Hi Everyone, I am back on this list after several years hiatus. A genealogy group just started where I now live and the genealogy bug has bitten me again. I would like to find out as much about the Clapp family as possible. A few years ago, someone gave me information taking me back to 1551 but it is undocumented and I would like to get some of it documented. My documented information goes back to Charles Clapp who was born in 1805 in Chapel Allerton and died 29 January 1885 in Berrow Somerset. Charles married Mary Ann Coles. I have no documentation on Mary Ann or a record of their marriage but from the Census I estimate that she was born around 1807. She died in Berrow on 25 Nov 1877. The 1851 Census has Charles living in Berrow where he worked as a fisherman. Between 1835 and 1852 they had 8 children: Albert b 1835 in Brean James b 10 June 1838 in Berrow Joseph William (my g-grandfather) b 29 March 1841 Charles b. 15 Oct 1843 Edwin b 29 March 1846 Sydney b 28 May, 1848 Walter b 18 Jul 1850 Martha b 18 Jul 1852 Any help that anyone can offer if appreciated. Regards, Lynn Eivers