When Joseph Levi Clapp was born on 21 May 1827, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Clapp, was 19 and his mother, Lydia Handley, was 18. He married Malinda Harriet Griffin on 9 November 1851, in Edgar, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in East Oakland Township, Coles, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 18 May 1875, in Coles, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in East Oakland Township, Coles, Illinois, United States.
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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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