Deacon Jonathan Clap

1673 - 1724  (50 years)

• Name	Jonathan Clap
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	31 Aug 1673	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	His birth date was recorded as 31 (6) 1673.
  Married	23 Jun 1703 (Age 30)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Sarah Capen, the daughter of Bernard and Sarah Capen. She was born on 5 January 1678 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 7 September 1746 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Capen (1704-____) 2. Jonathan Capen (1705-1786) 3. Nathaniel Capen (1709-1710) 4. Nathaniel Capen (1711-1711) 5. Sarah Capen (1714-1768) 6. Noah Capen (1718-1799) 7. David Capen (1720-1787)
  Ordained	1 Mar 1718/19 (Age 46)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He was ordained a Deacon.
  History	1721  [2]
  	He was for several years a selectman and town treasurer. Jonathan owned much land and was 3/4s owner of a grist mill, called "Clap's Mill."
  Death	2 Jan 1723/24	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Burial	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Deacon Jonathan Clap who Died January ye 2d 1723-4 In ye 51 Year Of His Age
  Siblings	5 Siblings
  1. Rev. Nathaniel Clap,   b. 20 Jan 1668/69, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 30 Oct 1745, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island  (Age 76 years) + 2. Deacon John Clap,   b. 7 Apr 1671, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 26 Nov 1735, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years) ▻ Silence,  m. Abt 1699   3. Deacon Jonathan Clap,   b. 31 Aug 1673, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 2 Jan 1723/24, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)   4. Elizabeth Clap,   b. 22 May 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   5. Ebenezer Clap,   b. 25 Oct 1678, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 20 May 1750, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   6. Mehetable Clap,   b. 30 Aug 1684, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 20 Feb 1685, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I20259
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Clap,   b. 15 Sep 1640, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 16 May 1707, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1648   d. 12 Sep 1722, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1668
  Age at Marriage	He : 27 years and 6 months - She : ~ 20 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 31 Aug 1673 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Married - 23 Jun 1703 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Ordained - 1 Mar 1718/19 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Death - 2 Jan 1723/24 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Burial - - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1170] Drake, Samuel G. "Old Dorchester - Recovery of Some Materials for its History, General and Particular" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume V, 1851). [S1098] Clap, Ebenezer. "Nicholas Clap and His Descendants" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XV, 1861). [S897] anonymous. "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass. 1648-1683" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862). [S1352] Trask, William B. "Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester, Ms. 1700-1750" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume V, 1851).