Arthur Tappan (1786-1865) was born in Northampton, Massachusetts and became a New York businessman. As an individual, he opposed the American Colonization Society and supported the anti-slavery causes. He and his family later moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he remained active in anti-slavery movements and in the American Missionary Association.

Robert Topham lived in Linton, Yorkshire, England and made his will in 1550. His descendant, Abraham Toppan, lived in Yarmouth, county of Norfolk and came to Massachusetts in 1637 and settled in Newbury. He married Susanna Taylor (1607-1689). Descendants lived in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, New Hampshire, and elsewhere.

James Harper and his wife, Jannett Lewis, had five children born in Ireland. The family immigrated to America in 1720, settled first at Casco Bay and then moved to Boston because of Indian troubles. Their son, John Harper (1705-1785) was born at Linnwady, Parish of Newton, County Derry, Ieland. He married Abigail Montgomery in 1728 at Hopkinton, Massachusetts. They had eleven children, 1729-1749. Their son, Capt. Alexander Harper (1744-1798) ,was...