births
March 11, 1738
Benjamin Tupper, American general (died 1792)
Benjamin Tupper
Benjamin Tupper 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.
March 11
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 295 days remain until the end of the year.