Nicholas Money Tunnell's granddaughter Luella Riggs recorded the family history related to her in her The Story of Nicholas Money Tunnell. She noted that her grandfather told her his parents, The Reverend Stephen Tunnell Sr. and his wife Kezia Money (Monnet), having bought land in Tennessee, packed all their household goods and their baby on pack horses and walked to Tennessee. Stephen Sr. was a large, strong, heavy-set man with black hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer. Kezia was small in stature, slender, and red-haired with blue eyes and very delicate. Her health broke under the burden and toil that was the lot of most frontier women, and her son Nicholas was elected to do most of the household chores she normally would have done. This son became a skilled spinner, weaver, and seamstress. He apparently learned herb lore and first aid, tended the younger children, learned how to mend and cobble shoes for the family, and became famed for his excellent butter.
Notable Southern Families Volume III Page 282
Stephen Tunnell, son of William and Ann Howard Tunnell, was born 1753 Spotsylvania Co., Va. and died 1828 Tompkinsville, Ky. He was a Methodist minister and inherited the horse, from his brother Rev. John Tunnell , which had taken the latter over a cast territory during his ministerial career. He served in the Revolution and participated in the battle of Long Island. His wife Kezia Money, who he married 1776 in Georgetown, Maryland, died 1836 Morgan Co., Ill. She was of a Huguenot family of the easter shore of Maryland. They lived in Va. until 1788 when they moved to Washington Co., Tenn. and it is said the lived at one time in Greene Co. Several of their children were born in Va. while the others were born in Upper East Tennessee. Five of their sons were ministers. They had an only daughter, who married and like her mother, was the mother of ten sons and one daughter. Names of the children may not be in order of birth.
A. James Tunnell 1777-1865
B. William Tunnell 1779-1846
C. Nancy Tunnell 1782-1866
D. Perry Tunnell 1787-1826
E. John Tunnell 1788-1843
F. Stephen Tunnell 1790-1837
G. Nicholas Money Tunnell 1792-1863
H. Wesley Tunnell 1795-1879
I. Jesse Tunnell1798-1835
J. Martin Luther Tunnell 1796-1820
K. David Tunnell 1800-1872
Note: Stephen is not listed in standard references as having served in the Revolutionary Army.
Notable Southern Families Volume III Page 282
Stephen Tunnell, son of William and Ann Howard Tunnell, was born 1753 Spotsylvania Co., Va. and died 1828 Tompkinsville, Ky. He was a Methodist minister and inherited the horse, from his brother Rev. John Tunnell , which had taken the latter over a cast territory during his ministerial career. He served in the Revolution and participated in the battle of Long Island. His wife Kezia Money, who he married 1776 in Georgetown, Maryland, died 1836 Morgan Co., Ill. She was of a Huguenot family of the easter shore of Maryland. They lived in Va. until 1788 when they moved to Washington Co., Tenn. and it is said the lived at one time in Greene Co. Several of their children were born in Va. while the others were born in Upper East Tennessee. Five of their sons were ministers. They had an only daughter, who married and like her mother, was the mother of ten sons and one daughter. Names of the children may not be in order of birth.
A. James Tunnell 1777-1865
B. William Tunnell 1779-1846
C. Nancy Tunnell 1782-1866
D. Perry Tunnell 1787-1826
E. John Tunnell 1788-1843
F. Stephen Tunnell 1790-1837
G. Nicholas Money Tunnell 1792-1863
H. Wesley Tunnell 1795-1879
I. Jesse Tunnell1798-1835
J. Martin Luther Tunnell 1796-1820
K. David Tunnell 1800-1872
Note: Stephen is not listed in standard references as having served in the Revolutionary Army.
Nicholas Money Tunnell's granddaughter Luella Riggs recorded the family history related to her in her The Story of Nicholas Money Tunnell. She noted that her grandfather told her his parents, The Reverend Stephen Tunnell Sr. and his wife Kezia Money (Monnet), having bought land in Tennessee, packed all their household goods and their baby on pack horses and walked to Tennessee. Stephen Sr. was a large, strong, heavy-set man with black hair and blue eyes. He was a farmer. Kezia was small in stature, slender, and red-haired with blue eyes and very delicate. Her health broke under the burden and toil that was the lot of most frontier women, and her son Nicholas was elected to do most of the household chores she normally would have done. This son became a skilled spinner, weaver, and seamstress. He apparently learned herb lore and first aid, tended the younger children, learned how to mend and cobble shoes for the family, and became famed for his excellent butter.
Notable Southern Families Volume III Page 282
Stephen Tunnell, son of William and Ann Howard Tunnell, was born 1753 Spotsylvania Co., Va. and died 1828 Tompkinsville, Ky. He was a Methodist minister and inherited the horse, from his brother Rev. John Tunnell , which had taken the latter over a cast territory during his ministerial career. He served in the Revolution and participated in the battle of Long Island. His wife Kezia Money, who he married 1776 in Georgetown, Maryland, died 1836 Morgan Co., Ill. She was of a Huguenot family of the easter shore of Maryland. They lived in Va. until 1788 when they moved to Washington Co., Tenn. and it is said the lived at one time in Greene Co. Several of their children were born in Va. while the others were born in Upper East Tennessee. Five of their sons were ministers. They had an only daughter, who married and like her mother, was the mother of ten sons and one daughter. Names of the children may not be in order of birth.
A. James Tunnell 1777-1865
B. William Tunnell 1779-1846
C. Nancy Tunnell 1782-1866
D. Perry Tunnell 1787-1826
E. John Tunnell 1788-1843
F. Stephen Tunnell 1790-1837
G. Nicholas Money Tunnell 1792-1863
H. Wesley Tunnell 1795-1879
I. Jesse Tunnell1798-1835
J. Martin Luther Tunnell 1796-1820
K. David Tunnell 1800-1872
Note: Stephen is not listed in standard references as having served in the Revolutionary Army.
Notable Southern Families Volume III Page 282
Stephen Tunnell, son of William and Ann Howard Tunnell, was born 1753 Spotsylvania Co., Va. and died 1828 Tompkinsville, Ky. He was a Methodist minister and inherited the horse, from his brother Rev. John Tunnell , which had taken the latter over a cast territory during his ministerial career. He served in the Revolution and participated in the battle of Long Island. His wife Kezia Money, who he married 1776 in Georgetown, Maryland, died 1836 Morgan Co., Ill. She was of a Huguenot family of the easter shore of Maryland. They lived in Va. until 1788 when they moved to Washington Co., Tenn. and it is said the lived at one time in Greene Co. Several of their children were born in Va. while the others were born in Upper East Tennessee. Five of their sons were ministers. They had an only daughter, who married and like her mother, was the mother of ten sons and one daughter. Names of the children may not be in order of birth.
A. James Tunnell 1777-1865
B. William Tunnell 1779-1846
C. Nancy Tunnell 1782-1866
D. Perry Tunnell 1787-1826
E. John Tunnell 1788-1843
F. Stephen Tunnell 1790-1837
G. Nicholas Money Tunnell 1792-1863
H. Wesley Tunnell 1795-1879
I. Jesse Tunnell1798-1835
J. Martin Luther Tunnell 1796-1820
K. David Tunnell 1800-1872
Note: Stephen is not listed in standard references as having served in the Revolutionary Army.
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