William Clap

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In brief

Born about 1565 in Sidbury, Devonshire, England. He married September 11, 1593, in Sidmouth, Devonshire, England. He died about March 1640[1641] near Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England.

Family

Father

Richard Clapp

Mother

____

Spouse

Johan Channon

m. 1593

Children

Jane Clap · in this line
b. Abt. 1597 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
d. August 2, 1668, in Dorchester, Massachusetts
William Clap
b. Abt. 1600 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
m. Dorothy Gray, October 10, 1633
d. 1636 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
Robert Clap
b. Abt. 1603 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
Edward Clap
b. Abt. 1605 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
m. Prudence Clapp
m. Susanna Cockerill
d. January 8, 1664, in Dorchester, Massachusetts
John Clap
b. Abt. 1607 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
Roger Clap
b. Abt. April 1609 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
m. Joanna Ford
Sarah Clap
b. Abt. August 1611 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
m. Nicholas Clapp around 1636
d. Abt. 1648

Siblings

Full siblings — children of Richard Clapp

____ Clapp
b. Abt. 1552 near Sidbury, Devonshire, England
Peter Clapp
b. Abt. 1558 near Sidbury, Devonshire, England
m. Thomasine ____
d. 1622 in Sidbury, Devonshire, England
Robert Clapp
b. Abt. 1560 near Sidbury, Devonshire, England
d. September 10, 1629, in Venn Ottery, Devonshire, England
Mary Clapp

Half-siblings — children of Richard Clapp and Christian ____

Nicholas Clapp
b. Abt. 1570 near Sidbury, Devonshire, England
m. Elizabeth ____ around 1602
d. March 14, 1631, in Venn Ottery, Devonshire, England
Eyde Clapp
m. ____ Crutchett

Sources (2)

Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1948); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/ancestryofcolone01holm : accessed 9 August 2026).
Roger Clap, Memoirs of Captain Roger Clap (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clap, 1844); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/memoirsofrogercl00clap : accessed 9 August 2026).