Benjamin Clapp, 1795-1861 and Elizabeth Pierce Clapp

Benjamin Clapp, 1795-1861 and Elizabeth Pierce Clapp

No. 9026 Benjamin Clapp

from The Clapp Memorial. Record of the Clapp Family in America … Ebenezer Clapp, compiler.  (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876)

Benjamin, b. Jan. 16, 1795; d. Nov. 9, 1861; m. in 1840, Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Pierce of Dorchester.  In early life he was in mercantile business, which he relinquished, and afterwards lived upon the income of the property left him by his father.  He resided on Adams Street, Dorchester.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 9028 Elizabeth Clapp

Then the entry lists their children with dates and notes

Mary Elizabeth (died young)

Benjamin

Elizabeth Anna

Ebenezer (died young)

Stephen Pierce (died young)

Benjamin was the son of Col. Ebenezer and 2nd wife Mary Glover Clapp.

Col. Ebenezer was the son of Ebenezer and Hannah Pierce Clapp.

That Ebenezer was the son of Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, son of Nathaniel, son of Nicholas.

Nicholas was one of the early arrivals in the 1630s.

[Note portraits of Benjamin and Elizabeth are owned by Eben and Sandy Andrews]

The Ben Andrew who owns the portraits is grandson of George Clapp Andrew, son of George T. Andrew.  George Clapp Andrew was born July 8, 1868. George Clapp Andrew married Annie Bartlett Shaw of Newburyport. A son, Sumner Bartlett Andrew, was born Mar. 24, 1900 and died Sept. 1981.  Eben is a son of Sumner Bartlett Andrew and wife Eloise Singleton.

Elizabeth Anna Clapp was born March 1844, daughter of Benjamin Clapp and Elizabeth Pierce.  Benjamin Clapp was born Jan. 16, 1765, son of Colonel Ebenezer Clapp and Mary Glover.  Colonel Ebenezer Clapp was born Oct. 4, 1705, son of Ebenezer Clapp and Hannah Pierce.  Ebenezer Clapp was born Oct. 25, 1678, son of Ebenezer Clapp and Hannah Clapp.  Hannah Clapp was born Sept. 13, 1681, daughter of Lemuel Clapp and Hannah Leeds.  Samuel Clapp was born Oct 4, 1634, son of Roger Clapp and Johanna Ford.  Roger was born Apr. 6, 1609 and died June 29, 1695.

Source: Boston Directory 1873

Geo T Andrew (John Andrew & Son), engraver, 5 Temple Pl, h Auburn n Adams, Ward 16

[note Auburn was laid out under the name of Arcadia Street, Nov. 10, 1871 and is still known as Arcadia] – A Record of the Streets, Alley, Places, Etc., in the City of Boston. Boston: City of Boston, 1910.

Source: unidentified newspaper clipping:

An Old-Time Wood Engraver

George T. Andrew of Brookline Was One of Last of Old School

George T. Andrew of Brookline, formerly of Dorchester, who had died at his home after a short illness, was seventy-four years old and had always been very active up to the last year of his life.  Mr. Andrew was born in London, Eng., in 1842, and was the son of John Andrew and Mary Ann Jones.

He came to this country when a boy on a sailing vessel with his father.  At the age of thirteen he learned the art of wood engraving in his father’s shop, and when twenty-one, upon the death of his parent, became the head of one of the largest wood engraving concerns in the country.  Mr. Andrew was about the last of the old school of celebrated wood engravers.  Many of the famous art subjects and publications were made under his personal supervision.

He was a life member of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and some of his works and also his father’s were presented by him to the Museum.  For many years he was part owner in the publication known as “Our little Ones,” and associated with him at that time was “Oliver Optic.”  The firm of John Andrew & Son, Inc., of which he was for years the head, had the reputation of doing the finest work of its kind in the country.

Mr. Andrew leaves one brother, Pierce J. Andrew of Canton, and three sons, George C. and Benjamin C of Brookline and John A. Andrew of Hingham.  His wife, who before her marriage was Elizabeth Ann Clapp of Dorchester, died in May, 1914.  They were married in 1867.

Rev. Christopher Eliot, minister of Bulfinch Place Church, conducted the funeral service for Mr. Andrew, which was held this afternoon in the chapel at Forest Hills Cemetery.  Hi ministrations, which included the reading of selections from the scriptures and prayers, were supplemented by appropriate organ numbers played by Lansing Putman.  The burial in the cemetery was private.

 

 

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October 10, 2022

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