Show t I Ii i. i 5 I I S f r r t t 1 w Ij I j 1 IL c Jl J. J 11 ir I l' l t il fl f Jk rl I ij AL A i ic 9 t ii ll r c 1 L. v i 5 U R t i THE CLAPP FAMILY f T. T c Back to lo a Danish Noble Seated Noble Seated at S Surrey and Devonshire Devon Devon- DeVOl- DeVOl f 1 shire for Centuries Five Centuries Five Five New England Pilgrims Served Pilgrims Served Served l Their Country Loyally One Loyally One One Custodian of Fort Independence ence Responded ence-Responded Responded to Livingston Alarm Enough Enough Ro Romance Roo Ro- Ro o mance to Enliven the Tale Talc Arms Arms Illustrated Those of Pil Pilgrim Pi- Pi ff Generosity and Military F Fortitude grim Fathers Symbolize Fathers Symbolize p t 4 ii BY OH IJ nobles at the Ono Omme Ole of or tIme the D Danish nish j of or Canute or Cnut 10 0 O was wasi i- i 01 0 Clapa and anti from Crom cnut him Clapham y t SUITe Surrey Is supposed etl to 10 be named ClapI Clapham Clap Clap- I J ham or ii 0 helm hem means the lie home of Iti Clapa Claim and amid l there thele the family have been sealed during all al these centuries Devonshire Doi De Do- J i is another where they hc po possessed time the estate 0 of of Salcombe Sal Sal- combe Regis b i Is one pet haps the only I variation of or the name name i. i Richard Clapp and amid his a of Devonshire were vete Iho lie parents o of five I Now New ow England pilgrims noser Roger who came caine over In and amid helped to lo toI 1 1 with Edward found Dorchester Mass wih John lohin and anti Nicholas Thomas who whoso whose e I name miame Iame appears appear on nit the records o of Scituate ate alc Mass s Ma-s 1633 Salcombe ne Regis h Is always alwa's given as tIme tho homo of Roger I Uio ta pilgrim 1 wh where c ho was iian born April G.- G. 1609 Put this t date tale down on your OUI fumi family chart It I looks well weH although h we should have hav i been obliged if we could make male It il a century earlier say earlier sy earler-sy say born banI 1599 or 1600 But we cant can't always our ancestor as we wo would or them toe a chalk chalk Obstinate they always are arc and will willbe wi be he in some matters i Roger Hoger had maters a nephew John son o oCr of oC r John o of Devonshire an and there Is now E. E In Imi the lie Massachusetts archives record of the power 0 of attorney given ghchi b by him i. i to his uncle undo Roger As lieutenant captain selectman p i and deputy to to the general court Roger flog Rog 1 J er served ell his 1118 country countr Those e times when no one was exempt from I J l' l military dut duty except timorous pcr- pcr r ton bons of or whom hom the they are uie few Cew ott Captain Roger never hoVer unlisted any but bUl pious plow as well wel as Wi brave men hut but sonic somo things arc aro often oUen requited u of him him I which hl h grievous nul to his pious soul loul He lie le was so 80 much beloved ot that during his severe Ines Illness the town held helda hell a ua fast tast to beg his life of God an and amid r- r thanksgiving upon hl his recovery For twenty one years ear he was captain or Ul custodian of the tho castle in Boston noton I harbor hm since called Fort Foit ence The llie Il record of his retirement nt T from Im I'm dut duty h is given under lder date dale of Sep P. P f tate I Jl 21 t t 7 Captain c Clapp l il leaves s tho ho castle caste About utin nino guns tired ut at his going ol off ott It I scents that Captain Captin CIa Clapp Chapp III I 1 Is not hot come away but Lut Captain th OI und anti LI Lieutenant l Thomas Savage I did ld this day there receive their com coin 11 missions t Roger Hoger had hat a 0 pretty romance to romance lo re return tot to re- t. t turn to tu his early three days amui ant a ami years after reaching Ills his hil new hume home ho lie limit hud it z accumulated enough to lo make a u little littler r home hume for Cor Johanna Ford who with 4 I Item her father aLlies Thomas and moth mother wih hadi had i cummie ovet 01 on on the thc sammie same shut ship with rt Roger Hogel Johanna was aa good goot and as us 1 pi ty as good Her photograph has haM not Hot been preserved so no one can contradict when we lc bestow tow beauty i y upon the time maiden malten it iDa Hla may have havo been f her hues only dower J Th The Thu date tato of ot tiui marriage was Not No- No t C G 1633 Here u again is something some thing tangible for or the the family chart Camly r Tho ho present writer wrier may seem c m elated by hy dates Perhaps so but so-but lut Io-lut but I if nut not quite Iule as Important as grandI grand grand- I fathers father's they are almost as Interest interest- ing lug I Roger was wa thc Ito proud father aLlies of or 15 Hi children J Experience who died young and amid was succeeded by another Experience Preserved I- I and Watt Wall who married Jonathan Joan Jona s. s than Simpson When Walt was ivan balm bap her father explained he lie had chosen this name minnie because ho lie bc- bc that the reign of Christ anti F- F r would soon bo be ovum und that hint the she would live hird or wall wait lo 0 ec the tiny day Thanks had the ingratitude to tile dlo early in iii her hem career Unite lived through eight happy summers and amud passed away Desire Doire lived d to the Iho unrOmantic un- un rOmantic nt age of 05 15 Supply a youth of great promise was accidentally accidentally accident accident- ally killed when 26 at the castle where he was gunner I Fifteen children was the average In Inmany man many Clapp homos homes of colonial t times linen I und In lii one family we tint find this quota 4 of whom 13 became heads of families I r Their names Lorenzo Algernon i Clymene Clarissa with wilh Submit Sub Sub- mit bringing up the roar rear Submit have had despondent moments wishing that he too were worthy of tome sonic high ture turo he may have soliloquized 1 if I were an ami Algernon or am a 4 Lorenzo I could write odes ode or j a lo to my lads lady's eyebrows t However it Is just as well not to tor r y him Ha Us was as probably ovary ver Anti and condition i te his 1 vr y im lie V I iu It II a niu useful citizen than ho could possibly have been as lie Iho author of sonnets galore TIm Tho Clapps of today have no trouble in iii proving eligibility to I membership mem with any patriotic for thou their forefathers were ivete always ready to shoulder nuns arms at their helm country's call Preserved wa was n a favorite Christian name nanie anti and ono one titus thus called for his father grandfather and amid grunt groat grandfather grandfather grand grand- father who was ivan Roger the son served in lii the old French war as surgeon and amid he lie was Inventor of a gun carriage used in iii the Revolution Ills His home was in imi Amherst Joseph of the fifth generation from Roger linger was captain of militia In Iii colonial colonial col col- onial wars anti and In lie Revolution He lie married Hannah Lyman of the well well- known family TIm The Lexington Alarm aroused Caleb Clap one p If it you please and auth he was one of the heroes who found that hint thu 1119 of duty hut was vas also the lie way of glory and amid ho he wits was advanced ad ad- front from honor to honor sergeant sergeant major lieutenant and captain cap cap- taut tain serving till time the end or of time the Revo lution Others of the Massachusetts family were Captain Earl Ear I and amid Lieu LIcu- tenant Ebenezer both scorned scorn scorn- ed 01 the airs which an aim unnecessary letter let let- ter tet might add lo to their name and rotc themselves Clap Daniel Clapp Clapp the themore more letters in his name the better bettem was from New v Hampshire The coat arms Illustrated Is that of Roger the he pilgrim father and Is blazoned vance gules and argent a quarter azure charged with the lie sun or 01 Crest a pike proper The Tho heraldic significance of the metals or and argent Js Is respectively generosity and amid elevation of mind anti and Pence peace and amid sincerity Gules a much prized color denotes military fortl- fortl tude courage and magnanimity azure symbolizes be I izes loya loyalty I 3 truth antI and i Integrity mm t earl ty According to heraldic writers s of the sixteenth century or om symbolizes tho thit sun or sol anti and is represented by the precious stone topaz argent tIm tho moon or at Lumia and ani thi the pearl gules Mars and the tho ruby azure Jupiter and time the sapphire Tim The pike or luce Is lie tho oldest example ex cx- ample of a fish in iii heraldry Shake Shake- Justice Shallow bore boro three luces When the fish Is as it Is called Those who desire to procure family genealogical ma m Information Lion pedigrees or lineages should correspond with lie Iho Genealogical Society of Utah Anthon H. H Lund president Ills His torian's office Salt Lake City k |