ARIANA TAPPAN-THOMPSON was born on 21 March 1804 in Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts to Abner Tappan & Elizabeth Stanford Tappan. (Note: Many early records for this family spell the surname Toppan).

Ariana married Samuel W Thompson on 21 June 1823 at Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, and they had SEVEN children of record:

Henrietta Thompson (1825 - ?),
Elizabeth Stanford Thompson-Baker (1829 - ?),
Ariana Thompson (1830 - ?),
Sophia Crocker Thompson (1832 - ?),
Thomas W Thompson (1835 - 1908),
Samuel White Thompson (1836 - 1909), and
Ann Maria C Thompson-Peterson (1842 - 1936).

Ariana passed away on 21 December 1881 in Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and she was laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.

REFERENCES:

1. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915:
Arian Toppan.
Born: 21 March 1804.
Place: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Father: Abner Toppan.
Mother: Elizabeth Toppan.

2. 9 August 1850 Rahway, Essex County, New Jersey Census, (Stamped 395B, Family #139, Line 13), Husband's Household, Samuel W. Thompson.

3. 1860

4. 27 June 1870 Cummington Post Office, Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Census, (Stamped 267, Sheet 1, Family #4, Line 19), Husband's Household, Samuel W Thompson.

5. 3 June 1880 Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Census, (ED: 545, Stamped 567A, Sheet 9, Family #86, Line 43), Husband's Household, Samuel Thompson.

6. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910:
Groom: Samuel Thompson.
Bride: Arian Toppan.
Married: 21 June 1823.
Place: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.

7. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, V 329, P 321:
Entry (Certificate): #16.
Ariana Thompson.
Age: 77 years, 9 Months.
Birth Estimate: 1804; (21 March 1803).
Place: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Died: 21 December 1881.
Place: Marion, Plymoth County, Massachusetts.
Residence: Marion, Plymoth County, Massachusetts.
Father: Abner Tappan.
Birthplace: Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Mother: Elizabeth Tappan.
Birthplace: Maryland.