Ordained in the Church of England, he moved to Canada in 1749 as a missionary for Nova Scotia.
Tutty was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and ordained priest in 1748.
[1] 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.
[2] Reverend Tutty opened St. Paul's Church in Halifax on September 2, 1750,[3] and was the first minister (1750–54).
He returned to England and worked, died and was buried at All Saints' Church, Hertford.