William Clapp

Brief Life History of William

When William Clapp was born on 5 July 1636, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Capt. Roger Clapp, was 27 and his mother, Joanna Ford, was 19. He died on 22 September 1638, in his hometown, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

Capt. Roger Clapp
1609–1690
Joanna Ford
1617–1695
Samuel Clapp
1634–1708
Thanks Clapp
1650–1650
William Clapp
1636–1638
Elizabeth Clapp
1638–1711
Experience Clapp
1640–1640
Waitstill Clapp
1641–1643
Preserved Clapp
1643–1720
Experience Clapp
1645–
Hopestill Clapp
1647–1719
Waite Clapp
1649–1717
Desire Clapp
1652–1717
Thomas Clapp
1655–1670
Unite Clapp
1656–1663
Supply Clapp
1660–1686

Sources (10)

  • Thomas Tolman Family Org. birth sources
  • Thomas Tolman Family Org. Death sources
  • Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 - Southampton-V1 - pg 279

Name Meaning

English (Devon and Somerset): either from Middle English clop(pe), clap(pe) ‘lump’, perhaps denoting a stocky person, or Middle English clap(pe) ‘loud noise; noisy, idle chatter’.

Americanized form of German Klapp .

In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Klep: nickname from klep ‘sharpness of scythe or sickle’, also ‘sharpening with a hammer’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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