Temperance Clap was born on 29 April 1732. She died on 19 May 1772 at the age of 40. Daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Whiting) Clap, president of Yale College.

Spouse: Timothy Pitkin. Temperance Clap and Timothy Pitkin were married on 9 August 1753. Children were: Samuel Pitkin, Catherine Pitkin, Charles Pitkin, Elizabeth Pitkin, Anne Pitkin, Hon. Timothy Pitkin Ll.D., Mary Clap Pitkin, Temperance Pitkin.

Elsa L. Clapp was born on 3 May 1884. Parents: William J. Clapp and Mattie E. Hollister.

Spouse: Joseph Duncan. Elsa L. Clapp and Joseph Duncan were married. Children were: Joseph William Duncan, Pauline Hollister Duncan, Howard Arthur Duncan, Shirley Oberlander Duncan, Walter Marvin Duncan, Dorothy A. Lee Duncan.

Stella Grace Clapp was born on 31 January 1886. Hi,
I stumbled across your tree on Ancestry re: Stella Grace Clapp and that shocked me. Her husband was actually Sumner S. Morley, not Samuel but all your dates check out.
What startled me was your listing of two children born to this couple. I was wondering where you found that information. They were married for less than 5 years before Stella's death and were childless as far as anyone knows.
Stella Grace Clapp died in 1911 in a horrific train wreck in Bridgeport, CT. I believe she was the last to be identified and then only by her watch and ring.
Her husband, Sumner, was remarried in 1914 to Carrie Bishop. Then in 1920 Sumner died suddenly. Again, no children.
In the early 1930s Carrie remarried and I am the offspring of that marriage.
My mother remained very close with the Morleys and I am still in touch with one couple in CA. We are not aware of any children born to Sumner and Stella. In fact the year the William Joseph was supposedly born to them they were in England arriving in Boston from Liverpool on July 7th.
Anyway, knowing that strange things turn up in the pursuit of genealogy I wonder if you can shed any light on that information and those children.

Prudence Paine Fish
Gloucester, MA
prufish@comcast.net

Hi,
Thanks so much for your quick response. I think I have figured it out! Stella's sister was Elsa whose married name was Duncan. Her husband was Joseph Duncan from VA. He was born in 1869 and Elsa in 1884. They had several children, the first two children being Joseph William Duncan and Pauline Hollister Duncan. These two were just attached to the wrong sister!
It just didn't make sense particularly because Stella stepped off the boat in Boston after a trip to England just 11 days after the birth of Pauline. That didn't seem credible.
Further, in four and a half years of marriage Stella had not children. After his marriage to my mother still not children. At the time of Sumner's death after another 4.5 hears of marriage there were still no children. They had taken in a foster child and were thinking about adoption which made it all look very unlikely that there were two children out there somewhere.
I also found a Joseph William Morley in England and knew that Sumner and Stella were over there so I began thinking may a child was born to them in England but they didn't go there until 1910 so that was eliminated.
Elsa named another daughter Stella in 1915.
So that mystery is resolved.
What got me started on this train was because I was going to an auction last evening. There was a 1823 sampler listed, made in Boston by a Sylvia Ann Clapp. It was quite fabulous and I was trying to figure out if there was a connection to the Vermont Clapps. I didn't find one. I did bid a couple of time on the sampler which ultimately sold for $450...out of my price range. But people I knew said it was particularly fine and worth in the thousands.
Thanks again for you response and information.
Pru Fish

Parents: William J. Clapp and Mattie E. Hollister.

Spouse: Sumner Small Morley. Stella Grace Clapp and Sumner Small Morley were married on 19 December 1906.

William J. Clapp was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Mattie E. Hollister. Mattie E. Hollister and William J. Clapp were married. Children were: Elsa L. Clapp, Stella Grace Clapp.

Agnes Clark was born on 16 May 1548 in Colyton, Devon, England. She died on 22 September 1630 at the age of 82 in East Budleigh, Devon. Parents: John Clarke and Annes Mayce.

Spouse: Richard Conant. Agnes Clark and Richard Conant were married on 4 February 1578 in Colyton, Devon, England. Children were: Jane Conant.

Atlas Gabriel Clark was born on 18 May 2017 in Morrisville, Vermont. Parents: Maddie Lucia Clark and Hannah Carpenter Pitkin.

Maddie Lucia Clark was born (date unknown). Parents: Todd Clark and Linda Pickett.

Spouse: Hannah Carpenter Pitkin. Hannah Carpenter Pitkin and Maddie Lucia Clark were married on 31 January 2015 in Marshfield, Vermont. Children were: Atlas Gabriel Clark.

Mary A. Clark was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Sylvester Pitkin. Mary A. Clark and Sylvester Pitkin were married in 1847.

Rebecca Clark died on 8 February 1733. Parents: William Clark.

Spouse: Israel Rust. Rebecca Clark and Israel Rust were married on 9 December 1669 in Northampton, Massachusetts. Children were: Nathaniel Rust Captain.

Todd Clark was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Linda Pickett. Linda Pickett and Todd Clark were married. Children were: Maddie Lucia Clark.

Webster K. Clark was born in 1910. He died in 1972 at the age of 62.

Spouse: Shirley Pitkin. Shirley Pitkin and Webster K. Clark were married in 1948.

William Clark was born (date unknown).

Children were: Rebecca Clark.

John Clarke was born in 1519 in Colyton, Devon, England. He died on 6 April 1585 at the age of 66 in Colyton, Devon, England. Parents: James Clerke and Elizabeth Ferrers.

Spouse: Annes Mayce. Annes Mayce and John Clarke were married on 9 June 1544 in Colyton, Devon, England. Children were: Agnes Clark.

Oliver Perry Clay was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Ina F. Pitkin. Ina F. Pitkin and Oliver Perry Clay were married on 22 October 1884. Children were: Terry Pitkin Clay.

Terry Pitkin Clay was born on 21 September 1885. Parents: Oliver Perry Clay and Ina F. Pitkin.

Sarah Clement was born in 1626 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She died in 1694 at the age of 68. Parents: Robert Clements Judge and Lydia .

Spouse: Abraham Morrill. Sarah Clement and Abraham Morrill were married on 10 June 1645. Children were: Lydia Morrill.

Richard Clements was born in 1506. He died in 1571 at the age of 65. He was buried in Croft, Leicestershire, England.³⁰ Richard left to his son Robert a mare foal, to his son Edward one ewe, to his son Richard one heiffer and six sheep (when he attained the age of 14), to Jone, the daughter of his wife by a previous marriage, a heiffer called "Lyllye" and forty shillings, to his daughter Mary a cow named "Whitefoot," and to his daughter Isabel Ives a yearling calf.

Spouse: Elizabeth . Children were: Robert Clements.

Richard Clements was born before 1570 in England. He died in 1617 at the age of 47 in England. Parents: Robert Clements and Alice .

Spouse: Agnes Fellows Widow. Agnes Fellows Widow and Richard Clements were married in 1594 in Cosby. Children were: Robert Clements Judge.

Robert Clements died in 1606 in Croft, Leicestershire, England. Parents: Richard Clements and Elizabeth .

Spouse: Alice . Children were: Richard Clements.

Robert Clements Judge was born in 1595 in England. He died in 1658 at the age of 63 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Robert and Lydia lived in Huncote, Leicestershire, England in 1617, but lived in Ansley, Warwickshire, England between 1624 and 1641. Robert was a "deputy" for 8 years and owned a fleet of vessels which sailed the Thames near London. He came to America in 1642, after the death of his wife, and was a founder of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Robert Clements owned several of the ships which brought many immigrants to the new world. Among the ships was the HECTOR, the MARGARET CLEMENTS, and the JOB CLEMENTS. Robert signed the Indian deed to Haverhill, Massachusetts with Tristram Coffin on November 15, 1642. Parents: Richard Clements and Agnes Fellows Widow.

Spouse: Lydia . Lydia and Robert Clements Judge were married before 1615. Children were: Sarah Clement.

Nicholas Clere was born before 1534.

Spouse: Anne . Children were: Anne Clere Pallette.

James Clerke was born in 1485 in Wrotham, Kent, England. He died on 20 September 1554 at the age of 69 in Wrotham, Kent, England.

Spouse: Elizabeth Ferrers. Elizabeth Ferrers and James Clerke were married in 1508 in Wrotham, Kent, England. Children were: John Clarke.

Alexander Cleveland was born on 16 October 1783 in East Windsor, Connecticut. He died on 5 September 1860 at the age of 76 in Winsted, Connecticut. Alexander was a man of small stature and forceful opinions. He was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly in 1841 and 1842, a member of the Whig party. He was a Calvinist. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Mary Chamberlain.

Spouse: Mary Kinne. Mary Kinne and Alexander Cleveland were married on 25 February 1805 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Children were: Rufus Cleveland.

Hon. Baker Cleveland was born about 1833. He died after 1912 at the age of 79. Baker Cleveland resided in Winsted, Connecticut. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

Benjamin Cleveland was born on 20 May 1714 in Canterbury, Connecticut. He died in 1797 at the age of 83 in East Brookfield, Vermont. Parents: Joseph Cleveland and Abigail Hyde.

Spouse: Rachel . Rachel and Benjamin Cleveland were married in 1736. Children were: Rufus Cleveland.

Caroline E. Cleveland was born on 3 April 1840 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. She died on 23 November 1924 at the age of 84 in New York. Caroline married Warren Cady Crane. They resided in New York City. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

Charles Chester Warner Cleveland was born in 1803. He died in 1893 at the age of 90. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Mary Chamberlain.

Charles D. Cleveland was born (date unknown). Parents: George Brainard Cleveland and Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey.

Spouse: Clarissa . Clarissa and Charles D. Cleveland were married.

Dwight Cleveland was born about 1837. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

Edwin Cleveland was born about 1842. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

Ellen Cleveland was born about 1842. Probably a twin of Edwin. Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

George Brainard Cleveland was born on 11 December 1831 in Winsted, Connecticut. He died on 27 March 1912 at the age of 80 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was buried on 30 March 1912 in Portland, Connecticut. Hartford Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1912:
"George B. Cleveland Dead at 80 Years of Age. Formerly Prominent Citizen of Portland - Connected With Brownstone Quarries Many Years.
George B. Cleveland of No. 52 New Park avenue died this noon, after a short illness, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy, at the advanced age of 80 years. He was first taken down about six weeks ago and suffered several additional shocks from which he failed to recover.
Mr. Cleveland was born in Winsted, this state, and spent his early years in that place. After attending the public schools in Winsted he went to Williston seminary in East Hampton, Mass. On returning to Winsted he taught school for several years, in Winstead, New Britain, and other places. Mr. Cleveland was elected to the legislature from Winsted in the '60's and throughout his whole life took an active part in politics. He was a republican. When about 45 years of age he moved to Portland, this state, and for twenty years was connected in an official capacity with the brownstone quarries in that town. While in Portland he was first selectman of the town for several years and a member of the republican town committee for many years.
He was a prominent member of Warren Lodge, F. and A. M., of Portland and has been active in Masonic circles for fifty years. He was also a member of long standing of Apollo lodge, K. of P., of Middletown. He was also a Fremonter and attended their last banquet held in Hartford. Mr. Cleveland had an endless host of friends. His genial disposition and abiding integrity for all that was good was a qualification that won for him the respect and love of all with whom he came in contact. It has often been said that he "never had an enemy." Among his most intimate friends was E. Irving Bell, one of Portland's most prominent men, to-day, and the late Erastus Brainard of Portland, another, who was all his life a very influential man in that place.
Mr. Cleveland has been a resident of Hartford about eight years.
Besides a wife he leaves two sons and two daughters, C. D. Cleveland and R. G. Cleveland of Bridgeport and Mrs. L. B. Norton of No. 340 Farmington avenue and Miss Grace Cleveland of No. 52 New Park avenue, Hartford. A sister, Mrs Warren A. Crane of New York city and a brother, Hon. Baker Cleveland of Winsted, also survive him.
Brief funeral services will be held from Whitney's undertaking rooms, No. 175 Main street, Saturday, after which the remains will be taken to Portland, interment being in the family plot in that place. The services in Portland will be conducted under the auspices of the Masonic lodge there." Parents: Rufus Cleveland and Sally Ann Burnham.

Spouse: Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey. Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey and George Brainard Cleveland were married on 16 April 1855 in Winsted, Connecticut. Children were: Ida May Cleveland, Grace Cleveland, Charles D. Cleveland, Rufus G. Cleveland.

Grace Cleveland was born (date unknown). Parents: George Brainard Cleveland and Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey.

Ida May Cleveland was born on 12 April 1866 in Winsted, Connecticut. She died on 12 April 1941 at the age of 75. From Ida's daughter Natalie, have come reports that Ida spent much of her time in varying degrees of depression, often in tears. Parents: George Brainard Cleveland and Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey.

Spouse: Lucius Bernard Norton. Ida May Cleveland and Lucius Bernard Norton were married on 10 February 1892 in Portland, Connecticut. Children were: Brainard Norton, Natalie Norton.

Joseph Cleveland was born on 18 July 1689 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He died on 11 March 1766 at the age of 76 in Canterbury, Connecticut. Parents: Samuel Cleveland and Persis Hildreth.

Spouse: Abigail Hyde. Abigail Hyde and Joseph Cleveland were married on 7 February 1710 in Canterbury, Connecticut. Children were: Benjamin Cleveland.

Moses Cleveland³¹ was born in 1624 in Ipswich, England. He died on 9 January 1701 at the age of 77 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was buried in Old First Burying Ground, Woburn. Moses came to Massachusetts in 1635 from Ipswich.

Spouse: Anne Winn. Anne Winn and Moses Cleveland were married on 26 August 1648 in Woburn, Massachusetts. Children were: Samuel Cleveland.

Rufus Cleveland was born on 14 June 1754. He died on 22 February 1838 at the age of 83 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Rufus was medium height, florid complexion, light curly hair and blue eyes. He served in the Revolutionary war enlisting July 9, 1775, discharged October 17 of that year. He was in the 8th regiment, Col. Jedediah Huntington, 5th Company, Captain Charles Ellsworth. He worked on the farm of Captain James Chamberlain, where he met, courted, and married Mary ("Miss Molly"). They removed from Ellington to Warehouse Point in East Windsor in 1782. They moved to a farm on Wallen's Hill in Barkhamsted in 1787. Mary died of a fever contracted while nursing a neighbor who also died. Parents: Benjamin Cleveland and Rachel .

Spouse: Mary Chamberlain. Mary Chamberlain and Rufus Cleveland were married on 9 September 1779 in Ellington, Connecticut. Children were: Alexander Cleveland, Charles Chester Warner Cleveland.

Rufus Cleveland was born on 18 December 1807. He died on 11 June 1897 at the age of 89 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Parents: Alexander Cleveland and Mary Kinne.

Spouse: Sally Ann Burnham. Sally Ann Burnham and Rufus Cleveland were married on 9 December 1830 in Winchester, Connecticut. Children were: George Brainard Cleveland, Hon. Baker Cleveland, Dwight Cleveland, Caroline E. Cleveland, Edwin Cleveland, Ellen Cleveland.

Rufus G. Cleveland was born (date unknown). Parents: George Brainard Cleveland and Caroline Elizabeth Guernsey.

Spouse: Grace . Grace and Rufus G. Cleveland were married.

Samuel Cleveland was born on 9 June 1657 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He died on 12 March 1735 at the age of 77 in Canterbury, Connecticut. Parents: Moses Cleveland and Anne Winn.

Spouse: Jane Keyes. Jane Keyes and Samuel Cleveland were married on 17 May 1680 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Persis Hildreth. Children were: Joseph Cleveland.

Alice Broadus Clifford was born on 1 April 1927. Alice worked for many years at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and later worked for Ben and Jerry's Incorporated, handling the consumer correspondence. She lived in Adamant, Vermont, in the house previously owned by her former mother-in-law, Natalie Sloan. She married second, Wilfred Hamlin of Plainfield, a faculty member at Goddard College.

From the Swarthmore alumni bulletin: "Opening a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream can bring on any number of reactions: guilt for your self-indulgence; gratitude for the size of the chunks in Chunky Monkey or for the smoothness of Wavy Gravy; pride in your support of one of the most unique and charitable businesses operating in this country today; or possibly even disappointment that your Cherry Garcia is missing cherries. And if you are inspired to share your feelings with the creators of the original "bad-for-your-waistline, great-for-the- environment" dessert, write to Alice Clifford Blachly '49. Blachly is the consumer relations coordinator for Ben and Jerry's, which means she has spent every workday for the past 10 years reading and responding to consumers' letters on corporate policy, environmental policy, grassroots politics-and ice cream. Blachly arrived at Ben and Jerry's through what she calls a "circuitous route," during which she indulged a "vague interest in publishing" and served stints in early childhood education, university administration, teacher training, and as a reference librarian. While working at Goddard College in Vermont, she met her husband-to-be, and they bought a farm outside of Adamant, near Calais, Vt. When farming proved untenable, they converted their barn into a playhouse for "Unadilla," the local theater troupe they had founded and named after the town Unadilla, N.Y., where the barn's rafters had been made. Blachly's interest in theater had first been awakened by the Rose Valley Players of Rose Valley, Pa., whose performances she had attended while at Swarthmore. She was particularly struck by their production of Chekhov's The Seagull. Mentioning this years later to her husband, it turned out that he had also seen the Rose Valley Players. Today Chekhov is standard stock for the Unadilla players, as is Tom Stoppard, J.B. Priestley, and of course Shakespeare. Now considered a professional group by the local population, they are "the only access to this kind of culture for miles around!" says Blachly. So what finally led Blachly to Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlor-apart from the obvious allure of a double scoop of Chunky Monkey? At the time when farming was becoming impossible, she was approached by an acquaintance in the company who felt that with her education and friendly manner she would be a great consumer relations coordinator. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield felt that her cultural background matched that of their customers, who are "very literate and make lots of literary allusions, " she says. The company's two founders had definite ideas about the importance of good writing and how to personalize responses. (Jerry's mother was an English teacher, so he grew up a stickler for good grammar.) When Blachly first began working there, Jerry would review her responses and add personal P.S.s to them, often dealing with more serious questions about how to start a small business or about social issues. "I learned a lot about style from him. He gave very thoughtful answers," she says. Remarking on the humor and intelligence evident in consumers' letters, Blachly recalls one from an apparently desperate customer : "This is a protest letter denouncing ... your corrupting influence in my life with your degrading, addictive product euphemistically called Coffee Almond Fudge Frozen Yogurt [CAFFY]. How could you do this to me? Here I am in my sunset years and a hopeless, non-rehabilitative, over-the-hill addict. Oh, I've tried your other enticements, all equally irresistible, but none with the power to guide my hand away from CAFFY in the Kroger Cabinet of Temptations. And yes, I've tried abstinence ... but the withdrawal symptoms are unprintable." The letter ends with a cheerful "Keep up the good work." "The people who write have given themselves permission to play," says Blachly, "so I play too. Ben and Jerry want me to do that." In response to a customer's feigned dismay at the absence of any real monkey in the Chunky Monkey ice cream, Blachly responded: "When we came out with Chunky Monkey back in 1988, the name was sufficiently bizarre as to not risk confusion with reality. However, we didn't reckon with California, where evidently the cuisine is so exotic that a name like Chunky Monkey might actually be taken literally. Just in case you were wondering, there's no gravy in Wavy Gravy, no hubby in Chubby Hubby, no rainforest in Rainforest Crunch, and no Aztec in Aztec Harvests Coffee either. We're deliberately trying to confuse people." The pleasure Blachly draws from her work is evident. "I'm concerned with `the fundamental things of the universe,'" says Blachly, who has cultivated her liberal arts education into a lifestyle. She is continually grateful for her "intense" experience at Swarthmore, where she "learned a respect and love for the truth ... and how to learn for the sake of learning." Writing for Ben and Jerry's creates no conflict with this lifestyle, even if she is now technically a part of "corporate America." The company donates a significant portion of its proceeds to grassroots organizations and groups that work with disadvantaged children and families and the global environment. Specifically they are interested in groups that attack the root causes of problems in society. "I wouldn't feel they were unique," Blachly says. "Ben and Jerry are now aging hippies," she continues, "in the best sense of the word. They are very mellow, terribly nice guys with great ideas. They are very idealistic but also practical." They have faced the fact that they must make money in order to give it away, but they have thought it through in a fresh way. "Is it possible to be a successful business and to care about the global community? It can be done, and it makes the public feel hopeful. I hear that in their letters," she says. And she'd love you to drop her a line-even if you don't like ice cream."

Spouse: William Norton Blachly. Alice Broadus Clifford and William Norton Blachly were married in May 1956. They were divorced about 1983. Children were: Thomas Clifford Blachly Esq., Ellen Orr Blachly.

Oscar Clifford was born (date unknown). Parents: Ryan Clifford and Ruscha Fields.

Ryan Clifford was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Ruscha Fields. Ruscha Fields and Ryan Clifford were married. Children were: Oscar Clifford.

Susannah Clifford was born (date unknown). Susannah was co-director of Women Centered, an organization founded by Clo Pitkin which offered many types of support to the women of central Vermont. She authored a history of Danville, Vermont in 1994-5. Her recreational activities included acting and singing in community groups.

Spouse: Thomas Clifford Blachly Esq.. Susannah Clifford and Thomas Clifford Blachly Esq. were married on 7 September 1996 in Calais, Vermont. Children were: Adam Clifford Blachly.

Rosamond Clifford ? Mistress was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Henry II King of England. Children were: William Longespee Earl of Salisbury, Geoffrey Archbishop of York.

Albert H. Cline was born (date unknown).

Spouse: Marjorie G. Gilchrist. Marjorie G. Gilchrist and Albert H. Cline were married.

Maud Clyburn was born about 1889 in Nova Scotia. Daughter of John Clyburn and Jennie Johnson.

Spouse: Louis Corbett. Maud Clyburn and Louis Corbett were married on 21 July 1909 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The marriage record of Louis and Maud gives his occupation as jeweller and hers as boxmaker.

Anna Cobb was born (date unknown). Parents: William Cobb and Emma R. Buchanan.

Emma Cobb was born (date unknown). Parents: William Cobb and Emma R. Buchanan.

Mabel Cobb was born (date unknown). Parents: William Cobb and Emma R. Buchanan.