt 1634—abt 1657)
5.     Hannah (b abt 1636) m in Ireland

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• Immigrant?: Y

Notes:

Ancestor to President John ADAMS & President John Quincy ADAMS

John married Elizabeth Thompson (1594-1676) daughter of Rev. William Thompson, the Vicar of Westbury Parish, Wiltshire for 20 years (1603-1623) and Phyllis maiden name unknown on 10 September 1615, according to the parish records. His parents died soon after John married Elizabeth and he inherited: "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood". His occupation was manufacturing woolen fabric, broadcloths and kerseymeres. He had a very good reputation for a fine product. He is sometimes called a London merchant but that is because he probably had a commission house there, as it would have been the largest market for his product.
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He died on 29 November 1669 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony at the age of 77. He died intestate and the administration of his estate was granted to his wife Elizabeth on 29 March 1670. He was honored with a five mile long funeral procession and buried in the Old North Graveyard, also known as Highland, Cowles-Highland, Cowles Memorial, Highland-Cowles, Old Burying Hill, in Ipswich, Massachusetts. His wife is there beside him, but the graves are now unmarked.

John married Elizabeth THOMPSON. Elizabeth was born about 1594 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England; died on 2 Jun 1676 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married Name: COGSWELL
• Immigrant?: Y

Notes:

d/o William THOMPSON & Phillis ROCKWELL