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Clap, Thomas

Male Abt 1708 - 1767  (~ 59 years)


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  1. 1.  Clap, Thomas was born about 1708 in Windham, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 6 Aug 1704 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 7 Jan 1767 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in YALE COLLEGE CHAPEL.

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    Nathan Whiting
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    Nathan Whiting (b. 4 May 1724 , Windham, Connecticut - d. 1771was a soldier and merchant in Colonial America .

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    Whiting's parents died while he was a child, and he was raised by father's sister Mary and her husband, Reverend Thomas Clap . Whiting would graduate from Yale in 1743 while his uncle Thomas was president of the University.[1]
    In 1745 Ensign Nathan Whiting joined the New England army being raised to capture Fortress Louisbourg from the French . After his service in King George's War , he became a merchant in New Haven, Connecticut . In 1750 Nathan married Mary Saltonstall. They would have eight children together.
    At the start of the French and Indian War , Whiting was appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Militia Regiment. During the Battle of Lake George on September 8 , 1755 , Col. Whiting's Regiment and the Massachusetts regiment of Col. Ephraim Williams were marching between Lake George and Fort Edward 14 miles away, when their column was ambushed by an army of French and their Indian allies. With the death of Col. Williams, Col. Whiting led the survivors back to Sir William Johnson 's camp at Lake George.[2] There the Colonial army held off the French attacks until men from Joseph Blanchard 's New Hampshire Provincial Regiment attacked the rear of the French army and captured the French commander Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau .
    In 1756 Whiting was promoted to full Colonel in the Connecticut militia . In 1757 his regiment was at Fort at Number 4 on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire guarding the frontier.
    After the war Col. Whiting served in the Connecticut General Assembly until his death on 9 April 1771 .[3] He is buried at the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven .

    [edit ] References
    ^ Welles, Lemuel Aiken (1900). "Letters of Col. Nathan Whiting, Written from Camp During the French and Indian War". In Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, Vol. VI, p. 133. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society.
    ^ Welles (1900), p. 139.
    ^ Welles (1900), p. 150.
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    Categories : 1724 births | 1771 deaths | People of the French and Indian War | Connecticut colonial people | Burials at Grove Street Cemetery
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    Thomas married Whiting, Mary on 23 Sep 1727 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. Mary (daughter of Whiting, Samuel and Adams, Elizabeth) was born on 24 Nov 1712 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 9 Aug 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Aug 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    1. 2. Clap, child  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1773 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    2. 3. Clapp  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died in 1734.
    3. 4. Clapp, Child - A  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    4. 5. Clapp, Child - C  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    5. 6. Clap, A Child  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Jul 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    6. 7. Clap, Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died in Apr 1735 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    7. 8. Clap, Temperance  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Apr 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Jun 1731 in Windham, Connecticut, United States.
    8. 9. Clapp, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1713 in Connecticut, United States; died on 6 Jun 1807 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
    9. 10. Clap, Child  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Aug 1736.

    Thomas married on 5 Feb 1741 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clap, child Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1773 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  2. 3.  Clapp Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died in 1734.

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  3. 4.  Clapp, Child - A Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  4. 5.  Clapp, Child - C Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  5. 6.  Clap, A Child Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Jul 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Jul 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  6. 7.  Clap, Anna Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 13 May 1734 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died in Apr 1735 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  7. 8.  Clap, Temperance Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 21 Apr 1731 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Jun 1731 in Windham, Connecticut, United States.

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  8. 9.  Clapp, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1713 in Connecticut, United States; died on 6 Jun 1807 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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  9. 10.  Clap, Child Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1736 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Aug 1736.

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