Bassett Family Association Database
William Tupper
1735 - 1802 (66 years)-
Name William Tupper Born 6 Jul 1735 Sandwich, Massachusetts Gender Male Died 1802 Notes - William and Margaret resided in Lebanon, Connecticut, Horton, Nova Scotia, and then
moved to Machias, Maine in 1769 and finally settled in Jonesboro, Maine.
William served in the Revolutionary War from Machias from 1 Mar 1776
to 1 Mar 1777 and from 4 Dec 1778 to 4 Jan 1779. 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.
Person ID I01125 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 23 Sep 2011
Father Captain Eliakim Tupper, Jr., b. 20 Jun 1711, Sandwich, Massachusetts , d. 28 Feb 1760/61, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (Age 49 years) Relationship Natural Mother Mary Bassett, b. 24 Dec 1709, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 24 Mar 1752/53, Lebanon, Connecticut (Age 43 years) Relationship Natural Married 28 Mar 1734 Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Family ID F00274 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret Gates, b. 21 Dec 1730, Preston, Connecticut , d. Deceased Married 7 Oct 1755 Lebanon, Connecticut Children 1. Mary Tupper, b. 19 Dec 1756, Lebanon, Connecticut , d. 9 Jan 1761/62 (Age 5 years) [Natural] 2. Elizabeth Tupper, b. 3 Apr 1758, Lebanon, Connecticut , d. Deceased [Natural] 3. Anna Tupper, b. 25 Oct 1759, Stafford, Connecticut , d. 20 Aug 1760 (Age 0 years) [Natural] 4. Joseph Tupper, b. 17 Apr 1763, Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 12 Aug 1795 (Age 32 years) [Natural] 5. Ellen Tupper, b. 10 Dec 1765, Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Deceased [Natural] 6. Sarah Tupper, b. 2 Jan 1767/68, Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Deceased [Natural] 7. Ansel Tupper, b. 17 Mar 1768/69, Horton, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 1848 (Age 78 years) [Natural] Family ID F00552 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- William and Margaret resided in Lebanon, Connecticut, Horton, Nova Scotia, and then