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Clapp, Edward

Male Abt 1605 - 1665  (60 years)


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  • Name Clapp, Edward  
    Birth Abt 1605  Salcombe Regis,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Jan 1664/1665  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 10 Jan 1664/1665  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Edward is identified in the will of his father, William Clapp of Salcombe Regis, n.d., proved 25 Mar 1641, Exeter Wills, abstracted in Mary Lovering Holman, ANCESTRY OF COLONEL JOHN HARRINGTON STEVENS, 2 vols. (n.p., 1948, 1951), 1:279 (FHL #929.273 St47h). Wills of this court were destroyed in 1942. He is also called "brother" in the will of Roger Clapp of Dorchester, MA, 19 Nov 1690, proved 5 Mar 1690/1, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1820, (n.s.) 8:35 (FHL #594175). Date and place of birth are approximations.
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Clapp and his wife Prudence were born at Dorchester beginning 1637. Prudence is believed to be his cousin, the dau of Nicholas Clapp, based on the will of Nicholas's son John Clapp of Dorchester, 11 Jul 1655, proved 30 Aug 1655, which calls Edward "brother" and "brother-in-law" and mentions his "cousins," Prudence, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Susannah Clapp (Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, [o.s.] 1:111 [FHL #584127]). The "cousins" are children of Edward Clapp.
      MAR #2: No mar rec found. Edward's will, below, identifies a wife Susannah. Edward Clapp administered the estate of Elizabeth, widow of William Cockerill, on 28 Jun 1664, by right of his marriage to one of the widow's daughters (THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, 3 vols. [Salem, MA, 1916-20], 1:357, 444 [FHL #974.45 P2p]).
      DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 26 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Also see the will of Edward Clapp of Dorchester, 3 Jan 1664/5, proved 1 Feb 1664/5, Suffolk Co Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:442 (FHL #584127).
      BUR: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 26.

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      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I9606  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Jun 1999 

    Father Clapp, William,   b. Abt 1565, of Sidbury,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 1 Mar 1640/1641, Salcombe Regis,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Channon, Johan,   b. Abt 1572, of Sidmouth,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 5 Aug 1629, Salcombe Regis,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1593  Sidmouth,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cockerill, Susannah 
    Family ID F4280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Clapp, Prudence 
    Marriage Abt 1636 
    Family ID F4279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart