Julia Clapp

Brief Life History of Julia

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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Family Time Line

John Murdock Jr
1792–1871
Julia Clapp
1796–1831
Marriage: 14 December 1823
Orrice Clapp Murdock
1824–1915
John Riggs Murdock
1826–1913
Phebe Murdock
1828–1834
Joseph Murdock Smith
1831–1832
Julia Murdock Smith
1831–1880

Sources (29)

  • 1880 United States Federal Census
  • Julia Clapp, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Julia Clapp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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John Murdock Autobiography

The Life of John Murdock The Life of John Murdock I, John Murdock, was born July 15th, in the year of our Lord 1792, in the town of Kortwright, Delaware County, New York, being the third son of John …

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