Benjamin Tappan (1747 - 1831)

Born 21 Oct 1747 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Homes) Tappan — married 22 Oct 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1831 at age 83 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Private Benjamin Tappan served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Tappan performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Benjamin Tappan served with Civil Service, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Tappan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112819.

Benjamin Tappan was born 21 Oct 1747 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Tappan and Elizabeth Marsh. Benjamin married Sarah Homes and had 11 children. ^[1]

Benjamin Tappan served as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution with Captain Jonathan Wales, Colonel Ezra May. He was a Constable and a Member of the Committee of Correspondence. His spouse: Sarah Homes. Children in file: Lewis who m. Susan Aspinwall; Benj who m. Nancy Wright; Arthur who m. Frances Antill; William who m. Sarah Patterson; John who m. Sarah Salisbury.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://records.ancestry.com/benjamin_tappan_records.ashx?pid=34620805
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 April 2020), "Record of Benjamin Tappan", Ancestor # A112819.

• Gere, Henry Sherwood. Reminiscences of Old Northampton, Sketches of The Town As It Appeared from 1840 to 1850 (Gazette Printing Co., Northampton, 1902) Page 40.

• "This was the old store of Benjamin Tappan and Tappan & Whitney. Mr. Tappan began business on this spot in 1770, in a small wooden building. In 1809 he erected a brick store, twenty-five feet wide by twenty feet deep. The salesroom was twenty-two by twenty feet. He was first a goldsmith, but changed into dry goods, hardware, boots and shoes, groceries, and crockery. He was in business here sixty-two years, dying in 1831. The firm of Tappan & Whitney lasted twenty-seven years."