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Clapp, Desire

Male 1652 - 1717  (65 years)


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  • Name Clapp, Desire  
    Born 17 Oct 1652  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Dec 1717  Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried King's Chapel,Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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.

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I9780  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Jun 1999 

    Father Clapp, Roger,   b. 6 Apr 1609, Salcombe Regis,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1690/1691, Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Ford, Joanna,   b. 8 Jun 1617,   d. 29 Jun 1695, Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1633  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Pond, Sarah,   c. 4 Dec 1653, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1715/1716, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1679  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Clapp, William,   b. 19 Oct 1680, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1683, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Clapp, Desire,   b. 2 May 1682, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1682, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Clapp, Experience,   b. 30 Nov 1683, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1726, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     4. Clapp, Sarah,   b. 25 Mar 1686, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Clapp, Preserved,   b. 8 Aug 1688, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1688, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Clapp, Desire,   b. 13 Aug 1694, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1694, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Clapp, William,   b. 13 Aug 1694, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1743, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     8. Clapp, Roger,   b. 24 May 1697, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1697, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Clapp, Daniel,   b. 24 May 1697, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1697, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +10. Clapp, Judith,   b. 5 Oct 1698, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Smith, Deborah 
    Married 27 Dec 1716  Boston,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart