Family of Roger * CLAPP and Johanna * FORD

Husband:	Roger * CLAPP (1609-1691)
Wife:	Johanna * FORD (1617-1695)
Children:	Samuel CLAPP (1634- )
	William CLAPP (1636- )
	Elizabeth CLAPP (1638- )
	Experience CLAPP (1640- )
	Waitstill CLAPP (1641- )
	Preserved CLAPP (1643- )
	Experience CLAPP (1645- )
	Hopstill CLAPP (1647- )
	Wait CLAPP (1651- )
	Thanks CLAPP (c. 1651- )
	Desire * CLAPP (1652-1717)
	Thomas CLAPP (1655- )
	Unite CLAPP (1656- )
	Supply CLAPP (1660- )
Marriage	6 Nov 1633	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US^1,2,3

Husband: Roger * CLAPP

Roger * CLAPP

Name:	Roger * CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Father:	William * CLAPP (1565-1640)
Mother:	Johanna * CHANNON (1570-1629)
Birth	2 Apr 1609	Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England
Immigration	30 May 1630 (age 21)	to Nantasket, MA, US
	Arrived on the vesel " Mary and John"
Occupation		Captain of the Castle (island fortifications of Boston)
Will	19 Nov 1690 (age 81)⁴
	beq to wife and surviving sons Samuel, Preserved, Hopestill and Desire; daus Elizabeth and Wait, and cousins Ester Bissell and Constant Dewey. He left an autobiography which has been printed and constitutes one of the most valuable memorials of the founders of New England.
Death	2 Feb 1691 (age 81)	Boston, Middlesex, MA, US⁵
Burial		King's Chapel Burying Grounds
	Boston, Suffolk, MA, US

Wife: Johanna * FORD

Johanna * FORD

Name:	Johanna * FORD
Sex:	Female
Father:	Thomas * FORD (1587-1676)
Mother:	Elizabeth * CHARDE (1589-1643)
Birth	8 Jun 1617	Bridport, Dorset, England
Baptism	8 Jun 1617 (age 0)	Bridport, Dorset, England⁶
Immigration	1630 (age 12-13)	to Nantasket, MA, US⁷
	arrived on the vessel "Mary and John"
Death	29 Jun 1695 (age 78)	Boston, Middlesex, MA, US
Burial		Kings Chapel Burying Ground
	Boston, Suffolk, MA, US

Child 1: Samuel CLAPP

Name:	Samuel CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Birth	11 Oct 1634

Child 2: William CLAPP

Name:	William CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Birth	2 Jul 1636

Child 3: Elizabeth CLAPP

Name:	Elizabeth CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	22 Jun 1638

Child 4: Experience CLAPP

Name:	Experience CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	23 Aug 1640

Child 5: Waitstill CLAPP

Name:	Waitstill CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	22 Oct 1641

Child 6: Preserved CLAPP

Name:	Preserved CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	23 Nov 1643

Child 7: Experience CLAPP

Name:	Experience CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	21 Dec 1645

Child 8: Hopstill CLAPP

Name:	Hopstill CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	6 Dec 1647

Child 9: Wait CLAPP

Name:	Wait CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	24 Mar 1651

Child 10: Thanks CLAPP

Name:	Thanks CLAPP
Sex:	Female
Birth	1651 (est)

Child 11: Desire * CLAPP

Desire * CLAPP

Name:	Desire * CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Sarah * POND (1652-1716)
Birth	17 Oct 1652	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US
Death	12 Dec 1717 (age 65)	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, US⁵

Child 12: Thomas CLAPP

Name:	Thomas CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Birth	29 Apr 1655

Child 13: Unite CLAPP

Name:	Unite CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Birth	19 Oct 1656

Child 14: Supply CLAPP

Name:	Supply CLAPP
Sex:	Male
Birth	4 Nov 1660

Note on Husband: Roger * CLAPP

member of Ancient and Honorable Artilley Company of Boston

The Great Migration Begins: Sketches

Roger came on the ship Mary and John which arrived at Nantasket, Massachusetts on May 30 1630. His future wife Joanna Ford and family was on the same ship. He was one of the first settlers at Dorchester,in 1630. He was admitted into the church fellowship at the first beginning in Dorchester in the Year 1630. He was a Proprietor of Dorchester. A Freeman May 14 1634,and Selectman 1637, which he held 14 times. He took command of the Fort in Aug 1665 and was appointed Captain of the Castle (the island fortifications to protect Boston). He continued in that office for 21 years. He later moved to Boston in 1686. Roger married Joanna Ford on November 06, 1633 in Dorchester, Massachusetts

He was the father of fourteen children:

Samuel, William, Elizabeth, Experience (born Aug 23, 1640), Waitstill,Preserved, Experience (born Dec 1645), Hopestill, Wait, Thanks, Desire, Thomas, Unite and Supply Clapp

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Bronze plaque in Watertown. Another plaque describes the scene depicted: Here landed Roger Clap and the Dorchester men, June, 1630. We went up 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 his 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, though 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. From Roger Clap’s narrative. Erected by the Historical Society of Watertown, 1947.

Note on Wife: Johanna * FORD

Joanna was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Chard Ford. Joanna and her parents immigrated on the "Mary and John" and arrived at Nantasket Massachusetts on May 30 1630. Among other passengers was her future husband Roger Clapp, who became one of the most influential men of Dorchester. Joanna and Roger married in Dorchester on November 6, 1633.

Joanna was the mother of fourteen children: