Captain Peter Tufts b. 5 May 1648 Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 20 Sep 1721 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Roy Family Genealogy

1648 - 1721 (73 years)

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Name Peter Tufts

Relationship with Robert Alan Roy

Birth 5 May 1648 Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [1, 2]

Married 26 Aug 1670 (Age 22) Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4]

(1) Elizabeth Lynd, the daughter of Ensign Thomas and Elizabeth (Tufts) Lynd. She was born on 20 April 1650 in Malden, Massachusetts. Adams (1973) gives her birth date as 2 May 1650. She died on Saturday 15 July 1684 in Malden, Massachusetts.

Issue:
1. Elizabeth Tufts (1673-1721)
2. Anna Tufts (1677-____)
3. Peter Tufts (1678-____)
4. Mary Tufts (1681-1745)
5. Thomas Tufts (1683-1733)

Adams (1973) gives their marriage place as Charlestown, Massachusetts. [2]

Military say 1678 (Age 30)

Peter was a Captain in the militia.

Married 16 Dec 1684 (Age 36) Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [2, 3, 5, 6, 7]

(2) Mercy Cotton, the daughter of the Rev. Seaborn and Dorothy (Bradstreet) Cotton. She was born on 3 November 1666 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Thornton (1847) gives her birth date as 2 November 1666. She died on Tuesday 18 June 1715 in Medford, Massachusetts.

Issue:
1. Cotton Tufts (1686-1686)
2. Mercy or Mary Tufts (1687-1688)
3. John Tufts (1689-____)
4. Samuel Tufts (1691-1692)
5. Dorothy Tufts (1693-1693)
6. Mercy Tufts (1695-1697)
7. Dorothy Tufts (1697-1697)
8. Mercy Tufts (1698-____)
9. Simon Tufts (1700-1747)
10. Sarah Tufts (1702-____)
11. Dorothy Tufts (1704-____)
12. Lydia Tufts (1707-____)
13. Samuel Tufts

Offices Held 1689 to 1691 (Age 41) Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for Medford.

Married 11 Jun 1717 (Age 69) Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [2, 3]

(3) Prudence Putnam, the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Holyoke) Putnam. She was born on 28 February 1661/62 in Salem, Massachusetts. Prudence, married (1) William Wyman. She owned covenant in the church on 11 June 1717 in Medford, Massachusetts. After Peter's death, in 1727 Prudence, married (3) Richard Carr, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. She was living in 1745. They had no children.

Will 24 Jul 1719 (Age 71)

Death 20 Sep 1721 Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts [2, 3]

Probate/Proved 2 Oct 1721

Siblings 13 Siblings

	1. Captain Peter Tufts, b. 5 May 1648, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 20 Sep 1721, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
	2. Henry Tufts, b. 1649, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1665, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 16 years)
	3. James Tufts, b. 3 Mar 1650, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 18 Sep 1675 (Age 25 years)
	4. John Tufts, b. 7 May 1653, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1664, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 10 years)
	5. Mary Tufts, b. 19 Jun 1655, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1707, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)
	6. Jonathan Tufts, b. 19 Jun 1657, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 22 Jun 1658, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 1 year)
+	7. Jonathan Tufts, b. 3 Mar 1660, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 13 Aug 1722, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 62 years) ▻ Rebecca Waite, m. 31 Mar 1681
	8. Martha Tufts, b. 1662, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1698, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 36 years)
	9. John Tufts, b. 1665, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 28 Mar 1728, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
	10. Mercy Tufts, b. 1666, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Jul 1736, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) ▻ Joseph Waite, m. 24 Oct 1688 ; Lemuel Jenkins, m. 11 Jun 1694
	11. Sarah Tufts, b. 1668, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Jul 1749, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
	12. Persis Tufts, b. 1669, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 2 Oct 1683, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 14 years)
	13. Lydia Tufts, b. 1671, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 26 Jul 1683, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 12 years)
	14. Elizabeth Tufts, b. 22 Nov 1663, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 20 Jun 1733, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) ▻ Joseph Lynde, m. 1684

Person ID I20052

Last Modified 9 Jun 2019

Father	Peter Tufts, b. 1617, Wilby Parish, Norfolk, England d. 13 May 1700, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
Mother	Mary Pierce, b. 1627, England d. 10 Jan 1702/03, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
Marriage	1647	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years - She : ~ 20 years.
Family ID	F674	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 5 May 1648 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Married - 26 Aug 1670 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Married - 16 Dec 1684 - Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Offices Held - 1689 to 1691 - Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Married - 11 Jun 1717 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
	Death - 20 Sep 1721 - Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Sources

[S151] Woodward, Ashbel. "Brief Memoirs and Notices of Prince's Subscribers" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XI, 1857).
[S1085] Adams, Herbert Freeman. The Compendium of Tufts Kinsmen - A Substitutive Genealogy, (Boston: privately printed, 1973).
[S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879).
[S150] Sargent, Aaron. "Early Records of Malden" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume X, 1856).
[S156] Thornton, John Wingate. "Genealogies - The Cotton Family" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume I, April 1847).
[S157] Dean, John and Dean Dudley. "Descendants of Gov. Bradstreet", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855).
[S642] Dow, Joseph. History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire from its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892 , (Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press and Publishing Company, 1894).