Benjamin Tupper | |
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Born | Sharon, Massachusetts, British America | March 11, 1738
Died | June 7, 1792 Marietta, Northwest Territory, U.S. | (aged 54)
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | Continental Army |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands | 6th Massachusetts Regiment, 10th Massachusetts Regiment, 11th Massachusetts Regiment |
Battles/wars | |
Relations | Huldah White, 1762–1792, sons: Maj. Anselm Tupper Gen. Edward W. Tupper Col. Benjamin Tupper, Jr. |
Other work | Pioneer to the Ohio Country |
Benjamin Tupper (March 11, 1738 – June 7, 1792)[1] was an American soldier in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of brevet brigadier general. Subsequently, he served as a Massachusetts legislator, and he assisted Gen. William Shepard in stopping Shays' Rebellion. Benjamin Tupper was a co-founder of the Ohio Company of Associates, and was a pioneer to the Ohio Country, involved in establishing Marietta as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory.