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Captain Roger Clapp

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  • Name Roger Clapp 
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 6 Apr 1609  Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Biographical Information Roger is honored on the Watertown, Massachusetts Founder's Memorial. 
    Watertown Founders Monument - Roger Clapp.
    Watertown Founders Monument - Roger Clapp.
    The left side panel shows the landing of Roger Clapp. In a friendly greeting with the natives they exchange a biscuit and a bass.
    Roger Clapp Landing Site.
    Roger Clapp Landing Site.
    The monument to the landing of Roger Clapp in 1630, along the banks of the Charles River. Located on Charles River Road. Erected by the Historical Society of Watertown in 1947.


    The words on the plaque were taken from Roger Clap's journal...


    "We went up the Charles River, until the river grew narrow and shallow, and there we landed our goods with much labor and toil, the bank being steep; and night coming on, we were informed that there were hard by us three hundred Indians. One Englishman, that could speak the Indian language (an old planter) went to them and advised them not to come near us in the night; and they harkened to their counsel, and came not. In the morning, some of the Indians came and stood at a distance off, looking at us, but came not near us. But when they had been a while in view, some of them came and held out a great bass towards us; so we sent a man with a biscuit, and changed the cake for the bass. We had not been there many days, (although by our diligence we had got up a kind of shelter to save our goods in,) but we had order to come away from that place which was about Watertown, unto a place called Mattapan now Dorchester, because there was a neck of land fit to keep our cattle on."
    Library book: The Clapp Memorial 005-000 
    Died 2 Feb 1691  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 7 siblings 
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    Person ID I5677  Nagel
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2015 

    Father William Clapp,   b. Abt 1565, Sidbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 1 Mar 1640, Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Johan Channon,   b. Abt 1570, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5 Aug 1629, Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F1935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Johanna Ford,   b. 8 Jun 1617, Bridport, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1695, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1633 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Clapp,   b. 11 Oct 1634, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1708, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     2. William Clapp,   b. 5 Jul 1636,   d. 22 Sep 1638  (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
     3. Elizabeth Clapp,   b. 22 Jun 1638,   d. 25 Dec 1711  (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
     4. Experience Clapp,   b. 23 Aug 1640,   d. 1 Nov 1640  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     5. Waitstill Clapp,   b. 22 Oct 1641,   d. 9 Aug 1643  (Age 1 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Preserved Clapp,   b. 23 Nov 1643, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1720  (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
     7. Experience Clapp,   b. Dec 1645  [Birth]
    +8. Hopestill Clapp,   b. 6 Nov 1647,   d. 2 Sep 1719  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
     9. Wait Clapp,   b. 17 Mar 1649,   d. 3 May 1717, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     10. Thanks Clapp,   b. Jul 1651  [Birth]
    +11. Desire Clapp,   b. 17 Oct 1652, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1717, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
     12. Thomas Clapp,   b. Apr 1655,   d. 1670  (Age ~ 14 years)  [Birth]
     13. Unite Clapp,   b. 13 Oct 1656,   d. 20 Mar 1664  (Age 7 years)  [Birth]
     14. Supply Clapp,   b. 30 Oct 1660,   d. 5 Mar 1686  (Age 25 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F1949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart