**Connected to the Thomas Bayley Family at John Bailey (1673-1752)**
Generation 1:
Thomas Clapp b. abt. 1609 at Devonshire, England; m. abt. 1638 Abigail Clapp Nee Unknown; d. 20 April 1684 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years.
Their Children:
1. Thomas b. 15 March 1639 at Weymouth, Norfolk, MA; m. 10 November 1662 Mary Fisher; d. 1691 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 51 years.
2. Increase b. abt. May 1640 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
3. Samuel b. abt. 1642 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
4. Eleazer b. abt1644 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 March 1676 at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. during King Phillip's War, aged 33 years.
5. Elizabeth b. abt 1646 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 20 April 1669 Thomas King at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1698 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 52 years.
6. Prudence abt 1648 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Thomas Clapp came in the ship that arrived on July 24th 1633, He was most likely with Nicholas and Edward. The ship had arrived from Weymouth, England. Thomas Clapp's name appears in the 1634 Town Records of Dorchester. Thomas remained in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. for a few years. He was admitted a freeman there in 1638 and then moved to Weymouth, Norfolk, MA.He had a farm near what is called the Christopher Webb place.
There is some confusion between Farmer's Genealogical Register and Dean's. Farmer's stated that he moved to Hingham and later to Scituate, and Deane's states that he held land grants in Hingham but never moved there. In Scituate, Plymouth, MA., he was Deacon of the Church in 1647. In 1641 he was involved in a theological controversy about the form of baptism with the Reverend Charles Chauncey. Clapp was one of the committee of three that sent a letter to Second Church in 1675 informing them that a reconciliation had taken place after a 33 year controversy.
Thomas was Deputy to the Court in 1649 and overseer of the poor in 1667. The farm in Scituate was on south-west of Stockbridge's millpond and later owned by Clavin Jenkins.
Generation Two:
Samuel Clapp b. abt. 1642 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 June 1666 to Hannah Gill at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1730 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA, aged 88 years.
Their Children:
1. Samuel b. 15 May 1667 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
2. Joseph b. 14 December 1668 at Scituate, Plymouth,MA; m. 17 January 1695 Abigail Allen at Braintree, Norfolk, MA
3. Stephen b. 4 March 1671 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1696 Temperance Clapp Nee Unknown; d. 11December 1756, aged 85 years.
4. Hannah b. 15 January 1673 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 December 1697 Hezekiah Woodworth at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
5. Bethia b. 1675 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 11 November 1696 Thomas Oliver at Scituate, Plymouth, MA;
6. John b. 30 September 1677 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 1702 Hannah Gill at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1730 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA aged 52 years.
7. Abigail b. 1 October 1679 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 February 1700 John Bailey at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 March 1753 at Hanover, Plymouth, MA, aged 73 years.
8. David b. November 1684 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. abt 1712 Deborah Otis at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
9. Deborah b. February 1687 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA
10. Jane b. November 1689 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m.1708 Samuel Holbrook at Scituate, Plymouth, MA.
He inherited his father's property in Scituate. He was a Representative the General Court of Massachusetts from 1692 to 1696; also in 1699, 1704-1704, 1707-1709, 1714-1715. He had been a Deputy to the Government of Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1686 and again 1690-1691. He was one of the committee chosen on 27 May 1686 to draw up their grievances and impart their apprehensions to the town concerning the new laws that day read to them. In 1682 he was one of the commissioners to settle the boundary between Scituate and Marshfield and also to divide the line between Conihassett grand and Scituate. He and John Cushing addressed a declaration to Governor Andros in 1687 . He has a grist and saw mill where the Stockbridge Mills stand.
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