Son of Peter and Lydia (Bucknam) Tufts.
Husband of Martha Adams. They wed in Cambridge, MA, May 11, 1769.
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From HASKELL'S HISTORICAL GUIDE BOOK OF SOMERVILLE, MA
"The property [for Milk Row Cemetery] belonged to Samuel Tufts, and was transferred by deed in 1804 to Timothy Tufts, esq., Nathaniel Hawkins, esq., Samuel Kent, Samuel Shed, John Stone, and their associates, for one dollar and other considerations.
The conditions provided that the land be used only as a burying place and that it be always fenced without cost to Mr. Tufts or his heirs. The deed was record at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, May 31, 1808."
NOTE: 1805 is the date the tomb was built, not a date of death.
Son of Peter and Lydia (Bucknam) Tufts.
Husband of Martha Adams. They wed in Cambridge, MA, May 11, 1769.
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From HASKELL'S HISTORICAL GUIDE BOOK OF SOMERVILLE, MA
"The property [for Milk Row Cemetery] belonged to Samuel Tufts, and was transferred by deed in 1804 to Timothy Tufts, esq., Nathaniel Hawkins, esq., Samuel Kent, Samuel Shed, John Stone, and their associates, for one dollar and other considerations.
The conditions provided that the land be used only as a burying place and that it be always fenced without cost to Mr. Tufts or his heirs. The deed was record at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds, May 31, 1808."
NOTE: 1805 is the date the tomb was built, not a date of death.
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Samuel Tufts
Tomb No. 1 1805.
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