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Taken April 27 2017 Oak Hill Burial Ground East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
I took several photos in Oak Hill Burial Ground in East Kingston, New Hampshire.
Researching John Toppan (1739-1818)
Found on record---son of James Toppan (1702-1765) and Abigail Morrill of Salisbury, Massachusetts
A Will recorded indicates John Toppan was his only son and notes a brother-in-law Paul Morrill of Salisbury now residing in South Hampton, New Hampshire.
listed daughters Abigail married to Jacob Gale
and son-in-law Simeon Noyes
John Toppan married December 25 1776 Mrs Abigail Weare of Seabrook, New Hampshire (The New England Historical & Genealogical Register Volume 51 1897)
Was Abigail a Weare by marriage or birth?
In Lane Genealogy book it records Abigail Weare daughter of Deacon Jonathan Weare (1727) of Seabrook, New Hampshire and Sarah Lane (1727-1747) married to John Toppan
Deacon Jonathan Weare son of John Weare and Deborah Taylor
John Toppan and Abigail Weare had a son, James Toppin born 26 Sep 1767 in Kensington, New Hampshire died 6 Feb 1853 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He married Nancy Choate(1778-1855) daughter of Josiah Choate (1747-1822) and Hannah Roberts (1748-1817)
Marriage record 10 Nov 1793 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Death Record of James and Nancy Toppan Massachusetts Town Records listing James birth place in New Hampshire