1Larkin T. Tufts and Edward C. Booth, Tufts Genealogy -- Earlier Generations, NEHGR Vol. 51, p. 299 (Jul. 1897).
"PETER TUFTS, the ancestor of the greater part of the Tufts family in America, was born in England about the year 1616. It is believed that he came from the southern part of Norfolk County.
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He married Mary, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of Charlestown, who died 10 January, 1702-3, aged 75 years. He died 13 May, 1700, aged 83 years. Their gravestones in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, are still in excellent preservation. Children:
2. i. PETER2 b. about 1648.
3. ii. JAMES.
iii. JOHN, b. 7 May, 1653; d. young.
iv. MARY, b. 19 June, 1655; m. 15 Oct., 1674, John (son of John Edes, rector of Lawford, Essex Co., Eng.), b. in England, 31 March, 1651; ship carpenter; res. Charlestown.
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v. JONATHAN, b. 19 June, 1657; d. 22 June, 1658.
4. vi. JONATHAN, b. about 2 May, 1659.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. 1660; m. Joseph, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (------) Lynde of Malden, who was b. 13 Dec., 1652, and d. 2 Jan., 1735-6. She d. 20 June, 1733, aged 73.
5. viii. JOHN, born about 1664.
ix. MERCY, m. 1st, 24 Oct., 1688, Joseph, son of Capt. John and Mary (Hills) Waite) of Malden, who d. 1692. She m. 2d, 11 June, 1694, Lemuel Jenkins of Malden; d. 19 July, 1736.
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x. SARAH, m. 22 March, 1689, Thomas Oakes, who d. September, 1732. She d. Luly 1749.
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xi. PERSIS, d. 2 Oct., 1683, unm.
xii. LYDIA, d. 26 July 1683, unm.".