Tillotson Terrell (born 1 May 1785 in

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), was one of the first settlers of Ridgeville Township in what is now

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. He, along with several others, including his father and grandfather, traded their land in Connecticut for a quarter of the land in Ridgeville and made the trip on horseback and foot. Tillotson, the eldest son of Ichabod Terrell (1764–1825) and Rhoda Williams (1766-1861), married Electa Wilmot (1776–1861) and had eleven children. His mother is believed to have been living in the Wyoming Valley at the time of the

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, also known as the Wyoming Massacre. Tillotson arrived in Ridgeville with his wife and three children on July 6, 1810. He died in Ridgeville on December 23, 1838.

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