Thomas Clapp, IV

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1 NAME /Clap/
2 SOUR S001898
3 PAGE http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/1869/1869_129.html
3 DATA
4 TEXT THO. CLAP of Dedham & HANNAH FELTCH of Western wear Joyned in Marriage in said Weston January 4, 1714/5 Wm. Williams minister of ye Gospel in Sd Weston. " Thus the trail of our family history traces back to Weston, thence to Reading, and Gloucester, Mass.



THO. CLAP of Dedham & HANNAH FELTCH of Western wear Joyned in Marriage insaid Weston January 4, 1714/5 Wm. Williams minister of ye Gospel in SdWeston. " Thus the trail of our family history traces back to Weston,thence to Reading, and Gloucester, Mass.

Thomas Clapp IV died Feb. 8, 1741, Dedham, Massachusetts.

Was Guardian of his brother Stephen and 5 sisters, Mary, Deborah,Mehitable, Hannah, Elizabeth.

Was a blacksmith by trade, but also engaged in farming.

Inventory of his estate given as L5,105.

Data mostly from Vital Records, but also see;

" The Clapp Family in America " by Ebenezer Clapp;

" Lewis Family " Dedham Historical Register, by Frederick Lewis Gay

Thomas married Hannah (iii) Felch 4 Jan 1714/1715, Reading, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Felch, Sr. and Elizabeth Gowing) was born 3 Aug 1692, Reading, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died Apr 1780, Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]