Biography
Benjamin Tufts helped pay for Medford’s soldiers sent to Canada and to New York in 1776, and served himself in Capt. Benjamin Blaney’s company of guards at Cambridge in 1778. A Benjamin Tufts was also one of the brickmakers of the Fountain Yards (see Businesses).
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: [dates not confirmed]
“Private, Capt. Benjamin Blaney's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. of guards; joined Jan. 12, 1778; service to April 3, 1778, 82 days, at Cambridge.”
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XVI (1907), pp. 131–132
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,benjamin. This is a name-level key shared by every Benjamin 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. 131–132 |
| 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, and whether he is the Fountain Yards brickmaker.
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.
Markers, Plaques and Places
- Businesses — …pay for Medford’s soldiers sent to Canada and to New York in 1776, and served himself in Capt. Benjamin Blaney’s company of guards at Cambridge in 1778. A Benjamin Tufts was also one of the brickmakers of the Fountain Yards