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Dedham births: Joshva, the son of Joshva and Mary Clap, was born Aprill 28th, 1707.

Walpole marriages: CLAP, Joshua and Abigail Bulerd, int. Nov. 1, 1728. She d. 1789.

Sharon marriages: CLAP, Joshua Esq. of Walpole and Mrs. Deborah Hewins, Oct. 19, 1790.
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Walpole intentions: CLAP, Joshua Esq. and Deborah Hewings, wid., int. Oct. 3, 1790.

Parents: Joshua Clap and Mary Boyden.
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From The Clapp Memorial, 1876:
JOSHUA4 (Joshua3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of Joshua and Mary (Boyden) Clapp, of Walpole, was born in 1707, He was a distinguished man, of high character. He was a military Captain, Justice of the Peace, Representative to the General Court, and for many years a Deacon of the Church, in Walpole (formerly south part of Dedham). He married, first, Dec. 12, 1728, in Boston, Abigail Bullard, of Walpole, who died Aug. 12, 1782. He married, second, Deborah, the widow of Deacon Hewins; she died Nov. 18, 1797, aged 90 years. About the year 1745, he marched his company to Boston, to help defend it from the attack of the French fleet, then daily expected. He died May 6, 1802, aged 95 years.

Children of JOSHUA and ABIGAIL (Bullard) CLAPP, of Walpole:
1. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 7, 1729.
2. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 17, 1731; d. Oct, 20, 1817.
3. MARY, b. Feb. 27, 1733; m. Mr. Fales, of Walpole.
4. ELIPHALET, b. March 6, 1736.
5. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 5, 1738; m. first, Benjamin Hartshorn, of Walpole; m. second, Jeremiah Smith, of Walpole.
6. ELKANAH, b. Oct 2, 1740; d. Oct 13, 1805, aged 65 years; m. July 16, 1767, Abigail Partridge, of Franklin, Mass. He lived on a farm in Mansfield, Mass., and was Major in the militia.
7. OLIVER, b. Jan. 13, 1743; was a captain; settled in Walpole. He m. first, Susannah Gay; second Susannah, dau. of Thomas Clapp, of Walpole.
8. ESTHER, b. March 23, 1746; m. Swift Payson, of Foxboro, son of Rev. Phillips Payson, of Walpole.