Born by about 1609, based on estimated date of marriage. Came from Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Hopewell" & settled in Dorchester MA. Died at Dorchester 8 Jan 1664/5.
Married:
(1) by about 1634 Prudence Clap, daughter of Nicholas Clap. She probably died between 1640 & 1646.
(2) by 1646, Susanna Cockerill (eldest known child bp. Dorchester 10 Oct 1646, daughter of WILLIAM COCKRILL {1635, Hingham}. She died at Dorchester, 16 Jun 1688.
Edward Clap was brother of ROGER CLAP {1630, Dorchester}, of Jane (Clap) (Weeks) Humphrey Iwife 1st of GEORGE WEEKS {1639, Dorchester} & 2nd of JONAS HUMPHREY {1639, Dorchester} & of Sarah (Clap) Clap (wife of NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}.
A 2nd group of Clap siblings, cousins to the group just above, also came to New England: NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}, noted just above, whose wife was Edward Clap's sister Sarah, THOMAS CLAP {1638, Weymouth}; John Clap, who was in New England by the 1640s; Prudence Clap, wife of our Edward; Barbara Clap, wife of JOSEPH WELD {1635, Roxbury}; & Radigon Clap, who married John Capen, son of BERNARD CAPEN. Another sister, Jane Clap, was almost certainly wife of JOHN ALDERMAN {1634, Dorchester}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
Married:
(1) by about 1634 Prudence Clap, daughter of Nicholas Clap. She probably died between 1640 & 1646.
(2) by 1646, Susanna Cockerill (eldest known child bp. Dorchester 10 Oct 1646, daughter of WILLIAM COCKRILL {1635, Hingham}. She died at Dorchester, 16 Jun 1688.
Edward Clap was brother of ROGER CLAP {1630, Dorchester}, of Jane (Clap) (Weeks) Humphrey Iwife 1st of GEORGE WEEKS {1639, Dorchester} & 2nd of JONAS HUMPHREY {1639, Dorchester} & of Sarah (Clap) Clap (wife of NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}.
A 2nd group of Clap siblings, cousins to the group just above, also came to New England: NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}, noted just above, whose wife was Edward Clap's sister Sarah, THOMAS CLAP {1638, Weymouth}; John Clap, who was in New England by the 1640s; Prudence Clap, wife of our Edward; Barbara Clap, wife of JOSEPH WELD {1635, Roxbury}; & Radigon Clap, who married John Capen, son of BERNARD CAPEN. Another sister, Jane Clap, was almost certainly wife of JOHN ALDERMAN {1634, Dorchester}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
Born by about 1609, based on estimated date of marriage. Came from Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Hopewell" & settled in Dorchester MA. Died at Dorchester 8 Jan 1664/5.
Married:
(1) by about 1634 Prudence Clap, daughter of Nicholas Clap. She probably died between 1640 & 1646.
(2) by 1646, Susanna Cockerill (eldest known child bp. Dorchester 10 Oct 1646, daughter of WILLIAM COCKRILL {1635, Hingham}. She died at Dorchester, 16 Jun 1688.
Edward Clap was brother of ROGER CLAP {1630, Dorchester}, of Jane (Clap) (Weeks) Humphrey Iwife 1st of GEORGE WEEKS {1639, Dorchester} & 2nd of JONAS HUMPHREY {1639, Dorchester} & of Sarah (Clap) Clap (wife of NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}.
A 2nd group of Clap siblings, cousins to the group just above, also came to New England: NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}, noted just above, whose wife was Edward Clap's sister Sarah, THOMAS CLAP {1638, Weymouth}; John Clap, who was in New England by the 1640s; Prudence Clap, wife of our Edward; Barbara Clap, wife of JOSEPH WELD {1635, Roxbury}; & Radigon Clap, who married John Capen, son of BERNARD CAPEN. Another sister, Jane Clap, was almost certainly wife of JOHN ALDERMAN {1634, Dorchester}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
Married:
(1) by about 1634 Prudence Clap, daughter of Nicholas Clap. She probably died between 1640 & 1646.
(2) by 1646, Susanna Cockerill (eldest known child bp. Dorchester 10 Oct 1646, daughter of WILLIAM COCKRILL {1635, Hingham}. She died at Dorchester, 16 Jun 1688.
Edward Clap was brother of ROGER CLAP {1630, Dorchester}, of Jane (Clap) (Weeks) Humphrey Iwife 1st of GEORGE WEEKS {1639, Dorchester} & 2nd of JONAS HUMPHREY {1639, Dorchester} & of Sarah (Clap) Clap (wife of NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}.
A 2nd group of Clap siblings, cousins to the group just above, also came to New England: NICHOLAS CLAP {1637, Dorchester}, noted just above, whose wife was Edward Clap's sister Sarah, THOMAS CLAP {1638, Weymouth}; John Clap, who was in New England by the 1640s; Prudence Clap, wife of our Edward; Barbara Clap, wife of JOSEPH WELD {1635, Roxbury}; & Radigon Clap, who married John Capen, son of BERNARD CAPEN. Another sister, Jane Clap, was almost certainly wife of JOHN ALDERMAN {1634, Dorchester}.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
