In a message dated 6/14/2005 10:04:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kndrspirit@t-online.de writes: > Subj: [MA-CEM] Hingham Cemeteries - Trying to find HEYWARD and/or TUTTLE > Date: 6/14/2005 10:04:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: kndrspirit@t-online.de > Reply-to: MA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com > To: MA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com > Sent from the Internet > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: HEYWARD, TUTTLE > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3RB.2ACIAE/223 > > Message Board Post: > > If anyone knows or is in the area already looking please let me know if you > find a Martha Heyward (about 1832-1896). She died in Worcester but according > to MA vital records is buried in Hingham. I don't know if MA segregated its > cemeteries at the time but Martha was African-American. Also I am looking for > Martha's daughter Sarah "Jane" Vanderhorst (nee Heyward) Tuttle (1863-after > 1910) who was married to Edward Russel Tuttle (1861-after 1910). > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > ==== MA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > Hi Tuttle Researchers: > > I live in Abington, which is just two (2) towns west of Hingham, Plymouth > County, MA. > > I am aware that there still is an area of Hingham near Queen Anne's Corner > (Rt. 53 + Rt. 228) that is known as Tuttleville. I am also aware that this was > a black-American village in the past. I do not know who lives there today, > but pricey Hingham probably has only a very small black population at this > time. > > About 40 years ago, I used to wait on a black-American bank customer, who > lived in South Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA, which is near Hingham. This > gentleman had the exact same name as I do, but at that time I had no interest in > genealogy, so I did not ask him any questions. I wish that I had done so back > then. > > In any event, the particular Tuttle line that lived in Hingham actually > spelled their name as Tuthill. I think Henry Tuthill was the first one and he was > the brother of the other Tuttles in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Further, > these Tuthills, or most of them, moved to Southold, Long Island, Suffolk > County, NY. and some still live there today. > > I would be interested in any information on all of these Tuttles/Tuthills, > whether they were black or white Americans. It would be interesting to learn a > little more about that family history, so I hope others that have some > information will either share it or tell us where to retrieve the information. > > Regards, Bill Family names being researched: TUTTLE, PINGREE, WEATHERBEE, STETSON, ELLERSHAW, COTE, LEFEBVRE, WESTHAVER William R. Tuttle, Esq. TuttleGenealogy@aol.com