Johann Jost Clapp

Johann Jost Klapp BIRTH 9 Aug 1669 Germany DEATH 1731 (aged 61–62) Oley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Oley Cemetery Spangsville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 171445568 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 28 PLANT TREES Klapp/Clapp/Clopp

He arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" 27 September 1727. He was the son of Nicholas Clapp

Family Members Spouse Anna Margaretha Stauder Klapp 1678–1780

Children Photo George Valentine Clapp 1702–1773

Photo Johann Ludwig Klop 1704–1778

Maria Elisabeth Clapp Philple 1706 – unknown

Anna Catharina Clapp Shucker 1706–1750

Anna Margaretha Clapp Coch 1710 – unknown

Maria Veronica Clapp Jaeger 1716 – unknown

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Klapp/Clapp/Clopp

He arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" on September 27, 1727, the son of Nicholas Clapp/Klapp.

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He was born on 9 Aug 1669 in Istha, Hesse, Germany, was baptized on 29 Aug 1669. Johann married Anna Margaretha [14676] [MRIN: 5261] in 1701 in Bingen, Germany. Anna was born abt 1673 in Weisenheim, Am Berg, Germany. His name is spelled Klapp on his marriage record.

The Johann and Jorg Klap families sailed out of Rotterdam, landing in Philadelphia on September 27, 1727 on the ship the James Goodwill with David Crockett as ship's master. They were part of the Protestant immigrants from Palatine area of Germany. He died in 1731 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Find a grave memorial

Our First German Clapp Generation in America:

Joseph ("Jost") Clapp, was baptized August 29, 1669, in Istha (aka: Iste), west of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. For lack of other records, this date has been used as his birth date. He is also known by other variations of his name which include Johann Jost Klapp. He used an initial when he signed his name "Joseph K. Clap" in Philadelphia in 1727. This is a guess, but the use of the initial "K" could have been the result of some variation old style naming which would have been his given name, then the surname of his father, and then the name of the clan or neighborhood of his family heritage. In his case, his heritage was the neighborhood of Bingen and the Klopp castle (Schloss Klopp). He apparently spent his early years in Istha and he was confirmed in the German Reformed faith in Istha in 1682, at about age 13.

Sometime before the birth of his children, Jost moved to Weisenheim (aka: Weistheim) am Berg, in Pfalz, Bavaria. The area's name became Rheinland-Pfalz in 1948, at the close of World War II when Germany was reorganized. Jost married Anna Margaretha, last name unknown, and the marriage was definitely not in Istha, but it could have been either before or at the time he moved to Weisenheim. All of the births of Jost's children were in Weisenheim.

In 1704, in Weisenheim, the church recorded the birth of Jost's son Jurg (George Valentine) and the municipality noted Jost paid a new resident registration fee in the fiscal year 1704-1705. Until then it's possible he was a resident of the area without the rights of citizenship, but the facts are not known. In the fiscal year 1707-08, the municipality bought corn from Jost, reimbursed him for food and drink expenses when they had him dispatch a wagon to Kallstadt, and noted Jost's sale of barley to the schoolmaster. In 1708-09, Jost sold oats to the clergyman, and in 1710-11, he sold 200 liters of wine. Jost was charged for his share of the watchman fee in 1715-16, and in then 1716-17, Jost paid the municipality for the value of fruit instead of delivering it. In 1721-22, Jost received compensation and reimbursement because the master baker died in his house.

Throughout Jost's life, the Thirty Years War was in progress. The country was devastated and over the years many, many thousands of Jost's fellow Palatinates left Germany. At the time when his oldest children began to marry, and the next oldest were apparently betrothed, Jost transported them all to America. Except when Jost's younger son, Ludwig, was in nearby Dackenheim, noted in the church entry, "for the first time to the Lord's table: Nr. 1, Johann Ludwig Klapp von Weisenheim am Berg", on June 5, 1726, persons of the name were in Weisenheim as late as April 6, 1727, when the last Klapp entry was placed in the church record.

The family group of fourteen persons made their way to Rotterdam, and from there took passage on the ship James Goodwill with David Crockett as ship's master. The captain made a stop in Falmouth, England before continuing across the Atlantic and landing in Philadelphia. On Sept 27, 1727, a total of 53 Palatine men, age 16 or over, took the Oath and signed their names signifying their subscription to The Declaration of Freedom. Six of those who swore were men from our family group, and they were: Joseph Clap, Johan Adam Philple, Jorg Valentin Clap, Johann Ludowigh Clap, Christian Miller, and Jurg Coch. The other passengers would have been Joseph's wife, his four daughters, George's wife and infant daughter, and probably an infant child of the Miller couple. After leaving Philadelphia, the family settled in the Oley Valley of Pennsylvania, in what is now Berks County.76

Research

(Research):Clapp Generations 1 & 2 in America

The Passenger List Determines the First Family Group

A total of 14 persons were on the James Goodwill, with David Crockett as ship's master, which sailed out of Rotterdam then landed in Philadelphia on Sep. 27, 1727. The names designated with "Signer" are the males 16 and over who took the Oath and signed the Declaration of Freedom.

1. Signer: Jost Klapp (John Joseph Clapp), age abt 58, and

2. his wife Anna Margaretha Unknown, age abt 54.

3. Signer: son Jurg Klapp (George Valentine), age 23, and

4. his wife, m- Aug 24, 1723, Anna Barbara Stiess, age 21; and

5. their daughter Maria Elizabeth, age 1 (godchild of Maria Eliz. and Adam Volpel).

6. daughter Maria Elizabeth , abt age 21 and her husband, whom she married Oct 29, 1726.

7. Signer: Johann Adam Philple (aka: Volpel) age abt 26. Their family wasn't started yet.

8. daughter Anna Catherina, abt age 19, and her husband whom she married abt 1726,

9. Signer: Christian Miller, and

10. probably a child, (see later), suspected by Elmo Clapp. Christian Miller died (along with the child?) soon after arrival and Anna m2- in 1728, in Oley, Berks, PA , Heinrich Schucardt (aka: Shucker), a recent widower with children.

11. daughter Anna Margaretha, age abt 17, and her husband or betrothed

12. Signer: Hans George Coch (aka: Cook).

13. Signer: son Ludwigh Klapp (John Ludwig Clapp, Sr.), age 16, single. He later married, abt 1734, Anna Margaret Strader in Oley Valley, PA.

14. daughter Maria Veronica, age 11, single. She later married Philip Carl Jaeger (aka: Hunter) in Oley, went south with George Valentine, and moved on toward the Yadkin.

• The total number in the group was 14. All but one are named. That one has to be an infant born after April, 1727, when the last church entry was made in Weisenheim. The church records have been thoroughly checked for data everywhere they lived. Jost and Margaretha were too old to have more children in Pennsylvania, so this has to be all of their children. Ludwig (John Ludwig Clapp, Sr.) and Valentine (George Valentine Clapp) are, then, the only sons to procreate the next generation of Clapp.76

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Joseph's name in German was Jost Klap (translated into English was Joseph K. Klap/ Klapp/Clapp).

Ref: Albright, Clapp, Burk Families book by Joseph H. Vance.

"The Clapp family with which we are concerned in this book (37 pages) was established in America by Joseph Clapp (Jost Klap), his wife, children and son-in-laws (John Adam Volpel(Philple), Christian Muller(Miller) & George Koch (Jorg Coch) who arrived at port of Philadelphia 27, Sept. 1727. (ref: entered in Joseph's son's George & John's "About Me")

This Clapp family settled in Oley Twp., Philadelphia Co. (now Berks Co.) Pa. George Valentine Clapp and (his brother) John Ludwig Clapp, sons of Joseph Clapp, moved to Orange Co. (now Guilford Co.), North Carolina in the mid-1700's....

In 1781....Members of these families, (Captain Jacob Clapp, Schwenck & Cortner, had been prominent in construction of the Der Klapp Kirche (The Clapp Church)... until 1813 became known far and wide as Brick Church (Clapp Church)..today.

The early records of Brick Church (Clapp Church) were written in the German language and later translated into English. Among the translators and compilers of these records were Rev. David Isaiah Offman and Dr. William Thornton Whitsett. These men added their own comments and ideas of relationships into the translations. This interpolated material has become a part of the English translation of the Brick Church records. Unfortunately, much of this added material is erroneous. This has lead to much confusion by persons who have tried to construct correct genealogical lineages by using the available brick Church records.....

1. Name: Johann Jost KLAPP or Johann Jost (Joseph) Clap
2. Sex: M
3. Birth: 1669 in Germany
4. Immigration: 27 SEP 1727 Port of Philadelphia aboard ship James Goodwill

Marriage 1 Anna Margaretha XXXXXX b: in Germany

Children

1. Has Children Georg Valentine CLAPP b: 24 MAY 1702 in Haffenheim, Germany

Notes for Johann Jost "Joseph" KLAPP Lived in Isthe, Hesse, Germany. In 1704/05 moved to Weisenheim am Berg, a small town west of Mannheim in the Rhineland Palatinate (Pfalz). Emigrated to America, arriving Philadelphia 27 Sep 1727 aboard the ship James Goodwill. Settled in Oley Twp, Berks Co., PA. [Much of the information on the Clapp family was taken from "Albright, Clapp, Burk Families" by Joseph H

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via son Mr George Valentine Clapp by SmartCopy: Dec 22 2014, 16:57:13 UTC

Notes for Johann Jost Klapp:[

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy by SmartCopy: Dec 22 2014, 16:58:25 UTC

Klapp/Clapp/Clopp

He arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" on September 27, 1727, the son of Nicholas Clapp/Klapp.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 2 2019, 3:22:20 UTC

The name is spelled in various ways: Klapp/Clapp/Clopp, etc.

He arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" on 27 September 1727. He was the son of Nicholas Clapp

Husband of Anna Margaretha Stauder (1678-1780).

Burial in Oley Cemetery, Spangsville, Berks County, PA.

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