Thomas Tufts of Lexington (1766–1830)

Biography

Thomas Tufts of Lexington was one of the twelve children of Peter Tufts of Winter Hill and Anne Adams Tufts, raised on the family farm on Winter Hill. The Adams family genealogy of 1898 records:

“Thomas Tufts, b. May 18, 1766; m. Nov. 29, 1791, Rebecca Adams, dau. of John and Lucy (Hubbard) Adams of Lincoln, Mass., d, 20 Feb., 1858. He d. 10 June, 1830; res. Lexington, Mass.”

Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 973. Book scan (Internet Archive) (Scanned text; obvious scanning errors corrected.)

“Rebecca, b. in Lincoln, Feb. 28. 1767; m. Nov. 19, 1791, Thomas Tufts, a large farmer of Lexington, Mass., son of Peter, Jr., and Anna (Adams) Tufts, b. May 18, 1766, d. 10 June, 1830. She d. 20 Feb., 1858, age 91 years.”

Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 978. Book scan (Internet Archive) (Scanned text; obvious scanning errors corrected.)

The same genealogy lists their children: Thomas, born 1792, “drowned in fording a river in Kentucky, 1816, age 24”; Rebecca, who died at 30; Marshall, Harvard 1827, died 1855; Eveline, who married a Rochester of Ohio; and Lucy Ann, who married Dr. Proctor of Castine, Maine (Adams, p. 1004).

Service Record

Town: Winter Hill, Charlestown (now Somerville), Mass. · Dates: 1766–1830

No military or public service has been matched to this person. Note: Pending further work.

Family Connection

Mother: Anne Adams Tufts (1729–1813). Father: Peter Tufts of Winter Hill.

Relatives with profiles on this site: mother Anne Adams Tufts; grandfather Peter Tufts (1697–1776); uncle Timothy Tufts; brother Peter Tufts Jr. (1753–1832); brother John Tufts (b. 1754); sister Ann Tufts Richardson (b. 1757); sister Elizabeth Tufts Swan (b. 1758); brother Joseph Tufts (b. 1760); sister Lydia Tufts Gray (b. 1762); brother Asa Tufts (1764–1828); sister Lucy Tufts Osgood (b. 1767); sister Rebecca Tufts Adams (1769–c. 1848); sister Sarah Tufts Adams.

Spouse(s)

• Rebecca Adams (b. Lincoln, Feb. 28, 1767; d. Feb. 20, 1858, aged 91), daughter of John and Lucy (Hubbard) Adams of Lincoln. Married Nov. 1791 (Adams genealogy, pp. 973, 978).

Authoritative IDs / Index Numbers

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