Individual Details

Thomas Clapp

(1596/97 - Bet 20 Apr 1683 and 1684)

Family History: New England Families #2 He was admitted a freeman at Dorchester in 1636. He moved to Weymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1639, and lived on the farm later owned by Hon. Christopher Webb. He removed to Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1640, and was deacon of the church there in 1647. He was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, June 5, 1644. He was deputy to the general court in 1649; overseer of the poor in 1667; a useful and eminent citizen. His farm was in the southwest part of the town near Stockbridge's mill pond, later owned by Calvin Jenkins. He died April 20, 1684, aged eighty-seven years. His will was dated April 19, 1684, stating that he was in his eighty-seventh year, bequeathing to wife Abigail, children: Thomas, of Dedham, Samuel, Increase and four daughters. Children: Thomas, mentioned below; Increase, born May, 1640, probably; Samuel; Eleazer, moved to Barnstable, killed March 15, 1676, by Indians; Elizabeth, married Captain Michael P. Pierce; Prudence, unmarried; John, born October 18, 1658, died 1671; Abigail, born January 29, 1660. Thomas, Samuel, and Eleazer were sons of the first wife. Increase, Prudence, and Elizabeth belong to the second wife.

Events

Birth1596/97Sidbury, Devon, England
BirthAbt 1609Sidbury, Devon, England
Marriage1639Jane Martin
Residence1639Freeman 13 March, Massachusetts Colony, Massachusetts, USA
MarriageJan 1655United States - Abigail Wright
DeathBet 20 Apr 1683 and 1684Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
ResidenceMassachusetts, United States
Civil13 March 1638-9
Title (Nobility)Deacon

Families

SpouseJane Martin ( - )
SpouseAbigail Wright (1616 - )
ChildJohn Clapp (1658 - 1670)
ChildAbigail Clapp (1659 - )
ChildLiving
ChildThomas Clapp (1638 - 1691)
ChildIncrease Clapp (1639 - )
ChildElizabeth Clapp (1647 - 1697)
ChildPrudence Clapp (1655 - )
ChildEleazer Clapp ( - 1676)
FatherNicholas Clapp (1575 - 1631)
MotherElizabeth (1573 - 1630)
SiblingRichard Clapp (1600 - 1682)
SiblingPrudence Clapp (1602 - 1649)
SiblingNicholas Clapp (1612 - 1678)
SiblingJohn Clapp (1617 - 1654)
SiblingBarbara Clapp ( - )
SiblingRedigon Clapp ( - )
Siblingdaughter Clapp ( - )
SiblingAmbrose Clapp ( - )
Siblingdaughter Clapp ( - )
SiblingLiving

Endnotes

1. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 114.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HCH.

2. William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume: 3rd Series Volume I (n.p: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1915, n.d).

3. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 525.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CTM.

4. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 1720.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.

5. Family History: Massachusetts & Maine 1650s-1930s (n.p: Broderbund Software Inc., 1998, n.d), 1:272.

6. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 1720.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.

7. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 1720.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.

8. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

9. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).

10. Family History: Massachusetts & Maine 1650s-1930s (n.p: Broderbund Software Inc., 1998, n.d), 1:272.

11. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).

12. Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).

13. Family History: Massachusetts & Maine 1650s-1930s (n.p: Broderbund Software Inc., 1998, n.d), 1:272.

14. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).

15. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).

16. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).

17. Family History: Massachusetts & Maine 1650s-1930s (n.p: Broderbund Software Inc., 1998, n.d), 1:272.