This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12164 Message Board Post: Not much is known about this man; but he is here; Maybe in Westfield CHARLES5 TUPPER (Thomas,4 Eliakim,3 Capt. Thomas,2 Thomas1), born in Lebanon, Conn., 30 March 1743, died in Chautauqua County, New York, in 1844. He married first, HANNAH JAQUA, daughter of Aaron and Ruth (House) Jaqua of Salisbury, Conn.; and secondly, (???) SWEET. Prior to the Revolution he lived in Pittsfield, Mass., whence he went to Vermont and began the first settlement in Ferrisburg, Addison Co., on the border of Lake Champlain. At the outbreak of the war he returned to Pittsfield and there joined the American forces and is believed to have seen service in the navy. He is also thought to have been a captain under Lafayette. About 1812, presumably on his way to Buffalo, N. Y., he left his sword at the homestead of his brother Benjamin, at Tupper's Corner, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where it was still preserved in 1888. It is also a tradition that he lived to be over 100 years of age after settling in western New York, credited with going to Chautauqua County to live in 1807. He is believed to have had 20 to 24 children. Children: i. LYDIA,6 b. in Salisbury 26 May 1764; m. and had four children. ii. ASAHEL, b. in Salisbury 26 Dec. 1765; m. LYDIA (???). Res. in Franklin County, Vt. iii. CLARISSA, b. 27 March 1768; m. in Hoosick, N. Y., NATHAN BRINK and res. in Utica, N. Y. iv. AARON JAQUA, b. 21 Jan. 1770; d. in 1832; m. BETSY HICKS. In 1811 had a store in Boston, Erie Co., N. Y. v. CHARLES, b. 7 Oct. 1772; d. in 1845; m. SARAH MILLIKEN. Res. Troy, N. Y. vi. REUBEN, m. HILA HUBBARD. Res. in Portage County, Ohio. vii. BENJAMIN, m. SUSAN MATTESON. Res. in DeKalb County, Ill. viii. MARY (POLLY), b. 13 Nov. 1793; d. in 1870; m. (1) (???); m. (2) ALLEN DURHAM. Res. in Harmony, N. Y. ix. ROBERT. x. SAMUEL, possibly Judge Samuel Tupper of Buffalo, N. Y. xi. ABRAHAM, m. LETITIA BAKER. Res. Evansville, Wis. Believed to be other children. SOURCE: Thomas Tupper and His Descendants C. Tupper Rank: 3rd lieutenant County: Chautaugue Co. Annual Allowance: 84 00 Sums received: 1664 84 Description of service: New York militia When placed on the pension roll: March 21, 1820 Commencement of pension: November 9, 1814 Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: April 24, 1816. Transferred from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1826.