Clapp, Roger

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BIRTH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 41 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Roger is a twin.
DEATH: Ibid, 123.

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BIRTH: No civil birth rec found. Desire is identified in the will of his father, Roger Clapp of Boston, 19 Nov 1690, proved 5 Mar 1690/1, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1820, (n.s.) 8:35 (FHL #594175). His date of birth is found in MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP (Boston, 1844), originally published in Boston, 1731, Appendix by James Blake, Jr, 61 (FHL #929.273 C53d). The family information in the appendix was written in 1731 by James Blake, Jr. (b. 1688), "one that was acquainted therewith." Blake was, in fact, married to a granddaughter of Roger Clapp.
MAR #1: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 24 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r).
MAR #2: BOSTON MARRIAGES FROM 1700 TO 1751, 28th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1898; repr Baltimore, 1977), 62 (FHL #974.461 V2b).
DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below. Also see MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP, appendix, 61. Also see the adm of estate of Desire Clapp of Boston, 13 Jan 1717/8, Suffolk Co. Probate, #3928, (o.s.) 20:183-84 (FHL #584134), widow's sale of dower to heirs of Desire Clapp 13 Jan 1717/8 (Ibid, 20:184-85 [FHL #584134]), division 19 Feb 1717/18 (Ibid, 21:43 [FHL #594135]).
BUR: Thomas Bridgman, ed, MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD IN BOSTON...IN KING'S CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND (Boston, 1853), 64 (FHL #974.461 V39bt). Aged 66 yrs.
OCC: Malster, yeoman.

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Desire married Pond, Sarah on 21 Oct 1679 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. Sarah (daughter of Pond, William and Dyer, Mary) was christened on 4 Dec 1653 in 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; died on 4 Jan 1715/1716 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA; was buried in Old Burial Ground,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 182 (FHL #974.461 K2r). No parents names are given in chr entry, but she is almost certainly the dau of William Pond. Sarah's husband, Desire Clapp was one of the administrators of William Pond's estate, 26 Jun 1690, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1734, (n.s.) 1:247 (FHL #594359). The age at death of Sarah Clapp from bur rec, below, calculates to a birth year of 1653.
MAR: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 24 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r).
DEATH: Ibid, 129.
BUR: "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester," NEHGR, 5(1851):89 (FHL #974 B2ne). Aged 63 yrs.

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BIRTH: MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP (Boston, 1844), originally published in Boston, 1731, Appendix by James Blake, Jr, 53 (FHL #929.273 C53d). James Blake (b. 1688) asserted that he was acquainted with the family. He was, in fact, married to a granddaughter of Roger Clapp.
CHR: H. B. Clark and C. A. T. Fursdon, eds, "Salcombe Regis Bishops Transcripts, 1609-1701" (typescript, 1930; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #916930).
MAR: No mar rec found in original source records. Children of Roger Clapp and his wife Joan were born at Dorchester beginning in 1634. Roger's will, below, mentions his "wife's Father Ford at Windsor." This could be no other than Thomas Ford. The identification is confirmed, and the mar date is supplied in Blake's Appendix to MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAPP, 55. The Fords were also a Dorchester family in 1633 making it highly likely that the mar occurred in that place.
DEATH: BOSTON BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1630-1699, 9th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1883; repr Baltimore, 1994), 193 (FHL #974.461 V2a). Also see the will of Roger Clapp of Boston, 19 Nov 1690, proved 5 Mar 1690/1, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1820, (n.s.) 8:35(FHL #594175).
BUR: Thomas Bridgman, ed, MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD IN BOSTON...IN KING'S CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND (Boston, 1853), 64 (FHL #974.461 V39bt). Aged 82 yrs.
OCC: Selectman of Dorchester, Deputy to General Court, Capt of Dorchester Troop, Commander of The Castle in Boston Harbor.

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Roger married Ford, Joanna on 6 Nov 1633 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. Joanna (daughter of Ford, Thomas and Charde, Elizabeth) was born on 8 Jun 1617; was christened on 8 Jun 1617 in Bridport,Dorset,Eng; died on 29 Jun 1695 in Boston,Suffolk,MA; was buried in King's Chapel,Boston,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date of birth is recorded in MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP (Boston, 1844), originally published in Boston, 1731, Appendix by James Blake, Jr, 59 (FHL #929.273 C53d). James Blake (b. 1688) asserted that he was acquainted with the family. He was actually married to a granddaughter of Roger Clapp.
CHR: Bridport par reg, as cited in Donald Lines Jacobus, "Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England, and Dorchester, Mass," TAG, 16(1940):41 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: No mar rec found in original source records. Children were born to Roger and Joan Clapp at Dorchester beginning in 1634. Roger's will, 19 Nov 1690-5 Mar 1690/1, mentions his "wife's Father Ford at Windsor" (Suffolk Co. Probate, #1820, [n.s.] 8:35 [FHL #594175]). This could be no other than Thomas Ford of Windsor. The identification is confirmed, and the mar date is supplied in Blake's Appendix to MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP, 55. The Fords were also a Dorchester family in 1633, making it highly likely that the mar occurred in that place.
DEATH: Blake's Appendix to MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP, 59, states that Joanna died in Boston in Jun 1695. The date is given as 29 Jun 1695 in Ebenezer Clapp, RECORD OF THE CLAPP FAMILY IN AMERICA (Boston, 1876), 4 (FHL #186110). The death, however, is not recorded in Boston or Dorchester vital recs.
BUR: Blake, MEMOIRS OF ROGER CLAP, 59, states that Joanna was buried near her husband. Roger's grave is located in King's Chapel Cemetery, Boston.

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BIRTH: William Pond and the widow Mary Pond petitioned the Mass. General Court for adm of estate of Robert Pond, 10 May 1648, strongly suggesting that William is the son of Robert (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed, RECORDS OFTHE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 5 vols. [Boston, 1853-54], 2:246 [FHL #974.4 N2s]). Moreover, Robert Pond is the only man of this surname found in New England old enough to have been William's father, and both men lived in Dorchester. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. William Pond is identified as the husband of Mary Dyer in the will of her father, George Dyer of Dorchester, 30 Dec 1671, proved 2 Aug 1672, Suffolk Co. Probate, #604, (o.s.) 7:233-35 (FHL #584128).
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 121 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Also see the adm of estate of William Pond of Dorchester, 26 Jun 1690, inv 25 Apr 1690, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1734, (n.s.) 1:247-49 (FHL #594359).
OCC: Housewright

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William married Dyer, Mary about 1640. Mary (daughter of Dyer, George and Abigail) was born about 1623 in England; died on 16 Feb 1710/1711 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Mary is identified in the will of her father, George Dyer of Dorchester, 30 Dec 1671, proved 2 Aug 1672, Suffolk Co. Probate, #604, (o.s.) 7:233-35 (FHL #584128). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. The will of Mary's father's, above, identifies her husband as William Pond.
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 127 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r).

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BIRTH: The identification of William as a son of Richard by an unknown 1st wife is based on circumstantial evidence. William's son Roger, who emigrated to New England, is called "cousin" in the will of another New England immigrant, John Clapp of Dorchester, 11 Jul 1655, proved 30 Aug 1655, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:111 (FHL #584127). John Clapp is a proved son of Nicholas Clapp. John's will mentions several brothers, nieces, and nephews who are mentioned in the will of Nicholas Clapp of Venn Ottery, Devon, 12 Mar 1631/2, proved 29 Mar 1632, Archdeaconry Court of Exeter. The wills of this court were destroyed in 1942. See transcript in Mary Lovering Holman, THE SCOTT GENEALOGY (Boston, 1919), 227-28 (FHL #929.273 Sco84h). Nicholas and William Clapp are apparently brothers. Nicholas is mentioned in the will of his mother, Christian Clapp of Sidbury, Devon, 25 Jul 1608, proved 12 Aug 1608, Court of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, abstracted in Olive M. Moger, "Transcript of Devonshire Wills," 44 vols. (typescript, n.d.), 9:1210 (FHL #916870). William is not mentiond in the will of Christian Clapp, who is the widow of Richard Clapp. It appears that William is from an earlier, unknown wife of Richard. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: W. I. Leeson, ed, "Sidmouth Parish Register" (transcript, 1941; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #916935). William was "of Salcome." The wife is a "daughter of Robert Channon."
BUR: This bur is cited in Mary Lovering Holman, ANCESTRY OF COLONEL JOHN HARRINGTON STEVENS..., 2 vols. (n.p., 1948, 1951), 1:278 (FHL #929.273 St47h). The par reg of Salcombe Regis begins in 1702. BTs begin in 1609, but searches in a typescript of available BTs found no transcript for the year 1640 (FHL #916930 items 5-6). Holman apparently located the original BTs for this year in her searches. Also see the will of William Clapp of Salcombe Regis, n.d., proved 25 Mar 1641, Exeter Wills, cited in Holman, STEVENS ANCESTRY, 1:279. The wills of this court were destroyed in 1942.

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William married Channon, Johan on 11 Nov 1593 in Sidmouth,Devon,Eng. Johan (daughter of Channon, Robert and Johan) was born about 1572 in of Sidmouth,Devon,Eng; was buried on 5 Aug 1629 in Salcombe Regis,Devon,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Johan is identified in the will of her mother, Johan Channon of Sidmouth, 19 Nov 1616, proved 4 Dec 1618, Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, abstracted in Olive M. Moger, "Transcript of Devonshire Wills," 44 vols. (typescript, n.d.), 7:879-81 (FHL #916870). She is also called a daughter of Robert Channon on her mar rec, below. Wills of this court were destroyed in 1942. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: W. I. Leeson, ed, "Sidmouth Parish Register" (transcript, 1941; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #916935). William was "of Salcome." The wife is a "daughter of Robert Channon."
BUR: H. B. Clark and C. A. T. Fursdon, eds, "Salcombe Regis Bishops Transcripts, 1609-1701" (typescript, 1930; Devon & Cornwall Record Society), unpaginated (FHL #916930).

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: Bridport par reg, as cited in Clarence Almon Torrey, "English Origin of Major Aaron Cooke," TAG, 11(1935):180 (FHL #973 D25aga). The wife is called Elizabeth Cooke on mar rec. However, she is clearly the widow of Aaron Cooke, who was buried at Bridport, 28 Dec 1615 (Ibid). Aaron Cooke and Elizabeth Charde were married at Thorncombe, 2 Sep 1610 (W. P. W. Phillimore and Edmund Nevill, eds, DORSETSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS- MARRIAGES, 7 vols. [London, 1906-1914], Thorncombe, 2:118 [FHL #942.33 K29d]). They had a son Aaron baptized at Bridport, 20 Mar 1613/4, who called Thomas Ford "father-in-law" [stepfather] in deed to Joseph Parsons, 14 Mar 1671/2 (Windsor, Conn., Deeds, 1:64 [FHL #006188]).
MAR #2: "Hartford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1635-1855," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 117 (FHL #002971). Wife is called Ann Scott, "widow," on mar rec, apparently the widow of Thomas Scott of Hartford, who died on 6 Nov 1643 leaving a nuncupative will. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:32 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Thomas and Ann Ford are probably the parents of the Ann Ford who married Thomas Newberry at Windsor, 12 Mar 1676/7.
DEATH: Northampton Vital Records, 1:137 (FHL #186161). Death is also recorded in "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Northampton, p. 158 (FHL #014766). Also see the adm/inv of estate of estate of Thomas Ford, Sr, of Northampton, 10 Jan 1676/7, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:187 (FHL #879184).
OCC: Selectman and Deputy of General Court of Conn. from town of Windsor.
NOTE: Thomas may be identical to the Thomas Ford who md Joane Way at Powerstock, Dorset, 13 Dec 1610 (W. P. W. Phillimore and Edmund Nevill, eds, DORSETSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS - MARRIAGES, 7 vols. [London, 1906-1914], Powerstock, 1:9 [FHL #942.33 K29d]).

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Thomas married Charde, Elizabeth on 19 Jun 1616 in Bridport,Dorset,Eng. Elizabeth was born about 1590 in of Thorncombe,Dorset,Eng; was buried on 18 Apr 1643 in Windsor,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: W. P. W. Phillimore and Edmund Nevill, eds, DORSETSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS - MARRIAGES, 7 vols. (London, 1906-1914), Thorncombe, 2:118 (FHL #942.33 K29d).
MAR #2: Bridport par reg, as cited in Clarence Almon Torrey, "English Origin of Major Aaron Cooke," TAG, 11(1935):180 (FHL #973 D25aga). Wife is called Elizabeth Cooke on mar rec. However, she is clearly the widow of Aaron Cooke, who was buried at Bridport, 28 Dec 1615 (Ibid). Aaron Cooke and wife Elizabeth Charde had a son Aaron baptized at Bridport, 20 Mar 1613/4, who called Thomas Ford "father-in-law" [stepfather] in a deed to Joseph Parsons, 14 Mar 1671/2 (Windsor, Conn., deeds, 1:64 [FHL #006188]).
BUR: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 101 (FHL #002983).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. On 23 Jul 1630 Gov. John Winthrop wrote to his son John in Groton: "Commend me to old Pond, and tell him both his sons are well, and remember their duty to him. He must needs send his son John some more provisions" (John Winthrop, THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, ed James Savage, 2 vols. [Boston, 1825], 1:375 [FHL #974 H2w]). It is possible that the other son, not named, is Robert. John disappeared from New England recs and probably returned to England. Research in Groton and vicinity has identified William Pond and his sons John, William, and Joseph. No son Robert has been found, nor is Robert mentioned in William's will.
MAR: No mar rec found. Mary Pond and William Pond petitioned for the administration of the estate of Robert Pond(?) on 10 May 1648 (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed, RECORDS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 5 vols. [Boston, 1853-54], 2:246 [FHL #974.4 N2s]). Widow Mary Pond was dismissed from the church at Dorchester and admitted to the Cambridge church as the wife of Edward Shephard. Entry is undated but apparently before 1650/1 (Stephen Pascall Sharples, RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT CAMBRIDGE IN NEW ENGLAND, [Boston, 1906], 7 [FHL #974.44/C1 V27s]). On 24 Feb 1650/1, Edward Shephard of Cambridge deeded land in Dorchester to John Blackman of Dorchester, "lately belonging to Robert Pond, father-in-law to the said John, deceased" (SUFFOLK DEEDS, 14 vols. [Boston, 1880-1906], 3:72 [FHL #493932]). Hence, Mary married (1) Robert Pond, (2) Edward Shephard, whom she married between 1648 and 1650/1.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Robert Pond of Dorchester, 27 Dec 1637, Suffolk Co. Probate, #6, (n.s.) 1:417 (FHL #594359).

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Robert married Mary about 1615. Mary was born about 1595 in England; died after 1 Oct 1674 in Cambridge,Middlesex,MA(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Mary Pond and William Pond petitioned for the administration of the estate of Robert Pond(?) on 10 May 1648 (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed, RECORDS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 5 vols. [Boston, 1853-54], 2:246 [FHL #974.4 N2s]). Widow Mary Pond was dismissed from the church at Dorchester and admitted to the Cambridge church as the wife of Edward Shephard. Entry is undated but apparently before 1650/1 (Stephen Pascall Sharples, RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT CAMBRIDGE IN NEW ENGLAND, [Boston, 1906], 7 [FHL #974.44/C1 V27s]). On 24 Feb 1650/1, Edward Shephard of Cambridge deeded land in Dorchester to John Blackman of Dorchester, "lately belonging to Robert Pond, father-in-law to the said John, deceased" (SUFFOLK DEEDS, 14 vols. [Boston, 1880-1906], 3:72 [FHL #493932]). Hence, Mary married (1) Robert Pond, (2) Edward Shephard, whom she married between 1648 and 1650/1.
MAR #2: See discussion above.
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary is mentioned in the will of her 2nd husband, Edward Shephard of Cambridge, 1 Oct 1674, proved 20 Jun 1680, Middlesex Co. Probate files, 1st series, #20271 (FHL #421517).

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. As a passenger on the "Mary and John" in 1630 and as a member of the Dorchester Adventurers, George Dyer probably originated in Devonshire, Dorsetshire, or Somersetshire.
MAR: No mar rec found. George Dyer and wife Abigail were admitted to the Dorchester 1st Church upon its reorganization, 23 Aug 1636 (RECORDS OFTHE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND [Boston, 1891], 4 [FHL #974.461 K2r]). No further record of Abigail has been found. George's wife is called Elizabeth in James Savage, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, 2 (Boston, 1860-62; repr Baltimore,1965):88 (FHL #974 D2s). No evidence of a wife Elizabeth has been found.
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 28 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Although called William Dyer in this entry, the date of death falls between the dates of the execution and probate of the will of George Dyer of Dorchester, 30 Dec 1671, proved 2 Aug 1672, inv 29 Jun 1672, Suffolk Co. Probate, #604, (o.s.) 7:233 (FHL #584128).
OCC: Weaver

George married Abigail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]