Biography
George Tufts enlisted for three years. When he went home sick in 1780, the army recorded him as a deserter.
Service Record
Town: Medford; Concord · Dates: 1746/7 – 1796
Born 10 Jan. 1746/7 in Medford; died 25 Aug. 1796 in Concord. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 159, family no. 40-7)
Enlisted in the army for three years but was reported deserted in 1780 when he returned home sick. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 159, family no. 40-7)
Family Connection
Family number 40-7 in Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I. Parents are not named in the extract seen.
Relatives with profiles on this site: father Lieut. William Tufts (1713–1783); brother William Jr. (1736–1782; mother Catherine Wyman); brother Grimes (1748–1808; mother Catherine Wyman); brother Samuel 2nd (1752–1815; mother Mary Francis); brother David (1763–1823; mother Mary Francis); brother Moses (possible; Brooks no. 266a); half-sister Lucy Tufts Pritchard; half-brother Richard Tufts. Brothers are listed with their mothers as Brooks gives them (p. 550); sons of different mothers are half-brothers.
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=) | Checked, not found (no auth=tufts,… key for this name in Brooks, the Medford Historical Register or Historic Leaves). |
| Find a Grave memorial | 294283563 (dates and family checked) |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | No. 258, p. 550 |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 40-7 |
| 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 | Brooks’s register (above) is drawn from Medford town and church records; printed VR volume and page not yet checked |
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Pictures
Find a Grave
Find a Grave memorial 294283563. As given there (secondary; not checked against original records): Born 10 Jan 1747, Medford; died 25 Aug 1796, aged 49, Medford. Burial place unknown; no photographs.
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Residence. This page lists Concord; the memorial does not confirm it.
From Cutter’s Memoirs (1910)
Cutter lists George among the children of William Tufts and his first wife, Catherine Wyman, born January 10 (vol. II, p. 1199).
⚑ Unverified
The year in the scanned text is unclear (it reads “1737”); this page gives 1746/7. The printed page has not yet been checked against the scan.
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
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Maps, Surveys and Artifacts
- — Old North Bridge, Concord. The reconstructed North Bridge at Concord, seen across the meadow (photographed 2010). Image: Cbaile19. CC0. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Old North Bridge, Concord. The reconstructed North Bridge at Concord, seen across the meadow (photographed 2010).Image: Cbaile19. CC0.
Graves and Memorials
- Find a Grave memorial · 294283563