Biography
John Tufts was the younger brother of Peter Tufts Jr. Ellen Chase recorded that on April 19, 1775, he was “a lad of eighteen, being charged to stay behind and take care of things.”
Service Record
Town: Charlestown (Winter Hill) · Dates: 1754 – 1839
Born 24 Nov. 1754 in Charlestown; died 9 Sep. 1839. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 178, family no. 53-3)
Minuteman at the Lexington Alarm; Corporal in the Massachusetts militia under Capt. Isaac Hall of Medford (the book cites DAR 83:66 and 162:255). (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 178, family no. 53-3)
Considered non compos in 1806; dismissed from First Church, Charlestown, in 1817 to join the Second Church; estate $16,909. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 178, family no. 53-3)
Family Connection
Family number 53-3 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 | Checked, not found |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Checked, no entry confidently matched |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 53-3 |
| 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 John Corporal” on the Medford 1925 monument. No other source on this site has yet been checked for this man.
Pictures
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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
- — Lexington Battle Green. The Battle Green at Lexington, where the first shots of April 19, 1775 were fired (photographed 2007). Image: Dudesleeper. CC BY 2.5. Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Source: Wikimedia Commons — Lexington Battle Green. The Battle Green at Lexington, where the first shots of April 19, 1775 were fired (photographed 2007).Image: Dudesleeper. CC BY 2.5.