Pvt. Seth Clapp

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor # A022116

Seth Clapp (1746-1814) served as a minute man, 1777, in Capt. Jonathan Wales’ company.

[This was reported by his great-granddaughter, Helen C. Sergeant, whose Revolutionary War ancestry is described in "Lineage Book," Volume 13, Northampton, MA, published in 1893/1901 by The Daughters of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, as downloaded in 2010 from a scan by Google.]

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Private, Captain J Stearns’ Company, Colonel Dickenson’s Regiment, commanded by Major J Clapp, July 9- August 12 1777, Ticonderoga. Captain J Wales Company, Colonel Ezra May’s regiment, September 22-28 1777, Stillwater and Saratoga service.

Captain Strong’s Company of Volunteers, 2nd Hampshire County Regiment, service at Hadley, June 3 1782.

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Seth Clapp BIRTH 3 May 1746, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 13 Apr 1814 (aged 67), Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 80915599

Photos added by P.K. Magruder

Married Esther Rust on 28 February 1771

Spouse Esther Rust Clapp, 1747–1821 (m. 1771)

Children Seth Clapp, 1772–1828 Esther Clapp Cook, 1774–1861 Pollina Clapp, 1782–1834 Ansel Clapp, 1788–1866 Sophia Clapp Clark, 1788–1871 Belinda Clapp, 1792–1870

Inscription

In memory of/Mr Seth Clapp/who died April/13 1814/in the 68 year/of his age/"Mortal is our race &/all must die/Be wise in time/prepare for Eternity"

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80915599/seth-clapp

2010 from a scan by Google.]