Rebekah (Tupper) Morton (1724 - 1778)

Born 14 Oct 1724 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elkanah Morton Jr. — married 12 Dec 1752 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1778 at age 53 in Cornwallis, Kings, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Rebecca Tupper was born 14 Oct 1724 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2]

She was the daughter of Samuel Tupper and Rebecca Ellis.^[1][2]

Rebekah married Elkanah Morton 12 Dec 1752 in Sandwich.^[3]

Rebecca (Tupper) Morton migrated from Massachusettes to Nova Scotia.

They came to Cornwallis Township, Colony of Nova Scotia around 1761 where her husband received one and a half shares 21 Jul 1761 in the first land grant, amounting to 1,000 acres. He received another share 31 Dec 1764 in the second grant.^[4]

Their children include:

• Lemuel, b ca 1753, m Martha Newcomb 7 Jun 1780^[4][5]
• Mary, b ca 1754, m Asa Beckwith 20 Dec 1774^[4][6]
• Sarah, b ca 1755, m Pern Terry 23 Jun 1774^[4][7]
• Roland, b ca 1759, m1 Alice Newcomb 30 Jun 1785, m2 Hannah Gore 21 Jul 1802^[4][8]
• Elkanah, b 26 Jul 1762 Cornwallis^[4][9]
• George, b 7 Jun 1763 Cornwallis^[4][10]
• Rebecah, b 23 Oct 1765 Cornwallis^[4][11]
• Samuel, b 7 Sep 1767 Cornwallis^[4][12]

Rebeka passed away 8 Mar 1778.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), p. 111. "Rebekah Tupper the daughter of Samuel Tupper & Rebekah his wife was born the 14th day of October Anno Domini 1724."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDM4-2SMM : 20 May 2022), Rebecca Tupper, 1724.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC96-TV3 : 28 July 2021), Rebekah Tupper in entry for Elkanah Morton, 1752.
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9QY-441K (image 77 of 146).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County Nova Scotia Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass., 1910) Pages 74-75, Pages 753-755.
5. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-T4TB : 1 July 2022), Elemual Morton, 1780.
6. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSR-DW92 : 1 July 2022), Mary Morton in entry for Ada or Asa Beckwith, 1774.
7. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZZ1-9QHF : 1 July 2022), Sarah Morton in entry for Pern Terry, 1774.
8. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-R25X : 1 July 2022), Roland Morton, 1785.
9. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSP-KQBC : 27 May 2021), Elkanah Morton, .
10. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z65-SY73 : 27 May 2021), George Morton, .
11. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSP-KQBF : 27 May 2021), Rebecah Morton, .
12. ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z65-SY7C : 27 May 2021), Samuel Morton, .

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: L85F-ZYZ
• Find A Grave: Memorial #134344817, (accessed 19 December 2022), memorial page for Rebeka Tupper Morton (14 Oct 1724–8 Mar 1778), citing Chipman Corner Cemetery, Chipmans Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Monica Perry (contributor 48347648).