Adam
Clapp
Born in Whitsett, Orange (later Guilford), North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of John Philip Clapp
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Valentine Felty Clapp Sr., Anna Christina (Clapp) Albright, Mary Barbara (Clapp) Swing, Mary Magdalena (Clapp) Hagey, Ludwig Lewis Clapp, Eve (Clapp) Burrow and Anna Maria (Clapp) Shepherd
Husband of
Emma Ruth (Marley) Clapp
— married
1780 [location unknown]
Husband of
Ruth (Lawrence) Clapp
— married
1798 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Isaac Clapp, David Clapp, Mary (Clapp) Cotner, Catharine Catharina (Clapp) Parker and Elisha Clapp
Died
at age 86
in Union, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Adam was born on December 10, 1754[1]. He was the son of John Phillip Clapp and Barbara ______ . He married Ruth (Lawrence) Clapp before 1798.
Private Adam Clapp served with North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Adam Clapp is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A131452.
Military Service
Adam Clapp was a Revolutionary War soldier. His Service record is on file at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. file # S30937. Adam Clapp, while living in Guilford County, North Carolina, volunteered as a private in the fall of 1776. He served in Captain Henry Whitsell's Company, Colonel Alexander Martin's Regiment. [2] You can read Adam Clapp's Pension Application and the entire Pension File here. [3][4]
Residence
In the Declaration for a pension which he signed on 16 October 1832, Clapp said that, about five years after the end of the Revolutionary War, he moved to Tennessee, where he stayed for twenty-two years. He then moved to Union County, Illinois, and lived there until a year before he filed the Declaration, 1832. Then he moved to neighboring Alexander County, Illinois, where he was currently living.[5]
Death
He passed away on August 15, 1841[6]
Burial
He was buried in 1841 in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, in Dongola, Union, Illinois, USA[7] See a picture of Adam Clapp's Grave.
Died 15 Aug 1841. Union County, Illinois, United States of America. [8] 15 Apr 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. 15 April 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. 15 April 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 15 Aug 1841
Marriage 1782 Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Abt. 1794. Of, , , Tennessee. abt 1795. Sumner Co., Tennessee, USA. bef 1798. Guilford County, North Carolina.
Buried Dongola, Union County, Illinois, United States of America. [8]
File @O115@.
External Files
- File O115 File: Format: jpg. image MTYPE document. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 35938. WDTH 250. HGHT 334. Adam Clapp. RIN d3f156dd-8ce8-434d-bf29-cc205f0f8ae2 15 Aug 1841 Dongola, Union County, Illinois, USA CREA 2022-01-28 07:03:20.000 CLON TID 25886733. PID 27326141114. OID 94dd33b1-1724-491f-86a6-344e304947d8. 2018-05-17 02:50:51.000. Origin: u URL: https:/www.findagrave.com/memorial/5346745adam-clapp. MSER LKID 94dd33b1-1724-491f-86a6-344e304947d8.
Sources
- ↑ #S-06 North Carolina, Microfilm Roll #547, Application S-30937
- ↑ "Notes of Ethel Perry Moore 1902-1974
- ↑ #S-06 North Carolina, Microfilm Roll #547, Application S-30937
- ↑ Battle of Clapp's Mill
- ↑ #S-06 North Carolina, Microfilm Roll #547, Application S-30937
- ↑ #S-06 North Carolina, Microfilm Roll #547, Application S-30937
- ↑ #S-07 Memorial # 5346745
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Source: S1470572169 Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5346745/adam-clapp Ancestry Record 60525 #2703744
- S-06 Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900, Publication: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration, NARA microfilm publication M804. Repository: #Fold3
- Source: DAR Patriot A131452 Title: DAR Genealogical Research System URL: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34PZ-9D8 : accessed 2017-08-05), entry for Ruth /Lawrence/
- Source: S1470572169 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 60525 Note: Find A Grave
- Source: S1472199011 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030Ancestry Family Tree
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
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~0.78%
Grant Meadors
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M190853 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #125381
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~0.78%
Marlene (Clapp) Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member M_B_53
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~0.39%
Norman Perry :
23andMe, GEDmatch A054758 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A054758 [compare], Ancestry member perryna
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A054758 [compare], FTDNA kit #426116
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Nicole Steffan :
23andMe, GEDmatch NE8309809 [compare], yourDNAportal NIC3ffefea7
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~0.39%
Marilyn (Tweedy) Kuczynski :
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Vic Watt
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Clapp-1564 and Clapp-287 appear to represent the same person because: There are parallel profiles for Adam and his wife. Both men were married to women with the same name, lived in the same state, and had the same year of birth.
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Owen Stiles
looking for descendants of adam and documents to support for SAR application
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Vic Watt
I added a link in the Biography to the complete Revolutionary War Pension File.
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by Vic Watt
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