Puffer Genealogy
CLAPP, Captain Caleb
1752 - 1812 (60 years)-
Name CLAPP, Caleb Title Captain Birth 9 Feb 1752 Hardwick, MA Gender Male _COLOR 2 Death 5 Jun 1812 Greenfield, MA Person ID I2791 Puffers Last Modified 11 Apr 2017
Father CLAPP, Joel, b. 2 Jul 1726 d. 1770 (Age 43 years) Mother BURK, Elizabeth, b. 2 Jul 1726, Sudbury, MA d. Bef 1826 (Age < 99 years) Marriage 17 Oct 1749 Sudbury, MA Family ID F8575 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Officer in the Revolutionary War and friend with George Washington. Sg t Major of Col. Doolittle's regiment in MA, then appt. Captain. Moved to Greenfield, MA where he became a druggist. Representative of the General Court, 1797. He was subject to seasons of great mental depression, and in one of them, when about 60 years old, committed suicide.