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• Birth	17 Nov 1603	probably England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	17 AUG 2009 18:42:28 GMT-5
  Died	24 Dec 1672	Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Buried	Cemetery at the Corner of Stoughton Street and Columbia Road. (Dorchester?)   [1]
  Person ID	I1153	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Family	Sarah,   b. Abt 1605,   d. 29 Jul 1693
  Married	Y  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Topliff Obedience,   b. Oct 1642,   d. 30 May 1678
  Family ID	F526	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1. CLEMENT TOPLIFF was born Nov. 17, 1603, probably in England, though his birthplace still remains unknown. The date of his marriage, the surname of his wife Sarah, and the exact date of his arrivalin Dorchester have not been ascertained, but it is supposed that he came over with John Mather in the "Second Emigration," 1635-7. His farm was near what is now Columbia Road, Dorchester. The new street called Topliff was laid out through the original grant a few years ago. His daughter Obedience married David Copp of Boston, from whom Copp's Hill was named. The stone to two of their children is one of the earliest in the burial ground on that hill. Clement Topliff was admitted into the First Church of Dorchester, 4 : 12: 1639; he was made freeman May 13, 1640, and was a herdsman in 1653. He was one of the signers of the Thompson's Island agreement, 7 : 12: 1641. He died Dec. 24, 1672, in Dorchester, and was buried in the cemetery at the corner of the present Stoughton Street and Columbia Road. His will, dated Jan. 26, 1666, was probated Jan. 31, 1672. Sarah,his widow, died July 29, 1693, aged 88, and was buried near her husband. The gravestones of both husband and wife are in an excellent state of preservation. Children: i. JONATHAN, b. Apr., 1637; probably d. early. ii. SARAH, b. May, 1639; m. May 11, 1659, David Jones; d. Oct. 13, 1683. iii. OBEDIENCE, b. Oct., 1642 ; m. Feb. 20, 1659, David Copp ; d. May 30, 1678. 2. iv. SAMUEL, b. May 7, 1646. v. PATIENCE, b. July, 1644 ; m. Mar. 27, 1667, Nathaniel Homes : d. Mar. 11, 1696.

• Sources

  [S72] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, (Name: The Society, 1902;), Volume LVIII, p. 118 (Reliability: 3). [S73] Genealogy, William Montgomery Clemens, Lyman Horace Weeks, Vol. III, p. 37 (Reliability: 3).