Roger CLAPP, CAPTAIN

Birth:
6 Apr 1609
Salcome Regis, Devonshire, England
Chr:
9 Apr 1609
Salcomb Regis, Devonshire, England
Death:
2 Feb 1691
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Burial:
King's Chapel bu, Gr.
Marriage:
6 Nov 1633
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Notes:
                   The Clapp Memorial 0f the Clapp Family in America by Ebenezer Clapp, pub.  1876 Boston;  The Mary and John by Kuhns, many pages:  Roger and his wife Joanna were both passengers in the "Mary and John". He joined in the Church-Colony organized at Plymouth, England in March 1619 and arrived at Nantucket, Massachusetts 30 May 1630. He settled at Dorchester. He was a proprietor , served in town offices, freeman 1634, Captain of the Militia. He was granted land in 1633 in Dorchester. Lieutenant in the Ancient and Honorable Artilery Company in 1655. Deputy from Dorchester to the General Court 1647-1671. Appointed commander of the Castle 1666. He was of the ultra-puritan school, and was intolerant of the attempted by the Antinom's and Quakers. He resigned his post at the Castle, upon the dissolution of the firsr charter in 1686, unwilling to lend his cooperation to  the tyrannical schemes of Governor Andros. He moved to Boston, where he died.

DEATH: Another record source has date as 1 Feb 1690 at Bridgeport, Dorset, England (82 years old);
BURIAL: Stone Chapel, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts;
Johanna FORD
Birth:
8 Jun 1617
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Chr:
8 Jun 1617
Bridgeport, Dorset, England
Death:
29 Jun 1695
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Burial:
29 Jun 1695
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   BURIAL: Stone Chapel, Boston, Suffolk, MA
Children
Marriage
1
Samuel * CLAPP
Birth:
11 Oct 1634
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
16 Oct 1708
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Hannah LEEDS 
Marr:
18 Jan 1658
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachus 
2
William CLAPP
Birth:
5 Jul 1636
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
22 Sep 1638
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
3
Elizabeth * CLAPP
Birth:
22 Jun 1638
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
25 Dec 1711
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Joseph HOLMES 
Marr:
1660
Probably in, Suffolk Co., Mass 
4
Experience CLAPP
Birth:
23 Aug 1640
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
1 Nov 1643
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
5
Waitstill CLAPP
Birth:
22 Oct 1641
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
9 Aug 1643
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
6
Preserved * CLAPP, "CAPT."
Birth:
23 Nov 1643
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
20 Sep 1720
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Sarah NEWBERRY 
Marr:
4 Jun 1668
Berkshire, Windsor, Massachuse 
7
Experience CLAPP
Birth:
21 Dec 1645
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
8
Hopestill * CLAPP
Birth:
6 Nov 1647
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
2 Sep 1719
Susanna SWIFT 
Marr:
18 Feb 1672
Dorcester, Dorchester, Massach 
9
Wait * CLAPP
Birth:
17 Mar 1649
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
3 May 1717
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Jonathan SIMPSON 
Marr:
3 Apr 1673
Charlestown, Connecticut 
Notes:
                   One family record had birth place as Northhampton, , Massachusetts;
10
Thankful CLAPP
Birth:
25 Aug 1650
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
Dorchester, Suffolk, Ma, Died Young
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Line 6501 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    DEAT DATE  D YOUNG

Line 6501 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
    DEAT DATE  D YOUNG
11
Desire CLAPP
Birth:
17 Oct 1652
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
Nov 1717
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
12
Thomas CLAPP
Birth:
29 Apr 1655
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
1670
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
13
Unite CLAPP
Birth:
13 Oct 1656
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
20 Mar 1664
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
14
Supply CLAPP
Birth:
30 Oct 1660
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death:
5 Mar 1686
 
Marr:
 
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Roger Clapp, Captain - Johanna Ford

Roger Clapp, Captain was born at Salcome Regis, Devonshire, England 6 Apr 1609. His parents were William Clapp and Johana Channon.

He married Johanna Ford 6 Nov 1633 at Dorchester, Dorset, England . Johanna Ford was born at Dorchester, Dorset, England 8 Jun 1617 daughter of Thomas (2) Ford and Elizabeth Charde .

They were the parents of 14 children:
Samuel * Clapp born 11 Oct 1634.
William Clapp born 5 Jul 1636.
Elizabeth * Clapp born 22 Jun 1638.
Experience Clapp born 23 Aug 1640.
Waitstill Clapp born 22 Oct 1641.
Preserved * Clapp, "Capt." born 23 Nov 1643.
Experience Clapp born 21 Dec 1645.
Hopestill * Clapp born 6 Nov 1647.
Wait * Clapp born 17 Mar 1649.
Thankful Clapp born 25 Aug 1650.
Desire Clapp born 17 Oct 1652.
Thomas Clapp born 29 Apr 1655.
Unite Clapp born 13 Oct 1656.
Supply Clapp born 30 Oct 1660.

Roger Clapp, Captain died 2 Feb 1691 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .

Johanna Ford died 29 Jun 1695 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .