Ancestry of
Erle Stanley Gardner

Author of the Perry Mason series

William Clap

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Erle Stanley Gardner — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 680 
  • Father:
  • Richard Clap 
  • Mother:
  • Christian -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1565 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1640 
  • Death Location:
  • Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joan Channon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Sep 1593 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Jane Clap

  Edward Clap

  Roger Clap (Ahnentafel No:340 )

  Sarah Clap

  • Notes: 

  • of Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England

• Sources for William Clap

  • ¹ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for son Roger Clap.
  • ² Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1994, Vol. 27, Page 18.
  • ³ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 1989, Vol. 22, Page 14.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 440.
  • ⁵ Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908: Part 4, The Ancestry of Linda Anna Powers 1839-1879, Boston: New England Historica Genealogical Society (2000), 128.
  • ⁶ Spear, Burton W., Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John 1630, Vol. 23, Guide to All Mary and John Clearinghouse Volumes, Toledo, Ohio: The Mary and John Clearing House(1995), 8.