When Jerusha Topliff was born in 1768, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Calvin Topliff, was 39 and her mother, Jerusha Bicknell, was 25. She married Jacob Dunham about 1787. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 1 March 1845, at the age of 77, and was buried in Gurleyville, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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English (northern): habitational name from Topcliff by Thirsk or Topcliffe by Wakefield, both in Yorkshire. The first derives from Old English topp ‘top’ + clif ‘cliff, bank’, and the second derives from Old Norse topt, late Old English toft ‘building, enclosure’ + Old English clif ‘cliff, bank’.
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