| The TUPPER Family of Sandwich,
Barnstable, MA and Barnard, Windsor,
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THOMAS TUPPER (1578-1676)
of Sandwich m. Anne Unknown
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REBECCA TUPPER (1774
- 1814) m. Elijah Aikens
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Generation 1
Parents:
Children of Henry Tupper:
Generation 2
THOMAS TUPPER (1578-1676) of Sandwich
Parents: Henry Tupper
Thomas Tupper was born in 1578. He died on 28 Mar 1676 in Sandwich and was buried there on 30 Mar 1676. [Ref says, 'Thomas Tupper now disceased was borne in the yeare of our lord 1578 his age at his disceas was about 98 years and two moneth.'] He married Anne Unknown. She died in Sandwich on 4 Jun 1676. [Ref]
Thomas Tupper was one of the ten original proprietors of Sandwich on 3 Apr 1637. [Ref]
In 1638 Thomas was fined in Sandwich for not ringing his swine. [Ref]
He was allocated 7-1/2 acres of meadow on 16 Apr 1640 in Sandwich. [Ref]
On 17 Mar 1641/2 Thomas Tupper of Sandwich was presented to the Court for misdemeanor "in lascivious [and] unclean carriages towards Lincefors wyfe, late of Yarmouth." [Ref]
He is in the Sandwich section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]
On 7 Jun 1650 Mr Vincent, William Newland, Thomas Tupper and Robert Bodfish were assigned to collect a £5 levy to cover Mr Leveridge's house with boards. [Ref]
On 22 May 1651 it was agreed in Sandwich that Goodman Tupper, Goodman Burge, Sr., Nathaniel Willis and William Gifford shall have the power to call a town meeting. [Ref] On 13 May 1654 Goodman Bourne and Goodman Tupper were two of five men appointed to frame a petition to the Court to grant and assist them in buying Manumet. [Ref] On 23 Nov 1654 Goodman Bourne, Thomas Tupper and James Skiffe were two of five men appointed to make a rate of £18. [Ref]
For many years Richard Bourne and Thomas Tupper carried on religious exercises at Sandwich. [Ref]
In 1655 Thomas Tupper, James Skiffe, Thomas Tobey, William Swift, Edmund Freeman and Nathaniel Fish were among the 19 Sandwich residents who signed a letter entreating Mr Leveridge to continue at Sandwich. [Ref] On 24 4 1658 he was a rater. [Ref] On 18 May 1658 Thomas and James Skiffe were on the committees for the town. [Ref] On 28 Oct 1658 he was one of five men chosen to make a rate of £20. [Ref] On 29 Nov 1659 he was a rater. [Ref] By 13 (10) 1659 he had paid three pounds toward the construction of the meeting house. [Ref] On 21 (12) 1659 he was added to the group of men to set the boundary between Sandwich and Barnstable. [Ref]
On 13 (8) 1660 Thomas Tupper, Sr was chosen to be a rater. [Ref]
On 13 (9) 1660 Thomas Tupper and Richard Bourne were put in charge of the town's powder. [Ref]
On 16 Jul 1662 the town of Sandwich chose Goodman Skef, Goodman Tupper, William Bassett and William Swift to arrange for Lieut. John Ellis to finish the town dock. [Ref] Thomas and Joseph Burge also agreed with the town to repair the pound. [Ref]
On 13 Jun 1660 Richard Bourne and Thomas Tupper were granted liberty to look up lands for their accomodation towards the South Sea. [Ref]
On 16 May 1662 Thomas Tupper and Jacob Burge were appointed grandjurymen. [Ref] Thomas was also appointed to help lay out land for Richard Smith. [Ref]
On 15 May 1663 Thomas Tupper, Sr and James Skiffe,Sr were appointed Deputies. [Ref]
On 28 Jan 1664 Goodman Tupper was chosen to be a rater. [Ref]
On 11 May 1665 Goodman Tupper was chosen to help set the range at Sawpit Neck. [Ref]
On 24 May 1665 Thomas Tupper was chosen to be a surveyor for the highways. [Ref]
On 20 Feb 1667 he was a rater. [Ref]
On 13 Jul 1667 Thomas Tupper and John Bodfish were appointed to keep the calves and to cut the upland grass on the 'Town Neck comon'. [Ref]
On 15 May 1668 Thomas Tupper, Sr was chosen selectman. [Ref]
On 26 (6) 1674 Thomas Tupper was chosen to help lay out land for Lieut. John Ellis. [Ref]
On 11 Jan 1675 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 22 (12) 1675 Thomas Tupper, Henry Dillingham, Steven Skiffe and Joseph Burge were chosen to be on the Council of War. [Ref]
On 10 (3) 1676 Thomas Tupper was chosen Selectman. [Ref]
On 20 Jun 1676 Mr Richard Bourne, Daniel Wing, Thomas Tupper and Steven Skiffe were on a committee to decide who was entitled to what in King Philip's War. [Ref]
On 11 Jul 1676 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 21 May 1678 Thomas Tupper was chosen Selectman. [Ref]
On 21 May 1675 Mr Bourne, Daniel Wing and Thomas Tupper were appointed to accept accounts from the town's creditors. [Ref]
On 4 Apr 1678 the town decided that 'Shuman Neck', the town Neck, was to be improved by the people on the west side of the town over ten years. John Blackwell, Jedidiah Allen and Thomas Tupper were chosen to appoint people to do this. [Ref]
On 6 Apr 1678 Thomas Tupper was town clerk. [Ref]
On 11 Jul 1678 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 17 Oct 1678 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 21 May 1679 Thomas Tupper was chosen Deputy. [Ref]
On 21 May 1679 Thomas Tupper was chosen Selectman. [Ref]
On 14 Aug 1679 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 18 May 1680 Thomas Tupper was chosen Deputy. [Ref]
On 18 May 1680 Thomas Tupper was chosen Selectman. [Ref]
On 18 May 1680 Mr Thomas Dexter, Steven Skiffe and Thomas Tupper were chosen agents of the town to buy from the Indians all of the indisposed land lying between Plymouth, Barnstable and 'Suennesett'. [Ref]
On 19 Aug 1680 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 19 Aug 1680 Thomas Tupper and William Bassett were chosen to view land that Henry Dillingworth wanted to exchange with the town. [Ref]
On the last of Aug 1680 Thomas Tupper was chosen rater. [Ref]
On 18 (9) 1680 Thomas Tupper and William Bassett were chosen to disburse the town's silver according to each person's disbursements during the war. [Ref]
On 18 (9) 1680 the town exchanged six acres with Steven Skiffe and two acres with William Swift; John Gibbs and Thomas Tupper were chosen to lay out the land. [Ref]
On 18 May 1681 Thomas Tupper was chosen Selectman. [Ref]
On 27 Jun 1681 the town agreed to pay Thomas Tuper £8 for a cart way. [Ref]
On 18 Aug 1681 Steven Skiffe, John Blackwell and Richard Bourne were chosen to come to an agreement with Thomas Tupper abuot the road from the dock to the common. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Tupper and previous wife:
Children of Thomas Tupper and Anne Unknown:
Mordecai, Samuel and Elizabeth, children of Samuel Tupper were baptised in Sandwich probably on 25 Aug 1723. [Ref]
Meldad, Eldad, Eliakin and Samuel Tupper were heads of households in Mar 1730 in Sandwich. [Ref]
CAPT. THOMAS TUPPER (1638 - 1706) of Sandwich
Parents: Thomas Tupper and Anne Unknown
Capt. Thomas Tupper was born on 16 Jan 1638 in Sandwich. [Ref, p. 20] He died on 26 Apr 1706 in Sandwich. [Ref, p. 20] He married Martha Mayhew on 27 Dec 1661 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref, p. 20] Martha Tupper died on 15 Nov 1717 in Sandwich. [Ref]
Thomas became a freeman at age 20. [Ref, p. 20]
Thomas served on a jury in 1664. [Ref, p. 20] On 20 Apr 1669 Thomas Tupper, Jr was chosen constable. [Ref] In 1672 he was on of three raters for the year in Sandwich. [Ref] On 18 (3) 1680 Thomas was chosen constable. [Ref] On 29 Apr 1673 her was chosen Deputy and Selectman. [Ref] In 1675 he was town clerk. [Ref] On 24 (1) 1675 he was chosen rater. [Ref] On 13 (3) 1675 he was chosen Deputy. [Ref] He was appointed lieutenant of the military company in Sandwich in 1680. [Ref, p. 20] On 18 Aug 1681 he was chosen Selectman. [Ref] On 18 Aug 1681 he was chosen town clerk. [Ref] He became captain of the military company in 1690. [Ref, p. 20]
For many years Thomas was a missionary among the Mashpee and Herring Pond Indians. [Ref, p. 20]
Children of Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew:
DEA. ISRAEL TUPPER (1666 - 1745) of Sandwich
Parents: Capt. Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew
Dea. Israel Tupper was born on 22 Sep 1666 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref] He died in 1745 in Sandwich. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Gifford about 1690. [Ref] The Sandwich records say that Elizabeth, the wife of Israel died on 19 Oct 1701. He married second Elizabeth Bacon of Barnstable on 11 Apr 1680. [Ref] Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hinckley) Bacon and the granddaughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley. [Ref]
Dea. Tupper and his sons helped build the celler of Rev. Fessenden's house on 27 Jun 1729. Dea. Tupper helped again on the 28th; on 7 and 15 July he helped construct the underpinning; on 16 July he helped with (carpentry?); on 29 - 31 July he helped construct the ceiling; on 2 Aug he and one of his sons helped with carpentry. [Ref]
Dea. Israel and his wife Elizabeth are on a Mar 1730 list of heads of households in Sandwich. [Ref]
Israel was chosen as selectman in 1704 and held that office for ten years. [Ref] He was representative in 1722. [Ref]
Children of Israel Tupper and Elizabeth Gifford:
Children of Israel Tupper and Elizabeth Bacon:
SAMUEL TUPPER (1692 - 1772) of Sandwich
Parents: Dea. Israel Tupper and Elizabeth Gifford
Samuel Tupper of Sandwich was born on 4 May 1692 in Sandwich. [Ref says 'Elisha' and then says, 'This boys name is changed from Elisha to Samuel.'][Ref] He died on 18 Aug 1772 in Sandwich. [Ref] He married first Rebecca, the daughter of Mordecai and Sarah Ellis. [Ref] She was born about 1690 and died in 1724. [Ref] He married second Hannah Fish of Sandwich on 14 Oct 1726 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref][Ref]
Samuel worked on Rev. Fessenden's house on 24 Jul 1729 and he helped construct the chimney on 29 - 31 Jul. [Ref]
Samuel was the representative from Sandwich to the House of Representatives in 1741, 1742, 1744, 1745, 1749 and 1750. [Ref] He was a selectman in 1740 - 1751, 1753, 1754, and 1757-9; he was a moderator in 1761, and 17 64; he was justice of the peace in 1745, 1748, and. 1762. [Ref] He was a farmer and owned a considerable amount of land. [Ref] Except for 1749, he had committee seats every year. [Ref] In 1745 he was among the most active members. [Ref] In a public vote of 1750, he joined the minority to regulate the currency. [Ref]
Children of Samuel Tupper and Rebecca Ellis:
Children of Samuel Tupper and Hannah Fish:
ISRAEL TUPPER (1744 - 1817)
Parents: Samuel Tupper and Hannah Fish
Israel Tupper was born on 9 May 1744 in Sandwich. [Ref][Ref] He died on 3 Mar 1817 in Barnard. [Ref] He married Deborah Tobey on 24 Nov 1770. [Ref] Israel and Deborah are buried in the Barnard center yard. [Ref]
Who was Deborah Tobey? The Tupper genealogy [Ref] claims that she was the daughter of Joshua and Maria Tobey. But, that Deborah Tobey was born on 7 Sep 1772, after Israel and Deborah were married.
The only Deborah Tobey of a reasonable age to have married Israel Tupper that I have been able to uncover is the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Swift) Tobey, baptised on 20 Jun 1751. It is sometimes claimed that this Deborah married Silas Swift. The basis for this is that Silas Swift and a Deborah Tobey, both of Dartmouth, published their intention to marry on 17 Dec 1765. However, unless Deborah was several years only when she was baptised, she would appear to be the wrong age to have married Silas. Moreover, the Jonathan Tobey who lived in Dartmouth married Elizabeth Cannon.
Israel was a school teacher. [Ref] Tupper [Ref] says that, "It was claimed that he moved inland to discourage his sons from becoming seafaring men." [Ref]
Children of Israel Tupper and Deborah Tobey
REBECCA TUPPER (1774 - 1814)
Parents: Israel Tupper and Deborah Tobey
Rebecca Tupper was born on 14 Nov 1774 in Sandwich. [Ref] She died on 26 Jun 1814, age 40, in Barnard. [Ref, p. 14] She married Elijah Aikens on 23 Apr 1795 in Barnard. [Ref, p. 14]
References
Family Genealogies
Gates, Horatio, The Aikens Monograph, privately printed, no date.
Tupper, Franklin Whittlesey, Thomas Tupper and his Descendants, Boston, Tupper Family Association of America, Inc., 1945.
Local Histories
Newton, William Monroe, History of Barnard, Vermont, with family genealogies, Vol. I-II, Burlington, Vermont Historical Society, 1928.
Vital Records
Kardell, Caroline Lewis, and Lovell, Russell A. Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich Massachusetts to 1885, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996.