Puffer Genealogy

CLAPP, Captain Caleb

Male 1752 - 1812  (60 years)


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  • Name CLAPP, Caleb 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 9 Feb 1752  Hardwick, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 5 Jun 1812  Greenfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1826 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage 17 Oct 1749  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.