Good morning cousins Jesse, Pat and everyone... I know this is kinda long, but don't know how to shorten it and show what I have... how does this look to you guys? Can you straighten me out, or do I have it right? What a job this is, but truly a labor of deep love for my ancestors... I am starting out with the first known ancestor of my TOPPING line.. and taking it down to ANN TOPPING who md THOMAS 2) BAKER.. and trying to figure out the correct parents of my HEZEKIAH TOPPING the s/o James and Abigail.. ~~~~~~~~~~ John -2) TOPPING b 1550 at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, d July 1608 at Wing, Buckinghamshire, England md Joan -1) NICHOLAS 1 Nov 1568 at Wing, Buckinghamshire, England. Joan -1) NICHOLAS born 1552 ................. England, died 1610 at Wing, Buckinghamshire, England.. Their son was: John -1) TOPPING b 6 July 1578 Wing, Buckinghamshire, England, died Aug 1623 at Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England..md Selena or Helen BLACKETT 5 July 1605 Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England Selena or Helen -1) BLACKETT was born 1568 at Leighton, Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England she died 1629 at Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, she was the d/o: Thomas BLACKETT b 1541 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, d ............, He married Alice ............1 Nov 1566 at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England The child of John -1) TOPPING and Selena or Helen -1) BLACKETT was: Thomas 1) TOPPING b 19 Mar 1608 at Tatternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, died 1688 at Branford, New Haven, CT 1688 md Emma 1) ALDRIDGE on 16 Nov 1628 at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. Emma 1) ALDRIDGE born 1609 at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England.. died 1665 at Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York.. she was the d/o: Ambrose -1) ALDRIDGE b 1573 Dunstable, Buckinghamshire, England d 30 Sep 1630 at Haughton / Chedington, Buckinghamshire, England...md Emma O. HARDING 3 Oct 1598 at county Buckinghamshire, England Emme O. -1) HARDING b 1578 Chedington, Bunckinghamshire, England, d........ .......... she was the d/o Thomas -2) HARDING b 1547 of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, d ................ md bef 1573 to "unknown" ~~~~~~~~ The children of Thomas 1) TOPPING and Emma 1) ALDRIDGE were: 1. xThomas 2) TOPPING 1629 - 1681 md *Hannah WHITE my 9th gr gp 2. James 2) TOPPING 1632 - 1694 3. Mary 2) TOPPING 1634 - 1704 4. John 2) TOPPING 1636-1686 md1) *Sarah WHITE/ md2) Deborah LOCKWOOD the widow of William WARD 5. Martha 2) TOPPING 1638 - 1689 I think she md c1653 James HERRICK 6. Elnathan 2) TOPPING 1640-1705 md Mary ............ *sisters 1 Thomas 2) b 25 Oct 1629 at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England d 31 May 1681 Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York.. md Hannah WHITE abt 1655 Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York.. Hannah 2) WHITE.. born abt 1634 Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York.... d .................., d/o John 1) WHITE 1608-1662 and Anne 2) COOPER 1618-1687.. John 1) WHITE was born 1 Jan 1608 at Hareby, Linconlshire, England, died 1647 Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, md 1647 Anne 2) COOPER the d/o; John 1) COOPER / COWPER and Wilbroe 1)..............this is a confusion for me I don't know where I got her as the child of John and Wilbroe...... you know before "source" was important [to me]...[woe is me...] The children I have for John 1) WHITE and Anne 2) COOPER are: 1. John 2. James 3. Sarah md John TOPPING 4. xHannah md Thomas TOPPING s/o Thomas & Emma ALDRIDGE 5. Martha md 12 June 1678 John HOWELL bro. to Abraham HOWELL 6. Abigail md 19 Oct 1682 Abraham HOWELL bro. to John HOWELL 7. unknown 8. unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know of one child of Thomas 2) TOPPING and Hannah 2) WHITE, Ann TOPPING, she md Thomas BAKER..they were my 8th gr gp. Ann 3) TOPPING b 9 June 1666 Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York..she died 1710 at Southampton.. she md Thomas 2) BAKER b 26 July 1654 East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, died 8 Sep 1735 ............; he was the s/o [9th gr gp] Thomas 1) BAKER and Alice DAYTON.. ~~~~~~~~~~~ This is where I need some help...I have a 6th gr grandfather Hezekiah TOPPING .. this is how I think he enters into the TOPPINGS... John -2) TOPPING (1550-1608) md Joan NICHOLAS John -1) TOPPING (1578-1623) md Selena or Helen BLACKETT Thomas 1) TOPPING (1608-1688) md Emma ALDRIDGE James 2) TOPPING (1632-1694) md Sarah 2) WHITE d/o John WHITE & Ann COOPER James 3) TOPPING (1670-1694) md Abigail LUPTON Hezekiah 4) TOPPING (c1680- ) md Martha WOOD [who was she] Martha 5) TOPPING (1702- 1787) md deacon James 4) HAINES What do you think...it is the James I am concerned about.. is James 3), the s/o James 2) TOPPING and Sarah 2) WHITE? IF...IF that is correct then I think I have my Hezekiah's lineage... Thank you ever so much for taking the time to read this and helping me figure this out.. Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com