Rev. Billings CLAPP [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 24 Oct 1790 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He married Susan Quails SHED on 6 Jan 1817 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Mass. He passed away on 21 Feb 1873 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine and was buried in Enfield Village Cemetery.
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Billings Clapp was a Methodist minister and farmer in the Eddington, Enfield area of Maine. He first married Susan Shed on 6 Jan 1817. She died on 18 Jan 1817. He next married Emily Whitney on 19 Mar 1818. They had thirteen children, and she died on 6 Nov 1861. He then married Lorintha Marcella Curtis (Russell) on 2 Nov 1863. Her husband, William Russell, died a soldier during the war of the Rebellion, 22 Jun 1864. Billings is listed as guardian for Lorintha's daughter, Ida. Billings and Lorintha had four children.
Billings died 21 Feb 1873 and Lorintha died on 21 Nov 1875. Their daughter Lucy Wildes Clapp then became the foster daughter of Charles Carrol Howland and his wife, the former Margaret Ayers of Westport, Mass. Lucy's name was legally changed to Alice Howland on 1 Dec 1884 (not by adoption).
Susan Quails SHED was born on 21 Oct 1792 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Mass. She wed Rev. Billings CLAPP on 6 Jan 1817 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Mass. Susan died on 18 Jan 1817 in Mass..
Rev. Billings CLAPP [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 24 Oct 1790 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He died on 21 Feb 1873 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine and was buried in Enfield Village Cemetery. He married Emily WHITNEY on 19 Mar 1818 in Mass..
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Billings Clapp was a Methodist minister and farmer in the Eddington, Enfield area of Maine. He first married Susan Shed on 6 Jan 1817. She died on 18 Jan 1817. He next married Emily Whitney on 19 Mar 1818. They had thirteen children, and she died on 6 Nov 1861. He then married Lorintha Marcella Curtis (Russell) on 2 Nov 1863. Her husband, William Russell, died a soldier during the war of the Rebellion, 22 Jun 1864. Billings is listed as guardian for Lorintha's daughter, Ida. Billings and Lorintha had four children.
Billings died 21 Feb 1873 and Lorintha died on 21 Nov 1875. Their daughter Lucy Wildes Clapp then became the foster daughter of Charles Carrol Howland and his wife, the former Margaret Ayers of Westport, Mass. Lucy's name was legally changed to Alice Howland on 1 Dec 1884 (not by adoption).
Emily WHITNEY was born 23 Jan 1797. She married Rev. Billings CLAPP on 19 Mar 1818 in Mass. Emily passed away on 6 Nov 1861 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine and was buried in Enfield Village Cemetery.
Sewel CLAP [Parents] was born 16 Jan 1768 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass. He married Francis PARTRIDGE on 28 May 1794 in Walpole.
Francis PARTRIDGE "Fanny".Francis married Sewel CLAP on 28 May 1794 in Walpole, Norfolk, Mass.
William A. BUZZELL died about 1863. He married Lorintha Marcella CURTIS on 21 Nov 1856 in Topsfield, Mass.
Lorintha Marcella CURTIS [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 4 Feb 1840 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She married William A. BUZZELL on 21 Nov 1856 in Topsfield, Mass. She passed away on 21 Nov 1875 in Enfield, Penobscot, Maine and was laid to rest in Enfield Village Cemetery in the W. A. Buzzell plot.
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Lorintha Marcella Curtis also contributed the prominent branches of Curtis, Davis, and Killan to the family tree. All these families were established in America by early in the 1700's and before. They proved themselves as patriots serving in the Revolutionary War. All the following were great great-grandparents of Lorintha:
John Curtis (1741-1783) enlisted in the Continental and Northern Army from Boxford, Mass., where he was born and died.
Ruth Peabody Curtis (1744-1829), a patriot, passed through the British lines at the Battle of Bunker Hill to carry food and powder to her husband, John Curtis.
John Killam (1729-1818) served as a private in Capt. Jacob Gould's company, Col. Samuel Johnson's Massachusetts regiment. He was born and died in Boxford, Mass.
John Davis (1735-1808) served as sergeant, Massachusetts Line.
Francis CURTIS [Parents] 1 was born 6 Oct 1777 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He married Molly KILLAN on 11 Jan 1798 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. Francis passed away on 11 Oct 1829 in Boxford.
Molly KILLAN [Parents] 1 was born on 14 Sep 1774 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She wed Francis CURTIS on 11 Jan 1798 in Boxford. Molly died on 31 Dec 1847 in Boxford.
They had the following children:
F i Betsey CURTIS was born 18 Mar 1798 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. F ii Polly CURTIS was born on 4 Nov 1799 in Boxford. F iii Cynthia CURTIS was born 18 May 1803 in Boxford. M iv Francis CURTIS M v John CURTIS was born on 25 Aug 1814 in Boxford, Mass.
John CURTIS 1 was born 20 Apr 1741 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He married Ruth PEABODY on 8 Oct 1765 in Middleton, Essex, Mass. John passed away on 12 Jul 1783 in Boxford, Mass.
Revolutionary War Service:
John Curtis (1741-1783) enlisted in the Continental and Northern Army from Boxford, Mass., where he was born and died.
Ruth PEABODY 1 was born on 11 Apr 1744 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She died on 22 Mar 1829 in Beverly Town, Essex, Mass. Ruth wed John CURTIS on 8 Oct 1765 in Middleton, Essex, Mass.
Revolutionary War:
Ruth Peabody Curtis (1744-1829), a patriot, passed through the British lines at the Battle of Bunker Hill to carry food and powder to her husband, John Curtis.
They had the following children:
M i Francis CURTIS
John KILLAN 1 was born 12 May 1729 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. He married Priscilla BRADSTREET on 12 Jun 1764 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. John died on 11 Oct 1818 in Boxford, Mass.
Revolutionary War Service:
John Killam (1729-1818) served as a private in Capt. Jacob Gould's company, Col. Samuel Johnson's Massachusetts regiment. He was born and died in Boxford, Mass.
Priscilla BRADSTREET was born on 8 Jan 1744 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. She died about 1807 in Boxford, Essex, Mass. She married John KILLAN on 12 Jun 1764 in Topsfield, Mass.
They had the following children:
F i Molly KILLAN
John DAVIS 1, 2 was born on 1 Jun 1735 in Concord, Middlesex, Mass. He married Huldah THAYER about 1757. John died in May 1808 in Reading, Windsor, VT.
Revolutionary War Service:
John Davis served as sergeant, Massachusetts Line.
Huldah THAYER 1 was born 12 Aug 1739 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. She married John DAVIS about 1757.
They had the following children:
M i Ezekiel DAVIS
Ezekiel DAVIS [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born on 2 Apr 1770 in Shirley, Middlesex, Mass. He married Bethia GRANDY on 17 Jun 1791. He died on 11 Sep 1849 in Reading, Windsor, VT.
Bethia GRANDY [Parents] 1 was born 20 Dec 1770 in Reading, Windsor, VT. She passed away on 9 Mar 1850 in Reading, Windsor, VT. She married Ezekiel DAVIS on 17 Jun 1791.
They had the following children:
F i Lorintha DAVIS
Robert GRANDY was born on 19 Jan 1732 in Deerfield, Franklin, Mass. He married Bethiah PORTER about 1753 in Deerfield, Mass.
Bethiah PORTER was born 29 Jul 1734 in Coventry, Tolland, CT. She married Robert GRANDY about 1753 in Deerfield, Franklin, Mass.
They had the following children:
F i Bethia GRANDY
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