Daniel Tillotson and Tryphena Hulet

Samuel Tillotson's son Daniel Tillotson was born on March 25, 1796 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Daniel served as a Minute Man in the War of 1812. He later became a captain of the militia in Ohio. He was known as "Captain Dan."

Daniel was nineteen years old when his parents moved the family to Ohio. In the early years the Indians were friendly and game was plentiful. One time Daniel killed a bear with a flail. A flail is normally used to thresh wheat by hitting the grain to loosen the chaff from the wheat kernal. How Daniel killed a bear with it remains a mystery. Daniel also killed a doe and her fawn with one bullet while shooting from his barn door.

Daniel was a farmer who had attended the district schools. He was a Democrat. Daniel owned the farm which he had purchased from his father, Samuel, in 1822. The farm was located on what is now Pearl Road (Route 42). Grant Eugene Tillotson, grandson of Daniel, reported that his grandfather's farm supported both a tannery and a distillery. Grant, a prohibitionist, was not pleased to learn of the previous existence of a distillery on his farm. Grant did like the land, however, and noted, "We had one of the most sightly places in Brunswick, being atop of a hill, and affording a distant view to the west and north."

Daniel married Tryphena Hulet in Portage County, Ohio on November 23, 1820. Tryphena was the daughter of Sylvanus Hulet and Mary Lewis. She was born in 1797 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Daniel and Tryphena had three children:

• Mary Emeline Tillotson was born October 1, 1821 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. She married David Humes Bennett on April 10, 1845. David was the son of Oliver Roby Bennett and Elizabeth "Betsey" Ford. Mary died November 30, 1906.
• Franklin James Tillotson was born April 3, 1824 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio, USA. He married Jane Ann Sexton on December 16, 1847 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. Jane Ann was the daughter of Henry Youmans Sexton and Roxa Adams. Franklin died August 7, 1900 in Crete, Will County, Illinois.
• Lucius Tillotson was born December 14, 1826 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. He died August 21, 1828 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio.

Tryphena died on April 6, 1829 after just a few years of marriage to Daniel. Daniel later married three sisters of the same family in turn: first Harriet Turner on December 2, 1829; then Olive Turner on March 6, 1831, and finally the widow Sally Turner Hulet on January 18, 1862. Daniel produced no children with Harriet or Sally. Daniel and Olive produced two children:

• Tryphena Tillotson was born May 19, 1832 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. She married Bill Williams Freese, Jr. on May 22, 1848. Tryphena died in Brunswick on January 4, 1896.
• Darius Francis Tillotson was born December 6, 1834 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. He married Louise Orinda Peck on December 6, 1860. Grant Eugene Tillotson was their son. Louise died on October 14, 1874. Darius later married Emma Augusta Morton on September 6, 1875. Emma died on October 24, 1916. Darius died on March 10, 1925.

Daniel Tillotson died in Brunswick, Ohio on June 3, 1863. He is buried in Westview Cemetery in Brunswick.

My thanks to William Kidder for providing some of this information.

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