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Author: MarlaL
Surnames: SIMPSON, CLAPP, DAVIS
Classification: queries
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Would you please post the page # or image # for the Amos Davis you found in the 1840 Census in DuPage County, Illinois? The only people with the surname Davis that I can find in that county are: Samuel, Silvester and James D. The Amos Davis found in Stephenson county cannot be the father of Amos Davis who married Mary Jane Scott. The three people listed in the Amos Davis household in 1840 Brewster Precint of Stephenson County are a male aged between 20 and 30, a female between 15 and 20 and a female under 5. There is no question in my mind that this is Amos Davis and Mary Jane Scott. Their ages fit spot on. I am also certain the female under 5 is Mary Ann Simpson, the foster daughter they raised who was the daughter of Lyman Simpson and Mary Ann Clapp.
Last night I found the book "The History of Stephenson County, Illinois containing ... biographical sketches ... war record ... statistics ... portraits of early settlers ... history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, &c. ...
Published 1880 by Western Historical Co. in Chicago ."
The end of the first paragraph of pg. 258 which has listed some of the settlers of Stephenson county arriving in 1839 states, "...and a noble army of enterprising martyrs, whose names and records have been forgotten in the whirl of events." This book written only 40 years after Mary Ann Simpson's birth clearly suggests that not all of the early settlers of Stephenson county are known. Here is a link to the history: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL271472M/The_History_of_Stephenson_County_I...
Also the book Place Names of Illinois By Edward Callary available at google books states on pg. 379 about the town Winslow: "... Post office established Sept. 26, 1837, as Bewster's Ferry; changed to Winslow April 2, 1845."
We do know that on 28 Feb 1838 Lyman Simpson was a citizen of Illinois as he joined other citizens of Illinois, praying the passage of a pre-emption law, and the incorporation of certain provisions therein. This was in regard to land ownership and rights. This record can be accessed through Heritage Quest "Search U.S. Serial Set." I searched the name Lyman Simpson enclosed in quotes. We don't know exactly when Lyman Simpson and Mary Ann Clapp left New York except that son Enos P. Simpson born 18 Nov 1833 was born in New York and the next child a daughter named Elvira was born about 1837 in Illinois. We don't know exactly where Lyman and Mary Ann (Clapp) Simpson settled except that family tradition has Mary Ann Simpson their daughter being born in Brewster, Stephenson County and I think their is sufficient proof that her foster parents Amos and Mary Jane Davis were in Brewster, Stephenson County in 1840. Yes, Lyman Simpson and his other 4 children were enumerated in DuPage !
County when the census was taken in 1840. Was that where they lived. I don't know. It is also possible that they were on their way to Indiana as Lyman Simpson married again in Wells County, Indiana in April 1841. I am trying to keep an open mind and check for new records for both Stephenson and DuPage Counties.
There would not be a probate in Stephenson County for Amos Davis the foster father of Mary Ann Simpson because he didn't die their. He died in Utah. I have checked both Stephenson County and DuPage county for the grave of Mary Ann Clapp Simpson and am sure that if a headstone ever existed, it is long gone.
Lyman Simpson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I do not know the religeous affiliation of the Amos Davis and Mary Jane prior to their joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints later in 1840. Mormon missionaries were in Stephenson county at the time of their baptism into that church.
Lyman Simpson and Mary Ann Clapp most likely married in Wyoming, Genesee or Erie County New York. I am almost certain that she is the daughter of Adolphus Clapp and his wife Hannah. Who were early settlers of the mentioned New York Counties.
I hope this helps.
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Author: marywrenn
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Absolutely, they have to be the most confusing family found.
email me and I will send you a little help.
mwellis(a)triad.rr.com
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Author: PeRantz29
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Hello, Mary,
Thank you for the info. My gr-grandfather was a Clapp as well as both my gr-gr grandparents. Are other people as confused as I have become trying to follow the lines of the two brothers?
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Here is a book I found.
The Clapp Memorial Record of the Clap Family in America
Ebenezer Clapp Compiler
David Clapp and Son Pub.
564 Washington St. Boston 1876
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Author: marywrenn
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Email Donna Bonds at jodobonds(a)aol.com , she has a Clapp book she sells.
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Author: PeRantz29
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Could someone tell me if there is a printed Clapp genealogy starting with descendants of Johann Jost Klapp? My gr-grandfather was a Clapp as well as both his parents and generations back. Is there anyone who could give me the correct listing of children of these brothers? I'm so confused now I don't know what children belong to what brother.
I would really appreciate some help to this very confusing issue.
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Author: jamison1fan
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My ancestor, John Sylvester Keleher, married a woman named Mary Ruth Clapp in 1917, and I was wondering if A) anyone on this board is a descendent of the two, and B) Mary Ruth Clapp was related in some way to actor Gordon Clapp. Any responses, for now, would need to go to my email address, Survivor1fan1982(a)yahoo.com with the subject line Clapp genealogy. Thanks.
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