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Note: Tuttle, printed & published by Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT: p.497-498 "Timothy Tuttle, b. Cheshire, Conn., May 17, 1746; an ensign in Rev. Army; removed to Oneida Co., NY. "The settlement of the town of Kirkland commenced in March 1787. Whether Timothy Tuttle or Ludim Blodgett (one of them certainly) were of the eight families who began the settlement is uncertain. In the following April, both names appear on the records. Clinton village is in Kirkland; home lots on the north and south Main street, Clinton, were two acres each, and extended from the "Royce Mansion" to the dwelling of Mrs. Hays. Soon after eight acres adjoining were set apart for each; he built the first frame house in the town, 1789. The town of Camden, NY was organized 1799 (a year after the organization of the church at Paris Hill, by Timothy's brother, Noah, and others), and the first town meeting was held at the house of SAMUEL ROYCE, Esq., who was chosen town clerk; a beautiful cottage now occupies the spot where this first meeting was held. It is at the head of the main street. Mr. Royce exchanged places with Col. Timothy Tuttle and removed to Tuttle's place in Clinton, and Col. Tuttle removed to Royce's place in Camden and built a new house on it which is still standing." -- Jones' History of Oneida County, N. Y. The first marriage in the town of Sangerfield was that of SYLVANUS DYER and HANNAH, daughter of Col. DAVID NORTON, on Oct. 30, 1793, by Esq. Timothy Tuttle. It was his first performance, or as Miss Dyer says, "the first knot of the kind the Squire ever tied. Every person in the town was invited to the wedding and not one failed to be present." The Tuttle family record states that Timothy was the first col. of the first militia regiment raised in Oneida County, but Mr. Jones in his history of the county, I think, names someone else. In answer to a letter of inquiry from the comp. on this point, Mr. Jones says: "A militia regiment was organized in Camden quite early and probably Timothy Tuttle was the first Col. One of Col. Timothy's was a Sergt. Major on the frontier in the war of 1812. Col. Tuttle was one of the original trustees of the Clinton Academy." Afterwards merged in Hamilton College. He died in Clinton village about 1820; he married MEHITABLE ROYCE, sister of his brother, Noah Tuttle's wife. After his death, she (Mehitable) lived with her daughter, Mrs. Dunlap, at North East, Penn., where she died Dec. 5, 1834."
Note: The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle, by George Frederick
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