Barbara
"Barbe"
Topham
aka Tappan, Topain
Born about in Quebec, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Theophilus Topham
and Geneviève (Cloutier) Topham
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Peter Hart
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Barbara Emma (Hart) Jackett
Died
at about age 18
in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Biography
Barbara was born 31 December 1771, probably in Québec.[1]
She died 10 May 1790 in Tiverton, Rhode Island.[2] Given the estimated date of birth of her only known child, Barbary [sic] Hart, it can be assumed that Barbara died due to complications of childbirth. Although Peter Hart, the father of her child survived, their daughter was evidently raised by Godfrey Lake and Hannah Hart. Hannah being Peter's first paternal cousin.
Research Notes
The surname is recorded as Tappan, Topain, and once as Turcot (oddly this would have been her maternal grandmothers maiden name).[3]
She may be the illegitimate child called "Barbe" who was baptized 10 January 1772 at the Basilique Notre-Dame of Montréal, "about 8 days old."[4] No parents are named. It is unclear whether her parents were married. Additionally, her mother was from L'Islet and should have been living at Ste-Famille at this time.
Familial Connections
Rhode Island and Québec
Barbara's paternal aunt Mary Topham (1732-1803) was married to Richard Simpson (1733-1810), of Rhode Island. Their son John Simpson (1757-1840) was married to Geneviève Talon (1759-1798) on 18 June 1781 at L'Islet.[5] The brother of Geneviève Talon, Pierre Talon was the second husband of Françoise-Élisabeth Cloutier, who was first married Pierre Cloutier (1747-1777), who in turn was Barbara's maternal uncle.
Sources
- ↑ Birth date calculated from death date on grave inscription in Durfee, Grace Stafford, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, and Waldo Chamberlain Sprague. 1969. Cemetery records from Newport County. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
- ↑ Tiverton (R.I.). Town Clerk. 1972. Births, marriages, deaths, intentions 1639-1932. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
- ↑ Topham, Washington. 1971. The Topham family and their kindred. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
- ↑ Fonds Drouin, Montréal (Basilique Notre-Dame), 1772
- ↑ Fonds Drouin, L'Islet-sur-Mer, 1781
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