Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Our Robinson's Tuller-Tullar Line From Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Vermont and More

Nadene Goldfoot                                         
Historic 1780 farmhouse in Vermont with mountain view. 
One of the oldest homes in the county has 7 Bedrooms and 4 bathrooms on a secluded lot with mountain views - Spacious living for family and friends. One large family or 2 families or a group of adults.  Home is about 3,500 Sq. Feet. What a home to do genealogy work!
Confederate Raid of St. Albans, Vermont
Home of several Tullers.  
A unit of Confederate soldiers invaded Vermont during the Civil War on October 19, 1864, at the end of the war.Canada did not take sides during the American Civil War. The country allowed civilians and soldiers from both the Union and the Confederacy to enter its borders to secure supplies or safety, and St. Albans was close to Canada.


My ggrandmother, Julia Ann Tuller's grandfather, Samuel Tuller, was born in St. Albans, Vermont to Reuben Tuller and Mary Cowles in 1783, and his parents must have been one of the first to arrive, which was after the Revolutionary War.   Reuben was first a private then a captain in that war in 1776. 


Named after StAlbans, Hertfordshire, England, it was first settled during the Revolution by Jesse Welden. The war delayed further settlement until 1785, when many others began to arrive. Farmers found the rich, dark loam suitable for cultivation, as well as for the raising of cattle, horses and sheep. 
                                                                       


Above  is a picture from TULLAR SCHOOL in St. Albans, 1886.  The Tullar School was a one-room schoolhouse that stood at the corner of Lower Newton Road and the Kellogg Road.  At the moment we don’t know exactly when the school was built, but the lot was cleared in the fall of 1964 Collins and Dunsmore children are in this pictures.  I don't know about any Robinson or Tuller/Tullars in there.  

Abiathar Smith Robinson's wife was Julia Ann Tuller b: 1834 in Royalton, Vermont. They would be my great grandparents. 
                                                       
St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont in the 1920s-1930s
from the looks of the cars

Her father was Alonzo Charles Tuller b: 1809 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont.  He died in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois, and Abiathar and Julia Ann had settled in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois.  
                                                 
                                                       
South Royalton, Vermont, Autumn and Winter
so picturesque.

In 1780, Royalton suffered from a large scale Indian attack.  Relatives were involved.  The book: History  of Royalton by Evelyn Lovejoy tells a lot about Royalton.  I had read it as a library inter-loan.  It's in Vermont.  "Garner Rix was about 12 years old when he moved with his father, pregnant mother, two sisters and three brothers from a farm in Connecticut to a log cabin on the banks of the White River, a place that would one day be called Royalton, Vermont.  
                                                        
THE INDIAN ATTACK ON ROYALTON
About 300 Indians of various tribes on October 16, 1780, before dawn attacked this town.  The leader was the Caghnewaga tribe and had left Canada  with a British Lieutenant Horton, and Le Mott, a Frenchman.

Our ancestor, Timothy Durkee, suffered through the burning of Royalton.  Only his oldest son, Heman, stayed in Royalton after this attack.  Harvey stayed in Vermont but others moved to New York.  The grandchildren spread throughout the land;  Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, and even Canada.  Garner Rix was captured by the British, Mohawks, and Abenakis during the Royalton Raid. Mohawks or Abenakis took him to Montreal and sold him to a French woman who kept him safe until he could walk home a year later.

                                                   
   

                      ROYALTON FROM NEW YORK TO VERMONT

On December 20, 1781, by an act of the Vermont Legislature, the town was granted and chartered to Comfort Seaver and his associates. The petition for the charter list the petitioners, the actual settlers who had acquired there land under New York, who were as follows: Comfort Seaver, Elias Stevens, John Kent, Elias Kent Jr., John Hibbard, James Hibbard, Jedediah Hide (Hyde), Ebenezer Dewey, Ebenezer Church, Nathan Fish, John Safford, Benjamin Parkhurst, Simon Shepard, Reuben Parkhurst, Daniel Gilbert, Daniel Ricks(Rix), John Kimball, Garner Ricks, Ebenezer Parkhurst, David Fish, David Brewster, Robert Havens, William Blackmer, Herman Durkee, Ebenezer Brewster, Medad Benton, Nathaniel Morse, Robert Handay, Benjamin Day, Timothy Durkee, John Gillett, Aden Durkee, John Billings, Joseph Fish, John Wilson, John Hibbard Jr., Samuel Benedict, Calvin Parkhurst, Josiah Wheeler, Joseph Parkhurst, Elias Curtis, John Havens, Johnson Safford, John Stevens Jr., Isaac Morgan, Zebulon Lyon, Nathan Morgan, Daniel Fuller, William Joiner, Martin Fuller, Daniel Havens, Benjamin Day Jr., John Evans, Jeremiah Trescott, Israel Waller, William Jones, John House, Tillie Parkhurst, Phineas Parkhurst, Samuel Clark, Joel Marsh.

There are 2 cemeteries; ours is in LaSalle County with 136 interments.  It's bigger.  

All the names of original settlers in bold print are main ancestors on our tree, and even most of the others are on the tree as well.  Julia Ann and Abiathar named their first son "Edward Rix Robinson."  

Ancestors of Alonzo Charles Tuller, Julia Ann Tuller's father: 

[1] Alonzo Charles Tuller b: October 22, 1809 in St. Albans, Vermont (Franklin County) d: January 29, 1870 in Rockwell, LaSalle, Illinois Occupation: 1850 Stone Mason
.. +Asenath Asinith Durkee b: 1814 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont d: 1868 in Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont/Rockwell, Illinois
*2nd Wife of [1] Alonzo Charles Tuller:
.. +Betty Ann Unknown b: Abt. 1816 in United States


Alonzo Charles Tuller's parents were:
Descendants of Samuel Tuller
Samuel Tuller b: 1783 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont d: July 07, 1831 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont
.. +Sarah b: Bet. 1785 - 1790 in Poss. St. Albans, Vermont d: 1841 in Saint Albans Bay, Vermont
                                                                   
Farm in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut-perhaps belonging to Reuben Tuller. 
Samuel Tuller's parents were: another older Reuben Tuller. 
Descendants of Reuben Tuller
Reuben Tuller b: August 03, 1751 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut d: November 09, 1828 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT
.. +Mary Cole Cowles b: 1759 in prob. Simsbury, Hartford County, CT d: March 18, 1832 in prob. Simsbury, Hartford County, CT
He was a successful farmer and an active member of the Methodist Church.
                                                                   
The Tuller farm of West Simsbury, Connecticut became the famous Tulmeadow  Farm, now very famous.  During a special meeting June13, residents voted in favor of accepting a federal grant to buy 73 acres of land known as the Tulmeadow Farm Woodlot.
The Simsbury Land Trust was awarded the $1.4 million Forest Legacy Grant to buy the parcel on Farms Village Road. 
The land trust is completing the final phase of a 10-year campaign to raise $2.83 million to protect the 260-acre Tulmeadow Farm through the creation of conservation easements.

I have 4 Reuben Tullers on our tree.  The others are:
Reuben Tuller b: 1792 son of Roswell Tuller and Louisa Case
Reuben Tuller b: 1771 son of Reuben Tuller and Mary Cole Cowles; husband of Mary, father of Alma.
Reuben Tuller b: Dec 5, 1805 in St Albans, Vermont; d: Jan 20, 1887 Kirtland, Ohio, son of Reuben Tuller b: 1771 and Esther Gates. 

Ancestors of James Tuller: Connecting to cousin Shirley's line:
James Tuller b: 1713 in Bedford County, England/Simsbury, Connecticut d: January 15, 1795 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
.. +Jemima Segar b: May 31, 1713 in Simsbury, Hartford,  Connecticut d: April 02, 1773 in Bloomfield, Hartford, CT

Ancestors of William Tuller:
William Tuller b: June 10, 1687 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d: September 22, 1740 in Simsbury, Hartford,  Connecticut
.. +Damaris Cornish b: February 19, 1690/91 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts d: September 22, 1749 in Simsbury,Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors of John Tulloe Tuller
[1] John Tulloe Tuller b: Bet. 1642 - 1659 in Simsbury,  Hartford County, Connecticut d: Abt. January 24, 1741/42 in Simsbury, Hartford County,  Connecticut Occupation: Carpenter
.. +Elizabeth Case b: May 22, 1658 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, Connecticut d: October 09, 1718 in Simsbury, Hartford,Connecticut
*2nd Wife of [1] John Tulloe Tuller:
.. +Hannah Slowman b: 1646 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Ancestors of William Tuller  may be wrong, but found it a good possibility
[1] William Tuller b: 1620 in Nederlands, Holland d: Bet. 1664 - 1701 in New York
.. +Margaret Donaldson b: 1620 in poss. New York d: Bet. 1662 - 1664 in New York
*2nd Wife of [1] William Tuller:
.. +Maria Van Vlett b: Abt. 1621 in prob. Nederlands, Holland d: Abt. 1702 in prob. N.Y.
This Tuller family had been on the 1850 census in Royalton showing that Julia Ann was 15 years old at the time.  Living with them was a John Robinson age 51, hired hand, farmer like Alonzo was.  Since there were so many Robinsons in the area at the time, I've never been able to connect him to Abiathar.  I have not found Abiathar to be connected to anyone other than Julia Ann.  

Abiathar and Julia Ann married in Tunbridge, Vermont on February 29, 1852.  It is very close to Royalton and relatives lived in both places.  

She and Abiather lived next door to her younger brother, Albert Tuller, on the 1870 census in Wenona, Marshall, Illinois.  She was 36 and her brother was 27. Where was Abiathar and Julia Ann during the USA 1860 census?  They were found living in Canada.  That would have covered the time during the Civil War from 1861-1865.  From what I have found, they were in Canada from 1858 to 1861.  

10/16/09 Obit from Tom Mead, my 2nd cousin,  from Wenona newspaper: Mrs. Julia A. Robinson, wife of A.S Robinson, after suffering so intensely and so long, passed away from our life and our world last Friday at noon, and entered into that broader world where our knowledge is free from the burdon of ......and trouble.

Mrs. Robinson (Julia Ann Tuller) was born in Royalton, Vt, in 1834. Married to A.S. Robinson in 1851.( I have the date of February 29, 1852 in Tunbridge, Vt, just a little ways from Royalton.) The family.....of ten children, eight of whom are........of those at home. ....about a year ago and .....shortly after. ....and death. .....Her life was not.all....it as easy nor as long from ....did she bear....do her duty. A true woman, ....wife and mother. All that was m....all...was buried in the Wenona cemetery, then the ...al services being held at the....Presbyterian church and ...by Rev ....of....
                                                          

As an afterthought, not having any old family pictures of any Tuller like Julia, I thought I'd browse on google and found Solomon "Zalman" Tuller b: c1871, father of Joseph on geni.com   He's evidently of a different Y haplogroup, a Jewish one.  Like Robinson, there are Jewish ones and Gentile ones of the same surnames.  This Jewish line could easily be from Holland via Germany or Austria.  Gentiles used common Jewish first names, too, especially during this period.     


Last Name: Tuller

                                                                           
The name could have originated in Germany or Austria and people had to buy the name.  When Jews were forced to choose a surname for govermental reasons, they could have chosen this one, a surname possibly already in use by the Gentiles.  

Language of the text: English
Nobility: Nobles
Nobles in:Germany - Austria 
Variations Last Name: Taller,Duller   

             Descendants of Adolphus Tuller  
                               my 4th cousin 4 times removed   
            My grandson would also be 4th cousin but 6 times removed.  
                                                   
These documents are birth and marriage records of members of the Tuller family. The marriage of Martha Mary Huggett to Harold Oliver Edwards in 1918 at St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington is recorded.  Adolphus Tuller (b. 1829, d. 1914) was the son of Jonathan D. Tuller and Elmira "Almira" Tuller of Liberty Township, Delaware County. He married Martha Brown (b. 1837, d. 1910), a daughter of Sidney and Anna Hart Brown of Worthington.   Martha Mary Huggett (b. 1902, d. 1983) was the daughter of Cynthia (Tuller) Huggett and Harry R. Huggett, and granddaughter of Adolphus and Martha Tuller.  I have them on my tree.  



Adolphus Tuller b: 1829 in Ohio d: 1914 in Sharon, Franklin, Ohio Occupation: 1860 Cooper
.. +Martha Brown b: 1838 in Ohio d: Aft. 1910 in Sharon, Franklin, Ohio
                                                                 
The birth records of the children of Jonathan D. Tuller (b. 1807) and Elmira "Almira" Tuller (b. 1808) of Liberty Township, Delaware County are documented here below. The Tuller family was prominent in central Ohio, with several branches settling in Sharon and Perry Townships and Delaware County. The oldest son Adolphus (b. 1829, d. 1814) married and raised a family at 656 Morning St. in Worthington. Other children of J. D. Tuller listed are Sarah Tuller (b. 1828), Owen Tuller (b. 1832. d. 1903), Salome "Saloam" Tuller (b. 1834), Clinton Tuller (b. 1836, d. ?) Civil War veteran of Company D 95 Ohio Infantry, Mary Tuller (b. 1840), and Eliza Tuller (b. 1847, d. 1897)

                                        REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONERS
                                 from Connecticut
1. Israel Tuller
2. Augusta Tuller- widow; Isaac Way
3. Elijah Tuller-widow:  Polly :   Elijah Tuller, Jr. b: March 21, 1757 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut d: December 29, 1819 in Simsbury,  Hartford County, CT
.. +Mary "Polly" Eno b: Abt. 1764 in Simsbury, Connecticut d: May 08, 1839 in Simsbury, Connecticut

4. Jacob Tuller
5. Joseph Tuller   Joseph Tullar b: February 23, 1717/18 in Simsbury, CT. d: July 03, 1798 in Simsbury, CT. Occupation: Deacon
.. +Martha Bunce b: February 05, 1719/20 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d: November 29, 1778 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Resource: https://www.lizcovart.com/blog/st-albans-raid
Shirley Cobb, Tuller/Tullar family researcher using original sources and places
The Durkee Family Newsletter Spring 1993-The Burning of Royalton
https://www.geni.com/people/Reuben-Tuller/6000000009628083444
https://wizzley.com/garner-rix-and-the-royalton-raid-1780/
http://www.tulmeadowfarmstore.com/2011/07/07/grant-approved/
https://www.geni.com/people/Solomon-Zalman-Tuller/6000000007122863237
https://www.samessenger.com/tullar-school-c-1886/

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