When Ensign Gershom Tuttle was born on 11 August 1714, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Timothy Tuttle, was 31 and his mother, Thankful Doolittle, was 26. He married Lois Allis on 17 October 1737, in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 13 August 1777, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Hampshire is 9th state.
English (Norfolk, Suffolk and Berkshire):
possibly a variant of Thirkell, from the Middle English personal name T(h)irkill, T(h)urkill (Old Norse Thorkell, Thorkil, Thurkil, a shortened form of Thorketill from the god's name Thórr ‘Thor’ + ketill ‘kettle, cauldron’).
variant of Tuthill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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