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/ publishers present the above as a genuine Clapp arms, but without lay^l,
claim to it as belonging specially, if at all, to the American branch of lb
family. It was undoubtedly the arms of some family of the name in Eng-
land, though in what line of descent has not been ascertained. The legend
attached to it, however, at the social meeting at Xantasket was introduced
as the motto of the family, and no objection can be made to such a use of it
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CONTENTS.
i
s Preface
iiY Remarks by Committee of Publication
/ction to the memorial
and his Descendants .
:d and his Descendants .
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las and his descendants
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PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
(Thirty-three wood-cut fac-similes of Autographs in the volume.)
Nathaniel Clapp (No. 14 Nicholas) . Opp. Title Page.
Minister at Newport, R. I., from 1695 to 1745.
Otis Clapp (No. 809 Roger) 83
Bookseller and Publisher in Boston ; Assessor of Internal Revenue, 1862 to 1875.
Theodore Clapp (No. 867 Roger) .... 86
Minister at New Orleans, La., from 1822 to 1857.
William Clapp (No. 85 Edward) 104
Merchant in Boston, from 1842.
Monument to Pres. Thomas Clapp (No. 77 Thomas) 134
In the Netv Burying-ground, New Haven, Conn.
Charles Clapp (No. 395 Thomas) .... 144
Merchant in Bath, Me.— in 1S76, Treasurer Bath Gas Light Co.
Asa Clapp (No. 212 Thomas) 158
Merchant in Portland, Me., from 1796 to 1848.
Mansion-House in Scituate, Mass. . . . 177
Built by Judge Thomas Clapp in 1740.
William M. Clapp (No. 851 Thomas) . . . 185
Judge VMh District, Albion, Indiana.
Almon M. Clapp (No. 862 Thomas) .... 188
Congressional Printer, Washington, D. C.
David Clapp (No. 205 Nicholas) .... 249
Printer and Publisher in Boston, from 1834.
Homestead in Dorchester, Mass 256
Site of house first built by Capt. Roger Clapp.
Ebenezer Clapp (No. 189 Nicholas) ... 267
Compiler of the " Memorial," Dorchester.
Enoch Clapp (No. 221 Nicholas) 270
Merchant in Baltimore and Philadelphia from 1812.
Mansion-House in Warwick, R. I. ... 291
Residence of Silas Clapp and his Descendants.
Leverett A. Clapp (No. 282 ii. Roger) . . . 335
Commissioner State Lands Office, Lansing, Mich.
Fac-simile of ancient and obscure Writing . 361
By Surah Clapp, Dorchester, about lfe).
COMPILER'S PEEFACE.
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A large portion of the descendants of the early settlers o,€ s ir
England are curious to know the names and history of diei^r s
tors. This curiosity is laudable, and the gratification usually ie
genuine satisfaction. The compiler of this work began, aW
year 1840, to gather what information he could in relation naro '
own family in order to leave it in manuscript to his childr< is fixc
interest m it increased until nothing else would satisfy hin s ag
collect whatever might be obtained concerning all bearing the' 8 J
For this purpose, old documents were obtained ; State, Cc w "
Town, Church and private records searched, garrets rans. en
public and private citizens interviewed, letters sent to different^
of this country and to England, and journeys taken. The res] a
embodied in the work now issued.
No doubt some will think the accounts are quite incomplef "
faultfinders (who may be found in every family) will poi ke<
onions and errors. In many case, it has been exceeding!.. mor .
cult to ascertain facts in relation to individuals, and the car with i
often been that those applied to were uninformed or indie- „„,,
regard to the matter. This, however, has not been the o, c l„
expenence of the compiler; for, as he looks over the great ar a U ,
names in the book, he is satisfied they could not have been ob„ tn
without much assistance furnished by others. The records ofetwe,
persons mentioned are necessarily very brief; others are
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^ -, in some instances the biographical sketches prepare
such a length that an abridgement was necessary. Thost,
s t the vicinity of the places where our progenitors first settled,
TTo Qre tne comm ^tee on publication and compiler now live,
aot in most instances, the larger record, because better known.
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s Ajubtedly there are many whose history is recorded in one line
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rr.D- iave rece i ve( j ^; but to us their merits were not made known.
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4 The abstract of the historian's page."
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■ax I. II. beex* found difficult, however, to exclude sketches of such
to be authentic, and relating in some instances to those as
POPT'o °^ menl; io n as an y of their ancestors.
(Thi have been the hindrances and large the expense in the
-^- on of the work ; but the downright pleasure and satisfaction
ve been experienced in the acquaintances and friendships
Booi-seijcted in its progress cannot be forgotten nor underrated.
Mhhe completion and issuing of the volume, the Committee of
ation, viz., Otis Clapp, David Clapp and William B. Trask,
AlONU renc j ere( i i m p 0r tant services : the first in arousing the interest
CHAE ecur i n g the aid of the indifferent and procrastinating ; the second
Asa inscribing and arranging the matter in hand and completing the
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Mansk? where necessary ; the third in the exercise of his accurate
vr ILLI \ "ensive knowledge of historical and genealogical matter, and
s well as the compiler of the work, is descended, on the
c al side, from both Capt. Roger and Edward Clapp.
i also proper to mention the fact that the family are under
aon to David Clapp and John Cotton Clapp, the publishers,
idertaking the pecuniary risk of issuing the work. Many
Enoci an( j expenses are connected with a work of this kind, and the
MANBnre always small outside of the household. It is hoped,
LEVEore, that the members of the different branches of the familv
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not be backward in the purchase of copies. The edition
fed is of course small, and early calls for the work may be.
antageous to the purchasers, and will certainly be so to the
►Ushers. Many thanks are due to David C. Clapp, son of
vid Clapp, who has had much of the oversight of the printing of
this Memorial, and has rendered important assistance in completing
the unfinished records
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The Clapps were among the early band of Puritans that settled in
New England, and who helped to establish a government, the
effects of which will be felt throughout all time. Under its fostering
care and protection, unlike the creation of new kingdoms or states ir
the old world, states are settled and organized among us after v
fashion of our own ; the coming in of a new commonwealth is
regarded with as little note as the advent of an additional youngstei
in a growing family. The "far West," where many of our nam
, reside! and which for years have been shifting and changing, is fixe
\ at last; it lies along the shores of the Pacific. A few years ag J
the Alleghany Mountains were its borders; then, the Mississi,
became its western boundary ; it travelled up the Missouri wi
such rapidity, that the points exhibiting its progress seem
like the spots that mark the nightly encampment of an ar £
on its march. Compare this with the experience of Ca £
, Ivoger Clapp, the first pioneer of our name, and those v £
f came with him. They had come in that "great ship' b ;
Mary and John, which, as another says of it, was "rocker ,
mighty billows, fanned by stormy gales, but overwatched by mar*
than maternal guardianship, until it laid its precious charge withi
the rude lap of these western shores." He first met to join in puW
worship with his one hundred and forty fellow voyagers in Dorchc
lear the ocean, in June, 1630; "the sun in its golden H«
j down through the young summer's swaying foliage upon th
Ltly bared and bending heads," with no white person betwe, \
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May we follow the precious examples of such an ancestry asj far
as they lived the true life, and not forsake their wise counsels nor
disgrace their memories. They helped to found a government in
true wisdom ; may wisdom be its eternal heritage.
EBENEZEE CLAPP,
Born in Dorchester, Mass.,
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EXPLANATORY REMARKS,
BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION.
The work upon which the well-known historian of the Clapp Family has
»r so many years been engaged, after being transcribed from his original
mnuscripts, rearranged, and completed as far as it is possible to complete a
-ork of this kind, is now published. The slow progress in printing the book,
agretted alike by the publishers and the subscribers, was caused by the
mtinual reception of genealogical records from distant parts and from per-
ms whose interest in the matter was not awakened until the printing was
gun, together with the efforts to bring some of the incomplete records
jkwn to the present day. The errors and imperfections in the records of each
jnealogical line, discovered while the work was passing through the press,
/nd also important information received out of time, rendered necessary the
insertion of a Supplement, in which also the Committee have ventured to
/introduce various documents and miscellaneous papers, mostly historical, and
j more or less connected with some individual previously named. At the last
/ moment likewise it was deemed expedient to include the latest received mat-
I ter under the head of " Addenda." The family history is thus unavoidably
Tendered somewhat disconnected, but this is remedied in some degree by the sf
jonsecutive numbering, and by the Index. The foot-notes occasionally given e-
|vc-bcen carefully prepared, having explanatory or suggestive reference to * e
/me person, place or event mentioned in the text. be
. - With regard to the matter of arranging the order and descent of genera- lfye
tions and families, so variously carried out in genealogical works, the plan sin
adopted by the publishers comprises a full list of the children of each head ^'
of a family directly under his name. Where the information concerning at
these children is small and their posterity not numerous, the whole record
is given at once ; when otherwise, the name is designated by this mark -f- and
mvrwi fo Twa rd, and on a future page it makes the starting-point of a new
id. The different families as thus recorded are each comprised
number in large figures situated in the middle of the line, thus,
■nd the next similar number. For instance: -f-2. Samuel, 2 on
taken up again under — 2 — on page 9, and the record of his ft
ine finished there, except that of his son -{-19. Samuel,' who in .„,'
I taken up under — 19_ np. 16, and so on. The Italic names too
parentheses at the beginning of each new family record, after the
e head of such family, carry the line back to the original ancestor, me
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in the genealogical order as designated by the superior figures 4 * 2 i f
the succeeding generations are designated by the same kind of flo a 're's in I
increasing order down to the last. These small figures at the right of fami
names should be carefully noted in tracing out each record. Further detai
in regard to this arrangement will be evident to the reader, on perusal, witl
out more particular explanation here.
The plan originally embraced by the compiler, in tracing genealogical d
scents, was to confine them to the male members of each family. This pla
has been continued as a general rule. In a few instances, however, mo]
particularly in the case of families where the daughters have married hu;
bands already more or less intimately connected with the Clapps, the childre
of such, when their names were furnished, have been inserted.
The Portraits which have been prepared for the volume are not so nume
ous as could have been wished, although they well represent the differei [
iamily branches. That of Rev. Nathaniel makes a fitting frontispiece. Th
imperfect condition, however, of the oil painting, from which it is heliotyped
has prevented the furnishing of a beautiful picture.— The few illustrations o
ancient homesteads which are given represent houses rich in historical an.
domestic associations, and we regret their number is necessarily so smal'
A goodly number of facsimiles of ancient autographs has been obtained b
the publishers, and all must acknowledge that they add much to the intere
of the work.
The accounts of the two great Family Gatherings, in 1870 and 1873, a
appended, the first from the stereotype plates of the pamphlet printed at th.
time ; the second gathered- mostly from the carefully prepared newspaper
reports of the proceedings. They are inserted at the end of the book, entirely
separate from the Memorial proper, and the Index prepared for them must be
carefully distinguished from that of the book itself.
It will be observed that the orthography of the family name adopted in
this work is that in general use at the present time. This has been deviated
from in the case of documents, in copying which, literal conformity has in al
respects been carried out. The slight attention given to literary accomplish
merits in ancient times, even among the most intelligent, resulted in grei
variableness in the spelling of family names, and ours has at various time
and by different individuals been spelt: Clap, Clapa, Clapp. Clappa, Clappe,
&c. The initial letter K, instead of C, has also been used, and perhaps was
more general in ancient times than now; a few prominent families of the
name still use that letter.
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WORKS FOR SALE BY THE PUBLISHERS.
The Clapp Memorial may be had in different styles of binding, at
prices varying from $4 to $6.50. When ordered to be sent by mail, forty-
live cents for postage should be added to the price of each book.
The Publishers have also for sale copies of the Glover Memorial, an
octavo volume of GOO pages, by the late Miss Ann Glover, at $4 or $5, ac-
cording to style of binding. They have also issued in former years the pub- 1 ^'
lications of the Dorchester Historical and Antiquarian Society, of which they in( j
-till have on hand a few copies of Blake's Annals of Dorchester— por
1030 to 1753; and the Journal and Life of Richard Mather— 150(T1u
to 1069 ; both small 1:2 inns, at 50 cents each. The second edition, by tln kiri r
above society, of the Memoirs of Roger Clapp, is just out of print, anc^°
the issue of another edition may be expected at no distant date. i ha
Clapp Family Meetings at Northampton and Boston— 187
axd 1S73, a pamphlet of 80 pages, will be sent by mail to any address fc
50 cents a copy. ticl
Hunt Clapp. r e
; ' Quarterly, first and fourth, ermines, three battle axes; second, Ma
sable, a griffin passant, argent ; third, sable, an eagle with two heade„ is f,
displayed within a border ensrrailed, ardent." acatior,
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* Osgod Clapa was a Danish Noble at the Court of King Canute, who was king
England from 1017 to 1036. From him it is supposed that Clapham, eo. Surrey, where .
had a country-house, derived its name. ome
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aware that imperfections may be found both in the filling
out of family records and the giving of names and dates.
Obvious reasons will account for these imperfections in
a first attempt to publish the record of this large and
growing family. To remedy these as far as possible in
any future edition that may be called for, members and
friends of the family everywhere are requested, in looking
3ver the work, to note any errors or omissions within the
sphere of their own knowledge, and forward the same to
he publishers, who propose thus to perfect the records
f the various branches and keep them for any future use
hat may be demanded. Anything which will conduce
d the complete genealogy of the family or increase the
iterest of its history will be gratefully received and care-
_ally registered.
David Clapp & Sox,
April 15, 1S76. • 56-1 Washington St., Boston.
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J" T/ T ha , S att , C ' 1<ICd " le eff ° ,tS WhlCh haTC b «» «»* t°
("te, that the sphere of this book is necessarily confined to the
western comment and to the period since the beginning of the first
systematic settlement of New England by the puritans. Whatever
result m, g ht accompany our endeavors to penetrate beyond that period "
P c haps ofsmal. consequence to us, whose confidence and affection, *
h.e planted cluefly on those of our progenitors who in this land of the-'
fadopfon have given us the example of their faith, courage and virtue"
tell f 7 ! "' e S " ffiCient '° Sh ° W that the ftmi 'v has lived inS
England from a remote period ; these are summed up in BurkJ&
pro,f: f drr;;,: ufficiently deai - to ™ ™* £*«• ° f *■
1 "Clapp (Salcombe, Co. Devon) the family of Chapp, originally^
Papa, churns Damsh extraction, and was long settled in Devonshire J
m which county it possessed the estate of Salcombe, which eventualljf
revolved on Sarah, daughter of Dr. Kessel, of Ottery, St. Mary, andf
,,«,.c of George Cornish, Esq., her mother having been the onlyS-
• aughter and heiress of John Clapp, Esq., of Salcombe. That geiwl?
tiemans younger brother, Robert Clapp, m. Mary, dan. of Georg/
Hun Esq., of Parke, Co. Devon (who through his mother was ££
scended from the very ancient family of Wyk, or Weeks, of NortlS
Tnwton) and ,s now represented by his granddaughter, Frances Mary'
Clapp, of Taunton, only child and heiress of the late Rev. Francis
.Hunt Clapp.
-Quarterly, first and fourth, ermines, three battle axes; second,,
sable, a griffin passant, argent ; third, sable, an eagle with two head^a
displayed within a border engrailed, argent."
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INTRODUCTION.
The Emigration of the Ci.apps to America
As far as is known, all of the name who emigrated to this country'
-count of six who did so come. Of these, five were among the first '
■ettlers of New England, landing at Dorchester from ,6 3 o to L. The
«x,h landed at a later date on the southern coast. There is, however
ava tradition among persons bearing the name and now living in va on
0I parts of the south and south-west, that their ancestor came from Hess"
Wbl I e n rKT,,T ^ Set " ed !n Ph!ladeI Ph-; but it seems most
probable that all these arc descendants of the sixth above mentioned,
the only one rf the name who is known to have settled outside of
gl New England. There arc also many bearing the name now living in
an different parts of Canada, who have a tradition that their emigfan"
frj ancestry consisted of three brothers who came from Wales during the
* TJZ se :n : ( New England : but - ^^ -« *- g-^
gy be faced back, it would attach finally to one of the six emigrant,
&»n Eng and, but it cannot now be explained just how the first five are
f connected with the sixth. Of the parentage of those who settled in
ha ?o Chester, all that is known is centred in two individuals, the imme-
-> his L P „H gen " 0,S ' ""I'' RiCha ' d C ' apP ' ° f D"*"**, England, and
is brother, name unknown, who lived in Salcombe, a small town
"utiated near the western coast of England, twelve miles from Exeter
.jlhnd having, m ,83., .population of only 448. Many of the children
of Richard Clapp and his brother left their native country with those
A ea,n^,y religious men who felt themselves oppressed and hindere,
.0 growth by the Established Church, and desired an unoccupied field
and a virgin soil where their principles might expand without danger
of corruption from impure surroundings. As they were all in com-
fortable circumstances in England, there could have been no incluce-
^^l^T^ l ° temPt ^ t0 ^- awiWernessfor
Record of the Emigrant Families.
, Of Richard Clapp and his brother, the parents of the five emigrants ■
of that name who landed in New England, nothing definite is known
beyond the facts of their place of residence and station in life. The
progeny of each is now given, as far as can be clone, those names
orefixed by the cross + being carried over for extended genealogical
cord m the main body of this Memorial.
5 ildren ° f ( brother of R^hard) Clapp, of Salcombe, Eng. :
E Z W 1 P;r/ ngI ^ ; em !g rated to New England in 1633 J
m. fiist, I mdence Clapp, dau. of his uncle Richard Clapp.
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of Dorchester, Eng. ; m. second, Susannah Cockerell. I 'Ji e
died in Dorchester, N. E., in 1664. br<^qV
li, A Son, 1 name and history unknown. Children [probably] : Them
(1) Barbarafh. in England ; emigrated to New England, pe^ j s an 'V
haps With her uncle Edward in 1633 ; joined the churvftich it g
in Dorchester in 1636, or between that year and 163c y
m. first, April 20, 1639, Joseph Weld, of Roxbury. H '"
d. in 1646, and she m. second, Anthony Stoddard, o. '-
Boston, by whom she had two children. She d. abou; how 3 .
1654. iienthp
(2) Redigon? b. in England; emigrated to N. England, per a ^ e Hc
haps with her uncle and sister in 1633 ; m. October 20, I( i
1637, John Capen,* his first wife, and had two children. t Ic
She d. Dec. 10, 1645. witr=
[John Capen calls Barbara, " sister Weld," and Johntle, .*'
Clapp, son of Richard, calls John Capen " cousin."] ace, ;*
iii, Sarah, 1 b. in England ; emigrated to N. England, perhaps witliue t<
her brother Edward ; m. her cousin, Nicholas Clapp, son ol c ^ ls
Richard; d. in Dorchester, N. E., about 1650. ^°
IF, A Sox. 1 name and history unknown. Perhaps he was the^'j^.
father of Sara Clapp, who m. Oct. 16, 1676, Thomas Swift,^
son of Thomas Swift, the quarter-master.
V. John, 1 b. in England, where he lived and died. Nothing b.j, liat
known of his history, but it is certain that he had a son : to tin
(1) John? m Pitts, dau. of the widow Pitts, of Ly^j^J
Regis, and he lived in Colyton, co. Devon, Engla<res. Thi
where he was a mercer. In the will of Rosrer Conant i ma kins.
man famous among the early settlers of New England) c h wa
of Beverly, dated " 1 mo. 1. 1677," occurs the followin'id ha
sentence : " Also sixtie acres of land out of my fan
granted me by the Generall Court neere the new tow
of Dunstable, I give and bequeath into the hands hat bo (
Capt. Roger Clap, of the castle neere Dorchester, ftheE ,
the vse of a daughter of one Mrs. Pits deceased, who^^x
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* John Capen was son of Barnard Capen. Barnard was born in England in 1552, and cam' , e ~
to Dorchester probably in 1635, being at that time 73 years old and one of the oldest of th. I ,
original emigrants to New England. He died Nov. 8, 1638, aged 76, and was buried in til f , "
south-west part of the Dorchester burying-ground, and the stone which marked the sp' t f -
contains the most ancient inscription of any in that ground, and must be one of the oldc r t l ~ c
in New England. It was long lost sight of and was supposed to be wholly lost, anot.^ .
having beer put in the place of the original one. That stone has however recently cu \. '
to light, haying been accidentally discovered by Mr. George Fowler, in charge of the cen \ t
tery, a few inches under the surface, 78 feet in a south-easterly direction from where^j
originally stood, and by a singular coincidence directly in front of the monument Derso ,
Deacon Nicholas Clapp (see page 196), a contemporary and personal friend; it has siiJ , '
been deposited with the Dorchester Antiquarian Society. John Capen was born in Engla '-\
in 1612, and probably came over in 1633, having been made freeman in 1634. He was - , j
Captain of Militia, and chosen a Deacon of the church in 1656. He was Representative t<- *
the Genera! Court six years, and died April 4,1692. John Capen married, for a secon ' J
wife, in 1647, Mary, daughter of Elder Samuel Bass, of Braintree, and had Barnard Cape mi
Jr., horn March 24, 1 »50, who w; - the father of Sarah Capen, wife of Deacon Jonath °
Clapp (No. 16 of Nicholas), and of Barnard Capen, who married Sarah Clapp (No. 36"" ^ a
Rogek) Capt John Capen's second son Samuel m. in 1673, Susannah Payson, and the :
tenth child Jonathan 111 Feb. 22, 17*22, Jane Houghton, of Milton^ their second son vinous ft
Jonathan, Jr., who lived in Stoughton, and m. Nov. 20, 1746, Jerusha Talbot (see foot-educatior.
p. 247 of the Memorial), and their youngest daughter Azubah m. David Clapp (No. f servant
Nicholas). The landed estate of Jonathan, Jr., in Stoughton, was very extensive, se varioi
much of it i> yet in the hands of descendants.
wome
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a
m,
the
daughter now liveth in Culliton, a town in Devon in Old
England, and is in lue for certain goods sold for the
said Mrs. Pits in London, and was there to be paid many
yeares since, but it is alleged was never paid." Also it antry
appears by the Massachusetts Archives {Estates, vol. gntic
xvi. p. 1S6), that John Clapp did, on the 9th of June,
1680, give a power of attorney to his uncle, Capt. Roger st
Clapp, of Castle Island near Boston in New England, to the
recover said land of Exercise Conant, son of Roger 'er,
Conant. Possession was given Oct. 21, 1680, and said )ug
se-
Conant was discharged by said Clapp the next day. The _
s- following- is the document named, with au«.ograpu uf
v John Clapp attached :
a " Know all men bv these p e sents that I John Clapp of c ' I
■Colyton, in y e County of Devon, mercer, haue named and of
& 1 Constituted, '& by these p e sents do name Constitute ordaine & n
ar make mv hon ed uncle m r Roger Clapp Capt of Castle Iseland in
; new england my true & Lawfull Attorney: for me & in my
IV name, to demand sue & Recover of m r Exercise Conant of te
Beverly in new england all that sixty acres of Land Laying '
)V nere y e new town of Dunstable, which his father by will did
■ 1)1-, o-iue & bequeath for y c use of my wife in lieu of a debt owemg a
1 her mother y e widow Pitts of Lyme Eegis deceased. Giuemg v
lie & hereby granting unto my s d attorney my full power & /
n , authority to use & execute all such Acts things and devises -
1 tlu.. i n ye j aw as shal be necessary for Recovery of y c s d Lands & j
(nf-.h? Acquittances & other discharges to make and giue: And gene-
rally to do & execute in y e premises as fully as 1 myselfe
) t\ mio-ht or could do being personally p e sent. Ratifying Con-
firming & allowing all & what soeuer my s d attorney shall
ltej Lawfully do or cause to be done therein by these presents; In
ii witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seale this ninth
au >; day of June in y e two and thirtieth yeare of y e Reign ot
jg Charles y e second, King of England, &c. &c. in y e yeare of
our Lord 1680.
Ap ar ^ Signed sealed & did /n
of in y e p e sence of us /J 2<d
a • • i_ v i, Roger, 1 b. in Salcombe Regis, England, April 6, 1609. All
that is known of him, before his coming to New England, is
O that he was early impressed with that deep religious senti-
of u ment which formed the base of the puritan character ; also a
, short time before 1630 he obtained leave of his father to h\e
3r , be > x in the city of Exon, Eng., where he could be under the min-
K] P ro l istrv of the Rev. John Warham, to whom he was much
orefi attached, and with whom he afterwards, with his father _s
aj cor permission, came in company to New England. He emi-
tl grated to Dorchester, N. E., in 1630; m. Joanna Ford, and
Ch... died in Dorchester in 1690.
4-J iVii. Tank, 1 b. in England : emigrated to New England, probably
^~ with one of her brothers; m. first, George Weeks, and had
three sons. He d. Oct. 27. 1659,"^ sne m. second. Jonas
ISS^iiMos fAr^nUM
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3 platte
INTRODUCTION. • e to rm
foresaju
Humphrey,* who d. March 19, 1662. She d. in 1666. The 111 . 1
following will of Jane Humphrey, slightly abridged, is an er
interesting specimen of a document of the time in which it *
was made, i_
WILL OF JANE HUMPHREY. 1?
n
I Jane Humphery, being weake in Body, & not knowinge howe-
soone the Lord may take me hence, doe this 29 th of the Eleauentlve
month 1666, declare how I would haue my goods disposed of afteilc
my decease. I give to my sonn Williams wife, ye jumpf which
was my sister Sarah Clap's, Also my best Redd Kersey petticoat^
& sad gray Kersey Wascoate, my blemmish Searge Petticoate & 10 .
my best hatt, my white fustian Wascott, a wrought napkin witl^.
noe lace about it, a black silke neck-cloath, a glass quart Bottle, f,«
handkerchife, a blew Apron, a plaine black quaife without lace, 1$,
white Holland apron with a small lace at the bottome. I Giue t< ]
my sonn Amiells wife, a redd Searge Petticoate & a blackis )
Searge Petticoate, a blackish carsey Wascoate, a greene searg°.
my hood & muffe. Also my greene Linsey woolsey petticoate, ir
whittle^ that is fringed & my jump; my blew short coate, my whit
tufted Holland wastcoate, A thin Chifte and another chifte
* Jonas Humphrey is the ancestor of the Humphreys family in Dorchester, which ha^
ever since his day so frequently intermarried with the Clapp family. Before coming to thi_
country, about 1637, Jonas Humphrey was a Constable in Wendover, co. Bucks, England"
The parish of Wendover includes the Borough and the Forrens, the latter being that por>
tion, within the limits of the township, which was not entitled to burgage privileges. The
office of Constable in England in those days included many and various duties, making
it a highly responsible station as compared with the same office with us at the presen'
time. The following notification or order is copied from the original document, which wa
received by Jonas Humphrey while Constable, brought with him to this country, and ha
since been preserved in the family in Dorchester:
"To the Constables of Wendover Burrough cum Forence and to eu r y of them.
" These are in his Ma's name to will & require yo" to giue notice of these Articl-
hereunto annexed to the Church wardens & ourse e rs of y e poore of yo r p'ish ^nd that lie I
you and the said Church wardens & ou r seers doe bringe vnto his Mai' 3 Justices at the E' i
Lyon in Wendouer on Wednesday the '27th of this Instant Moneth of June by Eight of t..e
Clock in the forenoone their Presentm's accordinge to each Articles as they shall belon-, r e
to their seurall office And farther that yo u doe certirie to his Ma» s Justicesexactly w' Ale-
houses are licensed and W* vnlicensed wtMn yo r lib'ties Strictly enioyning all the said Ale-
house keepers licensed and vnlicensed not to fayle to be before his Ma ts Justices at the
same tyme and that w th the aduice of the minister & some three or fower of the most Sub-
stantiall Inhabitants yo" doe certifye vnto them what number of Alehouses are fit to bo
licensed in you r p'ish and what p'sons are fittest to keepe them and alsoe that you certifye
to them what p'sons there are that doe vsually vent & sell Tobacco by retayle in yo r towr
& of their fitnesse soe to doe, together w' 1 ' the names of such othe r p'sons as you stu
thinke fitt to be admitted to vse that trade together with the trade w^h they now vse. Ar
farther that you keepe a diligent and strict AVardc by daj r e & Wacth [sic] by night ar
that you doe vpen Tewsday the 26 th of this Instant June take w th you sufficient aydc ai
make a priuate & dilygent search w'hin yo r libertyes fo r Rogues vagabonds and Idle perso
& that yo" bringe before his Ma ts Justices to the place aforesaid on the sayd 27 th day
June all such of them as shall seeme sturdye dangerous and incorrigible anil that yon 1 1
punish and send away accordinge to law all such as are not dangerous & incoi igihle a
that vo u be then & there p r sent to giue a strict accompt of the due execution hereof fa-,
not, dated this 20^ day of June 1632.
From S l Leonards p r me W m Graunge
"you and the Church wardens remember to pay the q'teridge fo r the king's bench Ma
shalseys and mayned souldycrs to me on the day aboue sayd at yor towne."
The article* accompanying this order are twelve in number and are too voluminous f<
insertion entire; they include an oversight of matters pertaining to religion, education
crime, vagrancy, building, conducting of public houses, trade, employment of servant
and apprentices, repairing of highways, &c, all the details of their duty in these varior
departments being expressed with great clearness and precision.
t Jump. — A short coat, or a sort of bodice for women.
i Whittle. — A white dress for a woman ; a double blanket worn by west country-wome
in England, over the shoulders, like a cloak.
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1 INTRODUCTION.
wrought napkin with noe lace about it ; a handkerchife, a ble\
Apron, my best black quaife with a lace, a black Stuffe neckcloathy.
a white locrum Apron with two bredths in it. Six yards of Red-
cloath, if it will hold out after all things bee discharged; a green 3
vnder Coate. I Giue to ray daughter Jane, my starting kerse 1
Coate & ray murry Wastcoate, my Cloake & my blew vnde'
Wastcoate, a pare of fine sheets; a holland Table cloath, halfe a
duzzen of napkins, my best white Apron, my wrought platter; a
pare of pillow beers; my best shift, one napkin wrought about &
laced ; 1113' little chest & one of my best neck-clothes, one of my best
plain quaifes, my best holland square cloath with a little lace &
one Calico vnder neck-cloath. a stone jugg, a yard of Holand that
is hemmed and marked with an J. a siluer spoone & 1113- wedding
Ring. I Giue to my son, Joseph Weekes, my great old chest, my
best brass pann, two platters a bigger & a lesser. & my best Couer
lide; my booke of Mr. Burroughs Gospell Worship, a sheet of
Cotton & linnen, also a Table cloath. I Giue to my Grandchild,
Amiell Weekes, my bedsted and bed & chaffe boulster & my
Rugg. To my Grandchild, Ebenezer, my Feather Boulster & a
pare of new blanckets. To my Grandchild, Thankfull, two pillows,
two old Pillow beers & my -skillet. To my Grandchild Elizabeth,
Amiels Daughter-, my now great chest, my spinning wheele, my
little brass pan & my little Bible; Also I giue vnto Thankfully
the biggest of my small boxes. To my grandchild, Jane Weeks,
one of my best platters. To my grandchild. Renew, my lesser
small Box. To my sorin, Amiell, my Great Bible. To m}' sonn
Amiell & William Tenn pounds of hemp yarne & Cotton yarn to
put vpon it. to be Equally deuided betweene them. I giue to my
sonn, Amiell, Mr. Burroughs Booke of Gospell Conuersation &
iny psalme booke. Also my Cowe. I Giue to my sonn. William,
my booke of Mr. Shepherds workes, also 15 shillings. I giue tenn
shillings to ray grandchild. Jolm Weeks, 6c to Each of the other
of my sonn Williams Children, Fine shillings, if there bee soemuch
e *j remaininge when things be discharged. I Give to ray sonn in Law,
'< Benjamin Sate, Mr. Taylors booke on the 32 psalme. I Giue to
v. ray sister, Jone Clap, a fine thine neck-cloth & a Square cloth
with a little lace vpon it. I Give to sister, Susannah Clap, the
next best neck-cloth to that of Sister Jones, & square Cloth. I
Giue to ray Cousen. Hannah Clap, my next best neck-cloath & the
next best Square Cloth & whatsoever Else I haue I Give to my
Sonn, Amiell, whom I make my Execute. I Giue 1113- best greene
Apron to Mary Atherton. This being my last will & Testament, I
witness my hand in p'sence of vs.
The marke of Jane X Humfrey.
Roger Clap
Samuell Paull.
Will proved Xov. 19, 1668. Capt. Roger Clap and Samuel Paul deposed.
It will be seen that four children and at least two grandchildren of
Richard Clapp's brother came with the first settlers of Dorchester,
tt cannot be stated positivelv that none of the others came over, but if
any did come, they either returned or left no issue bearing the name.
Children of Richard Clapp, of Dorchester, Eng :
-)-j, Thomas, 1 b. in Dorchester. Eng.. in 1597 : emigrated to New
England in 1633 ; m. Abigail ; d. in Scituate, N. E. .
in 16S4.
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JT ThomTSap 2 HiC S '""" el Clap! chS fe
<lren each of them BveSSm?" a P lece and y rest „p ,,, ??7
llllplilPii
N icholaa my brother TmS 1 , , m ^ thl 'ee friends mV h ll g
overspprs n',. 1, nei ,- hdnai "^and my cousin " ieu "s m> brother
H ltne.sses
Edward Clap
Sarahs John c UP (t . so
^'^llple^' *• N °-» -' H«*. 30* Aug .
ch«fe" fe! S! ^ h j|r d ?«?* att * »f John Clapp of Dor
Four children of Richard CI
know,, to have left Old forNewEnZa 0f T hiS , deSCendilnls who are
~J. «>o record of the above-naled !r"L V '" Mhwi "S Memo-
descendants, ii presented in the olr ■'", ' emi S ra "te> and their
«p. -30,. Ed , a ,, i^^^g?*-^.*.
sp ' <x5 > vjeoige Gilson,
I
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INTRODUCTION.
ii. Ambrose, 1 b. in England, where he lived and died ; he was
probably not m. in 1655. .
iii. Richard; 1 b. in England, where he probaby spent his life , he
m. and had : ,_ , 2
(1) Richard? (2) Elizabeth? (3) Zfc**rfl*.
TA11 probably remained in England.]
iT, Prudence, 1 b. in England; emigrated to N. E., probably with
her brothers, Thomas and Nicholas ; m. her cousin, Edward
Clapp ; and d. in Dorchester, N. E., about 1650.
4-V. Nicholas, 1 b. in Dorchester, England, in 1612 ; came to New
England with his brother Thomas in 1633 ; m first his
cousin Sarah Clapp ; m. second, Abigail, widow of Robert
Sharp ; he d. in Dorchester, in 1679.
Ti. John, 1 b. in England, emigrated to New England during or
{ J soon after the year 1637. He lived all his lite in Dorchester,
and died there, July 24, 1655. The Christian name , oi his
wife was Joan, who, after his death, m. John Ellis,* of Med-
field He had no children. The town ot Dorchester had
reason to remember him with gratitude, as he left land to the
town lving at the Neck (now South Boston) . For more than
ico years this land brought but little income to the town, but
in the year 183,- it was old for $1000 per acre. The number
of acres was between thirteen and fourteen, and the land
was situated in close proximity to that connected with the )
House of Correction and other city institutions.!
WILL OF JOHN CLAPP. y
The 11 th of y= 5 th mo th 1055.
For as much as it hath pleased God to visit me with sickness and
great weakness of body, I being in p'fect sences and memory doe
\ here declare and make my last Will and Testament wjewml doe
in the first place bequeath my soul to .God ,y« made it, a! id to the
\ v* blessed holy -host, who hath sanctified it, and made it fit foi
\ lion in some measure, I hope through grace and my body I
S to a decent burial in r earth, in a sure and certame ^hope o>
a Resurrection at the last judgment, and for my small outw
estate w* God hath gratiously given me , I give and be que.
mv dear and louveing Wife my now dwelling house with all my
lands both m ye necke and in the woods, w* to me doth appertayne
1 re n- hel naturall life, and after my Wifes decease I give my
house and land to the maintenance of the Ministry and a school n
Dorchester forever, also I give to my dear and Brother Ambm
Clap what is due to me still from my dear brother Richard Clap 111
En-land w<* is three pound or thereabout, also I give to my louy-
hi> brother in law Edward Clap three pounds of ytw* is in his
owne hands, also I give unto my leaving Cousins Richard and
E1 y jsavjB sMMaa *«£ aaassas
w!^»^^^
received for it was §13,-590.62, which was used 111 paying foi new school-houses.
I.
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ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
lioger GHapp
Was born in Sale ombe Regis, Devonshire, England, April 6, 1609 ;
sailed from Plymouth for New England, March 20, 1630, and arrived
at Nantasket, May 30, 1630. He came in the ship Mary and John*
Captain Squeb. Two learned non-conformist ministers, Rev. John
Maverick and Rev. John Warhain, came in the same vessel, also
other persons of distinction. The passengers of this ship were the
first settlers of Dorchester, and they arrived there about June 17,
1630.
All the efforts which have been made to learn the name and histo-
ry of Roger's father have proved unavailing.- The records of that
date, in his native town, have been removed or destroyed, and in noo
— — 7en-
* The " Mary and John" was the second of sixteen vessels which left England with p
sengers, in 1630, under the patronage of the Massachusetts Bay Co. The patent of this coA- •
pany, previously granted by King James I., was confirmed by Charles I., March 4, 1629, sa\
seems to have held out new inducements to emigration among those who could not con-_
form to the ecclesiastical requirements of the time. Capt. Roger Clapp, in his " Memoirs,"
speaks thus of this Patent : " Was it not a wondrous good Hand of God to incline the
heart of our King so freely to grant it, with all the Priviledgcs which the Patent expresseth !"
The number of passengers onboard the "Mary and John" was 140; which, with those
who came in the fifteen other vessels during the year, and on board another for Plymouth
sent out by a private merchant, amounted to nearly 1000 persons. " These seventeen ships,"
says Dudley in his letter to the Countess of Lincoln, " arrived all safe in New England, for
the increase of the Plantation here this year 1630, but made a long, a troublesome, and
costly voyage, being all wind-bound long in England, and hindered with contrary winds
after they set sail, and so scattered with mists and tempests that few of them arrived to-
gether. Our four ships which set sail in April arrived here [Salem] in June and July, and
found the Colony in a sad and unexpected condition, above eighty of them being dead the
winter before; and many of those alive weak and sick; all the corn and bread amongst
them all hardlv sufficient to feed them a fortnight." Capt. Roger thus alludes to the desti-
tute condition of the emigrants in Dorchester, before the time came to gather the fruits of
the next season :—-" Oh the Hunger that many suffered, and saw no hope in an Eye of
Reason to be supplied, onlv by Clams, and Muscles, and Fish. We did quickly build
Boats, and some went a Fishing. But Bread was with many a very scarce thing; and
Flesh of all kinds as scarce." It is recorded of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower at Plymouth,
that on the return of that vessel to England the next spring, no one of the survivors through
that terrible winter went back in her. So of those in the " Mary and John," at Dorchester,
we do not read of one emigrant who returned in her to Old England. This, however, was
not the case with other companies of emigrants. Dudley says of those at Salem and else-
where, "The ships being now [August, 1630] upon their return, some for England, some for
Ireland, there was, as I take it, not much less than a hundred, some think many more, part-
ly out of dislike of our government, which restrained and punished their excesses, and
parti v through fear of famine, not seeing other means than by their labor to feed themselves,
which returned back again ; and glad we were so to be rid of them."
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
listing document, yet discovered, in this country, is his father men _
Honed by name. Roger, in his " Memoirs," speaks of him as " a ,
...an fearing God," and whose "outward estate was not great."
11 5e also alludes to his final consent to the emigration of his son to
New England, and of his generous answer to an appeal for pro-
visions, shortly after the arrival of the Dorchester Company at their
new home. These meagre, incidental facts are probably all that we
shall ever know about the father of one who filled so conspicuous a
place in the early history of Dorchester. That Roger had a nephew
John, son of John Clapp, living in Colyton, co. Devon, Eng., in 1680,
is shown by a power of attorney from him to his uncle, in that year,
the original of which may be seen in the Massachusetts archives.
Roger Clapp was married Xov. 6, 1633, to Johanna, the daughter
of Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, wlio were passengers in
the same vessel with him. She was born June 8, 1617, and conse-
quently was but sixteen years and five months old when she . was
married. Mrs. Clapp survived her husband between four and five
3 r ears; she died in Boston, June 29, 1695, aged 78 years, and was
buried near her husband. Her father removed to Windsor, Ct.,
with a large portion of the members of the Church, in 1635. In
consequence of this removal, and also the carrying away the church
record by the Rev. Mr. Warham, who also went, the name of Capt.
Clapp as a church member cannot now be found any where recorded
— the book taken away being unfortunately lost, and the names con-
tained in it not having been copied into the new one, by Richard
r ither, in 1636.
ile probably lived, before the removal of himself and family to the
astle in 1665, in a house which he built near the old Causeway
oad, leading to Little Neck (now South Boston). A passage way
(now called Willow Court) led from the road to the house. One
hundred years after, it was much enlarged and improved in appear-
ance, which appearance it still retains, and is well shown in the ac-
companying cut.
Capt. Clapp's life was a busy and eventful one. In works of be-
nevolence, he was forward and earnest; his ability and energy of
character were acknowledged by the colony and the town. In 1637,
when 28 years old, he was chosen Selectman, and fourteen times
afterwards, previous to 1665, when he took command of the Castle,
he was elected to that office. In 1645, he was one of a committee
of five to fix the rate of assessment for building a new meeting house.
He was several times chosen Deputy from Dorchester to the General
Court. In 1673, being again chosen Deputy, it is significantly recorded
by Blake, "afterwards, in this year, y e Court sent an order to choose
another Deputy in y e room of Capt. Clap, his presence being ne-
cessary at y e Castle, because y e times were troublesome." To most
of the petitions and documents emanating from, and relating to,
Dorchester, his name was signed, and carried with it a weight
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 5
and influence. He was one of the Commissioners appointed to
marry persons, which at that time was an honorable office.
He was a remarkably industrious man, and continually engaged in
some useful employment ; idleness he detested. He was a man of
good judgment, and the frequency with which he was called to be
overseer of wills, and other weighty business matters, shows that he
stood high among his friends and neighbors. His meekness and
humility were proverbial, and he was "of a very quiet and peaceable
spirit, not apt to resent injuries ; but when he thought the honor of God
was concerned, or just and lawful authority opposed, he was forward
enough to exert himself." "As to his natural temper, it is said he
was of a cheerful and pleasant disposition, courteous and kind in his
behavior, free and familiar in his conversation, yet attended with a
proper reservedness ; and he had a gravity and presence that com-
manded respect from others."
At- the first regular organization of the military of the colony,
in 1644, he was the Lieutenant of the Dorchester company —
Humphrey Atherton being the Captain, and Hopestill Foster the
Ensign. At that time, the military were obliged to parade eight
days each year ; a penalty of five shillings was exacted for non-
appearance, and none were exempted except " timorous persons," of
which there were but few in those days. He was afterwards
Captain of the Dorchester Company; and, Aug. 10, 1665, was
appointed, by the General Court, Captain of the Castle (now Fort
Independence), in Boston Harbor, to succeed Capt. Richard Daven-
port, who was killed at that place by lightning in July of that year.
He held this office for twenty-one years, until he was 77 years old,
and resigned in 1686, principally on account of the political troubles
which then made their appearance under the administration of Sir
Edmund Andros. Mr. James Blake, Jr., who gave some account
of Capt. Clapp in 1731, says that, under the change of government,
" some things were required of him which were grievous to his pious
soul."
Edward Randolph, in his Narrative of the State of New England
in 1676, writes, "Three miles from Boston, upon a small island,
there is a castle of stone lately built, and in good repair, with four
bastions, and mounted with 38 guns, 16 whole culverin, commodious-
ly seated upon a rising ground sixty paces from the waterside, under
which, at high water mark, is a small stone battery of six guns.
The present commander is one Capt. Clap, an old man; his salary
=£50 per annum. There belong to it six gunners, each £10 per
annum."
In an ancient manuscript Journal, kept by a respectable gentleman
of Boston, is the following in relation to Capt. Clapp's leaving the
Castle :
" Sept. 24, 1686." « Capt. Clapp leaves the Castle; about nine
guns fired at his going off. It seems Capt. Clapp is not actually
iT ier mpn q
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
come away, but Capt. Winthrop and Lieut. Thomas Savage did this
day there receive their commissions."
After his resignation, the remainder of his life was spent in
Boston, where he died Feb. 2, 1691. His funeral was conducted
with much parade and with every mark of respect ; military officers,
and probably the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company* (of
which he was a member), preceding the corpse, " the Governor and
General Court following the relations as mourners, and guns firing
at the Castle."
When he left the Castle, he lived at the south end of Boston, and
owned a house and land there, which he left to his wife at his death.
The land was bounded on the east by "the sea," or Boston Bay.
He was one of the founders of the Church in Dorchester and a
member thereof about sixty years. It was said of him, that he was
very kind and affectionate to the soldiers under his command, and
encouraged them both by precept and example to prove worthy citi-
zens, "and enlisted none but pious as well as brave men." Such
was the affection in which he was held by the people of Dorchester,
that, during a severe sickness by which he was visited in 1672, they
held a fast "to beg his life of God"; and when he recovered, they
held a day of thanksgiving.
The " Memoirs of Capt. Roger Clap," which have been already
referred to, were first printed in 1731, from the original manuscript,
which was in the hand-writing of Capt. Clapp, and was presented by
Mr. James Blake, Jr. of Dorchester to the Rev. Thomas Prince, min-
ister of the Old South Church, in Boston, who wrote the introduc-
tion to the work, and in which he says, " The Author was One
among those English People, who first came over and dwelt in this
Indian Wilderness ; an Eye-witness of the things he writes of; and by
the publick and continued Esteem his Country paid him in his Day,
his Testimony comes with Power upon us ; and the Style so plain
and natural, that in the Reading, it seems as if we came over with
Him, and were living in those pious Times." Several editions have
been printed, so that for nearly one hundred and fifty years the de-
scendants of Rosier and of his emigrant relatives have been familiar
with the book and have prized it as a valuable memento of then-
early New England history. The Memoirs were probably written
soon after 1676, as in them he speaks of " the late war," undoubted-
ly meaning King Philip's War, which in that year had just closed.!
The following will is transcribed, verbatim, from a copy evident-
ly in Capt. Clapp's own handwriting. In phraseology and spelling,
it differs slightly from that on record at the Probate office.
* " Captain Clapp was second sergeant of the company, 1647, the year after his admis-
sion, and Lieutenant, 1655, and continued a member many years." — "Whitman's Historical
Sketch of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
t Young, in his " Chronicles," inserts the Memoirs in a re-arranged, chronological order,
and omits'Ltoger's exhortations to his children, and his account of his religious experiences,
thereby making the document a more connected and strictly an historical one.
1
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 7
CAPT. ROGER CLAPFS WILL.
The time of my death is knowne to god, yet not known unto me ; I doe
therefore now, in the time of my helth, make this my last will, in maner
following :
I do commit my immortall soull to the euerliuing god, whose it is ; and
my body after death, I leaue unto my Relations, to be desentty buryed in
the dust — there to rest, untill my dear lord, and sauiour, shall rayse it at
his glorious coming unto judgement.
As for that estate, which god hath gratiously giuen to me ; my just debts
paid and founerall exspenses descharged ; I giue unto my dear and louing
wife, my house and land in bostoue, with all the priuilidges, and appurte-
nanses belonging there unto, which land is bounded on the north with the
land of m r Jonathan Balson, on the south with the land of Edward Tucker,
on the east with the sea : also six acors of upland, and flue acors of meadow,
be it more or les, lying in dorchister neck, bounded with the land of william
Sumner on the south east, and the land that was Neahmiah Claps, on the
north west, and with the sea on the north ; and also three acors of mea-
dow in dorchister, being on the north side of a salt creek, at the lower end
of hopestill Claps lot, commonly called Cornelies lei, be it three acors, more
or les : this house and lands, to inioy during her naturall life. Also I giue
her two fether beds, with there furniture ; a small trunke ; and forty j)Ounds
in mony, or such goods as shee please to take out of my moueabels : when
my debts are paid, and my wifs portion set out, and those small gifts here-
after expresed, payd ; my will is, the rest be deuided equally to my children :
only Samuel, my eldest, to haue a dobble portion in all. Except in that
which my deare wife is to haue for her life. I doe farther declare : that
what so euer Samuel, or any other of my children haue had, or shall haue,
by my life time as part of there portion, shall be reckned as part of there
portion : which reseats, that i alow as part of there portion, you shall find
in my littell son-ill booke : I doe farther declare that my sons shall haue
my lands as is after expresed. my sone Samuel shall haue all my land, both
upland and meclow, at powow point, in dorchister neck, and to small lots in
the littell neck, and my lot comanly caled the eaight acor lot, and halfe my
farme at punkapage : Preserued, hauing had land of me allredy at northam-
ton, as by my littell book do appear, he shall haue a fifth part of my farme
at pachasuck, in westfeeld ; my son hopstill shall haue that part of the home
lot that is below the fence, and all the medow at the end of the home lot,
and at the tide mill, and at the end of Cornelias lot, as fare as the salt creek :
but not ouer the creek : and to small lots in the littell neck, the land at the
mouth of the great neck : and the first and second deuission, in the cow
walke. and halfe my farme at punkapage, and halfe the wood lot that was
hawses, by the fresh marsh, all to be prised, also any land that my sons
haue, any of them, if not prised by me, and set doune in my sorrill book :
it must be prised, that so thos that haue had more than there portion, may
pave to those that want, to make there portions equall :
I giue to my son desire, my third deuision of wood land, and to and twen-
ty acors of land, more or les, lying on the north side of nabonset riuer : also
that medow on the south side of nabonset, which was william weekses, be it
three acors, more or les : I giue out of my farme at pachasack in westfeeld
fifty acors unto the inhabitance of that towne, towards the maintenance of
an able minester in that towne, with this prouiso : that they paye, or cause
to be pay two busshels of good wheat unto my dear wife in boston yearly,
8 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
during her naturall life: the ressedeu of my land there, not lao^oJ-iL ui 1 , -
leave°to my exsecutors to dispose of, to paye dets, or to make my childrens
portions equall : For as I said before ; I say againe, my will is that my chil-
dren, shall haue equall portions, as near as may bee ; Except my son
Samuel, who shall haue dubell except in that which his mother haue during
her naturall life, but that, both house and lands after my wife desese, I give
equally unto my sons, and my to dafters Elizabeth and wait, to be at there
(my to dafters one desposing) the small gifts I mentioned, I giue unto my
grand children, that shall be then liuing, together with my cozen Estor
bissell and Constant dewey, ten shillings a peece— furder more, my will is,
when my children haue reseued there portions, that my sons, and dafters
shall pay there mother yearly, for her more comfortable liuing, twenty shil-
lings a peece.
Also I giue my wife what falls to her by her father Ford at winsor or
else where. I do hereby appoint and ordaine my dear wife and son sarnuel
to be my executors : and do instetut, and appoint my dear and louing frinds
Elder James Black and cozen Thomas swift my ouer seears to aduise, and
assist, my executors in the performing this will : and do give my ouersears
ten shillings apeece.
That this is my last will and testement I haue set to my hand and seall,
in the pressenc of
November: 19: 1C90.
henry Alline /7~)
John Bull I t^ Oj+gr QZaVp [Seal.]
William lilly ~ is
Children of Capt. Roger and Johanna (Ford) Clapp:
- + 2. Samuel, 2 b. Oct. 11, 1634 ; d. Oct. 16, 1708, aged 74 years.
ar 3. William, 2 b. July 5, 1636 ; d. Sept. 22, 1638.
4. Elizabeth, 2 b. June 22, 1638 ; d. Dec. 25, 1711, a. 73 yrs. 6 mos.
She m. Joseph Holmes, and had five children that lived to
grow up. " She was a virtuous and prudent woman." She d.
in Boston, and was buried near her parents.
5. Experience, 2 b. Aug. 23, 1640 ; d. Nov. 1, 1640.
6. Waitstill, 2 b. Oct. 22, 1641 ; d. Aug. 9, 1643.
\ -f 7. Preserved, 2 b. Nov. 23, 1643; d. Sept. 20, 1720, aged 76 yrs.
and 10 mos.
8. Experience, 2 b. December, 1645 ; d. young.
4- 9. Hopestill, 2 b. Nov. 6, 1647; d. Sept. 2, 1719, a. about 72 years.
10. Wait, 2 b. March 17, 1649. She m. Jonathan Simpson, of CharTes-
town, and had two children who lived to grow up. She lived
a widow about twelve years, and died in Boston, May 3, 1717,
in her 69th year, in the house in which her father and mother
lived and died, and was buried near her parents. She is spoken
of by Mr. Blake as " a godly woman, following the good exam-
ple of her parents. She often spake of that charge which her
father left his children, viz., never to spend any time in idleness,
and practiced accordingly in a very observable manner."
Wait, 3 daughter of Jonathan and Wait (Clapp) Simpson, m.
James Blake, Jr., of Dorchester, whose words are quoted above.
Mr. B. was a famous mathematician and surveyor ; he surveyed
I
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 9
many farms in Dorchester and other towns, and once surveyed
the whole town of Dorchester, with its then extended territory.
He was for many years Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and prin-
cipal Selectman of Dorchester. Pie wrote the Appendix to
Capt. Roger Clapp's Memoirs, as published in various editions
since, and died Dec. 4, 1750 ; his widow died May 22, 1758.
When Wait 2 was baptized, her father, Capt. Roger, told the
congregation that the reason he called her Wait was because he
believed the reign of anti-Christ would soon be over. He doubt-
less thought she might live to see the day !
11. Thanks, 2 b. July, 1651 ; d. young.
-j-12. Desire, 2 b. Oct. 17, 1652 ; d. December, 1717, a. about 65 years.
- 13. Thomas, 2 b. April, 1655 ; d. in 1670, aged 15 years.
14. Unite, 2 b. Oct. 13, 1656; d. March 20, 1664.
15. Supply, 2 b. Oct. 30, 1660 ; d. March 5, 1686. His youth was one
of great promise, and he seems to have early shown a predilec-
tion for the military service, as it then existed in the colony.
But his life came to an untimely end. He was, as Mr. Blake
writes, " suddenly taken out of the world by the accidental firing
of a gun at the Castle, where his father was then the Captain
and himself an officer."* The following references to the event
are copied from the Journal of Judge Sewall, then in Boston :
March 5, 168|, "Capt. Clap's son (a very desirable man,
Gunner of the Castle, tho' Mr. Baxter hath the name ) hath
one of his eyes shot out, and a piece of his skull taken away, by
the accidental firing of a gun, as he was going a fowling."
March 9, 168|, "Supply Clap, gunner of the Castle, is buried
at Dorchester, by the Castle Company, about noon ; after the
volleys there, several great guns were fired at the Castle ; both
heard by the Town."
2
SAMUEL 2 (Roger 1 ), son of Roger and Johanna Clapp, was born
Oct. 11, 1634, "when his mother was in the 18th year of her age.
" He was a wise and prudent man," says Mr. Blake, " partaking of
the choice spirit of his father, treading in his steps and making good
his ground ; he was eminent for religion, and of a blameless and
unspotted conversation. He was early and constantly employed in
public affairs ; was Captain of the military company, Representative
for the town, and, the last seven years of his life, a Ruling Elder of
the Church of Dorchester, where he lived."
He married Hannah, daughter of Richard Leeds, of Dorchester.
They had two sons and two daughters who lived to grow up. He
died about eight days after his wife, Oct. 16, 1708, being about 74
years old.
* Thirteen years afterwards, the life of another young man was accidentally lost in the
same place, in a somewhat similar manner. It is recorded of Nathaniel Homes, b. in
Dorchester in 1668, that he was " killed by y e breaking of a great gunn at y"> Castle, 12
June, 1699."
2
1Q THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Elder Clapp had a very high reputation in the town of Dorchester ;
besides the offices already mentioned as held by him, was that of
Maior. His children, Samuel, Elizabeth and Hannah, with the hus-
bands of the two latter, divided their father's estate by agreement.
Samuel 3 had the house he lived in and the barn and land belonging to
it, which it appears his father owned ; also the following, viz., ten
pounds worth of the barn near the house his father dwelt in j a piece
of meadow before the house ; 2 1-2 acres of salt marsh at the neck
4 acres of woodland in the third division; a little wood lot on the
5 W. side of the fresh meadow; one half of the twenty acre lot
half a piece of marsh at the calf pasture ; one half the meadow at
Powow point (now South Boston) ; a piece of land at Little Neck
"on the left hand as we pas to the grate neck'' ; three fourths of the
pasture at Hawkins brook; one half the land m the 2th division
a piece of land at the end of the Neck, also part of the land at
FU Efzabeth and her husband, Edward Sumner, had one half of her
father's house, and one half of the remainder of the barn not set off
to Samuel; one half the orchard; the home lot before the house
one fourth of the pasture at Hawkins brook ; the lot at Hawes Hill ;
one half the lot at Little Neck ; one fourth of the meadow ^a Po wow
point, on the north-east side; one quarter marsh at calf pasture on
[be south-east side of a little creek; one fourth the land in the 12th
division ; and her part of land at Purgatory.
Hannah and her husband, Ebenezer Clapp, had as follow , viz
one half the dwelling house; one half of the ™^ d « £*" ^
not set off to Samuel ; the lot behind the house ; the pastm e at the
mouth of the neck; one half the twenty acre lot; one half ^he lot at
Little Neck; one fourth of the meadow at Powow point, one fourth
the meadow at calf pasture; one fourth the and in the 12t din
sion; one half the orchard near the dwelling house ; two acies ot
marsh at the calf pasture; and his part of land at Purgatory.
This agreement was made March 20, 1711. t
The unattractive name of -Purgatory" which occurs in it, refers
to a swamp in the south-westerly part of Dorchester now called
Mattapan-part of which swamp afterwards became the property ot
the First Parish in Dorchester. _. .. '„'■. nnw
The Hawkins brook, here named, was where Columbia Street now
is, in Dorchester, and passes through the land of the heirs of the late
Ebenezer Wales, under the road and into the meadow of Isaac
H °Chief Justice Sewall, in his journal mentions rid Jng ! }**««£*
Dorchester, Oct. 18, 1708, to attend the funeral of Elder Samuel
Claoo "who is much lamented." Messrs. Bromfield, Stoddard,
S wall and his son Joseph, afterward Rev. Dr. Sewall, accompanied
him He says that Elder Samuel was the first man born m Dor-
chester, but in this he was probably mistaken. Mrs. Clapp died
Oct. 8, 1708.
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ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 11
Children of Elder Samuel and Hannah (Leeds) Clapp:
16. Samuel, 3 b. Feb. 22, 1661; d. Feb. 12, 1666, aged 5 years.'
1.7. John, 3 b. June 16, 1664; d. Oct. 6, 1665.
18. Hannah, 8 b. Sept. 28, 1666; d. March 1, 1679, aged 13 years,
-f 19. Samuel, 3 b. Aug. 6, 1668; d. Jan. 30, 1724.
20. Experience, 3 b. July 28, 1670 ; d. Aug. 3, 1671.
21. Unite, 3 b. Dec. 6, 1672; d. March 11, 1674.
22. Return, 3 b. May 11, 1675; d. July 18, 1676.
23. John, 3 b. May 8, 1677; d. March 7, 1701, unmarried, at the age
of 23 years, 10 months ; was much respected.
24. Elizabeth, 3 b. Feb. 11, 1679 ; m. Edward Sumner. She received
a considerable portion of her father's estate, and, probably, after
his decease, lived in the house which had been occupied bv him.
25. Hannah, 3 b. Sept. 13, 1681 ; d. Aug. 9, 1747. She m. Ebenezer
Clapp, the son of Nathaniel and grandson of Nicholas.
7
PRESERVED 2 (Roger 1 ), son of Roger and Johanna Clapp, was
born Nov. 23, 1643. He lived in Dorchester during the first twenty
years or more of his life, when he removed to Northampton, then a
far distant settlement in the western limits of the colony, and com-
prising, with Springfield, the whole inhabited portion of western
Massachusetts.* Here he soon became one of the leading men in
civil and ecclesiastical affairs, and his usefulness was continued
during a long and active life. " He was," says Blake, " a good in-
strument and a great blessing to the town of Northampton, where
he lived. He was a Captain of the town, and their Representative
in the General Court, and Ruling Elder in the church." He married,
June 4, 1668, fourteen years after the settlement of the town was
begun, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Newbury, of Windsor, Ct., who
went from Dorchester to that place. They had seven children who
lived to grow up. He died at Northampton, Sept. 20, 1720, aged
about 77 years. She died Oct 3, 1716.
Children of Elder Preserved and Sarah (Newbury) Clapp :
26. Sarah, 3 b. in 1669 ; d. young.
27. Wait, 3 b. in 1670; m. John Taylor, Jr.
28. Mary, 3 b. in 1672; d. Nov. 2, 1691, aged 19 years.
+29. Preserved, 3 b. April 29, 1675; d. Oct. 11, 1757, aged 82 years.
-f-30. Samuel, 3 b. in 1677 ; d. in 1761, aged about 84 years.
31. Hannah, 3 b. May 5, 1681; m. first, Abraham Miller; second,
Lieut. John Parsons.
n -f 32. Roger, 3 b. May 24, 1684; d. Jan. 9, 1762, a^ed 78 years.
-f33. Thomas, 3 b. June 16, 1688 ; d. in Hartford, Ct., in 1745, a. 57 yrs.
* " For a hundred years or more after the first settlement of Northampton," says the
historian, B. W. Dwight, " it was a week's journey, for man and horse, to go to Boston;
and the path was distinguishable by marks cut upon the trees through the long stretch of
forest that lay between the two places."
12 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
9
HOPESTILL 2 (Roger 1 ), son of Roger and Johanna Clapp, was
born Nov. 6, 1647. Mr. James Blake, who was coteinporary with
him, and to whom we are indebted for the "Short Account" of the
Clapp Family in the Appendix to Roger's " Memoirs," says of him :
" He was a very gracious man, endowed with a great measure of
meekness and patience ; studied and practised those things that
make for peace. He was first a Deacon of the Church of Dorchester,
where he lived; and afterwards in the year 1709 he was chosen and
ordained a Ruling Elder in the same church : he represented the town
in the General Court for the space of fifteen years. He was much
honoured and respected by those that had a value for vital piety."
Elder Hopestill Clapp died in Dorchester, Sept. 2, 1719, in the
72d year of his age. The lines in the following epitaph were writ-
ten by his pastor, Rev. John Danforth,* and are copied, verbatim,
from the gravestone :
Here Lies interred yS ••
Body of Elder Hopestill
Clap who Deceased
September 2* 1719
Aged 72 Years
His Dust Waits Till The Iubile
Shall Then Shine Brighter Than y Skie
Shall meet & joine (to Part no more)
His Soul That's Glorify "d Before
Pastors & Churches Happy Be
AVith Ptuling Elders Such'As He
Present Usefull Absent Wanted
Liu'd Desired Died Lamented.
Elder Hopestill Clapp was married to Susanna Swift, April 18,
1672. She died March 2, 1732, aged 80. They were both
buried near the S. W. corner of the Dorchester burying ground. In
his will, he left the use and improvement of his estate to his wife,
during her life ; then a principal part of it to their son Hopestill, to
whom he was grateful for attentions to them in their old age. Hope-
still was to pay his sisters, Susanna Hodgdon, Elizabeth Hall, Sarah
Capen and the children of his sister Ruth, a single portion.
In addition to the poetical inscription, copied above from Elder
Hopestill's grave-stone, the Rev. Mr. Danforth composed the follow-
ing Funeral Poem to his memory, which was printed at the time.
A copy, which was in possession of the late Dea. James Humphreys,
of Dorchester, is probably the only one in existence. There is a
picture upon the top of the printed sheet, of a funeral procession,
led off by Death ; also a tomb, skulls, cross-bones, hour-glass, &c. to
fill up, with a black ground.
* Ordained pastor of the Church in Dorchester, June 28, 1682, and died in Dorchester,
May 26, 1730, aged 70, having retained his office in the church about 48 years. He was
buried in Lieut. Gov. Stoughton's tomb, in the old Dorchester cemetery.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 13
A FUNERAL POEM IN MEMORY OF MR. HOPESTILL CLAP,
Who was for many Years a prudent and faithful Representative of the Town, and
one of the Ruling Elders of the Church of Dorchester, who went to his Everlasting
rest in the General Assembly of the first born in Heaven, Sept. 2, 1719, Etatis sui
Anno 72. To our Great Loss, and his Great Gain.
Inroll'd i' th' Number of Christs Witnesses,
To Follow Him into a Wilderness;
A Blessed Number of This Precious Name,
Elect by Heaven, into this Patmos Came.
This Saints choice Parents, Pliant to Heavens Call ;
Grace early Sanctify 'd Their Children all.
Such a Bright Family, How rarely seen !
No Jshmael, Esau, Dinah, found therein.
! Happy Family ! ! Glorious sight !
Who Do & Bear,' for CHRIST, lose nothing by't.
This Family did God vouchsafe to Bless
With Copious, and Extensive Usefulness.
The Father Held Our Castle without Fear,
And was Chief, Pious, Valiant, Bulwark there.
Yertuous in Heart, and Useful in their lives
Were also his Collateral Relatives.
For his Descendants, View the Assembly's List :
Long Years, Three Sons in General Court Assist ;
And in the Ruling Eldership, No less :
In whom their Pastors Heart could acquiesce.
Our Hopestill, with the food of Angels Fed,
His Name, and Fathers Hope well Answered :
Converting Mercy and Restraining Grace
With their sweet Fruits within his Soul had Place.
The Chasma's Closed ; The Rcc'ning is made even :
The Gates of Hell held not his Heart from Heaven.
The Hopes of Hypocrites he durst not Cherish ;
Nor Durst he Rest in Works, where many perish.
He did (and so should we, when sin doth seize us)
Lose-hold, on all, But GOD's free Grace in JESUS:
GOD in Man's Nature ; That most Blessed One :
On Him he Liv'd, as his High Priest, alone.
So while he Liv'd, and when he came to die,
CHRISTS Glorious Riches gave him full supply.
Such Lives as his, deserve all Observation,
Lasting Remembrance, Constant Imitation ;
Adorned with Goodness, Sweetness, Self Denial,
Meekness of Wisdom under every Trial,
With Fear of GOD ; and Hate of Sinful Strife
'Gainst Strangers, Neighbors, Brethren, Children, Wife.
None could Repine ; He was so Debonair,
So True, so Just, so Kind, so Calm, so Fair ;
So Valuable (tho' no Son of Thunder),
The Church Rejoyc'd when such an Elder Crowned her.
While Prayers went up, the Life of CHRIST Descended.
Winged with the Dove, his Ravish'd Soul Ascended.
Light for th'Upright in Publick Meetings Sown
And Private too, He wisely made his own.
His House, Feasts of Devotion did afford :
Resolv'd, his Family Should Serve the LORD.
Thro^ Pride his Talents, he would not decline
To Use, altho' he could not see them shine :
Trusting in GOD ; was not reduced to be
14 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Unuseful thro' excess of Modestie.
No Laws he Brake, altho' he voted many :
Fewds he Compos'd, altho' he liaised not any:
His Greatness Goodness was ; His Victory
His Faith ; his Honour, his Humility,
With Wisdom, Trustiness, Sincerity.
His Vertues let us duely Imitate.
Our Lossofsucha Peace-full Man is Great.
Mourn we aright. And may kind Heav'n Afford
Widow, and Children, Comfort in the LORD.
Amen.
Children of Hopestill and Susanna (Swift) Clapp :
34. Susanna, 3 b. Dec. 23, 1673 ; m Hodgdon.
35. Elizabeth, 3 b. Feb. 29, 1675 ; d. Oct. 5, 1752. She m., April
4, 1701, Jonathan, son of Richard Hall. She was his second
wife. They had a son Richard, who was a Deacon of the
Church in Dorchester, and " eminent for strength of rnind and
body, for piety and benevolence."
36. Sarah, 3 b. Jan. 13, 1677 ; m., Dec. 14, 1704, Barnard Capen, and
had children.
37. Hopestill, 3 b. Nov. 26, 1679; d. Dec. 26, 1759, aged 80 years.
He was a man much respected in the town of Dorchester,
where he lived ; was Deacon of the church for upwards of thir-
ty-six years, being ordained to that office May 3, 1723. He
was never married, so that the name, in the line of his father,
terminated at his decease. His last will and testament was
dated Nov. 8, 1748, being about eleven years previous to his
death. In it, he left a good part of his estate to his nephew,
Deacon Richard Hall (see 35), son of his sister Elizabeth, and
with whom he probably lived the latter part of his days. He
left to his sister Elizabeth £6 per annum ; to his sister Sarah
Capen, a part of his dwelling-house, some land in the orchard,
the pasturing for one cow, one load of salt hay and two cords
of wood each year during her life ; to his non-compos nephew,
Joseph Capen, son of his sister Sarah, money on certain condi-
tions. He also bequeathed to the church in Dorchester £60, to
be laid out in plate for the communion table,* unless he had al-
ready bought it during his life ; to his " cousins Elizabeth, Phil-
lis, Susanna, Sarah and Patience, children of his late niece Ta-
bitha Stoddard," some money ; also property to his nieces Ruth
Hall and Susanna Sumner, children of his late sisters. He
likewise left money to the poor of the church on certain condi-
tions. The inventory of his estate amounted to £520 6s. 8d.
38. Ruth, 3 b. Oct. 10, 1682; m Sumner, and probably died
previously to her father.
39. Mary, 3 b. Sept. 22, 1685 ; d. Nov. 27, 1685.
40. Supply, 8 b. Oct. 25, 1686. Not living at the death of his father,
and probably died a young man.
41. Jarijah, 3 b. Feb. 15, 1689; d. Feb. 27, 1689.
42. Unite, 3 b. Oct. 2, 1690 ; d. Jan. 25, 1691.
* This plate, as well as that given by AVilliam (see page 15), has ever since been used,
for the purpose intended, by the First Church of Dorchester.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 15
12
DESIRE 2 (Roger 1 ), son of Roger and Johanna Clapp, was born
Oct. 17, 1652. He married Sarah Pond, and ten children were
born to them, only four of whom lived to grow up. She died Jan.
4, 1716, and he married, second, Dec. 27, 1716, Mrs. Deborah Smith,
of Boston, " with whom he went to live, and there he died in Decem-
ber, 1717, in the 66th year of his age, and was interred near his re-
lations." Mr. Blake says he was " a sober and religious man."
Desire Clapp left no will. His estate was divided by an agree-
ment entered into between his widow and children. To the widow
was paid <£50, she thereby relinquishing all right and claim to the
estate. The remainder was equally divided between his son
William ; his daughter Experience, wife of Samuel Tolman ; Sarah,
wife of Samuel Bird ; and Judith, wife of Ephraim Payson.
The gravestone of Desire Clapp, with its inscription, may be seen
in King's Chapel burying-ground, a little south of that erected to
his father, Capt. Roger.* His first wife, Sarah, was buried in the old
cemetery in Dorchester.
Children of Desire and Sarah (Pond) Clapp :
43. William, 8 b. Oct. 9, 1680 ; d. young.
44. Desire, 3 b. March 6, 1682; d. young.
45. Experience, 3 b. Nov. 30, 1683 ; m. Nov. 21, 1704, Samuel Tol-
man, of Dorchester.
46. Sarah, 3 b. March 24, 1686; m. May 16, 1704, Samuel Bird.
47. Preserved, 3 a daughter, b. Aug. 8, 1688; d. Aug. 21, 1688.
48. Desire, 3 ) ^ . , » 1Q irQ , J d. Aus;. 19, 1694.
49. William, 3 } Twins, b. Aug. 13, 1694 ; j d Q J ^ [ 7 ^
William m. April 11, 1717, Elizabeth Humphreys, but pro-
bably never had any children. He lived in Dorchester and
was buried there. His widow survived him nearly 32 years,
and d. June 18, 1775, aged 75 years. William left a will, and
gave £20, "in current passing money or bills of credit," to the
church in Dorchester, to purchase a piece of plate " for y e use
of the Lord's table in the said Church." The remainder of his
property was left to his wife Elizabeth, and, after her decease,
it was to go to his nephew, Desire Tolman, son of his sister
Experience.
In the death of William, 3 the name was extinguished in the
line of Desire, 2 son of Capt. Roger. 1 All of the name who are
direct descendants of Roger 1 are from his sons Samuel, 2 of Dor-
chester, and Preserved, 2 of Northampton. There are but few
of the former, but a large number of the latter.
50. Roger, 3 ) ^ . , M „„ 0/ , -, aQ7 . ( d. June 7, 1697.
51. Daniel, 3 } Tmns ' K Ma ^ 24 ' 169/ ; jd. June 12, 1697.
52. Judith, 3 m. Ephraim Payson.
* As with other cemeteries in cities, in the course of time the gravestones of King's Chapel
bmvin<r-ground have become displaced, and the exact spot of interment of many of those
buried there is almost or quite unknown. The slab from Roger's grave has been placed
in the eastern part of the ground, near the fence of the present City Hall.
16 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
19
SAMUEL 3 {Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Elder Samuel and Hannah
(Leeds) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, Aug. 6, 1668. About the
year 1700, he married Mary Paul (then spelled Pavll). He was a
man much respected by his fellow townsmen ; was chosen Deacon of
the church, and was Lieutenant of the military company. He left no
will. The inventory of his estate amounted to <£9L3 2s. 6d. He
died in 1724, aged about 55, leaving several children under age.
His widow, after his decease, married Abiel Bird. Blake says he
did not accept the office of Deacon to which he was chosen. Mrs.
Bird, and her son Samuel Clapp, both died Jan. 2, 1752, and were
buried in one grave.
Children of Samuel and Mary (Paul) Clapp:
53. JoHN, 4 d. Sept. 14, 1701.
+51. Samuel, 4 b. May 27, 1701 ; d. Jan. 2, 1752.
55. Hannah, 4 b. Aug. 14, 1702.
56. John, 4 b. July 24, 1705; d. Feb. 20, 1706.
57. John, 4 b. Sept. 12, 1706; d. young. (Samuel Clapp, Sen. lost
two children named John ; and Samuel, Jr. lost three.)
+58. Benjamin, 4 b. Oct. 17, 1707 ; d. in 1793.
-}-59. Supply, 4 b. June 1, 1711 ; d. Dec. 28, 1747. Minister in Woburn.
-4-60. Thomas, 4 b. July 5, 1713 ; d. Aug. 11, 1798.
29
PRESERVED 3 (Preserved, 2 Roger'), son of Elder Preserved and
Sarah (Newbury) Clapp, was born in Northampton, April 29, 1675.
He married Mehitable Warner, of Hatfield, Mass. He was a Cap-
tain. He died Oct. 11, 1757, aged 82 years. His widow died
Oct. 1, 1767.
Children of Capt. Preserved and Mehitable (Warner) Clapp,
of Northampton :
61. Mehitable, 4 b. Nov. 8, 1703.
--62. Preserved, 4 b. July 28, 1705; d. Oct. 18, 1758, aged 53 years.
— j— 63. John, 4 b. in 1708; m. and removed to Montague.
64. Eliphaz, 4 b. in 1711 ; d. in 1783 or 1784.
65. Ezra, 4 b. May 20, 1716; m. and removed to Westfield.
30
SAMUEL 3 (Preserved 2 , Roger 1 ), son of Elder Preserved, and
brother of the preceding, was born in 1677. He married, first, in
1697, Sarah Bartlett. She died Aug. 7, 1703, and he married,
second, Thankful King, Sept. 15, 1704. She died Sept. 18, 1705,
and he married, third, Mary Sheldon, March 17, 1708. He had issue
by each of his wives. He was about 31 years old when he
married his third wife. He lived to be an old man ; dying at the age
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 17
of 84 years. He was Lieutenant of a military company. Mary
Sheldon, his third wife, was born in Northampton in 1687, and was
daughter of John and Hannah Sheldon. Her grandfather was Isaac,
fl!u i™< u G , Wa ? ^ arried int0 ca P tivit J to Canada, from Deer-
field, in 1704, by the Indians, she being at the time engaged to be
married to Jonathan Strong. On her return, he, supposing that she
was dead, was married to some one else, and she married Samuel
Wapp. After Mr. Clapp's death, she was married to Mr. Strono-
when she was between 70 and 80 years old. a '
Children of Samuel Clapp, by first wife, Sarah (Bartlett) Clapp:
66. Mary, 4 b. March 13, 1699 ; d. Aug. 28, 1702.
By second wife, Thankful (King) Clapp:
67. Sarah, 4 b. Sept. 9, 1705 ; m. Gideon Parsons.
By third wife, Mary (Sheldon) Clapp:
-f 68. Samuel, 4 b. Oct. 30, 1711 5 d. Au<*. 28, 1775
J_7n' l LxRY l, h -^ L ?1, 1713; m. Daniel Pomroy, May 21, 1733.
-f/0. SETH, 4 b. July 14, 1716; d. July 4, 1754.
71. Thomas, 4 b. Nov. 13, 1724; d. Dec. 4, 1724.
+72. Ebenezer, 4 b. Oct. 13, 1726; d. Sept. 22, 1797.
32
xr o? ?na[ Pr€s Ji' red > Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding, was born
May 24, 1 684. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Bartlett.
I hey had eight sons and one daughter; and, what was remarkable,
they all lived to grow up, and had families. He was Captain in the
military company, and also representative to the General Court
He died in 1762, aged 78, and his widow died Aug. 9, 1767.
to Children of Roger and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp,' of Northamp-
-f 73. Roger, 4 b. April 3, 1708 ; wife Ann.
• ' 4 * El ; 7 -« e th 4 b. May 29, 1710; m. Jonathan Strong, May 27,
1/30, and had children. J
-75. Joxathan, 4 b. in 1713; d. May 10, 1782, aged 69 years.
i-76. Aaron,* b. Jan. 30, 1715; m. and moved to Easthampton.
—1 1. Asahel, 4 b. about 1717 ; d. Jan. 20, 1777.
~/8. Supply, 4 b. about 1721 ; d. in 1784.
—79. Charles, 4 b. in 1725; d. Aug. 11, 1767.
80. Noah, 4 wife Dorcas. He was sergeant in the company of Capt.
Phmeas Stevens, and was one of the thirty brave defenders
of Number Four (Charlestown, N. H.) in 1747, under Capt.
&., who withstood the assault of 400 French and Indians, under
Mons Debeline, and, refusing to capitulate, were left at the
end of the third day in possession of the fort. Capt. S. had a
valuable sword presented to him for his bravery on this occasion.
JNoah had only one child, Hannah? who was under 14 years
18 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
of age in 1763. She afterwards m. Martin Clark of West-
hampton, and both were dead in 1843. Noah 4 d. about 1751.
+81. Simeon, 4 b. in 1728 ; d. Feb. 25, 1812, aged 84 years.
33
THOMAS 3 (Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding, was
born in Northampton June 16, 1688; married April 4, 1711, Mary
King. He removed to Hartford, Conn., and died there in 1745, at
the age of 57 years. He was the ancestor of most of the name in
Connecticut. His wife, Mary, died Feb. 5, 1772.
Children of Thomas and Mary (King) Clapp:
-j-82. Thomas, 4 b. in Northampton, March 6, 1712.
83. Mary, 4 b. July 13, 1713, and probably d. young.
84. Oliver, 4 b. July 7, 1718; probably d. without issue.
—J— 85. Elijah, 4 m. Mary Benton.
54
SAMUEL 4 (Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), second son of Samuel and
Mary (Paul) Clapp, was born May 27, 1701, and died Jan. 2, 1752.
He was married Dec. 23, 1725, to Mindwell Bird. He was in the
2 3d year of his age when his father died, and he was chosen guard-
ian of his brother Thomas. He was a mariner in the early part of
his life ; and, in his later years, a farmer. His widow Mindwell
died June 1, 1770.
Children of Samuel and Mindwell (Bird) Clapp:
86. Mindwell, 5 b. Nov. 11, 1726; m. Daniel Fairn, of Dorchester,
May 8, 1753.
87. Samuel, 5 b. Dec. 18, 1728; d. young.
+88. Abner, 5 b. Dec. 23, 1732 ; d. May 25, 1799.
89. Mart, 5 b. Jan. 23, 1738 ; m. John Ward.
58
BENJAMIN 4 (Samuel 3 Samuel 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the preced-
ing, was born Oct. 17, 1707. He was a minor at the decease of his
father, and chose Thomas Wiswall to be his guardian. Dec. 29,
1730, he married Hannah Baker. Subsequently to 1740, he remov-
ed to Stoughton, and died there in 1793.
Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Baker) Clapp:
90. Susanna, 5 b. Jan. 30, 1732, in Dorchester; m. Edward Capen. •
91. Supply, 5 b. 1733 ; settled in Stoughton, but never married; d. in
1805, aged 72 years.
92. Samuel, 5 b. May 25, 1735, in Dorchester; d. Oct. 4, 1735.
+93. John, 5 b. in 1736; settled in Stoughton; d. in 1809, a. 73 years.
94. Hannah, 5 b. May 13, 1740, in Dorchester; m. Samuel Brackett.
UOGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 19
59
SUPPLY 4 (Samuel., 3 Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Samuel and Mary
(Paul) Clapp, was born June 1, 1711. His father died when Sup-
ply was 13 years old, and he chose Abiel Bird to be his guardian.
He entered Harvard College, and was graduated at that institution
in 1731. It appears that he immediately engaged himself as a
teacher of the school in Dorchester, and that he continued in that
employment two or three years. In his Diary, he says :— " July 19,
1733, I began my third year to keep school." "Feb. 13, 1734,
Tailer & Clap kept school for me." During this time, he was pre-
paring himself for the ministry, and commenced preaching May 20,
1733, before he was admitted to the church; for in his Diary, Aug!
5, 1733, it is observed, "I was admitted into the Ch h at Dorchester?"
It appears, however, from his Diary, that this was the only sermon
preached before he joined the church. This first sermon was deli-
vered at the Castle, where his great-grandfather, Roger Clapp, com-
manded so long, as were also most of the other sermons that he
preached that year. In 1 734, he occupied th« pulpit at Roxbury,
iroin March 31, to Jan 30, inclusive; whether as candidate or not,
is not stated. It is also doubtful in which of the two churches
id Roxbury he was thus engaged. Dec. 15, 1734, he preached for
the first tune at Woburn, in the 2nd Parish (now Burlington), as a
candidate. March 5, 1735, he received a call to settle there in the
ministry. This call he accepted, "upon conditions," May 19; and
in full, Aug. 25 of the same year. What his salary was, does not
appear, but it was probably regulated by the price of provisions ;
for, on the same page of his diary that he records his ordination, is
the following memorandum : —
N. B. The price of Indian Corn, 6 shillings p. Bush.
%e, 8 shillings p. Bush.
Beef, 5 pence p. pound.
Pork, 7 pence p. pound.
Cyder, 5 shillings p. barrel.
Gutter, 16 & 18 pence p. pound.
"Work, 4 shill. or five shillings in Summer.
Mowing, 5s-6d : and some have 6 shillings.
Mr. Clapp was ordained pastor of the second church in Woburn,
Oct. 29, 1735. On that occasion, Rev. Mr. Bowman, of Dorchester^
offered prayer; Rev. Mr. Hancock (probably of Lexington) preached
from Romans i. 1, and gave the charge; Rev. Mr. Bowes, of Bed-
ford, gave the right hand of fellowship. The meeting-house in which
Mr. Clapp was settled had been built about three years, and had
been used for a place of worship probably about all that time; but
no church had been regularly organized until after his ordination.
20 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Nov. 9, 1735, he preached for the first time after his ordination,
from Luke xii. 42 and 43. — " Who then is that faithful and wise
steward," &c. The church at that time consisted of eleven males
and twenty-one females.
In the spring of 1736, Mr. Clapp bought a place called the "Knight
place," from the name of the former possessor; and, in the fall suc-
ceeding, went to housekeeping, though a single man. Aug. 11, 1737,
he married Miss Martha Fowle, daughter of the then wife of Mr.
Samuel Walker, one of his deacons, but previously the widow of Mr.
Fowle, of the first parish, and, during her widowhood, the keeper
of a very respectable tavern there. Mrs. Clapp has been represent-
ed as a very capable and amiable woman.
Mr. Clapp appears to have been a man of very feeble constitution,
and labored under many weaknesses and infirmities, as appears by
his journal. He was very sick for many days in the fall of 1742,
and looked upon as near his end ; he suffered greatly by sharp turns
of pain in 1743, and says in his journal, Oct. 1, "Thro' Gods Good-
ness I have not been confined to my house since March, long to-
gether; but so great hath been my weakness that I have enjoyed
but little comfort in the things below. I trust my affections are
stronger heavenward."
In consequence of his infirm state of health, he frequently took
short excursions abroad, especially to Dorchester, and to Boston to
hear the Thursday lecture. On one of these occasions, Sept., 1740,
he records the following memorable incident : —
'O
The Rev d Mr. Whitefield, in the afternoon at 3 o'clock, was to preach at
y e New South in Boston. The meeting house being very much crowded,
there was suddenly an outcry as if y e Gallery was falling. I, being under
said Gallery, hastened out, stood at y e door ; immediately there was such
thronging out, that y ey trampled one another under feet, some jumped out
of y e Galleries into y e seats below, some out of y c windows. I helped clear
the way at y e door, till they got so squeezed together in y e porch till I could
get no more out. So that I with others were forced to cry out to the press-
ing multitude to make way back. After y e space of 5 or 6 minutes, such
way was made back, that we could help the distressed out ; many were
taken up for dead, but being blooded chiefly recovered. Three died upon
y e spot, and two more a day or two after. As awful a sight (I think) as
ever I beheld. May God sanctify it to me, and the rest of the spectators.
N. B. The Galleries were afterward examined, and there appeared no
danger.
Mr. Clapp's frail nature gave way Dec. 28, 1747; his age was
then 36 years, 6 months and 28 days. The generation who knew
him and sat under his preaching have passed away, but tradition has
uniformly given him a most excellent character. Not a syllable has
been handed down to us to his disadvantage ; he was respected and
beloved. The following is the inscription on his gravestone in the
burying ground at Burlington.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 21
Here lie interred the Remains of the
Rev d Mr. Supply Clap, late Pastor
of the 2 nd Church of Christ in Woburn
Who departed this Life
Dec. the 28 th , 1747,
in the 37 th Year of his age,
and the 13 th of his Ministry.
He was a good Christian, and a faithful
Pastor, and being dead Yet Speaketh,
Especially to the People that were
his Charge, Saying, remember how
Ye have received and heard, &
hold fast.
After Mr. Clapp's decease, his widow removed to Boston. He
left a will, dated Dec. 6, 1747. The estate was valued at £3396.
0. 6. Among the articles or effects mentioned in the inventory, was
"a sickly negro man servant about 12 years old valued at £300."
Most of this account of Rev. Supply is obtained from a letter writ-
ten by Rev. Samuel Sewall, of Burlington, Mass., to the late Elisha
Clapp, under date of Aug. 20, 1820.
Children of Rev. Supply and Martha (Fowle) Clapp :
95. Martha, 5 b. Aug. 6, 1738 ; d. in 1807. She m. James Thwing,
and had children : Nathaniel, Supply. James, Rebecca and Samuel.
Nathaniel had a family ; Supply d. aged about 21 yrs. ; James
was cashier of the Massachusetts Bank ; Rebecca m. William
Furness, and Rev. William H. Furness, D.D., of Philadelphia,
is their son ; Samuel had a family, and his son, Supply Clapp
Thwing, is a merchant in Boston.
96. Supply, 5 b. Jan. 3, 1742. He lived in Portsmouth, N. H., and
was never married. He was a very respectable man, and a
colonel in the militia. On his tombstone in Portsmouth, is the
following:
The Remains of Supply Clapp, Esq., are here deposited.
His whole life uniformly correct and praiseworthy.
He died March 24, 1811, aged 69 years.
Sweet is the memory of the just,
When mingled with their kindred dust.
97. Samuel, 5 born about June, 1745 ; m. Oct. 21, 1790, Desire Lamb,
of Boston ; d. in 1809. Pie lived in Boston, and did a large
business as auctioneer, &c.
These children of Rev. Supply 4 ever retained a grateful recollec-
tion of their native town; they made frequent visits to it, lingering
about the spot which was the scene of their childhood. About 1790,
they presented the church, over which their father had labored, with
a large folio bible for the use of the pulpit.
22 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
60
THOMAS 4 (Samuel, 2 Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), youngest son of Samuel
and Mary (Paul) Clapp, was born July 5, 1713; died Aug. 11, 1798.
He was married, Sept. 16, 1735, to Elizabeth Preston, by whom he
had ten children. She died May 25, 1770, aged 55 years. He
married, second, Abigail Lane, Jan. 30, 1772, and she died Nov. 20,
1779. He was a very respectable man, and for a long time was sex-
ton to the church in Dorchester. The following account of him was
published in a Boston newspaper a short time after his decease : —
" Died, at Dorchester, Mr. Thomas Clap, M. 86. This venerable
person was the oldest man in the town. With the blessing of heaven
upon his singular industry, frugality, temperance and piety, he en-
joyed an almost uninterrupted share of health, until within a few
weeks of his decease ; and was enabled to bring up comfortably a
large family of children (seven of whom survive him) without ever
owning so much as a quarter of an acre of land. For more than 60
years, he has been a member of the Church, and during that time
was but twice absent from the monthly communion of the Lord's
Supper (and that was in his late sickness), amounting to more than
700 participations. For half a century, he walked almost every
week to the Boston Thursday lecture. Thirty-six years he was sex-
ton to the town, and in that time interred one thousand and seventy-
nine persons." He lived in a house near what is now the corner
of Columbia and Hancock streets, on the east side, which was pulled
down about 1836. He owned this house and first moved into it in
November, 1743. When first married, he lived in a part of Capt.
Preserved Capen's house, and afterwards in the widow Paul's house.
Within a few feet of the spot where his own house stood, his grand-
daughter, widow Oliver Bird, erected a house in 1 844.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Preston) Clapp:
+98. Thomas, 5 b. Aug. 14, 1736; d. Sept. 7, 1807, aged 71 years.
99. James, 5 b. Nov. 17, 1737; d. Nov. 10, 1765. He probably en-
listed in the army.
100. Elizabeth, 5 b. Feb. 28, 1739; drowned in a wash tub, May 7,
1740.
101. Elizabeth, 5 b. Nov. 28, 1741 ; m. Mr. Rumrill, of Roxbury.
102. Samuel, 5 b. Dec. 23, 1744 ; removed to Hanover, N. H., and from
thence to Royalston, Mass. He married, and had children,
Samuel, 6 Anna, 6 and .JHystatius 6 ', the first of whom is said to
have been killed by foiling from a load of hay.
103. Daniel, 5 b. Jan. 15, 1746. He removed, with his brother Samuel,
to Hanover, N. H., and Royalston, Mass. ; was married, and had
three children : Daniel, 6 Elizabeth 6 never married, and another
daughter, name unknown. His wife d. Nov. 19, 1786.
104. Charles, 6 b. June 25, 1749; d. Aug. 14, 1752.
105. Mary, 5 b. March 26, 1752; m. Mr. Bagley, and lived in Williams-
burg.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 23
106. Sarah, 5 b. Aug. 17, 1754; m. Thomas Lyon, of Dorchester.
After her death, her husband, in 1841, when about 80 ys. old,
married another Sarah Clapp (b. 1794), dau. of Seth Clapp, of
Dorchester, who is now (1875) wife of Josiah Davenport, of
Needham.
107. Esther, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1757 ; m. George Davenport, May 24, 1780.
62
PRESERVED 4 (Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son of
Capt. Preserved 3 and Mehitable (Warner) Clapp, was born July 28,
1705. He married, Aug. 20, 1730, Sarah West and lived in Am-
herst (or Hadley), Mass. He died Oct. 18, 1758, aged 53 years.
Children of Preserved and Sarah (West) Clapp:
-f-108. Preserved, 5 b. May 6, 1731.
109. Sarah, 5 b. Feb. 15, 1733 ; m. Jan. 13, 1751, Ebenezer Kellogg,
of Amherst.
110. Lucy, 5 b. Nov. 10, 1737 ; m. Jan. 4, 17G0, Martin Smith.
111. Irene, 5 b. Nov. 12, 1740 ; m. March 1, 1759, Noadiah Lewis, of
Amherst. She d. Oct. 10, 1830, aged 89 years.
112. Miriam, 5 b. June 25, 1743; d. Aug. 23, 1743.
113. Oliver, 5 b. July 18, 1744 ; d. Oct. 25, 1832, aged 88 years. He
m. Elizabeth Mattoon, sister of Gen. Mattoon, and settled in
Amherst. She d. Oct. 27, 1830. Children :
114. Oliver, 6 m. Lucinda, dau. of Nathan Adams, of Leverett.
He d. at the age of 24 years. Issue: i, Oliver Morrison,''
who lived in Amherst; m. May 10. 1826, Mary Ann, dau. of
Asa F. Reed, M.D., and had: (1) Anna Maria Porter, s ^h
Sept. 8, 1827, m. Aug. 24, 1852, John H. Bardwell, of Ha/)'
ford, Ct.; (2) Elizabeth M, s b. May, 1830, d. July 1, 1831'.
(3) Charles D., 8 b. May 25, 1833. Lucinda, after the death
of her husband, Oliver Clapj), 6 m. Asahel Blodgett.
115. Preserved, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1776; d. Sept. 2, 1776.
116. Mary, 5 b. about 1747.
117. Timothy, 5 baptized May 21, 1749 ; m. Sarah Field, and settled in
Amherst. He left one daughter Patty, 6 who m. Nov. 26, 1801,
Elihu Belding, of Amherst, and was living in 1846.
118. William, 5 bap. Aug. 1752; was a clockmaker; m. and settled in
Westminster. Children :
119. West, 6 lived in Westminster, and left no family.
120. Silas, 6 m. and had two sons, William" 1 and Sanford. 1
63
JOHN 4 (Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding,
was born in 1708. He married, Feb. 10, 1732, Eunice Parsons,
and removed to Montague. He was a man eminent for his piety
and his eloquence in prayer, and was rich in all the christian graces.
Children of John and Eunice (Parsons) Clapp, of Montague :
121. Eunice, 5 b. Feb. 15, 1733 ; m. May 9, 1754, Joseph Root.
24 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
122. Mehitable, 5 b. July 18, 1735 ; probably d. young.
-f-123. John, 5 b. March 3, 1738.
124. Martha, 5 b. Oct. 4, 1740 ; was called Patty ; probably lived to
grow up, but never married.
125. Daniel, 5 b. Aug. 7, 1743. He was for many years deputy She-
riffin old Hampshire county. He married Root, and had
two sons and ten daughters. The sons were :
126. Parsons, 6 b. in 1772; d. Feb. 27, 1854. Hem. in 1796,
Phebe Wells ; lived in old Springfield when he was a young
man, and was deputy Sheriff. The latter part of his life he
resided in Montague, and died in "Wilmington. Children :
i. Henry Wells," 1 b. in 1798; d. April, 1869 ; he m. first, in
1823, Eliza Baldwin; second, June 28, 1833, Ann C. Hil-
liard. A goldsmith by trade ; was once in business in
Newark, N. J., subsequently in the city of New York, and
afterwards in Greenfield ; at his death he left a large estate.
Children by first wife : (1) Caroline, 8 b. about 1824, m. Hon.
Daniel W. Alford, and d. soon after; (2) Cornelia 8 ; (3) Henry
Baldwin, 8 killed in battle in 1862; (A) Elizabeth Johnso?i 8
Children by second wife : (5) Frederick, 8 b. May 18, 1834,
m. April 15, 1863, Ella Pierce, of Boston ; (6) Henrietta, 8 b.
Nov. 23, 1836, d. Nov. 21, 1854; (7) Emeline? b. June 20,
1838, d. Sept. 14, 1849; (8) Isabella, 8 b. Jan. 15, 1840, m.
July 15, 1864, Francis B. Russell, who d. of consumption
in 1868. ii. Daniel,'' liv. in Charlestown, N.H. iii. Robert?
m. and lived in Ohio. iv. William.'' m. and lived in Saratoga,
N. Y.; was a tanner by trade, and was blind for many years.
T. Lois H? lived in Springfield. yi. Benjamin Winthrop?
a jeweller in New York city; m. in 1836, Mary B. Hill.
Nf , Children: (1 ) Mary Elizabeth, 8 b., Feb. 1837 ; (2) William
p Hill 8 b. in 1839, d. in 1844; (3) Samuel Dennett 8 b. Dec.
1840. vii. John T.? lived in N. York city; m. June, 1846,
Mary Cascaden, and had one child, Charles Augustus 8 b. in
1847.
127. Winthrop? was a Captain ; by trade a carpenter; m. and had:
i. Nelson? b. about 1806 ; was a farmer, ii. Julius,' 1 a car-
penter by trade, and removed south. iii. Horace, 1 was also
a carpenter, IV, William."'
128. Solomon, 5 b. in 1751; d. Sept. 15, 1838. He m. first, March 5,
1781, Lois Bardwell, who d. June 30, 1789 ; second, in 1804,
widow Anna Allen, of Bernardston, who d. March 21, 1842.
He was a Captain. Children by first wife :
129. Mehitable? b. March 5, 1782 ; m. Sept. 10, 1805, Benjamin S.
Wells.
130. Polly? b. April 3, 1784; d. in 1787.
131. Henry? b. in 1786; d. Sept. 9, 1838. He was non compos,
and never married.
132. Eliphaz? b. Feb. 2. 1788; m. Nov. 21, 1811, Charlotte Gunn.
Children: i. Mary? b. Dec. 3, 1812 ; m. June, 1850, Henry
Slate ; d. April 24, 1864. ii. Wellington? b. Sept. 19, 1816;
m. Cornelia T. Plumb, of Charlestown, N. H; was afterwards
a merchant in New York city. Children : ( 1) Emma? b. July
24, 1845, m. Jan. 10, 1866,'Robert Cochran, of New York;
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(2) Henry, 9 b. March 16, 1847; ($) Frederic, 8 b. Aug. 19,
1851, in Manchester, Eng., m. Jan. 1, 1872, Emma A. Mans-
field, lives in Iowa, and has a son, Frederick W.? b. April 22,
1873 ; (4) Cornelia, 6 b. Jan. 13, 1853 ; (5) Edward* b. June
26, 1854, d. Sept. 19, 1854; (6) Louisa Burnham 8 b. June
4, 1858 ; (7) Wellington, 8 b. July 6, 1860. Hi. Salmon," 1 b.
Sept. 24, 1817; m. Dec. 21, 1848, Harriet Burnett, of Mor-
gan co., Alabama, and had one son who d. an infant ; was a
jihysician in Calbert, Lowndes co., Miss., where he died July
10, 1852. iy. Richard, 1 b. Nov. 29, 1819 ; is a farmer in Mon-
tague ; m. Oct. 7, 1847, Eunice A. Slate, and had: (1) Cor-
nelia Maria, 8 b. March 17, 1849 ; (2) Richard Leighton, 8 b.
March 21, 1851; (3) Harriet, 8 b. July 28, 1853; (4) Mary
Elizabeth, 8 b. Jan. 2G, 1856; (5) Walter 8 b. April 6, 1858,
d. May 15, 1859; (6) Charles Wellington, 8 b. Jan. 4, 1863.
V. Charlotte Warner, 7 b. Dec. 16, 1829 ; m. Oscar \V. Dean,
and lived in Townsend, Vt. Ti, De Witt Clinton 7 b. Nov. 9,
1835; m. Aug. 19, 1850, Polly A. Cruttenden ; merchant
in Iowa City, Iowa. Children : ( 1 ) Edwy Clinton 8 b. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., June 7,-1851 ; (2) Charles De Witt, 8 b. in
Brookhm, Dec. 9, 1854; (3) Lewis Williams, 8 b. in Dundee,
N. Y., Sept. 23, 1857 ; (4) Harriet Agnes 8 b. Dec. 4, 1858 ;
(5) Robert Noble, 8 b. Feb. 21, 1861 ; (6) George Lyman 8 h.
March 13, 1866, d. Aug. 22, 1866; the last three born in
Iowa City. Eliphaz 6 and Charlotte had two other children
who died young.
133. Elihu, 5 m. Jane B , who d. Dec. 17, 1840. Children :
134. Thaddetis* b. Sept. 15, 1779 ; d. Sept. 13, 1854. He m. May
10, 1808, Nancy Euggles, who d. April 3, 1848. He was a
farmer in Montague. Children: i, Zenas, 7 b. Oct. 17, 1810;
m. Sept. 14, 1822, Pamelia Clay. ii. Sybil T.,~ b. Sept. 19,
1812. iii. Eunice A'., 7 b. Feb. 1, 1814 ; d. Aug. 24, 1843.
IV. Mary Ann, 7 b. July 10, 1817.
135. Elihu, 6 bedridden for more than thirty years.
136. Noadiahf d. unmarried.
137. Famelia. 6
138. Susan, 5 m. Mr. Root, father of Col. Root.
139. Eleanor, 5 probably d. young.
140. Sarah, 5 d. in infancy.
64
ELIPHAZ 4 (Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the pre-
ceding, was born in 1711. He married Rachel Parsons about 1743,
and had six daughters but no sons that lived to grow up. He died
about 1783, and his wife died July 11, 1762.
Children of Eliphaz and Rachel (Parsons) Clapp, of Northamp-
ton :
141. Rachel. 5
142. Naomi, 5 b. May 4, 1744.
143. Eliphaz, 5 b. Jan. 29, 1746 ; d. Aug. 28, 1748.
4
26 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
144. Elijah, 5 b. April 23, 1748 ; d. July 24, 1749.
145. Mindwell, 5 b. Feb. 23, 1749. .
146. Miriam, 5 b. Jan. 25, 1751.
147. Rhoda, 5 b. Aug. 29, 1753.
148. Margaret, 5 b. April 1, 1756.
One of tbe daughters d. July, 1748.
65
EZRA 4 (Preserved, 3 Preserved? Roger 1 ), youngest son of Captain
Preserved and Mehitable (Warner) Clapp, was born May 20, 1716.
Wife Margaret, and he removed to Westfield.
Children of Ezra and wife Margaret Clapp :
149. Molly, 5 m. Elihu Emerson.
150. Margaret, 5 m. Mr. Shepard.
151. Dolly, 5 m. Mr. Atwater.
152. Lydia. 5
+153. Ezra, 6 b. May 24, 1760; d. June 17, 1838.
154. Charlotte. 5
68
SAMUEL 4 (Samuel, 3 Preserved, 3 Roger 1 ), son of Samuel and his
third wife, Mary (Sheldon) Clapp, was born Nov. 11, 1711. He
married, Nov. 23, 1732, Mindwell, daughter of Waitstill Strong, of
Northampton, and removed, about 1744, to SouthamDton, where he
died, Aug 28, 1775.
Children of Samuel and Mindwell (Strong) Clapp:
-{-155. Elijah, 6 b. May 3, 1736.
+156. Jehiel 5 (or Ahiel), b. Aug. 25, 1738.
+157. Timothy, 5 b. Aug. 16, 1740 ; m. Rachel Bascom.
158. Samuel, 5 b. Nov. 8, 1742; d. May 10,1761; was a lieutenant ;
m. Sarah Parsons, and had a son :
159. Martin? b. about 1778, who m. Lucretia Farnham, of Bland-
ford, and had: i. Clarissa? b. Jan. 1, 1807, and d. young.
ii. Clarissa? b. Oct 28, 1809 ; m. Aug. 30, 1846, Solomon
Todd, of Easthampton. iii, Samuel F.? b. Sept. 17, 1811 ;
m. Nov. 26, 1836, Chloe E. Waters ; is a mason, in Hartford,
Ct. ; has two sons, Hiram S. s and John W.? the former of
whom m. Oct. 17, 1860, Maria J. Stedman, and had a son
William? b. March 16, 1864. iv, Martin Parsons? b. June
27, 1814; m. April 26, 1860, Almira S. Finch, and had a
daughter, Hattie Bell? b. April 3, 1861, d. April 12, 1861.
V, Asa B.? b. Feb. 3, 1817 ; m. Elvira Sackett. VI. Sarah?
b. March 29, 1819 ; d. Jan. 27, 1860; m. Nov., 1850, Ring
Pomeroy. vii. Keziah W.? b. May 8, 1821 ; not m. in 1870.
Viii. Reuben? b. Nov. 4, 1823. ix. Eunice? b. April, 1826.
X. Elizabeth? b. Aug. 1827 ; m. Daniel Knight.
'+160. Selah, 5 b. May 16, 1744; d. May, 1794.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 27
161. Phineas, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1745; cl. in 1816; wife Prinus, and had:
162. Phineas, 6 who had two sons Salmon 7 and Hophni 7 .
163. Robinson, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1775; d. Aug. 7, 1815; m. Nov<, 14,
1799, Ruth Topliff, and had: i. Princess, 1 b. Dec. 9, 1800,
m. Stephen Wolcott ; ii. Lydia? b. Sept. 29, 1804 ; Hi, Rusi-
na? b. July 27, 1807, m. Thomas Howard; \\.Almira L. 7
b. Aug. 8, 1810; V. Mary T. 7 b. May 14, 1812.
164. Hophni? m. and had : i. Hophni? b. July 20, 1801; d. April
12, 1856; a farmer; m. Oct. 31, 1850, Mary E. Fuller, of
Southampton, b. Jan. 12, 1825, and had: (1) Calvin H, s b.
Jan. 26, 1852; (2) Horace E., 8 b. June 14, 1856.
165. Mindwell, 5 b. Oct. 10, 1747; m., in 1772, Solomon Strong.
166. Mary, 5 b. in 1749 ; m. Bela Parsons.
167. Moses, 5 b. in 1751 ; m. and had :
168. Russell, 6 b. Jan. 28, 1784 ; d. Oct. 16, 1820 ; m. Sibbil Baker,
of Westhampton, and removed to Otisco, N. Y. Children :
i. SibiUa P. 7 b. March 8, 1810; m. March 5, 1832, Horace
E. Strong, and had three children, ii. Moses, 7 b. March 10,
1812 ; m. July 4, 1837, Almira Russell. Children : (1) Otis
Baker, 8 b. Aug. 20, 1842, a carriage maker in Southampton,
hi. Nov. 12, 1867, Sarah A. Burt ; (2) Dwight Moses, 8 b. June
5, 1846 ; a dentist in Boston ; m. May 8, 1872, Clara Jo-
sephine Simonds. Hi, Russell, 7 b. Nov. 2, 1813 ; m. Dec. 28,
1837, Maxamilla Heath, and they settled in South Mil-
ford, Indiana. Children: (1) Andrews R., 8 b. March 15,
1840, is a carpenter, and lives in Indiana, m. May 28,
1861, Eliza J. McClughen ; (2) Timothy, 8 b. Jan. 6, 1845,
d. Jan. 7, 1845 ; (3) Sybil L., 8 b. June 3, 1846 ; m. Dec. 24,
1861, Mr. Oliver Wright, iv. Artemas, 7 b. July 29, 1816.
V. Timothy O., 7 b. Aug. 30, 1818 ; was adopted by Amos Lee,
and took the name of Timothy O. Lee ; m. and had five chil-
dren, vi. Eunice D. 7 b. Sept. 13, 1820 ; m. May 10, 1848,
James E. Strong, and lived at Huntsburg, Ohio.
169. Nathaniel, 5 d. May 23, 1825 ; m. Rebekah Searle, and had:
170. Nathaniel, 6 d. young.
171. Rebeckah, 6 b. Sept. 4, 1804; m. Oct. 3, 1827, Aretus Pomroy,
of Southampton.
172. Chauncy, 6 b. Jan. 12, 1807 ; m. Nov. 29, 1826, Fidelia Miller,
of W. Springfield, and had : i. Chauncy M. 7 b. Nov. 9, 1827 ;
d. Dec. 20, 1853. ii. Eunice O. 7 b. Oct. 3, 1831 ; m. June
3, 1852, Flavel K. Sheldon; d. July 18, 1861. Hi. Delia
Ann, 7 b. Feb. 1, 1837 ; m. June 16, 1858, Henry C. Strong.
iV. Jennet M., 7 b. June 30, 1839 ; d. Aug. 3, 1840. V. Fran-
cis D., 1 b. July 19, 1842 ; d. Sept. 19, 1845. vi. Jennet M. 7
b. March 9, 1847; d. Jan. 11, 1848.
173. Lemuel. 5
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70
SETH 4 (Samuel? Preserved? Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding,
was born July 14, 1716. Wife Esther, and he lived in Northamp-
ton, where he died July 4, 1154.
Children of Seth and wife Esther Clapp :
174. Amasa, 5 b. June 28, 1743 ; was Lieut.-Colonel, and removed to
Chesterfield ; m. and had children :
175. Ira, 6 m. Judith Weld, and lived in Chesterfield.
176. Salmon. 6
177. Mary, 5 b. Jan. 18, 174- ; m. in 1778, Nathaniel Edwards, of
Northampton, being his second wife.
178. Esther, 6 d. July 6, 1745.
179. Seth, 5 b. May, 3, 1746; d. April 13, 1814; m. Feb. 28, 1771,
Esther Rust. He was a carpenter, and lived in Northampton.
Children :
180. Chester. 6
181. Seth?b. March 3, 1772; d. Nov. 1823; m. Thankful Starr,
and lived in Northampton. Had a daughter Mary Ann, 7 b-
Nov. 27, 1804, who m. Henry Strong in 1830.
182. Esther 6 b. March 2, 1774; d. Feb. 6, 1861 ; m. Elijah Cook,
of Northampton.
183. Spencer, 6 b. Dec. 3, 1777; d. in the winter of 1815-16; m.
Diana Phelps, and lived in Northampton.
184. Luther 6 b. Nov. 21, 1779 ; d. Jan. 10, 1803, on the borders of
the Mississippi.
185. Paulina? b. June 16, 1782 ; d. unm. Oct. 6, 1834.
186. Lydia? b. Oct. 25, 1784; d. Dec. 2, 1818 ; m. Mr. Emerson,
of Newburyport.
187. Ansel, 6 b. Feb. 13, 1788; d. Sept. 11, 1866 ; m. Eunice Wright,
and lived in Westhampton. Children: i, Luther, 1 b. Oct.
19, 1819; m. June 24, 1845, Harriet P. Stedman ; clergy-
man in Wisconsin ; had children : (1) Harriet P., 8 b. Aug.
19, 1846, and m. Henry Watuer; (2) Emma Z., 8 b. July 3,
1848; (3) Mary A., 8 b. April, 1850; (4) Wardlaw Ansel?
b. April 5, 1853; (5) Sarah B.? b. Nov. 29, 1855; (6)
Grace D. W.? b. Oct. 24, 1859. ii. Reuben Wright? b.
Sept. 19, 1821 ; farmer in Westhampton ; m. Susan T. Burt,
and had children: (1) Ellen Louise? b. Feb. 15, 1854; (2)
Laura Hale? b. Feb. 19, 1856; (3) George Burt? b. Nov.
3, 1857; (4) Lyman Wright? b. Sept. 5, 1859 ; (5) Martha
Frances? b. March 30, 1862 ; (6) Edwin Bissell?h. May 17,
1864; (7) Susan Maria? b. Dec. 7, 1866, d. Sept. 15, 1869 ;
(8) Mary Anna? b. Nov. 25, 1868. Hi. Harriet F.? b. Jan.
9, 1825 ; d. unm. in 1871. IV. Sophia? b. March 29, 1828 ;
m. June 17, 1858, Alfred D. Montague.
188. Sophia? (twin with Ansel 6 ) b. Fek 13, 1788; m. Spencer
Clark, of Northampton.
189. Belinda. 6
190. Paul, 5 probably the Paul Clapp who was a soldier at the siege of
Quebec, in Capt. Hubbard's company, and was taken prisoner.
191. Catharine. 5
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72
EBENEZER 4 (Samuel, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), youngest son of
Samuel and Mary (Sheldon) Clapp, was born Oct. 13, 172G. He
married Catharine Catlin, who died April 21, 1798. They lived in
Northampton. He was a soldier in Capt. Phineas Stevens's compa-
ny in 1746, and was in the fight with the French and Indians at
No. 4 (now Charlestown, N. H.). He was also in Capt. William
Lyman's company, and was out in the service in the month of No-
vember, 1747. He died Sept. 22, 1797. According to the Records
of Deerfield, there was an Ebenezer Clapp who married Katharine
Catlin, Jan. 10, 1750.
Children of Ebenezer and Catharine (Catlin) Clapp:
-4-192- Ebenezer, 5 d. about 1840.
193. Esther, 5 m. Asahel Clapp (No. 280), grandson of Roger, Jr., of
Northampton.
194. Oliver, 5 settled in Westhampton, and m. three times, his third
wife being a Mrs. Smith. Children :
195. Richard, 6 m. Anna Alford, moved to Ohio, had a large family,
and d. there. Children : i, Martha,'' m. David Ring, and
d. before 1870. ii, 3Iaria, 7 m. Mr. Dimoc. Hi* Lucinda, 7
m. first, George Claflin ; m. second, Parsons, iv.
Asenith 7 m. George Bell. V. Anna, 1 d. before 1870. vi,
Christopher C., 7 b. in Jericho, Vt., May 30, 1799 ; d. Dec.
1868; m. first, Harriet Colson ; m. second, Clara M. Bond;
removed to Onondaga Co., Vt., about 1820. Chil. : (1 ) John
T., s b. March 22, 1823 ; (2) Gelia A., 8 b. Sept. 8, 1827 ; (3)
Horace G., 8 b. July 9, 1829 ; (4) Oscar S., 8 b. Aug. 28, 1831,
d. Nov. 14, 1832 ; (5) Louisa M., 8 b. Nov. 6, 1 833 ; (6) Orson
S. 8 b. April 7, 1836; (7) Irving F., 8 b. June 10, 1838;
(8) Isaac H 8 b. Oct. 15, 1840; VH. Oliver, 7 m. Melissa
Wait. Viii. Philena 7 m. William Cook. IXt Climena, 7 m.
Gilson Judd. Xi Caroline 7 m. Luther Ranney.
196. Charles? son of second wife, went to Ohio, in. and had: !,
Sylvester 7 who married, ii, Sojihia, 7 and Mil • Eliza 7 both of
whom married.
197. Martha, 6 m. Zenas Wright, of Northampton, and had five
children.
198. Dorothy, 5 b. March 15, 1757; d. Dec. 28, 1830; m. March 16,
1783, Medad Parsons, and had three children.
199. Elihc, 5 b. June 21, 1761 ; d. Aug. 8, 1845; farmer at Northamp-
ton ; m. in 1800, Jane B. Munroe. Children:
200. Harriet, 6 b. July 27, 1801 ; m. Oct. 6, 1830, David W. Willard,
of Springfield, and d. soon after.
201. Lewis, 6 b. Sept. 18, 1803; d. April 9, 1809.
202. David Munroe, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1806, in Northampton ; d. March
29, 1875 ; m. Lydia F. Rice, and had : i , Harriet 7 b. Sept. 1 5,
1838; d. Feb. 7, 1839. ii. Jane B. 7 b. May 20, 1841. Hi.
Frederic 7 b. June 18, 1843. iv. Harriet Louise 7 b. Oct. 29,
1853.
203. Thomas, 5 m. Diadema Kellogg, and settled in Westhampton ; d.
in 1798. Children:
30 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
204. Henry, 6 b. Nov. 7, 1789 ; living in Northampton in 1870; m.
Aug. 17, 1815, Nancy Root, and had: i. Edward? b. Aug.
3. 1816; a farmer in Northampton; m. April 20, 1843,
Cynthia Sacket, who died, and he m. second, May 19, 1847,
Angeline C. Adams, and had: (1) Edward Thompson*}}.
Feb. 14, 1851. H, Nelson? b. June 2, 1819; a farmer in
Northampton; unmarried in 1870. Hi, Henry, 1 b. Feb. 16,
1822; a farmer in Northampton; m. June 11, 1849, Eliza
Ann Bartlett. iv. Anson Morris,'' b. May 10, 1824; a
joiner in Northampton; m. June 9, 1866, Miriam Alline,
and have: (1) Mary N., 8 b. June 30, 1868. T. James, 7 b.
March 28, 1827 ; a farmer in Northampton ; m. Oct. 11,
1860, Juliaette Amelia Mellen, and have: (1) Henry M., s
b. June 28, 1863; (2) Anna Jidiaette, s b. Dec. 21, 1868.
Ti. John Chajrin? b. July 16, 1831 ; a mechanic in Northamp-
ton ; m. Huldah Martindale.
205. James, 6 dead in 1870.
206. Morris, 6 dead in 1870.
207. Thomas* There was a Thomas Clapp who m. Phebe Black-
man in 1811 ; dead in 1870.
208. Diadema, 6 dead in 1870.
-j-209. Sylvanus, 5 b. in 1764; d. April 14, 1847, aged 83 years.
-f-210. Cephas, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1766.
211. William, 5 b. Jan. 14, 1767; d. Dec. 8,1839, unmarried. He
was a very eccentric man and traded in cattle, which he was very
skilful in selecting; used to drive them to Boston.*
212. John, 5 probably m. Lucy Clark, April 24, 1797, and settled in
Northampton. Had quite a family of children, but died a
comparatively young man. A son, Lucius, 6 m. and has children.
73
ROGER 4 (Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son of Roger and
Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp, of Northampton, was born April 3, 1708.
He removed to Southampton. He was in the army in 1748-49, in
the regiment under the command of Major Israel Williams. Wife
Ann.
Children of Roger and wife Ann Clapp, of Southampton :
+213. Abnee, 5 b. in 1737; d. Dec. 5, 1800.
-j-214. Joel, 5 b. in 1737, twin brother of Abner.
215. Ann, 5 b. Dec. 21, 174-.
216. Elizabeth. 5
217. Abigail, 5 b. Jan. 20, 1745 ; m. in 1779, John Strong, a farmer of
Southampton, being his second wife. They were parents of the
Rev. Lyman Strong. She d. Feb. 10, 1821.
* It is related of him that on one occasion while driving sheep to Boston on Sunday, in
passing a church daring divine service, one of the sheep, being tired, ran into the church,
and would not come out. He tried to send a boy in after it, but the boy was shy and would
not go. So he went himself, caught the sheep and was bringing it out, when the minister
remarked to him, "The beast hasniore respect to the house of God than you." To which
he replied, " The Scripture tells us the sheep are to be separated from the goats ! "
'
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 31
218. Roger, 5 b. Aug. 20, 1747 ; d. in 1816; wife Zeruiah. Children:
219. Dennis? in., and went "West ; returned and d. in Southampton.
220. KusseU* b. March 7, 1786 ; m. Oct., 1811, Louisa, dau. of Dea-
con Roswell Strong, of Southampton; removed to Liberty,
Ohio, was a farmer there, and d. in December, 1854. His
wife d. April 9, 1855. Their children were: i, Emily Bis-
sell,' b. Nov. 14, 1813 ; m. Lester W. Cook. ii. Charles W.?
b. Jan. 22, 1817 ; was educated at "Western Reserve College ;
settled as minister over several churches, and in 1864 was
Prof, of Rhetoric and English Literature in Iowa College ; m.
1849, Jane P., dau. of John Basset, of New Haven, Ct., and
had five children, of whom the two eldest sons were in Col-
lege in 1870. Hi, Russell Kellogg? b. Oct. 5, 1823 ; m. July,
1852, Amelia Clough ; a farmer in Liberty, Ohio, and had
children: (1) Theodore S.? b. July 2, 1853; (2) Jeanie Lou-
isa* b. July 14, 1855. \Y, Sarah Amanda? b. Oct. 1, 1828;
m. John E. Cowdrick.
221. Rufus C?
222. Angeline?
223. Ann? m. Simeon Lyman.
224. Sally? b. June, 1788; m. first, Aug., 1808, Bela Strong, who
d. Jan. 16, 1819; second, Aaron Parsons, of Easthampton.
She d. Sept. 11, 1848.
225. Tirzah? m. Barnabas Pomroy.
226. Stephen, 5 b. Dec. 10, 1749 ; was a soldier in the Revolutionary
"War ; was in the vicinity of Boston, and d. there Aug. 25, 1775.
His kinsmen in Dorchester had his remains brought to that
town and laid in the old burying-ground, where a gravestone
was erected to his memory.
227. Lydia, 5 b. Aug. 25, 1752.
228. Perez, 5 b. June 14, 1757 ; m. first, Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph
Strong, of "Williamsburg, Mass. ; second wife, not ascertained.
Children by first wife :
229. Polly? b. Oct. 22, 1785 ; m. Stephen Pomroy ; d. Dec. 24,
1852.
230. Perez Mann? b. May 5, 1788; d. unm. Oct. 11, 1815.
231. Fanny? b. Nov. 23, 1790 ; m. Hon. Linus Bagg.
232. Betsey? b. March 2, 1793 ; m. Thomas Lyman.
233. Jane? b. March 28, 1795 ; m. Luther Colton, of Marcellus,
N. Y.
234. Clarissa? b. Jan. 7. 1798 ; m. Moses Lyman, of Chester, N. H.
Children by second wife :
235. Mehitable? m. Mr. Arnold.
236. Joseph B.? is a lawyer in Brooklyn, N. Y.
' 75
JONATHAN 4 (Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Roger and
Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp, of Northampton, and brother of the pre-
ceding, was born in 1713; removed to Easthampton, being one of
the first settlers of the town. He married Submit Strong, and had
a large family of children, all of whom married and lived to be over
32 THE CLAPP MEMOPJAL.
60 years of age. He was a man of great energy of character, and
was prominent in all matters connected with the early settlement
of Easthampton. He lived with his uncle, Joseph Bartlett, and
helped him carry on the ancient mill. Mr. Bartlett, having no chil-
dren of his own, gave the mill to his nephew Jonathan, who also
kept a hotel at Easthampton. He was a Major in the militia.
He died May 10, 1782, aged 69 years.
Children of Jonathan and Submit (Strong) Clapp :
+237. Jonathan, 5 !). Oct. 8, 1735.
-j-238. Joseph, 5 b. Nov. 3, 1736.
+239. Benjamin,^. Dec. 16, 1738; d. Nov. 8, 1815.
210. Submit, 5 b. Oct. 14, 1741 ; m. Asahel Clark, of Easthampton.
211. Hannah, 5 b. June 15, 1742 ; m. Elias Lyman. They kept a tavern
in Northampton in 1764.
242. Lucy, 5 b. Aug. 1744; m. in 1764, Samuel Kellogg, of Williams-
town.
243. Rhoda, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1746 ; m. Col. Daniel Whittemore.
244. Lois, 5 b. Oct. 1748; m. first, Jonathan Lyman, and second, Capt.
Joseph Day, of West Springfield.
245. Phebe, 5 b. in 1749 ; m. Joseph White, of Springfield; moved to
Camillus, N. Y.
246. Beulah, 5 bapt. Dec. 30, 1750; m. Rev. Solomon Allen, of
Brighton, N. Y., ancestor of Phineas Allen, for nearly sixty
years editor of the Pittsfield Sun.
247. Merab, 6 bapt. Oct. 19, 1755 ; m. Elisha Allen, of Pittsfield ; and
for second husband, in 1805, Oliver Root, of Conway.
76
AAROX 4 (Roger, 2 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding,
was born Jan. 30, 1715. He married Jemima Bartlett, and moved
to what is now Easthampton.
Children of Aaron and Jemdia (Bartlett) Clapp:
248. Aaron, 5 b. April 5, 1748 ; in., and moved to the western part of
New York State in 1808, and had:
249. Aaron, 6 b. June 6, 1771 ; d. May 1, 1830; m. Feb. 16, 1798,
Rebecca, dau. of Noah Strong, of Westhampton, b. April 19,
1770, and d. Aug. 31, 1834. They resided in Easthampton.
Children: i. Octavia? b. Sept., 1799; d. Oct. 1801. fi.
Aaron, 1 b. Aug. 26, 1801; lived in Hartford, Ct. ; m. June
22, 1829, Priscilla Hurlburt ; d. Nov. 18, 1860. Ghil.: (1)
Thomas IT., 8 b. March 10, 1830, d. about 1835 ; (2) Harriet
Z>., 8 b. April 24, 1831, d. July, 1832 ; (3) Harriet Z>., 8 b.
Aug. 1, 1832, m. Jan., 1854, James H. Warner, and had
one son and one daughter; (4) Jane, 8 b. in 1835, d. Sept. 8,
1839 ; (5) Isabella J., s b. Feb. 22, 1845, m. Nov. 30, 1871,
Henry B. Starr, of New York ; (6) Anna S., 8 b. Sept. 22,
1847, m. Byron J. Benedict, of Cortland, N. Y. Hi. Octavia, 1
b. June 4, 1803; m. Feb. 12, 1837, Jared C. Burdick ; d.
Nov. 18, 1864. iv. Rebecca 1 b. Aug. 28, 1805 ; m. July 3,
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 33
1828, at Easthampton, Abram Temple, and had four children.
V. Hannah} b. Sept. 1807 ; d. Dec. 1810. VI. Roland S.} b.
Oct. 26, 1809; d. in New Haven, Aug. 5, 1843, unm. vil.
Eunice A.} b. Oct. 28, 1811; m. Lewis B. Page. Vlii. Han-
nah} b. Feb. 5, 1816; m. first, Sept. 4, 1839, Leander C.
Burnham, and had two children.
250. Alanson? m Luddington.
251. Quartus 6 m., and lived in New York State; had a daughter
Electa} who m. Lysander C. Avery.
252. Ira. 6
253. Nathan, 5 m
254. Adolphus. 6
255. Bela 6 m. Electa Packard, and left sons : i, Bela? \\. Sumner. 1
Hi, Stebbins?
256. Benoni. 6 260. Jemima. 5
257. Harvey. 6 261. Lovisa*
258. Diodema. 6 262. Daughter 6
259. Phebe. 6 263. Daughter. 6
264. David, 5 b. Sept. 9, 1750 ; probably lived in Easthampton with
his father. He married, and left at least one son, Pomeroy? He
is said to have been killed in the revolutionary war.
265. Jemima, 5 b. Oct. 26, 1752; m. Paul Sheldon.
266. Achsah, 5 m. John Duvoy.
267. Levi, 5 b. in 1760; a revolutionary soldier; m. three times; his
third w. was Elizabeth Judd, of South Hadley, b. in 1771, d. in
1856; lived in Southampton. Children:
268. Levi 6 b. Feb. 24, 1784; d. Jan. 20, 1856; m. Dec. 31, 1805.
Phebe, dau. of Benjamin Clapp, and had : j, Lucius} b. April
16, -1808; m. April 24, 1833, Sophronia Clark; lived in
Easthampton; a farmer. Children: (1) Lucy 3I., S b. March
1, 1834; m. March 1, 1859, George W. Mc Williams, of
Deer Ridge, Mo. ; (2) Lucia Ann, 8 b. Jan. 22, 1838. ii.
Achsah} b. Aug. 11, 1814; m. April 12, 1852, James H.
Lyman. Hi, Levi Austin} b. Dec. 30, 1819 ; d. Oct. 28,
1828.
269. Angeline 6 b. June 14, 1813 ; m. Jonas Bullard, of Charlemont,
and had eight children ; living in 1873.
270. Eli, 5 removed to Southampton ; m. Hannah Lyman. Children :
271. Hannah, 6 m. Russell Pomeroy.
272. Eunice, 6 alive in 1847 ; m. Stephen D. Hurlburt, of Southamp-
ton.
273. Roxana, 6 m. Ellis Ripley.
274. Reubeti} d. when a member of Yale College.
275. Erastus 6 b. April 30, 1792 ; was a preacher; in 1835, was at
New Marlboro', Mass. His first wife was Clarissa Smith ;
his second, Elizabeth C. Mitchell.
276. Fidelia, 6 A. when about 9 years of age.
277. Eli, 6 d. in infancy.
278. Lyman 6 dead in 1843.
5
34 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
.77.
ASAHEL 4 (Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), fourth son of Roger and
Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp, and brother of the preceding, was born
about 1717. He probably lived in Northampton, where he died
Jan. 20, 1777. He married Sarah Wright, who died in September,
1751.
Children of Asahel and Sarah (Wright) Clapp:
279. Sarah, 5 b. Dec. 5, 1743 ; m. Solomon Weller.
280. Asahel, 5 m. Esther, dau. of Ebenezer Clapp, of Northampton.
He was a captain; d. Jan. 25, 1804. There was a wife of
Lieut. Asahel Clapp who d. in Northampton, March 0, 1776 ;
she may have been a second wife of Capt. Asahel's father.
Children :
281. Chester, 6 once lived in Boston; m. Susan Brown, of Dorches-
ter, and lived in Northampton. Children : i. Chester. 1 ii.
Susan. 7 iii, Charles. 7
282. Asahel, 6 m. Sarah Clark, of Northampton. A wife of an Asahel
Clapp d. in Northampton Feb. 14, 1808. Asahel 6 and Sarah
had : i, Asahel, 7 who lived in the State of New York.
283. Theodore, 6 b. April 21, 1785 ; m. Betsey, dau. of Moses New-
ton ; a farmer, and lived in Northampton. Children : j.
Jane, 7 b. Oct. 8, 1814; d. Oct. 18, 1815. ii. Elizabeth M. 7
b. May 25, 1818; iii, Mary Jane 7 b. April 8, 1823; m.
Henry B. Graves, of Northampton. iv, Theodore 7 b. May
21, 1826.
284. Jonas 6 m. Martha A. Baker ; lived in Northampton. Children :
I. Chester 7 ii. Cephas. 7 iii, Caleb 7 b. April 3, 1817; m.
Sarah Maria Saxton, of Charleston, S. C, March 10, 1842;
a gentleman of good estate, and lived in Hartford, Conn.
Children: (I) Henry P., 8 b. March 26, 1843; (2) Caleb T., 8
b.May 22, 1844, d. Nov. 29, 1844; (3) Allen C. 8 b. Aug.
23, 1845 ; (4) Edgar T., s b. Sept. 22, 1847, d. Jan. 9, 1848;
(5) Howard D. 8 b. Oct. 21, 1848, d. July 9, 1851 ; (6) How-
ard S., 8 b. April 28, 1851 ; (7) Willie M. 8 b. Aug. 31, 1852 ;
(8) Charles B., 8 b. April 5, 1854, d. April 15, 1855 ; (9)Fra?ik*
b. June 15, 1856, d. Feb. 20, 1857; (10) Arthur S. 8 b.
March 25, 1858. iv, Hooker 7 V. William R? vi. Maria?
Tii. Allen E. 7
285. Caleb? b. in 1789 ; probably never married. Was a lieuten-
ant in the U. S. Army, and d., it is supposed, at Fort Inde-
pendence, in Boston Harbor, Jan. 18, 1815, aged 25, and
was buried in Copp's Hill burying-ground, Boston.
286. Electa 6 m. Phineas Allen, of Pittsfield, editor of the Pittsfield
Sun for sixty years, who was b. in Northampton, Aug. 11,
1776, and d. in Pittsfield, May 8, 1860.
287. Sarah? m. Hon. Henry H. Childs, of Pittsfield, Lieut. Gov.
of Massachusetts in 1843 ; a celebrated physician, and one of
the founders of the Berkshire Med. Institution in Pittsfield;
was much in public life, and d. in Boston March 22, 1868,
aged 85.
EOGBR AND HIS DESCENDANTS. ** '
288. Elisha, 5 b. Nov. 21, 1750; m. May 24, 1779, Rachel _
d. in 1784, leaving one son (Elisha, 6 who d. young). -
widow Rachel m. for second husband, Medad Strong, of North-
ampton, and d. Dec. 1833, aged 76.
289. Azariah, 5 d. Feb. 15, 1819 ; m. Esther Tileston, of Dorchester,
Mass. She d. Jan. 20, 1821. Children:
290. Azariah, 6 m Brown, and lived in New Hampshire.
291. Elisha, 6 b. Sept 27, 1797 ; ni. Frances, dau. of Ebenezer Clapp.
292. Timothy, 6 never married.
293. Lewis, 6 m. and lived in Princeton, 111.
294. Charlotte, 6 m. Mr. Ferry, of Springfield.
295. Hannah, 6 m. and lived in Northfield.
296. Reuben, 5 removed to the western part of the State of Vermont,
and had a large family.
297. Solomon, 5 lived to grow up, but was never married.
298. Chester, 5 d. a young man, unmarried, Sept. 18, 1777.
299. Caleb, 5 was educated at Yale College ; was studying medicine, and
d. at Westfield, unmarried.
78
SUPPLY 4 (Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the preceding,
was born in Northampton about 1721. He was married and pro-
bably lived in Northampton. He was in the service of his country
during the French war, was a sergeant in the regiment under the
command of Col. Seth Pomeroy, and was taken prisoner at Lake
George, in the capture of which fort that regiment took an important
part. His name was on the sick list returned by .Thomas Wil-
liams, Surgeon, Nov. 23, 1755. He was in the expedition to Crown
Point, in the company of Capt. Elisha Hawley. Mrs. Clapp died
March 4, 1755, and he survived her many years, dying in 1784.
Children of Supply and wife Clapp :
300. Supply, 5 m. June 29, 1796, Polly Smith, of Sunderland, and had
Justus 6 and Moseley ; 6 also daughters, Sarah, 6 Hannah 6 and
Lucretia. 6 A Supply d. in Northampton, June 20, 1800, and
the wife of a Supply d. there Sept. 20, 1795.
301. Lydia. 5 303. AbiCxAil. 5
302. Sarah. 5 304. Martha. 5
One of their children, probably an infant, d. Feb. 24, 1755.
— 79 —
CHARLES 4 (Roger, 2 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), sixth son of Roger and
Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp, and brother of the preceding, was born
in 1725. There was a Charles who was a sailor in the sloop
Mermaid, Capt. Lincoln, in the expedition eastward, in 1754; per-
haps not this Charles, but another, a descendant of Thomas. He
married Dorcas, who after his death, which occurred Aug. 11, 1767,
married Joel Clark.
o 4 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
.uren of Charles and wife Dorcas Clapp :
305. Eliakim, 5 removed to Chesterfield, Mass., and m. Pamelia, dau. of
Dr. Elihu Wright, surgeon in the revolutionary army. Eliakim
was a soldier in the same army four years before his marriage,
and was present at the execution of Maj. Andre, Oct. 2, 1780.
After his marriage, he moved to Chester, Mass., where he d. at
the age of 81 years. His wife survived him ten years, and d. at
the age of 84. Children :
30 G. Rachel? m. Harvey Stone, and had six children.
307. Tlieodocia? b. April 4, 1792 ; m. first, Eleazer Ring, of East-
hampton, and had two children ; second, Oct. 19, 1825, James,
son of John Clapp,* of Easthampton, and had three children.
308. Pamelia, 6 m. Otis Taylor, of Chester, and resided in Hinsdale ;
they had eight children.
309. Dorcas, 6 b. in 1800; d. Oct. 3, 1860; m. Simeon P. Clark,
and had twelve children.
310. Augustus, 6 m. first, Theodocia Lyman; second Almira Clapp,
his cousin. Children by 1st wife : it Hattie? m. Lewis Clark,
of Easthampton ; had five children, the eldest burnt to
death, aged 7 years 3 mos. ii, Elvira? d. aged 17 years.
Hi. Henry? m. Ellen Belden, had three children, and lived
in Easthampton. IV, a son, 7 drowned in going from school,
aged 5 years. V, a child, 7 d. in infancy.
311. Eliakim, 6 m. and d. in Mobile, leaving a son, Henry E.? who d.
in Worcester about 1862, leaving a son Charles Henry}
312. Charles? m. Louisa Day, and moved to Meadville, Pa., where
he d. at the age of 60. Children : i, Mary Ann? m. James
Elder, and lived in Meadville, Pa. ii. Stillman Sprague? m.
in California, and has two children. Hi, Martha? killed,
aged 7, by an ox sled falling on her. They also had five
children who d. in infancy.
313. Stillman Sprague? b. in 1806; d. March 14, 1866. He went
to New York when he was a young man, and for nearly
twenty-five years was one of the firm of Lawrence, Trimble
& Co., merchants. He afterwards moved to Bridgeport, Ct.,
where he d., being Mayor of the city at the time of his death.
He m. first, Lizzie Lamb, and had five children, but one of
whom lived: i, Mary Treat? who m. Edward N. Stebbins,
of Summit, N. J. He m. second, Mary Louisa Stagg, and
had: ii. William Haynes? who d. Hi. Eddie. 1 iv, Sallie
Somers? V, Arthur Percy? After his death, the family re-
turned to New York.
314. Alonzo? m. first, Esther Day, who lived but a few months;
second, Fidelia Taylor. They lived in Chester, Mass. Chil-
dren : i. Esther? m. Egbert Rude, of Huntington ; W.Eliza?
Mi, Pamelia? iv. Emma? T, Mary? ^\, Susie? \\\, Frank-
Taylor? lived in Nora, 111. Tiii. Freddie? and two who died.
Eliakim 5 and Pamelia had four other children, who d. in infancy.
315. Noah, 5 lived to manhood, but was never married.
316. Israel, 5 m. and moved to Aurelius, Cayuga co., N. Y. ; had 10
children, his fifth child being Othniel? who had a son E. D?
* John Clapp and his descendants have not been identified with any known branch of
the Clapp family. (See Appendix.)
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ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 37
317. Dorcas, 5 m. Oliver Clapp, of "Westhampton.
318. Miriam, 5 m. Eleazer Hannam, of Easthampton.
One child of Charles 4 died Feb. 8, 1759.
81
SIMEON 4 (Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), eighth and youngest son
of Roger and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Clapp, was born in 1728. He
was in the service as a soldier in 1748, in the regiment commanded
by Lieut. Col. Dwight. He was afterwards a Captain; and he also
practised as a physician. He married Sarah Clark, who was born
in 1738, and died June 22, 1823. They probably lived at North-
ampton, where he died Feb. 25, 1812, aged 84 years.
Children of Simeon and Sarah (Clark) Clapp:
319. Simeon, 5 b. Dec. 6, 1758; d. young, probably in 1759.
320. Simeon, 5 b. Nov. 7, 1759; d. in Northampton, May 31, 1851,
aged 92 years. He m. Oct. 9, 1783, Patty Root. Children:
321. Zenas, 6 m. Belinda Dickinson, of Hadley, and had children.
322. Sarah, 6 not married.
323. Martha 6 not married.
324. Quartus, 5 b. April 18, 1762; m. Electa, dau, of Ebenezer and
Asenath Sheldon, and probably lived in Westfield ; d. March 13,
1792, aged 30 years.
325. Bohan, 5 b. Aug. 17, 1764; m. Dec. 15, 1792, Ann Levake ; cl.
Sept. 18, 1826, aged 62 years. Children :
326. Daniel, 6 b. May 21, 1794.
327. Quartus? b. Dec. 25, 1796.
328. Wealthy, 6 b. Oct. 27, 1798.
329. Nancy, 6 b. Oct. 10, 1800.
330. Hannah 6 b. Oct. 19, 1802.
331. Martha, 6 b. Nov. 17, 1806.
332. Naomi, 6 b. June 10, 1814.
+333. Charles. 5 b. Oct. 18, 1767 ; removed to Worthington.
334. Warham, 5 b. Nov. 24, 1770; wife Sophia; he lived in Northamp-
ton; cl. Oct. 7, 1852, aged 82 years. The following brief ex-
tract from the Hampshire Gazette, of Northampton, relates an
interesting and praiseworthy incident connected with the family
of Warham Clapp : " The Last of the Indians. — Sally Maminash
died in this town Jan. 3, 1853, set. 88 years. She was the last
of the Indian race in Northampton. She was the daughter of
Elizabeth Occom, of Mohegan, near Norwich, Ct. Her father
was Joseph Maminash. Under the infirmities of age, she found
an excellent christian friend who took her into her own family,
saying, 'As long as I live, Sally shall be provided for.' Such
was the noble purpose of charity of Mrs. Sophia Clapp, the wife
of Warham Clapp, which she carried into effect. After Mrs.
C.'s death, her son Edward Clapp and his wife continued to the
last the same charity." Children of "Warham and Sophia :
335. Simeon 6 m., lived in Worthington, and had children.
336. Edioard 6 m Wright, and lived in Northampton.
337. Samuel 6 married, and died soon after, leaving no children.
338. Elijah 6 m Hartshorn, and lived in Northampton.
38 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
•
339. Sidney* lived in Northampton, num.
340. Sophia, 6 m. Mr. Davis, and lived in Chesterfield.
341. Elizabeth* m. Sylvester Bridgman, and lived in Northampton.
342. Sereno, 5 b. Nov. 1, 1772 ; d. Jan. 3, 1833, aged 60 years. He
m. Nov. 1, 1800, Lydia Patterson; probably left children, but
their names have not been ascertained. A child of a Sereno
Clapp d. Dec. 20, 1806.
82
THOMAS 4 (Thomas? Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Thomas and
Mary (King) Clapp, was born in Northampton, March 6, 1712. It
is probable that he married Colt. He lived on a farm, in
Hartford, Ct., about a mile and a half west of Hartford City, near
Rocky Hill. He was in the French war of 1756, taken prisoner,
and carried to Quebec.
Children of Thomas and (Colt?) Clapp:
343. Roger, 5 served during the war of the Revolution on board a Pri-
vateer or a U. S. ship of war. AYhether he was ever married
is not known.
+344. Thomas. 5
85
ELIJAH 4 (Thomas, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), youngest son of Thomas
and Mary (King) Clapp, and brother of the preceding, resided in
Hartford, Ct., where he died May 13, 1777. He married, about
1735, Mary Benton.
Children of Elijah and Mary (Benton) Clapp :
345. Elijah, 5 lived and died in Hartford ; m. Marian Jones.
346. Normax, 5 settled in Weathersfield, Conn., and d. there. He m., in
1782, Huldah Wright, and perhaps afterwards Mary Frances
Wright. Children :
347. John, 6 drowned in the North River, aged 36; m. Nov. 2, 1806,
Mary Kilby, and had: i. Elias, 7 b. May, 1810. H, Huldah
W. 7 b. Sept. 1811. iii. Mary,'' twin sister of Huldah W.,
b. Sept. 181 1. IV, Elizabeth,' 1 b. Oct. 1813 ; m.Mr. Simpson.
T, Clarissa, 7 m. Edwin Merritt. Yh John, 7 a minister, d. aged
25. Tii. Harriet 7 d. aged 34. Till. Daniel 7 b. Aug. 25, 1818 ;
m. Jan. 13, 1841, Elizabeth Beadle, b. May 5, 1824, and
had: (1) John B. 8 b. July 4, 1842 — in the wholesale iron
and steel business in Hartford — m. Sept. 17, 1867, Leila F.
Blodgett, dau. of Roswell Blodgett, Esq., of Hartford — was
one of the committee appointed at the Northampton Clapp
gathering to arrange for the second meeting of the family
at Boston, in which he was actively and efficiently engaged —
had a son Roswell J., 9 b. in Hartford, June 10, 1871 ; (2)
Bentley T., 8 b. Nov. 6, 1844, d. July 12, 1845; (3) Sher-
man fi., 8 b. March 13, 1846, m. Sept. 5, 1866, Mary F.
Winship, and has three children; (4) Henry, 8 b. Sept. 4,
/
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 39
1847, d. Aug. 11, 1848 ; (5) Edward* b. April 2, 1852, cl.
May 1, 1852; (6) Daniel C., 8 b. Jan. 10, 1854, cl. Dec. 1,
1873, from injuries received by a fall. Daniel 7 d. Oct., 1854.
348. Charles, 6 m. Sarah Burke.
349. BosweU. e
350. Norman*
351. Oliver, 5 b. in 1760 ; d. in Hartford, 1840, aged about 60 years,
lie m. Lucy Goodwin, and they had :
352. Henry, 6 b. in Hartford, Aug. 8, 1783 ; d. Aug. 21, 1873. A
very active, respectable man, and a bookbinder by trade ; he
removed to Nantucket in June, 1809 ; m. first, in May, 1810,
Eliza Stoddard, dau. of Miles and Bathsheba Stoddard, of
Taunton, Mass. They had: i. Eliza G.? b. Feb. 21, 1811.
Mrs. O afterwards continued in poor health till Oct. 21, 1811,
when she died at her father's house, while on a visit there.
Henry m. second, in Dec, 1812, Rebecca Coffin, dau. of
William Coffin. They had four children born within the space
of one year, viz., ii, William,' and ill, Henry} twins, b. Nov.
17, 1813; both d. within a few weeks ; iv. Henri/.' and V.
Rebecca, 1 twins, b. Nov. 11, 1814. Henry 7 was a merchant
in Boston, and subsequently removed to the South. His
death is announced while this work is passing through the
press, as occurring in New York, April 10, 1875, and the
Boston Daily Globe of the 13th contains the following brief
notice of his career and death :
" With the death of Henry Clapp, long known as the
' King of the Bohemians,' fades the memory of one of the
most peculiar cliques of roystering literary characters ever
known. Not long ago, Ada Clare, the ' Queen of Bohemia,'
died, a victim of that strange malady, hydrophobia, and the
rest of the Colony that once met at Pfaff's beer saloon on
Broadway, to enliven the midnight hour with songs and jokes
and reckless repartee, are either dead or dispersed or turned
respectable. It required a peculiar genius to call together and
keep together such a company The life of Henry
Clapp was a strange one. He was born in Nantucket, and
in his early life he was a sailor. Afterwards he appeared as
a temperance lecturer and an ardent advocate of the abolition
of slavery, travelling extensively in the cause of reform. He
was for some time in Paris, and after his return he made a
translation of some of the socialistic works of Fourier. His
first journalistic experience was in editing an anti-la very
paper at Lynn, but he was best known as the founder of the
Saturday Press and Vanity Fair in New York. Both of
these were too bright and too impracticable to last. Many
of the brightest of the Bohemians were contributors to Vanity
Fair, but all their wit could not keep it alive. Clapp after-
wards became well known as ' Figaro ' of the Leader, a
paper at one time owned and edited by Mayor Hall, and lat-
terly he obtained a precarious livelihood writing paragraphs
for the Daily Graphic and sending occasional contributions
to dramatic or musical journals from a New Jersey farm-
house. His talent was essentially that of the French Feuille-
40 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
tonistes, bright, keen and witty, but unsubstantial and ephe-
meral. In character he was of the essence of Bohemia,
reckless and witty, caring and thinking little of the serious
concerns of life, but living as those who say, 'let us eat,
drink and be merry, for to-morrow we die.' That to-morrow
of death has come for Henry Clapp, and no one can have the
heart to throw anything but the mantle of charity over his
bier." The New York Times, in relation to the origin and
purpose of the circle called ' ; The Bohemians," says : — " The
intention was to establish here the Bohemianism so charm-
ingly described by the French author, Henry Burger. It
was not an association, nor a club; there was no regular
organization, for regularity is the very opposite of Bohemian-
ism. The custom was to drop in, after theatre hours, at
PfafFs lager beer saloon, in Broadway, near Bleecker street,
and there, in a large vault under the side-walk, enjoy the
luxuries of pipe, beer, lunch, songs, and free conversation,
until the late hours of the morning."
Rebecca, 7 twin sister of Henry, 7 m. Augustus Morse. The
other children of Henry 6 and Eliza were: VI, William F.
H? b. Aug. 8, 1816 ; m. and lived in Hartford. \W.Emily?
b. Jan. 17, 1819 ; m. George G. Coffin, and had several chil-
dren ; Till, Harriet P., 7 b. Feb. 12, 1822; m. James W.
Hazard, and lived in Mobile, ix. George G.? b. June 9,
1824; lived in Boston, and was in the book and stationery
business. X. Augustus? b. Dec. 25, 1828 ; d. a young man,
unmarried.
353. Betsey? b. March 18, 1785 ; unm.
354. Ann? b. April 27, 1787 ; unm.
355. Abigail? b. Feb. 18, 1789 ; d. July 23, 1794.
356. Oliver? b. Dec. 25, 1790 ; m Butler, of New York.
357. 3/ary? b. Feb. 13, 1793; unm.
358. Abigail? b. Feb. 27, 1795 ; d. Oct. 31, 1820, aged 25 years.
359. Ashur? b. Nov. 30, 1797 ; m. in New York.
360. Timothy G.? b. Feb. 12, 1800; d. Jan. 14, 1842 ; m. April 25,
1824, Eliza "W., dau. of Joseph W. Plaskett. Children:
i. Joseph W.? b. in 1825. ii, Henry P.? b. about 1826.
iii. Walter,'' b. about 1829.
361. Horace? b. April 18, 1802; d. in Cincinnati, leaving a widow
and two children.
362. Walter? b. April 23, 1806 ; m Spence, of E. Hartford,
and removed to Norwich, Conn. Had two sons : Walter? b.
about 1832 ; and Edward? b. about 1834.
363. Lucy? m. Horatio N. Stebbins, and lived in New York city.
364. John, 5 m. Mabel Colton ; lived and d. in Hartford.
365. Elizabeth, 5 m. William Bruce.
366. Eunice, 5 m. Samuel Steele.
367. Mart, 6 m. Thomas Steele, brother of Samuel.
368. Anne, 5 m. Neal McNeal.
369. Sarah, 5 m. John Roberts.
Of the above family, all except Norman were born, lived and died
in Hartford. A son of Oliver informs me that the descendants
of Elijah are numerous, and scattered over all parts of the
country.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 41
88
ABNER 5 (Samuel,* Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Samuel and
Mindwell (Bird) Clapp, was born Dec. 23, 1732. He lived in
Dorchester, in a house at the Five Corners, on land afterwards
owned by the Hon. Ebenezer Seaver, and since by Mr. Thomas W.
Tuttle. He married, Nov. 2, 1757, Hannah Hoits, of Roxbury.
He died in Dorchester, May 25, 1799, in the 67th year of his age.
Children of Abner and Hannah (Hoits) Clapp:
370. Mart, 6 b. Aug 27, 1758 ; d. Aug. 15, 1759.
371. Mary, 6 b. March 2, 1760 ; m. Mr. Cook.
372. Supply, 6 b. Sept. 6, 1763 ; m. Hannah Daniels. He followed
the seas, and is supposed to have been a privateer during the
latter part of the Revolutionary War.
373. Samuel, 6 b. Jan. 27, 1767 ; d. Oct 4, same year.
374. James, 6 b. Oct. 30, 1770 ; d. Jan. 7, 1827. He was a carpenter
by trade, and served his time with a Mr. Clement, at the corner
of Milk and Atkinson (now Congress) streets in Boston. Was
for several years the sexton of the Old South Church. He is
represented as a very honest man, but not of much energy in
business. He was m. in Boston, Feb. 18, 1795, to Nancy Has-
seL They had a daughter Nancy," 1 b. about 1797, who m.
Daniel S. Harrington, who afterwards lived in South Boston,
and whose daughter, Sarah A. Harrington, attended the Clapp
Family gathering at Northampton in 1870.
375. Oliver 6 , b. April 12, 1774. Was a sailor, and was drowned pre-
viously to 1799. He m. Tamson Burns, and they had a son
Oliver,'' who was living in Portland in 1842.
93
JOHN 4 (Benjamin* Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Roger 1 ), youngest son of
Benjamin and Hannah (Baker) Clapp, of Stoughton, was born in
1736. He settled in Stoughton, and married, first, Jan. 27, 1763,
Submit Davenport, of Dorchester, who died in 1779, aged 39 years;
second, Patience Gay, who died in 1809, aged 60 years. He died
in Stoughton, in 1809, aged 73 years.
Children of John and 1st wife Submit (Davenport) Clapp:
376. Hannah, 6 m. John Wadsworth, removed to Winthrop, Me., and
had a large family of children.
377. Mary, 6 m. Eliphalet Monk, had one child and died.
378. John, 6 b. in 1776 ; m. first, Esther Merriam, who d. in 1839,
aged 76 years, leaving no children. He afterwards m. Elizabeth
Cummings, and was living in 1843 — a large-framed man;
then suffering from a cancer in the eye.
Children of John and 2d wife Patience (Gay) Clapp:
379. James, 6 b. in 1782, and d. in 1810, aged 29 years. He was Lieu-
tenant of a military company ; m. Mary Dickinson, and had :
6
42 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
380. Bradford Bobbins, 7 b. in 1806 ; d. in 1827, aged 21 years.
381. James? d. in 1811, aged 22 months.
382. Samuel, 6 b. in 1786 ; d. in 1817, aged about 32 years; m. Sally
Packard, and bad:
383. Hannah 7 b. in 1809 ; m. Goram Upbam, and d. in 1833, aged
24 years.
384. James 7 b. in 1811 ; d. in 1834, unm., aged 23 years.
385. Isaiah 7 b. in 1814 ; d. in 1832, aged 18 years.
386. Charlotte 7 b. in 1817 ; d. in 1833, aged 16.
This family of children thus all died in early life.
387. Benjamin, 6 b. March 27, 1789; a carpenter by trade, lived in
Stoughton, and a very respectable man. He m. Dec. 20, 1819,
Ruth Drake, who was b. Dec. 16, 1798. Children :
388. Benjamin Russell 7 b. Dec. 11, 1820 ; resided in North Bridge-
water; m. Dec. 30, 1849, Elizabeth Standish, of Warren,
Me., and had: 1. Lizzie Maria, 8 b. Feb. 26, 1851 ; d. March
12, 1870. H, Georgiana S., 8 b. Sept. 10, 1854.
389. Ruth, 7 b. Sept. 15, 1822 ; m. Nov. 11, 1851, Alpheus Gurney,
who was b. in N. Bridge water, Jan. 13, 1818.
390. Mary 7 b. Aug. 10, 1824; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Isaac M. Monk, of
Stoughton, who was b. there Dec. 24, 1817.
391. Samuel, 7 b. Sept. 26, 1826; m. March 9, 1852, Sarah J.
Pierce, b. in Stoughton, Sept. 1831. Children: [.Albert
F., & b. Dec. 18, 1853. ii. Ellery P. 8 b. Jan. 29, 1857. Hi.
Clarence W. 8 b. Sept. 11, 1859. IT, Battle F, 8 b. March
27, 1864.
392. Patience Gay 7 b. May 21, 1829 ; d. Aug. 31, 1831.
393. Susan 7 b. June 9, 1832 ; has been teaching at the South, and
in 1870 was in the missionary service in Boston.
394. James Bradford 7 b. July 31, 1839; m. Dec. 15, 1870, Eliza
Phillips, and lived in Westfield.
98
THOMAS 5 (Thomas, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel,' Roger 1 ), oldest child of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Preston) Clapp, of Dorchester, was born
Aug. 14, 1736. He married, Jan. 10, 1760, Mary Wales, who sur-
vived him about one year and died Sept. 1, 1808, aged 70. He
died Sept. 7, 1807, aged 71 years.
Children of Thomas and Mary (Wales) Clapp:
395. Susanna, 6 b. Sept. 20, 1760. She was never married, and kept
house for her brother Charles. She was much respected during
life, and died at a good old age.
396. Mary, 6 b. Sept. 9, 1762 ; d. unm., April 20, 1790, aged 28 years.
397. Abigail, 6 b. Aug. 2, 1766; m. Feb. 5, 1795, Oliver Bird, of Dor-
chester. He died Sept. 24, 1806, aged 45. She lived for many
years in a house in Dorchester, near the Roxbury line on the
old road to Boston. In 1846, she removed into a new house in
Columbia St. She was a smart, active woman, and d. Feb. 4,
1848, aged 81 years.
398. James, 6 b. Aug. 27, 1769. He m. Elizabeth Gleason, and lived
in a house in Columbia Street. Children :
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 43
399. George,'' b. in Oct. 179G ; m Gordon, and had: i.
George, 8 who went to sea, and was lost from steamer Quincy,
off Cape Hatteras. ii. Henry 8 who moved to Illinois. Hi.
Margaret 8 b. about 1824; m. John Tucker, and lived in
Watertown. iv, Benjamin 8 b. about 1826, d. in 1842.
V, Sarah, 8 b. about 1827; m. Mr. Hodgkins, and lived in
Roxbury. VI , Albert, 8 b. Aug. 31, 1829 ; m. Louisa A.
Rollins, and lived in Dorchester.
400. Mary, 7 b. Jan. 7, 1799; m. Dec. 10, 1823, Antipas Jackson, of
Newton, Mass., and had three children.
401. Abigail, 7 m. Mr. Witherell, of Newton.
402. Elizabeth 7 b. about 1806; unm., and lives where her great-
grand-father, Thomas Clapp, did in Dorchester.
403. Susan, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1807; d. June, 1871. She m. Joseph G.
Bannister, of Framingham, and had two children.
404. Lucinda 7 d. young.
405. James 7 d. young.
406. Charles, 6 b. Sept. 5, 1772. He lived for many years unm. in
Dorchester, on the main road to Roxbury, a few rods south
of the Gov. Eustis estate, and near the brook which then sepa-
rated Dorchester from Roxbury. In 1847, when in his 75th
year, he m. Mrs. Mary P. Richards. His estate was sold to the
Metropolitan Horse Railroad Co., as a location for the Com-
pany's stables, and he removed to Stoughton, where he d. in
February, 1861, in his 89th year. He was honest, simple-
hearted, industrious, temperate and frugal, and moderate in all
his movements. He once met an acquaintance in Boston who
was a printer, and asked him in all sincerity how much it would
cost to print him a Bible. He could not find in the stores, he
said, just the kind he wanted ; and if he had one printed on
purpose for him, he thought he could be better suited !
407. LucY, 6 b. Oct. 21, 1779; d. May 22, 1780.
108
PRESERVED 5 {Preserved* Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest
son of Preserved and Sarah (West) Clapp, of Amherst, was born
May 6, 1731. He was a soldier in the old French war, being a
corporal in the company under the command of Israel Williams.
He afterwards practised medicine, and was called Doctor ; was a
very ingenious man and of singular habits. He was the inventor of
a machine* which seems to have done good service at the beginning
of the Revolutionary war, and for which service he was paid out of
the State Treasury. The name of his wife has not been obtained.
He lived in Amherst.
* "Dr. Clapp's Gun Carriage.— Boston, Nov. 11, 1776. This may certify, that Dr.
Preserved Clapp has opened the cannon at Castle William, that were spiked by the enemy ;
and is the real inventor of a carriage, whereby the cannon that had their trunnions broke
off, by this new invented carriage, the guns are rendered serviceable, which otherwise
would have been useless.
Attest, Richard Gridley,
[Independent Ckronicle.] Chief Engineer."
44 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Dr. Preserved and Clapp :
+408. Roswell, 6 b. in 1766 ; d. in 1843.
409. Reuben, 6 d. young.
410. Eunice, 6 m. Capt. John Willard, of Charlestown.
411. Charlotte, 6 bapt. April 22, 1770; m. first, Mr. Parmelee ; m.
second, Dr. Reed, and was living in 1843.
123
JOHN 5 [John* Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son of John
and Eunice (Parsons) Clapp, of Montague, Mass., was born March
3, 1738. He married Eunice Smead, and settled in Deerfield.
Children of John and Eunice (Smead) Clapp:
--412. John, 6 m. Phebe Ross, and had a large family of children.
--413. Elisha, 6 m. Asenath Taylor; d. Feb. 3, 1835.
-j-414. Joseph, 6 b. in August, 1770; lived in Montague.
415. Erastus, 6 b. July 30, 1771 ; d. Sept. 12, 1851. He m. May 15,
1794, Catharine Ross, sister to the wife of his brother John.
She died June 17, 1832. They lived in Deerfield. Children : .
416. Cephas,'' b. Jan. 1, 1797; m. April 17, 1828, Emily Boyden.
They lived in Deerfield, and had children : i, Mary Amanda, 8
b. Aug. 6, 1829; d. Jan. 2, 1836. ii. Frances Maria,* b.
March 20, 1831 ; d. Dec. 15, 1836. iii. Cephas Gerry* b.
Sept. 18, 1833 ; is a farmer in South Deerfield ; m. Sept. 24,
1856, Martha Cook Palmer, of Deerfield, and had: (1)
Arthur G., 9 b. Jan. 3, 1862; (2) Jennie P.* b. Aug. 15,
1863 ; (3) Willie S., 9 b. Aug. 17, 1865 ; (4) Harriet A., 9 b.
Nov. 23, 1867. \\, Samuel Ross* b. Oct. 19, 1835 ; d.
March 8, 1836. V. Francis* b. Dec. 4, 1837. vi. Emily
Boyden* b. Aug. 2, 1840. vii. Charlotte Maria* b. Sept. 12,
1842.
417. Erastus Gerry,' 1 b. Dec. 16, 1798; d. Aug. 16, 1803.
418. Albert Smead,'' b. April 23, 1801 ; d. Aug. 6, 1803.
419. Martha,'' b. June 19, 1804; m. Henry Smith. They lived in
South Deerfield, and had ten children.
420. Albert,' 1 b. Sept. 28, 1806; in. April, 1840, Julia A. Arms,
and had: \, Amanda A.* b. Sept. 12, 1846. Albert 7 d.
May 4, 1873.
421. Melinda? b. Nov. 5, 1809; d. April 1, 1840.
422. Catharine G.? b. Dec. 13, 1813 ; m. Aug. 10, 1848, Joel Fish,
and had two children. Mr. Fish d. Sept. 28, 1868, and she
m. Feb. 28, 1870, Hiram Clapp, of S. Deerfield; he d.
March 1,1871.
423. A daughter,'' m. Orsanius Smith, and removed to Ohio.
424. Seth, 6 m. Anna Cautral. He once lived in Sunderland, but pro-
bably afterwards went to Greenfield. Children :
425. Parvin, 1 b. June 14, 1802; a carpenter and pump-maker in
Springfield ; m. Lucinda Cobb, and had : i, Lucinda,* b. Oct.
25, 1827. ii. Lucretia* b. June 26, 1829.
426. Miranda? b. April 2, 1804; m. Mr. Fairchild, brother of Rev.
Joy PI. Fairchild, formerly of South Boston.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 45
427. Philo 1 b. May 2G, 1806; a wheelwright in Westboro* ; m.
and had: i. Seth. 8 ii. Reuben. 6
428. Clarissa? b. Sept. 14, 1808 ; m. Mr. Ball.
429. David Knight? b. Oct. 30, 1810.
430. Susanna,'' b. Aug. 25, 1813; m. Mr. Jacobs, and lived in
Cabotville.
431. Ann Elizabeth," b. Jan. 9, 1816.
432. Fidelia," b. April 25, 1818.
433. Turzey Smith, 1 b. Nov. 2, 1820 ; m. and lived in Springfield.
434. Eunice, 6 m. for her first husband, David Childs, of Deerfield; and
for her second, Elisha Bogue. She was living in 1843.
435 Clarissa, 6 m. Samuel Field, of Deerfield, and d. about 1835.
153
EZRA 5 (Ezra* Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), only son of Ezra
and wife Margaret Clapp, of Westfield, was born May 24, 1760,
and died June 17, 1838. He married, Feb. 22, 1781, Grace Mather,
of Westfield, and moved to Turin, N. Y. His wife was a descen-
dant of Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather; she died March 20, 1842.
Children of Ezra and Grace (Mather) Clapp :
436. Elizabeth, 6 b. Sept. 29, 1781 ; m. December, 1800, Lyman
Lewis ; d. Aug. 28, 1803.
437. Roland, 6 b. Aug. 14, 1784; m. Mrs. Martha Gerrish ; in 1819,
was in Pensacola, Fla. ; afterwards lived in Washington, D. C. ;
d. Jan. 17, 1828.
438. John, 6 b. April 16, 1786; m. Eliza C. Flint, dau. of Dr. Austin
Flint, of Leicester ; resided in Boston, and afterwards in Leices-
ter ; d. Jan. 8, 1852. Children :
439. Elizabeth, 7 b. May 23, 1818 ; d. in Leicester, unm.
440. John Mather, 1 b. Feb. 1, 1820; d. about 1839.
441. Samuel, 1 b. July 30, 1826 ; m. Mrs. C A. Drummond, of
Flatlands, L. I., dau. of John A. Lott. One child : i . Fannie?
b. Nov. 21, 1855.
442. Austin 1 b. Sept. 21, 1828; in Pennsylvania.
443. Julia 1 b. Dec. 26, 1830; m. Joseph C. Pyncheon, of Spring-
field, and lives in that city.
444. Laura 1 b. Jan. 31, 1835 ; in Leicester.
445. Samuel, 6 b. June 22, 1788 ; lived in Rio Janeiro, S. A., unm.
446. Paul, 6 b. April 14, 1790; was at Detroit, Mich., in 1819, unm.
447. James, 6 b. Aug, 7, 1792 ; lived in Turin, N. Y. ; d. unm., Feb. 1,
1848.
-f-448. Joshua, 6 b. May 15, 1794; d. Nov. 8, 1841.
449. Timothy Mather, 6 b. Aug. 12, 1796; resided in Boston, unm.;
usually went by the name of Mather ; d. March 29, 1823.
450. Horace, 6 b. July 30, 1798; d. Feb. 12, 1864; m. Lucretia Ives,
and lived in Turin, N. Y. Children :
451. Horace Mather 1 b. Sept. 19, 1822; d. June 5, 1846. He re-
sided in Boston, and was engaged in the dry goods business;
was a worthy young man ; d. of consumption at the early
age of 24 years.
46 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
452. John Ives, 7 b. May 20, 1824; lived in Utica, N. Y. ; in 1856,
was in New York, in the dry goods business.
453. Cynthia, 6 b. Jane 9, 1800; lived in Roxbury, unm.
. 454. Caroline, 6 b. April 20, 1802; d. April 28, 1802.
455. Elizabeth, 6 b. Aug. 30, 1803; m. Henry B. Stone, for many
years president of the Suffolk Bank in Boston. They lived in
Boston, and had a large family of children.
456. Charles, 6 b. June 2, 1807; m. Harriet Kent; lived in Akron,
Ohio, and had five children. He united with the Shakers in
April, 1846. The family afterwards lived in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
with her brother, Henry A. Kent. Children :
457. Hannah L., 7 b. Oct., 1832 ; d. in 1844.
458. Charles K. 7 b. Jan. 14, 1838 ; clerk with his uncle, Henry A.
Kent, in Brooklyn, N. Y. An interesting letter was received
from him soon after the Family Gathering in Northampton in
1870.
459. Ella Mather 7 b. Au^. 16, 1840.
460. George A., 1 b. March 3, 1843.
461. Edward L., 1 b. Aug. 3, 1845.
155
ELIJAH 5 (Samuel, 4 Samuel, 2 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son of
Samuel and Mindvvell (Strong) Clapp, of Southampton, was born
May 3, 1736. He married, in 1760, Submit Clark, and lived in
Southampton.
Children of Elijah and Submit (Clark) Clapp:
462. Elijah. 6
463. Bela. 6 (A Bela d. April 3, 1811.)
464. Luther, 6 m. first Hulbert, of Southampton ; second, Betsey
Leach, of Southampton. Children by second wife :
465. Luther Clark 7 d. in 1860; m. first, Rebecca Bills; m. second,
Charlotte A. Wright, dau. of James Wright, of Montgomery,
Mass. Children by second wife: i, Horatio W. 8 a dentist
in Westfield, Mass. ; m. Martha P., dau. of John and Sarah
Flagg, Nov. 29, 1869. ji. Rebecca? Hi. Kate, 8 m. Jan., 1859,
Charles Mclntire ; d. July, 1859. iv, John H., s lived in
North Eaton, Ohio; m. about 1857, Mary Perry, who was
b. in Litchfield, Ohio. Children : (1 ) Lorvn? b. Oct. 4, 1858 ;
(2) Luther, 9 b. April 16, 1860; (3) Battle, 9 b. Dec. 16, 1861,
d. Oct. 7, 1865 ; (4) William, 9 b. April 11, 1864; (5) Ar-
thur? b. Dec. 2, 1866; (6 and 7) twins, Dorns 9 and Dora?
b. Oct. 2, 1868. V. Abner S., 8 lives in Westfield, Mass ; m.
about 1850, Rebecca Williams, of Westfield. vi, Clark D., 8
lives in Northampton ; m. about 1854, Eliza Goodwin.
vii. Charlotte E., 8 m. in 1864, Edgar Drake, and lives in
Westfield.
466. Venus, 7 m. Lurich Chapman, and lived in Litchfield, Ohio ; had
three children.
467. Phebe, 7 m. Aaron Moore.
468. Esther 7 m. Martin Barnes, and lived in Black River, N. Y.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 47
469. Anson? m. about 1850, Priscilla Clark, and had one dau.,
Angenette* who m. Wellington Sheldon.
470. Hophni? b. Nov. 12, 1810; m. first, Esther Graves; second,
Mary M. Curtis; third, Sarah M. Stevens. Children: j,
Adelaide? m. Lucius Steele, and lives in Plainfield, Mass.
ii, Uophni.*. iii. Edward}
All. Sophronia? m. Calvin Robinson, of "Willimantic, Ct. ; d. and
left one son.
472. Julia? m. Pliny Moore, of Montgomery, Mass.
473. Esther. 6
474. Submit, 6 m. Mr. Sheldon.
156
JEHIEL 5 (Samuel* Samuel, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger''), second son of
Samuel and Mindwell (Strong) Clapp, and brother of the preceding,
was born in Southampton, Aug. 25, 1738. He married, first, Mary,
daughter of Noah and Mary Sheldon; and, in 1770, he married, pro-
bably his second wife, Elizabeth Clark.
Children of Jehiel (or Ahiel), and 1st and 2d wives, Mary
(Sheldon) and Elizabeth (Clark) Clapp:
+475. Elisha, 6 b. in 17G3 ; d. Feb. 1825.
476. Eleazer, 6 b. Oct. 12, 1780; m. Jan. 30, 1806, Dolly Searle.
Children ;
477. Nathan, 7 b. Oct. 6, 1806; m. March 30, 1831, Sophia Day;
lives in Springfield, Mass. Children : i. Edward Horace, 8 b.
Feb. 5, 1835; m. Nov. 15, 186(5, Fannie E. Miner; had a
child b. Oct. 8, 1867, and d. March 28, 1868. ii. Marah
Chapin, 8 b. April 15, 1838. Hi, Alfred Madison, 8 b. June 8,
1843 ; m. Dec. 23, 1864, Sarah A. *Slate.
478. Ahiel? b. Sept. 1, 1809 ; m. Nov. 28, 1837, Diana Danks.
479. Elizabeth? b. May 21, 1813 ; m. April 14, 1840, John Potwine,
of S. Hadley, and had two children.
480. Robinson? b. July 7, 1818; m. March 19, 1856, Mary E.
Estes; a farmer in Holyoke, Mass. Children: i, Jennie E., 8
b. May 18, 1860. ii. Freddie 8 b. April 9, 1861.
481. Justus, 6 d. a young man.
157
TIMOTHY 5 (Samuel, 4 Samuel, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of
the preceding, was born in Southampton, Aug. 16, 1740. He mar-
ried, Dec. 3, 1761, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Bascom, and had
twelve children.
Children of Timotht and Rachel (Bascom) Clapp:
482. Pliny, 6 m. Belinda Wait. Children :
483. Simeon. 1 484. Sylvester.''
485. Timothy, 6 d. Sept., 1843 ; m. Sally Stone. Children :
486. Bela S. 1 489. DanieU
487. Timothy? 490. Sally J
488. Harriet:
48 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
491. Mind well, 6 m. Simeon Egleston.
492. Thaddeus, 6 b. May 5, 1773 ; m. in 1798, Rhoda Strong; was a
farmer some years in Orange, Vt., and afterwards in Southamp-
ton, Mass. Children :
493. Naomi, 7 b. May 28, 1800; m. Dec. 24, 1823, Simeon Sheldon,
and had six children.
494. Ruth? b. Dec. 13, 1805 ; m. Daniel Sanford in 1834; d. July
7, 1834.
495. Rachel? b. May 30, 1807 ; m. Dec. 7, 1830, Joseph C. Adams,
of Huntington, Mass.
496. Laura, 7 m. Nathan Foster.
497. Rhoda Laurinda? b. May 30, 1818 ; m. in June, 1838, as his
second wife, Daniel Sanford.
498. Silas, 6 b. in Jan. 1776; d. April 16, 1802; m.June, 1793, Eunice
Bond, and had :
499. Almin? b. May 22, 1794; d. Feb. 23, 1854; m. Dec, 1821,
Roxanna Barnes, and lived in Southampton. They had : i,
Lucia R., s b. Sept. 24, 1822 ; d. Oct. 9, 1823. ii. Silas, 8 b.
July 25, 1824; was a farmer in Southampton; m. May 20,
1851, Eliza Egleston; d. Jan. 1, 1865. Hi, Lucia R., 8 b.
Dec. 1, 1826 ; d. Sept. 27, 1828. iv. Almin B., 8 b. Oct. 28,
1830 ; was a teacher; m. Oct. 31, 1855, Mellissa Woodbury ;
d. March 28, 1863. y. Andrew J., 8 b. May 2, 1833; was
a clergyman ; m. Ophre A. Searl, Aug. 15, 1862 ; d. in
Shutesbury, Mass., Sept. 13, 1863. vi, Roxanna E., 8 b. May
12, 1836; d. Oct. 27, 1838.
500. Quartos? b. Dec. 14, 1795 ; was a farmer, and lived in West-
field ; m. in Nov. 1821, Betsey Parsons, and had a daughter,
Electa C., 8 who m. Lysander C. Avery, of Easthampton.
501. Sophia, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1798; m. April 15, 1819, Ira Norton;
lived in Southampton, and had ten children.
502. Frederick? b. June 16, 1800 ; d. March 7, 1816.
503. Eunice? b. July 28, 1802.
+504. Elisha Bascom, 6 b. Feb. 17, 1779 ; d. Jan. 3, 1860.
505. Paul. 6 506. Apollos. 6 Twins.
507. Rachel, 6 m. Jacob Knox.
508. Simeon, 6 m. and removed to Cambridge, N. Y. Children :
509. Silas? m. Mrs. Lucy Ann , and had two children.
510. Otis? m. Mary D. Ramsdell, of Perrington, N. Y., and after-
wards removed to Boston, where Mrs. C. died Feb. 8, 1844.
Aug. 6, 1846, he m. Lucy Ramsdell. Children : i, Margaret
F, 8 b. in 1836. ii. Hannah S. 8 Hi. Henry E 8
511. Henry? d. in 1837, unm.
512. John? m. Frances Brockway, of Whitestown, N. Y., and had
two children.
513. Philemon. 6 514. Philetus, 6 d. young.
160
SELAH 5 (Samuel, 4 Samuel? Preserved? Roger 1 ), brother of the
preceding, was born in Southampton, May 16, 1744, and died in
that town in May, 1794. He was a farmer; married Abigail Clark,
of Montgomery, Mass.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 49
Children of Selah and Abigail (Clark) Clapp:
515. Eras-its, 6 b. April 4, 17G8; d. in Ohio, May 28, 1825.
516. Mercy, 6 b. Jan. 31, 1771 ; d. in Montgomery, Dec. 1808.
517. Naomi, 6 b. March 3, 1773; m. Jesse Searl.
518. Selah, 5 b. June 7, 1775; d. June 4, 1840; m. March 1, 1804,
Diana Sheldon ; lived in Montgomery, Mass., and afterwards
removed to Franklin, Ohio, between 1820 and 1824. Chil. :
519. Silas? b. Dec. 24, 1804; m. Angeline Hildreth, and lives in
Oshkosh, Wis. Is a physician.
520. Susanna: b. Oct. 13, 1807 ; in. Daniel T. Torrey.
521. Spencer, 7 b. Dec. 21, 1809; m. Oct, 1834, Philena Bond; d.
in Long Grove, Scott Co., Iowa, April 29, 1868.
522. Selah Sheldon 7 b. Jan. 9, 1812; lives in Kent, Portage Co.,
Ohio; m. March 10, 1835, Mary G. Brown. Children: i,
Fanny Eliza* b. July 7, 1836 ; d. unm. at Franklin Mills,
O., Jan. 1, 1855. H. Mary Adelia* b. Nov. 7, 1837. ill.
William Henry,* b. Feb. 16, 1842; m. Dec. 2, 1868, Mary
M. Richardson, and had: (1) George G., 9 b. in 1869. iv.
Lucy F lor ilia* b. Sept. 2, 1845.
523. Samuel 7 b. Nov. 1, 1814 ; d. July 2, 1818.
524. Achsah 7 b. March 16, 1817; m. Sept. 18, 1844, William E.
Beverly, and lived in Kendallville, Indiana ; d. Jnly 19, 1863.
525. Diana 7 b. Jan. 5, 1820; m. Philo Randall, and lives in Bu-
chanan, Van Buren Co., Mich.
526. Dorcas Delany, 7 b. Nov. 13, 1824; m. Sept. 18, 1844, Julius
A. Burnell, of Davenport, Iowa.
527. Cyrus, 6 b. June 26, 1778 ; d. young.
528. Abigail, 6 b. March 27, 1781: m. Heman Searl; d. in Southamp-
ton.
529. Achsah, 6 b. Dec. 6, 1784 ; d. October, 1801. •
530. Mary, 6 b. Oct. 4, 1787 ; m. Zeno Coleman.
All born in Montgomery except the youngest.
192
EBEXEZER 5 (Ebenezer, 4 Samuel, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son
of Ebenezer and Catharine (Catlin) Clapp, was born in Northamp-
ton. He served his time at the tanning business with Col. Ebenezer
Clapp, of Dorchester. He married, May 5, 1778, Nancy (the Re-
cords say Ann) Tileston, of Dorchester, and died about 1840.
Children of Ebexezer and Nancy (Tileston) Clapp:
531. Nancy 6 (or Ann), b. Oct. 5, 1779; m. Sylvester Lyman, of
Northampton ; d. Jan. 28, 1827.
532. Hannah, 6 b. Jan. 8, 1781 ; m. James Dunham* of Pittsfield, a
native of New Jersey.
-4-538. Jason, 6 b. Nov. 5, 1782 ; d. October, 1868.
-J-534. Ebenezer, 6 b. March 23, 1786.
535. James Harvey, 6 b. March 5, 1792 ; d. April 23, 1*871. A tavern-
keeper in Belchertown ; for several years he was a Representa-
tive to the General Court from that town. He m. first, Dec.
1.815, Marilla D. Francis, of Pittsfield, who d. Dec. 7, 1852;
7
50 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
m. second, March 30, 1854, Mrs. Sarah P. Roy, of Pittsfield.
Children by first wife :
536. Juliette; b. Sept. 24, 1816 ; m. June 20, 1839, Francis J. Clark ;
d. Jan. 12, 1842.
537. John Francis, 1 b. June 28, 1818; m. Dec. 25, 1844, Susan R.
Brown.
538. Ann Sophia,'' b. July 24, 1820 ; m. Sept. 21, 1842, George L.
Clapp ; d. Jan. 11, 1857. .
539. Everett, 1 b. Sept. 6, 1822 ; m. Feb. 7, 1849, Romelia L. Hanks,
and have children : i, Knight Z., 8 b. March 15, 1853 ; ii,
Everett L., s b. Jan. 20, 1857.
540. Jane Marilla, 1 b. Sept. 21, 1825 ; m. June 2, 1870, John M.
Gilman.
541. James Henry 1 b. June 10, 1831 ; d. Dec. 30, 1836.
542. Edward Lyman? b. Sept. 6, 1832.
543. Dwight Parker 1 b. Dec. 22, 1834; m. Oct. 4, 1865, Illie
Crawford.
By second wife, Sarah P. :
544. James Henry 1 b. Feb. 9, 1855 ; d. Sept. 10, 1863.
545. Frances T., 6 b. Feb. 27, 1801.
209
&YLVANUS 5 (Ebenezer 4 Samuel 2 Preserved," Roger 1 ), son of
Ebenezer and Catharine (Catlin) Clapp, of Northampton, was born
in 1764. He married, Jan. 6, 1792, Charity Pierce, and settled in
Westhampton. He was a very popular man ; and, though a demo-
crat in politics, he was at various times chosen to the State Legisla-
ture by a union of both political parties. He was of a remarkably
pleasant and genial disposition, possessed fine conversational powers,
and could indulge in story-telling to universal acceptance. Some now
living remember the pleasant exhibition of these qualities at the noon
intermission on Sundays, at the house of Elisha B. Clapp (No. 504),
near the meeting-house, in Westhampton. He died April 14, 1847.
Children of Sylvanus and Charity (Pierce) Clapp:
+546. Bela P., 6 b. Nov. 6, 1792 ; d. in Williamsburgh, Sept. 4, 1856.
-j-547. Ralph, 6 b. Aug. 11, 1795 ; d. March 6, 1850.
210
CEPHAS 5 (Ebenezer, 4 Samuel., 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), brother of the
preceding, was born Feb. 17, 1766. He married, first, Anna Cat-
lin, of Deerfield, who died March 31, 1816 ; second, Sophia Mann,
of Boston.
Children of Cephas and 2d wife Sophia (Mann) Clapp:
548. Ann S., 6 b. Nov. 18, 1818 ; m. June 13, 1848, Solyman Merrick,
and had one son. Mr. S. Merrick died, leaving a good estate.
In 1861, at the breaking out of the great Rebellion, his widow
volunteered her services as nurse, and went out with the 10th
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 51
Mass. Regiment. She was engaged in the hospital, and took
care of the sick and wounded with a motherly interest, paying
her own expenses, and with her own hands supplying their wants.
Her services received the special commendation of Pres. Lincoln.
Mrs. Nowell's poem on Florence Nightingale might he appro-
priately applied to her :
V She stood beside the dying, calmed his fears,
Wiped the damp brow, and checked the falling tears;
Dressed ghastly wounds; or with some gentle wile,
Made the poor sufferer look up and smile :
Till ever as her angel form came nigh,
He kissed her shadow as it flitted by."
549. Caroline, 6 b. May 14, 1822; m. June 22, 1847, Hon. Albert D.
Briggs, late Mayor of the city of Springfield, and had five chil-
dren.
An infant child of Cephas and 1st wife, Anna, died Oct. 12, 1817.
213
ABNER 5 (Roger* Roger, 3 Preserved. 11 Roger 1 ), oldest son of Roger
and wife Aun Clapp, was born in 1737. He probably resided in
Southampton when he was young, and held the office of Lieutenant
in that place. He afterwards removed to Martinsburg, N. Y., and
was a Captain there. His wife, Mercy, died there, Aug. 10, 1823,
aged about 80 years. He died Dec. 5, 1800.
Children of Abner and wife Mercy Clapp, of Martinsburg, N. Y. :
550. Orris, 6 b. March 19, 1770; m. Dec. 25, 1791, Phebe Blish ; moved
to Mentor, O., was a Judge of the Court, and d. there March 28,
1847. Children :
551. Tirzali\ b. Jan. 28, 1793 ; d. March 23, 1793.
552. Orris, 1 b. April 20, 1794 ; d. March 20, 1813.
553. Julia, 7 b. Feb. 22, 1796 ; d. Feb. 22, 1831.
554. Phebe, 7 b. Dec. G, 1797; d. Feb. 1799.
555. Harriet, 7 b. June 23, 1799 ; d. March, 1854.
556. Abner, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1801 ; d. Nov. 4, 1820.
557. Betsey 7 b. Dec. 6, 1802 ; d. March 9, 1803.
558. Phebe 7 b. May 20, 1804; m. Dr. Archibald W. Campbell;
living in 1870, and had four children.
559. Thomas Jefferson? b. Jan. 7, 1806; m. Nov. 12, 1831, Lorinda
Bentley, a farmer ; lived on the old homestead in Mentor,
O. ; no children of their own, but in 1860 had adopted two.
560. Matthew, 1 b. Feb. 1, 1808; m. Sept., 1830, Alice Campbell,
and had three children, all of whom, as well as his wife, d.,
and he m. second, in 1847, Lucy Randall, and had six chil-
dren, four of them living in 1870. In that year he was min-
ister of the Disciples' Church in Detroit, Mich.
561. John Milton, 1 b. Jan. 16, 1810 ; d. in Charleston, S. C, Jan.,
1858.
562. Henry H., 7 b. June 13, 1812 ; m. Nov. 29, 1835, Statira New-
comb ; living, in 1870, in Mentor, O., with four children
(having buried two), viz.: i. William H., s b. Sept. 7, 1836;
m. Sept. 29, 1859, Jennie P. Millard. Adjutant in the U. S.
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Army, and stationed at Nashville, Tenn., in 1873. He was
commissioned 2d Lieut. 42d Ohio Vols. Sept. 25, 1861 ; 1st
Lieut, do. March 14, 18G2 ; Captain, May 22, 1863 ; mus-
tered out Dec. 5, 1865, with a brevet of Lieut. Col. Vols.
He took a commission in the U. S. Army and was transfer-
red to the 16th Inf. April 14, 1869; appointed Adjt. May 1,
1872. He is much interested in the lineage of the Clapp
family and the preparation of this " Memorial." His oldest
child d. of cholera in 1873. ii. Eliza C. 8 b. June 24, 1838 ;
m. June 24, 1863, Harrison S. Glazier, and live in Mentor,
O. iii. Lorinda, 8 b. Feb. 26, 1842 ; m. Nov. 20, 1867,
Eobert F. Dawson (b. in England), and live in Bedford, O.
iF. Edward K. 8 b. May 10, 1851 ; m. May 15, 1873, Emma
Schram, and live in Akron, O.
563. Mercy;' b. April 8, 1814 ; d. September, 1818.
564. Daniel, 6 b. in 1771 ; d. in Dec. 1818, at Martinsburg, N. Y.
565. Abxer, 6 b. March 25, 1775; m. at Colchester, Conn., in 1798,
Mercy Gillet, and settled in Martinsburg, N. Y. ; moved to
Franklin county, Ohio, in 1835 ; was a captain of cavalry in the
war of 1812. Children:
566. Emily; b. Nov. 22, 1799 ; m. Oct. 12, 1823, Asa M. Eogers,
and had three children. Mr. Rogers d. Jan. 2, 1831, and she
m. Sept. 16, 1835, Apollos Rogers, and had a pair of twins.
567. Ralph; b. May 1, 1801 ; m. Jan. 22, 1824, at Champion, N.
Y., Sally Hubbard ; was a Methodist minister, and acquired
considerable celebrity ; lived in the oil regions of Pennsyl-
vania, and d. at President, in that State, Aug. 11, 1865.
Children: i, Edwin Emmett, 8 b. Oct. 15, 1824; .lives in
President, Pa.; in 1870, said to have been very successful in
the oil business, ii. Charles Carroll, 8 b. Sept. 2, 1826; d.
March 29, 1843. iii. Emeline; b. Nov. 24, 1829 ; d. June
23, 1865 ; m. Sept. 1853, E. R. Shankland, and removed to
Dubuque ; left four children, \\, Caroline; b. May 4, 1833 ;
m. Dec. 1, 1863, J. S. P. McCallister, and had three children
in 1870. \.John Martin 8 b. May 8, 1835; m. Dec. 21,
1865, Anna W. Pearson ; live at Newcastle, Pa. ; raised and
was Captain of a militarv companv in the great Rebellion.
Ti. Ellen Gennett, 8 b. Feb. 26, 1839 ; m. James McLinn ;
live in Baltimore.
568. Arnold; b. Oct. 6, 1803 ; m. March 16, 1826, Louisa Adams,
who d. Aug. 22, 1836, and he m. second, Oct. 6, 1836, Adeline
R. Leonard. He was a farmer, and lived in Dahlonega,
Iowa; he d. there Sept. 9, 1855. Children bv first wife: i.
DeWitt Clinton; b. July 13, 1827 ; m. Jan. 30, 1856, Delia
Hubbard, and lived in Pittsburg, Pa., being engaged in the
manufacture of cotton goods. "Children: (1) Kate Amelia?
b. Nov. 20, 1856 ; (2) George Hubbard; b. Dec. 14, 1858 ;
(3) Charles Edwin; b. Nov. 29, 1860. ii. Elizabeth Sallie, 8
b. Oct. 30, 1829 ; m. Jan. 25, 18-35, Rev. C. A. Vananda, a
Methodist Presiding Elder, and had five children in 1870.
iii. Martin Adams, 8 b. Sept. 8, 1834 ; d. Aug. 30, 1835. iv.
James Adams, 8 b. Aug. 17, 1836 ; d. Aug. 4, 1837. Children
by second wife: V. Philo Leonard; b. Oct. 14, 1837; a farmer
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 53
in Dahlonega, and unm. in 1870. vi. Louisa Adaline, 8 b. Oct.
1 1, 1841 ; married. YH, Louis Arnold, 6 twin brother of Louisa
A., b. Oct. 11, 1841 ; in 1870, single, and farming with his
brother Philo L. viii. Jane Mercy 6 b. Feb. 10, 1844. ix.
Dwiyht Oscar, 8 b. April 9, 1847. X, Charles Martin* b. Aug.
17, 1850. XI. Clara Alberta 8 b. Sept. 7, 1852.
569. Martin Gillett? b. June 28, 1807; m. May 24, 1831, Mary
Ann Gillett ; was a very energetic business man ; lived in
AVatertown, N. Y., and d. there, Nov. 7, 1834, at the early
age of 27 years. Children : i, Harriet Emily, 8 b. Aug. 23,
1832 ; m. Sept. 30, 1852, Peter L. Hyde. He was a vol-
unteer in the great Rebellion ; was acting as Colonel, and
was shot through the head and instantly killed while leading
on his charge at Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863, leaving three
children. ii, Charles Martin, 8 b. July 5, 1834; m. Aug. 25,
1857, Georgiana Derby, of Boston. He is extensively engaged
in the India-rubber business in Boston, under the firm of
C. M. Clapp & Co., who own and operate the large manufac-
turing establishment known as the -.Etna Rubber Mills, and
are general agents of National Rubber Co. AVas one of the
Committee of Arrangements for the second Clapp Family
meeting, in Boston, 1873, and is alive to all that belongs to
the history^and good name of the Clapps, and of the merchants
of Boston. Children: (1) Georyine Lillian? b. Dec. 4,
1858; (2) Hattie Emma? b. April 5, 1860.
570. Ela Harlow? b. Dec. 4, 1810; m. Feb. 1, 1832, Lucia Hunt-
ington, who d. March 2, 1833, in AVatertown, N. Y. He m.
second, May 3, 1835, Eveline Wheeler, who d. in Farmington,
111., May 15, 1850. He m. third, Sept. 15, 1850, Amelia
E. Pratt. He was a physician of considerable celebrity,
with an extensive practice in Farmington, 111., which he was
obliged to relinquish on account of his health ; and having a
taste for agricultural pursuits, he bought the Rome Farms,
at Rome, PeoriaX-'o., 111. He takes great interest in the
genealogy of his family, and furnished much valuable informa-
tion for this " Memorial." In 1870, he had sold out his estate
in Rome, had retired from active business, and was residing
in Chicago, 111. Children by first wife : it Georye Hunting-
ton, 8 b. Jan. 30, 1833 ; m. Nov. 14, 1860, Sarah Kelley ; a
farmer, in Chillicothe, 111., and has one child. (1) Charles L., 9
b. Mav 22, 1864. By second wife: ii, Lucia Jane, 8 b. April
6, 1836; m. Dec. 20, 1865, Ernest II. Bellinger; live at
Owatonna, Minn. Hi, James Leicis? b. July 6, 1837 ; m. Aug.
6, 1868, Katie Barton, iv. Francis, 8 b. Jan. 4, 1839; d.
Jan. 8, 1839. V, Josephine, 8 b. Feb. 7, 1846 ; d. at Farmington,
111., Aug. 4, 1847. vi. Henrietta, 8 b. Dec. 5, 1849; d. at
Farmington, 111., Mav 6, 1850. By third wife: vii. Mary 8
b. Aug. 21, 1853; d. Oct. 21, 1856. viii. Eben Pratt, 8 b.
March 10, 1859.
571. Horace E.,~ b. Alar. 19, 1813 ; d. in Norwich, O., Aug. 2, 1835.
572. Philo,' b. March 8, 1818 ; d. in Norwich, O., Aug. 23, 1835.
573. Gennett? b. Oct. 19, 1823 ; m. April, 1843, Irwin Moore, who
d. at Norwich, O., June 16, 1849, leaving two daughters: i.
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Mary A., s now (1870) teaching at Jennings Seminary,
Aurora, 111. ii, Elizabeth M., 8 lived with her father at Niles,
Ohio.
574. Joel, 6 b. March 25, 1775, twin brother of Abner; d. young.
575. Jane, 6 rn. Mr. Lee.
576. Merct, 6 m. Joel Shapley.
577. Electa, 6 m. John Pinney.
578. Nancy, 6 b. in 1783; d. unm. August 3, 1843.
579. Abigail, 6 b. in 1785 ; d. unm. at Martinsburg, Nov. 12, 1812.
214
JOEL 5 (Roger, 4 Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Roger and
wife Ann Clapp, and twin brother of the preceding, was born in
1737. He was Lieutenant of a military company; and he married
Pomeroy.
Children of Joel and (Pomeroy) Clapp:
580. Cynthia, 6 b. Oct. 28, 1771 ; m. Oliver Clark, of Southampton,
father of Rev. Lewis F. Clark ; d. July 27, 1839.
581. Joel, 6 b. July 17, 1772 ; m. Feb. 12, 1800, Turzey Trowbridge,
of Buckland. Children:
582. Rufus 1 b. Dec. 5, 1800; d. Sept. 12, 1802.
583. Hannah, 1 b. Nov. 19, 1803 ; in. May 30, 1827, Atwater Street,
of Holyoke; d. April 12, 1834.
584. Eliza,'' b. Aug. 13, 180G; m. Nov. 30, 1826, Julius Boyd, of
W. Springfield, and had five children; d. Dec. 18, 1870.
585. Rufus Trowbridge 1 b. Dec. 30, 1812 ; d. March 7, 1813.
586. Joel Taylor 1 b. Aug. 6, 1814; a farmer and carpenter in
Southampton ; m. Diantha Minerva Coe, of Hartland, Conn,
lie was one of the first who proposed the plan of holding the
Clapp Family Gathering in Northampton, in 1870, and la-
bored incessantly in preparing for and carrying through that
first meeting of the Clapps. Children : E, Hannah Maria 8
b. Dec. 19, 1850; m. Sept. 2, 1874, Frank Cripps. ii. An-
netta Eliza, 8 b. April 4, 1857.
587. Turzey Maria 1 b. Oct. 23, 1820 ; d. unm. April 6, 1844.
588. Stephen, 6 b. Dec. 9, 1775 ; m. first, Eunice, dau. of Oliver Clark ;
m. second, Lucy Elwell ; lived in Southampton. Children by
first wife :
589. Ehnira 1 b. Aug. 13, 1802.
590. Stephen Dickinson, 7 b. April 11, 1805 ; m. first, in 1825, Electa
Frary ; m. second, in 1832, Martha M. Graves. Children :
> i. Horace F., s b. May 16, 1825 ; m. Ma}' 2, 1854, Cordelia
T. Thompson. Chil. : ( 1) Mary E.; b. March 26, 1855 ; (2)
Irettn L.» b. Dec. 18, 1806; (3) Chastine i?., 9 b. June 11,
1858 ; (4) Anna D., 9 b. Sept. 16, 1860; (5) Franklin H,'
b. June 9, 1867; (6) Sheldon Z>., 9 b. Feb. 6, 1869. ii.
Eunice M, s b. May, 1827; m. Nov. 28. 1844, Elijah Lyon.
iii. Stephen D. 8 b. May 6, 1828; m. Sept. 22, 1849, Sybil
C. Strong. Chil.: (1) Henry S., 9 b. July •">. ls:,l : (2) Ella
Jane," b. Oct. 5, 1860, d. December, 1860 ; (o)Eslella; b. Oct.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 55
10, 1863; (4) Cora B. 9 b. July 2, 1868; (o) WiUiam? b.
June 27, 1870. iv, Sheldon Robert, 8 twin brother of Stephen
D., b. May 6, 1828; m. Mary (or Miriam) E. Strong, July,
1845 — he beinjj 17 years old, and his wife 20 years. Chil. :
(1) Mary Elizabeth, 9 b. July 17, 1846 ; (2) William S., 9 b.
July 12, 1849, d. June 9, 1862 ; (3) Albert E., 9 b. July 10,
1854 ; (4) Nellie Louisa, 9 b. June 20, 1857. v. Electa E, s
b. May, 1830; d. May, 1833. \i. Elmira G., 8 b. June 2,
1834 ; m. Abner Shelon. \u,Philena G., 8 b. Sept. 3, 1840 ;
m. William II. Kingsley, who was killed in the Battle of the
Wilderness in 18G4. She d. April, 1864. viii, Martha E. 8
b. June 4, 1844; d. Feb. 16, 1864. ix. Abner A., 8 b. June
3, 1846.
591. Mary, 7 b. Feb. 17, 1809.
592. Sophia, 7 b. Au<j. 26, 1811.
593. Abner C., 7 b. March 26, 1814; m. Dec. 3, 1837, Gertrude
Van Santford; lived in Albany. Children : i, Augustus A., 8 b.
Oct. 16, 1838; m. Aug. 17, 1864, Jennie F. Weaver, and
had: (1) Emma E., 9 b. June 4, 1865 ; (2) Maggie L., 9 b. Jan.
13, 1869. ii. Catharine E. 8 b. Oct. 12, 1841 ; d. March 24,
1845. Hi. Sophia S., 8 b. Aug. 28, 1843 ; d. April 15, 1846.
iv. William E. 8 b. Nov. 15, 1845. v. Mary E., 8 b. June 22,
1848 ; d. Dec. 10, 1869. vi. Abigail A. 8 b. March 30, 1851.
Vii. Stephen D., 8 b. May 17, 1855; d. March 11, 1861.
Child by second wife:
594. Ansel D. 7 b. March 4, 1821.
595. Hanxah, 6 m. Rufus Trowbridge.
596. Jemima, 6 b. Feb. 21, 1780 ; m. Hezekiah Wright; d. Aug. 9, 1862.
597. Susan, 6 b. June 29, 1785 ; m. Feb. 18, 1806, Thomas Rowley ; d.
Sept. 6, 1855.
598. Chester, 6 b. Nov. 25, 1788 ; d. Sept. 9, 1862; m. Sept. 19, 1814,
Jerusha Hannuin. Children :
599. Mercy Ann 7 b. May 20, 1816; m. Nov. 30, 1837, William
DeLancy ; lived in Unionville, Conn.
600. Dorcas Hannum 7 b. Nov. 18, 1818; m. Sept. 25, 1841, Morris
Wolcott ; lived in Westhampton.
601. Charles Leu-is 7 b. May 14, 1821 ; d. May 11, 1866; m. Dec.
17, 1846, Dorris R. Burt ; a farmer, and lived in Southamp-
ton. Children: j, Elbertine Lucretia 8 b. May 31, 1848 ; d.
May 6, 1850. ii. Du-ight Thomvson 8 b. Sept. 23, 1851 ; d.
Sept. 22, 1852. iii. Velina Elbertine, 8 b. Sept. 29, 1853 ;
m. Sept. 2, 1869, Charles P. Graves, and lives in Kenawee,
Henry Co., 111. iv. Ehine Leiois, 8 b. Dec. 7, 1856; d. Aug.
26, 1858. V. Myra Bell 8 b. Jan. 31, 1860. vi. Charles
Burt, s h. Feb. 22, 1864.
602. Eunice Octavia 7 b. Dec. 1823 ; m. Jan. 1, 1857, Henry Cady,
and lived in Southampton.
603. Charity Lyman. 7 b. Nov. 13, 1827; m. April 12, 1849, Mat-
thew Delancy ; lived in Richmond, Va., where she d. April
23, 1855.
604. Susan Jerusha, 7 b. Nov. 18, 1832; m. Nov. 13, 1857, Albert
D. Searl, and lived in Lawrence, Kansas.
605. Mercy, 6 unmarried.
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237
JONATHAN 5 (Jonathan, 4 Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger'), oldest child
of Jonathan and Submit (Strong) Clapp, of Easthampton, was born
Oct. 8, 1 735. He married, first, Mary Strong, of Coventry, Conn. ;
second, Margaret Roguel, who died April 25, 1821. He settled in
the north part of Easthampton, and succeeded his father as a tavern
keeper there.
Child of Jonathan and 1st wife Mary (Strong) Clapp:
606. Jonathan, 6 b. March 2, 1777.
Children of Jonathan and 2d wife Margaret (Roguel) Clapp :
607. Mart, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1779 ; rn. Ichabod Wright.
+608. Medad, 6 b. Nov. 5, 1783 ; d. July 29, 1853.
609. Daniel, 6 b. in 1793.
610. Margaret, 6 m. first, Roswell Knight; second, John Ludden.
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JOSEPH 3 (Jonathan, 4 Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), second son of
Jonathan and Submit (Strong) Clapp, of Easthampton, was born in
that town Nov. 3, 1736. He was a military Captain, and was active
in all church and town affairs. When the town was incorporated,
the first meeting for the choice of officers took place at his house,
and the church was also organized there. He married Hannah
Lyman.
Children of Joseph and Hannah (Lyman) Clapp:
611. Elizabeth, 6 b. March 14. 1763 ; m. Eliakim Phelps, of Chester-
field, and settled in Northampton. She lived to be over 80 years
old.
612. Joseph, 6 b. Nov. 11, 1764: a merchant in Easthampton, an in-
fluential man in the place, and town clerk for many years ; m.
Susan Lyman; retired from mercantile life in 1810, and in 1830
removed to Homer, N. Y., where he died. Children :
613. Joseph? A brewer ; lived in Homer, N. Y.
614. Sumner G., 7 b. March 10, 1800 ; graduated at Andover Theo-
logical Seminary in 1827, and was settled in Cabotville, Mass.,
and other places. The latter part of his life, he lived in
Dorchester, but removed to Boston, and d. very suddenly,
Jan. 26, 1869, almost the same day he removed there.
He m. in 1829, Pamelia Strong, of Southampton. Children:
i, Frances Amelia, 8 b. Nov. 2, 1831, at Enfield, Mass. ; m.
Dec. 8, 1852, Franklin Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., one
of the firm of the famous scale manufacturers. ii. Henry
Ivymanf b. Aug. 18, 1836 ; m. Jan. 25, 1865, Susan R.
Tainter, of South Brookfield, Mass.
615. AlonzoJ A merchant in Illinois.
616. AlenderJ Studied Theology in Andover. Was a teacher in
Mississippi, also in Worthington and Pittsfiekl, Mass. Has
been an inmate of the Insane Asylum in Worcester.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 57
Other children are also referred to in Mr. Lyman's History of
Easthampton.
-f 617. Thaddeus, 6 b. March 31, 1770.
618. Luther, 6 b. April 8, 1772; m. Tirzah, dau. of Deacon Enoch
White, of South Hadley, and d. Aug. 17, 1811, aged 39 years,
without issue. His wife d. a fortnight after, aged 38 years.
They were buried in the same grave, and a monument over it
says of them, " They were active, pleasant, benevolent, devout."
He was Captain of a military company.
619. Isaac, 6 settled in the centre of the town, and was joint partner in
the flouring mill there, and also carried on a farm ; m. Judith
Kirkland, of Norwich. Children :
620. MariUa? m. Edwin Kinsley, of Southampton.
621. Judith? m. Theodore Lyman.
622. Isaac K.? m. Alice, dau. of Sylvester Knight, and lived in
Easthampton.
623. Maria Ann?
624. Edioard? a farmer ; not m. in 1843.
625. Rufus, 6 lived in Michigan; m Ceeley, who d. March 21,
1847. Children :
626. Edwin M.? lived in Kalamazoo, Mich.
627. Rufus S.? lived in New Diggings, Wisconsin, and afterwards
removed to Nevada.
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BEXJAMIN 5 (Jonathan* Roger, 3 Preserved, 11 Roger 1 ), third son
of Jonathan and Submit (Strong) Clapp, of Easthampton, was born
Dec. 16, 1738; married Phebe Boynton; died Nov. 8, 1815, aged
77 years. He is said to have been remarkably strong and rugged,
and he continued through life the old. puritanic habit of attending
church every Sunday. He was in the Revolutionary army for a time,
but was called home to take charge of his sick father. Mrs. Clapp
died in 1847. The following obituary notice of her appeared in the
Northampton Courier: — "Died, at Easthampton, Nov. 30, 1847,
Mrs. Phebe Clapp, aged 97 years and 7 days. She was married 82
years since to Mr. Benjamin Clapp, and was the mother of fifteen
children, thirteen of whom lived to become heads of families. One
daughter, now at the age of 79 years, followed her to the grave.
She had about seventy grandchildren."
Children of Benjamin and Phebe (Boynton) Clapp:
628. Rachel, 6 b. Feb. 28, 1768; m. Jan. 1800, Nathaniel Edwards, of
Northampton ; d. July 11, 1868, aged 100 years, 4 mos. and 11
days.
629. Ocrax, 6 b. Feb. 27, 1770 ; d. Dec. 16, 1835 ; m. Mrs. Sarah
Brown, dau. of Caj)t. David Lyman, of Easthampton, and widow
of Mr. Brown, by whom she had had two children. Children
of Ocran and wife :
630. Lucy? m. Milton Lloyd, of Blandford.
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58 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
631. Lorenzo? m. Sophronia Clark, of Southampton, and removed
to Missouri in 1844 ; d. about 1859.
632. Algernon? b. Aug. 1810 ; became a cripple at 15 years, but
perambulated the Western States, and in 1857 settled down
in Dahlonega, Walpole Co., Iowa ; a man of genius ; the
author of this book corresponded with him in 1863 and sub-
sequently ; was never married.
633. Florella? d. unmarried.
634. Clymene? d. unmarried.
635. Sophia, 6 b. Dec. 9, 1771 ; m. Rev. Gail Newell, of Nelson, N. H.;
d. Sept. 11, 1840.
636. Anna, 6 b. Nov. 21, 1773 ; d. Dec. 13, 1802 ; m. Medad Lyman,
and removed to Charlotte, Vermont.
637. Clarissa, 6 b. Feb. 22, 1776; m. Jonathan Lyman, and removed
to N. Ferrisburg, Vt. ; was living in 1864.
638. Benjamin, 6 b. Nov. 14, 1778; d. April 1, 1821. He was a phy-
sician, and lived near Columbia, S. C. Married, and had a son
George?
639. Sally, 6 b. Nov. 15, 1780; m. Dec. 31, 1806, Daniel Lyman, of
Easthampton ; d. January, 1844.
640. Solomon, 6 b. Sept. 2, 1782; d. December, 1826 ; m. Pauline
Avery, and settled in Easthampton. Children :
641. Emidus? lived in Ohio.
642. William Noyes? b. Nov. 3, 1810 ; a farmer ; m. first, Tryphena
Janes, who d. July 29, 1847; m. second, Jan. 4, 1848,
Emily Janes, who d. Nov. 8, 1861 ; m. third, Oct. 1, 1862,
Prudence Wait. Children: \, Sarah Eugenia* H. Solomon
Parsons, 8 b. March 17, 1837; m. May 14, 1865, Laura
Leonard, of Worthington, and had : (1) Rosa Ward, 9 b. Oct.
10, 1869. iii. William Edgar? b. Sept. 9, 1839 ; m. April
19, 1865, Ellen M. Clark, and had: (1) Carrie Tryphena?
b. April 15, 1866. iv. Eliza Tryphena? b. Dec. 31, 1843;
m. Nov. 8, 1865, George W. Guilford, of Cummingtou. V.
Emily Maria? b. Nov. 14, 1859. Ti. Hattie Ellen? b. Oct.
13, 1861. Vii. Mary Etta? b. Aug. 6, 1866 ; d. Dec. 1866.
Tiii. Charles Benjamin? b. Nov. 27, 1869 ; d. Dec. 31, 1869.
643. Mariette? b. April 20, 1814; m. Nov. 6, 1835, Joseph F.
Alvord and had seven children. They were the first settlers
in the town of Bement, 111., and as the country commenced
to grow and the railroad was carried through, their house
was made the depot, hotel and boarding-house for the m-com-
ing population. They had three sons in the army during
the war of the Rebellion, one of whom was killed at the
battle of Stone River, Tenn., and another d. of disease. Mr.
and Mrs. Alvord were at the Family Gathering at North-
ampton in 1870.
644. Benjamin? moved to Ohio.
645. Solomon? moved to Ohio.
646. Theodore? moved to Ohio.
647. George? a farmer in Minnesota.
648. Jane Elizabeth? b. Nov. 17, 1825; m. May 21, 1845, Zabdiel
A. Thayer, of Williamsburg, and had five children.
Lyman's History mentions as chil. of Solomon : Sophia? Amelia. 1
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 59
649. SrENCER, 7 b. Aug. 15, 1784; settled in Easthampton, and after-
wards removed to Windsor, Conn. He m. Jan. 1, 1805, Diana
Phelps. Children :
650. Alfred? b. Dec. 9, 1813; m. Sept. 24, 1849, Mariette Tupper.
He is a farmer, and lives in Huntington ; tall in stature ; is
alive to all the passing events of the day, and took an active
part in the Clapp Family Gathering at Northampton in 1870.
His children are: \, Florence Ada, 6 b. Sept. 1, 1850. ii,
Henry B., s b. Jan. 19, 1854. Hi. Julia M., s b. Aug. 13,
1856.
651. Nelson, 7 lived in Plainfield.
652. Eliza 7 d. early.
653. Caroline 7 m. Jared Smith, of Granby.
654. Spencer 7 lived in Winsted, Conn.
A Spencer Clapp d. Dec. 11, 1816.
655. Lewis 7 b. Oct. 5, 1822; m. May 20, 1845, Augusta A.
Wright, who was b. Sept. 28, 1845, and d. Feb. 15, 1871.
He dated from Montreal in 1871.
656. Phebe, 6 b. Sept. 6, 1786; m. Levi Clapp (No. 268), of East-
hampton.
657. Fanny, 6 b. Feb. 24, 1789; m. Jan. 5, 1809, Jared Clark, of
Easthampton, and removed to Bucksville, Ohio, where she was
living a widow in 1864.
658. Caroline, 6 b. Oct. 15, 1791; m. Aug. 1812, Milton Knight ; living
in Huntington in 1864, and had had six children.
659. George, 6 b. April 24, 1794; settled in Spencer; d. July 15,
1825.
333
CHARLES 5 (Simeon,* Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of Simeon
and Sarah (Clark) Clapo, of Northampton, was born Oct. 18, 1767,
and died March 14, 1859. He married, Nov. 28, 1792, Abigail
Clark, of Northampton, who was born July 16, 1770, and they lived
in Worthington.
Children of Charles and Abigail (Clark) Clapp:
-f-660. Levi, 6 b. Feb. 11, 1794* d. Dec. 7, 1854.
661. Chloe, 6 b. July 11, 1796 ; m. Nov. 9, 1817, Solomon P. Fitch;
d. Jan. 10, 1852.
662. Abigail MELENTHE, 6 b. Oct. 31, 1800; m. April 8, 1820, Fordyce
Sampson ; d. Feb. 13, 1861.
663. Mary Ann Elizabeth, 6 b. Dec. 28, 1803; m. March 14, 1833,
Sumner Dunlap ; d. July 19, 1861.
664. Juliette Meriah, 6 b. Jan. 26, 1806; d. April 7, 1832; m.
Aug. 21, 1826, Simeon Clapp.
665. Sarah Wright, 6 b. Feb. 24, 1809 ; m. Nov. 27, 1844, Austin
Ware; d. March 26, 1858.
666. Laura Jane, 6 b. July 24, 1812 ; m. May 28, 1833, Samuel D.
Billings, and had four children.
667. Charles Clark, 6 b. Jan. 10, 1817; m. Sept. 1843, Lucy A.
Bascom ; d. July 4, 1854.
60 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
34,4=
THOMAS '(Thomas, 4 Thomas? Preserved? Roger 1 ), son of Thomas
and (Colt) Clapp, married, Jan. 1782, Huldah Bull, and
resided on the farm in Hartford with his father until 1792, or later,
then removed to New York city.
Children of Thomas and Huldah (Bull) Clapp :
668. Mary, 6 b. March 5, 1784; m. Samuel Green, of New York, and
had three children.
-f-669. James, 6 b. Dec. 20, 1785 ; d. Jan. 8, 1854, aged 68 years.
670. Cynthia, 6 b. Jan. 26, 1788 ; d. in 1805, aged 17 years.
671. Abigail, 6 b. Feb. 21, 1793.
672. Catharine, 6 d. young.
+673. John, 6 b. Aug. 22, 1801.
408
ROSWELL 6 (Preserved, 5 Preserved? Preserved? Preserved? Roger 1 ),
oldest son of Dr. Preserved Clapp, of Amherst, was born in 1766.
He married Rachel Stevens, and settled in Claremont, N. H. He
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and received a pension
from government the latter part of his life. He died in 1 843.
Children of Roswell and Rachel (Stevens) Clapp:
674. Horace, 7 b. in 1790; m. June 28, 1818, Hannah Ivers, of Bos-
ton. Was at the Clapp Gatherings in 1870 and 1873, and was
then living in Cambridge, Mass. Children :
675. Horace? settled in Savannah, Geo.
676. William? a hatter by trade.
677. Caroline?
-f- 678. Derastds, 7 b. May 1, 1792.
679. Solon, 7 m. first, July TO, 1816, Hannah Kimball ; second, Sophia
Dodge, and lived in Manchester, N. H. Children :
680. Harriet? b. in 1817 ; d. Feb. 29, 1840.
681. Elizabeth Ann? b. in 1820 ; m. D. Drake.
682. Sylvina. Amelia, 6 } m • , * -t an toaa ( m. F. Rowe.
683. Solon Alexander? } Twms ' b " A P nl 27 ' 1823 " |m. Nov. 19,
1846, Caroline E. Hodgdon, and lived in Newton.
684. Oliver, 7 d. in Springfield, unui., in 1820 or 1821.
685. Alexander Hamilton, 7 m. Nov. 19, 1829, Elizabeth Merchant,
and had a dau. Emily? He was a chaise and harness maker in
Brookline.
686. Theodosia, 7 m. Theodore W. Cunningham, of Boston, and had
two children.
687. Mary, 7 m. Mr. Newton, who d. in Boston, of smallpox, about 1840.
412
JOHN 6 (John? John? Preserved? Preserved? Roger*), oldest son
of John and Eunice (Smead) Clapp, of Deerfield, married Phebe
Ross, aud removed to Ohio.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 61
Children of John and Phebe (Ross) Clapp :
688. Phebe, 7 b. Feb. 5, 178G; d. unm. Aug. 2, 1837.
689. Artemas, 7 b. March 3, 1787; d. by drowning, May 11, 1802.
690. Ebenezer, 7 b. May 13, 1788; d. Feb. 4, 1858; m. first, Sally
Clary, of Deerfield, who d. Oct. 18, 1821, and he m. second,
Dec. 15, 1822, Abigail Anderson. Lived in Hatfield. Children
by first wife :
691. Sally.* b. May 14, 1815.
692. Pamelia Clay 8 b. June 21, 1817.
693. Sarah Maria* b. July 7, 1819.
By second w r ife Abigail :
694. Hiram Spencer, 6 b. Sept. 18, 1823; d. Sept. 22, 1824.
695. Fidelia, 8 b. Aug. 14, 1825.
696. Charles Henry, 8 b. Sept. 30, 1827.
697. Helen Mar, 8 b. Dec. 4, 1829.
698. Jane, 8 b. May 6, 1831.
699. Catharine, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1790 ; m. Hibbard Smith ; d. April 17,
1852.
700. Sally, 7 b. Oct. 10, 1791 ; m. and lived in Buffalo, N. Y.
701. John, 7 b. May 21, 1793 ; d. May 28, 1837.
702. Spencer, 7 b. Aug. 17, 1794; d. unm., Nov. 2, 1818.
703. Zenas, 7 b. Jan. 30, 1796; He m. Pamelia Clary, sister of his
brother Ebenezer's wife, and after his death she m. again and
removed to Ohio. Zenas was preceptor of an Academy in the
western part of New York State ; had a dau. Harriet. 8 He d.
Jan. 29, 1837.
704. Calvin Ross, 7 b. June 23, 1797 ; m. first, November, 1822, Tirzah
Smith, sister to the husband of his sister Catharine ; she died,
and he m. second, Philena Graves, and for a third wife he m.,
Aug. 13, 1857, Submit Farnsworth. They lived in Deerfield.
Children by first wife :
705. Edwin H 8 b. Dec. 25, 1823.
706. Thomas G., 8 b. Sept. 1, 1825 ; m. Jan. 21, 1852, Hannah
Ball, and had: i, Isa L., 9 b. Aug. 2, 1854; ii. Wyman W., 9 b.
Oct. 30, 1862 : Hi. Sarah J, 9 b. Nov. 27, 1863 ; iv. William
H, 9 b. April 9, 1865; V. Hannah F., 9 b. June 20, 1867.
Wife Hannah d. July 5, 1867, and he m. second, March 14,
1868, Ruth L. Richmond, and had : fi. Ethel M. 9 b. Feb. 4,
1871.
707. Sarah Jane, 8 b. Oct. 18, 1827 ; d. Jan. 21, 1859.
708. Marion A. 8 b. Dec. 5, 1829; d. Sept. 13, 1856.
709. Eunice J/., 8 b. Dec. 22, 1831.
By second wife Philena :
710. William H 8 b. Sept. 8, 1841.
711. Charles L., 8 b. July 28, 1850.
712. Tirzah P., 8 b. Oct 5, 1853; d. July 3, 1854.
713. Calvin S., 8 b. July 1, 1856.
714. Hiram, 7 b. Dec. 26, 1798; d. March 1, 1871; m. first, widow
Cobb, lived in Deerfield, and had a family ; m. second, Feb. 28,
1870, a year before his decease, his cousin Catharine G. (No.
122), dau. of Erastus Clapp, and widow of Joel Fish.
62 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
715. Patty, 7 b. May 4, 1800 ; d. Aug. 6, 1803.
716. Samuel, 7 b. May 29, 1801 ; d. Oct. 9, 1801.
717. Eunice, 7 b. July 9, 1803; m Bridges, and lived in Deer-
field; d. Nov. 5, 1831.
413
ELTSHA 6 (John, 5 John,* Preserved, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), second
son of John and Eunice (Smead) Clapp, married Asenath Taylor.
He died Feb. 3, 1835, and she died Aug. 26, 1827.
Children of Elisha and Asenath (Taylor) Clapp of Deerfield:
718. Eleanor, 7 b. Feb. 3, 1793 ; m. William Ross, and lived in Spring-
field, Mass.
719. Nancy, 7 b. Oct. 10, 1794; lived in Deerfield, unm.
720. Gratia, 7 b. Nov. 2, 179G; m. Hart Phillips, of Deerfield; d. at
Hoosac, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1831.
721. Seth, 7 b. Dec. 18, 1798; m. Sophia Ann Bogue, and lived in
Amherst, Mass.; d. at Galesville, N. Y., June 23, 1853. Chil. :
722. Frances Sophia, 8 b. Feb. 8, 1829, in Shutesbury ; a teacher in
Amherst, Mass.
723. Elisha Bogue, 8 b. in 1835 ; m. Alice Jane Connelly ; moved to
Huntsville, Ala., in June, 1859 ; thence to Ledger, N. C, and
afterwards to Knoxville, Tenn. ; a hardware merchant and
dealer in mica. Children : i, William Ralph? b. March 26,
1860 ; ii. Mary Lilly? b. Oct. 18, 1864; iii. Sara Blanche?
b. Jan. 1, 1870.
724. Ralph, 7 b. Dec. 18, 1802 ; d. Oct. 13, 1857 ; m. April 7, 1841,
Minerva Smith, and lived in Deerfield. She d. Aug. 26, 1867.
Children :
725. Alfred Dwight? b. Feb. 10, 1842.
726. Addison Hibbard? b. April 2, 1843.
727. Edward Payson? b. Aug. 20, 1846; m. Oct. 22, 1868, Sara'
Sheldon Clary, and had : i, Ralph C? b. July 19, 1870.
728. Myra Elizabeth? b. May 20, 1850.
729. Franklin, 7 b. July 4, 1804; m. June 2, 1835, Lona White, of
Colraine, Mass., and lived in Deerfield. Children :
730. Mary Jane? b. Feb. 2, 1836.
731. Alonzo Smead? b. Aug. 7, 1839 ; m. May 2, 1871, Etta J.
Ripley, b. Nov. 27, 1846.
732. James White? b. July 30, 1842.
733. George Franklin? b. Oct. 22, 1846.
734. Myra, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1807; d. Dec. 15, 1831.
735. Fanny, 7 b. March 29, 1810.
736. Alonzo, 7 b. March 11, 1813; d. at Terre Haute, Ind., June 4,
1835.
414
JOSEPH 6 (John; John? Preserved? Preserved? Roger 1 ), third son
of John and Eunice (Smead) Clapp, was born in August, 1770, and
died about the year 1819. He was a very ingenious mechanic. He
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 63
married Ann, daughter of Capt. Moses Harvey, and settled in Mon-
tague. Capt. Harvey was distinguished for his bravery during the
French and Indian war; in one engagement he had three bullets
shot through his hat by the Indians.
Children of Joseph and Ann (Harvey) Clapp:
737. Martin Harvey, 7 b. March 9, 1797 ; d. 1873. In 1826, he m.
Maria Russell, of Montague, who d. Dec. 16, 1858. In Nov. 1861,
he m. second, Clara Ball. They lived in Montague, and for
several years he represented that town in the General Court.
His father dying when he was about 20 years old, the care of
the mother's family mostly devolved upon him. He was much
respected for his worth. Children by first wife :
738. George A. 8 b. March 6, 1827; a grocer in Montague; m.
April 8, 1852, Irene F. Parker. Children: i. Robert P. 9
b. Oct. 21, 1855 ; ii. Lucia M., 9 b. July 23, 1860.
739. Minerva 8 b. April 11, 1829 ; d. May 10, 1847.
740. James Henry, 8 b. March 8, 1834; a manufacturer of tools in
New Bedford, Mass.
741. Wales Wilberforce, 8 b. March 27, 1836; a surgeon-dentist in
Norwich, Conn.
742. Maria L., 8 b. Jan. 4, 1840.
743. Rollin Male, 8 b. Aug. 18, 1843 ; a stove-dealer in Montague ;
jq. May 10, 1865, Esther B. Dwight.
744. Joseph, 7 b. Aug. 23, 1798. He lived in Montague, and repre-
sented that town in 1840 in the State Legislature. He m. Sept.
13, 1823, Betsey Puffer; d. Dec. 2, 1848. Children:
745. Joseph 8 b. Oct. 13, 1824; m. Feb. 26, 1851, Sarah E. Stone,
and had: i. Ellen Sarah 9 b. March 27, 1856; ii. Bessie
Loise, 9 b. Oct. 21, 1866.
746. Elizabeth, 8 b. June 18, 1826; d. March 29, 1833.
747. Louisa 8 b. Sept. 29, 1829; m. Dec. 13, 1849, Samuel D.
Bardwell.
748. Elizabeth, 8 b. Aug. 20, 1833 ; m. Aug. 30, 1854, Spencer S.
Sherman, and lived in Boston.
749. Erastus S., 8 b. May 13, 1838 ; a musician.
750. Julia Ann, 8 b. Oct. 5, 1842 ; d. Jan. 7, 1846.
751. Edivard, 8 b. May 6, 1844; m. Nov. 23, 1873, Ella F. Cobb.
752. Lucy, 7 m. Jesse Gunn, and lived in Ohio.
753. George, 7 m. about 1828, Mary Ann Puffer, sister to his brother
Joseph's wife. In 1841, he was a representative to the General
Court. Children :
754. Lucy Ann, 8 b. Aug. 15, 1828; m. 1849, Austin Ayres.
755. Jane Eliza 8 b. Aug. 27, 1830 ; m. 1850, Rufus W. Stratton.
756. Lydia Helen, 8 b. Jan. 25, 1833; is dead.
757. Cyrus Clinton, 8 b. Feb. 26, 1835 ; m. 1855, Ellen L. Paige.
758. Julius Moore, 8 b. Feb. 28, 1837 ; m. Ellen Taylor.
759. Mary Augusta 8 b. June 16, 1839.
760. Hannah Sophia, 8 b. Oct. 10, 1841 ; m. 1864, James Dike.
761. Sarah Adelaide 8 b. Jan. 2, 1844; m. in 1867, Thomas E. N.
Eaton.
762. Heman Walbridge Miller, 8 b. Sept. 10, 1845.
763. Alice Eugenie 8 b. June 29, 1848; d. Aug. 29, 1849.
64 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
7G4. George Willis* b. Nov. 2, 1851 ; d. Nov. 9, 1851.
765. Erastus S., 7 b. Sept. 9, 1804; lived in Montague ; m. Oct. 7,
1847, Silinda J. Parker, of Amherst. Children:
76G. Charles F, 8 b. Sept. 9, 1848.
767. Annie S., 8 b. Feb. 4, 1852.
768. Ada H., 8 b. July 15, 1856.
769. Avery, 7 m. Feb. ] 7, 1831, Caroline A. Morse; a wheelwright by
trade, in Montague. Children :
771.' A™ryf I twins > b ' Sep*- 9 > 1839 '> { m . Aug. 12, 1863, Carrie
E. Turner, and had: i. Luckey, 9 b. Aug. 10, 1864.
772. Christopher A.* b. April 15, 1842 ; m. May 3, 1864, Angie
M. Dudley ; a tavern-keeper.
773. Cvrus, 7 m. Jan. 8, 1837, Sophia Brown. They lived in Ohio,
but returned to Montague about 1848. Children:
774. Frances, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1837, in Perry, Ohio.
775. Lawrey, 8 b. Nov. 4, 1839 ; m. March 8, 1865, Hattie M. Gunn,
Chil. : i. Lula Bell, 9 b. Jan. 24, 1866 ; H. Ernest Wellington, 9
b. March 31, 1868 ; Mi. Edward Clifton, 9 b. Aug. 3, 1870.
776. Ann Maria, 8 b. Aug. 7, 1842; m. in 1869, Sumner Ball.
777. Dicight C., 8 b. Aug. 23, 1844; m. in 1870, Mary A. Blodgett.
778. Emma S., 8 b. Aug. 10, 1846 ; m. in 1868, Edward P. Gunn.
77'J. Martin Harvey 8 b. Dec. 22, 1848; lives in Kansas.
780. Julia A., 8 b. April 1, 1851 ; teacher.
781. Horace Greeley, 8 b. Sept. 5, 1853; d. June 11, 1859.
782. Fred. 8 b. Oct. 1, 1855.
783. Julia Ann, 7 m. Charles Whitmore, and lived in Sunderland.
448
JOSnUA 6 {Ezra; Ezra,* Preserved; Preserved; Roger'), sixth son
of Ezra and Grace (Mather) Clapp, was born in Westlield, May 15,
1^94. He married. May 15, 1826, Lucia D., youngest daughter of
Hon. N. P. Denny, of Leicester. From one of a series of articles
entitled " Reminiscences of Leicester," and published in the Worces-
ter Spy, the following interesting sketch has been obtained. " Mr.
Clapp was educated at Leicester Academy, and afterwards received
his mercantile training as a clerk in the well known house of A. &
A. Lawrence, in Boston, and established himself in that city as a
commission merchant, where he had a thriving business until 1829,
when he purchased of the Saxon and Leicester Factor} 7 their large
woolen mills and privilege in the south part of this town, now known
as the Rochdale Mills, for which he paid thirty thousand dollars.
Here he put up a new mill, added largely to the capacity of the ma-
chinery, and commenced the manufacture of flannels and other woolen
goods. He named the village Clappville, and took a deep interest
in its prosperity. In 1831, he purchased the homestead-place of
Dr. Austin Flint, on the east side of the common in the centre village
of Leicester, including about twenty-nine acres of land. He removed
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 65
therefrom all the buildings, and in the following year erected the
splendid mansion house and other buildings now on the spot. No
pains or expense were spared for this purpose, and the work was
done under the supervision of one of the most thorough house build-
ers which Boston afforded. Mr. Clapp was a man impulsive in his
nature, of quick decision, great business capacity, untiring energy,
and was bold and daring in his financial speculations. In the early
stage of his manufacturing business he was successful, and acquired
a pretty large property. He was generous and almost prodigal,
not only in his personal expenses, but in his contributions to the
public. He kept a professional hunter to supply his table at all
times with the game of the field and forest, and a scientific and prac-
tical gardener who took charge of his extensive and beautiful grounds,
which were laid out with the most artistic taste, and filled with the
most rare and beautiful exotic and native plants, flowers and shrub-
bery to be found in this region. These grounds were ever open
to visitors, and many a procession on gala days and public occa-
sions marched through their walks to admire the skill and taste
displayed in the arrangement of this beautiful floral carpet. He was
liberal to the poor and generous to the public. He was one of the
principal founders of the Unitarian society of the place, and con-
tributed generously to the expense of building their church near his
residence, in 1834, and in the support of the gospel for some years
afterwards. Among his contributions to the town was a fine clock,
which was placed in the belfry of the Orthodox church near by, and
still remains there. He was a decided and active temperance man,
and, in the early days of that reform, he paid for and caused to be
distributed a weekly temperance journal to every family in town. In
1836 he purchased, at a considerable sacrifice, the only public house
then in the village, and leased it to a tenant, to be opened as a tem-
perance hotel, which was the first experiment of the kind in the place.
Although Mr. Clapp was a man of good judgment, and shrewd in his
calculations generally, his bold operations in the market were not
always successful, and in consequence of his extensive purchase of
wool and flannels about the time of the great revulsion in 1837-8 he
met with losses so great as to overthrow him, and he was obliged to
give up his manufacturing establishment, and sell the real estate,
which had cost him so much time and money, and which he had
hoped to keep for a home for himself and family. After leaving
Leicester in 1839, he engaged in the auction and commission busi-
ness in Boston, when he was suddenly cut off by sickness, and died
Nov. 8, 1841. His elder brother John, in 1839, purchased the
buildings and land, which Joshua had until that time occupied, with
all the personal property attached to the farm. His tastes were in
many respects unlike those of his brother. He was more practical
in his farming operations, and while the valuable fruit trees on the
place were cultivated and preserved, the ornamental shrubs and
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66 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
flowers were removed and gave place for more useful vegetables and
productive shrubbery. After his death in 1852, his widow took up
her residence in the house formerly owned by her father, opposite
the place here described."
The widow of Joshua still survives, spending a portion of her
time with her son in New Orleans.
Children of Joshua and Lucia D. (Denny) Clapp :
784. Sarah D., 7 b. in Boston, 1828; m., in 1852, Richard Hubbard, b.
in 1824, son of Gov. Henry Hubbard, of Charlestown, N. H.,
and d. in that town in 1872, leaving five children.
785. Helen, 7 b. in Boston, 1831 ; after the death of her father, was
for many years at the head of a prosperous school for young
ladies in Boston ; now residing in Charlestown, N. H.
786. Changing, 7 b. in Leicester, in 1836; m. Aug. 9, 1869, Susan P.
Sohier, b. in 1840, dau. of Edward D. Sohier, of Boston. He
is in business in New Orleans as a cotton broker.
475
ELISHA 6 (Jekid,* Samuel* Samuel, 3 Preserved, 5 Roger 1 ), oldest
son of Jehiel and Mary (Sheldon) Clapp, of Southampton, was born
in 1763. He moved to Norwich (now Huntington), Hampshire Co.,
Mass., where he died in February, 1825. In 1787, he married
Hannah, daughter of Roger Miller ; she died in Parma, N. Y., March
6, 1837.
Children of Elisha and Hannah (Miller) Clapp:
787. Justus Sheldon, 7 b. in 1789; drowned in the carrying away of
a dam, Aug. 21, 1826. He m. Mercy Sampson, and had:
788. Lucy* who m., and in 1871 was living in Westfield, Mass.
789. Lucius,* who m., but soon after d. of disease of the heart.
790. Alvina, 8 m., and in 1871 was living in Haydenville.
Mercy, widow of Justus S., m. a second husband.
791. Zebadiah, 7 b. Dec. 2, 1791 ; d. Aug. 12, 1862. He m. Oct. 3,
1821, Aurelia A. Hempstead, of Southampton, and had:
792. Charles Haven, 8 b. Dec. 31, 1824; m. May, 1847, Emeline B.
Sykes. Machinist in Chicopee, Mass.
793. Clara Jane 8 b. July 6, 1826 ; m. March 4, 1857, Frederic
Bradley, of New Haven, Conn.
794. Roxelana 8 b. Feb. 24, 1828; m. Frederic Ladd, of Springfield,
Mass.; d. March 17, 1854.
795. Aurelia, 8 b. Dec. 22, 1830; d. April 25, 1846.
796. Justus Sheldon, 8 b. Feb. 21, 1833 ; m. Charlotte L. Frise. A
farmer, in Shelbyville, Ind.
797. Mary Ann, 8 b. Oct. 28, 1836; d. March 9, 1838.
798. Kate, 8 b. Feb. 28, 1839 ; a teacher in Westfield, Mass.
799. Lucy Elvira, 8 b. July 22, 1841 ; m. July 4, 1863, Charles F.
Bradley, of West Stockbridge, Mass.
800. Elisha Hempstead 8 b. Nov. 21, 1845 ; m. in June, 1869, and is
a farmer in Shelbyville, Ind.
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801. Lucius, 7 b. in Feb. 1794; killed by the falling of a tree when he
was 17 years old, in February, 1811.
802. Ralph, 7 b. Jan. 19, 1796 ; graduated at Amherst College in 1825 ;
was several years a preacher in Congregational and Presbyterian
churches; then united with the Methodists. An interesting
correspondence was had with him in 1871 ; m. May 22, 1828,
Mary Dexter, of Amherst, Mass., who was b. in "Windsor, Conn.,
Oct. 17, 1800, and d. in Parma, N. Y., April 8, 1840, just one
week after the birth of their second child. He m. second, Feb.
28, 1841, Sophia Marsh; lived in Phelps, N. Y. Children by
first wife :
803. Dexter Elisha* b. June 7, 1830; m. 1853, in Lima, N. Y.,
Susan Jane Thayer, and had one child, which d. an infant ;
the mother d. in 1855. Before the war of the Rebellion, he
was a Methodist clergyman. After the war broke out, he
was appointed Captain of a company comprising the flower
of his town, and belonged to the 148th Regiment N. Y. Vols.
He afterwards raised a colored Regiment in Norfolk, Va.,
and lost one third of his men in one battle. He was breveted
Brigadier General.
804. Alfred Ralph, 8 b. April 1, 1840, in Parma, N. Y. ; was a jew-
eller ; helped raise Co. H. of the 126th Regiment, N. Y. Vol-
unteers, in the war of the Rebellion ; was Second Lieutenant,
and was killed by a shell in the battle of Harper's Ferry,
Sept. 15, 1862, being the first officer killed in the regiment.
He left his home only four weeks before, saying, " I have
given myself to God and my country, to live or die."
By second wife Sophia:
805. "Charles Lucius, 8 b. Dec. 3, 1843; was a volunteer in Co. H.,
with his brother Alfred ; subsequently a lieutenant in the
148th Regiment with Dexter E.
806. Mart, 7 b. Feb. 24, 1804 ; d. in Hillsdale, N. Y., in 1841.
504
ELISHA BASCOM 6 (Timothy; Samuel; Samuel, 5 Preserved, 2 Ro-
ger 1 ), son of Timothy and Rachel (Bascom) Clapp, was born Feb.
17, 1779. He married Sally Hale, a sister of Nathan Hale, former-
ly editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser. He lived in Westhamp-
ton, and died there Jan. 3, 1860. His house, being near the meet-
ing-house, was the favorite resort during the noon intermission on
Sundays, of many of the congregation who, coming from a distance,
sought a place where the time could be pleasantly passed. [See No.
209, p. 50.]
Children of Elisha Bascom and Sally (Hale) Clapp:
807. Philetcs, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1802; d. Oct. 22, 1804, death caused by
falling into hot fat.
808. Clarissa, 7 b. July 12, 1803; d. Nov. 16, 1861; m. Almon B.
Ludden, of Westhampton, a prominent citizen of that town.
-L-809. Otis, 7 b. March 3, 1806.
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810. Elisha, 7 b. Feb. 15, 1808 ; lives in Lockport, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 1,
1862, widow Margaret Hill. Has been sheriff of Niagara Co.,
N. Y., and a member of the New York Assembly. Was at the
Clapp Gathering at Northampton, in 1870.
811. Melissa, 7 b. Dec. 30, 1810 ; m. Sept. 13, 1831, Martin Smith, and
lived in Springfield, Mass.
812. Washington, 7 b. Nov. 21, 1812. Was a printer, having served
an apprenticeship in the Daily Advertiser office, in Boston, his
uncle, Nathan Hale, being then proprietor of that paper. He
was a man of integrity and efficient in the aid of all efforts for
the public good ; was editor and publisher of a paper in Natick,
which he ably conducted, and he d. suddenly in that town, Aug.
5,1868. He in. Mary D. Robbms. Children:
813. Thomas H.? b. May 10, 1836; m. Jennie B. Blizaixl, and 1. in
St. John, N. B. Children : i. Alice P.? b. Dec. 19, 1859.
H, Washington Murray? b. April 1, 1861. Hi, David Miller?
b. Aug. 1862. These were b. in St. John, iv, William H.?
b. in Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 1865.
814. Mary 0.? b. Sept. 22, 1837; m. Jan. 1857, William H. Hem-
enway, of Wrentham, a Captain in the war of the Rebellion,
and wounded at Fredericksburg.
815. Rebecca J.? b. July 27, 1839.
816. Nathan Hale, 8 b. April 22, 1841 ; d. Jan. 30, 1842.
817. Nathan Hale 8 b. July 12, 1843; he entered the Union army
in the war of the Rebellion, and d. in Louisiana, July, 1863.
818. Lyman Beecher? b. Feb. 22, 1845; d. Sept. 6, 1846.
819. George Li/man? b. March 30, 1848.
820. Edward Hale 8 b. Jan. 21, 1850.
821. Eliza Alice 8 b. Jan. 11, 1853.
822. Sarah, 7 b. March 6, 1815; m. Jan. 28, 1853, Hobart McCall, of
Lebanon, Ct.
823. Octavia Throop, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1818; m. March 1, 1841, Joseph
B. Boyden.
533
JASON 6 (Ebenezer* Ebenezer? Samuel? F reserved? Roger 1 ), oldest
son of Ebenezer and Nancy (Tileston) Clapp, was born Nov. 5,
1782, and died Oct. 1868. He was an extensive carriage builder in
Pittsfield, and a large stage owner and mail contractor ; also twice
a Representative to the General Court from that town. He married
first, Patience Stockbridge ; second, widow Cecilia Luce, maiden
name Eklredge. From a sketch of his life, published in the Coach-
maker's Magazine for September, 1858, ten years before his death,
a few detached extracts are taken :
" His boyhood was spent in Northampton. He attended a com-
mon school a portion of the time, until the age of seventeen, when
he was apprenticed to the carriage-making business, in the shop of
James Dunham. He received as his wages only eight dollars a year,
in addition to his board, and on the conclusion of his apprenticeship,
was in debt to a relative $60, for necessary clothing, which he soon
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 69
paid. At the age of twenty-one years, he was induced, by the late
Lemuel Pomeroy, Esq., of Pittsiield, to become the foreman of his
carriage manufactory, and continued in that capacity for six years.
On the conclusion of his apprenticeship, it was his intention to es-
tablish a carriage factory at Utica, New York, but the inducements
offered by Mr. Pomeroy changed his determination. He commenced
business for himself, in Pittsiield, in the year 1810. The description
of carriages first made were the Boston chaises. Phaetons and
ribbed wagons were afterwards much used, and made by Mr. Clapp.
Light carriages, buggies, and the most costly coaches were also made
at his factory. Some, in the highest style of the art, were sold in
the New York and Boston markets as high as $1,500 each. The
carriage presented to President Pierce, by some of his friends in
Boston, was made by Messrs. Jason Clapp and Son (the latter being
connected with him in business), and has been pronounced by good
judges to have been equal, if not superior, in fine workmanship, to
any carriage ever made in America. Medals for the best coaches
have been awarded him by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic
Association. Mr. Clapp in 1 856 had had about 300 apprentices,' most
of whom turned out well. The number of men usually employed has
varied from 40 to 50. It was a remark of Mr. Eaton, the head of
the eminent firm of Eaton & Gilbert, Coach and Car Builders of
Troy, N. Y., that ' the oldest man has never known a wheel made by
Jason Clapp to wear out!' His energy and devotion to business
are well shown in an anecdote often repeated in the village where
he resided. He was once taken ill, and his physician, the late Dr.
Oren Wright, was sent for by his wife. He came, and left a pre-
scription, and directed that the patient should remain, in the house and
be quiet. On calling the next day to see his patient, he found him
in his yard, giving directions to his men ; and, on approaching, Mr.
Clapp remarked, ' Doctor, I am busy now; can't attend to you; you
must call another time.'"
At his funeral, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Todd, of
Pittsfield, from which is copied the following brief notice of his life
and character :
"Jason Clapp was an old man — very few of us can expect to be
as old, and yet nobody was ready to have him taken away. He had
lived here so long that he seemed to be a permanent part of the
town. Few men have died leaving in the memory of their survivors
so little to mourn over, so little to be covered up, so little to mar
the beautiful symmetry of his character At the great age of
nearly eighty-six he has completed his course on earth, and has gone
to the dead, regretted and mourned, honored and loved by all that
knew him. I have seldom known the man whom, with more confi-
dence, I could hold up as a model for our young men to study and
copy. He began business on a small scale — never asking a man or
a bank to lend him a dollar, never asked a note discounted, never
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asked any one to endorse for him. I doubt whether he was ever
sued at law. Slowly, steadily and surely he advanced, till he stood at
the very head of his business — the man whose word was a warrantee,
whose workmanship was as perfect as care and labor could make it
— and whose productions were considered an honor to possess.
Everybody knew that he was incapable of doing a mean action, or
putting off anything that was not worthy. There was a patient,
quiet, careful industry about him that noiselessly brought out great
results. And his natural judgment was so good that whether he
took up farming or mechanism, he was alike successful. So true
was this judgment that he became one of the most self-reliant men I
ever knew. While many sought his advice and judgment, I do not
recollect that I ever heard of his needing to seek the advice of others.
And yet, notwithstanding this strong, sound judgment, he was one of
the most modest men I ever knew. As a man of gentle, kind feel-
ings, very few meu equalled Mr. Clapp. As evidence and illustra-
tion of this, the men in his employment felt the highest confidence,
respect and love for him. Where else could you find so many men
in the employment of one man, who have been in his service — none
less than ten years, and some for half a century? It was a melan-
choly, but a beautiful sight, when these men gathered around his
coffin, and were the gentle pall-bearers — as if lifting the remains of
a father ! What I would next add is that our friend was a
modest, unobtrusive, but sincere Christian."
Children of Jason and wife :
824. Maria. 7
825. Edwin, 7 lived in Pittsfield; m. first, Emily Peck, of Pittsfield ;
second, Mary Martin, also of Pittsfield.
826. Lyman, 7 m. Helen Briggs, and had two daughters, who lived in
Pittsfield.
534
EBENEZER 6 (Ebenezer, 5 Ebenezer, 4 Samuel, 3 Preserved, 3 Roger'),
second son of Ebenezer and Nancy (Tileston) Clapp, was born
March 23, 1786; a farmer in Chesterfield, but learned the printing
business, and for many years printed the Hampshire Gazette. He
married, June 1, 1807, Lucy Lee, who was born June 10, 1787.
Children of Ebenezer and Lucy (Lee) Clapp:
827. Susan Tilestone, 7 b. March 22, 1808; m. Nov. 27, 1832,
William C. Rice, a merchant of New York.
828. Jane Ann, 7 b. Sept. 21, 1809; m. July 2,-1834, Isaac Goodspeed,
and d. Oct. 22, 1834, three months after marriage.
829. William Mortimer, 7 b. May 22, 1811 ; d. Jan. 15, 1838, unm.
830. Adeline, 7 b. April 19, 1813; m. Oct. 6, 1836, David C. Smith;
she d. in the State of Illinois about 1867, and her husband d.
about 1868.
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831. Alfred, 7 b. March 6, 1815 ; m. Nov. 6, 1836, Ann L. Wendell,
of Albany.
832. Lucy Mari, 7 b. Jan. 15, 1817; m. Jan. 15, 1839, Sylvanus
Clapp, M.D. (No. 847), of Pawtucket, R. I., a prominent physi-
cian of that place, and the presiding officer at the second Clapp
Family Meeting, at Nantasket, in 1873.
833. Ebenezer Lee, 7 b. April 1, 1819 ; m. June, 1844, Catharine Bull,
of Hartford, Conn. ; live in Lee Centre, Lee Co., Illinois.
834. Henry, 7 b. Jan. 5, 1823; m. April 23, 1844, Ann Ely, who d.
some years since ; they lived in Lee Centre, 111., and had chil-
dren :
835. Mary L., s b. March 11, 1845 ; m. April 27, 1864, Egbert D.
Shaw, who was the first child b. in Bradford, Lee County,
111. Mary L. came from her home to attend the second Clapp
Gathering in 1873, but was prevented by ill health from being
present.
836. Howard Z., 8 b. May 3, 1846; d. April 18, 1864.
837. Ely Alfred, 6 b. Aug. 20, 1851 ; d. April 3, 1855.
838. Era A"., 8 b. Aug. 10, 1854.
839. Fletcher Z>., 8 b. October 23, 1858.
840. Harriet, 7 twin sister of Henry, 7 b. Jan. 5, 1823; m. July 10,
1844, David Rice, M.D., of Leverett, Mass.
841. Fayette, 7 b. in Chesterfield, June 5, 1824; m. Catharine Lynch,
of Columbia, Mo.; d. Sept., 1864, of chronic diarrhoea, contract-
ed in Gen. Bank's Red River Expedition in the War of the
Rebellion. When 14 years of age, he left his home for Albany,
N. Y. After a clerkshi]) of about three years, he went to Hart-
ford, Conn., and engaged in business. While there, he resolved
to devote himself to the ministry, and entered Williston Semi-
nary, Easthampton, in 1843, and prepared for College. He
graduated at Brown University in 1848. His plan for studying
theology was now changed, and he decided to enter the medical
profession, and attended lectures at Harvard medical school, at
the same time pursuing his medical studies with his brother-in-
law, Dr. S. Clapp, of Pawtucket, R. I. Before the time for
graduation, he was induced to attach himself to a company of
adventurers to the then newly discovered mines in California,
where his medical and surgical knowledge being m demand, he
engaged in active practice in this line, and soon rose to the fore-
most rank in his profession. Some time was also spent in the
Sandwich Islands, where he was specially employed by the king
in the treatment of cases of smallpox and in vaccination. In
1854 he returned with impaired health to his native State, be-
came a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was
honored with a degree from one of the Medical Colleges in Phil-
adelphia. He afterwards removed to Dixon, 111., and from
thence to Columbia, Boon Co., Missouri, where he married an
estimable Southern lady, was rising rapidly in his profession,
and where the rebellion of 1861 found him. A severe trial now
awaited him. The majority of his friends in his new home were
secessionists, and they urged him by every inducement to es-
pouse the Southern cause. But no persuasion or reasoning
could influence him in deviating from what he considered the
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path of duty, and he remained a staunch and consistent unionist,
which drew upon him and his family much bitter opposition and
proscription. His services in the Union cause were soon de-
manded. In Nov., 1861, he entered as surgeon on Gen. Fremont's
Staff. He was afterwards detached as Surgeon of the 5th Ohio
Battery, and in December was ordered to Jefferson City to estab-
lish hospitals and look after the comfort of the soldiers. In the
summer of 1862, he was in charge of the Fourth Street Hospital in
St. Louis, in care of our soldiers and of the wounded prisoners
from Fort Donaldson and Shiloh. Worn out by hard work in
these hospitals, he resigned his commission in October, 1862. In
the same month, however, the Sanitary Commission at St.
Louis was appealed to for a surgeon to the fleet, not only
qualified to act in his professional capacity, but also possessed of
such qualities of heart as to secure the kind treatment of the
seamen under his care. Dr. Clapp was summoned by this call
from his short retirement, and did not feel at liberty to decline.
In December, 1862, he was accordingly appointed Surgeon of
the U. S. Steamer Marmora, and accompanied the Yazoo Pass
Expedition. He was afterwards transferred to the Benton, then
again to the Marmora, and was on the latter (or the Louisville)
when a portion of our fleet ran the blockade at Vicksburg. He
continued to act as surgeon on board the vessels of the fleet until
June, 1864, when he was compelled, by disease contracted while
on the Red River, where his labors had been unusually severe, to
return to his home. In the words of the Memorial of " Brown
University in the Civil War," from which many of these facts have
been gleaned, " By the wayside and in hospitals, on the field and on
the vessel's deck, he had given succor to many sick and wounded
soldiers and sailors ; but so long had he lingered at his post, that
his strength was now well-nigh exhausted." The country around
his Missouri home was at that time infested with guerilla bands,
and Dr. Clapp's friends deemed it unsafe for him to remain
there, and an asylum was sought for him among his brothers and
sisters then residing in Lee Centre, Lee County, 111. Here,
" under the watchful care of his faithful wife and of the loved
ones of his own family, he lingered till September, 1864, when
he peacefully breathed his last, happy in the assurance of a rest
from all his toils, in a land where there is no war, no loss of
friends, and no more death. He was buried in a cemetery near
Lee Centre, where, in memory of his virtues and faithful services,
his comrades of the U. S. Steamer Louisville have erected a
marble monument. ' Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.' "
Dr. Clapp is represented as a man of fine personal appearance,
of more than ordinary talents, and with a heart out of which
flowed the noblest impulses. His virtues "strengthened with
advancing years, and gained for him valuable friends in every
field of labor in which his lot was cast." Three children were
born to him in Missouri, all of whom d. in infancy or early child-
hood.
842. Ruggles Woodbridge, 7 b. Dec. 1, 1826; m. Jan. 12, 1848,
Emily Bryant, of Chesterfield, Mass., who has since died.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 73
843. James, 7 b. March 19, 1828; d. same day.
844. Edwin, 7 b. Nov. 17, 1829 ; m. Oct. 22, 1855, Isabella Rowland, of
Rowlandsville, Cecil Co., Md. He graduated at Amherst Col-
lege in 1849 ; taught school for fifteen years; had charge of the
West Nottingham Academy in Cecil Co., Maryland, for three
years, and was Principal of Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., for
twelve years; then moved to Pawtucket, R. I., read law, and
was admitted to the bar. Was soon after appointed to the bench
of the Court of Magistrates, a court taking cognizance of minor
civil and criminal cases, which position he occupied until by a
recent partition of the town of North Providence the greater part
of his jurisdiction was set off to Providence and the rest to the
town of Pawtucket. Since that time, he has devoted himself to
literary pursuits generally. He has rendered valuable assistance
in furnishing information for this " Memorial." Children :
845. Mary Rowland? b. Feb. 13, 1857 ; d. March 29, 1858.
846. Margaret Rowland? b. Nov. 19, 1859.
546
BEL A P. 6 (Sylvanus, 5 Ebenezer* Samuel, 3 Preserved,' 2 Roger 1 ),
oldest son of Sylvanus and Charity (Pierce) Clapp, was born No-
vember 6, 1792; died in Williamsburg, September 4, 1856. He
was educated at Westfield Academy ; was a merchant in Westhamp-
ton for a few years in early life, then gave up mercantile business
and devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was chosen
one of the Selectmen of the town several years, and Representative
to the Legislature for five or six successive years, one year the vote
being unauimous. In the year 1834, he removed to Chesterfield, and
again devoted his attention to mercantile business. He was again
chosen Representative to the Legislature. After a few years' resi-
dence here, he purchased a farm in Williamsburg, when he again
turned his attention to agriculture. Here he was chosen to represent
the town in the Massachusetts Legislature, but declined to serve.
He was often chosen to settle estates and perform the various duties
of Justice of the Peace. He occupied various other positions of
honor, trust and responsibility in the different towns in which he
lived. He married, March 2, 1815, Cynthia Carr, of Stonington, Ct.
Children of Bela P. and Cynthia (Carr) Clapp:
+847. Sylvanus, 7 b. Nov. 22, 1815.
848. Mary P., 7 b. Jan. 15,1817; m. Elnathan Graves, of Williams-
burg, Mass.
849. Francis, 7 b. Sept. 15, 1818 ; d. Dec. 3, 1837.
850. Franklin, 7 b. Oct. 17, 1820; m. first, Sept. 9, 1851, Susan W.
Fuller; m. second, May 14, 1862, Harriet P. Hillman. He is
a farmer, and lives in Williamsburg.
851. Laura Ann, 7 b. Oct. 15, 1821 ; d. unm. Aug. 29, 1844.
852. Willard S., 7 b. July 18, 1824; m. Feb. 3, 1852, Sarah Pratt.
He is a merchant in Williamsburg.
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853. Lyman, 7 b. July 18, 1827; m. Feb. 10, 1858, Abigail A. Billings.
Is a manufacturer in Providence, R. I.
854. Bela P., 7 b. May 24, 1830; m. first, Sept. 29, 1856, Eliza M.
Hopkins; second, June 10, 1863, Sarah Anne Hopkins. He is
a manufacturing chemist in Pawtucket, R. I.
547
RALPH 6 (Sylvanus, 5 Ebenezer* Samuel, 3 Preserved? Roger l ),hro-
ther of the preceding, was born in Westhampton, Aug. 11, 1795, and
died March 6, 1850. He married, Nov. 11, 1815, Fanny Bartlett,
who was born June 6, 1795, and died July 14, 1874, aged 79.
Children of Ralph and Fanny (Bartlett) Clapp :
855. Dexter, 7 b. in Westhampton, July 15, 1816; m. Sept. 1, 1840,
Susan F., dau. of Warren Preston, Esq., of Bangor, Me. A
Unitarian minister of high standing, and very much beloved by
all who knew him. He graduated at Amherst College in 1839,
and after fitting himself for the ministry at the Cambridge Di-
vinity School, and preaching for a time at Deerfield, Mass., he
accepted a call from a religious society in Savannah, Ga., over
which he was ordained in November, 1843. His health faijing,
he returned to the North, and in December, 1846, was installed
over the church in West Roxbury, Mass., from which Rev.
Theodore Parker had lately removed to Boston. In 1851, he
accepted a call from the East Church in Salem to become the
colleague of the Rev. Dr. Flint, and was installed as such Dec.
17, of that year. He remained at this post for ten years, when
failing health made it necessary to sever a relation in which he
had become endeared to his people by ties the most intimate and
sacred. After that time he struggled on, with the burden of his
consumptive complaints pressing more and more heavily upon
him, but all borne with Christian fortitude and resignation, till
July 27, 1868, when he passed away. His funeral on the 29th
was, in compliance with his request, informal and private ; but
on the first Sunday of September a Memorial Service was held
at the East Church, when a sermon was preached by the Rev.
Dr. Ellis, of Boston, which was afterwards printed, and from
which the following extracts are taken :
" He was a born minister. He did not choose the profession,
the profession chose him. He was foreordained to it. He could
not have been anything else. Even as nature secretes the life-
juices of plant and animal, so there comes, not as often as we
could wish, and yet not seldom, this blessed aptitude for sacred
meditation, discourse, appeal, and the ministry goes before and
also outlives all schools of the prophets so called."
"The story of our friend's life is easily told. It was not
eventful ; it differed from the common lot chiefly in the fact that
he might almost be said to have been either always falling into
or always recovering from sicknesses. It was the life of an
obedient child in the household, of a diligent student, a devoted
pastor, an affectionate husband, a faithful friend, rich rather in
human experience thau in those incidents which outwardly signal
an earthly course."
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" His power as a preacher lay not so much in what he thought
and said as in what he was ; the argument, the exposition, the
illustration, were of small significance compared with the faith,
hope and love which through them pressed for utterance and
arrested and fixed attention. He confidently made his appeal
to what was deepest and most universal. He was sure that what
was bread to him must be bread to others. He did not come
down to the world's plane, and strive to amuse those who were
gathered, or ought to have been gathered, for the most serious
business of their lives ; he did not lose sight of the substantial
gospel lesson in the accidental illustration, but still came back to
the reality aud the root of the matter, even at the hazard of seem-
ing to say all the time but one thing, as when the Apostle John
still exhorted his disciples to love one another. And so, where
large and various learning and ingenious reasoning and skilful
analysis and a brilliant rhetoric would have failed, he was suc-
cessful ; not indeed in gathering a crowd of curious hearers, eager
to experience some new and nominally religious sensation, but
in reachiug those whose hearts were open to Christian instruction,
and in impressing even upon worldly persons the realities of the
divine kingdom."
" Our friend was by nature and by training a scholar, with no
small skill and no little discernment in those things which the
scholar prizes ; no writer of verses, but a dear lover of poetry ;
no metaphysician, but with a strong love of metaphysics; no
politician, but a close observer of public affairs ; and so, spite of
his many infirmities, his sermons were of no mean quality, even
when tried by the scholar's standards."
" He was singularly blessed in the capacity of loving and ex-
pressing love. His sympathies were very deep and tender, and
the channels from the heart were all unobstructed ; there was a
beating pulse in his very fingers' ends that never suffered the
invalid's hand to become cold ; his greeting was his own ; it ex-
pressed a kind of glad surprise, as if his delight in companionship
were a fresh amazement to him. He had that fine tact which in
the presence of great sorrow knows how often silence is better
than speech, a speechless confession of the mystery than any
ingenious discourse about it. He might well, like one of
old, have been surnamed Barnabas, the son of consolation, and
when he could no longer go about to comfort the bereaved, he
loved to send a word, written often in great outward weakness, —
a word which was always a blessing. He was by nature a man
of singular refinement, incapable of any coarseness, sweet and
gentle, and clean from the very core of his being, — one of the
few men in whose presence foul lips would instinctively become
silent, as rough people pause when a woman comes within hear-
ing. A childless man, his heart went out towards the young,
and they brought their thoughts and works to him, in sure reli-
ance upon his eager interest and efficient service. I do not think
that he was a stranger anywhere. If sickness came upon him
away from his home, and that was pretty sure to happen, there
were always those who found delight in ministering, and would
inquire about him ever after, as they who unawares bad inherited
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a great blessing. Where he failed of completeness, he seemed
to be misled by his desire to be at one with those about him.
This was his weaker side, for, like all of us, he had a weaker
side, that he sometimes sought for agreements where he should
have been content with antagonisms."
" A sick man a large part of his days, he had an appreciation
of life such as you will not often find even in the strongest and
healthiest. Somewhere within him there was a fountain of sun-
light and sun warmth and perennial health, and its streams
would not be hindered in their flow. You went to see him in
sickness, and, sick as he was, he was in better health than you
were, and unspeakably more cheery. I think that the life in
him kept him in this world, if such a thing be possible, beyond
his time. For that spirit almost any organism sufficed ; but it
could not, happily for him, suffice always."
856. Esther, 7 b. Jan. 6, 1820 ; d. unm., July 30, 1857.
857. Charles C., 7 b. June 27, 1828 ; m. June 12, 18G2, Sarah M.
Bryant ; live in Northampton. Children :
858. Charles Ralph, 8 b. Oct. 6, 1863.
859. Frederick Dexter, 8 b. April 13, 1867.
860. Ellery Channing? b. Oct. 2, 1871.
608
MED AD 6 (Jonathan? Jonathan? Roger? Preserved? Roger 1 ), son
of Jonathan and Margaret (Roquel) Clapp, of Easthampton, was
born July 15, 1786, and died July 29, 1853. He lived upon his
lather's place in Easthampton, and married, May 27, 1819, Betsey
Stebbins.
Children of Medad and Betsey (Stebbins) Clapp :
861. Jonathan Laurens, 7 b. Feb. 23, 1820 ; d. Sept. 24, 1829.
862. Lafayette, 7 b. Aug. 5, 1824; m. Sept. 24, 1851, Sarah R.
Chamberlain. He is actively engaged in business at Easthamp-
ton ; has been Selectman for several years, and also one of the
School Committee of the town; in 1860, was Representative to
the General Court ; during most of the war of the Rebellion,
was in the Union service in various capacities ; for many years,
has been connected with the Internal Revenue as Assistant
Assessor, &c. He was prominent and efficient in the getting up
of the Family Gathering of the Clapps in Northampton in
1870, and attended and took part in the second meeting, in
1873. Children:
863. Lafayette, 8 b. Jan. 23, 1853.
864. Norris Stebbins, 8 b. July 14, 1855.
617
THADDEUS 6 (Joseph? Jonathan? Roger? Preserved? Roger'),
son of Joseph and Hannah (Lyman) Clapp, was born March 31,
1770. In 1808, he was chosen Deacon of the church, in Easthamp-
ton, and was continued in that office thirty-three years. He kept
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the tavern which was first opened by his grandfather, Major Jona-
than, and kept successively by his uncle Jonathan, his father Joseph
and brother Luther, extending over a period of nearly or quite a
hundred years, being the only public house in Easthampton, and
patronized by most of the travel from Hartford and N. Haven to the
north. He, also, in connection with his father, carried on a fulling
mill. Was the first Justice of the Peace in the town, its Treasurer
for twenty years, and also Selectman ; was Representative to the
General Court twelve years, and Delegate to the Constitutional
Convention of the State. In 1812, he was appointed by the town
a Delegate to the County Convention, held at Northampton, for the
purpose of " considering the duty of the government upon the war
question;" was also Postmaster of the town. He was a very
worthy man, and all his public duties were efficiently and acceptably
performed. He married Achsah Parsons.
Children of Thaddeus and Achsah (Parsons) Clapp :
865. Phtlexa, 7 m. Spencer Clark.
866. Thaddeus, 7 b. March 29, 1792. A woollen manufacturer in
Pittsfield, Mass.
— j— 867. Theodore, 7 twin brother of Thaddeus, b. March 29, 1792; d.
April 17, 1866.
868. Mart, 7 m. Justus Merrill, a farmer, of Pittsfield.
+869. Luther, 7 b. Jan. 3, 1805.
870. Elvira, 7 m. Ansel Bartlett, of Brecksville, Ohio.
871. Thornton W., 7 graduated at Williams College in 1830 ; Prof, of
Mathematics in Washington Coll., Miss. ; studied for the minis-
try, and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
660
LEVI 6 (Charles," Simeon* Roger, 9 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), oldest son
of Charles and Abigail (Clark) Clapp, was born Feb. 11, 1794.
He was a merchant in Worcester, Mass. He married, first, Nov. 16,
1815, Sarah Huntington, who was born Nov. 4, 1793, and died Feb.
6, 1821; second, Oct. 15, 1821, Laura Drury, who was born May
10, 1798, and died Aug. 20, 1847; third, Feb. 22, 1848, Caroline
C. Kent, who was born March 19, 1812. He died Dec. 7, 1854.
Children of Levi and 1st wife Sarah (Huntington) Clapp:
872. Lewis Huntington, 7 b. Nov. 6, 1816; m. July 1, 1840, Mary
E. Granger. Served as a soldier during the war with Mexico,
and was under Gen. Scott from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexi-
co ; was also in many battles during the war of the Rebellion.
Child :
873. Sarah H., s b. April 29, 1841 ; m. Henry Payson, and lived in
Haydenville, Mass.
-4-874. Alexander Huntington, 7 b. Sept. 1, 1818.
875. William Taylor, 7 b. Jan. 17, 1821 ; m. May 19, 1846, Ophelia
E. Billings. They live in California. Children :
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876. Frederick Arthur* b. April 27, 1850.
877. Jennie Huntington* b. Nov. 4, 1856.
878. William Billings* b. April 11, 1861.
Children of Levi and 2d wife Laura (Drury) Clapp :
879. John Drury, 7 b. Sept. 14, 18*22; a farmer in Deerfielcl.
880. Sarah Huntington, 7 b. April 12, 1824; m. Nov. 27, 1851,
Henry J. Holmes, and had two sons; d. May 29, 1869.
881. Jane, 7 b. Feb. 10, 1826; d. Sept. 24, 1836.
882. Frederick Augustus, 7 b. June 21, 1828; m. Aug. 23,1849,
Elizabeth A. Moody ; is doing a large business in Worcester.
Children :
883. Ada Elizabeth* b. July 16, 1850.
884. Alexander Huntington* b. Aug. 24, 1857.
885. Julia Maria, 7 b. June 28, 1833; m. Feb. 1, 1853, Jonah H.
Bigelow.
886. Emily Jane, 7 b. Feb. 26, 1837; m. Aug. 14, 1862, Rev. William
A. Bushee, and had four children.
Children of Levi and 3d wife Caroline C. (Kent) Clapp:
887. George Kent, 7 b. June 15, 1850; d. Nov. 26, 1853.
888. Edward Bemis, 7 twin brother of George K., is with his brother
Frederick A., in Worcester.
669
JAMES 6 {Thomas, 5 Thomas* Thomas, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of
Thomas and Huldah (Bull) Clapp, was born Dec. 20, 1785 ; died Jan.
8, 1854, aged 68 years. He married Julia Butler, and resided in Ox-
ford, N. Y. He was a lawyer of uncommon ability ; and the proceed-
ings of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, on the news
of his death, show that he was held in great respect by the members
of the bar and the Judges of the Court, as he was also by his fellow-
citizens. At his funeral, Gov. Dickinson, Gov. Tracy, Judge Gray,
Judge Mason, and Messrs. Yanderlyn, Cook, Clark and Mygatt
officiated as pall-bearers. The members of the bar attended in a
body from the Supreme Court, then in session near by, and every
mark of respect was shown in his honor. The following are the
resolutions passed at an adjourned meeting of the members of the
Court, Jan. 11, 1854:
" Resolved, That the members of the bar, attending this term of the
Supreme Court, have heard with deep sorrow of the sad dispensation of
Providence, which has deprived the profession of OHe of its most honored
ornaments, in the recent death of James Clapp. As a lawyer, he was
distinguished for learning, eloquence and spotless integrity ; as a member of
society, respected for his high social merits, his pure morals, his clear sense
of justice and eminent example before his fellow-men ; and in all the more
delicate and interesting relations of life, beloved and revered for his domes-
tic virtues and affections ; that his brethren will long and faithfully cherish
his memory, and commend his long and useful professional career as emi-
nently worthy of imitation.
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"Resolved, That we tender to the members of the family and relatives of
the deceased the assurance of our sympathy and condolence in their painful
and afflicting bereavement, and that a copy of these proceedings be trans-
mitted to them accordingly."
In his speech at this meeting, Abial Cook, Esq., said : " Mr. Clapp
was a model lawyer, always respected and admired ; he was an or-
nament to his profession, and his example should be held up to
young men as worthy of imitation."
Children of James and Julia (Butler) Clapp :
889. Benjamin C, 7 b. about 1822 ; a lawyer, and a man of much
talent. He had his name altered to Butler, after his mother's
father.
890. James. 7 • 891. Mart. 7
892. Julia B., 7 m. Walter L. Newbury, of Chicago, a man of great
wealth, and who d. on his passage to Europe in 18G8.
893. Nicholas B., 7 b. about 1830 ; lived in Chicago ; m. Mary
McMahon, and had a dau. Minnie. 2,
673
JOHN 6 (Thomas, 5 Thomas, 4 Thomas, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), son of
Thomas and Huldah (Bull) Clapp, was born August 22, 1801 ; mar-
ried Lydia Strong, June 23, 1829, and lives in Binghamton, N. Y.
He is a lawver of high standing, and a most estimable and accom-
plished gentleman. His speech at the Clapp Meeting at Northamp-
ton, in 1870, printed in the Proceedings of that meeting, exhibits
the sprightly flow of his wit and humor. He is a very dear friend
of the compiler of this " Memorial," who first became acquainted
with him in this manner: In a list of U. S. Postmasters, I found the
name of John Clapp, of Norwich, Oxford Co., N. Y. I immedi-
ately wrote to him, and found in his reply that he was deeply inter-
ested in the subject of his progenitors. Before long, he came to
Dorchester, introduced himself and wife, and almost the next words
he said were, "I came here to find out who I am." His many
excellent qualities were soon made manifest, and revealed why his
home, as I afterwards found to be the case, was such a resort for
the intellectual and refined of his numerous friends and acquaintance.
During a correspondence with him for about thirty years, his letters
have never lost their interest, and all have been fit for publication
as they left his hand. After frequent visits between us, and hours of
conversation on many and various subjects, the enjoyment of our
friendly intercourse continues unabated. The following brief ab-
stract of his life and character was, at my request, written by the
Hon. S. S. Randall, LL.D., an eminent lawyer formerly living in the
same county with Mr. Clapp, who studied law with him, and was
subsequently distinguished as Superintendent of the Schools of New
York State 15 years, and of the city of New York about 17 years.
Mr. Randall writes : — .
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" The life of John Clapp, extending, as it does, over a period of
more than than three-score years and ten, although strikingly devoid
of strongly marked incidents, is, nevertheless, one of no ordinary
interest from its harmonious development and exhibition of character
and culture. Left, by the death of both his parents, at a period of
life so early as to leave no glimmering recollection of either; trans-
ferred to the guardianship of his elder brother James, and accom-
panying him and his law partner, William M. Price, at an early
period of the century, to the primitive little settlement of Oxford, on
the Chenango river, and in the newly organized county of that name,
where, under their auspices, and especially those of his brother, he
completed a course of elementary, higher and professional instruc-
tion ; passing his novitiate experience as a lawyer in one of the
rudest frontier settlements of the county ; emerging, speedily, from
this rough but, doubtless, healthful and invigorating process of prac-
tical communion with the rudiments of civilization into a prosperous
and successful partnership with one of the leading and most influen-
tial advocates and counsellors of the county at Norwich, the county-
seat ; succeeding, after a brief interval, to the business of the firm ;
fulfilling for more than ten years, gracefully and acceptably, the irk-
some and responsible duties of public prosecutor in criminal cases ;
forming, during this period, a most fortunate and happy matrimonial
connection with an amiable and gifted lady — Lydia, daughter of
Cyrus Strong, Esq. ; defeated in a vigorous and animated political
contest with a formidable and practised opponent for the represen-
tation of the district in the lower house of Congress ; transferred to
a permanent home on the banks of the Susquehannah, where he
again set up his household gods — destined all too soon to be mourn-
fully shattered, by the removal from its earthly tabernacle of a dearly
loved daughter — Rosalind, of rare beauty and accomplishments, the
delight of his eyes and the treasure of his heart; these comprise, in
substance, the outward and prominent features of this long life. Let
us briefly analyze its interior results; by far the most important.
"In all these various relations of a long life — as a man, a brother,
a husband and father, an honored member of a noble profession, an
ever welcome accession to the social circle, and an active citizen of
a large and flourishing community — Mr. Clapp was uniformly truth-
ful, sincere, single-hearted and upright. In his intercourse with the
world around him— in all his business transactions, his social and
domestic enjoyments, his literary culture and tastes, his fixed princi-
ples of moral obligations and ethical requirements, his fine apprecia-
tion of the beauty and grandeur of nature, and his utter abnegation
of self where the rights and claims, the distresses and calamities of
others were concerned — he seems to have borne himself bravely,
honestly and victoriously in the great battle of life. Well versed in
all the elements, principles and practice of his profession, he attained
a high standing among his legal associates; and was distinguished
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for fidelity, promptness, and scrupulous integrity in the management
of the important pecuniary interests from time to time committed
by his clients to his care. As a scholar, his mind was a treasure-
house of the beautiful thoughts and conceptions of genius. He was
passionately fond of books, and familiar with Shakspeare, Milton,
Burns, Byron, and their great contemporaries and successors, and
with the various works of the ancient and modern historians.
"His success in life was, unquestionably, chiefly due to his energy,
perseverance, and strict adherence to the great fundamental princi-
ples of honesty, uprightness, and unswerving integrity. Substan-
tially aloof from the distraction and turbulence of the world, its
political commotions and personal animosities, his happiest years
have been spent in the domestic and social circles, in the reciproca-
tion of kind and loving acts, in the cultivation of all the faculties of
his mind and heart, and in the conscientious discharge of duty to
God and man."
Mr. and Mrs. Clapp are in the enjoyment of a moderate degree of
good health, in part preserved to them by occasional pleasant, and
sometimes distant, excursions abroad.
Children of John and Lydia (Strong) Clapp:
894. Cyrus Strong, 7 b. April 17, 1830 ; m. Oct. 1862, Harriet Evans,
of New Jersey. Children :
895. Ernestine, 8 b. July 12, 1863.
896. John 8 b. Oct. 24, 1865.
897. Rosalind, 7 b. Feb. 24, 1834; d. Jan. 15, 1852.
678
DERASTUS 7 {Rosa-ell, 6 Preserved; Preserved; Preserved; Pre-
served 2 , Roger 1 ), second son of Roswell and Rachel (Stevens) Clapp,
was born May 1, 1792, at Claremont, N. H. For many years a pro-
minent constable and detective in the town and city of Boston. He
was appointed to the office of constable by the elder Mayor Quincy
in 1828, and was re-appointed every succeeding year to 1874. In
1832 and four years after he was captain of a ward militia company
in Boston ; was member of the "Soul of the Soldiery" several years,
also of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company five or six
years, of the Handel and Haydn Musical Society thirty-two years,
and of the Bunker Hill Monument Association from its organiza-
tion. He was married, Feb. 15, 1818, to Susannah Bowditch, of
Braintree, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Bowditch, and born
April 15, 1795. After Mr. Clapp had become advanced in years,
his official duties consisted in serving orders of notice issued by the
City Clerk, and afterwards those issued by the Superintendent of
Streets and the Street Commissioners, in certain portions of the city.
Much travel was required in this work. In January, 1874, a sprain
of the cords of the right leg very much disabled him, but lie contin-
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ued his duties till September, when he was obliged to employ an
assistant, and October 1, 1874, " being completely broken down,"
as he says, and after constable and police services for forty-six years,
he retired from official duties. Many now living can remember
the confidence which was formerly reposed in him as a successful
detecter of crime, and the dread which was associated with the name
of " Constable Clapp " among those who had reason to fear an ar-
rest. He himself gives some interesting reminiscences of his official
duties in the Boston Traveller of Oct. 26, 1874. He says that 136
prisoners arrested by him were sent to the State Prison, and several
hundred to the House of Correction, and that many thousand dollars
worth of stolen property have been recovered by him and restored
to its owners. For twenty years, he was the only acting detective in
the city. Many petty annoyances were experienced by him, arising
from the ignorance of applicants for his assistance. He relates the
following: " Once a stranger called at my office, and said he had
had his gold watch stolen from him, and wished to recover the same
that da}\ I inquired if he had suspicion of any one, and he said he
had none. All he knew was that his watch was stolen, and he
seemed to think that was all the information that I needed." He
speaks of his labors, in 1846 and afterwards, as a truant officer, and
of his success with one assistant, in carrying into the public schools
large numbers of truants from every part of the city. He discards
the idea that his constant familiarity with criminals has had any
tendency to harden his feelings. On the contrary, he thinks that the
anxiety and sufferings of the friends and relatives of the accused
and their intercessions with him in their behalf have had the oppo-
site effect. He does think, however, that the firm and long continued
grips required for so many years, in catching and holding criminals
under arrest, have injuriously affected the joints of his right hand,
which even now are tender and sensitive under the gentler and
kindly greetings of old friends and acquaintances. Mr. Clapp
believes in the doctrine of treating criminals with kindness, and
thinks that this course tends often to the benefit of the public in the
additional information by this means obtained in regard to the re-
covery of stolen goods and the arrest of other offenders. For a great
many years, Mr. Clapp's office was at No. 3 Franklin Avenue, Boston,
but during the last few years of his official duties a comfortable office
in the basement of the City Hall was appropriated for his use. Mr.
Clapp was present at the Family Gathering in Northampton in 1870,
and, though 78 years old, was stronger than many present much
younger in years. He and his wife are living in Hudson st., Boston.
Children of Derastus and Susannah (Bowditch) Clapp:
898. Susan Olivia, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1819 ; m. Dr. James Holmes, of Darien,
Geo., and had four children.
899. Roger D., 8 b. May 6, 1822 ; d. in New York, of cholera, July 4,
1849 ; wife Julia, and had: -
900. Milton Bowditch?
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901. George Washington, 8 b. March 19, 1823; m. Jan. 1, 1846,
Ann II. Norris. Children :
902. George TF. 9 903. Ella Olivia. 9 904. Roger D?
905. Charles Lyman, 8 b. Oct. 23, 1824; purser's clerk in U. S. Navy.
Killed at Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 22, 1854.
906. Nathaniel Bowditch, 8 b. July 15, 1832.
907. Martha Elizabeth, 8 b. Dec. 28, 1834.
809
OTIS 7 (Elisha Bascom, 6 Timothy, 6 Samuel* Samuel, 3 Preserved*
Roger'), son of Elisha Bascom and Sally (Hale) Clapp, was born
March 3, 1806; a bookseller and publisher in Boston; from 1862
to 1875 collector of the U. S. Internal Revenue for the 4th District
in Massachusetts.
Mr. Clapp came to Boston in 1823, and served his time with his
uncle, Nathan Hale, in the counting-room of the Daily Advertiser.
After leaving that place, he published for awhile the New England
Galaxy, which had then just been relinquished by Jas. T. Bucking-
ham, Esq. A partnership was subsequently entered into with
Charles Stimpson, under the firm of Stimpson & Clapp, booksellers
and publishers, Mr. Hale being a silent partner. They published a
series of volumes under the name of " The American Library of
Useful Knowledge," the first of which contained a Preface by Nathan
Hale, and Lectures by Judge Story, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett
and Lord Brougham. They also published annually the Boston
Directory. This partnership was dissolved in 1832, and Mr. Clapp
became the publisher of New Church works so-called, including
those of Swedenborg; also of the New Jerusalem Magazine from
1832 to 1858 — 24 years, and the Children's New Church Magazine
from 1843 to 1858 — fifteen years. He has at different times and
during various periods held the following public offices under the
city government : Ward Inspector of Elections, Warden, member of
the City Council and of the Board of Aldermen (at one time
chairman of the latter), member of the Board of Land Commis-
sioners, the Board of Assessors, and eight years one of the Board
of Visitors of the Boston Lunatic Asylum ; also Representative to
the State Legislature, and member of several boards of railroads
and of associations for charitable purposes. He has been President
of the Washingtonian Home, a charitable Inebriate Asylum in Boston,
since 1862, and delivered the address at the dedication of its new
building on Waltham Street, in 1873, which was erected at a cost
of $100,000. He has also been actively connected, since its first
organization, with the Home for Little Wanderers, one of the most
beneficent of the many charities in Boston, the disbursements of
which during ten years, including building expenses, have been
about $320,000, and which has provided for the wants of no less
84 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
than 3800 destitute children. Mr. Clapp was one of the earliest
and most earnest workers, many years ago, in the cause of cheap
postage, and also in favor of the construction of the Hoosac Tunnel ;
and more recently has publicly spoken and written in favor of a
reform in the rates of railroad transportation. Indeed, he has been
a prominent advocate of most of the public movements for the
improvement of the morals or the material well-being of the commu-
nity, during the last quarter of a century. On his retiring from
theoffice of Collector of the Internal Revenue for District 4 in the
spring of 1875, on account of the reduction of the number of districts
in the State, the presentation of a gold-headed cane was made to him
by assistants who had in various ways been connected with him in the
duties of the office. From a statement made by himself at the close
of his twelve and a half years' services as assessor and collector,
we learn that the total amount of internal revenue collected in the
Fourth District, which was under his supervision during the whole
time of its existence, was over twenty-one and a half millions of
dollars. The amount in all Massachusetts during the same time was
$162,722,562 ; and in the whole country, $1,812,495,336. The cost
of collecting these large amounts for the time between Sept. 1, 1862,
and June 30, 1867 (near five years), was, in the whole country,
2 to 3 <i per cent. ; while in Massachusetts, it was but about l£ per cent.
It should be added that Mr. Clapp was one of the most active
and efficient of the name in originating and conducting the two
Family Gatherings, in 1870 and 1873, and it may well be doubted if
either of them would have taken place had it not been for his en-
couragement and aid. At the former meeting, he read an interest-
ing paper, prepared with much care, on the connection of the Clapp
Family with the "Puritanic Brotherhood." He has also rendered
important assistance in collecting the material for this family
" Memorial."
He married first, Aug. 29, 1833, Ann Withington Emery Porter,
daughter of Sylvanus Porter, of Boston. She died Oct. 27, 1843,
and he married, second, Oct 2, 1844, Mary Hadley, daughter of
Deacon Moses Hadley, of Boston. She died Dec. 10, 1871.
Children of Otis and 1st wife Ann Withington Emery (Porter)
Clapp :
908. Otis, 8 b. Sept. 1, 1834; d. Sept. 6, 1834.
909. Henry Otis, 8 b. Sept. 17, 1835; m. Rose, dau. of Rev. David
Nelson, of Quiucy, 111. ; d. in that town, of consumption, Aug.
1, 1866.
910. Joseph, 8 b. Aug. 27, 1839. Enlisted in the 8th Reg. Illinois cav-
alry, in the war of the Great Rebellion, and rose to be Captain ;
was under Gen. Farnsworth, and saw much fighting; was suc-
cessful in taking many prisoners. He m. Feb. 4, 1864, Elmina
Jane Jackson, of Syracuse, N. Y. Children :
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911. Florence Porter? h. Dec. 12, 1865 ; d. Oct. 12, 18G7.
912. Joseph Emery? b. May 2, 1869.
913. Harry Otis? b. June 18, 1871.
Children of Otis and 2d wife Mary (Hadley) Clapp:
914. Maky Webb, 8 b. Aug. 18, 1815; m. Oct. 2, 1866, Charles M.
Fuller.
915, James Wilkinson, 8 b. Sept. 22, 1847; lives in Boston; m. Oct.
20, 1868, Eliza B. Tuckerman. Children :
916. Gertrude? b. Sept. 19, 1870.
917. Amy?h. Feb. 11, 1873.
918. Rebecca H., 8 b. July 17, 1851.
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SYLVANUS 7 {Dela P.? Sylvanus? Ebenczer? Samuel? Preserved*
Roger 1 ), oldest son of Bela P. and Cynthia (Carr) Clapp, was born
Nov. 22, 1815; is a physician of extensive practice and high reputa-
tion in Pawtucket, R. I. He received his academic education at
Sheldon Academy, Southampton, Mass. Studied medicine with Dr.
Benjamin Barrett, Northampton. Attended Lectures at Harvard
Medical School in 1835, and at Hanover, N. H., in 1836. Received
the degree of M.D., Dartmouth College, in 1836. Commenced the
practice of medicine in Chesterfield, Mass., same year. Member
Massachusetts Medical Society 1839. Removed to Pawtucket, R. I.,
1841. Member R. I. Medical Society 1842. Chosen its President
1864-1866. President of Board of Managers of the Pawtucket
Dispensary, and Consulting Physician from its organization in 1865.
Physician to St. Joseph's Convent. Permanent member of American
Medical Association and Providence Medical Association. Received
the Honorary Degree of A.M. Brown University, 1870. Consulting
Surgeon to R. I. Hospital from its organization, which office he
still holds. Has contributed several papers to the R. I. Medical
Society, some of which have been published in its Transactions. He
presided at the second Clapp Family Gathering, at Nantasket, in
1873, and is deeply interested in all matters connected with the
family. He married Jan. 15, 1839, Lucy Mari Clapp (No. 832),
daughter of Ebenezer, of Chesterfield.
Children of Sylvanus and Lucy Mari Clapp :
919. Jeannie Frances, 8 b. March 23, 1840 ; m. Nov. 13, 1873, Geo.
A. Fletcher, of Milton, Mass.
920. Kate Catlin, 8 b. Dec. 20, 1841 ; d. Aug. 29, 1845.
921. Levi WHEATON, 8 b. Jan. 3, 1849 ; graduated at Brown University,
1870, and at Harvard Medical School in 1873, and commenced
the practice of medicine iu Pawtucket, R. I.
922. Susan Adela, 8 b. June 19, 1852.
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867
THEODORE, 7 (Thaddeus, 6 Joseph," Jonathan, 1 Roger," Preserved?
Roger 1 ), son of Thaddeus 6 and Achsah (Parsons) Clapp, and twin
brother of Thaddeus, 7 was born March 29, 1792 ; graduated at Yale
College 1814; studied theology at Andover; licensed as a Congrega-
tional minister in 1817. After spending a year in Kentucky as chap-
lain and teacher in a private family, he was invited in 1822 to succeed
Rev. Sylvester Larned, a young man of rare gifts and great pulpit
eloquence, as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans,
and was settled there early in that year. May 31, 1822, he married
Adeline Hawes, then of Louisville, Kentucky, but originally from
Boston. In 1834, a change took place in his theological views ;
he became a Unitarian, and dissolved his connection with the Pres-
byterian church. He remained, however, pastor of nearly the same
people as before ; " only a small number," as he afterwards wrote,
" I think not more than half a dozen, left me." He continued here
for thirty-five years, resigning his charge in 1857, on account of ill
health. A fit of sickness in 1847 brought him very near the grave,
and a voyage to Europe was undertaken in that year, which resulted
in the recovery of his health. In 1857 he published his "Autobio-
graphical Sketches and Recollections during a thirty-five years'
Residence in New Orleans," in which are graphic accounts of his
labors and success in that city. Much personal history is also given,
with full particulars of the important change which took place in his
religious sentiments. No less than twenty epidemics of yellow fever
and cholera were witnessed by him during his long pastorate, and it
was his constant practice to remain in the city during the prevalence
of the disease, and to administer temporal aid and spiritual consolation
indiscriminately to all to whom he was called. In speaking of these
epidemics, in his autobiography, Mr. Clapp says that each of them
on an average lasted eight weeks. " Multiply," he says, " eight by
twenty, and the product is one hundred and sixty. Hence it follows
that since my settlement in Louisiana I have spent over three entire
years in battling, with all my might, against these invisible enemies,
the cholera and yellow fever. In those three years, I scarcely en-
joyed a night of undisturbed repose. When I did sleep, it was upon
my post, in the midst of the dead and wounded, with my armor on,
and ready at the firsj summons to meet the deadly assault." The
ravages by the cholera in 1832 are described by Mr. Clapp from
personal observation. On the 25th of October, the first cases were
noticed. On the 27th, he says, " it had made its way through every
part of the city. During the ten succeeding days all the physicians
judged that, at the lowest computation, there were 5000 deaths — an
average of 500 every day. Many died of whom no account was
rendered. A great number of bodies, with bricks and stones tied
to the feet, were thrown into the river. Many were privately in-
Hey. Theodore Clapp,
Minister in Xeio Orleans from 1822 to 1857.
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ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 87
terred in gardens and enclosures, on the grounds where they ex-
pired, whose names were not recorded in the bills of mortality.
Often, I was kept in the burying-ground for hours in succession, by
the incessant, uninterrupted arrival of corpses, over whom I was
requested to perform a short service. One day I did not leave the
cemetery till nine o'clock at night; the last interments were made
by candle light After bathing and taking some refresh-
ment, I started out to visit the sick. My door was thronged with
servants, waiting to conduct me to the rooms of dying sufferers. la
this kind of labor, I spent most of the night. At 3 o'clock, A.M., I
returned home, and threw myself on the sofa, with directions to be
called at half past five. I was engaged to attend a funeral at six.
During the entire epidemic, at least 6000 persons perished." The
most fatal epidemic of yellow fever was that of 1837, when there
were 10,000 cases of fever reported and about 5000 deaths. A gen-
tleman now (1875) living in Boston resided in New Orleans at that
time. Pie recollects distinctly going one Sunday morning into the
church of Parson Clapp, as he was then generally called, during the
height of the fearful pestilence, and noticing that not more than thirty
or forty persons composed the congregation, which at other times
crowded the church to its utmost capacity. He says Mr. Clapp was
then the only Protestant minister remaining at his post in the city,
and he was made the constant almoner to the sick and dying of the
liberal contributions of wealthy citizens and charitable societies. He
also bears witness to the great popularity at that time of Mr. Clapp
as a preacher, and of the esteem in which he was held as a citizen
and a philanthropist. This esteem was manifested in the fact which
he himself records, that in his early ministry the church edifice and
grounds of the society over which he was settled fell into the hands
of Jacob Touro, a wealthy Jew, at an expense to him of $20,000, and
were retained by him for about twenty-eight years, the whole income
from the pew rents being placed annually in the hands of Mr. Clapp.
— Another work by Mr. Clapp, after his resignation, was issued in
1859, called " Theological Views," &c. After this, he continued to
reside in Louisville, Kentucky, where he died May 17, 1866. He
was often in Boston during the later vears of his life. He felt much
interest in the history and genealogy of the family, and always called,
when opportunity offered, upon the author of this book. In 1858,
when an attempt was made to hold the first Clapp Family Meeting,
he declined, on account of his health, an invitation to deliver an ad-
dress on the occasion.
The following, expressive of what seems to have been the general
current of his thoughts and feelings, occurs near the close of his
"Autobiography : " " Few persons have lived to my age who could
call to mind a happier retrospect than that which memory presents to
my grateful, ccntjnted and rejoicing heart. Though without wealth,
I have had access to all the selfish pleasures which wealth is able to
bestow." . . . . " The future is inexpressibly bright and glorious."
88 THE CLAPP MEMOKIAL.
869
LUTHER 7 {Thaddeus, Joseph," Jonathan,' Roger," Preserved,'
Roger 1 ), son of Thaddeus and Aschsah (Parsons) Clapp, was born
in Easthampton, Jan. 3, 1 805. By occupation a merchant and
commercial agent. He was at one time Postmaster at Easthampton.
Is temporarily residing in Gloversville, N. Y. He married, Sept. 7,
1830, Lucy Pomeroy, of Northampton.
Children of Luther and Lucy (Pomeroy) Clapp:
923. Virginia, 8 dead.
924. Luther Hart, 8 b. Dec. 24, 1839. Is a Nursery man and Florist
at Louise, Ky. Was a soldier in the Confederate Army in the
war of 1861-5. He m. in 1864. Children:
925. Wylhjs Frank? b. in 1866. 927. Charles? b. in 1873.
926. A daughter, 9 b. in 1870.
928. Egbert Irving, 8 b. June 15, 1842. Is a merchant in Batavia,
N. Y. He enlisted in Co. B, 31st Mass. Reg't Cav., Nov. 20,
1861 ; served three years, and was discharged in 1864 to re-
enlist in the same Co. and Reg't. Promoted to Q. M. Sergeant
June 18, 1864, and to 2d Lieut. June 7, 1865. Was with Gen.
Butler when he captured New Orleans, and was in the lied
River Expedition, where he received severe and lasting injuries
by his horse falling on him. Discharged Sept. 9, 1865. He
m., in 1870, Pratt.
929. Wyllys Warner, 8 b. July 8, 1844. Is a merchant in Northamp-
ton. He m., in 1871, Blood, and has a daughter.
930. Augustus Merrill, 8 b. Aug. 9, 1846; d. in Nashville, Tenn.,
March 9, 1863. The following inscription, written by Mr. Lafay-
ette Clapp, was used at the decoration of the soldiers' graves in
1872:
" Augustus Merrill Clapp. — This inscription, we may say
truly, is to the " Soldier Boy." At the age of 15 years 10
months, he enlisted in Co. K, 85th Ohio Cav., for three months,
and was also in Co. C, 88th Ohio. He was engaged in the pur-
suit of Morgan's guerrillas, and in guarding rebel prisoners.
By letters which he wrote to his friends here, he seems to have
preferred more active work, and so he reenlisted in the 3d Ohio
Cav. He was in one battle where, though unknown to himself
at the time, his older brother was among the rebel forces. He
died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn., of typhoid fever, March 9,
1863. He was the son of Luther Clapp, and was born at East-
hampton, Aug. 9, 1846.
" We place flowers here by this monument in the family burial
place, while the remains of the youthful hero lie far away among
strangers."
931. Joseph Lyman, 8 b. Sept. 9, 1850. Resides in California.
932. Lucy Pomeroy, 8 m. June 24, 1874, Daniel C. Durfee, and lives
in Gloversville, N. Y.
933. Emma, 8 m. a Mr. Clapp.
934. Lela. 8
935. Thaddeus, 8 b. July 15, 1858; d. in infancy.
Luther 7 has three other daughters, whose names have not been obtained.
ROGER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 89
874:
ALEXANDER HUNTINGTON 7 {Levi, 6 Charles," Simeon,' Roger, 3
Preserved? Roger 1 ), second son of Levi and Sarah (Huntington)
Clapp, was born Sept. 1, 1818. In early childhood, he was taken
to Boston, into the family of his maternal uncle, Ralph Huntington,
Esq., where the studies commenced in the country school were car-
ried forward in the Adams and Fort Hill Grammar Schools and the
English High School — on leaving which, he spent several years as a
clerk in Boston. Prepared for college in Phillips (Andover) and
Leicester Academies; entered Yale College in 1838, and graduated
in 1842; spent two years in Yale Theological Seminary, and one in
that at Andover, from which he graduated in 1845. While in Ando-
ver Seminary, he edited a selection from the writings of Bishop Joseph
Hall. September 4, 1845, he married Emily Payson Copland, of
Boston. In 1846, he officiated as Professor pro tern, of Rhetoric and
English Literature, in Middlebury College, Vermont. Was ordained,
Oct. 14, 1846, Pastor of the Centre Congregational Church of
Brattleboro', Vermont. Here he edited " Lives of the Presidents,"
and other works.
In January, 1853, he was obliged, by a severe affection of the eyes,
to suspend preaching, and resigned his charge Nov. 15, 1853. While
under the care of oculists, he served as cashier of the Pacific Mills
in Boston and Lawrence, Mass. Enabled to resume his profession,
he commenced labor in the summer of 1855, with the Beneficent
Congregational Church of Providence, R. I., and was installed its
pastor, Oct. 3, 1855. While here, as in Brattleboro', he greatly en-
deared himself to those under his charge, and his connection with
them is still spoken of by the older members of both churches with
much tenderness and affection. This last charge he resigned, Feb.
8, 1865, to accept an appointment as Secretary of the American
Home Missionary Society, New York city, which office he still
(1875) holds. Several of his sermons and addresses have been
published, and he has contributed various articles to the magazines
and religious press ; but, for the most part, his life has been closely
devoted to the duties of his profession. The honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him, by Iowa College, in 1868.
In 1860, a European trip of six months was taken by himself and
wife, at the charge of his Providence people, who also gave him a
furlough in 1862, while he served as chaplain of the 10th Reg't R. I.
Vols, called for the defence of Washington. In 1874, he was ap-
pointed lecturer (for three years) on Home Missions, in Andover
Theological Seminary.
He possesses rare abilities as a preacher, and is exerting a most
beneficial influence in the important post which he occupies. He
delivered the admirable address at the Clapp Family Gathering in
Northampton, in 1870.
12
90 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
321
[The account of the family of No. 321, p. 37, was accidentally mislaid at
the time that page was printed. It is inserted here, in order that all in the
line of Eoger 1 may be as nearly together as possible, rather than in the
Appendix, where it is probable other omissions and corrections will find a
place.]
ZENAS 6 (Simeon, 5 Simeon, 4 Roger, 3 Preserved, 2 Roger 1 ), only son
of Simeon and Patty (Root) Clapp, was born in Northampton. He
married, Aug. 29, 1818, Belinda Dickinson, of Hadley.
Children of Zenas and Belinda (Dickinson) Clapp:
936. William D., 7 b. April 5, 1820 ; m. first, April 15, 1842, Louisa
E. Chapin, of Northampton, who d. Oct. 12, 1847; second, Aug.
29, 1850, Sarah G. Fisher, of Northampton. He is in active
business in Northampton. The Address by him in that place, in
1870, at the opening of the Family Gathering there, was not
excelled in feeling and appropriateness by any of the public re-
marks on that interesting occasion. Child :
937. Louisa M., 8 child of 1st wife, lived only a few hours.
938. Merrick H., 7 b. Oct. 12, 1823; m. Lucy Hastings. Children:
939. Henry M. 8 b. in 1847. 942. Lucy E. 8 b. in 1855.
940. Albert M. , 8 b. in 1850. 943. Clara E., 8 b. in 1857.
941. Ella M. 8 b. in 1853.
944. Sarah A., 7 b. Sept 5, 1824; m. first, Luther Dickinson; second,
Frederick S. Chapin.
945. Abxer B., 7 b. April 12, 1825.
946. Helen, 7 b. Jan. 13, 1837; m. May 8, 1873, Charles Wetherbee.
II.
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
($titoattr a±lapp
Was an elder brother of Captain Roger, and came from England
to Dorchester about 1633. He probably came in the vessel which
arrived July 24th of that year.* Thomas and Nicholas it is most
likely came in the same vessel; and John, brother of the last named
two, not until some time subsequently.
Dea. Edward was a man much esteemed by the Town, and held
many responsible offices, being one of the Selectman for several
years, and Deacon of the church twenty-six years. In the Church
Records we find the following account of his death : " The 8th day
of the 11th mo. 1664, being the Sabbath day, Deacon Edward Clap
departed this life and nowresteth with the - _ ^^
Lord, there to spend an eternal Sabbath with ^^-t^vo 1 ' CTCao
God and Christ in Heaven, after that he '
had faithfully served in the office of a Deacon for the space of about
five or six and twenty years, and being the first Church officer that
was taken away by death since the first joining together in covenant,
which is now 28 years, 4 mo. and odd days." John Farmer, of
Xew Hampshire (who probably did more than any other person in
the country towards tracing out the genealogy of ancient families
and names, until James Savage issued his four octavo vols, of 2493
pages), published in 1830 a Genealogical Register, in which he
says Deacon Edward Clapp died " leaving no issue." I think he
came to that conclusion by information obtained from the Rev. Dr.
Harris or Mr. Elisha Clap ; but they were all mistaken. Probably
Elisha thought that the Ezra who died in 1691 was a son of Deacon
Edward, and thus arrived at the conclusion that he left no descend-
ants; but he was a grandson, then about 17 years of age. The
old Grentleman, as will be seen by his Will, left his lands in Milton
* " July 24, 1633. A ship arrived from "Weymouth, with about SO passengers and 12
kinc, who sate down at Dorchester. They were 12 weeks coming, being forced into the
Western Islands by a leak, where they stayed three weeks and were very courteously used
by the Portugal?; hut the extremity of the heat there, and the continual rain, brought
sickness upon them, so as (blank) died." — Winthrop's History of Neic England.
92 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
to his son Ezra, and thither the latter removed some time after his
father's decease. Dea. Edward had a second wife when he died.
The christian name of the first was Prudence; that of the last,
Susanna, daughter of William Cockerill, of Salem, Mass. One of
them, probably the first, must have been a sister to Thomas, Nicho-
las and John, for John in his Will calls him his brother-in-law; at
the same time he calls Roger cousin, so that Edward and Nicholas
and their wives were of but two families. Deacon Edward owned
one-half of the Mill called " Clapp's Mill," and Deacon Nicholas
owned a quarter of the same. It stood nearly Northeast of the
house formerly owned and occupied by the late Preserved Baker, in
the north part of Dorchester near Roxbury, not far from the bend of
the creek which formerly run inland from the salt water in the South
Bay. The mill was built by a Mr. Bate, probably Mr. James Bate
(now spelled Bates) for the above-named owners. Prudence, the
first wife of Deacon Edward, died previous to 1656; his second
wife, who lived his widow about 24 years, died June 16, 1688.
DEA. EDWARD CLAPP'S WILL.
The last Will and Testament of M r - Edward Clappe, of Dorchester,
made this third day of January, one thousand six hundred sixty-four.
I being weak in body, yet in perfect memory, Doe make this my last Will
and Testament in manner and forme following:
Imprimis : I comit my Immortal soul into the hands of that heavenall
God that made it, & my Body after Death to my Dear relations and
Christian friends, to bee decently buried in the earth there to rest knowing
assuredly it shall be raised up again by my Dear redeemer Y e Lord Jesus
Christ at his cominee.
And as for my outward estate my funeral being discharged & just debts
paid I give & bequeathe unto my Dear and Loving Wife, twenty pounds
in what goods she shall Desire it, and farther my Will is that shee shall en-
joye all my Housing, Land, orchard, planting Land and meadow, together
with y e two neerest Diuisions of woodland (except what is heerafter ex-
pressed) During her widowhood, except my sonne Nehemiah shall first
Marry or attaine the age of twenty-one yeares, then in such case he shall
have such part as is heerafter expressed, also my Dear Wife shall enjoye
one quarter of the tide mill untill Nehemiah's age aforesaid. But if my
Dear Wife shall marry then my Will is that all my land shall Returne unto
my two sonnes as is heerafter expressed, & then my will is that my Dear
Wife shall haue fourscore pounds more added to the first twenty, to bee hers
foreuer.
As for my children my Will is that Ezra shall haue as much as my
daughters, & my Will is that my four daughters shall haue an equall por-
tion, my sonne Nehemiah twenty pounds more than my Daughters. I
canne sett no surame because I know not w* it will come to, but my mean-
ing is that t y shall haue equall portions with what they that are married
haue already received, it being thirty pounds apiece which is to be part of
their portions. I will and appoint that Ezra my eldest sonne shall haue
my land lying at Milton in the 12th Lott, upon apprisement, & all my
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 93
Lands lying on that side Naponsett Riuer, also a parcell of medow at Dor-
chester necke, near powwow point, & another small parcell of meadow at or
near pine neck, & that land on y c plaine at neck towards powwow-point, &
a quarter of the tide Mill, all to be prized & he receiuing paying as is Due
by the appointment of my ouerseers hereafter mentioned, unto whom I Doe
give full power to order as they shall judge most conducing to the good of
my Dear Wife & of all my children, keeping as near as may bee to this my
Will.
I give unto my sonne Nehemiah at marriage or age, one half of the
Housing, Land, orchard, meadow, wood land, one quarter of the tide mill, all
to be prized & he to pay his sisters what is their portion to bee paid at the
appointment of the overseers. I give unto my daughter Susanna an equal
single portion to bee paid her at the appointment of my overseers. I give
unto my daughter Esther an equal single portion to be paid her by my
overseers appointment, by my executors. I doe hereby make and appoint
my dear Loving Wife & my loving sonne Ezra Clappe to bee my Executors,
and Doe Intreat and empower my Dear louing Brethren Captain Roger
Clappe, Ensighus John Capen & Nicholas Clappe to be my ouerseers, unto
whom I give power to see the performance of my Will & to appoint the
times of payment of the daughters portions, & prizing of housing, Lands,
Mill, together with the Executors.
That this is my last Will and testament I have set too my hand in y e
presence of
[There are no signatures lo this Will, which omission is explained by a
certificate on the records of the Probate Office, attached to the copy of the
Will, of which certificate the following is an abstract.]
The testimony of Roger Clapp, aged 55 yeares or thereabout, & Jn°
Capen, aged 51 yeares, & Nicholas Clap, aged 52 or thereabouts. Wee
euery one of us being present at the House of Edward Clappe, on the 3 d
day of January 1664, did hear the writing now presented read unto the
said Edward Clap, now Deceased, & he approued of it to be his will, & hee
Caused it to bee read againe, in the hearing of his wife, to see if shee had
any exception to make & then appointed it to be writ fairly out againe,
which accordinorlv was forthwith Done, & wee Coming to the Intent to
haue it perfected, were informed that he was asleepe & therefore were not
willing to trouble him, it being Late in the night, went away & forbore at
that present, & afterward it was neglected to bee presented, so nothing elce
was done, concerning settling his Estate that we know of. Taken upon
oath the 1 st of February 1664, as the probate of the will hereto annext, y e
wife & sonne, Execut rs therein, accepting thereof, the wife by her letter &
the sonne in Court by the 3 p r ties aboue written, as attests,
Edward Rawson, Recorder.
Inventory of the Estate of Edward Clappe, of Dorchester who Departed
this Life the 8 th Jan. 1664, apprised by Hopestill Foster, William Sumner,
Feb. 17 th 1664. Amt £794.15.3. including: debts due the estate. The
Estate debtor to the am'. £113.02.07. Mentions land at seuerall places, at
the little & great necke, in the Cow walke at Milton, by Mr. Stoughtons
Farme, &c. &c. Halfe the Mill valued at £50.
Susanna Clapp deposed, March 30, 1665, to this- Inventory of the Estate
'of her late Husband, Edward Clappe.
94 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Dea. Edward and 1st wife Prudence Clapp:
2. Elizabeth, 2 b. 1634; d. Jan. 16, 1694, aged 60 years. She m.
about the first of Jan., 1652, Elder James Blake, b. in Eng. 1623 ;
her husband survived her a little upwards of six years, and d.
June 28, 1700, aged 77 years.
3. Prudence, 2 b. Dec. 28, 1637; m. Simon Peck, of Hingham, Feb-
ruary, 1660. She joined the church in Dorchester Feb. 20,
1658, and was dismissed to the church in Hingham. Their son
Ephraim was baptized in Dorchester the 20th of 4th mo., 1680.
-4. Ezra, 2 b. May 22, 1640; d. Jan. 23, 1717, aged 77 years.
-5. Nehemiah, 2 b. about Sept. 1646; d. April 2, 1684, aged 38 years.
6. Susanna, 3 b. Nov. 1648.
Children of Edward and 2d wife Susanna (Cockerill) Clapp:
7. Esther, 2 b. July, 1656; m. June 9, 1684, Samuel Strong, of
Northampton. He was brother of Ebenezer, who m. Hannah,
dau. of Nicholas Clapp, and who was great-grandfather to Gov.
Caleb Strong.
8. AbiCxAil, 2 b. April 27, 1659 ; d. Jan. 3, 1660.
9. Joshua, 2 b. May 12, 1661 ; d. May 22, 1662.
10. Jonathan, 2 b. March 23, 1664; d. May 30, 1664.
4:
EZRA 2 (Edward 1 ), son of Edward and Prudence Clapp, was born
May 22, 1640. He married for his first wife Abigail Pond (not
Sarah Pond as stated in the Church Records; Sarah married Desire
Clapp). It will be perceived that his father left him his land, which
was situated at Milton;* he lived in Dorchester several years subse-
quent to his father's death, and probably removed to Milton as early
* Milton was incorporated as a separate town May 7, 1662. It previously constituted a part
of Dorchester, which also embraced within its limits the present towns of Stoughton, Canton,
Sharon and parts of Wrentham and Foxborough. The church in Milton was gathered in
1678, and the church covenant then entered into was signed by Anthony Newton, Robert
Tucker, William Blacke, Thomas Swift, George Sumner, Thomas Holman, Ebenezer Clap,
Edward Blacke, George Lion, James Tucker, Ephraim Tucker, Manasseh Tucker. Ezra
Clapp then being a member of the church in Dorchester, did not sign the covenant. The
Rev. Peter Thacher was invited to become minister of the church ; his answer of accep-
tance was dateil May 8, 1681 ; he was ordained June 1st, and his services began Sept. 2d
following, and continued above 46 years, .till his death, Dec. 17, 1727. He was son of Rev.
Thomasrtirst minister of the Old South Church, Boston, b. in England, May 1, 1620, and
emigrated to Boston in 1635. Rev. Peter, the Milton minister, was b. in Salem, July 18,
1651, grad. Haw. Coll. 1671, sometimes preached to the Indians in their own language,
and also practised medicine, expending much of Lis salary in the purchase of medicines for
the sick and needy. During his connection with the church of Milton, there were 251 ad-
missions to it. His funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Cotton Mather, being the last
sermon he ever delivered. The Rev. John Taylor "succeeded Mr. Thacher, and was or-
dained Nov. 13, 1728, and died Jan. 25, 1750. The Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, who grad.
Harv. Coll. 1747, followed, and was ordained Feb 13, 1751. at the age of 21 years, and
continued minister of the town 45 years; he died May 19, 1795, aged 69. Rev. Joseph
McKean, D.D., LL.D., was the fourth minister. He grad. Harv. Coll. 1794, and was or-
dained in Milton November, 1797. Ill health compelled his resignation, after a period of
little less than seven years. The Rev. Samuel Gile, D.D., grad. Dart. Coll. 1804, and was
ordained successor to Dr. McK. Feb. 18, 1807. During his ministry, a division of the ch.
took place, a new society was formed, and Mr. Gile was its pastor until his death, October,
1835. — The town of Milton was the abode of Governor Hutchinson and other colonial
officers, before the Revolution.
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 95
as 1667. The estate in Milton to which he removed was situated
between the meeting-house, in Milton, and Dorchester Upper
Mills. According to the Milton Church Records, Feb. 10, 1688,
Brother Ezra Clapp, by virtue of a letter of dismission from Dor-
chester church, " and Mary Pitcher, with the rest of bro. Claps
children/' were propounded as desiring to join the church in Milton,
and at the same time Experience wife of Ezra, and Abigail their
daughter, were received into the church. About 1712, he built a
mill on Neponset River. The following vote respecting it is in the
Milton Town Records, viz. : " Whereas Ezra Clap has erected acorn
mill about two years past at the request of sum of the inhabitants of
the Town and has been very beneficent to the neibors, we do on
request of said Clap grant unto him as much of the water of River
Xaponset as is needful for his Mill."
His first wife, Abigail, died Oct. 12, 1682, eleven days after the
birth of their daughter Elizabeth. He married second, May 22,
1684, Experience Houghton, who died Dec. 17, 1717. Ezra died
Jan. 23, 1717, aged 77 years. As his Will is somewhat curious and
original, it is here inserted.
WILL OF EZRA CLAPP.
I Ezra Clap of Milton in the County of Suffolk within his Majesties
Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being infirm
of Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be God for it,
Knowing the uncertainty of life and being desirous to settle that outward
estate the Lord hath lent me, Do therefore make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament in manner and form following: That is to say First
and Principally I commit my soul unto the hands of that God who gave it
me, hoping for pardon, acceptance and salvation only and alone upon the
accompt of the meer mercy of God and merits of Christ, my body I com-
mit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor
hereafter named, and as touching the worldly Estate the Lord hath given
me, my Will and meaning is that the same shall be disposed and bestowed
as hereafter in and by this my Will is Expressed, hereby renouncing and
making null and void all Wills and Testaments by me formerly made de-
claring and appointing this to be my last Will and Testament.
I Will that all my just debts and funeral charges be well and truly paid
in convenient time after my decease by my Executor hereafter named.
Item, I do give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Experience Clap the
sum of twenty pounds, in such moveables of my household goods as she
shall see good to choose to be at her own free disposal, and do hereby or-
dain and appoint, that she shall have the little end of my Dwelling House
to live in during the time of her continuing my widow. Item, I do hereby
give and bequeath to my son Neherniah all that part of my homestead of land
from my son-in-law Nathaniel Pitchers line till it comes to a stone ditch in
the old field, as also all my housings on said land, with one half of my salt
meadow ; as also one half of my Wood Lott of land, lying between the land
of Henry Glovers deceased and the land of Ephraim Newton. Item, I give
and bequeath to my son Ezra Clap my corn mill with the land and housing
that is between Neponsit River and the highway leading to Brush Hill. I also
9G THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
give hina four acres of my salt meadow; and I further give him my piece of
meadow at the blew hills consisting of about five acres be it more or less ; I
further give him my land in the new field belonging to my homestead con-
taining by estimation twelve acres be it more or less, that is to say the land
lying beyond the stone ditch before mentioned and so extending to the High-
way afore-said leading to Brush Hill. Item, I give to my son Ebenezer Clap
my lot of land lying in the twelfth Division (so called) being in number the
eight lot, lying beyond the land of Punkapaug within the Township of Dor-
chester. I also further give him Two acres of my salt meadow with a load
of Creek thatch as it stands growing Yearly each and every year forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid three sons Nehemiah, Ezra
and Ebenezer Clap all my common rights of land to be equally divided
between them ; all and every of which before mentioned particulars and
parcels of land and Housing granted and bequeathed to each and Every of
my said sons I give to them their heirs and assigns forever. Item, my Will
is, that whereas my eldest son Edward Clap (who went to Canada) whom I
had by my first wife Abigail Pond, which whether alive or dead I know
not, That if ever he should arrive here, I give and bequeath to him his heirs
and assigns forever sixty acres of woodland, which came by his mother, and
forty acres more of land ; thereabout adjoining the sixty acres; lying next to
the land of John Maxfield all scituate lying and being in the Township of
Dorchester, the eight lot in the twelfth Division ; but in case my said son
Edward Clap do not arrive or be not heard of in five years after my de-
cease, that then my Executor hereafter named Do pay to the children here-
after mentioned as followeth, namely, to the children of my daughter Abi-
gail King deceased ; to my daughter Judith Tucker and to the children of
my daughter Elizabeth Pice deceased their just and equal part and propor-
tion of the aforesaid sixty acres of land (if they desire it) as shall be ap-
prised by Indifferent men as part of their portions before granted and be-
queathed unto them that yet may be behind due unto them. Item, I give
iinto my son-in-law Nathaniel Pitcher five shillings money and the reason
why I now give him no more is because he has already had in money and
other things more than sixty pounds. Item, I give to my grand children
the children of my daughter Abigail King deceased, forty pounds. That is
to say with what I have already paid her ; I having paid her twenty-four
pounds and twelve shillings, so that I give them fifteen pounds eight shillings
more. Item, I give to my daughter Sarah Vose five shillings money and
the reason why I give her no more is because she has had her full part and
portion paid her already, with what improvement has been had, for many
years past of my fresh meadow by my son-in-law John Vose. - Item, I give
to my daughter Judith Tucker (with what I have already given her) fifty
pounds I having paid her thirty and nine pounds, so that I give her eleven
pounds more to make up the fifty pounds, and the reason why I give her
more than the rest is because she and myself have been both disappointed
of what we expected from her Uncle Clap deceased. Item, I give to the
children of my daughter Elizabeth Rice deceased twelve pounds and eight
shillings I having paid her already twenty-seven pounds and eight shillings.
Item, I give to my daughter Jane Tucker eighteen pounds I having already
paid her twenty-two pounds. Item, I do give and bequeath unto my two
daughters Ester and Susanna Clap fourscore pounds, forty pounds pr. piece.
And further my Will is that if it shall so happen, that if any one or more
of my children be removed by death before marriage, that their share of my
estate shall be equally divided amongst those of my children surviving that
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 97
I had by my last "Wife. Lastly, my Will is that my beloved "Wife Experi-
ence Clap be well provided for to her full comfort or otherwise to have one
third part of my Estate according to law, and my "Will and appointment is
that my three sons Nehemiah, Ezra and Ebenezer Clap pay all the afore-
said Legacys within five years after my decease and honorably maintain
their Mother according to what they have received of my estate, and that
as they may and can agree, or otherwise to be judged and decided by indif-
ferent men, hoping and trusting they will all live in love and be far from
falling out by the way. And farther my "Will is That if it should so happen
that any one or more of my children shall be and remain unsatisfied with
their part and portion granted and bequeathed unto them or go about to
break this my said Will, That he or she whosoever they may be shall for-
feit their part and portion, which shall be distributed and divided unto and
amongst the rest of my children. And I do hereby constitute and appoint
my son Nehemiah Clap the Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh
day of July one thousand seven hundred and sixteen in the second Year of
his Majestys reign. Ezra Clap [& a Seal.]
Signed, Sealed Published and declared to be the last Will
and Testament of Ezra Clap in presence of us —
James Blake,
John Blake,
Joseph Parmenter.
Mr. Ezra Clapp bought of James Holton the house and land in
Milton which belonged to Robert Pond in 1665; it then belonged
to Mrs. Ellen or Allen, who was the widow of Robert Pond, and
subsequently married Nicholas Ellen. He died Jan. 23, 1717.
Children of Ezra and 1st wife Abigail (Pond) Clapp :
11. Mart, 3 b. April 26, 1667 ; m. Nathaniel Pitcher, of Milton, July
8, 1684, being then 17 years of age. She is supposed to have
died before her father, but was living in 1707.
12. Edward, 3 b. Sept. 1672. He went to Canada, probably in the
expedition sent to fight the Indians in 1690; it appears that he
never returned. It will be seen by the Will of his father that
provision was made for him in case he was alive. He served in
Capt. John Withington's Company ; 46 of that expedition were
lost at sea.
13. Ezra, 3 b. Jau. 29, 1674. He was no doubt the one of that name
who d. April 10, 1691. It is supposed he lived in Dorchester
at the time, as his death is noted upon the records of this town.
His age not appearing is probably the reason for the mistake
alluded to in John Farmer's Genealogical Register, that he was
the son of Deacon Edward, instead of his grandson ; and, in that
case, the family name was extinct in that branch.
14. Abigail, 3 b. 1675 ; m. a Mr. King, and d. before her father, leav-
ing children.
15. Sarah, 3 b. July 20, 1677; m. John Vose, of Milton.
16. Judith, 3 b. May 6, 1680 ; m. Joseph Tucker, May 27, 1702.
17. Elizabeth, 3 b.'Oct. 1, 1682; m. March 13, 1700, John Rice, Jr.,
of Sudbury, son of John and Tabitha Rice. She d. previous to
July, 1716, leaving children.
13
98 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Ezra and 2d wife Experience (Houghton) Clapp:
18. William, 3 b. July, 1685. Probably died young.
19. Jane, 3 b. March 12, 1687; d. Feb. 17, 1743; m. Ebenezer Tucker,
Jan. 30, 1707.
--20. Nehemiah, 3 d. July 18, 1743.
—21. Ezra, 3 b. March 18, 1693 ; bapt. March 25 ; d. Sept. 20, 1761.
--22. Ebenezer, 3 b. Feb. 3, 1697 ; bapt. Feb. 7.
23. Hester, 8 (or Esther) b. Feb. 10, 1699 ; bapt. Feb. 12 ; m. James
Endicott, of Dorchester, Dec. 26, 1720.
24. Susanna, 3 b. March 7, 1702 ; bapt. March 8; m. Dec. 26, 1723,
George Sumner, b. Sept. 1697. She d. Nov. 1734.
Milton Church Records contain the name of Mindwell, dau. of Ezra
Clapp, bapt. Sept. 27, 1691.
5
NEHEMIAH 2 (Edward 1 ), son of Edward and Prudence Clapp,
was born about September, 1646. He married, April, 1678, Sarah
Leavit (nowLeavitt) daughter of John Leavitt one of the early set-
tlers of Hingham; he lived in Hingham awhile, but not long. His
wife owned the covenant in Dorchester the 29th of the fifth month,
1677, and on the 26th of the sixth month (Aug. 26), 1682, Nehe-
miah and his wife were dismissed from the Church in Hingham, and
joined the Church in Dorchester. He died April 2, 1684, aged
38 years. After her husband's death and previous to November
30, 1689, Sarah married Samuel Howe, of Sudbury. Her father
was a tailor by trade, and a great landholder ; he, in connection with
Capt. Joshua Hobart, Lieut. John Smith and Nathaniel Baker, bought
a tract of land beyond Providence, fifteen miles square, called by the
Indians Twanckoc; also with Hobart and Smith a piece of land six
miles square, called " Pennycooke ;" he owned a quarter of the
former, and a third of the latter purchase.
WILL OF NEHEMIAH CLAPP, OF DORCHESTER.
The last Will and Testament of Nehemiah Clap (though being weak in
body yet of perfect memory and understanding, the good Lord be blessed
and praysed therefor), made this nineteenth day of March in the Year of
our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty-three or four.
Imp rs : I commit my imortal soule into the hands of that eternal God that
made it, and my Will is that after my death my body be decently buried,
knowing that it shall be raised up again by my dear Redeemer the Lord
Jesus Christ at his coming. As for my outward estate my Will is that after
my funeral] expences are discharged and all just debts paid, I do give and
becpieath unto my dear and loving Wife all my moveable Estate and all
her dowry and portion that is or may be due unto her. And as for that
part of my Estate which is in houseing and land I leave with my dear Wife
to be at her disposal and for her use and benefit during the time of her
widowhood. But if she shall marry then my 'Will is that when my children
come of age and when my son Edward do attain the age of twenty-one years
my Will is that he shall have double portion, and "that he shall enjoy all
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 99
my housing and laud together with a quarter of the tide Mill, He paying a
single portiou to his sister Submit ; And I do appoint my dear and loving
Wife to be sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. And I do
intreat my loving friends and kinsmen Ensign Samuel Clap and brother
Josiah Levit that they would be pleased to be my overseers to see my Will
performed and fulfilled.
In witness whereof I the said Nehemiah Clap have hereunto set my hand
and Seale this day and Year above written.
Nehemiah Clap [by a Seale].
In presence of James Blake,
John Capen, Jr.
Children of Nehemiah and Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp:
25. Edward, 3 b. Dec. 20, 1678 ; d. Feb. 1, 1679.
-f-26. Edward, 3 b. Dec. 9, 1680; d. Dec. 3, 1733.
27. Submit, 3 b. Aug. 2, 1683. She removed to Sudbury, and m.
Joseph Britnall, of that place, March 20, 1708. She survived
him and was m. to Richard Taylor, of Sudbury, July 23, 1741,
she then being about 58 years of age. She m. a third husband
Nov. 30, 1755 ; d. Jan. 29, 1759, and was buried in Stow, Mass.
20
NEHEMIAH 3 (Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Ezra and Experience
(Houghton) Clapp, was a man much respected in Milton; he
married Lydia Tucker, of Milton, Aug. 16, 1716. He was a Deacon
of the Church in Milton, and died as before named, July 18, 1743.
He left a Will, made June 23, 1743, giving to his wife Lydia one-
third of his " creatures and moveables," and the improvement of one-
third of his estate while she remained his widow ; to his sons
Stephen and Joseph Clap he gave the remainder of his estate in equal
portions, they also to have their mother's after she ceased to improve
it. To his daughters Hannah and Judith, he gave his portion of
the land granted the Canada soldiers, and £100 iu bills of credit
old tenor ; the land granted the Canada soldiers he received as the
representative of his brother Edward, who was lost in the Canada
expedition of 1690; there were lost at sea in that expedition 46
soldiers, who went from Dorchester. This land was granted the sur-
vivors of that company or their representatives by the General
Court of Massachusetts June 19, 1735, and is now called Ashburn-
ham (formerly Dorchester Canada) ; it is in Worcester County, and
incorporated in 1765. The right in the above-named land was ap-
prized at £60.
Nehemiah's whole inventory was £3019 lis. 4d. His Will may be
found at the Probate office in Boston, 36th vol. page 190.
Children of Dea. Nehemiah and Lydia (Tucker) Clapp :
28. Lydia, 4 bapt. Aug. 11, 1717; d. April 10, 1736, unm., aged 19 yrs.
29. EzRA, 4 b. Sept. 11, 1719; bapt. Sept. 13; d. Jan. 12, 1740, aged
21 years.
100 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
30. Hannah, 4 b. March 19, 1721 ; d. March 16, 1756; m. Mr. Stephen
Badlam, March 1, 1744.
+31. Stephen, 4 b. April 17, 1724; bapt. April 19.
-f-32. Joseph, 4 b. June 7, 1726 ; bapt. June 11 ; d. Jan. 30, 1799.
33. Judith, 4 b. Jan. 30, 1728 ; bapt. Feb. 2 ; m. Ebenezer Swift.
34. Ephraim, 4 bapt. Feb. 6, 1731-2; d. Oct. 26, 1733.
35. Jonathan, 4 b. Oct. 16, 1734; bapt. Oct. 20; d. July 13, 1736.
21
EZRA 3 {Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Ezra, and Experience (Houghton)
Clapp, was born March 18, 1693, and died Sept. 20, 1761, aged 68.
He married, Nov. 17, 1715, Waitstill Tucker, of Milton, daughter of
Manasseh Tucker, and had several children. By the Milton Church
Records, it seems they were admitted to the church in Milton April
28, 1717. Ezra removed to Middleboro' in 1726, being dismissed
with his wife to the church in the latter place Dec. 18 of that year.
She died July 31, 1763, aged about 73 years.
Children of Ezra and Waitstill (Tucker) Clapp:
36. Waitstill, 4 b. Oct. 6, 1716 ; bapt. Oct. 7.
37. Experience, 4 b. April 30 (ch. rec. bapt. April 13), 1718 ; d. May
26, 1720, aged 2 years.
38. Elijah, 4 b. July 31, 1721 ; bapt. Aug. 6. He removed with his
father to Middleboro' ; m. in 1741, Hope Thomas, and removed
to Brookfield. He d. in 1790.
+39. Manasseh, 4 b. Sept. 28, 1725 ; bapt. Oct. 3.
■22
EBENEZER 3 {Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Ezra and Experience
(Houghton) Clapp, was born in Milton, February 3, 1697, and mar-
ried Abigail Belcher, of that place, Feb. 4, 1719; he removed to
Dorchester previous to Oct. 7, 1726; he had one child born in Mil-
ton, and one in Dorchester. Ebenezer probably went to Middleboro'
about the time his brother Ezra did. He is called of that place in
a deed dated Feb. 24, 1730.
Children of Ebenezer and Abigail (Belcher) Clapp:
40. Elizabeth, 4 b. in Milton, July 6, 1721 ; bapt. July 9 ("her father
owning y e Covenant") ; d. July 25, 1721.
41. Elizabeth, 4 b. in Dorchester, Oct. 7, 1726 ; bapt. in Milton Nov.
20.
26
EDWARD 3 (Nehemiah, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Nehemiah and Sarah
(Leavitt) Clapp, and his second son of that name, was born Dec. 9,
1680, and died Dec. 3, 1733. He married Mary Clark, of Boston,
Nov. 11, 1703. I suppose he lived in Dorchester until 1722, and
then removed to Sudbury, Mass. I think he married a second wife
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 101
while lie lived iu Dorchester, whose christian name was Abigail. He
was probably rather a shiftless man; he had a good estate left him,
which he disposed of before he removed to Sudbury. In 1722, he
enlisted in Captain Edward Ward's Company, and was in an expe-
dition against the Indians. No account can be found of his children,
besides two daughters, who finished the name of Deacon Edward's
descendants in the line of his son Nehemiah. He died in Sudbury,
Dec. 3, 1733.
Child of Edward and 1st wife Mary (Clark) Clapp:
42. Mary, 4 b. Aug. 16, 1704; d. young.
By 2d wife Abigail ( ) Clapp :
43. Mary, 4 b. April 9, 1722. She probably lived in Sudbury, where
her father removed soon after her birth.
31
STEPHEN 4 {Nehemiah, 3 Ezra? Edward 1 ), son of Nehemiah and
Lydia (Tucker) Clapp, was born April 17, 1724. Wife Mary. It
appears that he spent his days and died in Milton.
Children of Stephen and wife Mart Clapp :
44. Lydia, 5 b. Oct. 7, 1750 ; bapt. Oct. 21 ; never married.
45. Stephen, 5 b. Oct. 22, 1752. He never married. It appears that
he died when he was a little upwards of 20 years of age.
46. Hannah, 5 b. Aug. 23, 1754; never married.
47. Ezra, 5 b. May 10, 1757 ; d. young.
48. Esther, 5 b. Sept. 11, 1759 ; m. Lemuel Capen (see No. 57) ; they
both d. in Rutland, Mass.
49. Judith, 5 b. Feb. 17, 1762; never m. ; probably d. when between
the ages of 20 and 30 years.
32
JOSEPH 4 (Nehemiah, 3 Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Nehemiah and
Lydia (Tucker) Clapp, was born June 7, 1726. He was Deacon of the
Church, and left Milton when he had arrived at about the age of 55,
and resided in Sterling. When in Milton, he lived in the house
afterwards occupied by Mr. C. Breck, on the road from Milton
Meeting House to near the Upper Mills in Dorchester. He died in
Sterling, Jan. 30, 1799, aged 73 years. Wife Rachel.
Children of Joseph and wife Rachel Clapp :
50. Rachel, 5 b. Dec. 17, 1751 ; m. first, Stephen Babcock, of Milton;
second, Enos Blake, of Dorchester, currier. She d. in Wey-
mouth, leaving two daughters.
+51. Nehemiah, 5 b. Sept. 13, 1753 ; bapt. Sept. 23 ; d. in 1822.
52. Susanna, 5 b. March 16, 1760 ; m. Silas Grout, of Sudbury. They
left children, one of whom, William Clapp Grout, was a Repre-
sentative to the General Court in 1813, from the town of
Wayland.
102 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
53. Joseph, 6 d. June 1, 1758.
54. Catharine, 5 b. June 15, 1762; m. Rogers Chase, of Royalston.
55. Abigail, 5 b. Oct. 4, 1764 ; m. Mr. Joseph Crackbon, who d. in
Newton. She was living in 1843.
56. Jerusha, 5 b. May 29, 1767 ; m. Andrew Putnam, of Sterling.
They left at least two children (sons). One of theru, Rev.
George Putnam, D.D., is now (1875) the pastor of the first
church in Roxbury ; and, as a preacher of extraordinary power,
as a man and Christian, is an honor and ornament to his
generation.
57. Ltdia, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1771; m. Lemuel Capen, of Rutland. She
was his second wife, his first being Esther (No. 48), dau. of
Stephen, and cousin to Lydia Clapp.
-j-58. Stephen, 5 b. March 14, 1777 ; d. Jan. 1846.
39
MANASSEH 4 (Ezra, 3 Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Ezra and Wait-
still (Tucker) Clapp, was born in Milton, Sept. 28, 1725. He
removed to Middleboro'.
Child of Maxasseh Clapp :
--J-59. Elijah, 5 b. July 3, 1751.
51
NEIIEMTAH 5 (Joseph, 4 JVehemiah, 3 Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Joseph
and Rachel Clapp, was born September 13. 1753. He married
Jerusha Yose, of Milton. In 1779, removed from Milton to Sher-
burne ; afterwards from Sherburne to Leominster, from Leominster to
Royalston, and from Royalston to Franconia, N. H. He died in 1 822.
Children of Nehemiah and Jerusha (Yose) Clapp:
60. Joseph, 6 b. in 1775 ; d. in 1820.
61. Jerusha, 6 b. 1778 ; m. Aug. 20,1826, David Hyde, and lived in
Boston. Mr. Ilvde d. and she was living in 1843 with her
second husband, Mr. Mellen.
62. William, 6 b. 1785 ; d. Nov. 1818, unm., in Boston, aged 33 years.
-4-63. Ni:hemiah, 6 b. 1790.
64. Thomas, 6 b. 1797 ; d. in Boston, unm., July, 1815.
58
STEPHEN 5 (Joseph; Nehemiah, 3 Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Joseph
and Rachel Clapp, was born March 14, 1777, in Milton. He re-
moved with his father to Sterling, and from there to Chester, Yt.
He married Hannah Lewis, of Sterling, in 1797 or 1798. He called
on the author of this work several times in 1843, and appeared to
be a very intelligent and exemplary man. He died in Chester, Yt.,
in January, 1846.
Children of Stephen and Hanxah (Lewis) Clapp :
65. Eliza, 6 b. Oct. 27, 1798 ; m. Leonard Holton in Chester, Yt.
They lived in Boston and had several children.
EDWARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 103
66. Eachel, 6 b. April 3, 1801; m. Joel Perry, of Chester, Vt. ; d. in
1827, and Mr. Perry m. her sister Hannah.
67. Nancy, 6 b. April 26, 1803 ; m. Alpheus Atwood, of Chester, Vt.
68. Hannah, 6 b. Dec. 29, 1805 ; m. Joel Perry, of Chester, Vt.
69. Martha L., 6 b. Oct. 11, 1808; m. Horace Poland, of Langdon,
N. H. They lived in Boston.
70. Joseph L., 6 b. Aug. 7, 1811; d. June 16, 1829, when about 18
years of age, his death cutting off all prospect of a continuation of
the name in this line of the family. He was a young man of
good reputation.
71. Lucy Ann, 6 b. Feb. 16, 1815 ; m. Eliakim Ellison, of Chester, Vt.,
and lived in Cambridge, Mass.
59
ELIJAH 5 (Ma?iassch* Ezra, 3 Ezra, 2 Edward 1 ), son of Manasseh
Clapp, was born in Middleboro', Mass., July 3, 1751. He removed
to Brookfield, Mass., and married Aznbah Ross, of that place, about
1776. She was born in West Brookfield, August 3, 1751.
Children of Elijah and Azubah (Ross) Clapp:
72. Eebecca, 6 b. March 29, 1777; never m. ; d. April 6, 1874, aged
97 years and 8 days. She was an active, wide awake woman.
She attended court in 1870, when 93 vears of asre, to defend a case
in a lawsuit. She owned a good farm in New Braintree, Mass.,
where she lived alone for many years. She was disappointed in
her affections early in life, which may have been one cause of the
eccentricities which marked her character. She was economical
to a fine point, and the acquisition of property seemed the ruling
aim of her life. Probably in her younger days she was deprived
by necessity of some of the comforts of life ; and in her old age
she voluntarily relinquished them all. Her property was re-
tained to the last for unthankful heirs, who disapproved of her
course, and, unknown to her, made all reasonable efforts for
her comfort. In short, she was miserly, and so far mortified the
flesh as to create some doubt of her being able to adapt her
spiritual state so as to overcome this all-pervading trait ; yet she
was fond of her Bible, read it diligently, and formed singular
ideas of its scope and meaning. The following was cut from a
newspaper in 1874, issued but a short time before her death:
" Miss Rebekah Clapp, of New Braintree, who will be ninety-
seven years of age on the 29th, rode to Ware on business, Mon-
day, which she transacted ' with as much activity and shrewd-
ness as most young girls of twenty.' "
73. Sakah, 6 b. Sept. 18, 1779 ; m. Geo. Bosworth, of Petersham.
74. TnmzA, 6 b. May 19, 1781; m. Mr. Merriam, the father of the
famous publisher of Webster's Dictionary, in Springfield, Mass.
-f75. William, 6 b. May 4, 1783; d. Sept. 13, 1846.
76. Apollos, 6 b. May 14, 1787; m Barnes, March 25, 1843,
removed to Vernon, Vt., and d. without issue.
77. Cephas, 6 b. Oct. 1, 1788 ; m Spooner, and lived in Warren,
Mass. He d. in 1853.
104 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
63
NEHEMIAH 6 (JSTehemiah, 5 Joseph, 4 Nehemiah? Ezra,' Edward'),
son of Nehemiah and Jerusha (Vose) Clapp, was born in 1790. He
married Sally Millet, Sept. 4, 1814, and was living in Orange, Mass.,
in 1843. He was much addicted to intemperance for several years
when living in Boston. His wife remained in Boston, and did not
live with him after 1830.
Children of Nehemiah and Sally (Millet) Clapp:
78. Sarah, 7 b. March 16, 1815 ; d. Feb. 17, 1841, aged 26 years. She
was a girl of good character, and a great comfort to her mother.
79. Thomas, 7 b. April 22, 1817. He was a person of little promise,
and in 1843 he served a sentence in the House of Correction,
Boston.
80. Charles Frederick, 7 b. Sept. 28, 1819 ; d. Jan. 19, 1820, aged
4 months.
81. Mary T., 7 b. Dec. 25, 1820 ; d. July 16, 1822, aged 1 year 7 mos.
75
WILLIAM 6 (Elijah; Manasseh, 4 Ezra,* Ezra, 2 Edward'), son of
Elijah and Azubah (Ross) Clapp, of Brookfield, was born May 4,
1783. He married, March 17, 1808, Mercy Barnes, who died in
December, 1860. He died Sept. 13, 1846.
Children of William and Mercy (Barnes) Clapp:
82. Johx W., 7 b. Dec. 11, 1808, in Paxton, Mass. ; m. Harriet N.
Ainsworth, of Barre, Mass.
83. Thomas B., 7 b. Aug. 22, 1811; d. in New York, Oct. 17, 1845,
aged 34 years.
84. Elijah, 7 b. Oct. 3, 1814 ; m. Eliza Kent, and has a dau. Ellen* b.
about 1840.
85. William, 7 b. May 11, 1817. For seven years he was engaged in
school-teaching, and had at one time among his pupils Daniel
H. Chamberlain, now (1875) the popular and efficient Governor
of South Carolina. In 1842 he removed to Boston, and has for
many years kept an extensive and popular store on Washington
St. and Temple Place. He m. Dec. 19, 1858, Myra E. Hobart, of
Hollis, N. H. He is a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company, has long been an active and worthy member
of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken thirty-two of the thirty-
three degrees in that Order. He was one of the most active and
liberal among the managers of the two Clapp Family Celebra-
tions, and has taken great interest in the publication of this
Memorial book.
86. Samuel E., 7 b. Aug. 9, 1821 ; removed to New York. He m.
Anna Sherman, of Brimlield, Mass., and has two sons Harry 8
and Samuel. 8
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THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
&i)amas (JTiapp
Son of Richard Clapp, of England, and cousin of Roger and Ed-
ward, was born in Dorchester, England, in 1597. He came over
to this country, probably, as already mentioned (see page 91), in the
ship which arrived from Weymouth (Eng.) on the 24th of July, 1633.
The probability is that Thomas and Nicholas, and their cousin Ed-
ward, came over together, and John some time afterward. The
name of Thomas Clapp appears, in 1634, on the Town Records of
Dorchester, where his brothers Nicholas and John settled, lived
and died. After his arrival in this country, Thomas remained a
few years in Dorchester, being admitted as a freeman there in
1638, and then removed to Weymouth, Mass., probably with the
intention of settling there. His farm was near what has since been
the residence of Hon. Christopher Webb, of that place. His eldest
son, Thomas, was born there March 15, 1639, and was the Clapp who
removed to Walpole (then part of Dedham), and was the ancestor
of the Clapps of that place. Farmer, in his Genealogical Register,
says that Thomas, senior, removed from Weymouth to Hingham, and
from thence to Scituate; while Deane says he had grants of land in
Hingham, but never resided there. Whether he did remove there or
not, there is little doubt that it was his intention to do so when the
grant of lands was made to him. If he was an inhabitant of Scituate
as early as 1640, as Deane says, it is very unlikely that he ever
took up his residence in Hingham, as there is evidence of his being
in Weymouth the year previous. He was Deacon of the Church in
Scituate in 1647, and was warmly engaged in a theological contro-
versy respecting the form of baptism, which commenced about 1641,
with the Rev. Charles Chauncey, then minister in Scituate, but after-
wards President of Harvard College.* Mr. Clapp was one of the
* Rev. Mr. Chauncy came to New England in 1638. He preached in Plymouth for
about three years, and would have remained longer there, hut for his holding some peculiar
views, in respect to the ordinances, to which the church could not subscribe. He believed
that " the Lord's Supper ought to be administered in the evening, and every Lord's day ;
and that baptism ought to be only by dipping, or plunging the whole body under water,
14
iU6 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
jmmittee of three, in 1675, who sent a letter to the Second Church,
nforming them that a reconciliation had taken place after a con-
troversy of 33 years. Mr. Clapp was a Deputy to the Court in 1649,
/erseer of the poor in 1667, that being the first year such offi-
.s were chosen. He was a useful and enterprising man. He died
April 20, 1684, greatly respected. His farm in Scituate was on the
south-west of Stockbridge's mill-pond, and afterwards owned by
Calvin Jenkins. Who his wife was has not been ascertained, ex-
cepting that her christian name was Abigail.
Richard Sylvester, who lived in Weymouth about 1640, held doc-
trines too liberal for the age in which he lived ; they were supposed
to be similar to those of his minister, Mr. Lenthial, whose doctrine
was "that all baptized persons should be admitted to the church
without further trial." This Mr. Lenthial afterward retracted before
the General Court of Massachusetts ; but Sylvester refusing, he
was disfranchised, and therefore removed into Scituate, then in the
Plymouth Colony and out of their jurisdiction. As Thomas Raw-
lins, Thomas Clapp, James Torrey and William Holbrook went to
Scituate about the same time, Deane supposes it was on account of
holding similar opinions. ♦
Children of Thomas and wife Abigail Clapp:
2. Thomas,' b. March 15, 1639; d. in 1691.
-f-3. Increase, 3 b. probably in May, 1640.
4. Samuel. 2
5. Eleazeu, 2 probably never married. He removed to Barnstable,
being admitted an inhabitant therebetween 1660 and 1670. He
was killed in that desperate battle with the Narragansett Indians
of March 15, 1676. He fought under the command of Captain
Michael Pierce, of Scituate. It was a bravely contested and
sanguinary battle, and out of 70 whites and friendly Indians, 63
were killed. This fight took place in the town of Rehoboth.
The whites and their company killed about three times their
number of Indians*
whether in the case of children or adults." He remained in Scituate about thirteen years,
his ministry during the whole time, as stated by Deane, being " a scene of constant "agita-
tion." In about five years after its commencement, as no terms of agreement could be
decided upon, nearly half the church and society withdrew and formed another church.
In 1654 he contemplated returning to England, when he received an invitation to the office
of President of Harvard College, with the stipend of one hundred pounds per annum, and
with the understanding that " he forbear to disseminate or publish any tenets concerning
immersion in baptism, and celebration of the Lord's Supper at evening, or to expose the
received doctrine therein." He agreed to this, and was inducted into office Nov. 27, 1654.
He retained the office of President nearly seventeen years, till his death, Feb. 19, 1672.
" Of the estimation in which he was held at Cambridge some idea may be formed from the
fact that, as Cotton Mather informs us, ' when he had been above a year or two in the
town, the church kept a whole day of thanksgiving to God, for the mercy which they en-
joyed in his being there.' " The religious controversy, begun in Scituate under his ministry,
and which resulted, as stated, in the dismemberment of the church, was continued between
the two societies till the letter signed by Nicholas Baker, Thomas Clapp and John Daman,
in 1675, on behalf of the First Church, signified an acceptance from the other church of
a kindly offer of reconciliation.
* An anecdote is told relating to this battle, showing the artifice of a friendly Indian,
given by Cotton Mather. "One who was flying and closely pressed by a hostile Indian,
sought the shelter of a large rock. Thus the two were waiting in awful suspense to shoot
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
6. Elizabetii, 3 m. Deacon Thomas King of Scituate, April 20, x qc
They had nine children. Deacon King owned a farm at Sti
Cove Brook, which he purchased of Nathaniel Rawlins. 1
first wife, Elizabeth, d. in 1698, and the next year he m. Deboi e "
Briggs. He and his second wife both d. in 1711.
7. Prudence, 2 was living and unm. when her father made his wil
in 1684.
8. John, 2 b. Oct. 18, 1658; d. about 1671. He was a youth of ex
traordinary piety and promise ; he d. when a little upwards of 1.
years of age, and a memoir of his life was published by Rev. Mr 1
Witherell,* of Scituate, assisted by Rev. Mr. Baker.f The work
is probably not now in existence. Urian Gakes$ said of this
John, " He was a young old man, full of grace, though not full
of days." There is also an account of him in Cotton Mather's
Magnalia. Probably most of the facts therein stated were taken
from the above named book. Urian Oakes wrote the preface to
the memoir of John Clarjp.
9. Abigail, 2 b. Jan. 29, 1659-60; living, unm. in 1684.
2
THOMAS 2 (Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas and wife Abigail Clapp,
was born in Weymouth, Mass., March 15, 1639. He was the
eldest son of Thomas Clapp, senior, who settled in Scituate the
year previous. Thomas 2 removed and settled in Dedham ; he lived
in that portion which was afterward incorporated as Walpole, the
incorporation of which took place in 1724. He was a housewright
by trade, and died previous to Jan. 29, 1691, when his Will was
proved. He was married to Mary Fisher, Nov. 10, 1662. The late
Elisha Clapp, and Charles Clapp, of Bath, Me., had the impression
(and so have it recorded) that Thomas 2 died in 1703, and was
the first person buried in the Walpole burying-ground, and this ap-
pears to have been the prevailing idea in Walpole ; but it was his son
Thomas 3 who died in 1703-4. I have taken great pains in looking
up this branch, and find that all who preceded me had omitted one
family of children, those of Thomas 2d, of Dedham.
each other. Capt. Pierce's Indian putting his cap on the end of a stick or gun, gently raised
it to the view of his enemy, who immediately discharged his gun at the cap, and the next
instant was shot dead by the friendly Indian."
* There is a tradition that the mother of Rev. Mr. Witherell was a daughter of John
Rogers, the Smithfield martyr. Mr. Witherell was the first minister of the Second Church
in Scituate, being ordained pastor there in 164-5, and remained till his death in 1684, nearly
thirty-nine years. During this time, he administered, according to Deane, 608 baptisms,
the number bein? increased by the opposition to infant baptism among some of the neigh-
boring clergy. Mr. Witherell lived to see the two churches of the town happily reconciled
after their long variance.
t Minister of First Church in Scituate, and one of the signers with Thomas Clapp of the
letter of reconciliation between the First and Second Churches.
X Urian Oakes came to New England about 1634, being then a mere child. He graduated
at Harvard College in 1649, and enjoyed a high reputation as a scholar. He studied theolo-
gy, and returned to England, but was recalled by the church at Cambridge in 1668, over
which he was minister until 1675, when he succeeded Dr. Hoar as President of Harvard Col-
lege. This office he retained until his death, July 25, 1681. He published several works,
and was specially distinguished for his knowledge of the Latin language.
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
M* WILL OF THOMAS CLAPP, OF DEDHAM.
' In the Yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty-eight in y e
arth Yeare of the Reigne of our soveraigne, King James the 2 nd , and* the
n urteenth day of December, I Thomas Clap Sen r of Dedham in the County
>f Suffolk in his Majestys Terrytorys in New England, calling to mind my
mortality and being put in mind of my change by weakness and infirmity
atending me Do therefore now in the time of the enjoy mt of my understand-
ing and memory upon good consideration make and ordaine this to be my
gf ast will and testament for the disposing of my estate, wherein first I comit
/-my soul into the hands of Almighty God in & through the Lord Jesus, my
blessed Redeemer, & my body to the earth to be therein interred after my
decease in Christian Buryall at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter
named. Impris : I do give unto my deare and well beloved wife Mary
^Clap one bedd with all the furniture thereto belonging and to the value of
tffifty shillings in household stvff all at her choyce & one end of my Dwelling
w house & eight pounds p. year each year she live a widow, three pounds
thereof p. year in money and the other five pounds p. year in corne and such
other provisions as may be suitable for her use ; & if my said Wife do
marry againe then she is to have only the use or Rent of the thirds of my
buildings & lands, & aforesaid bedd & moveables to return to my children after
her decease, and further my mind and will is that my estate should be aprized
as money & being devided into nineteen parts for quantity of pay mt to be
devided amongst my children as followe'th: Imp s : I do give and bequeath
•' to my eldest son Thomas Clap four parts of the said nineteen whereof
he have received forty pounds in the house & lands I bought for him that
he now live in. Item, I give and bequeath unto my other sons Joshua
Clap, Eliezer Clap & Samuel Clap nine parts of the aforesaid nineteen parts
to be equally divided viz* each one of them three parts. Item, I give unto
my three daughters Mary Abigail & Hannah, the other six parts not dis-
posed of aforesai d to be equally divided betwixt them viz* to each one of
them two parts. My lands are to be equally devided betwixt my sons by
Overseers or supervisors as they judge most equall & what each son receive
in lands more than their portions as aforesaid they are to make payment in
good currant Country pay mt to their sisters each child to receive their por-
tions at one and twenty years of age, or marriage which time come first my
daughters to be paid their portions in three equal payments in three years
after the aforesaid time. If any of my aforesaid children dye before they
attayne the aforesaid age or Marryage their portion is to be divided be-
twixt them of my children that survive. By the rules aforesaid each child
J* c aforesaid at their receiving their portion or any part thereof is then legally
t j to engage to pay their just proportion in the eight pound p. yeare each
d yeare to their mother according to the as aforesaid during all the time
:, aforesaid & if my said Wife after my decease while she continues a widow
wii shold by sickness or weakness any way suffer so as the aforesaid eight pounds
im P- yeare prove not sufficient for her needful maintenance there shall be so
H e much added as the three overseers hereafter named shall judge & determine
" r needful for her supply to be paid by each child their due proportion an-
swerable to their aforesaid portions on my said estate. My mind & Will is
r that my buildings should be aprized so that my son or sons that shall in-
1 herit them may not be to much disadvantaged in meet accommodations of
tt lands, & paying Legacys.
I do appoint and empower my loving sons Thomas Clap & Joshua Clap
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 10f
to be my Executors of this my last Will & Testament & do request my love-
ing friend Samuel Barber my loveing brother John Fisher, and my loveing
cousin John Plimpton, all of them of Medfield to be the supervisors & over-
seers whose order advice and counsell my executors must attend & in all
waity matters, in all parts of my Will & division of estate to my children,
their determination or the surveying of them shall be as of legal force and
value at all times as if mvself had done and acted the same things. Tc
confirme all the premises I the said Thomas Clap, Sen r have set to my hand
& seale in the presence of us
Thomas Battell,
Joshua Fisher,
John Aldis, Jr.
Furthermore, upon good consideration I do add to the aforesaid portion
of my daughter Mary ten pounds to be added to her aforesaid portion out
of my said estate. This addition is before signing and sealing.
Thomas Clap, Seu r . [.Seal.]
Children of Thomas and Mary (Fisher) Clapp :
-f-10. Thomas, 3 b. Sept. 26, 1663 ; d. Jan. 28, 1704, aged 40 years.
11. John 3 , b. Feb. 29, 1665 ; d. March 12, 1665.
+12. Joshua, 3 b. in 1667 ; d. in 1728.
13. Mary, 3 b. Dec. 13, 1669.
-f-14. Eliezer, 3 b. Nov. 4, 1671.
15. Abigail. 3
16. Hannah. 8
-f-17. Samuel, 3 b. Aug. 21, 1682; d. June 13, 1772.
INCREASE 2 (Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas and wife Abigail Clapp,
was born in 1640. Concerning his history, little is known. 1 am
persuaded that he was the Increase that was baptized in Dorchester
May 14, 1640; that was probably about the period that his father
removed from Weymouth to Scituate, and the controversy concern-
ing Mr. Lcnthial, the minister of Weymouth, was probably the cause
of his bringing his son to Dorchester, his former place of residence,
to be baptized by Rev. Richard Mather. He removed to Barnstable,
Mass., and married the widow of Nathauiel Goodspeed in October,
1675. Her maiden name was Elizabeth, daughter of John Bursley.
Increase went to Barnstable about 1661-2, and bought the estate of
the Rowleys. He probably removed to Rochester, Mass., the latter
part of his life. I find in the Plymouth Records he was of Rochester
in 1710, aud bought twenty acres of land of William Griffiths, one
of the original lots granted to William Clark (Lot 11).
Children of Increase and Elizabeth (Bursley) Clapp:
-j-18. John, 3 b. Oct. 1676.
19. Charity, 3 b. March, 1677-8.
20. Thomas, 3 b. Jan. 1681 ; d. Jan. 1683.
21. Thomas, 3 b. Jan. 1684 ; bapt. March 16, 1684. Nothing known
of his history.
22. Benjamin. 3 Nothing known of his history.
,110 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
SAMUEL 2 {Thomas 1 ), brother of the preceding, was married June
14, 1666, to Hannah, daughter of Thomas Gill, of Hingham. His
father's residence succeeded to him ; he was a distinguished man of
--his time, and one of the most so of his native town, Scituate, which
^contained some of the most able in the Colon}-. He was a Represen-
tative to the General Court of Massachusetts from 1692 to 1696;
\ also in 1699, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1714 and 1715;
^ this was, of course, after the Massachusetts and Plymouth Colonies
a were united in one. Previous to this he had been a Deputy to the
1 Government of the Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1686 ; also in 1690
t and 1691. He was one of the committee chosen May 27, 1686, by
' the town, "to draw up their grievances, and impart their apprehen-
sions to the town " concerning the new laws that day read to them.
In 1682, he was one of the commissioners to settle the boundary
between Scituate and Marshfield; also to divide the line between
Conihassett grant and Scituate. In many other ways he served the
Town and State with great zeal and fidelity, and died at an age
somewhat advanced; what year I have not been able to determine;
but he must have been upwards of 70 years old when last a member
of the General Court. He and John Cushing, of Scituate, addressed
a "very spirited declaration " to Gov. Andros, in 1687, upon the
account of his granting a warrant to Humphrey Johnson to lay out
[j lands for his (Johnson's) use. He had a grist- and saw-mill where
q the Stockbridge Mills have since stood. I believe he was a Major ;
i„ his wife died Feb. 27, 1722.
g ( Children of Samuel and Hannah (Gill) Clapp:
tii
( ] 23. Samuel. 3 b. May 15, 1667; probably in., but had no issue.
+24. Joseph, 3 b. Dec. 14, 1668.
+25. Stephen, 3 b. March 4, 1670 ; d. Dec. 11, 1756, aged 86 years.
26. Hannah, 3 b. Jan. 15, 1673. She, or her cousin Hannah (No. 16),
of Dedham, m. Hezekiah "Woodworth, Dec. 23, 1697.
27. Bethia, 3 b. in 1675 ; probably m. Thomas Oliver, Nov. 11, 1696.
+28. John, 3 b. Sept. 31, 1677.
29. Abigail, 3 b. Oct. 1, 1679 ; m. John Bailey, of Scituate, Feb. 14,
1700. They had eleven children.
+30. David, 3 b. Nov. 1684.
31. Deborah, 3 b. Feb. 1686-7.
32. Jane, 3 b. Nov. 1689 ; m. Samuel Holbrook, Jr., of Scituate, in
1708.
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THOMAS 3 (Thomas', Thomas 1 ), oldest son of Thomas and Mary
(Fisher) Clapp, of Dedham, was born September 26, 1663, and died
Januray 28, 1704. Wife Mary. He was a farmer, and lived in the
house his father bought for him of Col. Bvfield. That house was set
a
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
off as a part of his share in the division of his father's estate ; h
also had 19 acres of land west of Spice Brook; 13 acres bounded by
the east of his brother Joshua's land; 4 acres at Stop River, next
north of Wrentham line; two pieces of meadow, &c. The division ;
of his father's (Thomas 2 ) estate was not made until 1703, which was
the period at which his youngest son Samuel 3 (brother of Thomas 3 ) i
reached the age of 21 years. Thomas 3 was dead before the docu-
ments relating to the division were signed ; his widow was present, is
and his son Thomas 4 signed them. After the decease of Thomas, 3
his widow married a Mr. Jennerv about 1709; until that time the
children had probably been under her care ; her son Thomas 4 then
took charge of their property.
Children of Thomas and wife Mary Clapp, of Dedham :
-f 33. Thomas, 4 b. about 168G ; d. Feb. 18, 1741, aged 55 years.
34. Mary, 4 b. about 1689 ; m. Joshua Pumry (now spelled Pomeroy),
Oct. 1,1718. At the time of the destruction of Deerfield, Mass.,
by the Indians, about 1704, Mr. Pomeroy was an inhabitant of
that place, but removed from thence to Dorchester. While he
resided in Dorchester his first wife d., in 1714. According to a
gravestone in the old burying-grouud, Dorchester, Repent, wife
to Joshua Pumry, d. July 22, 1714, aged 38 years, 5 months.
Joshua Pumry m. Mary Blake, June 2, 1715 (Town Records,
Dorchester), and she d. March 19, 1718, aged about 31 years
(see grave-stone, Dorchester). She was dau. of Deacon John
Blake, and was b. April 26, 1687.
35. Deborah, 4 b. in 1691.
36. Mehitable, 4 b. in 1694.
37. Stephen, 4 b. in 1700. Little is known of his history. He was
living at the age of 16 years, and appointed Henry Adams, of
Medfield, his guardian.
38. Hannah. 4
39. Elizabeth, 4 m. Samuel Pettee, of Walpole, whose residence was
also in that part of the territory of Wrentham which is now a
part of Foxboro'. She d. May 28, 1776, in her 76th year. Pie
d. Aug. 4, 1780, in his 90th year. They had several children.
12
JOSHUA 3 {Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas and Mary (Fisher) e
Clapp, of Dedham, was born in 1667, and died in 1728. He lived y
in that part of Dedham incorporated as the town of Walpole in 1724,
and married, first, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Boyden. She died
May 18, 1718, and he married, second, December 4, 1718, Silence
Wright, widow of William Wright, and daughter of John Bird, of
Dorchester. She was born Feb. 14, 1690. He was a farmer, and
of his father's estate he had one half the field near the river, bounded
north by the land of his brother Thomas; two lots of cedar swamp
meadow; six acres of land next to James Fales's; twelve acres of
land north of Neponset River, some of it on the river ; and two cow-
rishts.
110
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Joshua and 1st wife Mary (Boyden) Clapp, of Ded-
SA^am and Walpole :
14, 1 _L_40. Joshua, 4 b. in 1707; d. May 6, 1802, aged 95 years.
fathe 41. John, 4 b. in 1709; d. Feb. 21, 1775, aged 66 years. He probably
his ti never married. Being a person unable to manage his own
contf affairs, his brother Joshua was appointed his guardian, June 13,
tativt 1745, John then being about 32 years of age.
a j so J 42. Abigail, 4 m. Mr. Morse.
43. Esther, 4 m. Mr. Morse.
44. Mart, 4 m. Eleazer Robins, of Stoughton, an innholder. Mr.
Robins was the administrator of the estate of his wife's uncle,
^otf Eliezer Clapp, in 1749. The reason Eliezer's son Stephen did
and not administer was probably on account of his being a seafaring
the man.
sion 45. Thankful, 4 b. in 1716.
Children of Joshua and 2d wife Silence (Bird) Clapp:
46. Silence, 4 b. in 1720.
-f47. Seth, 4 b. in 1722.
14 —
this v
were
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4
ELIEZER 3 {Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of the preceding, was
born November 4, 1671. He was married and lived in Walpole.
The old homestead fell to him, also thiruy-one acres of land about it;
one-fourth of the meadow at Cedar Swamp, one acre at Stop River,
nine acres at Major's Plain, one-fourth of Cedar Swamp and meadow
and one cow-right. At his decease, Eleazer Robins, of Stoughton,
who married his niece Mary (44), administered on his estate.
Child of Eliezer Clapp and wife, of Walpole:
-j-48. Stephen, 4 d. in 1750.
17
SAMUEL 3 (Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of the preceding, was born
in Dedham, Aug. 21, 1682. He married, first, July 13, 1709, Eliza-
beth Fisher; second, Bethiah, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Sarah
Dean, of Taunton, who was born Jan. 7, 1697, and died Oct. 12,
1778. He had of his father's estate, the barn and six acres about it;
twenty acres of land by Joseph Hartshorn's ; also four acres, one
cow-right, one-fourth of Cedar Swamp, six acres at Ridge Pond, one
acre and one-half the meadow at Stop River. His father owned two
pieces of meadow besides the one last named ; one called the Swamp
in Great Cedar Swamp, the other called Cedar Swamp Meadow.
Samuel died June 13, 1772.
Children of Samuel and 2d wife, Bethiah (Dean) Clapp:
-4-49. Samuel, 4 b. June 6, 1710 ; d. in 1773.
50. David, 4 b. Jan. 25, 1712.
THOMAS A.iD HIS DESCENDANTS. 1>
■j .
— f-51 . Jonathan, 4 b. Oct. 1, 1714. \
52. Elizabeth, 4 b. March 6, 1720.
-4-53. Abiel, 4 b. Feb. 7, 1728.
-j-54. Eleazer, 4 b. Feb. 1731.
Samuel 3 had in all three daughters ; one m. Mr. Dean, <
o Li
Bi-ookfield ; one, Mr. Field, of Mansfield ; and one, Mr. Pade
ford, of Taunton.
18
JOHN 3 (Increase, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Increase and Elizahit
(Bursley) Clapp, was born Oct. 1676. He married and removot
to Rochester, Mass.; he was there in 1710, and bought land -
Samuel Prince, probably having removed there with his family aboi *•
that time, with his father. He bought the next lot to his fathV 1
No. 10.
Children of John Clapp and wife, of Rochester :
55. Charity, 4 b. in 1701.
-}-56. Ebenezer, 4 b. in 1704.
57. John, 4 b. in 1706 ; d. Oct. 13, 1722.
-f-58. Benjamin, 4 b. in 1708.
59. Earl, 4 b. in 1711.
60. Elizabeth, 4 b. in 1714; m., June 21, 1734, Kenelm Winslowl
Jr., who was b. Feb. 20, 1713, and had eleven children. They;
moved to Hardwick in 1749, and to Petersham in 1773. j\.
61. Mary, 4 b. in 1716. er
40,
24 tof
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JOSEPH 3 (Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Samuel and Hannah (Gillj^
Clapp, of Scituate, was born Dec. 14, 1668. He married and lived 1#
probably, on Black Pond Hill, in Scituate, where he had land. 8
His son Deacon Joseph, and his grandson Elijah, afterwards lived j.
in the same place. y
Children of Joseph Clapp and wife, of Scituate : a-
+62. Samuel, 4 b. Nov. 18, 1695. 1 -
63. Mary, 4 b. March 6, 1696-7. 5 e
64. Abigail, 4 b. May 16, 1699 ; d. Oct. 13, 1740. y
+65. Joseph, 4 b. July 15, 1701.
66. Rebecca, 4 b. Oct. 2, 1703.
67. Anna, 4 b. March 1, 1705.
68. Sarah, 4 b. May 15, 1708.
+69. Benjamin, 4 b. April 26, 1710.
70. Job, 4 b. Nov. 6, 1712; wife Temperance. Child:
71. Sarah, 5 b. June 4, 1759.
72. Elisha, 4 b. March 9,1714; m. 1735, Leah Subsequently 5,
he settled in Little Compton, R. I. Children:
74° T tl 7? 5 £" These were born in Scituate:
15 '
4 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
ai 25
x STEPHEN 3 (Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of the preceding, was
a )rn March 4, 1670. He was the most distinguished of his father's
.' ,mily. He was a Deacon of the church, and Lieutenant of the
ilitary. His house, which was built previously to 1687, was stand-
t * in 1842. In a survey of the road in 1686, it is called "Samuel
' lap's new house." It was built on White-Oak plain, and in 1831 was
|] vned by the fifth generation from Deacon Stephen. He was one
'the committee for building the meeting-house in 1706. He was
) a Representative to the General Court in 1720. Wife Tem-
rance. President Thomas Clapp, of Yale College, was his son.
e died Dec. 11, 1756, aged 86 years.
Children of Deacon Stephen and wife Temperance Clapp, of
•ituate :
-75. John, 4 b. Oct. 14, 1697.
76. Rachel, 4 b. May 29, 1701; m. Nov. 9, 1721, Judge George
Leonard,* of Norton.
[-77. Thomas, 4 b. June 26, 1703 ; d. Jan. 7, 1767.
78. Stephen, 4 b. Oct. 4, 1706 ; probably never m., if so he had no issue.
There was a Stephen, who m. Mrs. Mary Gorham, in Barnstable,
Oct. 24, 1734, which may have been him.
+79. Nathaniel, 4 b. Sept. 11, 1709.
c
28
n
aT OHN 3 (Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of Deacon Stephen, was born
w it. 31, 1677. He married his cousin, Hannah Gill, in 1702. She
.as a widow in 1730, and married Major Amos Turner in 1732.
Major Turner's first wife was Sarah Hiland. He lived about fifty
rods north of Stockbridge's Mill and mansion. John Clapp probably
died previously to 1722. He lived near the residence of the late
Augustus Clapp, east of the mill pond.
Children of John and Hannah (Gill) Clapp, of Scituate:
+80. Thomas, 4 b. Nov. 11, 1705; d. May 31, 1774.
81. John, 4 b. in 1707 ; killed by a cart, when youug.
82. A daughter, 4 m. Mr. Leonard, of Norton, a gentleman of very
reputable family.
30
DAVID 3 (Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), youngest son of Samuel and Hannah
(Gill) Clapp, of Scituate, was born in November, 1684. He married
Deborah, daughter of Joseph Otis, who was born April 24, 1694.
They lived in Scituate.
* Judge of C. C. P. ami Probate; member of the Council in 1741 ; Chief Justice in 1746.
" The Leonards," says Drake, " were a noted family, having possessed great wealth, and
held various offices of honor, trust and profit. "
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. Ill 2
a
a
Children of David and Deborah (Otis) Clapp, of Scitnate: l - s
83. Joshua, 4 b. Nov. 16, 1713 ; d. Feb. 19, 1728, aged 14 years. P . ;
84. Deborah, 4 b. Sept. 2, 1714 ; m. in 1734, David Little, of Scituate
85. Mary, 4 b. Oct. 13, 1719. i n
+86. David, 4 b. March 20, 1720-21.
87. James, 4 b. July 20, 1723; d. young. ls
88. Noah, 4 b. Oct. 7, 1725 ; d. young. Deane, in his history of Scitu-
ate, says this Noah removed to Norton, but he is mistaken. The
Noah who removed to Norton was one of the Walpole Clapps.
89. Abijah, 4 b. Sept. 25, 1727 ; m and probably did not settle
in Scituate, as the record of the birth of his children does not
appear to be there. Children : >
90. JVoah? d. a young man, not married.
91. Abijah* was a cooper by trade, and lived in Bridgewater many*
years. He left no children.
92. Stephen, 5 removed to Baltimore and was married. '
93. Joshua, 4 b. Jan. 7, 1729; d. in 1812.
94. Galen, 4 b. Feb. 5, 1733; d. Feb. 23, 1776.
95. Increase, 4 b. March 20, 1734.
33
THOMAS 4 (Thomas, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas and
wife Mary Clapp, was born in Dedham, about the year 1686. He
was a blacksmith by trade, but the latter part of his life he fol-
lowed farming. He lived to be older than his father or grandfather,
dying at the age of about 55 years; his father died at the age of 40,
and his grandfather at the age of 52. Thomas 4 being the oldest of
his father's family, his father dying when he was young, and his
mother again marrying, brought great responsibility upon him, and
the care of the family appears to have devolved mostly upon him.
He was guardian of his brother and five sisters soon after he became
of age ; his sisters Mary, Deborah and Mehitable, being over 14
years of age, chose him as their guardian, and he was appointed by
the Judge over Stephen, Hannah and Elizabeth. He married Han-
nah when he was a young man, and had at least nine children.
He was an active and enterprising man, and accumulated a large
estate for those days. He died Feb. 18, 1741, leaving property
valued at £5,105 17s. 9d.
Children of Thomas and wife Hannah Clapp :
96. Hannah, 6 m. Mr. Lincoln.
97. Mary, 5 m. Mr. Lincoln.
+98. Thomas, 6 b. in 1715 ; d. March, 1751, aged 36 years.
-f-99. James. 5
100. Abigail, 5 b. April, 1724; m. Mr. Everett, previously to Jan. 5,
1745.
101. Elizabeth, 5 b. in 1726 ; chose her mother for her guardian, Jan.
18, 1744.
102. Sarah, 5 b. Oct. 8, 1729.
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
103. Hepzibah, 5 b. Dec. 9, 1731.
-J-104. Timothy, 5 b. Dec. 24, 1733 ; d. in 1811.
40
JOSHUA 4 {Joshua, 2 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Joshua and Mary
(Boyden) Clapp, of Walpole, was born in 1707. He was a distin-
guished man, of high character. He was a military Captain, Justice
)f the Peace, Representative to the General Court, and for many
/ears a Deacon of the Church in Walpole (formerly south part of
Dedham). He married, first, Dec. 12, 1728, in Boston, Abigail
Bullard, of Walpole, who died Aug. 12, 1782. He married, second,
Deborah, the widow of Deacon Hewins; she died Nov-. 18, 1797,.
aged 90 years. About the year 1745, he marched his company to
Boston, to help defend it from the attack of the French fleet, then
daily expected. He died May 6, 1802, aged 95 years.
Children of Joshua and Abigail (Bullard) Clapp, of Walpole :
4-105. Joshua, 5 b. Sept. 7, 1729. -
4-106. Ebexezer, 5 b. Nov. 17, 1731; d. Oct. 20, 1817.
107. Mary, 5 b. Feb. 27, 1733 ; m. Mr. Fales, of Walpole.
-f-108. Eliphalet,* b. March 6, 1736.
109. Abigail, 5 b. Sept. 5, 1738 ; m. first, Benjamin Hartshorn, of
Walpole ; m. second, Jeremiah Smith, of Walpole.
110. Elkaxah, 5 b. Oct. 2, 1740; d. Oct. 13, 1805, aged 65 years; m.
July 16, 1767, Abigail Partridge, of Frauklin, Mass. He lived
on a farm in Mansfield, Mass., and was Major in the militia.
Children :
111. Obis, 6 b. Feb. 11, 1769; m. in 1804, Nancy Bowen, of Reho-
j both, Mass., and settled in the northern part of Vermont.
No issue in 1817.
112. Elizabeth, 6 b. June 27, 1771; d. Sept. 20, 1810; m. Elkanah
Clapp (No 213), a distant connection and brother to Asa
Clapp, of Portland, Me. They resided in Portland, and had
three daughters.
113. Abigail P.? b. May 23, 1774; d. March 15, 1803 ; m. in May,
1802, Rev. Otis Lane, of Sturbridge.
114. Ebenezerf b. Jan. 21, 1779 ; d. Jan. 1856 ; was a respectable
man, and a lawyer of considerable distinction in Bath, Me. ;
was for several years one of the trustees of Bowdoin College,
of Brunswick, Me. He m. June 21, 1812, Sarah, dau. of Dr.
Isaac Winslow, of Marshtield, Mass., and granddaughter of
John AViuslow, a Colonel in the expedition to Nova Scotia
in 1755, being the military agent in the removal of the Aca-
dians in that year, also commander of Fort William Henry
in Lake Erie, in 1756. She died Jan. 31, 1854, a. 78 years.
115. Mary, 6 b. Sept. 25, 1788; m. March 6, 1815, Richard King
Porter, of Portland, Me. He was a ship-master, and nephew
of Hon. Rufus King. They had four children.
116. Oliver, 5 b. Jan. 13, 1743 ; was a captain; settled in AValpole. He
in. first, Susannah Gay ; second, Susannah, dau. of Thomas Clapp,
of Walpole. Children by second wife:
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
117. Oliver* b. Oct. 13, 1764; d. in infancy.
118. Oliver* b. Oct. 29j 17 07.
119. Susannah, 6 b. May 5, 1773.
120. Sally, 6 b. July 24, 1775; m. Dr. Messenger, of Walpole, U 2
had no children. After the death of Dr. Messenger, she m
John H. Hawes, of Walpole. She was liviug in 1843, and a,
very intelligent woman.
121. Warren, 6 b. May 29, 1784; d. Oct. 1, 18G0. He m. Harrie .
Bates, of Mansfield, and lived in Walpole. Had one child
Louisa." who d. youug. He was a captain, and a substantia^
old-fashioned farmer. Mrs. Clapp d. March 21, 1870, age
80 years, 11 months. ls
122. Esther,' 5 b. March 23, 1746 ; m. Swift Payson, of Foxboro', so
of Rev. Phillips Payson, of Walpole.
47
SETH 4 (Joshua, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Joshua and Silence
(Wright, nee Bird) Clapp, was born in 1722, and lived in Walpole.
He married, first, Mary Bullard, of Sharon ; second, widow Elizabeth
Wetherbee (nee Everett), who survived him and died in Boston,
Sept. 14, 1810.
Children of Seth and 1st wife Mary (Bullard) Clapp, of Wal-
pole :
123. Mart, 5 b. Jan. 28, 1745; m. Mr. Everett and moved to th
eastward.
124. Seth, 5 b. Dec. 17, 1747 ; m. Hannah Blake, of Walpole, and set-
tled in Holden, where he was Deacon of the church. He had
twelve children. His sons were :
125. Jeremiah 6 b. Oct. 1, 1775 ; removed to Barre, Vermont.
126. Seth, 6 b. in Holden, Mass., Jan. 26, 1790; d. in Paxton, Mass.,
Nov. 2, 1861. He m. Nov. 27, 181 1. Betsy K., dau. of Jesse
and Mary K. Knowlton, and lived in Holden. Children :
1. Walter G.? b. Dec. 27, 1812. ii. Maynard BMe," b. Ju
12, 1818. \ii.W. Warren? b. April 8, 1825; m. April l.
1849, Charlotte Barrows, and lives in Worcester; has tw<
daughters: (I) Lucy M., s b. Aug. 20, 1851; (2) 3Jaria, 8 h
Sept. 14, 1855. h. Hiram Blake,'' b. Dec. 22, 1831.
127. David* b. in 1792; living on the farm of his father in 1843.
128. Oliver 6 b. Jan. 17, 1797 ; m. Rebecca L. Pierce, a descendant
of Capt. Michael Pierce, killed in the Narragansett light.
129. Joshua, 5 b. April 16, 1750.
130. Keziah, 5 b. May 12. 1752; m. Mr. Partridge, of Holden.
131. Silence, 5 b. May 5,1755; m. David Braman, of Norton, in 1774
(published Nov. 8), and removed to Boston. \
V 132. William, 5 ,b. Sept. 17, 1757 ; removed to Foxboro' and m
Rhoades. Children:
133. Polly. 6 There was a Miss Polly Clapp who d. May 4, 1833,
in the 56th year of her age, and was buried in Norton.
134. William* unmarried. 136. James. 6
135. Lucy, 6 m. Dea. James Boyden.
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
137. Sena-, 6 m. Jesse Barren, of Walpole.
138. Mehitable* m. Irenus Pettee, of Foxboro'.
4.6 139. Rurus, 5 b. Dec. 23, 1759; m. Sybil Hodges, of Norton, and re-
moved to Moreton, Vt. He was a farmer, and left five children :
140. Rufus* 143. Betsey. 6
i 141. Ezekiel* 144. Sybil*
* 142. Leonard. 6
145. Elijah, 4 m. Rebecca Pettee, and lived in Holden ; d. about 182G.
He had no children.
jf 146. Thankful, 5 d. young,
/•n 147. Ezekiel,* was a daring youth. He joined the army of the Revo-
^ . r lution when he was but 16 years of age, without the consent of
0*1 11^! i* * O '
=>" his parents, and d. soon after in the service.
>f 1 148. Elizabeth, 5 b. Nov. 13, 1764; m. Jeremiah Blake, of Walpole.
q q Children of Seth and 2d wife Elizabeth (Everett) Clapp, of
g u nValpole :
D 149. Levi, 5 b. Nov. 19, 1769 ; d. Dec. 15, 1851, aged 82 years. He
ag m. first, April 15, 1794, Elizabeth Wallace who d. Nov. 1, 1803
R< second, Nov. 25, 1804, Lucy Hartshorn who d. June 24, 1817
(j« third, Dec. 3, 1818, Cynthia Kingsbury. Children by first wife
150. Eliza 6 b. April 8, 1795 ; m. Willard Bacon, of Walpole, and
had three children; d. February, 1874.
_J. 151. Simeon,* b. Dec. 25, 1796 ; m. first, Eliza Hartshorn, and had
-J- one child— Helen Eliza, 1 b. April 2, 1822 ; d. Oct. 16, 1828—
m. second, in 1824, Hannah, dau. of Aaron Ellis. This happy
-4-1 pair celebrated their Golden Wedding on Christmas, 1874.
Children : i. Mary Ellis, 7 b. Oct. 22, 1824 ; m. first, William
Bullard ; second, Charles Hartshorn. They are living in
Walpole. iii Ann Maria," b. June 2, 1826 ; m. Edmund C.
Hawes; they live in Woonsocket, R. I. iii, Elizabeth Jane, 7
b. Oct. 12, 1827 ; m. Newell Hartshorn, iv, Aaron Ellis, 7 b.
Feb. 4, 1829 ; m. Eliza Hoxie and has a son. \,John, 7 b.
Sept. 30, 1831; d. Jan. 27, 1832. vi. Catharine Ellis 7 b.
May 20, 1835 ; m. Henry H. Leland ; live in Walpole.
Vii. John 7 m. Sarah Bullard, who d. Sept. 28, 1872; has a
son, Arthur, 6 b. Oct. 4, 1860. riii. Helen Eliza 7 b. June 23,
1837. ix. Harriet Emma 7 b. Dec. 10, 1839; m. Geo. W.
Tisdale ; they live in Brighton, Mass.
152. Samuel* b. May 20, 1798 ; d. Dec. 9, 1814, aged 16 years.
153. Darius* b. Dec. 26, 1799 ; d. in 1838. He m. Catharine B.
Motley, V. c Boston, Dec. 6, 1821. He d. at Key West,
about 1830.
154. Deborah, 6 b. March 29, 1801 ; d. at her father's house, of con-
sumption, Dec. 26, 1840, unmarried.
155. Nathaniel* b. Sept. 14, 1802; a trader in Dedham ; m. Oct.
7, 1830, his cousin, Elizabeth D., dau. of Jesse Clapp. Chil-
dren : i. Samuel Wallace. 7 b. Feb. 18, 1832 ; m. Alice S. Lyon,
of Ogdensburg. N. Y., Jan. 28, 1866, and live in Sparta, Wis.
Children: (1) Alice Elizabeth 6 b. April 26, 1867; (2) Grace
Seymour, 6 b. April 9, 1872. ii, Henry Francis, 7 b. Feb. 5,
1834 ; d. Jan. 2, 1862. iii. John Doggett 7 b. Jan. 30, 1835 ;
d. Oct. 4, 1836. iv, John Doggett, 1 b. Aug. 8, 1836 ; d. Jan.
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
1781, and d. June 17, 1844. He was a trader in Boston ; was an
officer in the Methodist Church, and a man of exemplary life
and character. He lived, and owned a house, in Elm Street.
He d. in Boston, April 18, 1813. Children:
171. George Pickering,* b. Dec. 2, 1808 ; d. Aug. 4, 1872. He m.
June 3, 1833, Mary A. Hawks, of Boston, who was b. Jan.
14, 1812. He was a tailor by trade, and was for many years
engaged in business in Boston. He was a member of the
Massachusetts Legislature in the years 1854, '55, '58, '63, '64
and 'Go, from Ward Six, and a prominent member of the
I. O. O. F., being a member of the Boston Lodge since 1843, of
which he was treasurer in 1845, and from 1861 to the time
of his death. He was also treasurer of the Tri-Mountain
Encampment for many years ; a member of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge of the Masonic fraternity from 1861, and of Webster
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he was treasurer and
trustee. In 1863 he was-a member of the Common Council
from Ward Six. Mr. Clapp was a member of the Second
Methodist Episcopal Church, in Bromfield Street, for forty
years. His widow is now living in Boston. Children: i,
Mary Motley, 7 b. March 12, 1834; m. Sept. 15, 1864, George
Pierce, of Stanstead, P. Q., who d. Dec. 12, 1864; she lives
in Boston. ii, George Mitnroe, 7 b. July 29, 1838; m. June
17, 1865, Mrs. Maggie Snow, of Mil waukie, Wis. ; he d. Feb.
27, 1870. iii. Abba Louise 7 b. Nov. 4, 1844 ; lives in Bos-
ton. \\ , James Liswell Haivhs? b. Jan. 1, 1848; lives in
Boston.
172. Zebulon, 6 a cabinet-maker by trade, and lived in Lowell, Mass. ;
m. in 1832, Betsey Lovering, of New Chester, N. H. He d.
Feb. 2, 1873. Children : i. Nancy Stevens? b. in 1835 ; d.
August, 1873. ii, Henrietta 7 b. in 1837. iii, Catharine? b.
in 1840. iv. Richard, 7 b. in 1842.
173. Seth Everett? b. Nov. 5, 1812 ; d. Aug. 26, 1853. He was a
tailor by trade, lived in Boston, and m. May 28, 1838, Emily
Duval, of New York, who d. in 1859, aged 42 years. Chil-
dren: \.Mary Ann 7 b. Feb. 25, 1839; m. July 1, 1861,
John A. Betcher ; she d. May, 1870, leaving two daughters
— Charlotte Elizabeth, and Emily Duval who d. in 1871.
ii. William Everett, 7 b. May 13, 1840; m. May 30, 1861,
Mary A.'. Buffum, and has two children living in Boston.
iii. Seth Edward, 7 b. Jan. 20, 1842; m. Aug. 4, 1862, Lois
A. Cross, and has one daughter, Lois L. 8 iv, George W., 7
b. Nov. 30, 1852 ; lives in Webster city, Iowa.
174. Sybil, 5 b. in Walpole, March 19, 1778 ; d. at the house of her
brother Lewis, May 17, 1853. She m. first, William Bacon, of
Boston, and had seven sons ; m. second, Jonathan Wild, M.D.,
of Walpole. She survived them both. She is described as " a
mild and placid woman."
175. Supply, 5 b. July 15, 1784 ; d. Aug. 5, 1866. He lived in Dedham,
and was a carpenter by trade. He m. Priscilla Mills, of Newton.
Children :
176. Elizabeth, 6 b. Nov. 25, 1820; m. Augustus Smith, of Natick.
177. Edward, 6 b. March 12, 1823; removed to the west and married.
nd re-
THOMAS A*D HIS DESCENTS. tall
, 7 v. l,,„ 24. 1838; d. Ap
21, 1843. T.Jf«T -**•> °V.„2°8 1840 ■, d. Jan. 4,1
Tm. tU*-*«* ^^7 5 ,1841; m *March31,lo26.
T ii. »«« -Dojrjre «, »■ . \„ West Dedham and have
Freeman Fisher; they ^"octts, 1870 ; Kate Phil
children; Miriam Burgess, b Oct- lo, 78
b Nov. 27, 1871; Nathamd Ctapp, * »" ^ Warro{
Henry Freeman, b. June >*• ^vJ, V\, Ma reh 1, 18.
b May 29, 1844. iX. ^f^J^T Uto to Dedham a
m Nov. 15, I860, Ferdinand CI .eld , Ed
Sve two children; y^^'h March of
Henry, b. Dec. 1 , 18< • * ^ l„^ b Oct 22, 18
Stephen and Hannah (Clap. ^^ham. Children ;
l4 10 »1- if^^o" d Oct. 3, 1800. _ „, imn _
urtSft 65 BVjfC^U ""dune 24, 1810.
St f^^&^l ,Ty ; i^!", D tC her
, ifo r « Ann, 6 b. Feb. 20, 180b tt _d y concerning her
16L death, the ^f^^^tSSn'by Rev Joshua
reli-ious character and godly saymg , tiona i Church
Bares, D.D., at that time V*^J>? t ^| y & Deat h of M-y
in Dedham, was published, ^Utled W We of ht
conversations held by the auw ^^ f c
together with a letter from Rev^^ ^ interview wl th
bridge, containing a description o ^ afterwards re -
fe^mo^^-I F . Trott ,o f Boston;
furnished much valuable mioima ^ removed to
165 4 son, 6 who d. young.
166. S2M 6 married.
167. Pamelia? married.
168 4 daughter, 6 d. young.
169. 4 rfat^r, 8 d. young. A 26 1807, widow
no 1 t^^^^&^i^J^!
His commission as Captain i~ u«
niaim (No. 163).
Clapp (No. 163 )
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 12
178. Ann, 6 b. March 16, 1825 ; m. Wm. Smith, brother of Augustus
179. Ellen, 6 b. April 2, 1827 ; d. at the age of 16 years.
180. George H. 6 b. Sept. 25, 1829 ; moved to California and mar.;
is now a physician in San Francisco.
181. Louisa J., 6 b. June 23, 1831 ; m. "William Fisher ; they live in
Natick.
182. Martha A., 6 b. March 14, 1833; m. Samuel Pierce, and has
two sons ; they live in Everett.
48
STEPHEN" (EUezer, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas'), son of Eliezer Clapp,
of Walpole, died in 1750. He was a mariner and master of a
vessel ; this is perhaps the reason that he, being the only son, did
not administer on his lather's estate. The name of his first wife was
Hannah; that of his second, Mary. His will, which follows, was
made in 1744, perhaps when hp was about embarking for sea.
WILL OF STEPHEN CLAPP.
In the name of God, Amen. I Stephen Clap of Boston in the County
of Suffolk, mariner, taking into consideration my own mortality Do think
fit to constitute & ordain this my last Will and Testament. Imprimis : I
Will that my body at my decease be decently buried at the discretion of
my Executrix. Item, I give and devise all my estate whether real, personal
or mixt to my beloved Wife Mary Clap, her heirs, Executors, Administrators
and assigns forever, & Do hereby appoint her my sole executrix of all and
singular my rights and chattels. In witness whereof I hereto have set my
hand & seal this fourteenth day of December, A.D. 1744.
Signed, Sealed, Declared, Published and pronounced
in Presence of John Richardson, John Gardner,
Benjamin Gorham.
Stephen Clap [and a Seal].
The above will was proved November 29, 1750. He left a good
estate, appraised at £8000 of the currency of those days. He
owned (and lived in) a brick house situated in Milk Street, Boston.
In 1746, he lived in Atkinson Street (now Congress Street), Boston.
Children of Stephen and 1st wife Hannah Clapp:
183. Joseph, 5 b. Oct. 26, 1728.
184. Mehitable, 5 b. Sept. 30, 1730.
185. Nathan, 5 b. Jan. 11, 1731.
186. Jerusha, 5 b. Dec. 9, 1733.
187. Hannah, 5 b. Nov. 23, 1735.
188. Stephen, 5 b. May 25, 1738.
189. Mary, 5 b. Nov. 15, 1739.
190. Eleazer, 5 m. Jerusha Tilden, who was quite young at the time
16
22 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
of her marriage, and lived until 1835. He d. in 1805, of rapid
consumption. Children:
191. David? b. March 16, 1781; m. Betsey, dau. of Dr. Winslow,
of Foxboro', and lived in Walpole. Children : i. Eliza W?
ii, George R?
192. Hannah, 6 b. Dec. 17, 1783; m. Mr. Clark, of Franklin, and
had a family.
193. Jason? b. Jan. 1, 1785 ; m. Polly Wilbur, who d. March, 1870,
and had one child, Mary W.,~ b. about 1814, and m. Geo. B.
Hyde, formerly a school teacher in Dorchester, afterwards in
Roxbury, and now in the Everett School, Boston.
194. Nathan? b. Dec. 22, 1787 ; d. July 4, 181 G, aged about 29
years.
195. Polly? b. Feb. 2, 1790 ; d. when about 17 years of age.
196. Natiby? b. Aug. 24, 1792; m. Oliver Smith, formerly of Pel-
ham, afterwards of Leicester.
197. Otis? b. March 24, 1795; unm. ; d. when about 37 years of
age.
198. Lucy? m. Oliver Smith, the husband of her sister Nabby, de-
ceased.
199. Sally? unmarried.
49
SAMUEL 4 {Samuel? Thomas? Thomas 1 ), son of Samuel and Bethiah
(Dean) Clapp, was born June 6, 1710; lived in Norton. He had two
wives, one of whom was Mary, who died Nov. 12, 1754. A Samuel
Clapp, of Norton, was Representative to the General Court in 1733,
and on the Board of Selectmen in 1732, '33, '34 and '35.
Children of Samuel and 1st wife Mary Clapp, of Norton :
200. Sarah, 5 b. Aug. 31, 1736; d. Dec. 18, 1736.
201. Mart, 6 b. May 27, 1738 ; m. Israel Trow.
202. Elizabeth, 5 b. July 1, 1741; m. Mr. Copeland.
203. Hannah, 5 b. Aug. 22, 1743 ; d. Sept. 29, 1756.
+204. Samuel, 5 b. Aug. 16, 1745 ; d. July 28, 1773, aged 28 years.
+205. Noah, 5 b. about 1747 ; d. Nov. 10, 1820, aged 73 years.
206. John, 5 m. Polly Makepeace, and removed to Amherst, and from
thence to Charlestown, Mass. Children :
207. John? m. and settled in Amherst ; one son, John? m. and had
children.
208. Daniel? settled in Amherst.
51
JONATHAN 4 (Samuel? Thomas? Thomas 1 ), son of Samuel and
Bethiah (Dean) Clapp, was born Oct. 1, 1714. He married
Hewes, of Wrentham, and settled in Norton. He probably built
the house in which his son David resided and reared his large
family, and which is now standing, with but slight alteration from
its original plan. Previous to the erection of this house, there was
another to the cast, nearly in the centre of the farm, located there,
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 1
undoubtedly, before the town highways had been laid out. Wheth.
Jonathan built and lived in this latter-named domicil, cannot no
be well ascertained. Nor can it be stated at what date the newe
house was built, but probably in the earlier part of the last century
The house is two stories high, is painted red, and stands thirty o
forty feet back from the old road leading from Norton to Easton
very near the boundary line between the two towns ; in fact, then
was at one time a question in which town the house stood. TJ
house was rather large, had a yard fenced off in front, and undoub
edly was quite pretentious for the date of its origin. On the fan
of Jonathan, herein spoken of, when in the possession of his gr. sor
George, about thirty-five years since, a " strike" was made for coal.
What was discovered was very 'poor, but a very fair impression of a
fern leaf (about 8 inches by 12) on the surface of a rock was
brought to light. Prof. John W. Webster, of Cambridge, Mass., saw
this and was anxious to procure it, but did not succeed. Near by
the first house on this place, a tribe or collection of Indians resided.
Mr. Jonathan Clapp must have lived till 80, and perhaps upwards ;
for his granddaughter, Betsey, born in 1781, was old enough to
shave him before he died.
Children of Jonathan and (Hewes) Clapp :
+209. David, 5 b. Aug. 30, 1744; d. Sept. 5, 1823, aged 79.
210. A sox, 5 d. young.
If what Mrs. Betsey (Clapp) Lothrop, his gr. dau., says is
recollected rightly, Jonathau 4 must have had a daughter — she
stating that she " rode with her father through Worcester to a
town (Brookfield ?) in the western part of the State to see i
sister of his, who had married a man by the name of Dean."
5 3
ABIEL 4 [Samuel, 3 Thomas,' 2 Thomas 1 ), fourth son of Samuel and
Bethiah (Dean) Clapp was born Feb. 7, 1728. He was a farmer,
lived in Mansfield, Mass., and was a prominent and much respected,
man in the town. He was a soldier in Major Zephaniah Leonard's
troop of horse, and was out in the service in 17-49. Later in life.
he held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was Captain of the
military company of the town. His death was occasioned by his
being accidentally shot while on parade. He married twice, his
second wife being the daughter of Dr. Caswell, of Norton.
Children of Abiel Clapp, of Mansfield.
211. Abijah, 5 never married.
+212. Asa, 5 b. March 15, 1762 ; d. April 17, 1848, in his 86th year.
213. ELKAXAn. 5 b. in 1766 ; resided in Portland, Me., the latter part
of his life, and was engaged in mercantile business. He m. Oct.
28, 1792, Elizabeth (No. 112), daughter of Elkanah Clapp,
9<"
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
of Mansfield. Elkanah, the subject of this notice, died in
Portland, Oct. 5, 1810; his wife Elizabeth d. fifteen days previ-
ously, viz., Sept. 20, 1810, aged 39 years. Children:
214. Elizabeth Holmes,* m. first, June 2, 1816, John Blagge, son of
Samuel Blagge, Esq., of Boston, who settled as a merchant
in Baltimore ; she m. second, G. TV. Cooley, Esq., of Boston.
She had two children by her first and one by her second
husband.
215. Abigail Dean 6 m. Simon Bradstreet, of Gardiner, Me.; in 1843
was a widow, living in Portland, Me., with two sons. ,
216. Almira, 6 m. Henry Butnam, of Dixmont, Me., and had seven
children.
217. Samuel, 6 unmarried.
218. Simeon, 5 m. and removed to the State of New York, where he
kept school more than 30 years ; buried his wife and child and
returned to Mansfield ; d. in 1853.
219. Bathsheba, 5 m. Eleazer Perry, of Medfield, and had three chil-
dren. She once lived in the family of Hon. Ebenezer Seaver, of
Roxbury.
220. Susan, 5 m. Mr. Randall. They had two children. She d. in
Mansfield. A son lives in Portland, Me.
54
ELEAZER 4 (Samuel? Thomas? Thomas 1 ), youngest son of Samuel
^and Bethiah (Dean) Clapp, was born in February, 1731, and lived
' in Norton, but removed from thence to Uxbridge, Mass. He was a
, man of some distinction, and represented Norton and Mansfield in
the first Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, which convened at
Salem, Friday, Oct. 1, 1774. He also served on the board of Se-
lectmen for the years 1775, '76 and '77. He married widow Sylvia
Gushee, daughter of Josiah Fobes, of Bridgewater.
Children of Eleazer and Sylvia (Fobes) Clapp, of Uxbridge:
— j
221. Abiel, 5 b. April 16, 1785 ; unmarried; was living in West New-
field, Me., in 1873.
222. Fobes, 5 b. April 6, 1787, in Norton; d. Nov. 8, 1836. Hem.
Frances McClench, of Boston, July 16, 1812. Children :
223. Silvia Ann, 6 b. in Boston, April 29, 1813; m. Timothy P.
Benson, attornev at law, of New York.
224. Frances Cordelia] 6 b. Dec. 23, 1816 ; m. Wm. R. Gavett, of
Salem.
225. Maria Louisa 6 b. July 3, 1819 ; m. John TV. Southack, fur-
niture dealer in New York city.
B t They are all living (1874).
jj 226. Eleazer, 5 d. young, probably.
t] 227. Benjamin, 5 b. in Norton, Oct. 31, 1789 ; d. Sept. 19, 1872. He
f was fitting for College, but his father dying when he was about
12 years of age, prevented his pursuing his studies. He was a
genius, and was the first person who put up machinery in the city
of Lowell. The latter part of his life, he lived at Wappingus
Falls, N. Y., brought his sous up at College, and left a large
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property at his decease. He m. in New York city, Nov. 1821,
Ruth Houghton, who was b. in Milton, Mass., Dec. 12, 1794.
Children :
228. George Houghton* b. in Milton, Mass., Sept. 9, 1822 ; m.
Sept. 9, 1846, Annie Beckwith, of Duchess Co., N. Y. They
live in Philadelphia. Children : i. Emma B.? b. in New York
city, April 29, 1849. ii. Edward H.? b. at Wappingus Falls,
June 13, 1854.
229. Jason Fobes? b. in New York city, Sept. 16, 1525; m. Dec.
20, 1849, Elizabeth M. Houghton, and lives in New York.
He was at the Clapp gathering, June 18-19, 1873. Chil. :
1. Ruthella H.? b. July 27, 1852. ii. Arthur,'' b. May 11,
1857. Hi. Jason H.? b. Jan. 3, 1861. All b. in N. York city.
230. Warren B.? b. Sept. 13, 1827 ; d. Sept. 27, 1865. He m.
Elizabeth Ayre, June, 1860, and lived in Washington, D. C.
Children : i. George H? b. in Dover, N. II., March 16, 1861.
ii, Warren A.," 1 b. at Wappingus Falls, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1865.
231. Clinton Wilde? b. May 28, 1832; m. May 24, 1854, Catha-
rine Simons, who d. Jan. 1871. They lived at Wappingus
Falls, N. Y Children: i. Benjamin F. 7 ii, George M?
Hi, Warren H? \\ , Charles L? V, Walter? Jl,Jaso7i E?
56
EBENEZER 4 (John, 3 Increase? Thomas'), son of John Clapp, of
Rochester, Mass., was born in 1704. He married March 9, 1727,
Mary, daughter of Kenelm Winslow,* of Harwich, who was born
about 1707.
Children of Ebenezer and Mary (Winslow) Clapp, of Rochester :
232. Dorcas, 5 b. in 1730; m. in 1748, John, the son of Kenelm and
Zeruiah (Rider) Wiuslow, who was b. June 16, 1728.
233. Bethiah, 5 b. in 1732; d. in 1831, aged 99 years, 9 mos. She
was a woman of marked energy and spirit, and m. Lemuel Church.
-f-234. Ebenezer, 5 b. in 1734; d. in 1770.
235. MART, 5 b. in 1737.
236. Jonx, 5 b. in 1739 ; d. in 1791. He m. in 1765, Ruth Haskell,
sister of Kenelm' s wife. Children:
237. John? d. young.
238. Samuel Sprague? b. in 1788 ; d. in 1853, unmarried.
239. Betsey? m. Calvin Mitchel.
240. Polly? unmarried.
241. Lucy?
242. Mary? m. Stephen Nye.
243. Dorcas? m. Stephen Nye.
* Mr. William S. Appleton, of Boston, himself a descendant of the first John Winslow in
this country, saw at the Registry of Probate of Worcester, England, in 1862, the will of
"Kenelme Winslowe," of the "parish of St. Andrews, Worcester proved Nov. 9, 1607.
Kenelm was a yeoman, was then aged, as he speaks of his children nd grandchildren, and
he appoints his wife Kathcrine sole executrix of his will. The N;W England Winslows
emigrated from Droitwieh, about 8 miles from Worcester ; and it is probable, as is re-
marked by John H. Sheppard in his Genealogy of the Winslow Family, that this Kenelm
was a relative, and possibly grandfather, of Edward, the May-Flower Pilgrim and first
Governor of Plymouth Colony, and his brothers.
17
126 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
244. Ruth* m. Thomas Ruggles.
245. Eunice, 6 m. Mr. Bayley.
+246. Earl, 5 b. April 21, 1741.
247. Kenelm, 5 b. in 1743 ; m. Delia Haskell. Children :
248. Sylvia, 6 b. in 1770 ; m. Dr. Samuel Perry.
249. Ebenezer* b. in 1772 ; d. in Natchez, Miss., and it is supposed
left a family.
250. Billet/ (or Delia), 6 b. in 1774 ; m. first, Rev. Mr. Graves ; second,
Rev. Holland Weeks.
251. Azicbah,* b. in 1777 ; m. Benjamin Ruggles, and lived in New-
port, R. I.
58
BENJAMIN 4 (John, 3 Increase, 2 Tliomas 1 ), son of John Clapp, of
Rochester, and brother of the preceding, was born in 1708. In 1732,
he bought the place where he lived of his father John, and probably
married at that time.
Children of Benjamin Clapp, of Rochester:
252. Elizabeth, 5 b. in 1733.
253. Catharine, 5 b. in 1736.
254. Ichabod, 5 b. in 1739. Children :
255. Benjamin* b. in 1762.
256. John* b. in 1765.
257. Paul, 6 b. in 1767.
258. George* h. in 1769.
259. Hannah* b. in 1771.
560. Elizabeth* b. in 1774.
261. Catharine* b. in 1776.
262. Ichabod* b. in 1779.
263. Charity* b. in 1781.
+264. Increase, 5 b. Feb. 27, 1740; d. May 24, 1801.
265. Elizabeth, 5 b. in 1742.
266. Charity, 5 b. in 1744.
267. George, 5 b. in 1749.
268. Lydia, 5 b. in 1756.
62
SAMUEL 4 (Joseph, 3 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Joseph Clapp, of
Scituate, was born Nov. 18, 1695, and lived in Scituate. He mar-
ried Sarah Curtis, Jan. 7, 1725.
Children of Samuel and Saeah (Curtis) Clapp, of Scituate :
+269. Michael, 5 b. Nov. 27, 1726.
270. Sarah, 5 b. Nov. 15, 1729.
271. Mary, 5 b. Oct. 8, 1731. One of these daughters m. a Mr. Ran-
dall.
+272. William, 5 b. Dec. 3, 1733.
_.ri273. Samuel, 5 b. Dec. 25, 1739 ; d. Feb. 2, 1817. He m. Chil. :
274. Samuel* lived in Marshfield ; unm., and was peculiar in his dis-
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 127
position and habits. He d. February, 1858, in the 89th year
of his age.
275. Jerahmeel. 6 - ^n™^c*™*~~*X
270. Albert? b. Feb. 16, 1791 ; rived in Scituate, and m. April 4,
1813, Priscilla Reed, who d. Oct. 25, 1837, aged 45 years.
Children: i. Alice, 1 b. Sept. 29, 1814; m. Alanson Gray, of
Lowell, ii. Albert T. 1 b. Sept. 4, 1824 ; m. Susanna Smith,
of Carlisle, Eng., and lived in Braintree. Hi. Joseph, 1 b. Sept.
4, 1827 ; m. first, in 1849, Almira Shaw, of "Weymouth, and
had one child, Albert F. 8 b. Jan. 13, 1850 ; m. second, Lucinda
Shaw, his first wife's sister.
277. Temperance, 6 lived in Marshfield, unmarried.
278. Sarah, 6 m. Mr. Lewis, of Marshfield.
279. Hepza 6 m. Joseph Collyer, of Roxbury.
65
JOSEPH 4 (Joseph, 3 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of the preceding,
was born July 15, 1701. He was a Deacon of the church. He
married first, in 1732, Hannah, daughter of Joseph Briggs, of Scitu-
ate. Joseph Briggs's father and two brothers were officers in King
Philip's War. He married, second, Sarah Perkins.
Children of Deacon Joseph and Hannah (Briggs) Clapp, of
Scituate :
280. Hannah, 5 b. Nov. 8, 1733 ; d. young,
-f 281. Joseph, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1734-5.
282. Ruth, 5 b. April 14, 1738.
_283. Betty, 5 b. Oct. 13, 1740.
284. Hannah, 5 b. Sept. 19, 1748; m. Timothy Foster.
285. Elijah, 5 b. Feb. 16, 1757 ; d. Dec. 19, 1833, aged 77 years. He
m. Oct. 8, 1778, Martha, dau. of Abiel Turner. She is a lineal
descendant of the puritan Rev. John Robinson. Children :
286. Perkins, 6 b. Oct. 3, 1779 ; d. Dec. 21, 1811. He m. Dec. 17,
1802, Rachel Kent. Children: i. Joseph, 1 b. Oct. 5, 1804; m.
Jan. 13, 1828, Lucy, dau. of Allan Clapp, and live in Scitu-
ate. They have two daughters, Lucy F,, 8 b. March 30, 1829,
d. Sept. 21, 1861, and Ellen M., 8 b. March 6, 1832 ; m. July
2, 1854, John F.Otis, ii. Rachel, 1 b. Feb. 17, 1807; m.
Dec. 21, 1827, Seth Gardner; d. July 8, 1870. Hi. Perkins, 1
b. Feb. 11, 1809, lost at sea about Aug. 1830. iv. Thomas?
b. April 22, 1812; m. April 8, 1838, Ursula C. Drake, of
Pembroke. Chil. : (1) Perkins, 8 dead ; (2) Francis, 8 dead;
(3) Ida W., 8 m., and now living ; (4) Uranie 8 dead.
287. Sally,' b. May 18, 1781.
288. Bethiah; b. Aug. 3, 1783.
289. Tliomas J, 6 b. Jan. 19, 1791 ; m. June 3, 1832, to Mrs.
Polly Damon ; probably d. July, 1858.
128 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
69
BENJAMIN 4 {Joseph? Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Joseph Clapp, of
Scituate, and brother of the preceding, was born April 26, 1710. He
married first, Oct. 23, 1734, Grace Tilden ; second, probably about
1763, Deborah No issue by first wife. He probably did not
reside in Scituate the latter part of his life.
Children of Benjamin and wife Deborah Clapp, of Scituate :
290. Lewis, 5 b. Jan. 5, 1764; in. first, Aug. 5, 1787, Lydia Holmes,
who d. in 1802 ; m. second, Jan. 3, 1805, Thankful Sutton. They
lived in Scituate. Chil. :
291. Lewis, 6 b. in 1794 (by first wife) ; m Stetson, and lived
in Scituate. Children: i, Leivis? ii, James?
292. Lydia 6 (by first wife), never married.
293. Deborah 6 m. first, David Church ; second, Mr. Randall.
294. Sally 6 m. Martin Hatch.
295. Seth* (by second wife), b. in 1805 ; m. Nancy Brown, of
Boston, and removed to Boston, May, 1843. They had one
child, Hannah M.? b. in Scituate April 4, 1839.
296. Solon 6 (by second wife), b. in 1807, was a mariner and married
some one at the South.
297. Thomas, 5 b. in 1766 ; m. May 5, 1799, Mercy Bailey, who d. March
14, 1831, aged 54 years. They lived in Scituate. Children:
298. Emily 6 b. Sept. 14, 1799.
299. Elijah? b. in Scituate, Sept. 26, 1801 ; m. Nov. 24, 1825,
Harriet Ford, b. in Scituate Nov. 24, 1801. Children : i.
Elijah T.? b. Sept. 8, 1826 ; m. Dec. 7, 1865, Ann R. Clapp,
of Scituate, who was b. May 30, 1842. They live in Scituate.
Chil. : (1) Elijah T., 8 b. Oct. 15, 1866 ; (2) Helen A., 8 b. Jan.
19, 1868 ; (3) William H. 8 b. Dec. 14, 1869 ; (4) Harriet E., s
b. May 2, 1872. ii. Howard, 1 b. July 6, 1829 ; m. Nov. 21,
1855, Frances A. Rodgers, who was b. in Marshfield, Sept.
28, 1825. They live in South Boston. Chil.: (1) Abby F., 8
b.Dec. 22, 1850; (2) ClifE., 8 h. Feb. 10, 1861. ill. Harriet
A.? b. June 23, 1832 ; unm. in 1873. iv. Peleg F? b. Jan.
27, 1835 ; m. April 3, 18G7, Mary L. Manson, who was b. in
Scituate, May 30, 1842 ; live in South Boston, and had (1)
Mary M., s b. March 31, 1868 ; (2) Frank Howard, 8 b. Oct.
17, 1869, and (3) Harry Lincoln, 8 b. July 9, 1872. V.
Mercy F.? b. June 12, 1837 ; m. Nov. 29, 1860, George II.
Manson, who was b. in Scituate, May 7, 1832 ; they live in
South Boston, and have two children, vi, Julia? b. Aug. 17,
1843 ; m. Dec. 29, 1870, George W. Spauldiug, who was b.
in Scituate Aug. 28, 1842. They live in South Boston, and
have one child.
300. Hannah 6 b. Oct. 9, 1803.
301. Lucy, 6 b. Dec. 23, 1805 ; d. March 6, 1826, aged 20 years.
302. Mercy, 6 b. Jan. 22, 1808.
303. Howard, 6 b. Feb. 3, 1810; d. July 27, 1828, aged 18 years.
304. Franklin B., 6 b. July 12, 1812; m. Dec. 25, 1833, Clara
Powers, of Cohasset. He removed to Taunton, Mass., and
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 129
is a manufacturer of tacks. Children : i. Louise Doane? b.
Jan. 13, 183G. ii, Henry Lincoln? b. Jan. 24, 1830 ; gradu-
ated at Harvard College in 1870, began to teach in a private
school in Hartford, then a teacher in a public school in Boston.
ui, Elizabeth Joy, 1 b. Nov. 25, 1840; d. Feb. G, 18G3. iv.
George Parker? b. Feb. 28, 1844 ; when quite young, enlist-
ed in the navy and served on Steamer Massachusetts in the
war of the Rebellion; was in Libby Prison eight months, v.
Sarah Jane? b. Dec. 30, 184G ; d. April 10, 1850. vi. Fran-
ces Maria? b. Aug. 11, 1849 ; d. April G, 1850. vii. Sarah
Frances? b. March 1, 1851. yiii. Maria Florence? b. Sept.
26, 1853.
305. Harvey? b. Feb. 26, 1814; m. Hannah Whitcomb, Jan. 10,
1833. Children: i. Jane T.? b. May 19, 1833. ii. Charles
W.? b. Nov. 2, 1835. Hi. William?
30G. Louisa? b. March 24, 1815.
307. Emily? b. Jan. 23, 1819.
308. Harriet? b. Nov. 22, 1821.
309. Thomas? b. Jan. 22, 1824.
310. Benjamin, 5 b. March 12, 1778; d. Nov. 13, 1815. He m. Aug.
14, 1803, Judith Otis, who d. Aug. 1828. They lived in Scituate.
Children :
311. Benjamin? b. Feb. 17, 1804; was a cooper by trade ; resided
in Boston, and carried on business under the name of " Clapp
& Goddard." He m. in 1829, Elizabeth Towle. Children :
i, Benjamin Franklin? b. about 1829, d. Jan. 26, 1851 ; was
a bright scholar, and obtained a Franklin Medal in one of the
public schools of Boston in 1843 ; he d. of consumption on
board ship in Boston harbor, while returning from Calcutta.
ii. Joseph E.? b. Nov. 30, 1833 ; m. Sept. 20, 1860, Lydia I.
Jacobs, and lives in Maiden, Mass. Hi. George L.? b. June
2, 1844 ; m. Jan. 8, 1868, Elizabeth B. Pierce, and lives in
Medford.
312. Judith? b. March 24, 1806; m. Parker Jones. They live in
Duxbury, Mass.
313. Lydia? b. Jan. 3, 1808 ; d. Feb. 16, 1834, aged 26 years. She
m. June 15, 1828, Job Otis, of Scituate.
314. Job? b. April 5, 1810.
315. Charles? b. Oct. 15, 1813; m. Anna W and has one
child, Georgiana? b. Aug. 4, 1839.
75
JOHN 4 {Stephen? Samuel? Thomas 1 ), eldest son of Stephen and
wife Temperance Clapp, was born Oct. 14, 1697. He was a Captain,
and there is a grave-stone in Scituate burying-ground, which says
Capt, John Clapp died Jan. 24, 1762, in the 72d year of his age. If
this was the John referred to, there must be an error somewhere.
He married, Nov. 5, 1724, Mercy Otis; there was a Mercy, wife of
Capt. John Clapp, who died Jan. 15, 1761, in the 61st year of her
age.
130 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of John and Mercy (Otis) Clapp, of Scituate :
+316. Samuel, 5 b. July 25, 1725 ; d. in 1809.
317. George, 5 b. Oct. 7, 172G; m. probably Nov. 13, 1755, Mary
Gorham and removed to Worthington, according to Elisha
Clapp, but Deane says, to Northampton. Child :
318. George? lived in New Hampshire.
319. John,* b. Oct. 8, 1728 ; d. Oct. 26, 1728.
320. Ruth, 5 b. Nov. 16, 1729.
321. Rachel, 5 b. Feb. 16, 1731.
+322. John, 5 b. July 5, 1734 ; d. Feb. 13, 1810.
323. Isaac, 5 b. April 18, 1736; d. Oct. 18, 1739.
324. MERCr, 5 b. Sept. 25, 1740; d. April 11, 1787, aged 47 years,
unmarried.
325. Constant, 5 b. June 1, 1743 ; d. Oct. 1829. Was highly respected
in the town of Scituate, where he lived. He was one of the
Committee of Inspection chosen by the town in 1774 to see that
the Continental law was carried into effect ; he was also one of
the Committee chosen in 1787 to prepare instructions to their
representative ; they reported some very spirited and patriotic
resolutions. He was employed by the town in many other
public matters. He m. March 3, 1768, Rebecca Bailey. Child:
326. Isaac? d. young.
77
THOMAS 4 {Stephen? Samuel 2 , Thomas 1 ), son of Deacon Stephen
and wife Temperance Clapp, and brother of the preceding, was born
in Scituate, June 26, 1703. He was fitted for College partly under
Rev. James McSparran, Missionary to Narragansett from the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and partly under
the Rev. Nathaniel Eells, of Scituate. Entered Harvard aged 15,
and was graduated in 1722. Was settled in Windham, Conn., as
successor to Rev. Samuel Whiting, Aug. 3, 1726. In a manuscript
" Memoir of some remarkable occurrences of his life," written by
himself, he thus speaks with reference to his ministry in Windham.
"January 1, 1737. I have this last week finished my pastoral visitation
of every family in my parish, and catechising the several children in them.
And I have also taken down the names and ages of every one, so that I
might have a more full knowledge and clear remembrance of every soul
committed to my care and charge, and the circumstances and condition of
each particular person. I find the number of them to be seven hundred
and twenty-two. A great number of souls to depend on the care of one
weak and sinful creature ! May God direct and enable me rightly to per-
form and go through this great work and charge ; that I may bear the
names and circumstances of every one upon my heart at all times, and espe-
cially when I approach unto the throne of God, as Aaron bore the names
of the children of Israel on the breast-plate upon his heart, when he entered
into the holy place."
Under the same date, he records the names of the members in
each family of the parish, the families numbering one hundred and
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 131
twenty. His own family is recorded thus, his wife having died a
short time before :
Thomas Clap, June 26, 1703. Mary Clap, April 25, 1729.
Temperance Clap, April 29, 1732. Pompey, Negro, about 1713.
Phillis, Negro, about 4717. Tamar, Negro, Dec. 18, 173G.
Mr. Clapp was an impressive and powerful preacher, and a man
of exemplary piety and singular industry, as well as learned in the
various branches of secular knowledge, particularly mathematics,
astronomy, natural and moral philosophy, civil and canon law and
history. He constructed the first orrery, or planetarium, made in
America. In 1739, he was chosen President of Yale College, as suc-
cessor to Rev. Elisha Williams. His people in Windham, however,
were so unwilling to part with him that the matter was referred to
an ecclesiastical council, who advised his acceptance of the invita-
tion, and he was inducted into that office April 2, 1740. The
Legislature of the State, with a liberality which at this day seems
remarkable, voted to compensate the people of Windham for the loss
of their pastor. The committee, to whom the subject of compensa-
tion was referred, stated that inasmuch as Mr. Clapp had been in
the ministry at Windham fourteen years, which was about half the
time ministers in general continue in their public work, " the people
ought to have half as much as they gave him for a settlement, which,
upon computation, was about fifty-three pounds sterling." This siipt
was accordingly granted the parish by the General Assembly. Mr.
Clapp brought with him to the College a high reputation as a gene-
ral scholar, as a mathematician and astronomer, and as a man of un-
common energy of character and remarkable business qualifications.
Much was expected from him in his new office, and he accomplished
much. A new code of laws for the College was soon drawn up by
him, was adopted by the Trustees, translated into Latin, was pub-
lished in 1748, and took the place of the laws of Harvard College,
which had till then been in use. This was the first book ever printed
in New Haven. These laws continued in this form for twenty-four
years, when they were published in English. The College Library was
much improved, an additional tutor was appointed, and study was
more diligently and successfully pursued. A new and more liberal
charter of the College, drawn up by him, was also obtained from
the Legislature. The growth of the College was such that a new
building, the plan of which was projected by Mr. Clapp, was com-
pleted in 1752. The expense of this building was defrayed in part
by a lottery, authorized by the Legislature, aided by the sale of a
French prize, taken by a colonial frigate. Next, a new College
Chapel was called for by him, the foundation of which was laid in
1761, and in 1763 was finished and opened with appropriate cere-
monies. During his Presidency, the direction of Collegiate studies
undoubtedly received a strong bias from his own favorite pursuits;
the study of philosophy, mathematics and polemic divinity being
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132 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
specially prominent and thorough, poetry and belles-lettres flour-
ished feebly. The pupils under his charge were remarkable for their
high degree of culture in the sciences to which he was particularly
devoted.
But this material growth was not unmixefl with internal disagree-
ments and dissensions, a full account of which is given in Sprague's
" Annals of the American Pulpit." The visit of the celebrated Mr.
Whitefield to New England took place soon after President Clapp
came into office. President C. had no sympathy with Whitefield or
his movements, and feared great injury to the churches from his
visit. A declaration was accordingly issued, signed by himself and
three Tutors, strongly condemning the course of Mr. W., whom he
accuses of making use of the assertion, " I intend to turn the gene-
rality of ministers of this country out of their pulpits (who are half
beasts and half devils), and bring over ministers from England." In
the divided and excited state of public feeling on this matter, the
declaration could not do otherwise than increase the excitement, and
the College suffered in consequence. A disagreement also arose re-
specting the attendance of its officers and students on the ministry
of the pastor of the New Haven church, who was not popular as a
preacher, and was of doubtful orthodoxy. Efforts were made to
choose a Professor of Divinity, but were not successful, and in 1753,
P-esident Clapp, by invitation of the Corporation, commenced
preaching to the students in the College Hall. This was considered
by the New Haven church as grossly irregular, that church claiming
the College as within its parish boundaries.* In 1756, a Professor
of Divinity was chosen. A lot of land was generously conveyed to
the College by the President for the use of the Theological Profes-
sor, and he also, by the aid of some benevolent individuals, com-
menced building on said lot a house for the professor's residence.
Other controversies arose, however, which, with the pertinacity of
the President in insisting on his favorite measures, rendered him
unpopular, and a memorial was sent to the Assembly praying for a
commission of visitation to examine into all the affairs of the College.
An elaborate written reply was prepared by the president, denying
most of the charges made, and also the right of the Legislature to
interfere in the manner proposed, and the Memorial was finally dis-
missed by the Legislature. But the clamors against the College
were continued, it had become unpopular, and matters were made
worse by the resignation of two of the Tutors being called for by
the President in 1765, on account of their having embraced the
opinions of the Sandemanians. On their resignation, the remaining
* Numerous pamphlets on both sides of this particular point in the controversy were is-
sued, a stray copy of some of which is still occasionally brought to light. The tone and
temper of the dispute, as shown in these pamphlets, were certainly not commendable.
They were mostly anonymous, though probably their authors were known at the time. It
is not supposed the President himself was engaged in this kind of warfare — his public and
open arguments and defences, with his other duties, probably occupying all his time and
energies.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 133
Tutor' resigned, and their successors found themselves in such em-
barrassing circumstances that in a few months they, too, vacated
their places. In July of that year, aware of his unpopularity, Presi-
dent Clapp offered his resignation. The Corporation, however,
still adhered to him, and expressed to him their " earnest desire that
he would be pleased to continue in office as long as Divine Provi-
dence should permit, or at least till the next Commencement." He
accordingly remained and conferred degrees at the Commencement
in September, and then took his leave of the College in a valedic-
tory address, dwelling at length on the improvements which had
been made during his administration, and stating that " in conse-
quence of his age and infirmities, and strong desire of private life,
he resigned his office." The Corporation " passed a vote expressive
of their high estimation of his character and services, and of their
best wishes for his future and eternal well-being." Ebenezer Bald-
win, in his "Annals of Yale College," thus alludes to the termination
of Pres. Clapp's services at Yale :
" Thus ended the academic services of a President (after the labors of
twenty-seven years) who was an ornament to the science of the age in which
he lived, whose efforts for the substantial interests and prosperity of the
College were unremitted, and whose only unpopular traits appear to have
been a conscientious religious zeal, and scholastic independence, that could
not yield to the spirit of an altered age."
The retirement which he coveted was terminated by his death in
less than a year and a half. It took place after a short illness, Jan.
7, 1767, in the 64th year of his age. He was buried from the Col-
lege Chapel, and a sermon appropriate to the occasion preached by
Rev. Naphtali Daggett, Professor of Divinity.
President Clapp was married, in 1727, to Mary, daughter of Rev.
Samuel Whiting, his predecessor in the ministry at Windham. Mrs.
Clapp died, greatly lamented, Aug. 9, 1736, in the 24th year of her
age. In an obituary sketch of her, it is said that her husband's
" grief seemed inconsolable ; he mourned sore like a dove." From
a written delineation of her character, found among his private
writings, it would appear that she was eminent in every virtue and
accomplishment. In 1 740, he married, second, Mrs. Mary Saltonstall,
widow of Capt. Roswell S., of Branfoid, Conn. By this marriage,
he had no children.
It is unfortunate that so few of the mathematical and philosophical
works of Pres. Clapp have been preserved for the benefit of posterity.
His most valuable manuscripts were in the possession of his daugh-
ter, Madam Wooster, and were carried off among the plunder taken
by the British troops during their invasion of New Haven, in 1779.
President Styles, successor to Pres. Clapp, protested with the Eng-
lish General Tryon that "a war against science had been reprobated
for ages by the wisest and most powerful generals," and requested
their return. This was, however, without effect. Some of them
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134
THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
were picked up, about a week afterward, by boatmen in the Sound,
near Fairfield, and others at East Haven ; but it is to be regretted that
most of Pres. Clapp's valuable manuscripts were irrecoverably lost.
President Clapp and his wife were buried in the town graveyard,
on the public Square, or Green, in New Haven. A new cemetery
was incorporated in 1797, and is said to have been the first one in
the United States that was laid out in family lots. In 1821, all the
old monuments standing on the Green were removed to the new
cemetery, and placed in the family lots whenever there were friends
or relatives living to desire it. Mrs. Wooster, the daughter of the
President, was one of the first buried in the new cemetery (1807),
and a costly marble monument to her memory stands near those of
her parents. The ac-
companying sketch of
the latter has been
kindly designed and
engraved for this Me-
morial, by John W.
Barber, Esq., of New
Haven, now in his 77th
year. He has endeav-
ored to represent them
as they appear to the
eye, with some of the
surroundings, without
any effort to produce a
-J" ;.""■■ flr
MONUMENTS OF PRES. THOMAS CLAPP AND "WIFE.
handsome picture. These tabular monuments, though not preten-
tious in appearance, were of superior construction at the time they
were made. The following is the epitaph on the monument erected
to the memory of Pres. Thomas Clapp :
EPITAPH.
" Here lyetli interred the body of the reverend and learned Mr. Thomas
Clap, the late President of Yale College, in New Haven ; a truly great -
man, a gentleman of superior natural genius, most assiduous application,
and indefatigable industry. In the various branches of learning, he greatly
excelled ; an accomplished instructor ; a patron of the College ; a great
divine, bold for the truth ; a zealous promoter and defender of the doctrines
of grace ; of unaffected piety, and a pattern of every virtue ; the tenderest
of fathers and the best of friends ; the glory of learning and the ornament of
religion ; for thirteen years, the faithful and much respected pastor of the
church in AVindham ; and near twenty-seven years the laborious and princi-
pal President of the College, and having served his own generation, by the
will of God, with serenity and calmness, he fell on sleep, the 7th day of
January, 1767, in his sixty-fourth year.
"Death, great proprietor of all,
'Tis thine to tread out empires
And to quench the stars."
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 135
The following is a list of President Clapp's publications : —
" A Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Ephraim Little, 1732. An
Introduction to the Study of Philosophy, exhibiting a general view of all the
Arts and Sciences, for the use of the Pupils, 1743. A Letter to a friend in
Boston, 1745. A Letter to the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, of Northampton,
expostulating with him for his injurious reflections in his late Letter to a
friend, 1745. The Religious Constitution of Colleges, especially of Yale
College, New Haven, 1754. A brief History and Vindication of the Doc-
trines, received and established in the Churches of New England, with a
specimen of the new scheme of religion beginning to prevail, 1755. An
Essay on the Nature and Foundation of Moral Virtue and Obligation,
1765. Annals or History of Yale College, 17G6. Conjectures upon the
Nature and Motions of Meteors which are above the Atmosphere (posthu-
mous), 1781." m
President Stiles has left the following honorable testimony to
President Clapp in his Literary Diary: —
" President Clap was possessed of strong mental powers, clear perception
and solid judgment. Though not eminent for classical learning, he had a
competent knowledge of the three learned languages. He was well versed
in algebra, optics, astronomy, and the general course of experimental phi-
losophy. In mathematics and natural philosophy, I have not reason to
think he was equalled by any man in America, except the most learned
Professor Winthrop. Many others, indeed, excelled him in the mechanic
application of the lower branches of the mathematics ; but he rose to
sublimer heights, and became conversant in the application of this noble
science to those extensive laws of nature, which regulate the most extensive
phenomena, and obtain throughout the steJlary universe. I have known
him to elucidate so many of the abstrusest theorems and ratiocinia of New-
ton, that, I doubt not, the whole Prindpia of that illustrious philosopher
was comprehended by him ; a comprehension which, it is j^resumed, very
few mathematicians of the present age have attained. Wollaston's Religion
of Nature was the basis of his Moral Philosophy, and Westminster Calvin-
ism was his Theology. He had thoroughly studied the Scriptures, and had
read the most eminent Divines of the last two hundred years. In his
peculiar manner, he had examined so many authors, through the tract of
time from Jerome to the present day, as well as the three more primitive
ages, that, on the fundamental doctrines of religion, I believe him to have
been possessed of the sentiments of the whole Christian world. History,
ancient and modern, political and ecclesiastical, he was well versed in. He
had deeply studied the history of the Assyrian empire ; that of Greece ; that
of the Roman empire through all its periods, and particularly its mutation
into an ecclesiastical State. He studied the rise of Mahometism ; the Sara-
cenic conquests ; the dominion of the Caliphs and Mamelukes ; the extensive
spread of this religion, and the final partition of the interest into several
empires. He had formed an idea of the powers of Europe, their connections,
balances, and leading springs of policy ; and had arranged the principal
events and revolutions of the several ages, from antiquity to the present clay.
He traced and considered with the closest attention the causes of greatest ex-
tent, and most forcible operation, in effecting public events, which, like the
laws of nature, carry in themselves the certain futurition of their phenomena.
He well understood the history and geography of the Bible ; and took great
pains to consider the verification which it naturally gave and received when
136 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
compared with profane history. He was well read in the Fathers, and had
examined all the remains of the antiquities of the Primitive Church. He
studied the police, worship and discipline of the Church, in the three first
and two last ages. He greatly studied the councils, general and provincial,
and in them was thoroughly versed. He was considerably read in the
common law of England, and in the municipal laws of his country. He
was also well versed in the Jus Civile, the Institutes of Justinian, the Pan-
dects, the Novella ; and from the canons, the decretals of the Popes, he had
obtained such a general knowledge of ecclesiastical law, that he would have
honoured a Doctorate in both laws.
" The labors of his office left a most contemplative mind but a few hours
for reading. But he had a happy and advantageous method of reading ; he
always studied on a system or arrangement with respect to some whole, and
read to purpose. A voluminous library before him, — he treated as a collec-
tion of reports, books delivering the knowledge and reasonings of the
learned world on all subjects of .literature. He seldom read a volume
through in course. Having previously settled in his mind the particular
subjects to be examined, and what on any subject he needed to ascertain,
he then pitched directly on the book or books, and those parts in them which
would elucidate the subject of his inquiry. He would thus, with discern-
ment and despatch, run over fifty volumes, if necessary, and select whatever
they contained in point, and thus proceed till he made himself master of the
subject — generally passing unconcernedly over the rest, however attractive
and interesting.
" As to his person, he was not tall ; yet, being thick set, he appeared rather
large and bulky. His aspect was light, placid, serene and contemplative.
He was a calm, still, judicious, great man."
The publishers are in-
debted to F. B. Dexter,
Esq., Secretary, Yale Col-
/>"7">7 /7/ r jr^ ^~) lege, for a fac-simile of
V ^7 *^ *<AX/^> ' the autograph of President
Thomas Clapp.
Children of President Thomas and 1st wife Mary (Whiting)
Clapp :
327. Mary, 4 b. April 25, 1729 ; m. David Wooster ,* afterwards a Maj.
General in the Revolutionary War. It is said of her that she
was considered the first lady of her time in New Haven. In the
burying-ground at New Haven, a beautifully designed monument,
near that of her father, marks the place of her burial. A grand-
son was an Admiral in the Chilian Navy, formerly of New
* Born in Stratford, Ct. March 2, 1710; d. in Danbury, Ct., May 2, 1777- He was made
Captain of an armed vessel to protect the coast in 1739 ; in the expedition against uouisburg,
in 1745, he commanded the sloop of war " Connecticut," which conveyed the troops ; was
sent in command of the cartel ship to Europe, but was not permitted to land in France. In
England he was a favorite, was presented at court, and was made a Captain in Pepperrell's
Regiment, receiving half-pay until 1774. Appointed Colonel 3d Ct. Regt. in 1755 ; became
a Brig.-Gen., and was in service in 1758-60. He was one of the originators of the expedition
which captured Ticonderoga in April, 1775, and a member of the Ct. Assembly; was made
Brig.-Gen. in the Continental army 22 June, 1775, and served in Canada, holding, for a time,
the chief command after the death of Montgomery. Resigning soon after, he was made
Maj.-Gen. of the State militia, and, while opposing a force of the enemy under Tryon, sent
to destroy the public stores at Danbury, was mortally wounded 27 April, 1777, and died a
few days later. — Drake's Dictionary of American Biography.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 137
York city and extensively engaged in privateering daring the
war of 1812-15, and d. in Monterey, CaL, in 1848.
28. Temperance, 6 b. April 29, 1732 ; m. Aug. 9, 1753, Rev. Timothy
Pitkin, of Farrnington, Conn., the son of Gov. Win. Pitkin, of
Connecticut.
Three other children of Thomas 4 and 1st wife d. young.
QOQ
79
NATHANIEL 4 (Stephen, 2 Samuel, 3 Thomas'), youngest son of
Dea. Stephen and wife Temperance Clapp, was born Sept. 11, 1709.
He was a magistrate and a very useful and respected man. He
married, in 1736, Desire Bourne, of Barnstable.
Children of Nathaniel and Desire (Bourne) Clapp, of Scituate:
329. Hannah, 8 b. Nov. 11, 1739; m. in 1794, Rev. Nathan Stone, of
Barnstable; d. in 180"). No children.
330. Desire, 5 b. May 13, 1741 ; m. Capt. Prince Gorham, of Barnsta-
ble, and had four children.
-j-331. Sylvantjs, 5 b. Jan. 20, 1742 ; d. April 29, 1811. aged 08.
332. Temperance, 5 b. Dec. 1, 1744; m. Judge Wm. Gorham, of
Gorham, Me., and had one daughter.
333. Mart, 5 b. Jan. 26, 1747 ; m. Rev. Isaac Mansfield, of Marblehead,
who was b. in 1750, and graduated at Harvard College in 17G7.
He preached nearly eleven years at Exeter, N. H., and d. in
Boston, Sept. 182G, aged 7G. They had two children. She
was living in Marblehead in 1801'..
334. Susannah^ 5 b. Oct. 13, 1748; m. in 1770, Mr. Joseph Benson, of
Scituate, and had ten children.
335. Abigail, 5 b. Dec. 2, 1750 ; d. in 1810. She m. Hawkes disking,
of Boston ; no children.
336. Eunice, 5 b. Jan. 10, 1752 ; m. Col. Wm. Turner, of Scituate, who
was b. Jan. 16, 1747, and graduated at Harvard College in 1767.
They had nine children, one of whom (Stephen) was killed at
the battle of Bridgewater, in the Avar of 1812.
337. Rachel, 5 b. Feb. 1755; d. young.
338. Nathaniel, 5 b. June 15, 1756, d. young.
339. Stephen, 5 b. June 27, 1759 ; d. young. One of the last two
boys was killed with a cart, and the other drowned.
80
THOMAS 4 (John, 3 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of John and Hannah
(Gill) Clapp, and cousin .to President Thomas, of Yale College, was
born in Scituate, Nov. 11, 1705. He graduated at Harvard College
in 1725; first turned his attention
to the ministry and was ordained
at Taunton in 1729, Eben. Clapp,<
Senior, and Phillips Payson being
delegates to the ordination from Dorchester. He was married to
his first wife, Mary Leonard, daughter of Judge George Leonard, of
V/iif/rL^f
138 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Norton,* Sept, 9, 1731; she died of measles June 27, 1741, aged
27 years, 5 months and 10 days. His second wife was Esther,
daughter of Hon. John Chandler, of Worcester, whom he married
May 9, 1745. She died July 20, 1792. Mr. Clapp so far conformed
to the customs of the day in which he lived as to be the owner of
slaves. On his marriage to his second wife, it is related that she
obtained a promise from him that they should be liberated. For
some reason, this was not done till after his death. One of these
slaves was the mother of several sons, who were brought up in his
house, and the marks and scratches of their fingers were said to
have remained on the walls of the house for a century afterwards.
He left the ministry, it is said, partly in consequence of aspersions on
his character by some of his people. Mr. Clapp enjoyed a handsome
patrimony, and was too independent in his position and feelings to
submit to calumny, therefore a separation from his flock took place.
It is said the Taunton people declared they would never settle
another rich man. His own account of the matter differs some-
what from the above. From a statement drawn up by himself, which
has been preserved in manuscript, and which embraces the proceed-
ings of the church in regard to his dismission, and their certificate
of recommendation of him, the following introductory remarks are
copied :
" The Inhabitants of the Town of Taunton to Inconrase me to Settle with
them in the Work of the Ministry, did at a Legall Meeting on the 16th of
Dec r Dom. 1728 vote to Give me annually £130 and always to keep s d sum
Good, Let the money rise or fall, But they did not Comply with their vote
any one year, tho' they were urged to do it by the Church & myself; and
after Diverse Years Waiting, the Church advised me writing under their
hand, to make application to the General Session of the Peace for the
County of Bristoll, in order to obtain my Salery, which gave so much Un-
easiness to many in the Town, that rather than Live in Contention with
any of my parishioners, about so small a pittance. I sought for a Removall
from them, and accordingly the Church at a full meeting did vote & agree
to give me the following Letter of Dismission & Recomendation."
He returned to Scituate in 173S. and was soon appointed Chief
Justice of the Inferior Court of Plymouth County, and o. e of the
Counsellors of the Commonwealth. He was also a Colonel of the
militia, and was greatly respected for his talents and integr5y. He
built a large and elegant mansion, now standing near tt s South
Scituate Railroad Station, and near to the dwelling place of" Samuel
Woodworth, of "Old Oaken Bucket" memory. There is a tradition
concerning him that "he was so large a man as to excite tile curi-
* Many rich and valuable household articles were brought to the house of Judge Tho^--
in Taunton, by h\< lirsr wife; and to that in Scituate, by his second wife. Some of
are most carefully preserved, and cheerfully shown by his great-granddaughter, .
Mary Leonard Clapp, who now, with her brother Henry, occupies the house in Scit
built by him in 1740. She lias also in her possession a rich china pitcher, of unique i
and ornamented with qnaint figures, which was brought over in the "Mayflower,"
was presented, by a sou of Peregrine White, to Judge Thomas Clapp.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 139
osity of children to run after him in the street, when discharging
bis professional duties." He was a Representative to the General
Court fourteen years, and while there was engaged in some sharp
controversies, several of which are in print. Quite a number of his
books were preserved and were in possession of his grandson,
Leonard, when he died in 1852. A volume of his MS. Sermons has
also been handed down, and one of them is printed in the Rev.
Samuel H. Emery's " Ministry of Taunton." The subject of this ser-
mon is "Our Likeness to God, and Vision of Him," which is treated
throughout in a manner which shows him to have been an able ex-
pounder of the Scriptures according to the style and spirit of the
preaching of that day. To the work above referred to we are indebt-
ed for some of the facts already related respecting Judge Thomas
Clapp, and also for the following extracts from a communication to
Mr. Emery by r Rev. Daniel Wight, Jr. :
" He was taken sick with the palsy while presiding on the bench as
Judge in Plymouth Court. After the first attack, he was subject to fits,
each reducing him lower and lower. During his long sickness of seven
years' continuance, he was able often to go out, and once went to Plymouth
Court, but for the last few years of his life he was confined to his bed. He
is represented as having been remarkably mild and pleasant in his disposi-
tion till he had the palsy, after which he was irritable and hard to please.
He was not very tail, but fleshy, and of fine personal appearance. He died
May 31, 1771, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was buried in the
north-west part of ' the common ' burying-ground, about three-fourths of a
mile from Scituate harbor. His gravestones were removed, though not his
remains, in 1828, to their present position, in the family burying-ground,
near his former residence. The stones of his last wife, with those of several
of his children, are neatly arranged beside his own. I give below the in-
scriptions, as they stand upon his own and last wife's monuments of slate-
stone.
" Sacred " Sacred
to the Memory of to the Memory of
Col. Thomas Clapp, Mrs. Esther Clapp,
who died who died
May 31, 1774, July 20, 1790,
in the 69 year aged 72 yrs.
of his age.
Ij^joice in glorious hope, When will separation cease,
sua the Judge shall come, Friendship's sous unite in peace,
id take his servants up, Grief no more oppress the heart,
i o their eternal home." Friends no more be doomed to part ?"
Of his family of nine children, it appears that but one was mar-
ried, John the eldest.
By the two marriages of Judge Clapp, he became connected with
families which ranked among the foremost of that day in social
standing and public and private worth. The father of his first wife,
Mary Leonard, is said to have lived at Norton " in baronial style,"
and the family trace their lineage through " John of Gaunt " to
140 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Edward III., and claim the title of "Lord Dacre." The royalty of
the line, however, has in this country been laid aside, and members
of the family have said that " where you can find iron works, there
you will find a Leonard." His second wife was descended from
William 1 and Annis Chandler, who settled in Roxbury, Mass., in
1637, through Deacon John 2 and Elizabeth (Douglas), of Woodstock,
Conn., Hon. John 3 and Mary (Raymond), of Woodstock, and Hon.
John 4 and Hannah (Gardiner), of Worcester, Mass. Her grandfather
John 3 was major in the Wars with the Indians, Judge of Probate,
one of His Majesty's Council, Representative to the General Court,
nearly forty years a Commissioner of the Peace, and held many
town offices. The inventory of his estate amounts to £8,699 : 16 : 6.
Her father moved to Worcester when the county of that name was
first formed; was Town Treasurer and Selectman, was soon ap-
pointed Clerk of the Courts, was first Sheriff of the County, Colonel
of the Militia, Register of Deeds and Probate, Chief Justice and Coun-
cillor, and in 1737 was Commander of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Co. While Judge of Probate, he is said to have " kept an
open table on Court clays for the widows and orphans who were
brought to his tribunal by concerns of business." Esther Chandler's
mother, Hannah Gardiner, was descended from Lieut. Lyon Gardiner,
of the British Army, who, in 1651, purchased of the Indians the
Island just at the east end of Long Island, N. Y., containing about
3000 acres, which he called " Isle of Wight," and which has also
been known as Gardiner's Island, paying for it a black dog, a gun
and some Dutch blankets. The Bay in this Island was one of the
resorts of Capt. Kidd, who put his money in Lieut. Gardiner's care.
After Kidd's execution in 1701, Gardiner delivered up to the au-
thorized commissioners bags of gold amounting to 738§oz. ; silver,
847£ oz. ; precious stones, 17| oz. Gardiner's Island is entailed in
the family. It belongs to Easthampton Township.
Esther Chandler's brother John succeeded to nearly all the pub-
lic honors bestowed upon his father and grandfather. " He was
cheerful in temperament, engaging in manners, hospitable as a citi-
zen, friendly and kind as a neighbor, and industrious and enterpris-
ing as a merchant." When the stormy times which preceded the
Revolution came on, his chivalrous sense of loyalty forbade his
joining the popular tide in the great struggle. He therefore became
a refugee, sacrificing his large possessions, amounting to £36,190,
as appraised by commissioners here, and sought an asylum in
the mother country. The schedule of property and losses exhibited
by him to the British Commissioners was allowed in full, and he was
called in England " the honest refugee." He died in London, Sept.
26, 1800, and was buried in Islington. An iron fence encloses a
spot about ten feet long by six wide, and a single slab with a brief in-
scription is his monument. Near by is the grave of his son Rufus,
who was buried in October, 1823.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 141
Children of Judge Thomas and 1st wife Mary (Leonard) Clapp:
-f-340. John, 5 b. in Taunton, July 14, 1733 ; d. May 24, 1767.
341. Thomas,* b. in Taunton, June 22, 1736 ; was an officer in the 44th
Regiment of the British Army. He took part in the conquest
of Canada, and d., unm., at Ross Castle, Ireland, Aug. 4, 1770,
aged 34 years. The following letter to his father is from the
original manuscript, which is a well preserved and fairly written
document.
Montreall, Sept. 11th, 1760.
HoN d Sir :
I have not received a letter from you since Last
October. But hope you are well. I have the pleasuer Informe
you of the Intier Conquest of Canada without the loss of much
blood. M r . Loring is very much sensured by the army for his
bad conduct at Fort Levy, but Hough Just I don't say. We had
not one gun fired at us after the surrender of the fort. We lost a
Hundred men dround a cummiug down the River. We Landed
the fifth of Sep', upon Montreall, and the seventh the Town
surrendered and with it all Cannad. The terms are these : the
French Regulars are to be sent to France. Theay embarked
yesterday. The Inhabitance are to InJoy their estats as soon as
theay have taken the oath of Alleagons. I have got a Commis-
sion in our Reg* for nothing, so that I acct in two cappassitys,
Bouth as an officer & D r , and if you will Direct yoor letters to
En 8 Tho 9 Clapp of the 44th Reg' or to D r Tho 8 Clapp of the
44th Reg' at Montreall theay will come safe, for I am to stay at
Montreall this winter. I hope I shall be able to come home in
the spring. Give my Duty to Grandmother & Mother and Love
to all the familly. No more at present. But Remain yoor
Dutifull Son,
Thos. Clapp.
342. Mary, 6 b. in Taunton, Nov. 19, 1738 ; d. unm. Dec. 6, 1829, aged
91 years. Deane, in his history of Scituate, speaks of her as a
" remarkably accomplished woman." She attended school in
Boston, when young, and two framed pictures of needle-work,
done by her at school, are now in possession of Miss Mary L.
Clapp, in the old house built by Judge Thomas.
343. Calvin, 8 b. in Scituate, Feb. 27, 1740; d. Jan. 8, 1741.
Children of Thomas and 2d wife, Esther (Chandler) Clapp:
344. Hannah,* b. Oct. 24, 1746 ; d. Jan. 9, 1840, aged 94 years.
345. Calvin, 5 b. Oct. 28, 1749; d. Dec. 4, 1752.
346. Augustus, 5 b. March 28, 1752; d. Feb. 2, 1827, aged 75 years.
He never married ; was Town Clerk and Postmaster of Scituate
lor many years.
347. Chandler,* b. Dec. 28, 1754; d. Dec. 25, 1832, aged 78 years.
He never married ; lived in Scituate ; was Justice of the Peace
and Postmaster in 1827 and 1828.
348. Rufus, 5 b. Jan. 24, 1759 ; d. unm. June 8, 1834, aged 75 years.
According to Elisha Clapp, he was a Doctor of Medicine, and d.
in Ireland ; but Elisha was, without doubt, mistaken.
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142 THE CLAPP MEMOPJAL.
86
DAVID 4 (David, 3 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of David and Deborah
(Otis) Clapp, was born March 20, 1720-21. First wife Ruth ; second
wife Mary. They lived in Scituate.
Child of David and 1st wife Ruth Clapp, of Scituate :
-{-349. Dwelly, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1741.
Child of David and 2d wife Mary Clapp :
350. David, 5 b. July 24, 1752 ; d. in 1816, aged 64 years. He spent
most of his life in his native town, but later he lived in Noble-
boro', Me., where he died. He m. Sept. 26, 1779, Elizabeth
Church, and his children were born in Scituate. Children :
351. Joseph C., 6 b. July 22, 1780; d. in 1816, aged 36 years; he
m. and lived in Nobleboro'. Me. ; had one son, Charles.''
352. Mary, 6 b. Nov. 22, 1781.
353. David 6 b. Jan. 22, 1783; d. in 1809, aged 26 years. He m.
and had two sons: i, John, 7 b. in 1804. ii, Willard 7 b. pre-
viously to 1809.
354. Elizabeth* b. March 6, 1784.
355. Lucinda 6 b. July 31, 1785.
356. Nathaniel, 6 b. Nov. 7, 1787 ; m. and lived in Nobleboro', Me.
Children: \ % Nathaniel 7 b. 1812. ii, Tileston 7 b. in 1818.
iii. David R., 1 b. in 1819.
357. Misha, 6 b. July 9, 1790 ; d. in 1794.
358. Ruth, 6 b. June 5, 1792.-
359. fflisha, 6 b. March 9, 1794 ; m. and settled in Searsmont, Me.
Child : David, 1 b. in 1817.
360. Charles 6 b. July 28, 1795 ;_m. and had one child, Charles S. 7 b.
in 1821.
93
JOSHUA 4 (David, 3 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of David and Deborah
(Otis) Clapp, and brother to the preceding, was born Jan. 7, 1729.
He spent most of his days in Scituate, but perhaps the latter part of
his life was passed with his son Bela in Boston and in Claremont,
N. H., and with his son Caleb in Westminster, Yt. His portrait is
in the possession of one of his grandchildren, Mrs. Farwell, daugh-
ter of Bela Clapp. He married first, Lydia ; second, Oct. 21,
1787, Hannah Briggs, who died Oct. 18, 1794. He died when
about 80 years of age.
Children of Joshua and wife Lydia Clapp, of Scituate :
361. Lydia,* b. Sept. 14, 1758 ; d. young.
-f362. Bela, 5 b. July 2, 1760; d. July 12, 1812.
363- Lydia, 5 b. July 3, 1762 ; m. Mr. Jacobs, of Scituate.
364. Caleb, 5 b. May 9, 1764; d. May 19, 1829, aged 65 years. He
was a carpenter by trade, and carried on a large business in
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 143
Boston. The latter part of his life he spent in "Westminster,
Vt., where he d. He m. April 18, 1793, Nancy Dorr, sister of
Jonathan Dorr, of Roxbury. After her husband's decease, Mrs.
Clapp removed to Aztalan, Wis., where she d. Sept. 17, 1840.
Children :
365. Ann, 6 m. Mr. Stevens, of Westminster, Vt.
366. Mark i?., s m. and lives in Aztalan, Wis.
367. Caleb* d. young.
368. Susan* b. March 18, 1797 ; m. Jan. 28, 1816, Joseph Willard,
of Westminster, Vt., who d. April 23, 1845.
369. Frances E.f m. Mr. Hyer, and lives in Wisconsin.
370. Sarah Bradley* m. Mr. Drake, and lives in Wisconsin.
371. Dorr, 6 m. and lives in Wisconsin.
372. Matthew S., 5 b. Oct. 4, 1766; was twice married. Children:
373. Nehemiah, 6 d. without issue.
374. Ann, 6 m. in Boston, May 1, 1815, Cassimer Beck, a foreigner.
375. Caleb, 6 was living in Boston in 1831.
376. Ann,* b. Aug. 30, 1771 ; m. Mr. Holbrook, of Scituate.
94
GALEN 4 (David, 2 Samuel, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of David and Deborah
(Otis) Clapp, was born in Scituate, Feb. 5, 1733. He married, Jan.
12, 1758, Patience Brooks, and lived in Scituate, following the trade
of a ship carpenter in that place. He was an important, enterpris-
ing and energetic man, and when the Revolution broke out he was
strongly in favor of carrying on the war, and received a commission
as Captain in the service of the Colonies. He died Feb. 23, 1776,
of a violent fever brought on by over-fatigue and anxiety.
Children of Galen and Patience (Brooks) Clapp :
377. Molly, 5 b. Dec. 20, 1758 ; m. first, in 1789, Samuel Stetson,
who d. in 1790. She m. second, in 1799, Job Turner, who d.
in 1815. She d. in 1841.
378. Lucy, 5 b. March 13, 1761; m. in 1780, Nathaniel Sylvester, of
Hanover, Mass. They removed to Winchendon, where she d.
in 1836, aged about 75 years.
379. Sarah, 5 b. April 30, 1763 ; m. in 1780, Thomas James, of Scituate,
who d. in Londonderry, N. H., about 1810. She was living in
1843.
380. Enos, 5 b. July 26, 1765 ; d. about 1795. He was a shipwright
by trade, and settled in Damariscotta, and Augusta, Me. He
was lost at sea, when about 30 years of age. He m. Hannah
Bryant. Children :
381. Charlotte, 6 b. in 1790; m. J. Wright, of Roxbury, where she
d. in 1819, aged 29 years.
382. Lydia, 6 b. in 1792; m. in 1811, Caleb Covil, who d. at sea in
1816, leaving two sons. She d. in 1821.
383. Thomas, 5 b. Aug. 3, 1767, in Scituate, and settled in Bath, Me.
He m. in 1789, Mrs. Sarah Treadway, of Bath, Me., who d. in
that town in 1818. He d. of a nervous fever, July 7, 1801, in
the 34th year of his age. Children:
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384. William Brooks, 6 b. in 1790; d. 1791.
385. Lucinda, 6 b. in 1793; m. in 1818, Nathaniel Purrington, of
Bath, Me., who was lost at sea about 1827. They had three
children, one of whom d. at sea in 1839. Mrs. P. removed
to Brighton, Mass., and resided with her son till her death,
which took place in 1867.
386. A son, 6 b. 1795, d. in infancy.
387. Mary 6 b. in 1797 ; m. in 1815, T. B. Sylvester. Mr. S. d. in
Hope, Me., 1835. His widow and three children were living
in Bath, Me., in 1843.
388. Patience, 5 b. Aug. 30, 1769 ; m. Major John James, of Scituate.
They settled in Medford.
389. Hannah, 5 b. Feb. 22, 1772; d. Aug. 4, 1775, aged 3£ years.
390. Charles, 5 b. March 16, 1774; d. June 4, 1858. Removed from
Scituate and settled in Bath, Me. He m. first, in 1799, Lydia
Ham, who was b. in 1775, and d. Feb. 10, 1807 ; m. second, in
1807, Rachel Arnold, of Portland, Me., who was b. July 19,
1777. Charles was a shipwright by trade, and from 1799 to
1816, built 11 ships, 7 brigs and 4 schooners, besides repairing
many old vessels ; he then engaged in commercial business, but
in 1842 had retired from that business. Children by first wife :
391. Martha 6 b. July 11, 1800.
392. Asenath, 6 b. Dec. 13, 1801.
393. A daughter 6 b. in 1804.
394. A son 6 b. in 1805 (these all d. in infancy).
395. Charles, 6 b. Feb. 1, 1807; m. first, in 1829, Jane T. Sprague,
and had no children. She d. Nov. 10, 1861, and he m.
second, Nov. 21, 1862, Nancy E. Sprague, sister to his first
wife. He was a merchant in Bath, Me., under the firm of
" Magoun & Clapp." He was largely engaged in the ship-
ping business, which he closed up to good advantage during
the War of the Rebellion, and retired with a competency.
He had large demands upon the "Alabama" Claims Com-
mission, which have been allowed. He is one of the largest
sized men of the name now living ; frequently visits his kins-
men in Boston and vicinity ; was actively interested in the
Clapp Gathering of 1870 ; and is alive to all that concerns the
history and honor of the family name.
Children of Charles 5 by second wife :
396. Lydia Ham, 6 b. Aug. 21, 1808 ; m. July 9, 1829, Oliver Moses.
They have several children.
397. Lucy Train, 6 b. June 11, 1810; d. Sept. 15, 1811.
398. Lucy Brooks 6 b. Oct. 21, 1812; m. in 1835, W. E. Harriman.
399. Galen, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1814; d. young.
400. Rachel Hatherly, 6 b. in 1816.
401. Galen 6 b. Feb. 5, 1819 ; served his time in Boston in the mer-
cantile business ; afterwards, on account of his health, followed
the sea; after leaving the sea, he returned to Bath, Maine,
his native place, and engaged in the brass-foundry business.
He married first, Mrs. Wealthy J. Patten (widow of Thomas
Patten, dau. of Samuel Winter, Esq., of Portland, formerly
of Bath), who d. Jan. 3, 1852, aged 32 years, and left a son,
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Galen? who was b. Dec. 21, 1851, and now resides in Boston.
Galen 6 m. second, May 17, 1854, Miss Ann E. Ilsley, of Port-
land, who d. Dec. 23, 1859, aged 28 years ; left no children.
Pie m. third, Mrs. Ann Maria Batchelder (widow of Elijah
Batchelder, of Bath), October 31, 1871, by whom he had a
son, Charles Kimball? who was b. Aug. 10, 1862 (about
three months after his father's death), and who now lives
with his widowed mother in Waltham, Mass.
402. Nancy Eaton, 6 b. June 18, 1821.
403. Hannah, 5 b. Aug. 7, 1776. She m. Charles James, of Scituate,
and lived in Boston.
95
INCREASE 4 (David, 3 Samuel; Thomas 1 ), youngest child of
David and Deborah (Otis) Clapp, was born March 20, 1734. He
was one of the committee chosen by the town of Scituate to draft a
vote concerning the formation of a Constitution for the State; they
reported a favorable one, which was passed. He married, about
1758, Delight
Children of Increase and wife Delight Clapp, of Scituate :
404. James, 5 b. April 10, 1759; d. June 11, 1803. He m. June 7,
1781, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Daniel Jenkins; she d. in May,
1803, aged 41 yrs. He d. the succeeding month, aged 44 years.
Children :
405. Betsey; b. March 4, 1785 ; m. Nathaniel Wade, of Scituate.
406. Deborah; b. May 29, 1788 ; d. aged 88 years ; m. Nathaniel
Litchfield, of Scituate, who was b. March 25, 1783. They
had seven children.
407. James, 6 b. May 19, 1789 ; d. Sept. 6, 1860. He resided in
Boston, and carried on the business of a mason. He m.
Triphenia Slade, who d. May 18, 1873. Children: i, James
H.; b. May 27, 1816, in Smithfield, R.I. ; d. Jan. 29, 1863 ;
was a mason by trade ; m. Alpha M. Ballou ; no children.
H, Triphenia S., 1 b. April 9, 1818 ; m. Samuel S. Holton, of
Boston, as a second wife, and had six children; d. April 11,
1856. Hi. Elizabeth J.? b. Jan. 31, 1820 ; d. Jan. 20, 1845 ;
m. Samuel S. Holton. \\, Mary Ann,' b. June 22, 1822; d.
March 21, 1839. v. Serena C., 7 b. April 5, 1824; m. Wm.
W. Webster, fi. Maria B.; b. Oct. 9, 1825. vii. Ruth H., 1
b. March 18, 1827. Tlii. Jotham? b. Feb. 21, 1829. ix.
Susan G.; b. Dec. 19, 1830. X. Almira P.," b. Jan. 27,
1832 ; d. July 26, 1874. xi. Isabella A.? b. Sept. 21, 1833;
d. Feb. 5, 1856. Xii, Georgiana D., 1 b. Nov. 8, 1834 ; m.
Nov. 24, 1859, Samuel S. Holton, as a third wife, and had
four children. XHI. Frances F., : b. Oct. 27, 1837.
408. Daniel, 6 b. April 27, 1792 ; was a cooper by trade, and lived
in Boston. He m. Margaret, dau. of Maj. Henry Purkitt, of
Boston, an original member of the Mass. Char. Mech. Assoc.
409. Serena, 6 b. Sept. 15, 1793; m. AVilliam Norris ; they lived in
New York State.
146 THE CLAPP MEMOKIAL.
410. Jotham? b. Oct. 8, 1795; m. Miss Jenks; they live in Penn-
sylvania, and have at least one child.
411. Aretkusa? b. Jan. 12, 1799 ; d. Jan. 6, 1866. Her parents
dying when she was four years old, she was brought up in the
family of her grandfather Jenkins. In her fifteenth year she
became a resident in Dorchester, and while there, for a time
came in social connection with some of her kinsfolk in the
line of Nicholas. Thus a friendship was formed which
continued unabated to the time of her death. She m. March,
1824, Joseph Leeds, of Dorchester, where they lived for
many years ; afterwards lived in Boston, and then moved to
Philadelphia. They had nine children. "She was a person
of great excellence of life and character. From a child her
desire was to be useful, and habits of systematic industry
were early fixed. As a christian her religion embraced all
duty, and she was ready and active in every good work.
Her lamp was always trimmed and burning, and her depart-
ure was in peace." Her husband, Mr. Jos. Leeds, wrote the
Ode which was sung at the meeting of the Clapp family in
Boston in 1873. He has been for several years most actively
engaged in plans for setting apart for national purposes the
lands and buildings in Philadelphia connected with the meet-
ings of our first Congress.
412. Deborah, 5 b. Jan. 19, 1761.
413. Nabby, 5 b. April 22, 1764.
98
THOMAS 5 {Thomas* Thomas, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas
and wife Hannah Clapp, of Dedham, was born in the year 1715,
and died in March, 1751, aged 36 years. Wife Susanna.
Children of Thomas and wife Susanna Clapp :
414. Thomas, 6 b. Sept. 26, 1745. He d. from the effect of running a
pitchfork into his leg when a young man. He was the sixth and
last Thomas in the line of eldest sons. He d. in 1763, without issue.
415. Susanna, 6 b. Jan. 24, 1746; m. Capt. Oliver Clapp (No. 116),
of Walpole. They had five children.
416. Jacob, 6 b. March 30, 1749 ; d. in 1832. He m. Hannah Fairbanks,
and settled in Walpole. Children :
417. Susanna? b. Aug. 30, 1775 ; m. Seth Smith, of Strong, Me.
418. Jacob"} b. Dec. 16, 1779 ; lived in Walpole ; unmarried.
419. Grata? b. July 29, 1782.
420. Harvey? b. March 4, 1786 ; d. July, 1840. He was postmaster
of Walpole, in which place he kept a large public house ; he
was once a Representative to the General Court, and was a
man of enterprise and great respectability. He m. Nabby
IV leys. Children: i. Edmund W., s b. Jan. 15, 1811; car-
ried on the public house formerly kept by his father, and
was also postmaster for many years. He was afterwards a
uccessful merchant in Boston. He m. in 1837, Achsah B.
Hawes, of Walpole, and had a daughter Abba Frances? b.
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May 29, 1837. ii. Harvey Erastus? b. May 14, 1814; d.
in 1863. He graduated at Harvard College in 1837, then
studied medicine, and settled and practised his profession in
Wrentham. He m. in 1840, Priscilla B. Crocker, of Charles-
town, and had a son. \\\,*Abby P.?h. March 7, 1817 ; m. in
1839, Samuel W. Bacon, of Walpole. iv. Samuel G.? b.
June 29, 1821 ; d. March 1G, 1870; a successful merchant in
Boston ; m. Betsey Babbitt, of Walpole, formerly of Brain-
tree. V. Frances E.? b. June 12, 1827. vi, Angeline W.?
b. Oct. 12, 1829.
421. Lewis,' 1 b. Sept. 7, 1789 ; m. Lydia Gould, of Maine.
422. Ichabod, 6 b. Feb. 24, 1750; d. in 1832; m. Susanna Doggett and
lived in Walpole. Children:
423. Nancy? b. March 13, 1783; unmarried.
424. Metcalf? b. March 4, 1786. He was a captain ; m. and had a
child, Ebenezer Doggett, 9, b. March 11, 1813, who m. Julia A.
Hawes, of Walpole, and had one son, Edmund Metcalf?
99
JAMES 5 (Thomas, 4 Thomas? Thomas? Thomas 1 ), son of Thomas
and wife Hannah Clapp, and brother of the preceding, was born
in Dedham between the years 1716 and 1723, aud lived in Walpole
from its incorporation in 1724. Wife Rachel.
Children of James and wife Rachel Clapp, of Walpole :
425. James,* b. Oct. 9, 1746 ; d. young.
426. Rachel, 6 b. Aug. 19, 1748 ; m. Mr. Copp, and had one son and
four daughters.
427. James, 6 b. Jan. 12, 1749 ; m. Hannah Boyden. He d. very sud-
denly while taking his dinner, in Boston, being there on business
at the time. Children :
428. Esther? b. March 13, 1772.
429. Hannah? b. Feb. 21, 1775 ; m. Mr. Boyden.
430. Elizabeth? b. May 5, 1777 ; d. young; found dead in bed.
431. James? b. Feb. 8, 1779 ; was a farmer in Dedham ; he d. sud-
denly of cramj). He m. and had issue.
432. John? b. Jan. 1, 1783; d. July 27, 1811. Walpole records say
he was b. Dec. 31, 1780. He m. July 14, 1811, Mary Crane,
in Boston. He was killed by a cart in Boston, when he was
28 years of age, just thirteen days after his marriage. His
widow m. George Jackson, of Boston.
433. Jabez? b. April 12, 1784 ; was a cooper by trade; he m. and
settled in Portland, Me. Children : i, John? went to the
Sandwich Islands, ii, James? settled in Portland, Me. iii.
Edward? b. about 1815 ; settled in Boston as a coppersmith.
IV, Charlotte? m. Augustus Robinson, of Portland, Me. V.
Sophia. 8
434. Sarah, 6 b. Jan. 2, 1752 ; m. Benjamin Billings, of Sharon.
435. Lydia, 6 b. Oct. 5, 1753 ; m. James Williams, of Mansfield.
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148 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
104
TIMOTHY 5 (Thomas* Thomas, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), youngest son
of Thomas and wife Hannah Clapp, was born Dec. 24, 1733. He
married Rhoda Witherell and settled in Sharon, Mass., where he has
descendants still living. He died in 1811.
Children of Timothy and Rhoda (Witherell) Clapp, of Sharon:
436. Thomas, 6 b. in 1764; d. June 30, 1851 ; m. first, ; second,
March 27, 1845, Aurelia Allen, being then 81 years of age, and
his wife 29 years. In 1847, there was a case brought before the
Court at Dedham on his account. After his marriage with his
second wife, he was put under guardianship at the request of
one or more of his sons ; this case was an appeal to a higher court
to have it taken off", and the old gentleman got the case. He
had two children in his old age by his second wife. Children by
first wife :
437. Olive? m. Mr. Smith.
438. Reuben? m
439. Nathaniel? m
440. Samuel, 6 b. Nov. 9, 1769 ; d. Feb. 18, 1846, aged 77 years; m.
Oct. 18, 1795, Abigail Paul, of Dedham, who was b. March 6,
1777, and d. Dec. 23, 1869, aged 92 years, 9 mos. 15 days. He
lived in Sharon. Children :
441. Reuben? b. Oct. 24, 1796 ; d. in Sharon, in the house where he
was born, Nov. 20, 1874 ; m. first, Lucy Johnson ; second, May
8, 1858, Hepsey, wid. of Otis Hartshorn, of Walpole, d. Nov.
6, 1874. Children: i, Reuben J.? b. Sept. 11, 1821 ; died
unm. ii. Lucy F? b. July 6, 1823. Hi. Edson? b. May 16,
1825 ; m. Amanda Hixon, of Sharon, iv. Elvira,* b. April
16, 1827 ; d. young. Y. Horace W.? b. July 12, 1829. vi.
Harvey L.? b. June 3, 1831 ; dead. Til. Charles W.? b. Feb.
1, 1833 ; m. Susan Emerson, of Boston.
442. Samuel? b. April 25, 1799 ; West India goods dealer in the
south part of Boston ; now lives in Foxboro'. He m. Hannah
Holmes, b. March, 1798. Children: i. Samuel H? lived in
Lafayette, N. J. ; now living in New York ; m. first, Harriet
Gilmore ; second, Adelaide Boyden, both of South Walpole.
Had children by each wife.
443. Isaac P.? b. Sept. 1, 1800 ; was a merchant tailor in Boston,
and a very steady and respectable man ; afterwards removed
to Topsfield. He m. June 1, 1835, Harriet Moore, of Sterling.
Children : i. Harriet J.? b. in 1835. ii. Isaac Henry? b. in
1839. iii. Helen? dead. \\. Edward Francis? b. in 1842 ;
died young. V. Granville W.? lives in Danvers. vi. Charles?
dead. vii. Frederic 8 viii, Ferdinand 8 ix. Clarence*
444. Abigail? b. June 14, 1802; m. first, Willard Gould; second,
Dea. Ebenezer Gay. She lived in Sharon, and has three
children.
445. Betsey? b. Oct. 21, 1804; m. Samuel Monk, of Stoughton, and
lives in Salem, Mass. No children.
446. Horace? b. April 12, 1809; settled in Charlotte, Me. ; after-
wards, in 1857, in Ashland, Mass. He d. Nov. 21, 1874, and
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 149
his body was carried to Sharon and placed beside that of his
brother Reuben, and a double funeral service was held Nov.
23, 1874. Both were buried in the cemetery near the home
of their childhood. He m. first, Sarah Fisher. Children by
first wife: UElzina S. 8 ii. Edgar H 8 iii. Laura 8 He
m. second, Emily Fisher.
447. Luther, 1 b. Sept. 9, 1812. He m. Keziah Esty; both dead.
A son Frank L., 8 m. Kate I. Porter, of Stoughton.
448. Warren,'' b. Sept. 28, 1815; d. Jan. 12, 1850; hem. Sarah
A. Brown, and lived first in Sharon, afterwards in Boston.
Children: i, Mary A. 8 d. in 1860. ii. Sarah M., 8 was adopt-
ed by her aunt, Emily J. Tilden ; her name was changed to
Elzina W. Tilden, and she m. Geo. F. Gay, of Norwich, Ct.
449. Albert, 7 b. Dec. 18, 1816 ; m. July 11, 1847, Emily L. Emerson,
who was b. in Rockingham, Vt.. June 12, 1823 ; they live in
Boston. Children: i, John A., 8 b. Sept. 7, 1848; lives in
Hutchinson, Kansas, ii, Emily E. 8 b. Jan. 23, 1854. iii.
Nellie E. 8 b. March 4, 1859.
450. Emily J, 1 b. March 14, 1818; m. Nov. 8, 1842, Wm. M.
Tilden, of E. Marshfield. He is a descendant of Peregrine
White. They had no children, and adopted a dau. of her
brother Warren.
451. Elbridge? b. Aug. 14, 1820 ; m. Sept. 5, 1849, Martha Hewins,
b. in Sharon, April 14, 1819. He is a merchant, and a
Deacon of the Congregational Church in Quincy, Mass.; was
at the Family Gathering in Northampton, and was one of
the committee of arrangements for the second meeting ; took
an active part in all that related to these pleasant occasions.
Children: i, Georgiana H. 8 b. Aug. 19, 1850; d. Sept. 19,
1850. ii. Abbie F. P., 8 b. Sept. 13, 1851 ; m. Oct. 21, 1873,
Wm. H. Mitchell, of Quincy. iii, Herbert E. 8 b. Dec. 1,
1853. iv. George W., 8 b. Oct. 24, 1855. v, Helen P. 8 b.
Oct. 24, 1860; d. Aug. 5, 1861.
452. George, 1 b. July 6, 1824; lives in Auburn, Cal. ; m. Jan. 22,
1852, Sarah Wells, who was b. in Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 2,
1830, and d. May 28, 1860. Children: i. Elbridge, 8 b. in
Nevada, Cal., July 8, 1854. ii, Frances Abigail, 8 b. in Auburn,
Cal., Feb. 11, 1857 ; d. in St. Joseph, Mo., March 4, 1869.
Two children of Samuel 6 and Abigail d. in infancy.
453. Reuben, 6 never married; he d. when about 21 years of age.
454. Hepzibah, 5 m. Liffee Smith, of Walpole, and had five children.
105
JOSHUA 5 {Joshua* Joshua/ Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), eldest son of
Joshua and Abigail (Ballard) Clapp, was born Sept. 7, 1729. He
married Margaret Guild and settled in Walpole.
Children of Joshua and Margaret (Guild) Clapp, of Walpole:
455. Margaret, 6 b. June 12, 1750 ; m. Benjamin Petty.
-f-456. Joshua, 6 b. March 11, 1753.
457. Aaron, 6 b. Feb. 5, 1755 ; lived in Walpole ; m. first, Lois Holmes ;
m. second, Abigail Whitman. Children by 1st wife:
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458. Harmon, 1 b. Dec. 31, 1774; d. at sea when about 21 years old.
459. Pliny? b. Aug. 5, 1776 ; d. March, 1846. He was a respecta-
ble, industrious man, and for many years carried on the
trucking business in Boston. He m. Esther Billings, of
Sharon, who d. May, 1858. Children : i, Bradish P., 8 b. in
1802; d. Aug. 18, 1872; m. Miss Hough. Was the latter
part of his life Assistant Superintendent of Boston Institu-
tions at Deer Island, ii. Osborn 8 settled in Rio Grande,
South America, and m. a Portuguese lady. Hi, Curtis, 8 fol-
lowed the sea; m. June 24, 1841, Eliza Ann Stevens, iv,
George Morey, 8 b. about 1813 ; d. June 7, 1854 ; m. Aug. 25,
1846, Mary E. Doak.
460. Aaron? b. in 1778 ; d. Aug. 1834, aged 56 years. He settled
as a merchant in Baltimore, Md. He m. first, Miss Clark ;
second, Miss Hyde. Children : i. Martha 8 m. Mr. Stone, in
Baltimore, ii. George 8 m in Baltimore, ill • Sarah 8
m. George Hyde, of Charlestown, Mass.
461. Lois? m. John Smith, of Boston.
Children of Aaron 6 by 2d wife :
462. Charles? d. at sea when about 20 years old.
463. Abigail? m. John Pitman, of Boston.
464. Francis W.? was a pump- and block-maker by trade, and d. of
the yellow fever the last time it prevailed in Boston, previ-
ous to 1843. He m. first, Susan W. Vose, in Boston, March
17, 1818. They had one child, Susan 8 who m. some one in
Milton. He m. second, June 3, 1825, Rebecca Dobel, of
Boston.
465. George? probably the George H. who m. June 18, 1818, Mary
Bemis, of Weston, and who was a sail-maker in Charlestown,
and worked in the Navy Yard.
466. Olive, 6 b. Feb. 22, 1757 ; m. John Boyden.
467. Eliphaz, 6 b. Sept. 3, 1760 ; lived in Walpole and m. Miss Boyden.
Children :
468. Nancy? b. March 6, 1783; m. a Mr. Jackson, of Walpole or
Attleboro'.
469. Eleanor? b. Aug. 16, 1784; m. Josiah Hall, of Walpole.
470. Lydia? b. Aug. 3, 1786; m. Isaac Davis, of Maine.
471. Eliphaz? b. May 4, 1788 ; m. Hannah Jones, and lived in
Roxbury and Milton. Children: i. Leivis J., 8 a cabinet-
maker in Milton ; m. July, 1847, Almira Jones, of Wayland.
ii, George W., 8 b. about 1821 ; a harness-maker in Milton.
iii, Edwin M.? a cabinet-maker in Milton ; m. 2d wife, June
20, 1866, Rosalia H. Weld, and removed to Jamaica Plain.
His widowed mother was living with him in 1874.
472. Prudence? b. May 25, 1789 ; married Harmon Ruggles, of
Wrentham.
473. Comfort? b. March 12, 1793 ; married Harmon Marshall, of
Roxbury.
474. Bradford? b. May 9, 1796.
475. Asa, 6 b. March 26, 1763. Lived in New Marlboro', N. H.; m.
Esther Allen and had one son :
476. Allen? who was living in Roxbury in 1843.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 151
477. Thomas, 6 b. May 19, 176G ; m. Nancy Boyden, and lived in Wal-
pole. Children :
478. Catharine? b. May 29, 1801.
479. Thomas, 1 b. Nov. 28, 1805. '
480. Ollis 1 b. March 14, 1816; m. Abigail Scndder. Children: i,
Abby Ann* b. Aug. 4, 1840. ii. Henry S., s b. Sept. 7, 1842.
481. Oliver, 6 b. Sept. 6, 1768; lived in Walpole ; in. Patience Copp.
Children :
482. Sophy 1 b. Sept. 27, 1790.
483. Ollis 1 b. Dec. 21, 1792.
484. Olicer 1 b. July 1, 1796.
106
EBENEZER 5 (Joshua,* Joshua, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas'), second son
of Deacon Joshua and Abigail (Bullard) Clapp, was born Nov. 17,
1731. He was a Colonel and probably a Lieut.-Cblonel in the
Revolutionary War. He settled in Walpole, and married, first,
Margaret , who died Jan. 30, 1775, aged 41. He married,
second, Hepzibah , who died Feb. 11, 1827, aged 92 years.
He died Oct. 20, 1817.
Children of Ebenezer and wife Margaret Clapp, of Walpole :
485. Ebenezer, 6 b. July 20, 1755 ; m. Elizabeth Bullard. Children :
486. Jarvis, 1 b. Dec. 27, 1789; formerly lived in Boston, and m.
there Nov. 25, 1824, Mary F. Copeland. He is now dead,
and a son Charles G. s d. in California, Oct. 5, 1860, aged 34.
487. Edward?
488. Ellphaht. 1
489. Clary 1 a dau., b. July 1, 1793.
490. Sewall 1
491. David, 6 b. Nov. 30, 1757.
492. Thaddeus, 6 b. Aug. 29, 1759; d. about 1840. He m. Polly
Billings, of Mansfield. Children :
493. Bradish 1 b. Jan. 25, 1784; m. Julia Smith, and lived in
Walpole. No issue.
494. Curtis 1 b. Sept. 4, 1795 ; probably not married.
495. Ellis, 1 b. Feb. 25, 1800 ; m. Adeline Kingsbury. Children:
i. Mary A.* b. May 20, 1824; in. Sept. 15, 1870, James
A. Dupee, of Boston, ii, Margaret? b. Dec. 19, 1837.
496. Daniel, 7 b. July 7, 1762; he was a captain. He m. Vine Blake,
who was buried May 7, 1852. Children :
497. Maynard 1 b. April 6, 1794; m. Olive Turner, who on his de-
cease m. Hon. Joseph Hawes. Children: i, Josephine Aman-
da. 6 ii. Maynard Harrison*
498. Amanda 1 d. Jan. 28, 1859; lived in Walpole, unmarried.
108
ELIPHALET 5 {Joshua* Joshua, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas'), third son of
Joshua and Abigail (Bullard) Clapp, was born in Walpole, where
his life was spent, March 6, 1736. Wife Hannah.
152 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Eliphalet and wife Hannah Clapp, of Walpole :
499. Billings, 6 b. Aug. 13, 1759; d. unmarried.
500. Eliphalet, 6 b. Dec. 23, 1760 ; lived iu Walpole. He m. Irene
Bullard. Children :
501. Harriet,' 1 b. Dec. 3, 1799.
502. Charles, 1 b. Aug. 8, 1803; m. Sarah Children: i.
Fanny E., 8 b. Nov. 2, 1833 ; ii. Charles W. 8 b. Oct. 28, 1835.
503. Eliphalet B., 1 b. Feb. 22, 1810.
504. Lucy, 6 b. Nov. 30, 1762 ; m. Mr. Boyden.
505. Beriah, 6 b. Dec. 31, 1764;. d. about 1799; m Wise, who
d. Dec. 1826. Perhaps removed to Middleboro'. He was cast
away and lost his life on Seguin Ledge, off Kennebec River.
Children :
506. Billings 1 b. Oct. 24, 1790 ; d. Feb. 21, 1873, at Enfield, Me.
He was a Methodist minister in Eddington, Me. He m. first,
Jan. 6, 1817, Susan Shed, who d. Jan. 18, 1817 ; m. second,
March 19, 1818, Emily Whitney, who was born in Harvard,
Mass., Jan. 23, 1797, and d. Nov. 6, 1861; m. third, Nov. 2,
1863, Mrs. Lorintha M. Bussell, who was b. in Boxford, Mass.,
Feb. 21, 1840. Children by second wife : i. Emily W., 8 b. Aug.
5, 1819; d. Oct. 6, 1820. ii. Emily W., 8 b. Nov. 14, 1820 ;
d. June 27, 1869. til. Levi W., 8 born Sept. 3, 1823 ; is a car-
penter and contractor ; he built ten stores in the burnt district
of Boston in 1873 ; he m. first, Sept. 3, 1848, Mary A. Lewis,
of Portland, who was b. Sept. 6, 1827, and d. Dec. 16, 1867,
and had William K? b. June 5, 1849, and Edward M.? b.
June 12, 1851 ; he m. second, Oct. ], 1868, Nancy E. Far-
mer, of Exeter, Me., who was b. Jan. 6, 1830, and had
George W.? b. Oct. 24, 1870, Eva W., 9 b. Jan. 3, 1872, d.
Sept. 7, 1872, and Levi P. 9 b. Jan. 3, 1874. iv. Susan S. 8
b. June 11, 1826 ; m. June 29, 1851, William Edgecomb, of
Maine. V , Nathaniel B. 8 b. Oct. 21, 1827; m. Sept. 13,
1855, Laura J. Newcomb ; he is a carpenter in Boston, vi.
Billings 8 b. Feb. 16, 1829; m. June 14, 1861, Mary E.
Messer, and has three children, William, 9 Charles 9 and Ella;*
he is now living in Boston, vii, Anne R., 8 b. Dec. 5, 1830 ;
m. June 6, 1852, Hasket Severance. Vlii. Sarah A., 8 b.
July 8, 1832; unmarried. ix. Mary E., 8 born March 1,
1834 ; m. Aug. 23, 1857, Daniel T. Knight, of Boston. X.
Lawson W. 8 b. Nov. 11, 1835 ; d. July 30, 1842. xi. Lydia
E., 8 b. March 9, 1837 ; m. Jan. 6, 1861, Orrin Harnden, of
Me. Xli. Charles T. E., 8 b. April 25, 1841. Xiii. Laura
J. 8 b. May 24, 1842 ; m. Nov. 21, 1872, Mr. Kelly of Boston.
Children of Billings 7 by third wife : xiv. Lena L., 8 b. Feb.
21, 1865. XV Joseph L., 8 b. May 6, 1867. XVi. Lucy W. 8
b. April 8, 1869. xvii. Samuel W., 8 b. Oct. 28, 1871.
507. Nancy, 1 m. Mr. Eddy, of Eddington, Me.
508. Beriah 1 m. Sylvia Eddy, and lives in Eddington, Me.
509. Sewall, 6 b. Jan. 16, 1768 ; m. Fanny Partridge.
510. Mary, 6 b. Sept. 6, 1769.
511. Abigail, 6 b. Jan. 25, 1776 ; m. first, Mr. Boyden; second, Mr.
Smith.
512. Hannah, 6 m. Mr. Harding, and moved west.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 153
204
SAMUEL 5 {Samuel* Samuel, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas 1 ), eldest son of
Samuel and Mary Clapp, of Norton, was born Aug. 16, 1745. He
lived in Norton, and married Lydia, daughter of Samuel Wilds,
of that place. He died July 28, 1773, aged 28 years. After his
decease, she married, second, Jacob Shepard, of Norton, and had
children.
Children of Samuel and Lydia (Wilds) Clapp, of Norton :
-f-513. Samuel, 6 b. May 17, 1769.
514. Oliver, 6 b. March 22, 1771 ; m. Lucinda Lincoln, who was b.
Oct. 8, 1776, and settled in Petersham. Children :
515. Oliver, 1 b. Sept. 11, 1795 ; d. March 21, 1873. He m. Fidelia
S. Geer, b. Apr. 11, 1799. Children : i, Avery L., 8 b. June 6,
1824 ; moved to Youngsboro', Ala. ; m. Ellen Houghton ; four
children, ii. Alfred A 7 "., 8 b. June 24, 1828; d. Feb. 16, 1865 ;
m. Harriet Cowan, and left two children ; resided 1 6 years
in Montgomery, Ala., and d. there, ill. Charlotte L., 8 b.
March 4, 1830; m. Charles M. Pierce; resides in Morris,
111., and has five children, iy. Charles G., 8 b. Jan. 12, 1834 ;
settled in Norton ; m. Jane G. Capen, and has four children.
V, Harriet A. 8 b. Aug. 27, 1838 ; lives in Aurora, 111., unm.
VI. Lucy K 8 b. Dec. 25, 1840; in Mansfield, 1873, unm.
Tii. /. Henry 8 b. Oct. 30, 1845 ; in Mansfield, 1873, unm.
516. Alanson, 1 b. Sept. 6, 1797; removed to Michigan.
517. George? h. July 22, 1799; m. and lived in Grafton, Mass. ;
had a daughter A. M. 8 who m. Wm. H. Alden, and in 1870
lived in Utica, La Salle Co., 111.
518. Lucinda, 1 b. March 14, 1802; m. Geo. Bosworth, of Petersham.
519. Louisa, 1 b. March 20, 1804; m. Timothy Smith; is now dead.
520. Archibald, 1 b. Dec. 12, 1807; d. young.
521. Enos L. 1 b. Nov. 21, 1811 ; d. about 1870; he m. a Stockwell.
522. Sally A., 1 b. Dec. 14, 1813 ; d. young.
523. Sarah, A., 1 b. Sept. 19, 1819; d. young.
524. Shepard W. 1 b. May 26, 1824.
525. Ichabod, 6 b. in 1773 ; m. in 1802, Betsey Smith, who was b. in
Middleboro' in 1777, and d. March, 1845; they settled in New
Bedford. Children:
526. Adeline B., 1 b. in 1804 ; lives in New Bedford, unmarried.
527. Eliza S. 1 b. 1809; m. in 1829, Dennis Wood, who was b. in
Little Compton, R. I., in 1804. They settled in New
Bedford.
528. AbbyJ., 1 b. in 1812; m. April 11, 1871, Daniel Pettee, of
Sharon, who was b. in 1805.
529. Charles S., 1 b. in 1817 ; lived in New Bedford, unmarried.
530. John S., 1 b. in 1820; m. Abby L. Pope in 1866, and lives in
Acushnet ; has a daughter Jeannie J/. 8
154 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
205
NOAH 5 (Samuel,* Samuel, 3 Thomas, 2 TJwmas 1 ), second son of
Samuel and Mary Clapp, of Norton, was born about 1747. He was
a Deacon of the Baptist churcli in Norton. He married Olive
Shepard, who died in 1845, aged nearly 91 years. He died Nov.
10, 1820, aged 73 years.
Children of Noah and Olive (Shepard) Clapp, of Norton:
531. Mary (or Polly), 6 b. May 14, 1777; d. May, 1833, unmarried.
532. Salmon, 6 b. Jan. 17, 1780 ; d. Oct. 1838. He lived in Braintree,
and m. Eleanor Newcomb. Children :
533. Salmon Shepard? b. April 13, 1808 ; d. May 29, 1832, unm.
534. George? b. June 18, 1809 ; m. Jan. 25, 1831, Betsey Adams,
and lived first in Quincy, then in Dorchester. Children : i.
Ann Maria, 8 m. Frederic Ballou, May 4, 1871. ij. George
S., s m. Fannie W. Wild, Nov. 25, 1857. Hi. Josephine, 8 m.
James F. Lincoln, Oct. 28, 1858; they live in Neponset.
iv. Bessie A., 8 m. Lyman Gates, Oct. 25, 1860. V. Hen-
rietta, 8 m. Daniel Wight, Oct. 27, 1863. Ti. L. Russell. 9
Til, Laura L 8 Yiii. Marion 8 Vs., Emma 8
535. Charles, 1 b. Jan. 28, 1811 ; d. unm. February, 1849. Grad-
uated at the head of his class, from Amherst, in 1832, and
was afterwards employed as tutor in the college. He once
kept a private school in Dorchester, and subsequently in Ply-
mouth ; afterwards he edited a newspaper in Quincy. Also
studied law, and practised in Illinois.
536. Content? b. June 18, 1813 ; m. in 1833, Lysander Richards,
of Comington, Mass., and had seven children, all but one of
whom are now living. Hon. Lysander Richards served his
town and district in both branches of the Mass. Legislature,
and d. in Havana, Cuba, in 1852, where he had gone for his
health.
537. Eleanor? b. Feb. 27, 1816; unm. in 1870.
538. Noah? b. Sept. 26, 1820 ; m. Louisa R. Stickney, of Andover,
Mass., and settled in Wilmington. Six daughters.
539. Sarah Olive? b. July 3, 1823 ; m. in 1847, John S. Lyons,
son of Dr. Joel Lyons, of Gill, Mass..; they live on Pleasant
Street, Dorchester, in a house built by Seth Clapp, a descen-
dant of Nicholas, in 1804. It was occupied for many
years by John Amory, Esq., and stands on a portion of the
land owned by David Clapp (great-grandson of Nicholas and
father of Seth), which embraced a considerable portion of
what was known as Jones's hill. Mr. Lyons is a stone con-
tractor, doing business in Boston. They have six sons and
one daughter.
540. Peter? b. March 12, 1825 ; moved to California about 1850 ;
not m. in 1870.
541. Elias, 6 b. Jan. 18, 1782; d. May 12, 1865. Removed to Green-
bush, N. Y., where he resided awhile ; from thence he removed
to Albany, N. Y. He m. Barsina Wilbur. Children :
542. Noah? m. and had five children.
543. Eliza Ann? m. and had five children.
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544. Context. 6 b. Nov. 11, 1785 ; d. May 25, 1335, unmarried.
54o. Apollos, 6 b. Feb. 27, 1787 ; d. Oct. 8, 1840. He lived in Dor-
Chester and was a carpenter by trade; an enterprising and
ingenious workman, and an bonest man. He was a Colrnei in
tbe Massachusetts Militia. He lived in Neponset Village, and
m. Hannah, dau. of Isaac Howe, of Dorchester, who df April
12, 18o4. Children:
546. Sarah Hannah," b. in 1819; m. Daniel Hay ward, of Braintree,
and had four children.
547. Mary Elizabeth," b. in 1826 ; m. Thomas J. Fitch, of New
Hampshire, and had two children.
548. Charles Shepard 7 b. in 1831.
549. Sarah (or Sally), 6 b. Aug. 17, 1789 ; m. Elijah Spare, of Canton,
Mass. ; had eleven children, of whom three were alive in 1875 •
d. Dec 14, 1863.
550. Reuel,S b. April 4, 1792; d. Jan. 1849; removed to Greenbush,
JV. l. He m. three times, his first two wives being of Dutch
descent and sisters. Children :
551. Oliver,' 7 m. and has a son.
552. Shepard, 7 d. in 1842, not married.
553. Sarah, 7 m. and has children.
Reuel 6 had two children by his third wife.
5<>4. Nancy 6 b. Feb. 9, 1796; m. Thomas Williams, of Easton, Mass.,
and d. Oct. 3, 1868 ; had one son.
209
DAVID (Jonathan, 4 Samuel, 3 Thomas, 2 T/iomas 1 ), son of Jonathan
and . ; . . . (Hewes) Clapp, was born in Norton, Aug. 30, 1744, and
died Sept. 5, 1823, aged 79. When 15 years of age, he served in
the old French War and went to Canada. A powder-horn, inge-
niously and laboriously figured by himself, he brought home, and°it
has been preserved in his son George's family. On August 18, 1767
(aged 23), he married Miss Hannah King, who was born Sept. 22,
1 <48,^ and settled on the homestead. In August, 1778, he took a
part in Gen. Sullivan's army, in the expedition against Newport,
having a Lieutenant's commission. After the close of the war, he
was Captain of the Militia of Norton, and his commission bore the
signature of John Hancock. He represented the town in the State
Legislature three different sessions, viz.: in 1794, 1799 and 1800
Was on the Board of Selectmen in 1 792, '93, '94 and '95. His chief-
business was farming, in some of its departments. He kept many
sheep, and the preparation of wool, with spinning, was an im-
portant industry in his well-managed household, fixing in industrious
habits his six happy daughters. In person, David Clapp was tall,
rather slender, with brown hair and blue or grav eyes. He is
spoken of as having been an active, industrious, kind-hearted man.
His son John in person represented him the nearest. Most, if not
all, of his daughters possessed strong wills, and marked, honest
characters, with but very little sentiment, though possessed of kind
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id sympathizing hearts. Mr. Clapp died of old age, accompanied
with phthisis, and was buried in the old burying-ground of the town.
His widow lived till March 18, 1839, dying at 91. She was of me-
dium size, light complexion, with a very expressive gray eye.
Children of David and Hanxah (King) Clapp:
555. Jonathan, 6 b. about 1772, and moved, rather late in life, to
Hampton, Conn. ; by trade a tin-plate worker. He m. first,
Miss "Wood, of Norton, who d. of consumption ; second, about
1833, Temperance White. He d. rising 90 years of age. Chil-
dren by first wife :
55 G. James, 1 m. first, Orilla Fields ; they lived at Dead River, Me. ;
he m. second, Miss Green. Children by first wife: i, Alvin, 8
lives in Elkhorn, Wis. ; m Yiles and has one son and
three daughters, is. Lovica C., 8 m. Elihu Leach, of Provi-
dence, R. I., and has six children. iii, Clarinda Marilda, 8
m. Jonathan W. Pratt, of Providence, and has three children.
iy, Nathaniel, 8 m. Emeline Hooper of Anson, Me., and has
one son, Nathaniel i* 7 ., 9 living in Boston in 1874. T. William, 8
m. Adeline Simmons, of Taunton, and has five children, yi,
Henry, 8 m. Labrina A. Taylor, and lives in Concord, N. H.
Child by second wife : Yii. Ai, 8 m Lane.
557. Silas: 561. Rebecca?
558. Artemas. 7 562. Hannah. 1
559. Barham? d. young. 563. David. 7
560. Elsie 7
564. Delight 7 b. in 1802 ; m. first, Feb. 6, 1820, Timothy Lincoln;
second, April 11, 1830, Orin Hewitt, and had one child by
first husband and six by second.
565. Fanny? 566. Emeline?
Children of Jonathan 6 by second wife :
567. Cordana? 569. Charles?
568. David?
570. Sarah, 6 b. about 1774; m. James Godfrey, of Norton, and d. at a
great age, leaving a son Nahum in Oldtown, Me.
571. George, 6 served some time at the painting business in Dorchester,
but soon took the homestead in Norton off" of his brother John's
hands, and m. Esther Lincoln, of Taunton, Mass. About 1843,
he sold the old homestead and removed to Providence, R. I.,
where for a short time he kept a store, but soon returned to
Bristol Co., and took up his abode in Taunton. He d. in Easton,
at rather an advanced age. Children:
572. George?
573. Thomas, 7 m. in Winchendon ; he and his sister Betsey d. in
June, 1849, of consumption, and were both buried the same
day.
574. Bustis? probably d. young.
575. Perez? 576. David? 577. Silas?
578. Lavinia? m. a Mr. Burt, now dead; lives in Easton.
579. Betsey? d. June, 1849. 580. Hannah?
581. Hannah, 6 m. Dr. S. Bates, of Norton ; d. March 30, 1850, at an
advanced age.
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582. Margaret, 6 m. Mr. Fields, of Mansfield ; d. about 1840.
583. Tiley, 6 m. Dr. Nathan Perry, of North Bridgewater ; d. about
1835, of consumption. Three of her children d. of the same
disease ; one only lives, "William Perry, of Brockton, Mass.
584. Betsey, 6 b. Sept. 17, 1781; m. Calvin Lothrop, of Boston, a
carpenter (6th generation from Mark Lothrop, the emigrant, of
Bridgewater), and took up her residence in Boston, on the
" Neck," so-called, near by the present location of the Cathe-
dral. She and her sister Phebe were married at the same time,
in May, either in 1805 or '06. The bridegrooms were cousins.
Mrs. Lothrop subsequently resided in Brookline, Newton and
Brighton ; again in Boston, also at West Iloxbury, and finally
at West Medford. She had six children, three only of whom
are now living. At 72 years of age, she had become totally
blind from cataract of both eyes. Under the influence of ether,
a painless operation was performed, which resulted successfully
upon one eye. After this, she lived eighteen years with her son,
David W. Lothrop, in "West Medford, and d. suddenly, after an
illness of a few days, on the 7th of September, 1871, lacking ten
days of 90 years. Her remains lie beside those of her daughter
Eliza, in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, and are indicated by a
stone. Mrs. Lothrop was above the medium size, having brown
hair, and the gray eye of her mother. In phrenological language,
her head was very large and high, and her feelings strong. On
matters within her own province, her opinions were decided, and
she possessed much moral courage for their defence. Her will,
or firmness, and conscientiousness, were marked, and her be-
nevolence and frankness were characteristics worthy of imitation.
585. Phebe, 6 m. Stillman Cobb, of Mansfield ; d. 1872, in advanced life.
oSQ. "John, 6 the youngest of the children, intended to keep the home-
stead of his father, but relinquished it to his brother George,
learned the silver-smith business and went to the city of New
York, where he married Miss Jackson ; thence removed to
Philadelphia. He had his name changed to Clark by an Act of
the Legislature. He was successful in his business, and at middle
age took a great interest in religion, acting as missionary, and
sometimes preaching. He wrote some tracts and small religious
books of the old Presbyterian character. He d. at Washington,
D. C, aged over three-score and ten. He had four sons, only one
of whom is now living. Henry James Clark, in 1848, took the
degree of B.A. in the University of New York city, and the
degree of B.S. at Harv. Univ. in 1854. Studied Biology under
Louis Agassiz, and assisted him in the publication of his works.
Delivered a course of lectures on the subject at the Lowell In-
stitute, and published a book upon the subject.* He d. at
* The Eleventh Annual Report of the Massachusetts Agricultural College has the follow-
ing notice on the death of Prof. Henry James Clark : " The public at large can with difficulty
appreciate the loss to the College and to the world, resulting from the death of so accom-
plished a scientist in the very prime of life. He was pronounced by Professor Agassiz to
be the most skilful and reliable microscopist in the country, and the evidence of his ability
may be seen in the admirable illustrations made by him for Agassiz's Contributions to the
Natural History of the United States. He was an indefatigable worker, and contributed
numerous articles to scientific periodicals and the transactions of learned societies. The
Smithsonian Institution has now in press a work from his pen, and another valuable manu-
script nearly ready for publication will be completed by a distinguished scientific friend."
158 THE CLAPP MEMOEIAL.
Amherst, Mass., while holding the Professor's chair of Veteri-
nary Science, in 1873, aged 48. Among his children are two
sons, Zenas and Wallace. Thomas, younger brother of Henry
James, pursued nearly the same course of study ; they visited
Europe together, and attended the lectures of Liebig, the cele-
brated chemist. Thomas has been a Professor of Chemistry, but
is now settled in the city of New York as a physician.
212
ASA 5 (Abiel,* Samuel, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas'), son of Abiel Clapp,
of Walpole, was bom in Mansfield, Mass., March 15, 1762, and died
at his residence in Portland, Me., on the 17th of April, 1848. He
was the second son of Abiel Clapp, Esq., a farmer of high respecta-
bility, but being deprived of his parents at an early age, he was left
to his own exertions for advancement. As an incipient indication
of the patriotism which characterized his whole after life, he gal-
lantly volunteered, when very young, to act as a substitute for one who
had been drafted for the expedition for the expulsion of the British
Army from Rhode Island, was appointed a non-commissioned officer,
and remained until honorably discharged, when he immediately pro-
ceeded to Boston, without even the advantage of acquaintances, and
entered upon the adventurous life of a mariner, in which position in
a brief period he distinguished himself; and having acquired distinc-
tion by the intelligence, enterprise and eminent skill he had evinced
as a navigator, together with his wisdom, forecast and correct judg-
ment, he obtained the command of a ship when he had just reached
the era of manhood. He married Miss Eliza Wendell Quincy, of
Boston, daughter of Jacob Quincy, a distinguished physician of that
place, a lady of great personal attraction, a devoted and affectionate
wife and mother, a sincere, exemplary Christian, kind and generous
in all her social relations. She died Nov. 21, 1853, at the age of
ninety years. After passing several years in the command of vari-
ous ships, Asa finally established himself as a merchant in Portland,
in the year 1798 ; gradually becoming largely interested in commerce,
he acquired an extended reputation for the exactitude and perfection
of all his business habits, securing to him a credit not only at home,
but in foreign countries, which was unsurpassed by that enjoyed by
any other American merchant of that day. When Congress laid a
general embargo, Dec. 22, 1807, on the shipping in the ports and
harbors of the United States, to preserve our neutrality, the honor
of our flag, and the rights of sailors inviolate, Mr.lClapp was found
among the firmest supporters of the national government, although
the position he thus assumed was most adverse to his pecuniary in-
terests. In the year 181 1, he was a member of the Council of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This was previous to the sepa-
ration of Maine. A large proportion of his wealth was involved in
commercial enterprises, but when Congress, on the 4th of April,
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1 812, laid an embargo on all the vessels within the waters of the
United States, and a few mouths later war was declared between
Great Britain and the United States, he gave government his warmest
support; and when the national finances were seriously embarrassed,
he came forward voluntarily and subscribed nearly one-half of the
whole amount of his property to the loan to sustain the national
credit. His residence, during the war, was a place of general resort
for the officers of the army and navy, and the constant scene of
generous hospitality that was not surpassed in New England. A
corps of volunteers, composed of many of the most respectable and
worthy citizens of Portland, was organized for the protection of the
place against the fleet, which was committing numberless depredations
between the Penobscot River and Eastport, and to this company Mr.
Clapp speedily attached himself as a common soldier. Shortly after
the close of the war in 1815, he engaged again in commerce, his
vessels employed in the trade with Europe, the East and West
Indies, and South America. In 1816, he was appointed, by the
President of the United States, one of the commissioners to obtain
subscriptions to the capital stock of the Bank of the United States,
to which corporation he was the largest subscriber in Maine. During
many years he participated in the direction of various banking insti-
tutions. Having been a strenuous advocate for the independence of
Maine, he was elected one of the delegates of the convention which
was holden in October, 1819, for forming the Constitution of Maine,
and was conspicuous for the able manner in which he participated in
the debates and the highly responsible duties which devolved on
that important primary assembly of the delegates of the people. He
was several years a Representative from Portland in the Legislature,
and there was not a member who was listened to with more attention,
or whose opinions upon all the various subjects that were presented
for consideration, were more universally respected. When President
Polk visited Portland in the year 1847, on learning that Mr. Clapp,
then in the eighty-fifth year of his age, was confined to his house by
illness, he immediately called, in company with the Hon. James
Buchanan, then Secretary of State, and Commodore Stewart, to pay
his respects to the venerable gentleman who had manifested so much
devotion to the welfare of his country. Mr. Clapp briefly addressed
the President, welcoming him to his residence.
Mr. Clapp possessed a mind, capacious, energetic and firm, capable
of great application, and which was cultivated by study and a constant
intercourse with the intelligent and the refined in all parts of the
country. He was the kind patron of enterprising young men, and
when satisfied of their integrity, he never hesitated granting them
liberal credits, and was among the very first of creditors to offer
liberal terms of adjustment when needed. His beneficence was expan-
sive, and having acquired a very large fortune his means were ample
for its gratification. So perfectly did he retain the energies of his
160 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
mind, and thai moral firmness for which he had been preeminently
distinguished, that daily and up to less than an hour of his decease,
he attended to the management of his property; and with such a
system had he arranged his affairs, that at his decease there was only
one small demand outstanding against him. which was for the daily
paper, for which he was a subscriber, the year not having expired.
As a Christian, he relied upon the promise of the Messiah for that
life of heavenly immortality, which he believed a merciful God was
ever ready to confer upon those who acknowledged His Divine power,
and sought salvation with a contrite heart. On the 20th of April,
1848, the religious ceremonies at the funeral of Mr. Clapp were
performed at his mansion house; there was an immense assemblage
of relatives, friends and fellow-citizens. The exalted estimation in
which this excellent citizen was held by the whole community was
strikingly evinced by the mournful suspension of the flags of all the
vessels in the harbor, and on the signal staffs of the Observatory, at
half mast, and the vast concourse of people who thronged the streets,
through which the large procession moved to the cemetery, where
his remains were entombed.
The following obituary notice of Hon. Asa Clapp is from the
Portland Advertiser, in April, 1848:
"The Hon. Asa Clapp died at his residence in Portland, on the 17th
inst., in the 86th year of his age. He was born in Mansfield, Bristol Co.,
Massachusetts, on the loth of March, 1762. He was the eldest son of
Abiel Clapp, Esq., a farmer of high respectability, who filled what were
then considered very important stations in the towns of New England, the
offices of Magistrate, and the commander of the Military Company in that
ancient municipality. Being deprived of his parents at an early age, he
was left entirely dependent upon his own exertions for advancement. When
only sixteen years old, he volunteered to act as a substitute for a young man
who was drafted as a soldier in the expedition under Gen. Sullivan for the
expulsion of the British Army from Rhode Island in 1778. He was imme-
diately appointed a non-commissioned officer, and remained in service until
the close of the campaign, when he went to Boston and commenced the
adventurous life of a mariner in one of the numerous private armed vessels
which were fitted out in all the northern ports. After several cruises, he
entered as third officer in a large Letter of Marque, commanded by Capt.
Dunn, in which, during three years, he made numerous successful voyages,
and in the last returned as the first officer. He was in many desperate
engagements, and in one of which he was severely wounded. He acquired
such distinction by the intelligence, enterprise and eminent skill he had
evinced as a navigator that he obtained command of a ship at the conclusion
of the Revolutionary War, when he had but just reached the era of man-
hood. He was at Port au Prince in the Island of St. Domingo when the
attack was made upon that city by the negroes, and with Joseph Peabody,
Esq., of Salem, then in the merchant service, rendered most essential aid to
the white population, who were exposed to plunder and slaughter during
that horrible servile convulsion. By many successful voyages, after becoming
the owner of the vessels he commanded, he was enabled to establish himself
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 161
as a merchant at Portland in 1796, where he continued to be one of the
most fortunate and distinguished in Maine, until a few years before his
decease, when, from indisposition, it became necessary to relinquish his com-
mercial business. His navigation was so far extended that he had vessels
employed in the trade with Europe, the East and West Indies and South
America. There are few persons in New England who have built so many
ships and employed so many mariners, mechanics and laborers in all the
numerous branches of maritime industry as Mr. Clapp, or who have erected
as many houses and stores, and done so much to promote the interest and
prosperity of Maine. Before the separation of the State from Massachu-
setts, he was one of the councillors of the united Commonwealth. Having
been a strenuous advocate for the independence of Maine, he was elected
one of the delegates of the Convention, which was holden in Portland in
October, 1819, for forming the Constitution; and was conspicuous for the
able manner in which he participated in the laborious and highly responsible
duties which devolved on that important primary assembly of the people.
He was for several years a Representative from Portland in the Legislature,
and his opinions on all subjects were universally respected. As a faithful
patriot, he not only aided the government by loans, at a period when it was the
most difficult to obtain them for a vigorous prosecution of the last war with
Great Britain, in vindication of Free Trade and Sailors' Rights, but was a
volunteer soldier in a corps of the most venerable citizens of the town,
which was expressly organized for its defence against threatened invasion
by the fleet and army, which had taken possession of the seacoast from
the Penobscot to Eastport. He possessed a capacious and energetic mind,
which was cultivated by study and a constant intercourse with the most
intelligent and illustrious gentlemen of all parts of the country. Mr. Clapp
was ever the kind patron of enterprising young men, and when satisfied
with their integrity, he never hesitated to grant them liberal credits, without
regard to their immediate means of payment, on the sale of the great variety
of merchandise which he was constantly importing from all parts of the
globe ; and whenever there was experienced any of the disastrous revul-
sions in the commercial community which involve individual embarrassment,
he was among the very first of the creditors to offer liberal terms of adjust-
ment to those who were unable to meet the accumulated demands made
upon them. His beneficence was as expansive, having acquired a very
large fortune, as his means were ample for its gratification, and to perpetuate
his deep interest for the amelioration of the condition of the unfortunate, he
has left a fund of eisrht thousand dollars for the education and relief of
female orphan children, and four thousand dollars for furnishing fuel to
unfortunate widows and other poor women. Such remarkable exemplifica-
tions of the salutary influence and the great advantages to be derived from
activity of character, indomitable perseverance, rectitude of principle and
honorable deportment are as instructive to the rising as they were encour-
aging to the various generations which have succeeded since he assumed a
position worthy of their imitation. So perfectly did he retain the energies
of his mind, and that moral firmness for which he had been preeminently
distinguished, that daily, and up to within less than an hour of his decease,
he attended to the management of his vast property with the same calm-
ness and exactitude as when in the full vigor of health, although entirely
conscious that his end was near."
162 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
Children of Asa and Elizabeth Wendell (Quincy) Clapp, of
Portland, Me. :
587. Elizabeth W. C., 6 m. Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire. He
has been Judge of the Supreme Court, Member of the Legisla-
ture and Governor of the State, Secretary of the Navy and
Treasury, Senator in Congress, and Judge of the United States
Supreme Court. They had five children : Charles Levi, who
was U. S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, under the ad-
ministration of President Buchanan ; Mary E., who m. Mont-
gomery Blair ; Frances Ann, who m. Archibald H. Lonery ;
Virginia L., who m. Gustavus V. Fox ; and Ellen C. De Q.
588. Frances B., 6 m. first Rev. G. W. Olney ; second, S. R. Brooks,
of New York. She had one daughter, Frances, who m. Gardi-
ner Frye.
589. Charles Quincy, 6 lived in Portland ; m. Julia O., daughter of
Gen. Joshua Wingate, of Bath. He was member of the Legis-
lature and of the City Government of Portland, Director of
Railroads and Banks, &c. Children :
590. Julia E. D., 1 m. John B. Carroll, they having four children.
591. Georgiana IF., 7 m. Winthrop G. Ray, and had one daughter.
592. Mary J. G., 6 m. Andrew L. Emerson, first Mayor of Portland.
They had two children : Mary O., who m. Horace Brooks ; and
Andrew L.
593. Asa Wm. H., 6 lives in Portland ; m. Julia M., daughter of Gen.
Henry A. S. Dearborn, of Roxbury, Mass. He was elected
Member of the U. S. Congress in 1847 ; Director of various
Public Institutions, &c. &c. He has one daughter :
594. Mary J. E?
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^ EBENEZER 5 (Ebenezer, 4 John, 3 Increase, 2 Thomas 1 ), oldest son of
Ebenezer and Mary (Winslow) Clapp, was born in Rochester,
Mass., in 1734. He married Lucy Sprague. He died in 1770.
Children of Ebenezer and Lucy (Sprague) Clapp, of Rochester:
595. Lucy, 6 m. Stephen Wing, and lived and d. in Vermont.
596. Polly, 6 b. in 1759; m. Elisha Ruggles.
597. Ebenezer, 6 d. young.
598. Nathaniel, 6 b. in 1766; d. in 1829. He m. Mercy Burgess, of
Wareham, who d. in 1866, aged 90 years. Children :
599. Ebenezer? b. Dec. 31, 1796; d. Dec. 4, 1822. He was a
graduate of Burlington College, Vt.
600. Mary, 1 b. Dec. 11, 1798 ; m. Capt. Joseph Church, and d. Oct.
13, 1832.
601. Keziah? twin sister to Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1798 ; m. Dea. John
H. Clark.
602. Lucy? b. June 18, 1801 ; d. Nov. 25, 1819.
603. William, 1 b. July 3, 1803; lives in Rochester; m. Nov. 4,
1832, Sophia D. Athern. Children : i. Mary E., 8 b. Oct. 8,
1833. ii. William B., 8 b. May 4, 1835 ; d. May 7, 1860.
iii. Nathaniel P., 8 b. July 6, 1837. iv. Charles A., 8 b. Sept.
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 163
11, 1839 ; d. Dec. 5, 1858. v. Joseph H. 8 b. Jan. 4, 1844.
Vi. Harriet S., s b. April 17, 1846. yii. George A. 8 b. Oct.
18, 1850.
G04. Charles,' b. Jan. 20, 180G; d. in 18G0. He settled in New-
Orleans, and was never married.
605. Martha C, 7 b. March 24, 1809 ; unmarried.
606. Nathaniel, 7 b. July 29, 1811 ; d. March 29, 1849. He m. Jane
Demmings, and had Martha J. 8
607. Marcia B., 1 b. May 19, 1816; m. Capt. Joseph Church.
608. Keziah, 6 m. Stephen Luce.
246
EARL 5 (Ebenezer* John, 3 Increase, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Ebenezer
and Mary (Wiftslow) Clapp, was born April 21, 1741. He was a
soldier in the old French War. He took a very prominent part in
the affairs of the town of Rochester, where he lived, his name appear-
ing on several committees appointed by the town during the trou-
blous times of the Revolution. His first services in the war of the
Revolution were as Captain of a Company of Minute Men. After-
wards he was appointed Major in the army, and served through the
war, bearing the character of a brave and energetic man. It appears
by the town records that he lived in Woodstock, Ct, in 1801 and '02.
There was once a difficulty between him and Rev. Mr. Moore, of
Rochester, out of which grew a law-suit. Major Clapp was a leading
member of the church, and the difficulty between them was concern-
ing church matters. Major Clapp received a pension of $560 per
3'ear from the U. S. Government during the latter part of his life.
He died in 1835, aged about 94 years. Major Earl married, first,
Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah How, who was the mother of all his
children j his 2d wife was widow Phebe Dutch.
Children of Major Earl and Sarah (How) Clapp, of Rochester,
Mass. :
609. Jeremiah, 6 b. April 20, 1762 ; d. Nov. 11, 1817. He m. Polly
Briggs, and settled in Woburn. He was styled " Major." as
early as 1792. He was an influential citizen of the town, and
an active and useful member of the First Parish.
Major Clapp lived in the large, three-story house in Central
Square, at Woburn. known as the " Clapp Mansion," which he
built in 1807, and which was standing until a recent date. At
the time of its erection, a lamentable accident took place, which
veiled the whole community with sorrow, and was ever after
remembered by those living in Woburn at the time. Mr. William
P. Cutter, of that town, published in the Woburn Journal for
Feb. 6, 1869, a full account of the catastrophe, from which we
glean the following items : As usual in those days, a large gath-
ering took place at the " raising " of this house, which was more
generally participated in, from the fact that Major C. was a man
of wealth and importance, the building of more than ordinary
dimensions, and the concluding entertainment expected to be on
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164 THE CLAPP MEMOEIAL.
a correspondingly large and hospitable scale. As the two
ends of the house were to be of brick, the two sides, com-
pletely framed in heavy timber, were raised at once, and being
improperly supplied with braces, when the timbers for the top
of the structure were put in place, and thirty or more men
were at work upon it, the whole fell with a tremendous crash.
Two men were instantly killed, another died before the next
morning, a fourth man during the week, and thirty or forty indi-
viduals, " the strong men of our town," as they were called, were
wounded in a great variety of ways — some lingering for months
and even years before death released them from their sufferings,
some crippled for life, and others gradually recovering from
their injuries. The funeral of the three first mentioned was held in
the Third Meeting-house, and the Rev. Joseph Chickering, the
pastor, preached an appropriate discourse from Job i. 19 : " And
behold there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote
the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men,
and they are dead ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee."
The gravestones of three of the unfortunate victims are found in
the Second Burying-ground in "VVoburn, says Mr. Cutter, " with
inscriptions uniquely descriptive of their several virtues, and
eulogistic of the merit thus untimely lost to the town." 1 *
Mrs. Clapp d. Nov. 15, 1792. The following is the inscrip-
tion upon her gravestone, in the Second Burying-ground at
Woburn Centre: —
To
perpetuate
the
memory
of
Mrs. Polly Clapp,
wife of
Maj. Jeremiah Clapp,
who died with y e small-pox
Nov. 15, 1792,
setat. 25.
Had virtue'. 8 "harms the power to save,
And free he' - votaries from the grave,
This stone had ne'er possessed the fame
Of toeing marked with Polly's name.
There is a marble stone over Major C.'s grave, near by, with
a plain inscription : —
In Memory of
Mr. Jeremiah Clapp,
who died Nov. 11, 1817,
aged 55 years.
* The following account of this disaster appeared in the Columbian Centinel, Boston,
Saturday, July 18, 1807:
" Melancholy Accident. — On Monday last [July 14th. 1807] the frame of a house belonging
to Major Clap, of Woburn, was raised, and when nearly completed, the whole fell, and
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 165
Major Jeremiah Clapp and wife left no sons, bnt they had
three daughters, who were married, and one, Mary B. 1 un-
married, d. iu Fairhaven, Aug. 1856. One daughter was named
Sarah How. 1 Another, Susan 1 was engaged in the establishment
of the First Church Sunday School in Woburn, in 1818 ; opened
the first meeting of the school with prayer, and was its first
Superintendent. She was Pres. of the Ladies' Char. Reading
Soc. Woburn ; m. Oct. 9, 1819, John Reed, of Charleston, S. C.
610. Seth, 6 b. Jan. 22, 1761; followed the sea as master of a vessel ;
after starting on his last voyage, he was never heard from ; un-
doubtedly lost at sea. He lived in Woodstock, Conn., and m.
Charlotte Burden, who d. July 13, 1833, aged 71 years. Chil. :
611. Lothrop. 1
612. Sydney, 1 a dau., m. Oliver Holt, of Abington, Ct.
613. Sally 1 m. July 7, 1809, Asa Burnham, of Abington, Ct., who
d. at Palmer, Mass., Aug 29, 1849, aged 61 yrs. They had
seven children.
614. Betsey 1 b. in 1793 ; d. Aug. 31, 1866. She m. William Sweet
and had two children. They lived in Plainfield, Conn.
615. Charlotte 1 b. in 1795; d. Aug. 31, 1864, unmarried.
616. James 1 made his home in Boston, and for many years sailed as
master of the Brig Cordelia between Boston and Cuba, in
the employ of Benj. Burgess & Sons. He was distinguished
for his care and attention to his sailors. He m. in Boston,
June 18, 1829, Eliza Holland. Children : i. Adaline B., 8 b.
May 10, 1832. ii. James H. 8 b. July 15, 1834.
617. Almira 1 m. first, Hezekiah Crandall, of Canterbury, Conn. ;
second, Mr. Burgess.
618. Zebedee, 6 b. Oct. 18, 1765; d. July 24, 1799; lived in Wood-
stock, Ct., and died of a cancer in the leg.
619. Susan, 6 b. Aug.' 7, 1767; d. May 10, 1838; m. Rev. Samuel
Mead, who d. March, 1818, aged 51 years. One of the children,
Abbie, long a teacher, gave much valuable information in relation
to the family.
620. Sally, 6 b. Oct. 20, 1769 ; d. July 6, 1862, aged 92 years. She
m. Esek Preston and had ten children.
621. Earl, 6 b. Aug. 2, 1772 ; was a physician, and after jjractising
awhile in N. Hampshire and Mass., settled in Abingdon, Va., m.
Elizabeth Craig, of that place, and had three sons and two daugh-
ters. He lived to a good old age.
622. Elisha, 6 b. July 24, 1774; m. in Rochester, and afterwards re-
moved to Utica, in the State of New York, that part of the State
being then a wilderness. He had a family, but nothing has ever
been learned about them.
623. Betsey, 6 b. May 21, 1776 ; d. Sept. 13, 1813. She m. Nathaniel
Briggs, of Rochester, and had seven sons and three daughters.
624. Bethiah, 6 b. Sept. 23, 1778 ; m. Alvin Bacon and lived in Wood-
stock, Ct. ; had three daughters ; she lived to the age of 87 yrs.
killed two persons immediately on the spot — one died the night following; sixteen were
wounded, some it is feared mortally. The persons killed were Messrs. Samuel Wright,
Joshua Richardson and John Lyman."
Nathan Parker died of the wound he received, on Sunday, July 19, 1807; hence he is
not mentioned iu this account in the Centinel of the day previous. — [W. R. Cutter.]
166 THE CLAPP MEMORIAL.
625. Abigail, 6 b. Aug. 12, 1782 ; d. May 5, 1803. She m. Eleazer
Brown, and d. a year or two after, leaving one daughter.
264
INCREASE 5 {Benjamin* John, 3 Increase, 2 Thomas 1 ), son of Ben-
jamin Clapp, of Rochester, was born in Rochester, Feb. 27, 1740.
He moved to Tolland, Conn., where he died May 24, 1801, having
suffered very much with rheumatism the latter part of his life. He
married Bethiah Winslow, who was born Feb. 2, 1749, and died
March 15, 1825.
Children of Increase and Bethiah (Winslow) Clapp, of Tolland,
Conn. :
626. Jonathan, 6 b. Sept. 24, 1770 ; d. Nov. 26, 1774.
627. Eunice, 6 b. Sept. 6, 1772 ; m. in 1807, Eleazer Steele, of Bolton,
Conn.
+628. Stephen, 6 b. Oct. 2, 1774 ; d. Aug. 14, 1854.
629. Jonathan, 6 b. Dec. 20, 1776; d. Jan. 2, 1820. He m.and settled
in Windsor, O. Children :
630. Ichabod, 7 lives in Windsor, O. Children : i. Milo. 8 ii. Jane. 8
iii. Elberton. 8 iv. Carol 8 T. Dette. 8
631. Bethiah, 1 m. Mr. Hitchcock, and in 1870 was living in Blinois.
Two other daughters of Jonathan 6 are dead.
632. Keziah, 6 b. Jan 22, 1779 ; d. March 21, 1813. She m. Ashbel
Harvey, of Tolland, Conn.
633. Benjamin, 6 b. May 11, 1781; d. Sept. 1845. He settled in
North Argyle, N. Y., where he died. Issue :
634. William, 1 m. and lives on the old farm at North Argyle, N. Y.
Children : i, Benjamin D., 8 is a Cashier of a Bank in Pitts-
burgh, N. Y. ii. Louisa W., 8 m. Mr. Shields, and lives in
Belcher, Washington Co., N. Y. iii. Emalin. 8 iy. Lucy H. 8
V, Abigail. 8 \\, Juliaette. 8
635. Increase, 6 b. April 6, 1783 ; d. Feb. 8, 1859. He removed to
East Windsor Hill, Conn., in 1808; m. Nov. 26, 1807, Polly
Spencer, who was b. July 2, 1786, and d. at East Windsor, Ct.,
Dec. 27, 1835. Children :
636. Ebenezer Spencer, 1 b. April 12, 1809. Settled in Windsor, Ct.,
and m. April 17, 1832, Sophia, dau. of Daniel and Huldah
Pinney, who was b. Feb. 23, 1813. Children : i. Julius
Spencer, 8 b. Aug. 1, 1833 ; he is living in Brunswick, Me. ;
m. Auff. 10, 1856, Adelaide C. Gleason, and has : (1) Carrie
S., 9 b. Oct. 11, 1858; (2) Julia Ella, 9 b. Feb. 7, 1861 ; (3)
Anna J.,» b. March 31, 1863; (4) Ch-ace P., 9 b. Oct. 10,
1865. ii. Martha Sophia, 8 b. Aug. 2, 1837. iii. Sarah
Morris 8 b. Sept. 13, 1839 ; m. July 14, 1862, Eli P. Ells-
worth, a merchant of Windsor, Ct., and had three children in
1870. iv. Mary Spencer 8 b. Sept. 28, 1845.
637. John Selden, 1 b. March 7, 1814; settled in AYindsor, Ct. ; m.
May 12, 1840, Julia Talcott, b. in Glastenbury, Conn., Sept.
19, 1819. Children : i. Charlotte lalcott, 8 b. April 23, 1841.
ii. Charles Spencer 8 b. March 30, 1846 ; m. Nov. 27, 1872,
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 167
Mary Ellen, dau. of Edward and Mary Ann (Parsons) Dex-
ter, b. Dec. 1, 1849. lit. Alfred Selden? b. April 5, 1851.
iv. Elvira Charlton, 8 b. Oct. 25, 1853. jr
638. George 0.? b. April 26, 1816. He settled in Windsor, fr s t
and m. May 10, 1843, Harriet S., dan. of Elisba and FarQ.
Bowen, formerly of Weathersfield, Vt., who was born Jnly 6,
1823. Children: i. EUsha B., s b. Feb. 3, 1844. ii. Mary
Frances, 8 b. Jan. 22, 1847 ; d. Feb. 26, 1849. Hi. George
Increase, 8 b. July 13, 1857. iv. Henry 31? b. Aug. 2, 1868.
639. Carlos West? b. Dec. 14, 1824; m. Oct. 26, 1853, Caroline J.,
dau. of Robert and Cynthia (Cohoon) Thompson, who was b.
Feb. 22, 1825. Settled in Windsor, Ct. Children : i. Car-
los M. 8 b. July 22, 1854 ; d. Jan. 15, 1860. ii. Inez C. 8 b.
April 29, 1856; d. May 21, 1859. lit. Carrie T. 8 b. May
11, 1860. iv. Minnie Louise 8 b. March 13, 1862.
640. Increase Butler? b. April 8, 1827 ; lives in Hartford, Conn.,
and m. April 30, 1850, Fannie Skinner, b. Dec. 28, 1827.
Children: i. Edwin Carlos, 8 b. May 16,1851. ii, George
W. 8 b. Jan. 28, 1856. ill. Anna S., 8 b. June 18, 1859.
iv. Albert Butler, 8 b. Oct. 3, 1862. V. Walter I. 8 b. May 31,
1871.
641. George? d. young.
642. Charles? d. young.
643. Mary? d. young.
644. John, 6 b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; d. Aug. 23, 1786.
645. John, 6 b. May 14, 1787; resides in Salem, N. Y. He is a phy-
sician, though (in 1871) quite infirm. Children:
646. Benjamin? m. and lives in Salem, N. Y. Children: i. John
M.~ ii, Keziah? m. James Haggart.
647. Marvin? m. and lives in Saratoga, N. Y. Children : i, Theo-
dore W. 8 W.Phebe. 8
648. Catharine, 6 b. Sept. 4, 1789; d. April 23, 1842. She m. John
Bamp (or Banup), and settled in Hebron, N. Y.
269
MICHAEL 5 (Samuel? Joseph? Samuel? Thomas 1 ), eldest son of
Samuel and Sarah (Curtis) Clapp, of Scituate, was born Nov. 27,
1726. He lived in Scituate, and married Nov. 20, 1758, Sarah
Lambert, probably the one who died June 16, 1812, at the age of
91 years.
Children of Michael and Sarah (Lambert) Clapp, of Scituate:
649. Michael, 6 b. Oct. 15, 1760; lived in Scituate, and m. March 11,
1790, Eunice Sylvester, of Scituate. Children:
650. Michael T.? lived in Scituate ; m. Hannah Wilder. Children :
i, Michael 8 b. Nov. 12, 1825; ii, Hannah W. 8 b. Aug. 6,
1827.
651. James S.? b. about 1794 ; m. Elizabeth Bates, and lived in
Scituate. Children : i. Helen, 8 b. Nov. 25, 1828. ii. James
H, 8 b. March 9, 1831. iii. Davis? b. Dec. 2, 1833. iv.
Eunice? b. April 27, 1836.
652. Eunice? m. David Bowker, of Scituate.
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653. Sarah,'' unm., and subject to mental derangement.
654. James, 6 probably the one who m. Nancy Hassell in Boston, Feb.
18, 171)5.
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WILLIAM 5 {Samuel," Joseph, 3 Samuel., 2 Thomas 1 ), brother of the
preceding, was born Dec. 3, 1733. He married Priscilla Otis, who
died at the advanced age of 95 years. He probably lived in Scit-
uate, and died at about the age of 74 years.
Children of William and Priscilla (Otis) Clapp, of Scituate:
655. William, 6 b. May 26, 1708; d. Aug. 14, 1811. He was a dry
goods merchant in Boston, and for a time transacted as much
business in that line, probably, as any person in Boston. He
m. Sarah Smith, who d. aged 79 years. Children :
656. William, 1 b. Nov. 11, 1789 ; d. unmarried, Dec. 17, 1811, aged
22 ; always an invalid.
657. Caroline, 1 b. Nov.. 7, 1791 ; d. in January, 1875, unmarried.
She was a person of strong peculiarities, of a kind heart and
good disposition, which manifested itself in her love for
children. Wherever she was living she took it upon herself
to amuse them, and often indulged them to their injury.
While she was especially fond of the young, she was always
willing to help all. She had a fine memory, and, until a few
years previous to her death, was a genealogical history in
herself, giving correctly dates of birth and death, and many
interesting anecdotes of her ancestors.
658. Sarah Eliza, 1 b. Feb. 14, 1793 ; m. in 1812, John Wetherbee,
and has four children : John, who m. Louisa A., dau. of Wil-
liam Beals, proprietor of the Boston Post ; Sarah Emeline,
who m. Albert T. Elliot, of Providence, R. I. ; Adeline, who
m. James M. Keith, attorney at law in Boston ; and William,
who m. first, Cornelia Simmons, second, Madam Van Zandt,
of New York City.
659. Frederick 1 b. April 10, 1794; d. Dec. 9, 1868, aged 74 yrs.
8 mos. He m. first, Sept. 18, 1817, Adeline Luce ; second,
Oct. 22, 1823, Nancy Thorndike Doggett. He was in active
business in Boston for over fifty years, at first on Exchange
Street in the grocery business ; afterwards commenced the
wooden ware business in Dock Square, and was the pioneer
of this particular branch, being the first legitimate wood-
en ware dealer in Boston. He soon after associated himself
with Daniel Cummings on South Market Street, where they
did a successful business in the same line of trade until 1867,
when he withdrew from that firm and went into the metal
trade with his son George Walter, who now carries on the
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business. He was an earnest christian man, joining the
Baldwin Place Baptist Church in the time of Dr. Baldwin ;
was a firm believer in a " higher christian life," and that he
should never be satisfied with that whereunto he had already
attained, but desired continually to " press toward the mark
THOMAS AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 1G9
for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
He was always very earnest to have the genealogy of the
Clapp Family published, and he frequently urged the author
to put his manuscript volumes in print. Children by first
wile: i, Adeline Luce, 8 b. Oct. 16, 1818; m. George G.
Hook, organ builder, of Boston, and has had five children :
George Franklin, Adeline Maria, Frederick Clapp, William
Greeuleaf and Maria Corinne. ii. Sarah Maria, 8 b. July
23, 1821; in. Walter D. Briggs, of Bristol, R. I, and has
had six children : Mary Williams, Sarah Adeline, Lizzie
Williams, Walter Dean, Louisa Bertha and Lemuel Wil-
liams. Children by second wife : iii, Frederick 8 b. Aug. 11,
1824; d. June 16, 1863; m. Lois S. Evans, and had three
children: Mary Cook, 9 Fannie Lois 9 and Emma C. 9 \S , James
Knoicles, 8 b. Nov. 21, 1826 ; d. Oct. 18, 1828. v, Elizabeth
Doggett 8 b. June 9, 1830; unmarried. TI. Edward Augus-
tus , s b. April 28, 1834; m. Ellen M. Wheelock, and has
Anna Louise? yii, Mary Cook, 8 b. May 22, 1839 ; d. May 8,
1851. yiii. George Walter, 8 b. June 10, 1841 ; a merchant
in Boston, and lives in Cambridge ; m. May 9, 1871, Emma
C. Hinman, a lineal descendant of Sergeant Edward Hin-
man, of England, and has Frederick, 9 b. Feb. 25, 1872. ix.
Annie Isadora, 8 b. Aug. 5, 1845; m. June 7, 1870, Albert
I. Sands, and has three children : Frederick Ivory, Annie
Thorndike and Sumner R. M.
660. Edward, 7 b. March 5, 1795; d. unm. Feb. 6, 1820, a. 25 yrs.,
in Mobile, Alabama. He kept a shoe store for some time
on Washington Street, opposite the Old South Church.
661. Hannah Mary, 7 b. March 5, 1796; d. Nov. 15, 1797.
662. George, 7 b. July 8, 1797 ; d. Nov. 6, 1815, in Boston, unm.
663. Barney, 7 b. Aug. 2, 1798; d. in 1829, at New Orleans, La.,
aged 31 years. He m. Eliza B. Hall, of Boston, Oct. 17,
1826. Children : i, James Hall, 8 b. in 1827 ; at one time a
broker in Boston, but now connected with the John Hancock
Insurance Co., and lives in Newtonville ; m. first, Sept. 29,
1851, Ann Caroline Taylor, of Boston, who d. March 3,
1860, leaving one child, Edith, 9 b. Aug. 4, 1852; m. second,
Oct. 8, 1863, Harriet B. Foster, of Waltham, and has Gil-
mer, 9 b. Nov. 4, 1864, and Lyndon, 9 b. Aug. 13, 1874. ii.
Catharine Davis, 8 b. about 1829 ; d. in 1834.
664. Harriet, 1 b. Jan. 27, 1800 ; d. unm. in 1835. She showed
great taste and skill as an artist, leaving, as evidence of this
talent, twenty or thirty paintings, some of rare merit.
665. Hannah Barney 7 b. Jan. 20, 1801 ; d. unm. May, 1871, aged
70 years. A woman of many accomplishments, educated in
music and other fine arts, apt in all branches of handy work.
Proud spirited in her early womanhood, until she had be-
come mentally and physically impaired several years pre-
vious to her death.
666. Henry Augustus, 7 b. April 18, 1802; d. unm. in Boston, Jan.
II, 1819, aged 17 years.
667. Emeline, 7 h. Nov. 8, 1803 ; d. unm. in 1833, aged 30 years.
668. Otis, 6 b. Oct. 29, 1769 ; d. Sept. 22, 1842. He was a carpenter by
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trade ; lived and died in Charlestown, Mass. He left a handsome
property. He m. first, Oct. 8, 1799, Elizabeth Hills, d. Jan. 28,
1806, a. 80 yrs. ; m. second, Dec. 7, 1807, Sally Newell, d. in
1816; m. third, Feb. 20, 1825, Mrs. Eliza S. Larkin, d. Jan. 12,
1871, a. 73 yrs. Children by first wife :
669. Elizabeth Ann? b. Sept. 3, 1800; d. Sept. 9, 1801.
670. Otis? b. Feb. 12, 1802; lived in Charlestown, unmarried; d.
May 26, 1870.
671. John Hills? b. Feb. 20, 1803 ; d. July 1, 1875. He lived in
Charlestown, and was highly respected by all who knew him,
his funeral being largely attended by friends and by members
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