Olson's Tree » Abner Toppan (1764-1836)
Personal data Abner Toppan
Sources 1, 2- He was born on April 6, 1764 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
- Alternative: He was born on April 7, 1764 in Newburyport, Mass..
- He died on December 31, 1836 in Newburyport, Mass., he was 72 years old.
Lost at Sea in 1817
- Alternative: He died on December 31, 1836 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Edward Toppan and Sarah Bailey
Household of Abner Toppan
He is married to Elizabeth Stanford.
They got married on January 30, 1792 at Dorchester County, Maryland, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Sophia Stanford 1792-1840
- Sophia Crocker 1792-1840
- Abner Toppan 1797-1843
- Elizabeth Ruggles 1801-1874
- Elizabeth Toppan 1802-1874
- Ariana Thompson 1803-1881
- Harriet Maria Toppan 1810-1886
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Historical events
Birthday April 7, 1764
- The temperature on April 7, 1764 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1764: Source: Wikipedia
- January 19 » Bolle Willum Luxdorph records in his diary that a mail bomb, possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
- January 19 » John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- February 15 » The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
- September 7 » Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski as the last ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Day of marriage January 30, 1792
- The temperature on January 30, 1792 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
- February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
- June 4 » Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
- October 3 » A militia departs from the Spanish stronghold of Valdivia to quell a Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.
- December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
Day of death December 31, 1836
- The temperature on December 31, 1836 was about -1.0 °C. There was 528 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: . Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 25 » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
- March 5 » Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- May 4 » Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
- September 5 » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- December 14 » The Toledo War unofficially ends.
- December 27 » The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
Same birth/death day
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- 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
- 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
- 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
- 1780 » William Ellery Channing, American preacher and theologian († 1842)
- 1803 » James Curtiss, American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago († 1859)
- 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
- 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
- 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
- 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
- 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
- 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P9658.php : accessed December 6, 2025), "Abner Toppan (1764-1836)".