Prudence (Clap) Clapp migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Biography
Prudence was a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (___) Clap. [1] She was married to Edward Clap in England by 1634. [2][3]
Edward Clap and family came to Dorchester, New England aboard the Hopewell from Weymouth, England in 1625. [2]
On August 23, 1636, the second Church at Dorchester was established and Edward and Prudence Clapp were soon admitted as members. [2]
Prudence Clap is thought to have died between 1640, after the birth on son Ezra and 1646, when Deacon Ezra Clap fathered another child. [2]
In the will of Prudence' brother, John Clapp of Dorchester, dated 11: 5: 1655 [July 11, 1655] bequests were left to his brother-in-law Edward Clap and he also names his cousins, children of Edward, among others. [4]
After her death, Deacon Edward Clap married Susanna Cockerill. He died at Dorchester on January 8, 1664 [8: 11m: 1664]. [5]
Note regarding date of death:
Prudence' death date is unknown. It is thought she died between 1640 and 1646 and Edward's children born 1646-64, are those of his second wife. GMII
However, John Alderman (thought to be husband to Jane Clap, sister to Prudence, but uproven) by his will, written on July 3, 1657 left legacies to Ezra Clap son of Edward Clap, and further to Edward Clape, clothing, to Prudence Clape her two daughters... This may be the supposition that Prudence was alive at that time.[6]
Children
Elizabeth born about 1634; died January 16, 1693/4 aged 61 [5]; married James Blake by 1652. [2][7]
Prudence born on December 28, 1637 [5] ; married Simon Peck at Dorchester on February 13, 1659/60. [2]
Ezra born May 22, 1640; married first, by 1667, Abigail (___) who died at Dorchester on October 12, 1682; married second Experience Houghton at Dorchester on May 22, 1684. [5][2]
Sources
↑ John Capen: A Sketch From The Early New England Families Studies Project American Ancestors Magazine, Volume 14.2, New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston, Massachusetts, 2013, p. 19 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.6 Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Edward Clap in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001, p. 76-81 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/i/7373/76/22175246
↑ Williams, Alicia Crane. John Capen (m. 1637) : p. 1 in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700, (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 5, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1851 p. 443
↑ 5.05.15.25.3 City Document 59: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Dorchester Births, Marriages and Deaths, To the End of 1825, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890, p. 1: 26: 30: 100: 123
↑Will of John Alderman in: Essex Antiquarian, Volume 7, Salem, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 79-80 or Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. John Alderman in Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 21 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
↑ Stott, Clifford. Humphrey Blake (?1494-1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina; Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey and Wolcott (continued) in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume, 163, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009, p. 288 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
I doubt very much that this person had a middle name. She is either Prudence or Abigail. This arrangement of name in the early 1600s is a red flag that someone has tried to make conflicting data fit one person.
The Ancestry trees have steered you incorrectly. Prudence Clap, d/o Nicholas married Edward Clapp. they did not have a daughter Anne.
The Ancestry trees have steered you incorrectly. Prudence Clap, d/o Nicholas married Edward Clapp. they did not have a daughter Anne.
I'm disconnecting and proposing a merge.
Related G2G discussion: http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/212967/pgm-immigrants-the-great-migration-calls-them-clap-not-clapp