Johanna (Fish) Tupper (1689 - abt. 1760)

Born 20 May 1689 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Eliakim Tupper — married 14 Mar 1706 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about Jan 1760 at about age 70 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Joanna Fish was born 20 May 1689, the daughter of Ambrose Fish and Hannah Swift of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[1]

Circa 1706 or 1707 she married Eliakim Tupper, the son of Thomas and Martha (Mayhew) Tupper, also of Sandwich. There doesn't appear to be a marriage record, but the connection is proved by the will of her mother, Hannah (Swift) (Fish) Tobey dated 1721, in which she makes specific reference to "my son Eliakim Tupper and my daughter Johannah Tupper his wife."^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Her name is Joanna Gibbs according to 'Tupper Desc.', NEHGR (revised Vol. 99) and 'Annals of Barnstable, MA', Vol. 1^[5]. However, there is no source provided in this reference, which includes dubious and perhaps conflated information for other members of the Tupper family^[6] and is not accepted by other researchers for Joanna^[4] . Plus, her mother's will is pretty clear.

Children included^[7]:

1. Ruth^[3], born June 30, 1708^[7], who married Jabez Dunkin^{[5] [4]}
2. Ann^[3], born June 20, 1710, who died on August 17^{[7] [5] [4]}
3. Eliakim^[3], born June 20, 1711^[7], who married Mary Bassett and emigrated to Nova Scotia^{[5] [4] [8] [9]}
4. Abia^[3], born November 1, 1713^[7] , who married Nathaniel Swift ^{[5] [4]}
5. Elias ^[3], born October 12, 1715^[7], who married Jerusha Sprague and emigrated to Nova Scotia^{[5] [4] [8]}
6. Abigail^[3], born August 13, 1717^[7], who married Silas Swift^{[5] [4]}
7. Thomas^[3], born November 21, 1719^[9], who married Ruth Owen^{[5] [4]}
8. Hannah ^[3], born August 23, 1721^[9], who married Thomas Thacher^{[5] [4]}
9. Joanna ^[3], born March 24, 1722, who died in April 1723^{[9] [5] [4]}
10. Joanna^[3], born April 26, 1724^[9], who married Rowland Ellis^{[5] [4]}
11. Nathaniel^[3], born April 24, 1726^[9], who married Elizabeth Gager and then married Sarah Hanchett^{[5] [4]}
12. Deborah^[3], born March 24, 1728^[9], who married Jonathan Newcomb^{[5] [4]}
13. Charles^[3], born December 28, 1729^[9], who died, unmarried before 1776 ^[5]
14. Solomon^[3], born October 17, 1731^[9], who married Abia West^{[5] [4]}

In 1736, Eliakim and Joanna moved with their family to Connecticut, where the children's marriages are recorded.

Joanna is believed to have passed away in January 1760 in Lebanon, Connecticut, where her daughter Abigail Swift was living.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Sandwich > Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1691 > image 101 of 143; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Sandwich Town Records Vol. 1:181.

   "Johanna fish daughter of Ambrose fish was born the 20th of May anno domini 1689."

2. ↑ “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789.” Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Volume 3, page 398 includes a transcription of the will of Hannah (Swift) (Fish) Tobey, which refers to "my son Eliakim Tupper and my daughter Johannah Tupper his wife"
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14} Hannah (Swift) Tobey and the family of Ambrose Swift of Sandwich, Mass by Mrs. John E. Barclay, published in Volume 35, page 40 of The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .), see page 42 for Joanna, who married Eliakim Tupper
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14} Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall, See Vol. 47 (Thaxter to Twining), page 193 for Eliakim, son of Thomas, who married Joanna Fish
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14} Thomas Tupper and His Descendants by The Tupper Family Association, published in Volume 99, page 64 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
6. ↑ The Origins of Benjamin 1 Nye: Examining the Sources by Ian Hilder, George Nye and Jonathan Shaw, published in Volumes 158 and 159 (2005) of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). See Thomas Tupper in Volume 159, page 73
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6} Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich, Volume 1, page 88 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states:
   • Ruth Tupper Daughter of Eliakim Tupper and Joanna Tupper his wife was born the Last day of june Anno Dom. 1708
   • Ann Tupper the Daughter of the sd Eliakim Tupper and Joanna Tupper born the 9th day of April Anno Dom 1710 ... the above named Ann Tupper [daughter of Eliakim Tupper and Joanna his wife] died the 17th august 1710
   • Eliakim Tupper son of the above named Eliakim & Joanna Tupper was borne the 20th day of June Anno Dom 1711
   • Abia Tupper Daughter of the sd Eliakim Tupper and Joanna his wife was born the first day of november Anno Domini 1713
   • Elias Tupper son of sd Eliakim And Joanna Tupper was Born the 12th day of october Anno domini 1715
   • Abigail Tupper daughter of sd Eliakim & Joanna Tupper was Born the 13th day of August Anno Domini 1717
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982,
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8} Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Sandwich, Volume 1, page 89 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states:
   • Thomas Tupper son of sd Eliakim & Joanna Tupper Born ye 21th novemr 1719
   • Hannah Tupper daughter of Eliakim Tupper & Joanna his wife was born the 23d Day of August 1721
   • Joannah Tupper the daughter of Eliakim Tupper & Joanna his wife was Born the 24 day of March Anno Domini 1722/3 ... and [Joannah Tupper the daughter of Eliakim Tupper & Joanna his wife] died the 6th day of April 1723
   • Joannah Tupper the daughter of Eliakim Tupper & Joannah his wife was Born the 26th Day of April Anno Domini 1724
   • Nathaniel Tupper the son of Eliakim Tupper & Joannah his wife was Born the 24th Day of April Anno Domini 1726
   • Deborah Tupper the daughter of Eliakim Tupper & Joannah his wife was Born the 24th Day of March Anno Domini 1727/8
   • Charles Tupper the son of Eliakim Tupper & Joannah his wife was Born the 28th Day of December Anno Domini 1729
   • Solomon Tupper the son of Eliakim Tupper & Joannah his wife was Born the 17th Day of October Anno Domini 1731

• Mrs. John E. Barclay, "Hanna (Swift) Tobey, Daughter of William2 Swift, and the Family of Ambrose2 Fish, of Sandwich, Mass.," TAG Vol. 35, No.1 (Jan. 1959), pp. 40-43, at p. 42. (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org.)
• 'The Tupper Family..., 1631-1995' (pub. privately at Gateway Press by Ralph B.T.Emerson
• Sandwich, Mass., Records, The Genealogical Advertiser (Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Cambridge, Mass., 1900) Vol. 3, Page 73.
• Sandwich, Mass., Vital Records, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1912) Vol. 14, Page 111.