- Johanna - born in Wedmore 1576, died 1586
- Alice - born Wedmore 1577
- Maria - born Wedmore 1581, died 1582
- John - born Wedmore, Christened on 7 June 1583
- John - Christened 19 September 1619 in Wedmore
- Agenta - died 1620
- Thomas - Who married Elizabeth Ball on 31 May 1649 in Wedmore
This is Wedmore Church, where the early Clapp family would have got married and had their children christened. However, we could not find any Clapp graves in the churchyard. As these would have been very old, they may have been moved, or deteriorated.
- Richard - born Wedmore 1637, died 1641
- Alice - born Wedmore 1638
- Susanna - born Wedmore 1641
- Jane - born Wedmore 1643, died 1669
- John - Christened 25 August 1644 in Wedmore
The English Civil War was in full force in 1644, when John Clapp was born.
- Richard - born Wedmore 1697
- John - born Wedmore 1699, 1702, 1703 (I presume this means 3 babies were born but only the latter survived)
- Mary - born Wedmore 1695. Who married John Wall in 1712
- Jane - born Wedmore 1702
- George - Christened 19 December 1703 in Wedmore
In 1703 Samuel Pepys died and Isaac Newton was elected president of the Royal Society.
- John - Christened 13 October 1735
- Richard - born 1738. Who married Mary Dean in 1761
- Ambrose - born 1742, died 1777. Who married Grace Stone on 10 February 1771
- Jacob - Christened 11 March 1764 in Chapel Allerton
- Sarah - born 1769
- John - Christened 13 December 1778 in Chapel Allerton
- William - born 1772, died 1811. Who married Mary Watts (b 1775, d 1811) on 15 January 1794
This is the inside of Chapel Allerton Church, where the later Clapps would have got married and had their children chirstened.
- George - born 1797, died 1877. He married Harriet Spearing on 16 April 1869 in Bristol. Harriet later married George's nephew (see below).
- Charles - Christened 12 March 1801 in Chapel Allerton
- Jane - born 1799, died 1871. Who married William Brown
- Maria - born 1801, died 1817
- Maria - born 1819, died 1831
- Mary - born 1803, died 1808
- Mary - born 1810, who married Sidney Chambers
- Ann - born 1813, died 1885. Who married Rowland Chambers
- Hannah - born 1817, died 1900. Who married Robert Edwards
- Sophia - Christened 23 April 1809 in Chapel Allerton. Who married Albion Chambers
- Harriet - Christened 23 April 1809 in Chapel Allerton. Who married George Edwards
- James - Christened 25 June 1809 in Chapel Allterton.
- John - born 1814, died 1887 in Chapel Allterton. Who married Tryphena Appleby.
Harriet Spearing
John Clapp (b 1814) is the descendent of the Clapps who are now the makers of the award-winning Brue Valley Cheddar Cheese. Click here to see their website.
- George Brown - born 1835. Who married Emma Harse (b 1826)
- Charles - born 3 May 1838 in Stoughton Cross, Wedmore.
Click here to see a copy of Charles Clapp's birth certificate (1838).
Charles Clapp (1838-1906) as an old man in bed.
- Charles Spearing - born 30 March 1880 in Ashton, Chapel Allerton
- James Spearing - born 1881, died 1918. He married Nora and had a child Douglas Clapp (b. 1917, d. 2005). Douglas married Yvonne and had children Jennifer (b.1955) and Frances (b. 1957).
- Mary Spearing - born 1884 in Burnham, died 10 January 1905. Mary was engaged to be married when she died, and stayed in a tent in the garden in isolation prior to her death!!
Also living with the family were Harriet's step children from her earlier marriage to George Clapp, namely:
- Harriet - born 1871, died 1904 in Blackpool. Who married Henry Clerk in 1897
- George Jacob - born 1874, died 1962
- Anna Jane - born 1875, died 1960. Who married a Duckett.
Click here to see a copy of the marriage certificate between Charles Clapp and Harriet Spearing.
At the time that Charles and Harriet married, it was not permitted in
the Church of
England for someone to marry the widow of their uncle. Charles could not,
therefore, marry Harriet in the Church of England. They both travelled to
Switzerland and got married there instead.
This is a photograph of the family (l to r) Anne Jane, Charles S, Harriet,
mother Harriet with little Mary S, George, and James S. Click
here to see a larger version of this picture.
The family lived at Ashton House, in the hamlet of Ashton to the south of Chapel Allerton, with Ashton Farm across the road. There is also a windmill at Ashton. Click here to find out about how windmills are connected with the Clapp and Spearing families.
Both these graves are in Chapel Allerton churchyard. On the left is Mary S
Clapp's grave. On the right is Charles Clapp's grave, although the wording
is very worn and rather unreadable. Click
here for a large image.
Jacob Clapp's grave is also in Chapel Allerton churchyard, although we did not take a photo.
This
is the wording on "Mother Harriet Clapp's" grave in Chapel
Allerton churchyard.
- Charles Cyril King - born 22 June 1908 in Chapel Allerton
- Ralph James - born 20 May 1909
- Emmeline Joyce - born 31 January 1913
Further details of the Ralph and Joyce's families can be found by clicking on their names.
Jane's parents were James King and Ann Baker (married 1864).
Ann Baker's parents were William Baker and Ann Duckett (married 1819).
William Baker's parents were Richard Baker and Mary Wall (married 1778).
Mary Wall's parents were Jonathan Wall and Mary Brown (married 1752).
Mary Brown's parents were William Brown and Mary Reynolds.
William Brown's parents were William Brown and Sarah Bunyon (married in Bedford in 1686. Son William born in Bedford and christened in Wedmore in 1687.)
Sarah Bunyon's parents were John Bunyon and Elizabeth ?, his second wife (married in 1659).
Sarah had a brother, Joseph who was born in 1672. John Bunyon was in prison between 1660 and 1672, so we can presume Sarah was born around 1660.
Click here to go to the Wikipedia page about John Bunyan.
Above are pictures of Charles Spearing Clapp and Jane King taken at Bagstone, and children Joyce, Ralph and Cyril in about 1915.
Charles Spearing and Jane Clapp moved to Brooklands Farm, Bagstone, Gloucestershire with their family. The Clapp family continued to farm here for approximately the next century. Below is a picture of the farmhouse in c.1918 with little Emmeline Joyce sitting outside.
- David - born 21 March 1939
- Pamela - born 21 July 194? who married Graham Cullimore. They have children Mandy and Jackie. Mandy Cullimore married Robert Hook and have children Claire, Nigel and Philip.
- Timothy Charles - born 16 September 1973
- Penelope Christina - born 4 November 1974
Here is David's family (l to r) Pat, Tim, (Eleanor), David and Penny.
- Charles Matthew - born 23 March 2007.