GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
4392
(old series: )
Name
John Tufts
Title
Rev.
Gender
Male
Denomination
Congregationalist
Lived
b. 26 February 1689 d. 17 August 1750 (new)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Colossians 3:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Sermon on Genesis 17:1
(autograph: No )
- preacher
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Brent Nelson
Biographical Sources Consulted
"John Tufts." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed March 26, 2025, http://www.hymnology.co.uk/j/john-tufts.
Other note
Minister and merchant and best known as an influential music educator. Tufts was born in Medford, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College with an A.B in 1708. He was ordained on 30 June 1714 when he was installed as pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newbury but was evidently a supply preacher before that.
GEMMS record created
March 26, 2025
GEMMS record last edited
April 9, 2025