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Prudence Clapp

Also Known As: "Prudence Clapp"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sudbury, Devon, England
Death: 1642 (34-35)
Dorchester (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Place of Burial: Unknown MEMORIAL ID 37480148
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nicholas Clapp, Sr. and Elizabeth Clapp
Wife of Deacon Edward Clapp
Mother of Elizabeth Blake; Prudence Peck; Ezra Clapp and Abigail Clapp
Sister of Deacon Thomas Clapp; Richard Clapp, of Sudbury; Jane Alderman; John Clap of Dorchester; Ambroise Clapp and 3 others

Managed by: Andrea Bernadette Twiss-Brooks
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About Prudence Clapp

Prudence Clapp, and her husband, Edward Clapp, as well as her husband Roger Clap (Edward and Roger being brothers), were his first cousins, all three of them sharing the same grandfather, Richard Clapp of Sudbury. ....................................................

[SOURCES]

1Clapp, Ebenezer, The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1876.), p. 92, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 C589.

2Mary & John Clearing House (Burton W. Spear, Editor), "American Descendants of Richard Clapp," Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John," (1990) (Toledo, Ohio.), 13:53, 54.

3Sumner, Edith Bartlett, Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine (Los Angeles: American Offset Printers, 1959.), pp. 56, 61, Family History Library, 929.273 F24s.

4Blake, Francis Everett, Increase Blake of Boston, His Ancestors and Descendants (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son, 1898. FHL US/CAN Film #897,489 Item 6.), p. 28, Family History Library.

5Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948-52.), 1:278, 1:280, Family History Library, 929.273 St47h.

6Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2007.), 2:78, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549-1.

7Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996.), 4:128, Family History Library, 929.273 K329sm.

8Stott, Clifford L., "Humphrey Blake (1494-1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina," NEHGR 163:4 (Oct 2009) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 288, Los Angeles Public Library.

9Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.), p. 153, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 T694.

[LINKS]

Prudence Clap Clap BIRTH unknown England DEATH unknown Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 37480148 · View Source SHARE SAVE TO SUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 12 Edward Clap married (1) by about 1634 Prudence Clap, daughter of Nicholas Clap. They came from Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Hopewell" & settled in Dorchester MA. She probably died between 1640 & 1646. They had 3 children: Elizabeth Blake, Prudence Peck, & Ezra. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project

Susanna Clap was not the daughter of Prudence. She was the daughter of Edward's 2nd wife, Susanna Cockrill whom he married by 1646 (the birth year of their first child). Prudence died between 1640 (year her last child was born) and 1646 (year of birth of Susanna's 1st child with Edward).

Family Members Parents Nicholas Clapp 1575–1631 Elizabeth Clapp 1579–1631 Spouse Edward Clap 1609–1664 (m. 1634) Siblings Photo Barbara Clapp Stoddard 1614–1655 Children Photo Elizabeth Clap Blake 1633–1694 Ezra Clapp 1640–1717 Susannah Clapp Breck 1647–1711

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Prudence Clapp's Timeline

1607
1607
Sudbury, Devon, England
1633
June 22, 1633
Dorchester, Massachusetts
1637
December 28, 1637
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1640
May 22, 1640
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1642
1642
Age 35
Dorchester (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1650
February 27, 1650
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1912
December 10, 1912
Age 35
December 10, 1912
Age 35
December 10, 1912
Age 35