Brief Life History of Johann Jost
When Johann Jost Klapp was born on 9 August 1669, in Istha, Wolfhagen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, his father, Nikolaus Klapp, was 25 and his mother, Elisabeth Potter, was 24. He married Anna Margaretha Stauder in 1701, in Bingen am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1731, in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 62, and was buried in B Township, Algoma, Canada West, British Colonial America.
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- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Johann Jost Klapp, "Find A Grave Index"
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1682
Historical Boundaries: 1682: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1685: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Name Meaning
German: nickname for a gossip or slanderer, from Middle High German klapf, klaff ‘prattle, malicious gossip’. Compare Clapp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Find A Grave Bio - Johann Jost Klapp
Klapp/Clapp/Clopp He arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" 27 September 1727. He was the son of Nicholas Clapp Father of Anna Margaretha Clapp, Maria Elisabeth Clapp, Anna Catharina Clapp, Johann Lud …
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