Clopp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Clopp family

Early History of the Clopp family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clopp research. Another 57 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1332, 1609, 1678, 1691 and 1760 are included under the topic Early Clopp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clopp Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Clopp family name include Clapp, Clap, Clapps and others.

Early Notables of the Clopp family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Roger Clapp, born April 6, 1609 in Sallcom, Devon, England, died in 1691 in America, who wrote memoirs of the trip of the "Mary...
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Migration of the Clopp family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Clopp surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Clapp, who was on record in Barnstable Massachusetts in 1630; Roger Clapp, who arrived at Nantasket, MA, aboard the "Mary and John" in 1630.