Reverend Christopher Toppan, D.D.

1671 - 1747  (75 years)

• Name	Christopher Toppan
  Prefix	Reverend
  Suffix	D.D.
  Birth	15 Dec 1671	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, -USA
  Gender	Male
  Note	Ordained 9 Sep 1696, pastor of the First Church at Newbury, Mass. The inscription on his monument reads: 'Here lies buried the body of the Rev. Christopher Toppan, Master of Arts, fourth pastor of the First Church in Newbury; a Gentleman of good learning, conspicuouos for Piety and Virtue, shining both by his Doctrine and Life, skilled and greatly improved in the Practice of Physick and Surgery who deceased July 23, 1747, in the 76th year of his age and 51st of his Pastoral Office.' Savage sys 'he died 23 Jul 1747, having for above four years suffered much in his mind by reason of the great division in religious sentiments then prevailing.' Ref: DLT 54; JC ; JS IV-252
  Death	23 Jul 1747	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, -USA
  Person ID	I997	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Dr. Peter Toppan,   b. 1634, England d. 3 Nov 1707 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Jane Batt,   b. Abt 1632
  Family ID	F7408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Angier   d. 20 Feb 1738/39
  Marriage	13 Dec 1698
  Children	1. Christopher Toppan,   b. 24 Feb 1699/00 > 2. Dr. Edmund Toppan,   b. 7 Dec 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, -USA d. 28 Nov 1739 (Age 37 years)   3. Bezaleel Toppan,   b. 7 Mar 1704/05   d. 1762 (Age 56 years) > 4. Sarah Toppan,   b. 25 Sep 1707 > 5. Eunice Toppan,   b. 1 Sep 1710   6. Susanna Toppan
  Family ID	F342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Dummer
  Marriage	28 Jun 1739
  Family ID	F345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022