Joshua Clapp (abt. 1667 - 1728)

Born about 1667 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Boyden) Clapp — married 22 Dec 1696 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Silence (Bird) Wild — married 4 Dec 1718 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1728 at about age 61 in Walpole, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Province

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Biography

He lived in that part of Dedham incorporated as the town of Walpole in 1724. He was a farmer, and of his father's estate he had one half the field near the river, bounded north by the land of his brother Thomas; two lots of cedar swamp meadow; six acres of land next to James Fales's; twelve acres of land north of Neponset River, some of it on the river ; and two cow- rights.

Birth

Joshua, son of Thomas and Mary (Fisher) Clapp, of Dedham, was born in 1667

Sources (1)

Marriages

1. Mary, daughter of Jonathan Boyden. She died May 18, 1718
2. Silence (nee Bird) Wright December 4, 1718 ( Silence Wright, widow of Dorchester. She was born Feb. 14, 1690. )

Children with Mary

1. Joshua b. 1707 d. May 6, 1802, aged 95 years.
2. Johnb. 1709 d. Feb. 21, 1775, aged 66 years. He probably never married. Being a person unable to manage his own affairs, his brother Joshua was appointed his guardian, June 13, 1745, John then being about 32 years of age.
3. Abigail m. Mr. Morse.
4. Esther m. Mr. Morse.
5. Mary m. Eleazer Robins, of Stoughton, an innholder.
6. Thankful b. 1716.

Children with Silence

1. Silence b. 1720.
2. Seth b. 1722.

Death

Date: 30 Mar 1728

Place: Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts^[1]

Burial

Place: OLD BURIAL GROUND - Walpole, Massachusetts

Probate

Joshua died intestate. In the administration of his estate, it was determined that his real estate could not be divided and was granted to Joshua Clapp the eldest son, reserving a third for the widow Silence Clapp, to revert to Joshua upon her death. Joshua was to compensate his siblings for their shares, his siblings names as: Abigail Morse, Esther Morse, Mary Robins, John Clap, Thankful, Silence and Seth Clap. The division was dated 30 December 1729 and signed by Joshua Clap, Ezra Morse, and Samuel Bullard, witnessed by George Houstoun and John Boyden.^[2]

Research notes

Torrey NE Marriage sources: CLAP, Joshua (1667-1728) & 1/wf Mary BOYDEN (-1718); 22 Dec 1696; Dedham {Clapp 111; Boyden 13; Tingley-Meyers 252; Davis: Anc. of Joseph Neal 92; Farr Anc. 36, 58}

Sources

1. ↑ Walpole, Vital Records To 1850 Publication: http://www.walpole.ma.us/hhisdocvitalrecords.htm
2. ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 5612: Distribution

(1) Clapp, Ebenezer, The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHX-Y998 : 31 October 2019), Joshua Clap and Silence Wright, 4 Dec 1718; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.

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