Biography
John Tufts of Windham, Connecticut, served three tours: north to Ticonderoga in 1775, the siege of Boston and New York in 1776, and the Hudson Highlands in 1778.
Service Record
Town: Windham, Conn.; Ashford; Stephentown, N.Y.; Ludlow, Mass. · Dates: 1755 – after 1835
Born 25 Oct. 1755 in Windham, Conn.; died after 1835 in Ludlow, Mass. (pension file NADC 10417 is cited). (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 133, family no. 22-1)
April 1775 volunteered for six months in Capt. Starr’s Co., Col. Hinman’s Regt., Connecticut militia; marched by Kent and Canaan, Conn., Stockbridge and Sheffield, Mass., Albany, and Fort George under Gen. Philip Schuyler, to Fort Ticonderoga until discharged. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 133, family no. 22-1)
January 1776 in Col. Webb’s Regt. (Capt. Leavinsworth); at Roxbury until the British left Boston in March 1776; then entrenchments at Providence, R.I.; shipped from New London to join the army on Long Island but fell sick, was sent to a New York hospital, and went home in the fall of 1776. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 133, family no. 22-1)
Spring 1778, substitute for a Pomfret draftee in Capt. Daniel Allen’s Co., Col. Wylly’s Regt., Gen. Parsons’s Brigade: West Point, White Plains, and Quaker Hill. Moved to Ashford 1786, Stephentown, N.Y., and Ludlow, Mass., 1818; head of household 1820. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 133, family no. 22-1)
Family Connection
Family number 22-1 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,john. This is a name-level key shared by every John 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 |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 22-1 |
| 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 |
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Maps, Surveys and Artifacts
- — West Point on the Hudson, about 1780. A watercolor view of West Point on the Hudson River, about 1780, from the National Archives. Image: Unknown artist (National Archives). Public domain. Source: Wik
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — West Point on the Hudson, about 1780. A watercolor view of West Point on the Hudson River, about 1780, from the National Archives.Image: Unknown artist (National Archives). Public domain.
- — West Point on the Hudson, about 1780. A watercolor view of West Point on the Hudson River, about 1780, from the National Archives.Image: Unknown artist (National Archives). Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — The Siege of Rhode Island, 1778 (print of 1779). A 1779 print of the siege of Newport that preceded the Battle of Rhode Island (Quaker Hill), August 1778.Image: Unknown engraver. Public domain.
- — …CommonsThe Siege of Rhode Island, 1778 (print of 1779). A 1779 print of the siege of Newport that preceded the Battle of Rhode Island (Quaker Hill), August 1778.Image: Unknown engraver. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Battle of White Plains, plan (1796). A 1796 map of the military positions at the Battle of White Plains, October 1776.Image: D. Martin. Public domain.
- — …engraver. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia CommonsBattle of White Plains, plan (1796). A 1796 map of the military positions at the Battle of White Plains, October 1776.Image: D. Martin. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Gen. Philip Schuyler (John Trumbull). Portrait of Philip Schuyler by John Trumbull, 1792.Image: John Trumbull. Public domain.
- — …October 1776.Image: D. Martin. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia CommonsGen. Philip Schuyler (John Trumbull). Portrait of Philip Schuyler by John Trumbull, 1792.Image: John Trumbull. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — A View of Houses in the City of Albany (1789). An etching of Albany houses published in 1789, from the Library of Congress.Image: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs. Public domain.
- — …CommonsA View of Houses in the City of Albany (1789). An etching of Albany houses published in 1789, from the Library of Congress.Image: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance. Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., seen from Mount Defiance (photographed 2009).Image: Mwanner. CC BY-SA 3.0.