TOPPAN John[1]

Male 1651 - 1743  (92 years)


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  • Name TOPPAN John 
    Birth 23 Apr 1651  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • (NEHGR and Torrey says 1651.)
    Gender Male 
    _UID F3BA0D38EB9ED5118A064445535400002110 
    Death 26 Dec 1743  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    Notes 
    • He was a soldier under Capt. Lathrop in the final battle with the Indians at Bloody Brook, Sept. 18, 1675, and was one of the seven or eight who escaped out of a company of eighty men. "At the battle of Bloody Brook, John Toppan, who was wounded in the shoulder, concealed himself in a water course that at the time was almost dry, and hauled grass and weeds over his head so that, though the Indians sometimes stepped over him, he was not discovered."
    Person ID I25003  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 May 2018 

    Father TOPPAN Abraham, Sr.,   c. 10 Apr 1606, Calbridge, Parish of Coverham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1672, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother TAYLOR-GOODALE Susannah,   b. 1607, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1688/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 28 May 1632  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F3139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 BROWNE Martha,   b. 22 Dec 1667, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1717, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1688  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 8
    • (NEHGR says BROWNE with no date.)
    Children 
     1. TAPPAN Sarah   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. TAPPAN Mary,   b. 29 Dec 1692, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. TAPPAN John,   b. 3 May 1695, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. TOPPAN James,   b. 15 Mar 1701/2, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 24 Apr 1765, Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 63 years)
    Family ID F9855  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 EASTMAN Ruth,   b. 21 Mar 1660/1, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1717  [2, 5, 6
    Family ID F9867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S47] CD-NEHG Register, Vol. 34, Jan 1880, p. 50.

    2. [S47] CD-NEHG Register, Vol. 34, Jan 1880, p. 49.

    3. [S244] Book-VR Newbury, MA; Vol. I - Births, 1:528.

    4. [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.727.

    5. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.330.

    6. [S4582] Book-Tappan-Toppan Genealogy, p.6.

    7. [S116] Book-Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury, MA, p.331.

    8. [S157] Book-VR Andover, MA, 2:66.