From:   carolsgn [carolsgn@hotmail.com]
Sent:   Monday, March 28, 2005 6:55 PM

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I am also a descendant of Levi Robbins & Silvy Tullis > Peter Sharp &
Sarah Robbins > Ruth Sharp & Job Tribbett > Peter Sharp Tribbett & Drusilla
Shropshire >  Eunice P. Tribbett & Charles M. Campbell > Jeannette T. Campbell
& Carl W. Sharp(my parents). I found the following online concerning the
Tullis family. I hope we can find more on Silvy Tullis.
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http://www.scottartans.com/webclans/stoz/tullis_family.htm

......... Tullis/Tullos migrations that emigrated to the American
Colonies in the middle and late 1600's. The first settler was Cloud
Tullos, a tanner and shoemaker, who was born in 1641 and arrived in
Virginia, probably as an indentured servant, in about 1661. He was
member of the Anglican Church in Virginia. Robert Tullis first appeared
in 1704 as a Quaker in west New Jersey. He later moved to south New
Jersey where he and his children, who became Presbyterians and Baptists,
were farmers......................information gathered from Scottish
records. The oldest material indicates that the Tullis/Tullos is a branch
of the Tulloch family that in 1450 obtained a charter for the "lands of
Hilcarney" (probably in or near Cupar) in Fife and its family members
were also the keepers of the Muir Montrewmonth. By the mid-1600's, these
families had settled in areas along the eastern coast of Fife, particularly
St. Andrews, Leuchars, Ferry Port on Craig, Crail and Ansthuther and
also began to move to Edinburgh. Scottish records indicate that earlier
spellings included transitional spellings from Tulloch such as "de Tulach",
"Toullocht" and "Tullo" which by the 16th Century had become "Tullois",
"Tulloise", "Tullus", "Tulloiss" and "Tullos" and "Tulloss". "Tullis",
now the most common spelling in both Scotland and the United States, was
not widely used until the 17th Century....................


GENERATION NUMBER 1

1. ROBERT TULLIS (TULLES), d. before 1725 or 1726 in Greenwich, then Salem
(now Cumberland County), New Jersey. In 1704 Robert Tullis was listed
in Burlington County as a Friend unwilling to bear arms and kill. (Ref:
Doc. No. 1; No. 4, pg. 189; No. 49).

In 1714 Robert Tullie of Cohansey signed a paper refusing to pay taxes to
the royal governors. The following year, in 1715, his name appeared on the
list of Colonial Militia from the north side of the Cohansey River. There
has been speculation that Robert's surname was originally "Tully" and he
may have come from New England. This connection, however, has never been
established and "Tullie" appears to be a mistranscription of the name
Tullis. (Ref: Doc. No. 4, pg.  189; No. 44, pg. 1).

In March 8, 1725/6 Henry Joyce of Greenwich left by will five shillings to
the widow of Robert Tulles in addition to cancelling all debts owed to him
by Robert Tulles. He mentioned "all my stones" that Robert Tulles buried
in the woods. Researchers have expressed the view that this widow may be
that Ester Fithian, a daughter of Samuel and Priscilla (Burnett) Fithian
based on the fact that Henry Joyce made a bequest to Jeremiah Fithian, son
of the executor, Josiah Fithian. Samuel Fithian and Mathias Fithian were
witnesses to the will along with John Cox. (Ref: Doc. No. 2; No. 4, pg. 189).

It is also widely believed that Robert Tullis emigrated from Scotland and
research in Scotland indicates that the name Tullis (with older spellings
and variations such as "Tullus","Tullois", "Tullos") originated in Fife. In
about 1700, a Robert Tullis (also spelled "Tillas" or "Tholas") was born
in Largo, a parish in South Fife. This Robert Tullis was the grandfather
of another Robert Tullis that founded R. Tullis & Company (later Tullis
Russell & Company) and began operating a paper mill near Markinch, on the
river Leven, in 1809. This Robert Tullis was also the original publisher of
the county newspaper, the Fife Herald, numerous books and was the official
printer for St. Andrews University. This branch of the Tullises in Fife
used two first names with great frequency: Robert and William (the name of
the father of Robert, the printer and paper manufacturer, as well as the
name of his brother and a son). (Ref: Doc. No. 69; No. 70).

Robert Tullis, who lived in New Jersey, appears to have been born sometime
around 1680. No trans-Atlantic connection has yet been made between Robert
Tullis of New Jersey and the Tullis families who lived in Fife during 17th
Century. However, the strikingly similar naming patterns used by Robert Tullis
of New Jersey and the descendants of the Robert Tullis born in Largo are
noteworthy. In addition there are other possible connections. For instance,
in 1668 Thomas Tullos married Janet Garner in Crail. In 1683 Robert Tullous
married Barbara Gardener ("Gairdner") in St. Andrews. (Ref: Doc. No.  52;
No. 70).

The children of ROBERT TULLIS were:

11. ROBERT, of Pittsgrove Twp., Salem Co., m. Phebe Conkelyn, in the
    Pittsgrove Presby. Church on 23 Mar. 1748, d. 1784 in Salem Co.;
12. FRANCIS, of Pittsgrove Twp., Salem Cp., m. Hannah (possibly Conkelyn);
13. WILLIAM, b. 5 June 1715 in NJ, m. 1st Elinor (Elena), dau. of William and
    Ann Denton, (she d. after 1747); m. 2nd Mary Platts (she b. 28 Apr. 1728),
    dau. of Moses and Rachel (Garrison) Platts (she d.  before 20 Mar. 1775;
    d. 9 Dec. 1796 in Deerfield, Cumberland Co.;
14. MOSES, b. ab. 1724 in NJ, m. Mary Elizabeth Van Dyke [Vandike]
    ab. 1750-51, dau. of Jan Van Dyke (1709- 1777) and Margaret (Margaretta)
    Barcolo, dau. of Coenraed and Margaret Van Barkelo, d.  1778 in Frederick
    Co., VA.) later Berekely Co, W.VA.);
15. PRISCILLA TULLIS listed in 1740 as an adult in membership of Pittsgrove
    Presby. Church.

(Ref: Doc. No. 1; No. 3; No. 4, pg. 190; No. 44; No. 45; No. 51, pages 3-6)
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