Benjamin was christened on March 10, 1748/49.
As a young man, about 1770, Benjamin migrated from Salisbury, CT to Stamford, Bennington Co, VT. Stamford is the most southern town in the county and is about 9 miles SE of Bennington and 4 miles north of North Adams, Massachusetts. A history of Bennington Co., VT states "the first settler in town is reported to have been a man of the name of Raymond. He built his cabin against a large rock, 16 ft by 22 ft about a mile south of the centre, and one half mile west of the mountains;..." The first town meeting was 14 March 1780 when Edward Higley was chosen Moderator, Israel Mead, Town Clerk, Amos Mead, Constable, Edward Higley, Benjamin Tupper, and Israel Mead, Selectmen. He built the first frame house in Stamford, VT in 1782. On 12 Nov 1783, the town voted to build a schoolhouse in each district. In 1806, Benjamin moved his family to Genoa, Cayuga Co, NY, where he purchased land adjoining his son-in-law near Tupper's Corners in Milton, later called Genoa. Tupper's corners was then included in the town of Scipio, formed in 1796, afterward called Venice, which was formed in 1823 from Scipio. The land lay along the ridge road for several miles and was called the "Indian Fields" because the Indians had cleared and cultivated it many years earlier. Elizabeth Rosilla Peavey wrote that Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War for Vermont until it ended. She wrote of, "the many little incidents related by our father Josiah who often spoke of the hardships and privations of the wives and children of those who served in the War in Vermont." Late in life, Benjamin fell in a barn, which impaired his mind and, no doubt, hastened his death at the age of 76.
DAR records show that in 1780 Benjamin was a selectman in Stamford, VT, so his Revolutionary War service was in Civil Service (Ancestor # A116975).
"Cayuga Co. Surrogates Office Auburn: "Will of Benjamin Tupper, Liber C [C-one] p. 118.
dated Jan 5, 1819, probate Nov. 15, 1825, late of Genoa will refers to Lot 7, Genoa." [and names his children].
As a young man, about 1770, Benjamin migrated from Salisbury, CT to Stamford, Bennington Co, VT. Stamford is the most southern town in the county and is about 9 miles SE of Bennington and 4 miles north of North Adams, Massachusetts. A history of Bennington Co., VT states "the first settler in town is reported to have been a man of the name of Raymond. He built his cabin against a large rock, 16 ft by 22 ft about a mile south of the centre, and one half mile west of the mountains;..." The first town meeting was 14 March 1780 when Edward Higley was chosen Moderator, Israel Mead, Town Clerk, Amos Mead, Constable, Edward Higley, Benjamin Tupper, and Israel Mead, Selectmen. He built the first frame house in Stamford, VT in 1782. On 12 Nov 1783, the town voted to build a schoolhouse in each district. In 1806, Benjamin moved his family to Genoa, Cayuga Co, NY, where he purchased land adjoining his son-in-law near Tupper's Corners in Milton, later called Genoa. Tupper's corners was then included in the town of Scipio, formed in 1796, afterward called Venice, which was formed in 1823 from Scipio. The land lay along the ridge road for several miles and was called the "Indian Fields" because the Indians had cleared and cultivated it many years earlier. Elizabeth Rosilla Peavey wrote that Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War for Vermont until it ended. She wrote of, "the many little incidents related by our father Josiah who often spoke of the hardships and privations of the wives and children of those who served in the War in Vermont." Late in life, Benjamin fell in a barn, which impaired his mind and, no doubt, hastened his death at the age of 76.
DAR records show that in 1780 Benjamin was a selectman in Stamford, VT, so his Revolutionary War service was in Civil Service (Ancestor # A116975).
"Cayuga Co. Surrogates Office Auburn: "Will of Benjamin Tupper, Liber C [C-one] p. 118.
dated Jan 5, 1819, probate Nov. 15, 1825, late of Genoa will refers to Lot 7, Genoa." [and names his children].
Benjamin was christened on March 10, 1748/49.
As a young man, about 1770, Benjamin migrated from Salisbury, CT to Stamford, Bennington Co, VT. Stamford is the most southern town in the county and is about 9 miles SE of Bennington and 4 miles north of North Adams, Massachusetts. A history of Bennington Co., VT states "the first settler in town is reported to have been a man of the name of Raymond. He built his cabin against a large rock, 16 ft by 22 ft about a mile south of the centre, and one half mile west of the mountains;..." The first town meeting was 14 March 1780 when Edward Higley was chosen Moderator, Israel Mead, Town Clerk, Amos Mead, Constable, Edward Higley, Benjamin Tupper, and Israel Mead, Selectmen. He built the first frame house in Stamford, VT in 1782. On 12 Nov 1783, the town voted to build a schoolhouse in each district. In 1806, Benjamin moved his family to Genoa, Cayuga Co, NY, where he purchased land adjoining his son-in-law near Tupper's Corners in Milton, later called Genoa. Tupper's corners was then included in the town of Scipio, formed in 1796, afterward called Venice, which was formed in 1823 from Scipio. The land lay along the ridge road for several miles and was called the "Indian Fields" because the Indians had cleared and cultivated it many years earlier. Elizabeth Rosilla Peavey wrote that Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War for Vermont until it ended. She wrote of, "the many little incidents related by our father Josiah who often spoke of the hardships and privations of the wives and children of those who served in the War in Vermont." Late in life, Benjamin fell in a barn, which impaired his mind and, no doubt, hastened his death at the age of 76.
DAR records show that in 1780 Benjamin was a selectman in Stamford, VT, so his Revolutionary War service was in Civil Service (Ancestor # A116975).
"Cayuga Co. Surrogates Office Auburn: "Will of Benjamin Tupper, Liber C [C-one] p. 118.
dated Jan 5, 1819, probate Nov. 15, 1825, late of Genoa will refers to Lot 7, Genoa." [and names his children].
As a young man, about 1770, Benjamin migrated from Salisbury, CT to Stamford, Bennington Co, VT. Stamford is the most southern town in the county and is about 9 miles SE of Bennington and 4 miles north of North Adams, Massachusetts. A history of Bennington Co., VT states "the first settler in town is reported to have been a man of the name of Raymond. He built his cabin against a large rock, 16 ft by 22 ft about a mile south of the centre, and one half mile west of the mountains;..." The first town meeting was 14 March 1780 when Edward Higley was chosen Moderator, Israel Mead, Town Clerk, Amos Mead, Constable, Edward Higley, Benjamin Tupper, and Israel Mead, Selectmen. He built the first frame house in Stamford, VT in 1782. On 12 Nov 1783, the town voted to build a schoolhouse in each district. In 1806, Benjamin moved his family to Genoa, Cayuga Co, NY, where he purchased land adjoining his son-in-law near Tupper's Corners in Milton, later called Genoa. Tupper's corners was then included in the town of Scipio, formed in 1796, afterward called Venice, which was formed in 1823 from Scipio. The land lay along the ridge road for several miles and was called the "Indian Fields" because the Indians had cleared and cultivated it many years earlier. Elizabeth Rosilla Peavey wrote that Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War for Vermont until it ended. She wrote of, "the many little incidents related by our father Josiah who often spoke of the hardships and privations of the wives and children of those who served in the War in Vermont." Late in life, Benjamin fell in a barn, which impaired his mind and, no doubt, hastened his death at the age of 76.
DAR records show that in 1780 Benjamin was a selectman in Stamford, VT, so his Revolutionary War service was in Civil Service (Ancestor # A116975).
"Cayuga Co. Surrogates Office Auburn: "Will of Benjamin Tupper, Liber C [C-one] p. 118.
dated Jan 5, 1819, probate Nov. 15, 1825, late of Genoa will refers to Lot 7, Genoa." [and names his children].
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