Gupphey or Guphay, or Gapphey, was the name of an estate in the Wiltshire parish of Mere, which was in the possession of a family of the same name in the 14th century (Collinson's "Somerset," Hoare's "Wilts," etc.). His descendants last century continued to live in and around Melksham, Corsham, and Seend, and some engaged in the cloth trade. Richard Guppey, gent., died in 1639 possessed of Sandridgehill Park, Melksham, Wilts, and of other property in Halstock, Dorset. Concerning this Wiltshire family I learn from the Probate Registry that about 250 years ago the Guppys of Wilts were connected with the Guppys of Halstock, Dorset, where the name still remains. The Guppys, already referred to under "Dorset," were long established in Wilts, where the name is now extinct. The extinct Wiltshire family is referred to under that county. It is remarkable that after nearly 400 years the name yet lingers around its old Dorset homes in Halstock and South Perrott a few of the name are still to be found in Somerset.
A gentle family of Guppy resided at Chard last century, and to the Somersetshire Guppys belonged the founder of the present engineering firm at Naples. Amongst the martyrs of the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 were William and Justinian Guppy, of Taunton, who were transported to Barbadoes, and died both of them on the voyage whilst Roger Guppey was executed at Bridgwater (Hotten's "American Emigrants " "Western Martyrologv"). A family of Guppy resided at Farway, Devon, from the beginning of the 17th century (perhaps earlier) until a generation ago to this stock belonged the Guppys of Sidbury Castle in the early part of this century. From Dorset the name extended into the surrounding counties of Somerset, Devon, and Wilts, in the last two of which it is now very rare or extinct.
Pickyeate, Pykeyeate, or Picket, in South Perrott, was the residence of a family of Guppy or Guppie as far back as the reign of Elizabeth, and the name has since been frequent in the South Perrott registers until within the last twenty years. For nearly four centuries, in fact as far back as the parish registers enable us to trace the name, the principal home of the Guppys has been in Dorset, close to the Somerset and Devon borders, as shown by the wills in Somerset House several families of well - to - do yeomen bearing this name resided in Halstock, South Perrott, Cheddington, and Frampton, during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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