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Thomas "Toppyn" was baptized in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, 19 March 1608[/9], the son of Johannis Toppyn.[1][2]
He married Emma Aldridge (1611–c1665) at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England on 16 November 1628.[3]
They had seven children—i. Thomas Topping (1629–1681); ii. James Topping (1632–<1643); iii. Mary (Topping) Quinney (1634–>1685 [1704?]); iv. Hon. John Topping (1636–1686); v. Martha (Topping) Herrick (1638–1689); vi. Capt. Elnathan Topping (1640–1705); vii. James Topping (again) (1642/3–>1687 [1694?])—the first four or five born in England, the last two or three in Connecticut. Their eldest son, Thomas, was baptized at Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, on 25 October 1629.[4] Among his other children were:
A Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, court roll entry dated 12 April 1636 indicates that Thomas Topping was one of two overseers of that parish who reported that all was well with the water courses. The family emigrated to Wethersfield, Connecticut, by 1639.
Thomas's first wife, Emma, died in Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, by 20 October 1666, when he entered into a nuptial agreement with his second wife, Mary (_____ [not Welles]) (Mapham) Baldwin, widow of John Mapham and Timothy Baldwin.*[citation needed]
Thomas's second wife, Mary, died 9 June 1668. By June 1678 he married Lydia, widow of John Wilford;[5] she died 3 Nov. 1694.
"Thomas Topping, the first of this name in Southampton, according to family tradition, was a refugee from religious persecution in England."[6]
"From the Southampton Records it is clear that the Thomas Topping mentioned by Savage resided several years in Southampton, then removed to Branford, and there remained till his death.[6]
"Capt. Thomas the first settler gave his son Capt. Thomas his homestead at the south end. The latter dies in 1682, and in 1683 Capt. Thomas of Branford confirms the gift of the same to Thomas, oldest son of Capt. Thomas."[6]
“In this town [Branford] died Thomas Topping, Esq., one of the company to whom King Charles granted his letters patent for the Colony of Connecticut. He deceased December 1687, having been many years a magistrate” (Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society [Hartford, 1895], 3:306).
"TOPPING, THOMAS, Milford 1639, but earlier was of Wethersfield and rep. 1639, join. the ch. of M. with his w. Emma in 1640, had Elnathan, bapt. 2 Aug. of that yr. and James, 12 Feb. 1643. In 1651, he was a capt. and chos. Assist. and in that rank by an. elect. most of the next twelve yrs. kept on acco. evid. of resid. at Southampton, on L. I. On 20 Oct. 1666 a contr. made at Milford for his m. with Mary, wid. of Timothy Baldwin is by her refer. to ten yrs. later, when she was dispos. of her prob. in conform. with said contr. to her childr. He had, bef. June 1678, made Lydia, the wid. of John Wilford, his w. and for the resid. of his days liv. at Branford, where 5 Oct. 1686 he gave by deed to his s. Elnathan and James at Southampton all his lds. at S. to d. Mary Quinny (or some such name) ten cows; to d. Martha Herrick £10 in add. to what she had rec. to be paid by the s. wh. when had the keep. of the cows also. His wid. in Oct. 1688, transact. with those s. and d. Nov. 1694."[7]
See also Page 64 Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Topping Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume VI Baker Family <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61175/colonialfamiliesvi-004112_64/12874/>
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