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Subject: [GM-L] Edward & Roger Clapp, Thomas Ford look up
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:01:30 EDT

Charles Henry Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" says this:

CLAP. CLAPP

Edward, son of William, of Salcombe Regis, Eng., came about 1633 to
Dorchester where his bro. Roger had already settled. Propr. town officer,
freeman Dec. 7, 1636; deacon. He m. #1, Prudence, dau. of Nicholas C. of
Venn Ottery; he m. #2, Susanna ( perhaps dau. of Wm. Cockerell). Children:
Elizabeth, b. about 1634 (m/ elder James Blake)
Prudence, b. 29 (10) 1637 (m. at Dorchestern in Feb. 1659-60,SimonPeck
Ezra, b. 22 (3) 1640
Nehemiah, bapt. 10 (8) 1646
Susanna, bapt. 10 (10) 1648
William, bapt. 6 (5) 1651
Joseph, bapt. 13 (6) 1661, d. 22 (3) 1662
Jonathan, b. and d. 1664.
He d. Jan 8, 1664. Will prob. Feb. 17, 1664-5. Beq. to wife, sons Ezra
and Nehemiah, daus. Susanna and Esther; portions of daus. to be equal with
what they that are married have already received, that is [pound sign] 30
apiece. Inv. showed house and lands in Dorchester and Milton, 103 part of a
house at Salem, etc. The widow Susanna d. June 16, 1668.
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Capt. Roger, bro. of Edward, above, b. at Salcombe Regis, Eng. April 6,
1609, joined in the Church-Colony organized at Plymouth, Eng., in March,
1629; came in the Mary and John, arriving at Nantasket May 30, 1630. Settled
at Dorchester. Propr., town officer, freeman May 14, 1634. He was capt. of
the militia, deputy, authorized to join persons in marriage, and app. Aug.
10, 1665, capt. of the Castle, where he continues 21 years. Removed to
Boston in 1696. He m. Nov. 6, 1633, Johanna, dau. of Mr. Thomas Ford, a
fellow passenger in the Mary and John. She was b. in Dorchester, Eng., June
8, 1617, and d. in June 1695. Children:
Samuel, b. 11 (8) 1634
William, b. and d. in 1636
Elizabeth, b. 22 (4) 1638 (m. John Holmes)
Experience b. and d. in 1640
Waitstill. b. 22 (8) 1641, d. (6) 1643
Preserved, b. 23 (9) 1643
Experience, Bapt. 21, 1645
Hopestill, b. Nov. 6, 1647
Wait. b. March 17, 1649 (m. Jonathan Simpson)
Thanks, bapt. 25 (6) 1650
Desire, b. Oct. 17, 1652
Thomas, b. April 1655, d. in 1670
Unite, b. 13 Oct. 1656, d. March 20, 1664
Supply, b. 30 (8) 1660, d. March 5, 1685-6.

He d. Feb. 2, 1690-1; was bur. in the old burying place, now called
King's Chapel Burying-ground. He left an autobiography, which has been
printed, and constitutes one of the most valuable memorials of the founders
of New England, His will, dated, Nov. 19, 1690, beq. to his wife and
surviving sons Samuel, Preserved, Hopestill and Desire, daus. Elisabeth and
Wait, and cousins Ester Bissell and Constant Dewey,
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FORD, FOARD, FOORD, FOORTH

Thomas, from Dorchester, Eng., came in the Mary and John in 1630 to
Dorchester. Freeman May 18, 1631. He removed about 1635 to Windsor, Conn.;
extensive land-holder; deputy. Removed about 1672 to Northampton.
Wife____d. 18 April, 1643; he m. #2, Mrs. Ann Scott, who joined him in deed
23 Aug. 1672. Children:
Johannah. b. June 8, 1617 (m. Capt. Roger Clapp)
Abigail, (m. John Strong)
Mary (m. Aaron Cooke)
Hepzibah (m. #1, Richard Lyman, Jr., #2, John Marsh)

He d. 9 Nov. 1676. The inv. of his est. was pres. Jan. 10,, 1670, by
his son-in-law John Strong, to whom admin. was granted jointly with Preservd
Clapp and goodwife Marsh.
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Jan Weber

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