Biography
Samuel Tufts 3rd, son of Samuel and brother of Caleb, served as a private at West Point and in Canada. By trade he was a fagot maker, binding the bundles of branches used to fill deep trenches before drain pipes.
Service Record
Town: Medford · Dates: 1761 – 1803
Born 16 Apr. 1761 in Medford; died 29 Aug. 1803; private, with service at West Point, N.Y., and Canada. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 166, family no. 44-3)
Fagot maker: bundles of branches and twigs used to fill deep trenches before drain pipes were invented. (Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I, p. 166, family no. 44-3)
Family Connection
Family number 44-3 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,samuel. This is a name-level key shared by every Samuel 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. | 44-3 |
| 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
Clean match to Wild, p. 52 (“Enlisted, 1780, for 6 mos.; age 19. Son of Samuel and Hannah (Tufts); born April, 1761”). See Samuel Tufts (several men). No other source on this site has yet been checked for this man.
Pictures
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
- — 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.