Hi Bob, When I was on Ireland an asked about the name TUTTLE - TUTHILL name, I was told by the people in Co. Clare & Co. Limerick that the TUTTLES in that area came from England with Oliver CROMWELL about 1649. About the name! Tuthill, Tuttle, Tothill An English toponymic. Families of the name acquired properties under the CROMWELLIAN & Restoration settlements in Co. Limerick & other parts of the country. (O) Tohill O Tuathail (for derivation see Toole). The name of this Derry sept, whose location is indicated by the parish of Desertoghill, was formerly anglicized O' Tuohill. O'Donovan found it as Toghill a century ago; it is now Tohill. (O) Toohill A form of O' Toole found in south Munster. Tothill See Tuthill (O) Touhill See Toohill Turtle English Twohill See Toohill (O) Toole O Tuathail (tuathal, people mighty). This is one of the great Leinster septs. Originally of Co. Kildare they moved to Co. Wicklow after the Anglo-Norman invasion & held their own there for 500 years. There was also a branch in Mayo where, according to Hardiman, there was also a distinct sept, an offshoot of the O'Malleys. Note: All the above is from "The Surnames of IRELAND" by MacLYSAGHT TUTTLE, TUTHILL,TULLE, TWOHILL, TOOHILL, TURTLE, TUTTELL (English) Dweller at a toot-hill. ie, a hill with a good outlook to detect an enemy�s approach; one who came from Tothill, (lookout hill), the name of places in Lincolnshire & Middesex. "MORE IRISH FAMILIES" by MacLysaght: TUTTY, TUTHILL I have found no evidence to support Woulfe�s statement that TUTTY is an anglicized form of O�TUATAIGH, which, he says, is a variant of O�TUATHAIGH (Tuohy). The occurrence of O�THOUTY, (probably a clerical error of O�TOUTHY), in a Fiant, (Co. Tipperary 1585), can hardly be regarded as a link with TUTTY. As TUTTY it occurs but rarely in our records & never to my knowledge, before the Cromwellian period when two Londoners of the name appear among the �adventurers� for Irish land. TUTTY is included in the list prepared by the Registaar-General in 1891 as used synonymously with TUTHILL. TUTHILL ia an English toponymic, quite distinct from TOHILL (q.v.). It first appears in Ireland in the army of 1640s. Families of the name acquired property in Co. Limerick & several other parts of the country under the land settlement of the Cromwellian & Restoration periods: They retained their place among the three following centuries. John TUTHILL�s unedifying part in the 1817 Limerick election is still remembered. Bibl. Bibl. see Bibliography of Irish Family History TUTHILL: Pedigree of TUTHILL of Peamore, Co. Devon, of Kilmore & Faha, Co. Limerick by Lt. Col. P.B. TUTHILL, [refer: A Simple Guide to Irish Genealogy]. Note: My Patrick TUTTLE'S name has been spelled as the following" TUTTHILL (on the passenger ship list) TURTLE (on his marriage record & one of his son's marriage record) TUTTELL (on a census record) TUTTLE (on other records & the way the family spells it) Here is some info I forgot to send you before when I sent the info on my Patrick TUTTLE of Ireland. 2 Oct 1880---became a Citizen of the U.S., Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, PA. His sponsor/witness was John McSHANE of Chester, PA. Both signed with an X. TUTTLE Street---named for Patrick TUTTLE, located in Trainer, Delaware County, PA, between Price & Wilcox Sts. & starts at 2nd St. up to Mary St. (alley). Mary St. is believed to me named after his wife. TUTTLEVILLE---is the lower section of Trainer from Stony Creek to Trainer St. & from the Delaware River to 4th St. most of this area was owned by the TUTTLES. People living in the area today (1995) still refer to it as TUTTLEVILLE or Little Tuttleville. Cause of death---old age. Feb 1989---Patrick TUTTLE's name was placed on THE WALL of IMMIGRATION at Ellis Island by Helen M (WEBBER) Imburgia for a $100.00 donation. May 1996---Patrick TUTTLE's name was placed on THE IMMIGRATES WALL at the Delaware Co. Court House by Helen M. (WEBBER) Imburgia for a $130.00 donation.