High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Michael Thayer Clapp
23 Aug 1795 – 9 Nov 1875 · about 80 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Michael Thayer Clapp lived from 23 Aug 1795 to 9 Nov 1875, a span of about 80 years.
Theirs is one of 3 markers bearing the name Clapp in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
SiblingsEunice Clapp Bowker1790–1865 · Sarah S. Clapp1793–1852 · James Sylvester Clapp1801–1885
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date, found in the Churchill family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
bt. by Rev. Eben. Gay, July 9, 1769. Michael T. (Michael = Eunice Sylvester), b. at Scit. Aug. 23, 1795. m. in Hing. Dec. 5, 1824, Hannah Wilder, dau. of Crocker and Deborah (Jacob) Wilder. She was b. in Hing. May 2, 1799, and d. 5 March, 1871, aet. 72d yr. He d. 10 Nov. 1875, aet. 80 yrs. " Cooper." Ee- sided on High St. Ch.,— i. Michael, h. at Scit. Nov. 12, 1825, d.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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