Symon Tuttle

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Of, Ringstead, Northampton, England

Tootle or Tuttle from the local ' of Totehill' ie the look out hill.There are many places called this. Bardsley, Dict of English and Welshsurnames. 1901

Simon was a soldier under Capt Nicoles Jul 30, 1588 (year of the SpanishArmada). Simon was listed a freeholder (of land) at Ringstead 1604/5. In1608, he was charged 4 shillings for expenses of musters.

His will written Dec 19, 1627, describes him as a yeoman. He mentionseldest son Richard, youngest son William, 2nd son John, Isabell his wife,and his children's grandfather John Wells and son Thomas Deceased.

Richard, John and William and widow Isabell all came to NE on the Planter1635.
Tootle or Tuttle from the local ' of Totehill' ie the look out hill.There are many places called this. Bardsley, Dict of English and Welshsurnames. 1901

Simon was a soldier under Capt Nicoles Jul 30, 1588 (year of the SpanishArmada). Simon was listed a freeholder (of land) at Ringstead 1604/5. In1608, he was charged 4 shillings for expenses of musters.

His will written Dec 19, 1627, describes him as a yeoman. He mentionseldest son Richard, youngest son William, 2nd son John, Isabell his wife,and his children's grandfather John Wells and son Thomas Deceased.

Richard, John and William and widow Isabell all came to NE on the Planter1635.


Simon (Symon) Tuttle (Tuttell, Tootell) of Ringstead, Northamptonshire,England was born about 1560, the son of Richard Tootill of Woodford,Northamptonshire, and probably grandson of Thomas Totehyll also ofWoodford. He married Isabel Wells, the daughter of John Wells, and hedied was buried at Ringstead June 15, 1630. Simon was mentioned in hisfather's will in 1589 and in that of his father-in-law, John Wells in1618. His own will, dated December 19, 1627 was proved at Northampton,and names five sons: Richard, John "my second sonne", Thomas (who wasdeceased when will was drawn), Simon and William. Simon's will reads:
In the Name of God Amen The nyneteeneth Day of December in the yeare ofour Lord god one thousand six hundred twentie seaven I Symon Tuttell ofRingsted in the Countie of Northton yeoman strong in minde and of goodand pfect memory thanks and praise be to allmighty god and weighing andconsidering the frailety of mans life and the uncertainty of this worlddoe make and ordayne this my psent Testamt contayning therein my lastwill in mann[er] and forme as followeth that ys to say ffirst I[c]om[m]end and com[m]itt my soule into the hands of Allmighty godCreator assuredly believing through the onely meritte of Jesus Christe mysaviour to be made ptaker of Everlasting life And my body I comitt to theearth from whence it came to be buried [torn] Christon burialls at thediscrecion of my Executrix hereafter named, hopeing assuredly to receivethe same again at the gene[ral] resurreccion not a mortall but animmortall and glorious body.
And now as concerning those lands and goodes wch god of his goodness hathlent me I give and bequeath unto Isabell my wife All that moytie orprcell of land meadows and com[m]ons wth theire and each of theireappurtenances wch ys due to me out of the land formerly [?] conveyed tomy Edlest sonne Richard and the house messuages or ten[emen]ts wherein Inow dwell together with all the houses yards lands meadows pasturescom[m]ons comodities and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging orin any wise appurteyning and also All those landes meadows and comons wththappurtances wch I lately had an purchased of Thomas Holding Edward Asin[?] al[ia]s James, and of Will[ia]m Sillyman and of each of them To ahveand to hold the same for and during the terme of her naturall life andafter the naturall death of decease of y saide wyfe I give and bequeathall and singular the said mentioned lands and premisses wth their andeach of their appurtenances unto Will[ia]m Tuttell my youngest sonne tohave and to holde the same unto the saide Will[ia]m Tuttell and to theheirs of his Body Lawfully to be begotten, and for want of such yssue tothe second sonne of my sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever
Itm I give and bequeath unto John Tuttle my second sonne all thatdwelling house wherein Mr Wrothfall now dwelleth wth all the housesthereunto belonging and the yarde and orchard thereunto adjoyning, andsometyme in the tenure or occupason of John White to have and to hold thesame unto the saide John Tuttell and to his heirs and assignes for everItm I give and bequeath unto Isabel my said wyfe the one halfe [torn]that meadow wch I lately purchased of Joane Bateman wydow to have And tohold the same for and during her naturall life, And I give and bequeaththe other Mytie or half of the same meadowe to my sonne Will[ia]m toenter [there] upon ymmediately after my decease, and I likewise give andbequeath unto my said sonne Will[ia]m the other Moytie of the same meadowto enter thereuppon after the naturall decease of my said wyfe to haveand to hold the same unto him the said Will[ia]m and to the heires of hisbodye lawfully to be begotten, so as he my said sonne [re]linquishes thetwentie poundes given to him by his grandfather John Welles in and by hislast will and testamet and the fyve pounds wch fell to him by the deathof his brother Thomas Tuttell and for want of such issue of the body ofthe said Will[ia]m I give and bequeath the same meadowe unto the eldestsonne of my said sonne Richard and to his heirs for ever and I doe gie tomy sonne Richard [illegible] halfe [illegible] the lord mordant [?] onboth sides of it.
Itm I give to my sone John and his heirs for ever one dole of meadow[of?] forty foote in same which I purchased of Eusache Morton ThomasEkins [?]. Itm I give to my sunn John his Daugher Abigaill fiue pounds atthe age of fifteene years: Itm I give and bequeath unto the poore ofRingsted aforesaid xxs. to be distributed amongst the poorest sorte atthe discreson of the minister and churchwardens. Itm I give to mygodchildren xxs. apeece. Itm I give to my sonne Will[ia]m my best bedstedwth the bedding and furniture thereunto belonging, or therewith usd, thetable in the hall wth the frame, halfe a duzzen of framd stooles, theyron barres on the chimneys wth the hookes and hangings the bed whereonhe lyeth my best brasse pan my best brasse pott, my mault mill as now ytstandeth, my bolting [twine and yeelding?] fatt, the barr of yron and thepackage [?], and I will that all my sheepe be equally devided betweene mysaid wife and my said sonne Will[ia]m wth the increase thereof so long ashe keepeth himselfe unmarried. Itm I give and bequeath unto my said sonneRichard and to his heirs for ever one acre of leyes wch I purchased of MrCarier, and half a dusson sheep. Itm I forgive [missing] my said sonneJohn thirtie pounds. Itm I give more unto my said sonne Will[ia]m mygreat cubbord in the [missing] the greater chest, two of the biggestchaires, and the chest that standeth by the bedsted. Itm I give untomygrand [childre]n xxs. a peece Divided allwaies And I will that all thesaid Movable goods herein given to my sonne Will[ia]m carefully to applyand husband his mothers business to the best of his power in [missing] ofthe person herein bequeathed pformed and my funeral expenses discharged.I give & bequeath unto Isabel my said wife [missing] and to be executrixof this my psent testamt and for the better execuson thereof I order[missing] them supervisores thereof and [missing]s. apeece [missing] andseal the day and year above written.
Also an addition has been squeezed in the will in a finer penmanship,obviously made by a different scribe at a later date (Abigail was bornabout two years before Simon's will was proved in 1630) leaves "to mysunn John, his daughter Abigail, five pounds at the age of fifteeneyears."
The will was signed by Simon T...., the rest of the surname and the dateof probation being too fragmentary to transcribe. "Hale, House" [Jacobus]states that Simon Tuttle was buried 15 Jun 1630 at Ringstead and that hiswill was probated in 1630.
His widow, Isabel accompanied her sons, William, John and Richard on thePlanter in 1635, but no record of her has been seen in this country, andprobably she did not long survive.

Symon married Isabel Wells, daughter of John Wells and <Living>, in Tharston, Norfolk, , England. (Isabel Wells was born in 1565 in Ringstead Northamptonshire England, christened on 11 Mar 1565 in Howden, Cotnesse, York, England and died in 1606.)