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Anna Tufts (Adams)

Also Known As: "Anne"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Death: February 17, 1813 (83)
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lieutenant Joseph John Henry Adams, Jr. and Rachel Adams
Wife of Peter Tufts, Jr.
Mother of Peter Tufts, IV; Thomas Tufts; Sarah Adams and John Tufts
Sister of Captain William Adams
Half sister of Infant Thomas Adams, (died young); Captain Thomas Adams; Deacon Joseph Adams; Margaret Doubleday; Rebecca Brown and 3 others

Managed by: Maya QM Adams
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About Anna Tufts

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS. Service Description: 1) CARED FOR THE WOUNDE AFTER THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL DAR Ancestor # A116782


Tufts Family Genealogy

She was born 8 July 1729, the daughter of Joseph Adams of Cambridge, MA. She married Peter Tufts in 1750 and they had 12 children. She was considered a Revolutionary War heroine based on her service nursing the wounded after the Battle of Bunker Hill. There is a DAR marker to her in Somerville Park dedicated in 1909.

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Anna Tufts's Timeline

1729
July 8, 1729
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province
1753
January 9, 1753
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1754
November 24, 1754
1766
March 18, 1766
1772
July 5, 1772
1813
February 17, 1813
Age 83
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA