Captain Thomas Henry Tupper ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Arrival: 1635, in Lynn, Essex, MA. ⁹

2. Fact: Missionary to the Indians, Abt 1700, Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. ⁶

3. Magazine: The Invincible A Magazine of History and Biography: lineage of Tupper., Jun 1913, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁶ TUPPER.

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.

4. Book: Thomas Tupper and His Descendants, 2006. ¹⁰
Thomas Tupper, Jr. only child of Thomas Tupper and his third wife, Anne Hodgson, became one of the prominent citizens of Sandwich, and was made a freeman at the age of twenty in 1658. He served the town of Sandwich in various positions. He was a juryman in 1664, an exciseman in 1667 and town constable to 1669. From 1675 to 1685 he was the town clerk, and served as a selectman for fourteen years. He was a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth for eleven years and a representative to the court in Boston. He was a member of the Council of War and in 1680 he was commissioned a lieutenant in the military company of Sandwich, and was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1690. He had strong religious convictions and, like his father, was a missionary among the Indians of the Mashpee and Herring Pond tribes from 1676-1706. He is buried under a stone standing by the pond on the old burying ground at Sandwhich, MA.

Thomas married Martha Mayhew, daughter of Governor Thomas Mayhew and Jane Gallion, on 27 Dec 1661 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.^{1 2 3} (Martha Mayhew was born on 13 Oct 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA ^{1 3 11} and died on 15 Nov 1717 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA ^{3 6 12}.)