Child of Seth Clapp & Esther Sheldon. Spouse of Hephsivah Guilford & Achsah [unk]. Revolutionary War Capt. in Jonathan Allen's Co. of Minute Men of Northampton, and was out for eight days on the Lexington alarm. He enlisted in the Army April 27, 1775 in the same company, Col. Fellows' Regiment, and served three months and 11 days. From April 1, 1777 to December 31, 1779, he was in Maj. Allen's Co. under Col. Rufus Putnam. In 1780 he was 26 years old, of dark hair and complexion, and was 5 feet 8 inches high. Member of an expedition through the northern wilderness. The expedition made an aggressive war upon the Indians and Tories. Clapp was taken prisoner, carried to Canada, and suffered great hardships. Later he took up a large tract of land in Pompey in 1818, and farmed there until his death in 1845. The Clapp homestead still exists.
∼Private, Massachusetts, Pensioner.
∼Private, Massachusetts, Pensioner.
Child of Seth Clapp & Esther Sheldon. Spouse of Hephsivah Guilford & Achsah [unk]. Revolutionary War Capt. in Jonathan Allen's Co. of Minute Men of Northampton, and was out for eight days on the Lexington alarm. He enlisted in the Army April 27, 1775 in the same company, Col. Fellows' Regiment, and served three months and 11 days. From April 1, 1777 to December 31, 1779, he was in Maj. Allen's Co. under Col. Rufus Putnam. In 1780 he was 26 years old, of dark hair and complexion, and was 5 feet 8 inches high. Member of an expedition through the northern wilderness. The expedition made an aggressive war upon the Indians and Tories. Clapp was taken prisoner, carried to Canada, and suffered great hardships. Later he took up a large tract of land in Pompey in 1818, and farmed there until his death in 1845. The Clapp homestead still exists.
∼Private, Massachusetts, Pensioner.
∼Private, Massachusetts, Pensioner.
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