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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sarah Tuttle: Birth: 23 MAY 1759 in Goshen,Litchfield Co,CT.

  2. Orrela Tuttle: Birth: 17 JUN 1764 in Goshen,Litchfield Co,Connecticut,USA. Death: 29 JUN 1845 in Elmira,Chemung Co,New York,USA

  3. Stephen Tuttle: Birth: 4 AUG 1772 in Canaan,Litchfield Co,Connecticut,USA. Death: 12 JAN 1851 in Elmira,Chemung Co,New York,USA


Notes
a. Note:   Frederick Tuttle, c. 1883, p.322
 Stephen was taken into the Stanley family and in 1742 removed with his grandfather Stanley to Goshen, CT where he m. 23 Mar 1758, Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer Lyman of Torrington, CT, b. 16 Jun 1738. He owned land in Goshen but removed probably about 1773 to Palmyra, Tioga Co, NY, thence to Wilkesbarre, PA, where he died 1809. In the History of Torrington CT it is related that Stephen Tuttle's wife won a spinning match in Torrington doing two and a half days' work in 1 day. She was own cousin to Esther, mother of Dr. Lyman Beecher; children born in Goshen, CT:
 1. Sarah, b. 23 May 1759, d. Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co, NY; m. ____ Bennett of Salisbury, CT
 2. Aurelia, b. 29 Jun 1754
 3. Stephen, b. 4 Aug 1772, m. Mary McKerachan
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 History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins, and Schuyler Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of
 some of its prominent men and pioneers, Everts and Ensign, Philadelphia, 1879:
 p.286
 "Stephen Tuttle--- Among the earliest settlers, and one of the pioneer tradesmen, of Elmira, was he whose name heads this brief sketch. His name, along with those of two others--Lyman COVELL and John ARNOT,--stand as landmarks of pioneer merchandising; and a review of their lives is necessarily to recall many reminiscences of the trade and barter of those early days, when each laid the foundation of the fortunes they subsequently acquired. Of the three, Lyman COVELL alone remains,--a living link between the past and present.
 Stephen TUTTLE, the father of our subject, was a native of Connecticut. In an early day he moved westward to Peekskill, N.Y., and later, with the onward march of civilization, to Tioga Point (now Athens), Pa. Subsequently (about 1809) he removed withhis family to Wilkesbarre, in the same State. He married Lydia LYMAN, of Canaan, Conn., and their family consisted of three children,--Sally, who married Mr. BENNETT; Orilla, wife of Dr. Matthew COVELL, of Wilkesbarre, and mother of Robert COVELL and Stephen, the youngest, and subject of this notice. Mr. Tuttle died at Wilkesbarre, in 1809. His wife, Lydia, survived him many years, and died at Elmira. Sally BENNETT died at Fishkill Landing, N.Y.
 Stephen TUTTLE, son of the abov e, was born Aug. 4, 1772, in Canaan, Conn. With his father's family he made the successive moves before mentioned, from his native State to Wilkesbarre, and from thence to Athens, Pa., where he resided but a short time, returning again to Wilkesbarre. He married, at the last-named place, Mary A., a step-daughter of the late Judge Matthias HOLLENBECK. She was born in 1774, and died in January 1861, aged eighty-seven (87) years.
 Stephen Tuttle came to Elmira, from Wilkesbarre, in the year 1818. But he commenced his mercantile career many years before his advent in Chemung County, during his residence in Pennsylvania. At Athens he carried on a store, in partnership with his father-in-law, Judge HOLLENBECK; and at Wilkesbarre he was not only a merchant, but also carried on a farm. From the time Robert COVELL came to Elmira in 1807, Mr. Tuttle was interested with him in business, until about the year 1830, wqhen they dissolved, being thus associated together for more than twenty-two years, carrying on a business both extensive and profitable, and "winning the entire confidence of a large run of customers.*" (*Gallatian's History of Elmira, etc.) Tuttle & Covell's store was located on Water Street just east of the Lake Street bridge, and nearly opposite the old Tuttle mansion, which was afterwards remodeled and changed into a hotel. He was also, and subsequent to his dissolution with Robert Covell, connected with John ARNOT, Esq., in business on the corner of Lake and Water Streets. Associated with Guy Maxwell, he built, near the junction of the Newtown Creek with the Chemung River, one of the first flouring-mills in this section of the State,--persons often coming here from Bath, and remoter points, to get their grists ground. "Tuttle's mills," hoary with age, still stands, being operated by the grandchildren of Mr. Tuttle, who have derived title bydevise or inheritance from Mrs. John ARNOT, his only child, who died Dec. 6, 1877.
 He retired from active business several years prior to his death, on account of paralysis, which rendered him an invalid in his later years. He died in this city (Elmira) Jan. 12, 1851, at the advanced age of seventy-eight (78) years, five months, and eight days. His remains repose, along with those of his wife and daughter, in woodlawn Cemetery. His granddaughter, Mrs. Mary A. OGDEN, is living at High Bridge, N.Y.
 Mr. Tuttle was not alone renowned for his successful business life; he was noted for his firmness, his sterling integrity, and his active benevolence. He was the firm friend and supporter of churches and schools, and liberal to the poor, not only giving himself, but inciting and urging others to like charitable deeds. He was a man of robust intellect, and possessed of a strong physical constitution; active and energetic, he was foremost in all enterprises tending to the advancement of the interests of Elmira and vicinity. He was the president of the first board of trustees of the village of Elmira; but through all his long and active life, whether in official position or private station, he contributed largely to the support of religious institutions and whatever else was conducive to good order and the advancement of society."
Note:   BIOGRAPHY THE DESCENDANTS of William AND Elizabeth TUTTLE by George


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