Elizabeth Tuttle
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Nov 1645
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Death: 1688
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Parents
Father: William Tuttle (1607-1673)
Mother: Elizabeth (1613-1684)
Spouses and Children
1. *Richard Edwards ( - )
Marriage: 19 Nov 1667
Status: Divorced
Children:
1. Mary Edwards (1668- )
2. Rev. Timothy Edwards (1669- )
Notes
General:
Grandmother of Puritan Revivalist Jonathan Edwards.
Elizabeth had a premarital affair with her husband, and also with another man, such that there was doubt about who was the father of her first child. There was a lawsuit, and Elizabeth and Richard were fined for sleeping together before marriage, and Richard was found to be the father. In any case, there was trouble concerning Elizabeth caring for the child, and her father ended up raising it. Elizabeth for some reason refused to sleep with her husband for years, resulting in an at first unsuccessful bid to divorce her. For one thing, eh wanted to marry Mary Talcott, who had been fined for fornicating with him. At his second effort, Richard argued that he was afraid of Elizabeth. "It became clear that Elizabeth herself was, at times, not in her right mind, and often threatened to murder her husband while he was asleep." Richard was granted the divorce, married Mary Talcott, and had six children. Nothing further is known of Elizabeth.
There were five more children born 1671, 1675, 1678, unknown, 1685, not clear who was their mother.