Biography
Aaron Tufts of Medford enlisted for three years in the Continental Army in 1777. He served in Capt. James Bancroft’s company of Col. Michael Jackson’s regiment from March 1777 to February 1780, then went out again with Medford’s six-months men in 1780.
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: [dates not confirmed]
“Tufts, Aaron, Medford. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 1st Middlesex Co. regt., as returned by Lieut. Stephen Hall; residence, Medford; engaged for town of Medford; joined Capt. Bancroft's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; term, 3 years”
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XVI (1907), p. 131
“marched to camp July 4, 1780; discharged Dec. 12, 1780; service, 5 mos. 20 days”
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XVI (1907), p. 131
Family Connection
Family placement not yet established from a cited source.
Spouse(s)
Not found in the sources checked (Brooks 1855 Register of Families; Wild; Find a Grave data on file; Tufts Kinsmen Vol. I extract).
Authoritative IDs / Index Numbers
| Source | ID / status |
|---|---|
| Perseus person index (auth=) | auth=tufts,aaron. This is a name-level key shared by every Aaron Tufts in Perseus, not a personal ID. Use it with the passages cited on this page. |
| Find a Grave memorial | Note: Pending further work. |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Checked, no entry confidently matched |
| Mass. Soldiers and Sailors | vol. XVI, p. 131 |
| DAR ancestor no. | Note: Pending further work. |
| FamilySearch ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Geni profile | Note: Pending further work. |
| WikiTree ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Town / vital records | Medford VRs not yet checked by volume and page |
Only IDs confirmed against dates and family are given as matches. “Not yet checked” means the source has not been searched; “Checked, not found” means it was searched without a match.
⚑ Unverified
His dates and parentage. Other compilations report that he was captured at sea in 1781 and died in Old Mill Prison, Plymouth, England; that is not in the record quoted here. Wild (p. 20) is reported to name him at Breyman’s redoubt, Oct. 7, 1777; the page scan is not yet on file.
From Cutter’s Memoirs (1910)
Cutter names two Aarons in this family: a son of Lieut. William Tufts (no dates), and a grandson, born December 18, 1761, son of William Tufts Jr. and Susannah (vol. II, p. 1199).
⚑ Unverified
Which Aaron, if either, is the Continental soldier on this page is not established.
Cutter’s Tufts sketch (vol. II, pp. 1198–1200) is a compiled family history of 1910, written for a descendant’s line. Quotes are from the Internet Archive’s scanned text, checked against the printed page numbers.
Source added: William Richard Cutter, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910).
Links and Resources
Every source, record, map, survey, marker and artifact tied to this person, gathered in one place. Page numbers are given where a book is cited.
Biographies and Family Trees
Secondary and user-contributed sites; not verified here.
- Family blog post — Blog post with an image of his entry in Mariners of the American Revolution
⚑ Unverified
Naval service, from an entry in Mariners of the American Revolution (image on a family blog). The book, edition and page have not been checked here.