Biography
Ebenezer Tufts, a Medford brickburner, answered the Lexington alarm and later stood guard over the Convention Troops, Burgoyne’s captured army.
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: 1737 – 1809
Born 18 Mar. 1737 in Medford; died 26 Feb. 1809; brickburner. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 153, family no. 36-7)
Answered the Lexington alarm; private, serving as a guard of the Convention Troops; marched to Noddle’s Island. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 153, family no. 36-7)
Family Connection
Family number 36-7 in Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I. Parents are not named in the extract seen.
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,ebenezer. This is a name-level key shared by every Ebenezer Tufts in Perseus, not a personal ID. Use it with the passages cited on this page. |
| Find a Grave memorial | 26903887 (dates and family checked) |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Checked, no entry confidently matched |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 36-7 |
| Mass. Soldiers and Sailors | Not yet checked for this page |
| 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
Possible match to “Tufts Ebenezer” on the Medford 1925 Minute Men monument; not confirmed. No other source on this site has yet been checked for this man.
Pictures
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Find a Grave
Find a Grave memorial 26903887. As given there (secondary; not checked against original records): Born 18 Mar 1737, Medford; died 26 Feb 1809, Medford. Salem Street Burying Ground, plot 66.
⚑ Unverified: Find a Grave conflict
Age at death. The memorial says aged 71; the stone reads “Æ 72.”
Business
A man of this name appears in Brooks’s History of Medford in connection with the brickyards. Whether it is this man is Unverified. See Businesses.
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.
Maps, Surveys and Artifacts
- — The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 (Doolittle, Plate I). A period illustration: detail of Amos Doolittle’s 1775 engraving, made after Ralph Earl. It shows the event, not any particular Tufts. Ima
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — …April 19, 1775 (Doolittle, Plate I). A period illustration: detail of Amos Doolittle’s 1775 engraving, made after Ralph Earl. It shows the event, not any particular Tufts.Image: Amos Doolittle after Ralph Earl. Public domain.
- — …Plate I). A period illustration: detail of Amos Doolittle’s 1775 engraving, made after Ralph Earl. It shows the event, not any particular Tufts.Image: Amos Doolittle after Ralph Earl. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — …East Boston), from the Library of Congress. Tufts association: Service of James Tufts Jr. (36-2) and Ebenezer Tufts (36-7); see their profiles for the cited records.Image: Unknown draftsman (Library of Congress). Public domain.
- — …of Congress. Tufts association: Service of James Tufts Jr. (36-2) and Ebenezer Tufts (36-7); see their profiles for the cited records.Image: Unknown draftsman (Library of Congress). Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Gen. John Burgoyne (Joshua Reynolds). Portrait of John Burgoyne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, about 1766.Image: Joshua Reynolds. Public domain.
- — Gravestone of Ebenezer Tufts, Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford. The stone reads “Mr. Ebenezer Tufts who died Feb 26 1809 Æ 72.” Photo: BobBoston, Find a Grave
Graves and Memorials
- Find a Grave memorial · 26903887
Markers, Plaques and Places
- Businesses — A man of this name appears in Brooks’s History of Medford in connection with the brickyards. Whether it is this man is Unverified.
Biographies and Family Trees
Secondary and user-contributed sites; not verified here.
- Family blog post — Blog post summarizing his pension application
⚑ Unverified
His pension application, as summarized on a family blog, swears to service in Col. Loammi Baldwin’s regiment; the blog adds marriages to Hannah Levistone (1781) and Elizabeth Traverse (1802) and residence at Marlborough by 1810. The pension file has not been seen here.