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ISRAEL TUPPER (1744–1817), son of SAMUEL TUPPER and HANNAH FISH

DEBORAH TOBEY (bp. 1751–1833), probably daughter of JONATHAN TOBEY and DEBORAH SWIFT

Israel, the son of Samuel Tupper and Hannah Fish, was born on 9 May 1744 in Sandwich.1,2 He died on 3 March 1817 in Barnard and is buried in the Barnard Village Cemetery.2,4 He married Deborah Tobey on 24 November 1770.2

Who was Deborah Tobey? The Tupper Family Association asserts that she was the daughter of Deacon Joshua Tobey and Maria Tobey of Mattapoisett. However, Deborah, the daughter of Joshua and Maria, was baptized with her siblings on 6 September 1772 in Sandwich, almost two years after Israel and Deborah married. Given that Deborah was married in 1770, it is likely that she was born by 1754. Given that she had her last child in 1793 it is likely that she was born after 1748. The only Deborah Tobeys, born in Massachusetts between 1748 and 1754, that I can find are the Deborah, daughter of Jonathan and Deborah, baptized on 30 June 1751 in Sandwich and the Deborah, daughter of Elisha and Desire, baptized with her brother Lemuel on 5 July 1752 in Dartmouth. A Dartmouth record says that Deborah and Silas Swift of Dartmouth published their intention to wed on 17 December 1765. This Deborah is surely the Deborah of Dartmouth. In his will, this Deborah's father names her first of his children, suggesting that she might have been at least a couple of years old when she was baptized, and he refers to her as Deborah Swift. Thus, it appears likely that our Deborah is the daughter of Jonathan Tobey and his wife Deborah Swift. Deborah's death record suggests that she was born in 1747, but this is likely imperfectly accurate.3 The unusual first name of Deborah's first child might be in honor of Deborah's grandmother Remember Perry.

Deborah Tobey was baptized on 30 June 1751 in Sandwich.1 Deborah, the wife of Israel, died on 5 September 1833, age 86, in Barnard.4

Israel was a school teacher.2 Family legend has it that he moved to Barnard to prevent his sons from becoming sea-faring men.2

Israel came to Barnard about 1789. On 3 August 1789 Israel bought the western half of lot number 272 of 50 acres. On 30 November 1796 he bought the eastern half. Shortly before his death he conveyed the entire lot to his son Edumd.5

Israel appears in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 censuses for Barnard.6

Children of Israel Tupper and Deborah Tobey: Birthdates are from the Tupper Family Associatio.2 The first six wereborn in Sandwich and the others in Barnard.

i. Rembember Tupper was born on 10 September 1771. She died at age two.2

ii. Rebecca Tupper was born on 14 Nov 1773 in Sandwich. She was baptised on 8 May 1774 in Sandwich. She died on 26 June 1814 in Barnard, Vermont. She married Elijah Aikens.

iii. Captain Thomas Tupper was born on 12 or 3 March 1776. He died of dysentery on 13 September or 6 October 1865 in Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vermont.2,7 He married Sarah (Sally) Stebbings of Barnard on 15 September 1801.2 Sarah was born on 9 October 1780 and she died on 8 July 1852.2 Thomas and Sarah are buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Bakersfield.8

In 1850 Thomas was 74 years old and living with his 70-year-old wife Sarah and apparent children in Bakersfield. In 1860 Thomas Tupper, age 84, was living as a boarder with [possibly his daughter] Harriet Tupper, age 54, in Bakersfield.9

Thomas Tupper of Bakersfield, being in "an infirm state," made his will on 27 January 1858. Inventory was presented on 9 December 1865.10

iv. Robert Berkley Tupper was born on 6 May 1779. He died on 22 May 1857 in Rochester, Windsor, Vermont.2 He married first Tryphena Hodgkins.2 She died on 29 September 1826.2 She is buried in the Tupper Cemetery in Rochester.8 He married second Mary C. Farrington of Lyndeboro, New Hampshire.2 She died on 4 March 1860.8 Robert B., Esq. was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Rochester.8

Robert lived in Rochester.2

v. Israel Tupper was born in June 1781. Israel, the son of Israel, Jr. and Deborah, was baptized on 14 July 1782 in Sandwich.11 He died on 10 July 1854 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York.2 He married Mary Unknown.

In 1850 Israel, age 68, and Mary, age 67, lived in a household in Canton with four other people. Israel was a mason.12

vi. Hannah Tupper was born in 1785. She died on 5 February 1832.2,7 She married Caleb Williamson of Pomfret, Vermont on 3 June 1803.2 He probably died by 1830.

Hannah headed an eight-person household in Pomfret in 1830.13

vii. Sarah Tupper was born on 13 April 1888. She died on 16 January 1882.2 She married Jonathan Swift on 18 January 1810.2 Jonathan, the son of Thomas (Thomas) Swift and Margaret Aikens, was born on 11 January 1787 in Barnard, Vermont, and died soon after his marriage in or near Chazy, New York.14

viii. Deborah Tupper was born in 1790. She married first John Abner Tyler of Hanover, New Hampshire on 28 February 1812.4 She married second as his second wife Heman Prior on 3 May 1841.15 Heman, the son of Ebenezer and Catherine (Simons) Prior, was born on 7 August 1769 in Enfield, Massachusetts.15 He married firt Submit Sanderson on 5 October 1789 in Chester.15 Submit, the daughter of Robert and Rhoda (Steel) Sanderson, was born on 26 June 1769 in Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.15

Deborah lived in Malone, Franklin County, New York.2,15

ix. Edmund Tupper was born on 17 September 1793. He died on 17 March 1880.2 He married first Roxy Aikens on 10 January 1815 in Barnard.2,4 She was born in 1798 and died in 1846.2 He married second Mrs. Rosetta E. (Angell) Morrill on 6 February 1852.2 She died on 13 February 1876.2

References:

1. Caroline Lewis Cardell and Russell A. Lovell, Vital Records of Sandwich, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996), vol. 1: 112; vol. 2: 1391.

2. Tupper Family Association, "Thomas Tupper and His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 99 (1945): 123, 292.

3. Tupper Family Association, "Thomas Tupper," 292. Caroline Lewis Cardell and Russell A. Lovell, Vital Records of Sandwich, vol. 2:1391, 1401. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), vol. 1: 278, vol. 2: 500. It is possible, although not likely, that Deborah was a widow.

4. "Vermont: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1700–2008," database with images, AmericanAncestors > Deaths T-U-V to 1871, pp. 7266 (Deborah) 7281 (Israel) and Marriages T-U-V to 1871 to 1871, p. 7378 (daughter Deborah). p. 7381 (Edmund).

5. William Monroe Newton, History of Barnard, Vermont: With Family Genealogies, 2 vols. (Burlington, Vermont Historical Society, 1928), vol. 2: 403.

6. "1790 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Windsor > Barnard, image 3. "18000 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Windsor > Barnard, image 2. "1810 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Windsor > Barnard, image 3.

7. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720–1908," database with images, Ancestry > 1870 and prior > Tubbs, L.–Tuthill, image 2205. Thomas, son of Israel and Deborah, age 89 years, 7 months, 3 days, dysentery. Williamson–Wilson, H., image 77. Hannah Williamson.

8. "Capt. Thomas Tucker," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14738344/thomas-tupper). His inscription says, "Capt. Thomas Tupper died Oct 6 1865." "Sarah 'Sally' Stebbings Tupper," (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14738342/sarah-tupper). Her inscription says, "Sarah wife of Thomas Tupper died July 1852 ... ." "Robrt B. Tupper," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107483356/robert-b_-tupper). "Typhena Tupper," Findagrave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107631324/tryphena-tupper).

9. "1850 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Franklin > Bakersfield, image 4. "1860 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Franklin > Bakersfield, image 31.

10. "Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749–1999," database with images, Ancestry > Franklin > Probate Estate Files, Towle, John J–Wait, Nathaniel, 1850-1920, images 338–347.

11. Vital Records of Sandwich, vol. 2: 1409.

12. "1850 U.S. Federal Census" > New York > St. Lawerence > Canton, image 11.

13. "1830 U.S. Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry > Vermont > Windsor > Pomfret, image 5.

14. William Monroe Newton, History of Barnard, Vermont: With Family Genealogies 1761–1927 (Burlington: Vermont Historical Society, 1928), vol. 2: 390.

15. Donna Frisk, "Ebenezer Prior of Chester, Hampshire County," in Helen S. Ulllman, editor, "Western Massachusetts Families in 1790," digitized articles, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB475/i/14331/7/38040206).

 

Last revised: 06-Dec-2021