Clapp Genealogy and Clapp Family History Information

The Clapp/Clap family appears to have originated in southwestern England. Records of family members probably began to appear there in the 15th century. English settlements common to the family include:

• Dorchester, Dorset
• Hartford, Devon
• Salcombe, Devon
• Salcombe Regis, Devon
• Sidbury, Devon
• Sidmouth, Devon

Some family members migrated out of England in the 17th century. Colonial settlements common to those members in the 17th century include:

• Boston, Massachusetts
• Dorchester (now part of Boston), Massachusetts

earliest family member in the Geni database: _ Clapp

[NOTABLE CLAPPS]

• Jack Clapp, 2nd husband of Eric Clapton's maternal grandmother Rose Mitchell

[FAMILY MEMBERS NOT YET IN THE DATABASE]

• James Clapp of Woodbury and Sidbury
• John Clapp (of Sidbury?), who married Mary Irish of the Irish family of Sidbury