Richard Clapp

Richard married Christian Clapp about 1558 in Sidbury, Devon, England. Christian was born in 1530 in Sidbury, Devon, England; died on 25 Jul 1609 in Sidbury, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Johanna Channon on 11 Sep 1593 in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England. Johanna (daughter of Robert Channon) was born in 1573 in Sidmouth, Devon, England; died in Aug 1629 in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England; was buried in St. Peter and St. Mary Churchyard, Salcombe Regis, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155523224/nicholas-clapp

Nicholas married Elizabeth Pile in 1603 in Devon, England. Elizabeth was born in 1579 in Harpford, Devon, England; died on 24 Mar 1631 in Harpford, Devon, England; was buried in St Gregory’s Church, Harpford, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edward came to Dorchester,MA about 1633, wher his brother, Capt. Roger Clapp had already settled in May 1630. Edward was made freeman 07 Dec 1636, Selectman 1637, Deacon for about 25 years at Dorchester,MA. His wife, Prudence, had brothers; John, Nicholas, and Thomas, who all settled in Massachusetts in the 1630's.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37480129/edward-clap

Edward married Prudence Clapp in 1633 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Prudence (daughter of Nicholas Clapp and Elizabeth Pile) was born about 1615 in Sidbury, Devon, England; died on 16 Jun 1688 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Member of Ancient and Honorable Artilley Company of Boston

The Great Migration Begins: Sketches
Roger came on the ship Mary and John which arrived at Nantasket, Massachusetts on May 30 1630. His future wife Joanna Ford and family was on the same ship. He was one of the first settlers at Dorchester,in 1630. He was admitted into the church fellowship at the first beginning in Dorchester in the Year 1630. He was a Proprietor of Dorchester. A Freeman May 14 1634,and Selectman 1637, which he held 14 times. He took command of the Fort in Aug 1665 and was appointed Captain of the Castle (the island fortifications to protect Boston). He continued in that office for 21 years. He later moved to Boston in 1686. Roger married Joanna Ford on November 06, 1633 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
He was the father of fourteen children:
Samuel, William, Elizabeth, Experience (born Aug 23, 1640), Waitstill,Preserved, Experience (born Dec 1645), Hopestill, Wait, Thanks, Desire, Thomas, Unite and Supply Clap

Roger married Joanna Ford on 6 Nov 1633 in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Joanna (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde) was born in 1617 in Bridgeport, Dorset, England; died on 28 Jun 1695 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48975944/redegon-capen

Redegon married Captain John Capen on 20 Oct 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John (son of Barnard Capen and Joan Purchase) was born on 26 Jan 1613 in Dorset, England; died on 6 Apr 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37480148/prudence-clap

Prudence married Deacon Edward Clapp in 1633 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Edward (son of William Clapp and Johanna Channon) was born in 1605 in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England; died on 8 Jan 1663/1664 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ezra was made "freeman" in Dorchester, Ma, in 1666 and lived there for a few years after the death of his father in 1665. His father left him land which was situated in Milton, MA, which had been incorporated as a separate town 7 May 1662. Milton previously constituted a part of Dorchester, which embraced within its limits the present towns of Stoughton, Canton, Sharon, and parts of Wrentham and Foxborough. Ezra and his family moved to his inherited land in Milton perhaps as early as 1667 and joined the church which was established there in 1678. About 1712, he built a mill on Neponset River at the request of some of his neighbors. This project was beneficial to the town, and he was granted as much water from the river as was needed for his mill. Ezra and his first wife Abigail (Pond) Clapp had seven children, all born in Milton, MA:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63436206/ezra-clapp

Ezra married Abigail Pond about 1666 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of William Pond and Mary Dyer) was born on 5 Mar 1645/1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1682 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezra married Experience Houghton on 22 May 1684 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Experience (daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe) was born on 1 Aug 1659 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1717 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/283244026/mary-pitcher

Mary married Nathaniel Pitcher on 8 Jul 1684 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Andrew Pitchard and Margaret Russell) was born on 18 Feb 1652 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Jan 1736 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8650621/nathaniel-pitcher

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27219301/abigail-tilden

Abigail married David Tilden on 11 Jan 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. David (son of Stephen Tilden and Hannah Little) was born on 16 Nov 1685 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jul 1756 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116313131/sarah_hannah-wadsworth

Sarah married Ensign George Wadsworth on 17 Jun 1720 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. George (son of Deacon Ebenezer Wadsworth and Mary) was born on 16 Mar 1699 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died in Feb 1778 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Elhanan Lyon, Jr. on 7 Dec 1734 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Elhanan (son of Elhanan Lyon and Meredith Wyatt) was born on 7 Jun 1714 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1751 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married James Endicott on 9 Jan 1752 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. James was born on 10 Mar 1696 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Oct 1768 in Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Apr 1775, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; American Revolution Alarm of Lexington - 19 Apr 1775 Dorchester Heights - Mar 1776 Squanton(The Moon)- 13 Jun 1776 He served in the American Revolution as a Private in Capt. Peter Talbot's Company in Col. Lemuel Robinson's Regiment, which marched on the alarm of 19Apr1775, he served 5 days. On 04Mar1776, Recompense, 5 days in Capt. Simeon Leech's Company of Guards which marched from Stoughton,MA at the time of the fortification of Dorchester Heights. In Capt. Robert Swans Co. under Col. Benjamin Gill's Regiment, Recompense, served 3 days and marched with the Company from Stoughton to Squanton(The Moon) 13Jun1776 after the British Fleet left Boston Harbor.

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173251217/recompense-wadsworth

Family/Spouse: Hannah Pain. Hannah died on 12 May 1759 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Recompense married Abigail Lyon on 21 Feb 1760 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Elhanan Lyon, Jr. and Hannah Tilden) was born on 29 May 1741 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Feb 1784 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John served as a private in Capt Peter Talbot's company, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment, marching on the alarm of 19 April 1775, with six days service. He also served for two short periods in March 1776, being with the Stoughton unit that marched on Dorchester Heights and Braintree. Because of his 1776 military service, he could not have been the John Wadsworth who died in Milton, Mass. 11 Dec 1775. A published book about the Wadsworth family says that John died of disease during the Revolutionary War.

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Served in the French and Indian War, 1762 in Capt Timothy Hamants
Company

Elhanan married Rebecca Belcher on 10 Nov 1757 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Samuel Belcher and Mary Pufler) was born on 6 Jun 1738 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1762; French and Indian Wars Capt Timothy Hamants Co.

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Served in the French and Indian War, 1762 in Capt Timothy Hamants
Company

David married Abigail Belcher on 13 Sep 1759 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Belcher and Mary Pufler) was born on 8 Oct 1740 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262429860/abigail-wadsworth

Abigail married Recompense Wadsworth on 21 Feb 1760 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Recompense (son of Ensign George Wadsworth and Sarah Pitcher) was born on 12 Feb 1729 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Aug 1798 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1762, 1775-1778, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; French and Indian War American Revolution Alarm of Lexington - 19 Apr 1775 Dorchester Camp 1775

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Served in the French and Indian War, 1762 in Capt Timothy Hamants
Company, aged 17 years.
Lyon, Theophilus, Stoughton.2d Lieutenant, Capt. Asahel Smith's
(Stoughton) co. of militia, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days; also,
Lieutenant, Capt. William Bent's co.; return of [p.99] Gen. Heath's
regt., dated May 20, 1775; company stationed at Dorchester Camp; also,
Capt. Bent's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1,
1775; engaged April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, Capt.
Bent's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Oct. 5, 1775;
also, Captain, 9th co. (South co. of 1st Parish in Stoughton), Col.
Benjamin Gill's (3d Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of
officers chosen in said regiment, dated Stoughton, March 22, 1776;
ordered in Council March 25, 1776, that said officers be commissioned;
reported commissioned March 23 [?], 1776; also, Captain, Col. Benjamin
Gill's regt.; service, 2 days; company marched from Stoughton to
Braintree March 22, 1776; also, Captain; pay roll of said Lyon's co.
made up for service from March 1, 1778, to April 9, 1778; company
marched to Castle Island under command of Lieut. Col. Samuel Peirce.
Theophilus was also Stoughton Town Clerk Pro Temp in Oct and Nov 1776.

Theophilus married Anne Adams on 23 Aug 1766 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Anne (daughter of William Adams and Ruth Bass) was born on 22 Aug 1745 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jan 1826 in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1774, at the age of 10, David was a member of William Billings' Sacred Music School in Stoughton, David is listed under the heading,"Singers of Counter."(possibly todays equivalant of Alto). By 1786 he was a member of the Stoughton Musical Society.

David was a charter member of the Rising Star Lodge F. & A.M Dec 1799 and present at the first meeting in Stoughton,Mass in January 1800 (also present was Paul Revere) where he was elected Senior Deacon. Today it is one of the oldest Masonic Lodges in Massachusetts.

1800 census of Canton, MA (formed from Stoughton in 1797) shows David (26-44) with one male under 10, one male 10-15, three females under 10, and one female 26-44.

David moved to Vermont about 1810, from Canton, MA where he was a farmer, along with his brother, Elisha (also from Canton).

1810 census of Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vermont shows David with two males under 10, one female under 10, two females 10-15, and female 26-44.

1820 census of Pittsford, Rutland Co.,Vermont shows David (45 and over), one female 10-15; one female 16-25; one female 45 and over (Eleanor).

1830 census of Pittsford, Rutland Co.,Vermont shows David (60-69), one female 20-29 and female 60-69 (Eleanor).

In the fall of 1831 he moved with his wife and widowed daughter, Lucy (and two children), to Fredericktown, Ohio where his children Samuel, David, and Azuba already resided. Not clear if they made it to Fredericktown before the death of their son, David. Appears several family members died between 1830 and 1832.

David was appointed Guardian of his son David's children. Court records in Knox County (Box 11, #273) receipts were submitted by David Sr. between 1834 and 1839Oct31 for purchases (shoe repairs, clothes, schooling, etc.) for Eliza and Timothy. In Oct1834 paid taxes on a schoolhouse he built in District No.1 on the property of his son, David Jr. Those expenses were approved 22Oct1840 by the court. No other guardian receipts noted. As guardian in 1837(20Feb) sold at auction property belonging to the heirs of his son, David Jr.
In June 1842, Timothy Burr and Absolom Thrift were appointed guardians of Timothy B. Wadsworth aged 16 (Eliza was over 18 at that point), which leads us to conclude that David Sr most likely died that year or before (most likely 1840).

1840 census, not found in Knox County, Ohio.



Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255222067/david-wadsworth

David married Eleanor Capen on 15 May 1788 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Eleanor (daughter of Corporal Jonathan Capen and Jerusha Talbott) was born on 18 Jun 1763 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Sep 1832 in Wayne Twp, Knox County, Ohio; was buried in Old Fredericktown Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The first Minister of the Gospel in Brookline. Ordained Pastor of the Church in this place Oct. 11. 1797

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1800 in Canton, Norfolk Co., Mass.

Elisha married Parthania Ogden on 21 Nov 1793 in Massachusetts. Parthania was born in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died in Wolcott, Wayne County, New York; was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Butler, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Never Married

Died:
Lung Fever

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1806 Pittsford, VT, Nathan was listed as a person admitted and qualified as freeman as law directs (History of Pittsford)

Dr. Nathan Wadsworth died in Bloomfield, Ontario County, NY in 1809 - probate records names widow, Rebekah.

Nathan married Rebecca Kingsley on 24 Apr 1803 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. Rebecca (daughter of Nathaniel Kingsley and Rebecca Edgerton) was born about 1780 in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]