July 19, 1743- A son, Zophar, is born to Daniel Tuttle & Phebe Beach in Wallingford,
New Haven County, Connecticut.
Surname Tuttle
English and
Irish: from the
Old Norse personal name
þorkell, a contracted form of a name composed of the elements
þórr, name of the
Scandinavian god of thunder (see
Thor) +
ketill ‘cauldron’. The personal name
Thurkill or
Thirkill was in use throughout
England in the Middle Ages; in
northern England it had been introduced directly by Scandinavian settlers, whereas in the South it was the result of Norman influence. This surname and its variants are especially common in
East Anglia. In
Ireland the Old Norse name was adopted as a Gaelic personal name (
Thorcall), which generated the surnames
McCorkle and
Corkill.
(
Zophar Tuttle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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