Nehemiah Clap, 1646-1684 (Edward), 1646-1684
from The Clapp Memorial. Record of the Clapp Family in America … Ebenezer Clapp, compiler. (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1876)
Nehemiah, son of Edward and Prudence Clapp, was born about September, 1646. He married, April, 1678, Sarah Leavit (now Leavitt) daughter of John Leavitt one of the early settlers of Hingham; he lived in Hingham awhile, but not long. His wife owned the covenant in Dorchester the 29th of the fifth month, 1677, and on the 26th of the sixth month (Aug. 26), 1682, Nehemiah and his wife were dismissed from the Church in Hingham, and joined the Church in Dorchester. He died April 2, 1684, aged 38 years. After her husband’s death and previous to November 30, 1689, Sarah married Samuel Howe, of Sudbury. Her father was a tailor by trade, and a great landholder; he, in connection with Capt. Joshua Hobart, Lieut. John Smith and Nathaniel Baker, bought a tract of land beyond Providence, fifteen miles square, called by the Indians Twanckoc; also with Hobart and Smith a piece of land six miles square, called “Pennycooke;” he owned a quarter of the former, and a third of the latter purchase.
[Will of Nehemiah is given.]
Children of Nehemiah and Sarah (Leavitt) Clapp:
Edward, b. Dec. 20, 1678; d. Feb. 1, 1679.
Edward, b. Dec. 9, 1680; d. Dec. 3, 1733.
Submit, b. Aug. 2, 1683. She removed to Sudbury, and m. Joseph Britnall, of that place, March 20, 1708. She survived him and was m. to Richard Taylor, of Sudbury, July 23, 1741, she then being about 58 years of age. She m. a third husband Nov. 30, 1755; d. Jan. 29, 1759, and was buried in Stow, Mass.