_____________________ | _Thomas ALFORD ______|_____________________ | (1575 - 1636) m 1618 _Benedict ALVORD ____| | (.... - 1683) m 1649| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Joan HAWKINS _______|_____________________ | (1594 - 1636) m 1618 _Jeremiah ALVORD ____| | (1655 - 1709) m 1686| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Jane NEWTON ________| | (1622 - 1715) m 1649| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Benedict ALFORD ____| | (1688 - 1773) m 1715| | | _William HOSKINS ____ | | | (1564 - 1599) | | _John HOSKINS _______|_____________________ | | | (1598 - 1648) m 1630 | | _Anthony HOSKINS ____| | | | (1632 - 1707) | | | | | _George FILER _______ | | | | | (1574 - 1683) | | | |_Ann FILER __________|_____________________ | | | (1600 - 1662) m 1630 | |_Jane HOSKINS _______| | (1671 - 1715) m 1686| | | _____________________ | | | | | _Peter BROWN ________|_____________________ | | | (.... - 1633) | |_Isabel BROWNE ______| | (1633 - 1698) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Martha FOORDE ______|_____________________ | (1592 - 1634) | |--Benedict ALFORD | (1716 - 1775) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _Robert WILSON ______| | | (1628 - 1655) m 1649| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | _Samuel WILSON ______| | | (1653 - 1697) m 1672| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_Elizabeth STEBBINS _| | | (1632 - 1694) m 1649| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Abigail WILSON _____| (1684 - 1773) m 1715| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Mary GRIFFIN _______| m 1672 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
[44654] The unverified file in 2018 at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alford-58 offers: "Benedict's first wife was Jerusha Ashley of Hartford, married Aug. 9, 1744; she died Jan. 18, 1761, age 38 years. His second wife was Rebecca Owen, who he married on Dec. 18,1761. He had nine children with Jerusha and two with Rebecca. . . .During the Revolutionary War, a Benedict Alford was included on a payroll of Capt. Simeon Wright's Company in Col. Warren's Regiment of the Vermont Militia November 7-13, 1778. Wages per month were 2.10.0 and he was paid 0.11.8." [0 pounds, 11 shillings, 8 pence] on Jan. 28, 1779." See http://www.alfordassociation.org.
[5022] "The Bruce Journal", 1:4, p. 47, states that she is daughter of Allen, Earl of Brittany.
__ | _____________________|__ | _____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |_____________________|__ | _Nelson CARVER ______| | (1811 - 1870) | | | __ | | | | | _____________________|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |_____________________|__ | _Austin CARVER ______________| | (1841 - 1917) m 1873 | | | __ | | | | | _____________________|__ | | | | | _John WILSON ________| | | | (1796 - 1865) m 1822| | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|__ | | | | |_Elizabeth WILSON ___| | (1820 - 1880) | | | __ | | | | | _Stephen NOBLE ______|__ | | | (1765 - 1823) | |_Christiana NOBLE ___| | (1802 - 1841) m 1822| | | __ | | | | |_Esther SMITH _______|__ | (1772 - 1814) | |--Mattie Leora CARVER | (1878 - 1967) | __ | | | _____________________|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |_____________________|__ | | | _Richard SHATWELL ___| | | (1816 - 1873) m 1838| | | | __ | | | | | | | _____________________|__ | | | | | | |_____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |_____________________|__ | | |_Katherine Ingalls SHATWELL _| (1854 - 1954) m 1873 | | __ | | | _____________________|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |_____________________|__ | | |_Margaret SLAMAN ____| (1815 - 1855) m 1838| | __ | | | _____________________|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |_____________________|__
_Christian IV, King of DENMARK _____________+ | (1577 - 1648) m 1597 _Frederick III, King of DENMARK _________________|_Anne Catherine of BRANDENBURG _____________ | (1609 - 1670) m 1643 (1575 - 1612) _Christian V, King of DENMARK _____________________| | (1646 - 1699) | | | _George, Duke of BRUNSWICK-LüNEBURG _______+ | | | (1582 - 1641) m 1617 | |_Sophia Amelia of BRUNSWICK-LUENEBURG ___________|_Anna Eleonore of HESSE-DARMSTADT __________ | (1628 - 1685) m 1643 (1601 - 1659) _Frederick IV, King of DENMARK _____| | (1671 - 1730) m 1695 | | | _William V, Landgrave of HESSE-KASSEL ______ | | | (1602 - 1637) | | _William VI, Landgrave of HESSE-KASSEL __________|____________________________________________ | | | (1629 - 1663) | |_Charlotte Amelia, wife of Christian V of DENMARK _| | (1650 - 1714) | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | |_Margravine Hedwig Sophie of BRANDENBURG ________|____________________________________________ | (1623 - 1683) _Christian VI, King of DENMARK ____________| | (1699 - 1746) | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | _John Albert II, Duke of MECKLENBURG ____________|____________________________________________ | | | (1590 - 1636) m 1626 | | _Gustav Adolph, Duke of MECKLENBURG-GüSTROW ______| | | | (1633 - 1695) m 1654 | | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |_Eleonore Marie of ANHALT-BERNBURG ______________|____________________________________________ | | | (1600 - 1657) m 1626 | |_Louise of MECKLENBURG-GüSTROW ____| | (1667 - 1721) m 1695 | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | _________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | | | |_Magdalene Sibylle of HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP ____________| | (1631 - 1719) m 1654 | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | |_________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | |--Frederick V, King of DENMARK | (1723 - 1766) | ____________________________________________ | | | _________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | | ___________________________________________________| | | | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | | _Christian of BRANDENBURG-KULMBACH _| | | (1661 - 1708) m 1687 | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | | _________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | | | | | |___________________________________________________| | | | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | |_________________________________________________|____________________________________________ | | |_Sophie Magdalene of BRANDENBURG-KULMBACH _| (1700 - 1770) | | _Johann Adam VON WOLFSTEIN _________________+ | | (1573 - 1617) m 1598 | _Johann Friedrich, Count WOLFSTEIN ______________|_Elisabeth VON LIMPURG _____________________ | | (1604 - 1650) m 1640 (1671 - 1640) | _Count Albert Friedrich VON WOLFSTEIN _____________| | | (1644 - 1693) m 1666 | | | | ____________________________________________ | | | | | | |_Barbara, Baroness TEUFFEL ______________________|____________________________________________ | | (1613 - 1644) m 1640 |_Sophie Christiane VON WOLFSTEIN ___| (1667 - 1737) m 1687 | | _Count Wolfgang II of Castell REMLINGEN ____ | | (1558 - ....) | _Wolfgang Georg of Castell REMLINGEN ____________|_Juliane, Countess of Hohenlohe NEUENSTEIN _ | | (1610 - 1668) m 1636 (1571 - ....) |_Sofie Luise, Countess Castell REMLINGE ___________| (1645 - 1717) m 1666 | | ____________________________________________ | | |_Countess Sofie Juliane of Hohenlohe WALDENBURG _|____________________________________________ m 1636
_____________________ | _____________________|_____________________ | _William Bartlett ELWELL _| | (1823 - 1892) m 1842 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | _Francis N. ELWELL ________| | (1843 - 1930) m 1866 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _Joseph FOSS ________|_____________________ | | | (1803 - 1865) m 1824 | |_Rebecca Getchel FOSS ____| | (1825 - 1892) m 1842 | | | _John GETCHELL ______+ | | | (1785 - 1875) m 1807 | |_Sarah GETCHELL _____|_Rebecca BERRY ______ | (1807 - 1879) m 1824 (1791 - 1823) _Herman Wilmont ELWELL __| | (1886 - 1960) m 1904 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | __________________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Zipporah Abigail HUNTLEY _| | (1845 - 1926) m 1866 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |__________________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--John E. ELWELL | (1907 - 1991) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | __________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |__________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Bernice Annette MORGAN _| (1888 - 1980) m 1904 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | __________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |___________________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |__________________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
[57602] The unverified file LBM1-163 in familysearch.org provides this line and offers: "When John E Elwell was born on 2 June 1907, in Sherman Mills, Sherman, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Herman Wilmont Elwell Sr., was 21 and his mother, Bernice Annette Morgan, was 18. He married Louise Pearle Clockedile on 29 August 1928, in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Stacyville Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1940 and Stacyville, Stacyville Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1950. In 1940, his occupation is listed as garage owner in Stacyville Town, Penobscot, Maine, United States. He died on 14 April 1991, in Houlton, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sherman Mills Cemetery, Sherman, Aroostook, Maine, United States."
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Nathan GASKILL _____| | (1774 - 1841) m 1797| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Joseph GASKILL | (1798 - 1866) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Hannah OWEN ________| (1774 - 1845) m 1797| | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[29735] Joseph is in Lexington Twp., Stark Co., OH in the 1850 federal census, and in Jefferson Twp., Williams Co., OH in the 1860 census.
_____________________________ | _____________________|_____________________________ | _Jeremiah JONES ______________| | (1764 - 1840) | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________________ | _John JONES __________________| | (1793 - 1845) | | | _____________________________ | | | | | _David MOORE ________|_____________________________ | | | (1736 - ....) m 1758 | |_Bethiah MOORE _______________| | (1765 - 1846) | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_Bethiah COLE _______|_____________________________ | (1734 - ....) m 1758 _Simeon P. JONES ____| | (1802 - 1882) m 1828| | | _George STOVER ______________+ | | | (1668 - ....) m 1692 | | _Joseph STOVER ______|_Abigail ELWELL _____________ | | | (1694 - ....) (1676 - ....) | | _Isaac STOVER ________________| | | | | | | | | _Nathaniel FREEMAN __________ | | | | | (.... - 1723) m 1699 | | | |_Sarah FREEMAN ______|_Alice PENIWELL _____________ | | | (.... - 1720) | |_Betsey B. STOVER ____________| | (43672 - 1878) | | | _____________________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | | | |______________________________| | | | | _____________________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________________ | | |--Lucy J. JONES | (1830 - 1912) | _John GRINDLE _______________+ | | | _John GRINDLE _______|_Sarah LEAVITT ______________ | | (.... - 1794) | _William Bruce (Sr.) GRINDLE _| | | (1749 - 1820) m 1779 | | | | _Philip DORR ________________ | | | | (1680 - ....) m 1708 | | |_Elizabeth DORR _____|_Sarah CHILD ________________ | | (1680 - ....) | _William Bruce (Jr.) GRINDLE _| | | (1779 - 1871) m 1802 | | | | _John HOWARD ________________ | | | | (1703 - 1781) | | | _Ezra HOWARD ________|_____________________________ | | | | (1725 - ....) | | |_Eunice HOWARD _______________| | | (1761 - ....) m 1779 | | | | _Hezekiah COLBY _____________+ | | | | (1710 - ....) m 1730 | | |_Mary COLBY _________|_Sarah COLE _________________ | | (1735 - ....) (1715 - ....) |_Almira B. GRINDLE __| (1806 - 1882) m 1828| | _Abraham (Bouden or) BOWDEN _+ | | m 1706 | _Abraham BOWDEN _____|_Martha Mary WORMWOOD _______ | | (1712 - ....) (1688 - 1751) | _Jacob BOWDEN ________________| | | (1742 - 1842) | | | | _Nathaniel FREEMAN __________ | | | | (.... - 1723) m 1699 | | |_Mary FREEMAN _______|_Alice PENIWELL _____________ | | (.... - 1790) (.... - 1720) |_Lydia BOWDEN ________________| (1780 - 1838) m 1802 | | _____________________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________________ | | |_Elizabeth LORD ______________| (1749 - ....) | | _____________________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________________
[6004] Lucy is also said to be daughter of Capt. Jeremy Jones of Brookville, Maine and Lucy J. Wasson. Sylvia Conner Wardwell reports in 1996 that Lucy J. Jones died in 1912, but Sylvia has no proof that this is the same person as George's wife. The ancestry of Lucy, shown here, is from cousin Sylvia (9/96). Did Lucy mary twice? - a Lucy J. Jones (b. 25 March 1830), wife of Thomas Green (1823-1874) is buried with Thomas in Mount Rest Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock Co., ME - see Find A Grave memorial 115518592.
[6003]
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VR - birth certificate - Brooksville, ME
_Henry KINNEY _________+ | (1623 - 1710) m 1649 _Thomas KINNEY ______|_Ann PUTNAM ___________ | (1656 - 1687) m 1677 (1629 - 1680) _Daniel KINNEY __________________________| | (1682 - 1744) m 1705 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth KNIGHT ___|_______________________ | (1658 - 1694) m 1677 _Daniel (II) KENNEY __| | (1705 - ....) m 1727 | | | _______________________ | | | | | _____________________|_______________________ | | | | |_Mary RICHARDS __________________________| | (1684 - 1766) m 1705 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_____________________|_______________________ | _Israel KENNEY ______| | (1739 - 1791) m 1763| | | _______________________ | | | | | _William STOCKWELL __|_______________________ | | | (1650 - 1727) m 1685 | | _William STOCKWELL ______________________| | | | (1686 - 1747) m 1706 | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | | | |_Sarah LAMBERT ______|_______________________ | | | (1661 - 1738) m 1685 | |_Elizabeth STOCKWELL _| | (1706 - 1767) m 1727 | | | _______________________ | | | | | _William SHAW _______|_______________________ | | | (.... - 1726) | |_Elizabeth SHAW _________________________| | (1681 - 1747) m 1706 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth FRAYLE ___|_______________________ | (1641 - 1692) | |--Andrew A. KENNEY | (1792 - 1869) | _John HOOD ____________ | | | _Richard HOOD _______|_Elizabeth BEARD ______ | | (.... - 1695) m 1653 (1602 - ....) | _Nathaniel HOOD _________________________| | | (1669 - 1748) m 1706 | | | | _Anthony NEWHALL ______ | | | | (1605 - 1657) | | |_Mary NEWHALL _______|_______________________ | | (.... - 1727) m 1653 | _Nathaniel HOOD ______| | | (.... - 1755) m 1735 | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | | _Michael DWINNELL ___|_______________________ | | | | (1640 - 1717) | | |_Joanna DWINNELL ________________________| | | (1688 - 1732) m 1706 | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_______________________ | | |_Susannah HOOD ______| (1745 - ....) m 1763| | _Robert POTTER ________ | | (1610 - 1655) | _Anthony POTTER _____|_Isabella ANTHONY _____ | | (1627 - 1690) m 1652 | _Samuel POTTER __________________________| | | (1656 - 1714) m 1705 | | | | _Deacon Gregory STONE _+ | | | | (1592 - 1672) | | |_Elizabeth STONE ____|_Lydia Fiske COOPER ___ | | (1629 - 1713) m 1652 (1595 - 1674) |_Abigail POTTER ______| (1713 - ....) m 1735 | | _______________________ | | | _____________________|_______________________ | | |_Sarah, perhaps widow of Robert BURNETT _| m 1705 | | _______________________ | | |_____________________|_______________________
[19631] Tradition is that Andrew was born following his father's death by drowning, while his mother was in Topsfield, MA. Andrew r. on the old Israel Kenney homestead until about 1825, then became a pioneer settler at Greenfield in Carleton Co., NB. His descendants are give by Bell ("Israel Kenny...," 19440, pp. 61-64).
[47906] Ella and Fred also had Lillian E. Grant (1896-1899).
_John TAPLEY ________+ | (1705 - ....) m 1732 _Job TAPLEY _________|_Martha MOULTON _____ | (1736 - 1824) m 1757 _Peletiah TAPLEY ______| | (1757 - 1834) m 1783 | | | _Hercules FERNALD ___+ | | | (1713 - 1794) m 1736 | |_Susanna FERNALD ____|_Mary TUCKER ________ | (1740 - 1826) m 1757 (1719 - 1752) _Robert TAPLEY ______| | (1792 - 1863) m 1820| | | _Joseph STOVER ______+ | | | (1694 - ....) | | _Nathaniel STOVER ___|_Sarah FREEMAN ______ | | | (1724 - 1794) m 1752 | |_Sally STOVER _________| | (1766 - 1823) m 1783 | | | _John WEEKS _________+ | | | (1702 - 1763) | |_Mary WEEKS _________|_____________________ | (1730 - ....) m 1752 _Simeon Parker TAPLEY _______| | (1821 - 1903) m 1847 | | | _Joshua SNOW ________+ | | | (1701 - 1771) m 1736 | | _Nicholas SNOW ______|_Hannah PAINE _______ | | | (1742 - 1821) m 1765 (1713 - 1768) | | _Isaac SNOW ___________| | | | (1768 - 1848) m 1791 | | | | | _Thomas WATKINS _____ | | | | | | | | |_Huldah WATKINS _____|_Huldah ROGERS ______ | | | (.... - 1821) m 1765 (1717 - ....) | |_Polly SNOW _________| | (1795 - 1885) m 1820| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Mary ("Polly") PAINE _| | (1776 - 1850) m 1791 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--Pearl Tenney TAPLEY | (1858 - 1937) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_Abigail Jane Dorr CARLETON _| (1821 - 1908) m 1847 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
_Richard TUPPER _____ | (.... - 1600) _Henry TUPPER ____________|_____________________ | (1552 - 1625) _Thomas (Sr.) TUPPER _| | (1578 - 1676) m 1634 | | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | _The Rev. Capt. Thomas Henry TUPPER _| | (1637 - 1706) m 1661 | | | _____________________ | | | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Ann HODGSON _________| | (1588 - 1676) m 1634 | | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | _Eliakim TUPPER _____| | (1681 - ....) m 1707| | | _Thomas MAYHEW ______+ | | | (1509 - ....) m 1549 | | _Mathew MAYHEW ___________|_Alice WATERMAN _____ | | | (.... - 1614) m 1587 (1522 - 1586) | | _Thomas MAYHEW _______| | | | (1593 - 1682) m 1633 | | | | | _Edward BARTER ______+ | | | | | (1526 - 1574) | | | |_Alice BARTER ____________|_____________________ | | | (1540 - ....) m 1587 | |_Martha MAYHEW ______________________| | (1638 - 1717) m 1661 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _Edward GALLAND __________|_____________________ | | | (1578 - 1638) m 1601 | |_Jane GALLYON ________| | (1602 - 1666) m 1633 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Agnes (or Annis) WILMOT _|_____________________ | (1580 - 1638) m 1601 | |--Eliakim (Jr.) TUPPER | (1711 - 1761) | _John FISH __________+ | | (1555 - ....) m 1577 | _Thomas FISH _____________|_Margaret CRADDOCK __ | | (.... - 1673) m 1609 (1558 - ....) | _Nathaniel FISH ______| | | (.... - 1693) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Mary SPRIGGE ____________|_____________________ | | (1585 - ....) m 1609 | _Ambrose FISH _______________________| | | (.... - 1691) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_Lydia MILLER ________| | | (1640 - ....) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | | |_Joanna FISH ________| (1689 - ....) m 1707| | _Robert SWYFT _______+ | | (1549 - ....) | _William SWIFT ___________|_Bridget HASTINGS ___ | | (1575 - 1642) (1553 - 1649) | _William SWIFT _______| | | (1627 - 1706) m 1651 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Joane SISSON ____________|_____________________ | | (1576 - 1663) |_Hannah SWIFT _______________________| (1651 - 1721) | | _____________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | |_Ruth DILLINGHAM _____| (.... - 1706) m 1651 | | _____________________ | | |__________________________|_____________________
[1226] Eliakim moved to Plymouth, MA soon after the birth of their first child and at the time his parents moved to Lebanon, CT. He and Mary became members of the church in Plymouth in 1737, and he served there on the jury and was a representative to the Assembly in 1742. About 1750 they moved to Lebanon, CT. On 7 Sept 1753 Eliakim m. Mrs. Martha Clark. In 1760, with his second wife, Martha, Eliakim and his brother Elias and others from Connecticut emigrated to lands granted to them at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, where he died during the first winter. Most of the family remained there, and his son Charles founded an extensive Canadian branch of the Tupper family. His descendants include the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, b. 1821, Prime Minister of Nova Scotia (1864-67) and of Canada (1896).