Benjamin Tappan

1747 - 1831  (83 years)

• Name	Benjamin Tappan  [1]
  Born	21 Oct 1747	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	21 Oct 1747	Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Died	29 Jan 1831	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7]
  Buried	Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I20705	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Rev. Benjamin Tappan,   b. 28 Feb 1721, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 6 May 1790, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Marsh,   b. 29 Jun 1723, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Sep 1807, Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1746  [4]
  Family ID	F12509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Holmes,   b. 2 Jan 1748, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Mar 1826, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1770	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin Tappan, Senator from Ohio,   b. 25 May 1773, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Apr 1857, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio  (Age 83 years)   2. Arthur Tappan,   b. 22 May 1786, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Jul 1865, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut  (Age 79 years)   3. Lewis Tappan,   b. 23 May 1788, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Jun 1873, Brooklyn, Kings, New York  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	9 May 2021
  Family ID	F12357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Benjamin Tappan Sr., by Gilbert Stuart Benjamin Tappan, Sr., by Gilbert Stuart, 1814.

  
  

• Notes

  He was a goldsmith and a storekeeper. According to Tappan-Toppan Genealogy (citation details below), he marched with other volunteers from Northampton to meet the forces of Burgoyne at Saratoga.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2651] Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part from the Home Missionary Magazine, of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants by Sarah Homes Tappan. New York: West & Trow, 1834. [S2589] Find a Grave page for Benjamin Tappan. [S2657] Genealogy of the Family of George Marsh, Who Came from England in 1635 and Settled in Hingham, Mass. by E. J. Marsh. Leominster, Massachusetts: F. N. Boutwell, 1887., date only. [S2662] Tappan-Toppan Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1606-1672 by Daniel Langdon Tappan. Arlington, Massachusetts, 1915. [S4303] Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut by Edward Augustus Bowen. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897. [S2651] Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part from the Home Missionary Magazine, of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants by Sarah Homes Tappan. New York: West & Trow, 1834., date only. [S4303] Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut by Edward Augustus Bowen. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1897., date only. [S5174] Massachusetts, U.S. Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, on ancestry.com. [S2651] Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Taken in Part from the Home Missionary Magazine, of November, 1828, and Printed for Distribution Among Her Descendants by Sarah Homes Tappan. New York: West & Trow, 1834., year only. [S2662] Tappan-Toppan Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Abraham Toppan of Newbury, Massachusetts, 1606-1672 by Daniel Langdon Tappan. Arlington, Massachusetts, 1915., date only.