Edmund Tapp (abt. 1550 - bef. 1635)

Born about 1550 in Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 2 May 1635 before about age 85 in Bennington, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

According to the latest research by Craig Partridge, Ph.D. in "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist the parents Edmund Tapp(1592-1653) are Edmund Tapp (c.1550 - 1635) and Margaret (Unknown) (c 1550 - 1639).^[1] His father was born about 1550 in Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of Robert Tapp (1515-) and his mother is unknown.^[2] Edmund attended Caius College in Cambridgshire in 1568 when he was 18.^[3] He married about 1585 to Margaret (Unknown).^[4] The widow Margaret Tapp was buried at Chellington in Bedfordshire on 26 Apr 1639. She left a Will which mentioned her daughter Agnes Welles as well as Agnes’ husband and children.^[5]

In 1582, in the court of Common Pleas, Edmund Tappe was suing Thomas Tappe of Radwell in the parish of Felmersham, husbandman, for a debt of 20 pounds.^[6]

The “old man” Tapp, was buried at Bennignton in Hertfordshire on 2 May 1635, where the record list’s “1635 - Edmundus Tappe senex (old man) sepult: May 2nd.”[1] His estate was administered on 28 May 1635, and given to his son Edmund Tapp.^[7]

Education

From John Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses:

TAPPE, EDMUND. Admitted pensioner, (age 18) at Caius, July 14, 1568. Son of Robert, of Felmersham, Beds. School, Felmersham.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
2. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
3. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
4. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
5. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
6. ↑ http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT5/Eliz/CP40no1399/aCP40no1399Pt1fronts/IMG_0748.htm
7. ↑ Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73
8. ↑ https://archive.org/details/p1alumnicantabri04univuoft/page/200/mode/2up?view=theater

• Craig Partridge, Ph.D. "The English Origins of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April 1997) 72:65-80 and 73:65-73

Acknowledgements

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