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     Elisha Tupper died at died young.¹ He was born on 17 March 1668 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Jane Tupper was born on 28 April 1672 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹ Jane Tupper died on 28 April 1673 at age 1.¹

     Ichabod Tupper was born on 11 August 1673 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Eldad Tupper was born on 31 May 1675 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Medad Tupper was born on 22 September 1677 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Anne Tupper was born on 14 December 1679 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Eliakim Tupper was born on 29 December 1681 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Bethiah Tupper was born on 25 April 1685 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Thomas Tupper Jr. and Martha Mayhew.¹

     Governor Thomas Mayhew was born on 31 March 1593 at Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.¹ He was the son of Matthew Mayhew.² Governor Thomas Mayhew married (?) Parkhurst before 1620 at England. Governor Thomas Mayhew married Jane Gallion in 1634 at Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.³ Governor Thomas Mayhew died on 25 March 1682 at Martha's Vineyaard, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA, at age 88.¹
     ORIGIN: Tisbury, Wiltshire MIGRATION: 1632 FIRST RESIDENCE: Medford REMOVES: Watertown by 1634, Martha's Vineyard by 1647
OCCUPATION: Steward. Magistrate.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 (as "Mr. Tho[mas] Mahewe") [ MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: His letters to the Winthrops were direct and full of practical business matters [ WP 3:169, 6:136]
OFFICES: Watertown selectman, 10 October 1636, 30 December 1637, 10 December 1638, 6 December 1639, 29 December 1640, 21 November 1642 [ WaTR 2, 3, 5, 6, 8]. Assessor, 20 December 1642 [ WaVR 9]. Arbiter, 30 June 1648 [ Aspinwall 135]. Appraiser of land, 10 September 1643 [ Aspinwall 136].
(Further details of his life and offices, which are, as Banks said, "interwoven with the political and social conditions of the Island," may be found in Martha's Vineyard Hist 1:104-26, 2:30, 3:299-301].)
ESTATE: Granted Great Dividend of eighty acres at Watertown, 25 July 1636 [ WaBOP 4]. Granted Beaverbrook Plowlands of thirty acres, 28 February 1636/7 [ WaBOP 7]. Granted Remote Meadows of thirty acres, 26 June 1637 [ WaBOP 10].
In the Watertown Inventory of Grants "Thomas Maihue" held five parcels: "ten acres of upland ... with a pond in it"; thirty acres of plowland in the Further Plain; eighty acres of upland being a Great Dividend; thirty acres in the Remote Meadows; and thirty-one acres and a half beyond the Further Plain [ WaBOP 73]. In the Composite Inventory "Thomas Maihew" held six parcels, being the five in the Inventory of Grants, to which is added "a farm of two hundred and fifty acres" [ WaBOP 19].
On 8 May 1653 in the first division of common land at Edgartown, Mr. Mayhew received lot number 14 [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 2:26]. Following this, he received his proportion in all subsequent divisions.
In his will, dated 16 June 1681 and proved 28 March 1682, "Thomas Mayhew of Edgartown upon the Vineyard in this ninetieth year of my age" divided his extensive lands on Martha's Vineyard and elsewhere among "Matthew Mayhew, my grandson" (with conditional provisions for "Thomas and John Mayhew, Jerusha and Jedidah"), "my daughter Hannah" and "her sons Samuel, John and Joshua Daggett," "my daughter Martha," "Thomas and John Harlock, and their sister at Boston," naming also to "my son Daggett" and "my son Tupper" [ DukesLR A:326-32].
BIRTH: Baptized 1 April 1593 at Tisbury, Wiltshire, son of Matthew and Alice (Barter) Mayhew [ Gen Adv 4:1-8].
DEATH: Martha's Vineyard 25 March 1682 [ Gen Adv 4:4].
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1620 _____ _____; she died before 1635.
(2) Jane (Gallion) Paine, widow of Thomas Paine, London merchant [ TAG 61:256; Lechford 184-86, 240; Aspinwall 14, 35, 111; Martha's Vineyard Hist 300]. She died after 1666 but before her husband.
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i THOMAS, b. say 1620; m. by about 1648 Jane _____ [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 3:301-02; see COMMENTS below].
With second wife
ii HANNAH, b. 15 June 1635 [ WaVR 4]; m. by about 1652 Thomas Doggett, son of JOHN DOGGETT .
iii BETHIAH, b. 6 December 1636 [ WaVR 4]; m. (1) by 1658 Thomas Harlock [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 2:72]; m. (2) by 1677 as his second wife Richard Way (child b. Boston 13 July 1677 [ BVR 143]); she d. by 1678 [ TAG 61:256].
iv MARY, b. 14 January 1639[/40] [ WaVR 7]; no further record (unless she is the same as Martha below).
v MARTHA, b. say 1641; m. Sandwich 27 December 1661 Thomas Tupper [ MD 14:69].

ASSOCIATIONS: Thomas Macey of Nantucket called Thomas Mayhew his "honored cousin" [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 3:301]. A Thomas Mayhew of Southampton was apprenticed to Richard Masey, merchant, and was admitted a free commoner of that town on 9 February 1620[/1] [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 300].
COMMENTS: The first documented appearance of Thomas Mayhew in New England was on 7 November 1632, under the disguise of "Mr. Mavericke Junior" [ MBCR 1:101]. On that date, he, Mr. Alcocke and Mr. Turner were commissioned by the General Court to settle a boundary dispute between Cambridge and Charlestown. When they completed their duties, they reported back to the Court, and their report was recorded in two separate places in the records, in slightly different form. The first time it is entered on its own leaf, and out of chronological sequence [ MBCR 1:94-95]; on this occasion the signatures of the members of the committee are appended: "Tho: Mayhewe, Nath: Turner, George Alcocke." The second version is shorter, but in the right place chronologically [ MBCR 1:102]. Redating the earlier version of this document removes the presumed evidence for Mayhew's arrival in 1631, the date stated by both Savage and Pope.
The likelihood that Thomas Mayhew came to New England in 1632 raises an interesting possibility, based on an Admiralty suit of that year. In the case of Mason v. Gibbs , two sailors testified that the Lyon's Whelp sailed from England in January 1631/2 and arrived at the Isles of Shoals in May 1632, and carried as its only passengers "a man and his wife, their two daughters and their man," and one of the sailors added that this nameless family "were embarked for New England on behalf of Matthew Craddock" [ English Adventurers 37-38]. Thomas Mayhew is known to have come to New England as Matthew Craddock's steward [ Martha's Vineyard Hist 1:117-26].
About 1640 Mr. Valentine Hill of Boston, merchant, and Mr. Thomas Mayhew of Watertown, gentleman, agreed to an arbitration of their troubles [ Lechford 350]. On 10 March 1649[/50] Mr. Bruen informed his friend Mr. John Birke that Mr. Thomas Mayhew was in his debt for twenty thousand of pipe staves [ Aspinwall 244-45].
In 1901 Charles Edward Banks published the English ancestry of Gov. Thomas Mayhew [ Gen Adv 4:1-8].
Lechford records several documents in which Thomas Mayhew and his wife Jane Mayhew, formerly the wife of Thomas Paine of London, act as guardians for Thomas Paine, Jane's son with her first husband [ Lechford 184-86, 240]. Savage introduced confusion by stating that the widow Paine bore the Christian name "Grace" rather than Jane [ Savage 3:185]. It may be this confusion that led him to state that the wife of the younger Thomas Mayhew was Jane Paine, allegedly daughter of this non-existent Grace, and therefore his stepsister.
Edward Everett Hale Jr., Lechford's editor, showed that Grace did not exist, and also that, based on the documents in Lechford, there is no evidence that the younger Thomas married a stepsister named Jane Paine [ Lechford 184].⁴

     Thomas Tupper was born on 28 January 1578 at Bury, Sussex, England.¹ He was the son of Henry Tupper. Thomas Tupper married Katharine Gator on 20 April 1622 at Chelmsford, Essex, England.¹ Thomas Tupper married Susan Turner on 25 January 1628 at Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Thomas Tupper married Anna Hodgson on 21 December 1634 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Thomas Tupper died on 28 March 1676 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, at age 98.¹
     As a ship's carpenter and member of the crew, he is believed to have voyaged to America first about 1621, again in 1624, when he remained a year, a third time in 1631 when he stayed at Cape Ann for an uncertain period, finally coiing to Sandwich, Mass., in 1637 where he settled and remained until his death 28 March 1676. ...... (He) had come to Sandwich in 1637 with his daughter aged twele and a two years old son, became an oustanding citizen of the community and developed exceptional ability. He werved in the general court in 1644 and later was deputy for 20 years, from 1647 to 1667; he served on juries, local boards and commissions, was a charter member of the church and for three years from 1667 was selectman of the town. In his later years, when there was no setled minister, Mr. Tupper conducted reus services as a layman and he was deeply interested in religious work among the Indians. He was a shrewd trader and invested heavily in real estate and held large hdings at his death."¹

     Katharine Gator married Thomas Tupper, son of Henry Tupper, on 20 April 1622 at Chelmsford, Essex, England.¹

     Susan Turner married Thomas Tupper, son of Henry Tupper, on 25 January 1628 at Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.² Susan Turner died in 1634 at Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Anna Hodgson was born circa 1588.¹ She married Thomas Tupper, son of Henry Tupper, on 21 December 1634 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.² Anna Hodgson died on 4 June 1676 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Katherine Tupper was born on 31 January 1623 at England.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Tupper and Katharine Gator.¹ Katherine Tupper died on 4 June 1676 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, at age 53.¹

     Robert Tupper was born circa 1628.² He was the son of Thomas Tupper and Katharine Gator.¹ Robert Tupper died in 1630 at "In infancy".¹

     Thomas Tupper died circa 1631 at "died in infancy".¹ He was born circa 1631.¹ He was the son of Thomas Tupper and Susan Turner.¹

     Robert Tupper was baptized on 3 November 1633 at England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Tupper and Susan Turner.¹ Robert Tupper died after 1654 at England.¹

     Henry Tupper was born in 1552 at Bury, Sussex, England.¹ He died in 1625 at Sussex, England.¹

     Hopestill Foster married Elizabeth Pierce.

     Elizabeth Pierce married Hopestill Foster.

     Jacob Estey was born on 21 December 1733.¹ He was the son of Deacon Benjamin Estey and Abigail Farley.¹

     Ebenezer Estey was born on 28 February 1734/35.¹ He was the son of Deacon Benjamin Estey and Abigail Farley.¹

     Abigail Estey was born on 27 October 1736.¹ She was the daughter of Deacon Benjamin Estey and Abigail Farley.¹

     Elizabeth Estey was born on 26 June 1739.¹ She was the daughter of Deacon Benjamin Estey and Abigail Farley.¹

     Caleb Farley was born on 18 April 1707.¹ He was the son of Timothy Farley and Abigail Foster.¹

     Elizabeth Farley was born on 9 November 1711.¹ She was the daughter of Timothy Farley and Abigail Foster.¹

     Timothy Farley was baptized on 13 June 1713.¹ He was the son of Timothy Farley and Abigail Foster.¹

     Lydia Farley was born on 8 April 1715.¹ She was the daughter of Timothy Farley and Abigail Foster.¹

     Deborah Farley was born after 1715.¹ She was the daughter of Timothy Farley and Abigail Foster.¹

     Caleb Farley was born on 1 April 1645 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ He was the son of George Farley and Christian Births. Caleb Farley married Rebecca Hill on 5 July 1666.¹ Caleb Farley married Lydia More, daughter of Golden More, on 3 November 1669 at Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.² Caleb Farley died on 16 March 1711/12 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, at age 66.¹

     Lydia More was the daughter of Golden More. Lydia More married Caleb Farley, son of George Farley and Christian Births, on 3 November 1669 at Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.² Lydia More died on 1 November 1715 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Rebecca Hill was born circa 1646.¹ She married Caleb Farley, son of George Farley and Christian Births, on 5 July 1666.¹ Rebecca Hill died on 29 March 1669 at Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     George Farley was born circa 1615 at England.² He married Christian Births on 9 April 1641 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.² George Farley died on 27 December 1693 at Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Christian Births married George Farley on 9 April 1641 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Christian Births died on 27 March 1702 at Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     William Goodhue was born in 1612/13 at England.¹ He married Margery Watson before 1636 at England.¹ William Goodhue married Mary Webb on 7 February 1669/70 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ William Goodhue married Bethiah Grafton on 26 July 1682.¹ William Goodhue married Remember Fisk in 1689.¹ William Goodhue died between 1699 and 1700 at Chebacco, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Margery Watson was born at England.¹ She married William Goodhue before 1636 at England.² Margery Watson died on 28 August 1668 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Joseph Goodhue was born in 1639 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.² He was the son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson.¹ Joseph Goodhue married Sarah Whipple, daughter of Elder John Whipple and Susanna Clarke, on 13 July 1661.³ Joseph Goodhue married Rachel Todd on 15 October 1684.¹ Joseph Goodhue married Mercy Clarke on 4 July 1692.² Joseph Goodhue died on 2 September 1697 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Sarah Whipple was born on 3 November 1641 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Elder John Whipple and Susanna Clarke. Sarah Whipple married Joseph Goodhue, son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson, on 13 July 1661.³ Sarah Whipple died on 23 July 1681 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 39.^1,2

     Elder John Whipple was christened on 29 August 1596 at Bocking, Essex, England.¹ He was the son of Elder Matthew Whipple Sr. and Joan (?) Elder John Whipple married Susanna Clarke, daughter of Stephen Clarke and Elizabeth (?), on 28 August 1621 at St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, London, England.¹ Elder John Whipple died on 30 January 1669 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 72.¹

     Mary Webb married William Goodhue on 7 February 1669/70 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹ Mary Webb died on 7 September 1670 at Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Bethiah Grafton married William Goodhue on 26 July 1682.¹ Bethiah Grafton died on 6 December 1688.¹

     Remember Fisk married William Goodhue in 1689.¹ Remember Fisk died on 16 February 1701/2.¹

     Mary Goodhue was born after 1645.¹ She was the daughter of William Goodhue and Margery Watson.¹

     Rachel Todd married Joseph Goodhue, son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson, on 15 October 1684.¹ Rachel Todd died in 1691.¹

     Mercy Clarke married Joseph Goodhue, son of William Goodhue and Margery Watson, on 4 July 1692.¹

     Joseph Goodhue died at died young.¹ He was born on 13 May 1662.¹ He was the son of Joseph Goodhue and Sarah Whipple.¹

     Mary Goodhue was born between 1662 and 1684. She was the daughter of Joseph Goodhue and Sarah Whipple.

     Sarah Goodhue was born between 1662 and 1684. She was the daughter of Joseph Goodhue and Sarah Whipple.