Abiel Clapp's wife was Bathsheba Pratt, dau. of
Jonathan Pratt and Abigail Wood, m. 1664
Jonathan was son of:
Benajah Pratt, son of:
Joshua Pratt, who arrived in Plymouth, MA via "Ann' in 1623
Bathsheba Pratt and Abiel Clapp's son:
Lt. Asa Clapp was born in Mansfield, MA 3/15/1762; d. Portland, ME
3/22/1891. He was a volunteer in the expulsion of the British from RI on
8/25/1788. He made his fortune in West Indies trade and became the
wealthiest man in Portland and contributed money for the War of 1812.He
was a member of the ME House of Representatives 1820-23. He married
1787 Elizabeth Wendell Quincy, dau of Dr. Jacob Quincy of Boston
and his wife Elizabeth William of Boston; granddaughter of Edmund
Quincy IV and Elizabeth Wendell.
Asa Clapp and Elizabeth Wendell Clapp's daughter:
Elizabeth Williams Clapp b: 8/25/1796 Portland, ME;
d. 6/1873
Portsmouth, NH m. 5/23/1819 Levi Woodbury (b. 12/2/1789 Francetown, NH;
became Gov. of NH; Sec. of Navy under Jackson;
US Senator (D); and a Supreme
Court Justice; d. 9/4/1851, Portsmouth,
NH). Mrs. Eliz. Williams (Clapp)
Woodbury was a "friend of Mrs. Van
Ness, and one called her 'the most
popular woman who was ever in Washington." The couple had five children.
Asa and Eliza's son:
Asa William H. Clapp, b. 1805, Portland, ME;
represented ME in the
30th Congress of the US.; d. Portland, ME
3/22/1891. He married Julia
Margaretta Dearborn, dau. of Gen. Henry
Alexander Scammell
Dearborn (1783-1851; US Rep from MA; public official in MA; author; Mayor of
Roxbury; and army officer.
Asa H. Clapp and Julia Margaretta had a daughter:
Mary J. E. Clapp. I have a copy of her will in which she directs funds
and linens to the Maine General Hospital in the names of herself, her parents
and Clapp grandparents. She bequeths a pew to the First Parish church in
Portland
in the names of herself, her parents and Clapp grandparents. Funds
are
donated to the Portland Female Orphan Asylum. She directs that a
building be constructed on a block in Portland ("facing Congress Street") to
memorialize her father Asa William H. Clapp and grandfather Asa
Clapp A room in that building would house portraits and other momentos
that belonged these honorees. She also mentioned in the will certain articles
that belonged to her Great-grandfather Gen. Henry Dearborn (father of
Gen. Henry Scammell Dearborn).
Sources
"Geneological Sketches of the Woodbury Family—Its Intermarriages and Connections," by Charles Levi Woodbury, 1908
Clapp family Bible information provided by Elizabeth Blair Douglas
"Geneological Record of Plymouth Families," p. 209
"Who's Who in America;" "20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Noteable Americans," Vol. 11, p. 209
"American Biographical Library; The Twentieth Cenury Biographical Dictionary of Noteable Americans," Vol. 3;
"Daughters of America;" "Women of the Century," chapter IV: "Women Leaders in
Society, Cornelia Van Ness" p. 124
Last Will and Testiment of
Mary J.E. Clapp
"Clapp Memorial" by Ebenezer Clapp, 1876; NEHGS