Rachel Tuttle

     Rachel was born on Thursday, 8 July 1790 in New Jersey. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Tuttle of Hardyston, New Jersey. Rachel married Thomas Beardsley (Beardslee), son of Colonel Charles Beardsley and Mary Cary, in 1812 in New Jersey. Thomas and Rachel had children: James [1814-], Mary Elizabeth [6/--/1816-1902][m. 9/16/1838 Jeffrey W. Beardslee], Cornelius [1818-1831], Ebenezer T, [1820-1904][m. 1851 Abigail Sutton], Susan Cornelia [9/__/1822-] [m. 10/28/1843 William Simerson], Charles [7/__1824-4/27/1915 ][m. 1856 Susan Sutton], Sibllla, Samuel [8/19/1828-7/02/1899][m. 12/18/1876 Elizabeth McCauley], Martha Ann [8/27/1830-9/12/1904][m. 2/17/1853 Jesse Dennis Maybee], Moses A. [1835-7/__/1864], Charlotte [6/26/1838-11/22/1917][m. 12/10/1862 Hiram Voorheis]. Rachel departed this life on Sunday, 9 June 1844 in Independence Township, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 53 years, 11 months and 1 day. She was buried there in the Sashabaw Cemetery in the Sashabaw Plains.