Sarah (Atwater) Tuttle (1693 - 1761)

Born 6 Apr 1693 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Humiston — married 7 Jan 1719 (to 14 Aug 1747) in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Timothy Tuttle Sr. — married 28 Jun 1749 (to 15 Apr 1756) in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 28 May 1761 at age 68 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Sarah Atwater was the daughter of Ebenezer Atwater and Abigail Heaton.^[1] She was born in New Haven on 6 Apr 1693.^[2]

On 7 Jan 1719, Sarah was married to James Humiston by Mr. Bishop in Wallingford, Connecticut Colony.^[3]

Sarah and James had six children, two of whom survived to adulthood:

• Stephen Humiston I (b. 3 Oct 1719; d. 21 Feb 1722)
• Daniel Humiston (b. 16 Nov 1721)
• Stephen Humiston II (b. 9 Nov 1723; d. 3 Sep 1729)
• James Humiston, Jr. (b. 28 Oct 1724)
• Noah Humiston I (b. before 3 Sep 1729; d. 3 Sep 1729)
• Noah Humiston II (b. 1 Mar 1731; d. 13 Jun 1745)

James Humiston, Sr., died in Wallingford on 14 Aug 1747.^[4]

On 9 Nov 1747, Sarah signed the guardianship bond for their younger surviving son, James.^[5] On 7 Aug 1749, not long after Sarah's marriage to Timothy Tuttle, her elder son, Daniel, was appointed guardian of James "Hummiston" in her place.^[6]

On 28 Jun 1749, in Wallingford, Sarah married Deacon Timothy Tuttle as his third wife.^[7] No children were born to her second marriage.

After Deacon Timothy Tuttle died in 1759, Sarah continued to live in Wallingford, where she died on 28 May 1761.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, v. 8, p. 1884 (accessed 29 Jul 2017).
2. ↑ Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Pt. 1, p. 76
3. ↑ "Atwater, Sarah, m. James Humberston, Jan. 7, 1719, by Mr. Bishop:" Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), Wallingford, p. 18 (accessed 30 Jul 2017).
4. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wallingford, p. 181 (accessed 30 Jul 2017).
5. ↑ Guardianship bond for James "Homestone," dated 9 Nov 1747 (accessed 30 Jul 2017)
6. ↑ Guardianship bond dated 7 Aug 1749, for James Humiston (accessed 30 Jul 2017)
7. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wallingford, p. 181 (accessed 30 Jul 2017).
8. ↑ "Connecticut Vital Records (The Barbour Collection)," Wallingford, p. 314 (accessed 2 Mar 2017)

• Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection). (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 139363019
• Donald Lines Jacobus, complr., Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. (subscription required)
• Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. (subscription required)
• Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, pt. 1, Vital Records of Connecticut, Series 1, Towns, vol. IV, Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jill Foxhall for creating Atwater-282 on 15 Aug 13.