Ruthey Clapp1,2

F, #12042, * 1758, + 12 Feb 1839
FatherJohn Clapp3,4 * 14 Jul 1733, + 24 May 1767
MotherJerusha Bailey3,4 * 1736
Possible signature in Application for Widows Pension

Family

John Tiffany * 16 Oct 1747, + 16 or 17 Jan 1825
Children
     Ruthey was from Marshfield, Massachusetts at her marriage.1 She married John Tiffany, son of John Tiffany and Deliverance Parmiter, on 28 Mar 1782 at Attleboro, Massachusetts.1,2,4 She died on 12 Feb 1839 in Walworth, New York.1

Other information:
She applied for a widows' pension on 27 Oct 1838 at Walworth, New York.1 She and John Tiffany moved b 1791 to Mount Pleasant Township, with their children Chandler, John, Fanny and Gardner.5

She is listed in the following census:
1800 Fed. census (4 Aug): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Ruthey Clapp was probably included in the Free Females 26-44 years of age.6
1810 Fed. census (6 Aug): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Ruthey Clapp was probably included in the Free Females 45 and more years of age.7
1820 Fed. census (7 Aug): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Ruthey Clapp was probably included in the Free Females 45 and more years of age.8

Name variants: Martha Clapp (full name, at marriage.)2

Citations

  1. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers, Extract of pension application of John Tiffany. W.F. 16445. Personal Files.
  2. [S183] MA Attleborough, Attleborough, MA, pg. 579. Marriages. John Tiffany and Martha [Ruthey] Clap 28 Mar 1782.
  3. [S187] Alice W. A. Westgate, Thomas Rogers.
  4. [S405] Ebenezer Clapp, Clapp, pg. 176-178, #340. Online at https://archive.org/details/clappmemorialrec00clap
  5. [S376] Northeastern Pennsylvania, pg 52-53. Online at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02chic
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1800. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 952, line 22 (NARA: M32, Roll 44, Page 952). Household of John Tiffany.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1810. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 114, line 3 (NARA: M252, Roll 57, Page 114). Household of John Tiffany.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1820. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 49 (NARA: M33, Roll 112, Page 49). Household of John Tiffany.
  9. [S183] MA Attleborough, Attleborough, MA, pg. 262. Births. Chandler, son of John Tiffany Jr. and Ruth (Clapp) 2 Sep 1782.
  10. [S183] MA Attleborough, Attleborough, MA, pg. 262. Births. John, son of John jr. Tiffany and Ruth (Clapp), 10 Aug 1784.
  11. [S183] MA Attleborough, Attleborough, MA, pg. 262. Births. Gardner, son of John Tiffany Jr. and Ruth (Clapp), 8 Apr 1789.
  12. [S138] S. Whitney Phoenix, Whitney Family of CT, p.264. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008731200