Tupper, Rev. Thomas

1578 - 1676  (98 years)

• Name	Tupper, Thomas
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	28 Jan 1578	Bury, Sussex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1676	Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Burial	30 Mar 1676	Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3]
  Person ID	I5346	Theisen & Allied Families
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Tupper, Henry,   b. Abt 1550, Bury, Sussex, England d. Abt 1625, England (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F1369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hodgson, Anne,   b. Abt 1588   d. 4 Jun 1676, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1634	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  Children	1. Tupper, Capt. Thomas Henry,   b. 16 Jan 1638, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Apr 1706, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Gator, Katherine,   b. Abt 1580, England d. Bef 25 Jan 1628 (Age < 48 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1622	Chelmsford, Essex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Tupper, Katherine,   b. 31 Jan 1623, England d. 4 Jun 1676, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 53 years)   2. Tupper, Robert,   b. Abt 1630   d. 1630 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Turner (Unknown), Susan,   b. Abt 1590   d. 1634, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1628	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  Children	1. Tupper, Robert,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1633, England d. England
  Family ID	F1368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  According the Tupper Family Association, the Tuppers were originally a German family from the Kassel area in the Electorate of Hesse. In the early 1500s they converted to Protestantism. As a result of harsh laws against Protestants instituted by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, two Tupper brothers emigrated from Hesse in 1525. One went to Holland and the other to the County of Kent in England. Our Thomas Tupper was supposedly a descendent of the Kent brother.ps://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tupper-26#_note-1">[9] The Tupper Family Association also states he was born 28 Jan 1578 in Bury County, Sussex, the son of Henry Tupper and grandson of Richard Tupper. No specific record is provided, however this year of birth is supported in the Plymouth colony records, which states he was born in 1578 and his age at death was over 98 years." target="_blank">https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tupper-26#_note-deathcert">[ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tupper-26 "Thomas Tupper Senior deceased the 28th of march and buried the 30th anno domini 1676" "Thomas Tupper now disceased was borne in the yeare of our lord 1578 his age at his disceas was about 98 years and two moneth" Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich Sandwich, Volume XIV (1912) Pg. 170 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48648/images/VitRecsBarnSand-004847-132 REV - He was always an active churchman and was a charter member of the Sandwich Church. When the 1st pastor left left in 1654, Thomas conducted religious services at the meetinghouse. Although he was not an ordained minister he had the approval of the General court at Plymouth incl. the authority to perform marriages. Thus, although a layman technically, he was sometimes addressed as Rev. Tupper, as he is referred to in the 1907 Nye Gene. See also - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_American_History_with_No/4klIAAAAYAAJ from Pg. 324.

  
  

• Sources

  [S623] Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Pg. 59. [S624] Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich, Pg. 170. ** Notes from town records state: "Thomas Tupper now disceased was borne in the yeare of our lord 1578 his age at his disceas was about 98 years and two moneth" [S624] Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich, Pg. 170.