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Note: Sheshequin Township "Josiah Tuttle first settled in Ulster, and came over into Sheshequin about 1798, and lived on a place he bought of Josiah Newell, a relative of Abel. Newell moved to the head waters of Towanda creek, where he died. Tuttle died on his purchase."
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HISTORY:
History of Sheshequin 1777 - 1902" by C. F. Heverly, published 1902, Towanda, PA:
"Josiah Tuttle, a native of Connecticut, born October 28, 1774, came to Ulster in or before 1794, and occupied lands which he sold to Charrick Westbrook. In 1799 he removed to Hornbrook, where he purchased the property now owned by J.F. Blackman. He had married Jerusha, daughter of Chester Bingham of Ulster. The latter, in 1783, when a child eight years old, was brought by her parents on horseback over the mountains from Wilkes-Barre to Wysox. Mr. Tuttle continued to make improvements on his purchase till his death, June 21, 1830. He was noted for his benevolence and was a sincere Mason. He and his wife were faithful Universalists and original members of the first class of that denomination in the county. They reared a family of seven stalwart sons (all six feet or over tall) and three daughters. They were: Chester, Dorinda, Edwin, Joseph B., Albert, Calvin W., William C., Eliza E., Ethan B. and Sarah A. Chester, born June 18, 1795, died January 5, 1848. Dorinda, born March 10, 1799, married a Mr. Lemon, removed to Potter county, Pa., thence to Minnesota, where she died October 25, 1862. Edwin, born January 17, 1803, married Keziah Kinner, resided in Rome township where he died. Joseph B., born May 5, 1805, married Eliza, daughter of William Horton, removed to McHenry county, Ill., where he died. Albert, born July 23, 1807, married Delight, daughter of William Horton, and removed to New Ulm, Minn., where he became a man of prominence. He was several times a member of the State Legislature. During the Sioux outbreak in 1863, his son, William, a son-in-law and a nephew were slain in the massacre near New Ulm. Calvin W., born August 8, 1810 , married Julia, daughter of Peter Barnard, removed to Minnesota, where he practiced law and died. William C., born March 20, 1813, married Permilla Horton (widow of Isaac Smith) and settled in Litchfield where he died May 20, 1889. Eliza E., born March 31, 1814, married Albert Hebard, died in Minnesota, August 22, 1861. Ethan B., born March 26, 1817, married Lucinda, daughter of Joshua Horton, died in Ulster, October 15, 1869. Sarah A.., born December 6, 1819, married Francis S. Ayer, died in Sheshequin, September 30, 1868. Jerusha (Bingham) Tuttle, born December 17, 1774, spent her closing days with her daughter, Mrs. Ayer. She bore her part nobly in the struggles incident to pioneer life, was a devoted Christian mother and a strict disciplinarian. She died November 28, 1857, and is buried beside her husband in the Hornbrook Cemetery.
Road from Isaac Horton`s to road leading from Dr. Gillett`s to William Fergason`s - At a court of quarter sessions, December 1819, the petition of Isaac I. Low, Peter Bernard, John Smith, Warren Gillett, Zadoc Gillett, Renssaelar Jenks, Daniel Brink, Isaac Horton, James Shores, Elijah Horton, Franklin Blackman, Isaac J. Horton and Josiah Tuttle, inhabitants of Ulster and Wysox, was read, setting forth "that petitioners are in great want of a road to accommodate them from Overton`s mill in Old Sheshequin, therefore pray the court for the appointment of viewers to lay out a road to begin at Isaac Horton`s to run easterly up Horn creek to intersect the road leading from Dr. Gillett`s to William Fergason`s," etc.; whereupon the court appoint Jos. Kingsbury, Richard Horton, Franklin Blackman, Josiah Tuttle, Samuel K. Gore and Ebenezer Shaw. February sessions, 1820, viewers report in favor of road. May sessions report finally confirmed and road ordered opened to the width of 30 feet. This was the first road from the river to Hornbrook, thence up the creek to the Macafee place. In 1829 this road was reviewed, changed, and lengthened from Daniel Brink`s to the Woodburn place."
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