Capt. Abraham Toppan, eldest son of Edward Toppan, was born at Newbury, October 14, 1744, and died at sea, April 1782.
Capt. Toppan was engaged in the West Indian trade. On May 15,1781, he arrived at Newburyport in the brig Vulture with the small pox on board and was quarantined at Plum Island.
Capt. Toppan served in the Revolutionary War, with his uncle, Col. Moses Little, at Bunker Hill.
He was captain of the ship Ruby, dying on board ship of yellow fever, and was buried at sea, April 1782.
He married Mary Hunt on January 9, 1773 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Their children were:
1. Ephraim Hunt born Feb. 5. 1774
2. Abraham born Nov. 6, 1779
3. Mary born May 26, 1784 (she married John Dole)
Source: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan by Daniel L. Tappan, pub. 1915
Capt. Toppan was engaged in the West Indian trade. On May 15,1781, he arrived at Newburyport in the brig Vulture with the small pox on board and was quarantined at Plum Island.
Capt. Toppan served in the Revolutionary War, with his uncle, Col. Moses Little, at Bunker Hill.
He was captain of the ship Ruby, dying on board ship of yellow fever, and was buried at sea, April 1782.
He married Mary Hunt on January 9, 1773 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Their children were:
1. Ephraim Hunt born Feb. 5. 1774
2. Abraham born Nov. 6, 1779
3. Mary born May 26, 1784 (she married John Dole)
Source: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan by Daniel L. Tappan, pub. 1915
Capt. Abraham Toppan, eldest son of Edward Toppan, was born at Newbury, October 14, 1744, and died at sea, April 1782.
Capt. Toppan was engaged in the West Indian trade. On May 15,1781, he arrived at Newburyport in the brig Vulture with the small pox on board and was quarantined at Plum Island.
Capt. Toppan served in the Revolutionary War, with his uncle, Col. Moses Little, at Bunker Hill.
He was captain of the ship Ruby, dying on board ship of yellow fever, and was buried at sea, April 1782.
He married Mary Hunt on January 9, 1773 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Their children were:
1. Ephraim Hunt born Feb. 5. 1774
2. Abraham born Nov. 6, 1779
3. Mary born May 26, 1784 (she married John Dole)
Source: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan by Daniel L. Tappan, pub. 1915
Capt. Toppan was engaged in the West Indian trade. On May 15,1781, he arrived at Newburyport in the brig Vulture with the small pox on board and was quarantined at Plum Island.
Capt. Toppan served in the Revolutionary War, with his uncle, Col. Moses Little, at Bunker Hill.
He was captain of the ship Ruby, dying on board ship of yellow fever, and was buried at sea, April 1782.
He married Mary Hunt on January 9, 1773 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Their children were:
1. Ephraim Hunt born Feb. 5. 1774
2. Abraham born Nov. 6, 1779
3. Mary born May 26, 1784 (she married John Dole)
Source: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan by Daniel L. Tappan, pub. 1915
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