Who is the father of Roger Clapp?

Question

WikiTree currently shows that Roger Clapp (1609-1691) was the son of William Clapp.  Does anybody have a source for this?  The Record of the Clapp Family in America shows his father as unknown, but assumes that he had an uncle Richard: see https://archive.org/stream/clappmemorialrec00clap#page/n23/mode/2up

Anderson's The Great Migration Begins, vol. 1, pp. 366, gives a birthdate and birthplace but does not identify Roger's father.

Comments

Wow, that profile is a mess and I can't help but see some questionable and confusing text. I'll take a look at both Anderson and familysearch.

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I just detached the bogus Magna Carta ancestry of Roger Clap -- the weak link was the parents of his mother's father Robert Channon.   I started another G2G thread here: http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/137186/what-evidence-is-there-for-robert-channon-s-parents-

Answer 1

England Births & Christenings (1538-1975) records the christening of a Roger Clap as 9 April 1609, Salcombe Regis, Devon, England, the son of William Clap. That record can be viewed www.familysearch.org.

Answer 2

Anderson:

BIRTH: Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, 2 April 1609 (deposed "aged sixty-two or thereabouts" 31 October 1671 [SCC 8]).

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Person Details for Roger Clapp says he was baptized 9 April 1609 in Salcombe, son of William. No mother named.

Between these two pieces of information, it seems safe to say the parish record refers to the same Roger Clapp of Massachusetts, and that his father was William. I don't know where the mother's name comes from, though.

I've also cleaned up the profile.

Answer 3

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 Name: Jone Channon Gender: Female Marriage Date: 17 Jan 1602 Marriage Place: Sidmouth,Devon,England FHL Film Number: 916935 Household Members: Name John Clappe Jone Channon Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original Data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Description: This collection includes marriage records from England.

Answer 4

Millennium File

Name:	Johan Channon
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	1569
Spouse:	William Clapp
Children:	Edward ClapClapp
Household Members:	Name William Clapp Johan Channon

Source Information:

 

 

Millennium File

Name:	Johan Channon
Birth Date:	1570
Birth Place:	Sidmonth, Devon, England
Death Date:	5 Aug 1629
Death Place:	Salcombe, Devon, England
Father:	Robert Channon
Mother:	Johan

Source Information:
Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original Data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.

Description:
The Millennium File contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany.

 

 

 

 

Comments

Warning. The Millennium File is highly derivative with no inclusion of the sources for the claims they make there. I avoid this source at all costs.

Answer 5

Name:    William Channon
Birth Date:    
Birthplace:    
Age:    
Spouse's Name:    Elizabeth Clapp
Spouse's Birth Date:    
Spouse's Birthplace:    
Spouse's Age:    
Event Date:    29 Sep 1664
Event Place:    Branscombe,Devon,England
Father's Name:    
Mother's Name:    
Spouse's Father's Name:    
Spouse's Mother's Name:    
Race:    
Marital Status:    
Previous Wife's Name:    
Spouse's Race:    
Spouse's Marital Status:    
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:    
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:    M00182-1
System Origin:    England-ODM
GS Film number:    0962972 IT 2
Reference ID:    

Citing this Record:
"England Marriages, 1538–1973  ," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2QG-M3D : accessed 23 Nov 2014), William Channon and Elizabeth Clapp, 29 Sep 1664; citing Branscombe,Devon,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 0962972 IT 2.

Answer 6

Thanks everybody -- it looks like William is indeed the correct father for Roger Clap.