The Tulletts joined the Wheatland family tree when the widowed Olive Tullett married my 3rd great-grandfather William Wheatland. The surname origin is unclear. Some suggest it was derived from an old French word for a plate of armour, others from the name Matilda. It was spelled in many ways in the records, including Tullet, Tulett, Toolet, Tolet, Toolit and so on.
See where the Tulletts fit in the family tree, from my grandmother Olive Wheatland.
- Olive Tullett and William Wheatland – my 3rd great-grandparents.
- William was Olive’s second husband and he was some 20 years younger than her. She came from Newdigate in Surrey, a stronghold of the Tullett family.
- Daniel Tullett and Ann Palmer – my 4th great-grandparents.
- Daniel grew up in Newdigate, Surrey, and worked for a time as a thatcher. He later moved his family to Rusper in Sussex with his wife Ann.
- John Tullett and Sarah Charlwood – my 5th great-grandparents.
- John came from Newdigate and lived there from his whole life. He married the daughter of Quakers.
- William Tullett and Elizabeth Wolf – my 6th great-grandparents.
- William may have married Elizabeth, but before then he pretended to be married and had two illegitimate daughters.