William Tutty


Reverend William Tutty was an English-Canadian clergyman. Ordained in the Church of England, he moved to Canada in 1749 as a missionary for Nova Scotia.

Life

Tutty was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and ordained priest in 1748. He travelled to Nova Scotia with Governor Edward Cornwallis as a missionary on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, arriving in Halifax on June 21, 1749.
Reverend Tutty opened St. Paul's Church in Halifax on September 2, 1750, and was the first minister.
He returned to England and worked, died and was buried at All Saints' Church, Hertford.