When Julia Clapp was born on 23 February 1796, in Middlefield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Orris Clapp I, was 25 and her mother, Phebe Blish, was 21. She married John Murdock Jr on 14 December 1823, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 30 April 1831, in Warrensville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Warrensville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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