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Note: England in 1633, and Settled In New Haven in 1639, With Numerous Biographical Notes and Sketches; Also, Some account of the Descendants of John Tuttle of Dover, N.H.; Richard Tuttle of Boston; John Tuttle of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill of Hingham, Mass; To Which Are Appended Genealogical Notes of Several Alliled Families, By GEORGE FREDERICK TUTTLE, Printed and Published by Tuttle & Co., Official State Printers, Rutland, VT, 1883:
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"Lois Tuttle, m. about 1754, Thomas Davis, b. 1729, d. Nov. 15, 1798. She became acquainted with Mr. David while at the boarding school of Rev. Mr. Bird in New Haven. Her parents and relatives in North Haven being strong Congregationalists, were opposed to the match for the reason that Mr. Davis was an Episcopalian. She was taken home and he was forbidden the house. She, however, left her father's house in North Haven one summer evening, walked to New Haven and was married and had 16 children, of whom 4 died in infancy; 12 were living at close of the revolutionary war. Their grandson, C. S. A. Davis, has published some interesting family reminiscences of the British raid in 1779. Thomas Davis was in the skirmish at West Bridge, but seeing that the town would be taken hurried home, hid his gun and silver and awaited events. A squad of soldiers soon entered his house and rummaged it for plunder, but did no further damage than to crack a China punch bowl (which is now in the possession of Mr. C. S. A. Davis), and drink some St. Croix rum. It was one of this squad that killed Mr. Hotchkiss and took his watch which he showed to Mr. Davis. Mrs. Davis had sent her son, Solomon, down to the garden, "on the shell road," as Wooster street was then called. This garden occupied the whole square bounded by Chapel, Wooster, Chestnut and Franklin streets. The soldiers found Solomon here and took him prisoner to their camp near Mill River, where he was employed to bring water. He soon escaped and ran to a lot near Whitneyville where his father's cows were pastured and drove them up to his Grandfather Tuttle's in North Haven. Mrs. Davis sent her young daughter, Mary, for safety to the house of Abiathar Camp (a loyalist), which stood corner of Chapel and Union streets, site of the present Masonic Temple. It was the headquarters of General Tryon, and a nice dinner was being spread for the officers when an alarm was given by a sentinel in the steeple of the church by ringing the bell, that the militia was approaching the town in great numbers, upon which General Tryon gave orders to embark, and left hastily with his officers without eating his dinner."
Note: The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, Who Came From Old to New
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