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Clapp, Peter

Male Abt 1568 - (wp) 10 Jan 1622/3


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  • Name Clapp, Peter  
    Birth Abt 1568  of Sidbury,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death (wp) 10 Jan 1622/3  Sidbury,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: Peter's mar rec at Sidmouth, below, identifies him as a son of Richard Clapp of Sidbury. Peter's will, below, mentions his "[half]brother," Nicholas Clapp, who is identified in the will of widow Christian Clapp of Sidbury, 25 Jul 1608, proved 12 Aug 1608, Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, abstracted in Olive M. Moger, "Transcript of Devonshire Wills," 44 vols. (typescript, n.d.), 9:1210 (FHL #916870). Date and place of birth are approximations. Peter is not mentioned in Christian's will. Wills of this court were destroyed in 1942.
      MAR: W. I. Leeson, ed, "Sidmouth Parish Register" (transcript, 1941; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #916935).
      DEATH: No death/bur rec found. See will of Peter Clapp of Sidbury, 26 Mar 1622, proved 10 Jan 1622/3, Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, abstracted in Moger, "Devonshire Wills," 9:1214.

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      NOTE: Richard Clapp of Sidbury was no doubt the father of other children. Two unnamed children of Richard are mentioned in the will of his father, William Clapp of Sidbury, 29 May 1555, proved 26 Jul 1555, Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, abstracted in Moger, "Devonshire Wills," 9:1207. Richard is probably the father of a younger Richard Clapp who had children baptized at Sidmouth in the 1590s. He may also be the father of Mary Clapp and Prudence Clapp, mentioned without relationship in the will of his widow Christian Clapp, 25 Jul 1608, proved 12 Aug 1608, Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, abstracted in Moger, "Devonshire Wills," 9:1210.
    Person ID I9618  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Clapp, Richard,   b. Abt 1527, of Sidbury,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 25 Jul 1608 (Age < 81 years) 
    Mother (unknown) 
    Marriage Abt 1552 
    Family ID F4277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stocker, Tamsin 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1595  Sidmouth,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart