August 1788
During August 1788, General Benjamin Tupper and his extended family arrived.
- General Benjamin Tupper, co-founder of the Ohio Company of Associates
- Colonel Ichabod Nye and his wife Minerva Nye (daughter of Gen. Tupper)
- Major Asa Coburn
- Andrew Webster
- The Cushing and Goodale families
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