Eldad Tupper ^{1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Magazine: The Invincible A Magazine of History and Biography: lineage of Tupper., Jun 1913, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ¹ TUPPER.

ELDAD of Sandwich, Mass., b. May 31, 1674, d. Sept. 15, 1750, appointed with others to act for the Indians, rep. of Sandwich 13 years, largely engaged commercially, his register shows numerous charities, had a large estate (m. Dec. 30, 1701, Martha Wheaton);

son of THOMAS of Sandwich, Mass., b. Jan. 16, 1638, d. in Mar., 1706, active in public affairs, missionary to the Indians, a man of ability, com. to hold select court 1679, town clerk, deputy, rep., large land holder, etc. (m. Oct. 22, 1661, Martha Mayhew, d. Nov. 15, 1717, dau. Gov. Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, etc.);

son of THOMAS of Sandwich, Mass., b. in England in Jan., 1578, d. Mar. 28, 1676, came to New England in 1635, one of the ten founders of Sandwich, 1637, bore title of captain, founded a church near Herring river, member council of war, selectman, deputy 19 years, gave his attention to instruction of the Indians 1658, in favor with the government and in difficulty sustained by court influence 1663, of large influence in all public affairs (m. Anne, who d. June 4, 1676, aged 90). The ancestors of Thomas were originally from Saxony, descendants of Von Toppher, who in 1260 was so-called as lord and chieftain of several clans of nearly the same name. About 1520 three brothers Tupper migrated from Hesse Cassel to England and were founders of the family there. Thomas is believed to be the grandson of Robert, one of these brothers of the Sandwich, Eng., branch.

2. Book: Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1985. ³
ELDAD TUPPER (Capt. Thomas, Thomas), born in Sandwich, Mass., 31 May 1675, died there 15 Sept. 1750-1. He married 30 Dec 1700-01, MARTHA WHEATON of Sandwich, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Ammadowne) Wheaton.

He was made a freeman in 1703. He carried on his father's work of teaching Christianity to the Indians and was regularly ordained minister of the Indian church founded by his father and grandfather in close cooperation with the emissaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Indians in North America, of England.

For thirteen years he repesented Sandwich in the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He kept an ecclesiastical register of vital records of the Indians and some of the white people and his ledger of accounts, kept for 50 years, has been the source of great information.

He was considered a sound financier, speculated extensively, and profitably in land and was a money lender on a large scale, acquiring a large estate. He resided all his life in Sandwich. Children born in Sandwich.

Eldad married Martha Wheaton, daughter of Jeremiah Wheaton and Hannah Ammadowne, on 30 Dec 1701 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Martha Wheaton was born in 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA ⁵ and died in 1765 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.)