Biography
Isaac Tufts answered the Lexington alarm and served as a sergeant, including at Dorchester Heights.
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: 1744 – 1823
Born 10 Oct. 1744 in Medford; died 22 July 1823; sergeant; answered the Lexington alarm; served at Dorchester Heights. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 154, family no. 36-10)
Family Connection
Family number 36-10 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,isaac. This is a name-level key shared by every Isaac Tufts in Perseus, not a personal ID. Use it with the passages cited on this page. |
| Find a Grave memorial | Checked, not found |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Checked, no entry confidently matched |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 36-10 |
| 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 Isaac Sergeant” on the Medford 1925 Minute Men monument; the rank agrees but this is not confirmed. No other source on this site has yet been checked for this man.
Pictures
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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 — …Tufts association: Family tradition places Peter Tufts (b. 1753) in the party that fortified the Heights; Booth p. 22 gives it as “It is related.” Unverified.Image: Jet Lowe (HABS/HAER, Library of Congress). Public domain.
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.