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Simeon Tupper Sr. was born in 1729 in Stoughton Massachusetts (15 miles SW of Hingham). He had seven brothers (Mayhew, Seth, Reuben, Judah (died as baby), Levi, Judah, and Benjamin) and one sister (Joanna).

Simeon Tupper Sr. married a lovely young lady from Dorchester Massachusetts named Anne Capen. Simeon Sr. was a cordwainer by trade. A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in Cordoba, Spain. Historically, there was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made shoes, and a cobbler, who repaired them.

Simeon and Anne had four sons ( Simeon Tupper Jr., Thomas, Ebenezer, and John) and four daughters (Elizabeth, Hannah Susan and Lois). In 1762 the family moved to Pittsfield Vermont. Simeon Jr. was born in 1765. In January 20, 1777 Thomas Tupper joined the Continental Army mustering in the town of Ashuelot Equivalent. He was recruited by Truman Wheeler, who was the Muster Master for the county. He entered the army as a private under Colonel John Bailey's 2nd Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted for two years. His company camped at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777/1778. The army was poorly supplied and ill equipped for the winter. They suffered hardship and many did not survive the winter. He died serving his country in battle at the age of 24.

Simeon Tupper Sr. had enlisted early in the war, on August 4, 1775, and his first mission was to March from Pittsfield to Canada. The regiment was dismissed on December 30, 1775 after 22 weeks and 2 days of service. Just before Thomas' death, Simeon Tupper Sr re-enlisted along with his son Simeon Jr., joining the Continental Army in 1781. Simeon Sr was 51 years old and Simeon Jr. was 16 years old. Simeon Jr. was only 5' 3" when he enlisted. They joined in early 1781 both for a three year enlistment. They were assigned to a regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper (Simeon Srs. brother). Benjamin was in the army for six years, and the most noteworthy events for his regiment were Ticonderoga and Valley Forge. The conflict ended in 1783 and the Tuppers returned to their home in Pittsfield Vermont.

Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Volume 16, pages 148-149


Died:
Age: 82

Thomas Remembrance Perry 1717Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Remembrance (daughter of Benjamin Perry and Dinah Swift) 13 Mar 1696 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; 1789Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 80

Thomas Mary Stocklen 1717Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Mary Aug 1664 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; 08 Oct 1728Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 71

Benjamin Dinah Swift 1695Massachusetts, USA. Dinah (daughter of William Swift, Jr and Ruth Dillingham Tobey) 15 Jan 1669 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; 05 Nov 1688Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas was born in Sandwich in the house his father built, lived there all his life, and lies buried under a stone still standing by the pond in the beautiful old burying ground. When yet a young man, he became active in the affairs of the town, becoming a freeman at age 20 and in 1658, with his father, was listed as one of the largest landholders. He served on a jury in 1664; was one of two excisemen in 1667 and elected town constable in 1669. He early became one of the most prominent citizens, serving as selectmen for fourteen years, town clerk from 1675 to 1685, deputy to the General Court at Plymouth for eleven years; commissioner ìagainst the abuse of drinkers and liquerî; representative to the court in Boston and in 1680 was appointed lieutenant of the military company in Sandwich, becoming captain in 1690. After the absorption by the Massachusetts Bay Colony he was one of the first representatives sent to Boston. There is abundant evidence that he was one of the most influential men of this generation.

With the turn of the century swiftly changing social and economic conditions caused the surviving heirs of the ten original proprietors of Sandwich to insist their rights of ownership of the lands within the limits of the first grants as against the towns people in general, and the meadow and pasture lands held in common gradually came into their private ownership.

In 1680 Thomas Tupper II was appointed by the General Court at Plymouth to be lieutenant of the military company organized at Sandwich, and 10 years later he was commissioned captain, by which title he was commonly known after 1691.

He had strong religious convictions and for many years was a missionary among the Indians of the Mashpee and Herring Pond tribes.

The first child of Captain Tupper and his wife Martha, a daughter, was named Martha after her mother; the second child, a son, was named Thomas, a given name common for many generations in both the Tupper and Mayhew families. The other six sons received their names directly from the bible, evidence of the Puritan training of their father. Their second daughter was named Jane after her grandmother Mayhew; the third, Anne, after her grandmother Tupper, and the fourth after her motherís sister, Bethiah Mayhew.
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Died:
buried on grounds of home built by his father, where he lived all his life

Captain Martha Mayhew 27 Dec 1661Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Martha (daughter of Gov Thomas Mayhew and Jane Gallion Paine) 13 Oct 1642 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; 15 Nov 1717Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 75

Ezra Elizabeth Burgess 12 Feb 1651Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth about 1629; 26 Sep 1717Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William Ruth Dillingham Tobey 1645. Ruth 1626 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; 1706Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Ruth Dillingham Tobey