Rachel Tuthill

Brief Life History of Rachel

Rachel Tuthill was born on 16 February 1762, in Orange, New York Colony, British Colonial America as the daughter of Jonathan Tuthill. She married Bazaleel Seely on 6 June 1780, in First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 28 February 1850, in Chester, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Bazaleel Seely
1762–1818
Rachel Tuthill
1762–1850
Marriage: 6 June 1780
Bazaleel Seeley
1781–1832
Julia Seeley
1782–1850
Elizabeth Seeley
1785–
Nancy Seeley
1787–
Ruth Seeley
1789–
Isaac Brewster Seeley
1786–1832

Sources (1)

  • Rachel Tuthill in the U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English (Suffolk and Norfolk): variant of Toothill, primarily a Yorkshire habitational name from any of various places called with Old English tōt-hyll ‘lookout hill’, primarily Toothill in Rastrick (Yorkshire) and perhaps Tootle in Longridge (Lancashire), but also Tuttle Hill in Nuneaton (Warwickshire), and Tothill (Lincolnshire). There are several further minor placenames of this type that may have contributed to the surname. Also occasionally from Tottenhill (Norfolk), which derives from the Old English personal name Totta (genitive Tottan) + Old English hyll ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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