Peter Tufts (1617-1700)

Biography
Hon. Peter Tufts was born 1617 in Wilby Parish, Tiberham, Norfolk, England and died on 13 May 1700 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. He was killed in battle. He is buried at Bell Rock Cemetery in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. He immigrated in 1637. In 1638 he owned 43 acres of land. In 1647, Peter and William Bridge both became ferrymen on the Mystic River and both succeeding Philip Drinker. He most likly built the Peter Tufts House which is located at 350 Riverside Avenue in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. It is said to be the oldest known brick house in America and is also known as the Fort because of its port hole windows on the side. Peter Tufts is the ancestor of Charles Tufts who docated land for the Tufts University campus. On 3 May 1665 Peter Tufts was made a freemand of Malden, Massachusetts. On 15 Oct 1679 he was elected the 1st Representatives from Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America. On 1 Mar 1693 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America he wrote his will. On 10 Jun 1701 his will was executed. He married Mary Peirce. She was born in 1627 in England to Thomas Pierce (1584-1666) and Elizabth Carew (1590-?) and died on 10 Jan 1703 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America.

Lineage
Peter Tufts (c.1594-aft.1617)

m. Frances Vinevard (1594-?)


 * Peter Tufts, Jr. (1617-1700)
 * m. Mary Pierce

Mary Tufts (1613-1676)

m. George Fowle (1610-1682)

Lt. James Fowle (1642 - 1690)

m. Abigail Carter (1648 - 1718)

Elizabeth Fowle (1681 - 1764)

m. Timothy Walker (1672 - 1706)

Abigail Walker (1703 - 1785)

m. Andrew Hall (1698 - 1750)

Ebenezer Hall (1748 - 1831)

m. Martha Jones (1835)

Lucy Hall (1782 - 1816)

m. Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1778 - 1860)

Frederic Hall Bradlee (1807 - 1886)

m. Lucretia Wainwright (1810 - 1886)

Josiah Bradlee III (1837 - 1902)

m. Alice Crowninshield (1839 - 1926)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1951)

m. Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (1941 - )

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (1982 - )