William CLAPP

                   Moved to New England according to will of William Jr. hisbrother

Children Edward, Robert, John and Sarah added from will of William Clapof Salcombe their brother.
                  

                   Will 1678
                  

                   Will and testament of William Clap de Salcombe sonne of William Clap theElder of the Parish of Salcombe written 22 Oct 1636.  His father WilliamClapp is still alive.  All goods were ehibited on 4 Nov 1636
                  

                   The History of Marlborough page 464 gives us George and Jane, of thefirstsettlers of Dorchester as the parents of Amiel Weeks.  Research inEnglandsays that George was born there and Jane's last name isClapp. G2278 Fiche (Carlsbad) Genealogical outline of the Cram, Weekesfamilygives the following info.  Jane Clap (name originally Claps cametoDorchester Mass in 1636-7 From Salcombe Regis, Devonshire.  WifeofGeorge Weekes.  The Clap family had been in England from a remoteperiod;of Danish extraction.  Burke's Heraldic Register contains thefamily record and a description of theirarms.

G2576 says Jane was lineal descendant from Osgod Clapa, a Danish noble atthe court of King Canute or Knut. (King of England 1017-1036) The Clappfamily long possessed the estate of Salcombe Hill, at Salcombe Regis,Devon. Among the nobles at the court of Canute )or Knute) king of Denmark,whoconquered the South of England and reigned from AD 1017 to 1035 wasOsgodClapa (or Osgood Clapp) to whom he gave an estate at Salcombe Regisin the southeastern part of Devonshire.  A part of this estate is nowheld and occupied by a descendent.  All of the Weeis blood are descendedfrom Osgod Clapa, through Jane Clapp, wife of GeorgeWeekes.

Jane is sister of Roger Clap who came in the "Mary & John" abt 1630toDorchester, Mass.  Roger wa born 6 Apr1609

From Weekes Genealogy book in Exeter library - Jane Clap or Clapp wifeofGeorge Weekes was a lineal descendant from Osgod Clapa, a Danish nobleatthe court of King Canute or Knut.  The Clapp family long possessedtheestate of Salcombe Hill, at Salcome Regis, Devon 16 miles southeastfromExeter.  This estate was held in the present century by SarahClappKestell (daughter of Sarah Clapp and Dr.l James Kestell of OtterySt.Mary, Devon and wife of George Cornih, Esz.) his mother having beentheonly daughter and heir of John Clapp, Esq., whose younger brotherRobertm. Mary, d. of George Hunt and Mary Weekes, sister of John Weekes,thelast male heir of the manor of North Wyke, Devon.  The Right Rev.RobertKestell0Kestell Cornish, D. D., bishop of Madagascar, is now lordof themanor of Salcombe Hill, which is the residence of his sister,MissCornishl.

The oriinal home-lot of George Weekes has been recently 1888 identifiedbyMrl James Hl Stark, of Savin Hill avenue (Dorchester) Boston, ashavingbeen what is now the NE corner of Dorchester ave and Savin Hillavenue.It was visited by the author, in August 1888.  George Weekes mayneverhave resised on the Harvard streetlot.

Jonas Humphrey who m Jane, widow of George Weekes, was fromWendover,Bucks, England:  he landed at Dorchester, September, 1637.  Theauthor,in 1887 dined with Dea. Henry Humphreys, a descendant, thenresiding onthe original homestead, at the corner of Humphreys street andthe NY andNER Road.

The Will of Jane Humphrey formerly Jane Clap and wife of Goerge Weekes -a copy in Weeks book in Exseter made 29 Jan 1666-7.  It is signed byRoger Clap and Samuell Paull
                  

                   Came on the ship Mary and John The family may be of Danish origin:  Osgod Clapa was a Danish noble atthe court of Knut (Canute)  King of England 1017-1036. (Exeter Weeksbook)