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Note: He removed to Mt. Pleasant, NJ and became a wealthy iron maker. He died July 11, 1819.
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BIOGRAPHICAL:
The Early History of Morris County, New Jersey, By The Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, D.D., President of Wabash College, Indiana, read before The N. J. Historical Society, May 20, 1869, Newark, N. J., Printed at the Daily Advertiser Office, 1870:
http://www.usbiographies.org/newjersey/Tuttle-1869.htm
"Among the early settlers in the vicinity of Rockaway and Dover, in addition to those named, may be mentioned Gilbert HEDDEN, spoken of in one deed as "a citizen of North Carolina," who built the first grist mill about half a mile below the Rolling Mill; David BEAMAN, a deacon in the church, chorister, miller, forgeman and a very busy man, who left property and numerous descendants, but whose grave is without a monument; Capt. Job ALLEN, a carpenter, a very public spirited man and good citizen whom influence in founding the church was very marked; Deacon John CLARKE a most devout man, universally honored and "powerful in prayer," and some others. There are two men who deserve special mention; MOSES TUTTLE of Mount Pleasant, and John Jacob FAESCH of Mount Hope. Moses Tuttle was the son of Col. JOSEPH TUTTLE, of Hanover, and was born in 1732. His death occurred in 1819. He married Jane, the daughter of Col. JACOB FORD, sen., a great landholder in Morris county. About the time of his marriage, in 1756 he removed to Mount Pleasant, three miles west of Rockaway, for the purpose of managing his father-in-law's iron works. By inheritance and prudence he became possessed of a fine tract of land, on which several valuable mines were discovered. He was a justice of the peace and a leader in society. Anecdotes are told which show his shrewdness. A very athletic young woman made oaths that a young man had committed an atrocious assault on her. SQUIRE TUTTLE advised the young man to settle with her by offering her a sum of money tied up in a bag, which she at once received. The squire then directed the young man to take the bag from her by force, but she at once flung him from her as if he were a child, proving the falsity of the charge. She was at once arrested and punished for perjury.* Mr. TUTTLE as the thrifty manager of a large forge property and real estate, once found himself to be a creditor to a considerable amount when the State Legislature made its worthless bills of credit a legal tender. This act of course reversed the course of nature so that the strange sight was to be seen of debtors chasing down their creditors. Mr. TUTTLE left the country as if he were a criminal fleeing justice, and spent two years in the wilderness State of Kentucky to escape his too willing debtors! He has left many descendants who are among our most estimable people."
Note: Moses Tuttle married Jane Ford 5 Dec 1756 in Morristown, Morris Co, NJ.
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