Dear List Readers, I recently received a transcript from an old family Bible originally written by Steven Haines. He is writing about his family background to the best of his knowledge. Steven Haines was born 31 Mar 1768 in Morristown, Morris Co., NJ and died in Coeymans, Albany Co., NY about 1861. The opening paragraph of the narrative reads: On The Fathers Side - Colonel Luttle (we have since learned that this name is TUTTLE) emigrated from England and settled in Morris Co., NJ where he officiated a a Deacon for a great many years in the Presbyterian Church and died at a very great age, about the year 1790. He had several sons, one daughter named Ruth [b. 9 Apr 1722] who married Silas Haines, a widower with two children - a son and a daughter. Silas Haines died leaving a daughter and a son Samuel (posthumus). His mother afterwards married a Mr. Kitchel by whom she had two sons, Ural and Stephen. I am wondering if any of you have information about this above mention TUTTLE family? It is possible that the unnamed sons' names are: Samuel b. 2 Apr 1724, John b. 19 Mar 1726, Joseph b. 10 Mar 1728, David b. 4 Oct 1730, Moses b 9 Nov 1732. There are most likely two more daughters named Abigail b. 13 Oct 1734 and Elizabeth b. 27 Feb 1738. It is possible there were two more TUTTLE siblings and one of them might be Timothy b. either 1736 or 1740. Do any of these names or dates fit in with TUTTLE families you have in your databases? All the children mentioned were born in New Jersey - some in Essex Co and some in Morris Co. I just spent two hours reading a large number of TUTTLE messages going back over a year with topics ranging from inherited depression to which books have the best information about the family, etc. I plan to spend a good part of my afternoon tomorrow in the local library hoping to find at least one of the books mentioned in the various messages. I spent this morning going through a large book entitle The History of Morris County, New Jersey 1739-1882 and found many references to many TUTTLES and TUTHILLS, but until I can learn more about the family, I don't know which mentioned TUTTLES fit where in the my TUTTLE family history. If any of you can assist me in my search for this part of my ancestry I would be very grateful. Most of the genealogical information I recieved about the TUTTLE families came from the Ancestral Files created for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Any compiled records can contain errors and needs to be examined, but the Ancestral Files are a wonderful jumping-off point for research. Forgive the long message and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give to me. Judy Martin <commjet@aol.com>