Biography
Grimes Tufts, a Medford brickmaker, turned out as a minuteman on the Lexington Alarm and rose to lieutenant.
Service Record
Town: Medford; Lynn · Dates: 1748 – 1808
Born 4 Dec. 1748 in Medford; died 23 Dec. 1808 in Lynn; brickmaker. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 159, family no. 40-8)
Minuteman who answered the Lexington Alarm; Lieutenant during the Revolution. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 159, family no. 40-8)
Family Connection
Family number 40-8 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 George (1747–1796; 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 | Uncertain: two duplicate memorials, 250967026 and 198523618. Flagged; not used. |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | No. 259, p. 550 |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 40-8 |
| 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 |
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
No other source on this site has yet been checked for this man.
Pictures
Find a Grave
⚑ Unverified: Find a Grave conflict
Death year. Two duplicate Find a Grave memorials (250967026 and 198523618) give death 23 Dec 1805, Lynn; this page gives 1808. Birth (4 Dec 1748, Medford) and burial (Western Burial Ground, Lynn) agree. Not linked until the death year is resolved.
From Cutter’s Memoirs (1910)
“Grimes, born December 4, 1748.”
Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, vol. II, p. 1199. Page (Internet Archive)
Cutter lists him among the children of William Tufts and his first wife, Catherine Wyman. The birth date agrees with the one above.
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.
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.
Digitized Books and Journals
- Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, vol. II, p. 1199. · Page (Internet Archive)