William A. Tupper

1735 - 1803  (67 years)

• Name	William A. Tupper
  Born	6 Jul 1735	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Died	1803	Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
  Buried	Old Town Hall Cemetery, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
  Person ID	I10053	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Eliakim Tupper, II,   b. 20 Jun 1711, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1761, Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Bassett,   b. 24 Dec 1709, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America ,   d. 24 Mar 1753, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	28 Mar 1734	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F3845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Gates,   b. 21 Dec 1730, Preston City, Windham, Connecticut, United States ,   d. Deceased, Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States
  Married	7 Oct 1755	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Gates Tupper,   b. 26 Mar 1758, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 26 May 1830, Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States  (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "They resided in Lebanon, Conn., Horton, N.S., moved to Machias, Maine, in 1769, and finally settled in Jonesboro, Maine. Wiliam served in the Revolutionary War from Machias from 1 March 1776 to 1 March 1777, and from 4 Dec. 1778 to 4 Jan 1779. (Mass. State Archives.) He was a surveyor, and mapped much of Cornwallis and Horton in Nova Scotia. he became the first town clerk of Machias and the first postmaster of Jonesboro. He helped build the first meeting house in Machias in 1774." from Tupper Genealogy by Eleanor Tupper