Biography
Capt. Joseph Tufts Jr. of Medford served the Revolution at home, on the town’s Committee of Correspondence and Safety. He died in December 1778.
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: 1730/1 – 1778
Born 21 Feb. 1730/1 in Medford; died 6 Dec. 1778; married Hannah Cutter. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 119, family no. 15-2)
Served on the Committee of Correspondence and Safety; also served on the Grand Jury. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 119, family no. 15-2)
Family Connection
Family number 15-2 in Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I. Parents are not named in the extract seen.
Relatives with profiles on this site: brother Samuel Tufts (1732–1818); nephew Caleb Tufts.
Spouse(s)
- Hannah Cutter (d. 1779). Married 1754 per Find a Grave; Hannah Cutter per Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 119.
“33-61 Joseph Tufts , who d. Dec. 6, 1798, m. Hannah ----, who d. Sept. 21, 1779, aged 45”
Charles Brooks, History of the Town of Medford (1855), Register of Families, p. 546. Page scan · Text (Perseus)
Authoritative IDs / Index Numbers
| Source | ID / status |
|---|---|
| Perseus person index (auth=) | auth=tufts,joseph. This is a name-level key shared by every Joseph Tufts in Perseus, not a personal ID. Use it with the passages cited on this page. |
| Find a Grave memorial | 26920545 (dates and family checked) |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | No. 61 / 33-61, p. 545–546 |
| Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I family no. | 15-2 |
| 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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Find a Grave
Find a Grave memorial 26920545. As given there (secondary; not checked against original records): Born 21 Feb 1731, Medford; died 6 Dec 1778, aged 47. Salem Street Burying Ground, plot 105. Parents Joseph Tufts (1704–1758) and Lydia Francis; wife Hannah Cutter (m. 1754). The memorial gives no rank.
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
- — Stone of Hannah Tufts, widow of Joseph Tufts, Medford. The stone of his widow Hannah (d. 1779), with part of the text for Joseph (d. 1778, “47 Years”). Photo: BobBoston, Find a Grave
Graves and Memorials
- Find a Grave memorial · 26920545
Digitized Books and Journals
- Charles Brooks, History of the Town of Medford (1855), Register of Families, p. 546. · Page scan
- Charles Brooks, History of the Town of Medford (1855), Register of Families, p. 546. · Text (Perseus)