When ENS Gershom Tuttle was born on 11 August 1714, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, 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 Bay Colony, British Colonial America. 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 Claremont, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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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