Person:John Clapp (29)

Name^[2]	John Clapp
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	21 Mar 1699/00	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	17 Mar 1723/24	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Estabrook (add)
Death^[1]	12 Apr 1788	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Inscriptions at Sudbury, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Vol. 61, p. 17.

Erected In Memory of Mr John Clap, who was born March 21st 1700. And died April 12th 1788; In the 89th Year of his Age.
[Note: Age 88, so born before 12 Apr 1700, i.e., birth in 1699/00. Also, since gravestone erected after calendar switch, probably new-style years. Also, based on parents marriage in 1698.]
↑ Clapp, Ebenezer. The Clapp Memorial: Records of the Clapp Family in America, Containing Sketches of the Original Six Emigrants, and a Genealogy of Their Descendants Bearing the Names; With a Supplement and the Proceedings of Two Family Meetings. (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876)
p. 213.

John Clapp [#20], s/o John Clapp and Silence ---, b. Sudbury 21 Mar 1700, d. 12 Apr 1788, m. Mar 1723 Abigail Estabrook. "He was a man of more than ordinary gifts and acquirements."