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Maria Catherine Clapp 1704–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1704

Birth Location: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1768

Death Location: August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Father: George Clapp

Mother: Anna Stiess

Spouse(s): Peter GORTNER

Children(s): Jacob COTNER

Maria Catherine Clapp was born in 1704 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, the child of George Valentine Clapp And Anna Barbara Stiess. Maria Catherine Clapp married Peter Gortner, and had children including Jacob Cotner. Maria Catherine Clapp passed away in 1768 in August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Maria Catherine Clapp was born in 1704 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, the child of George Valentine Clapp And Anna Barbara Stiess.
  • Maria Catherine Clapp married Peter Gortner, and had children including Jacob Cotner.
  • Maria Catherine Clapp passed away in 1768 in August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Maria Clapp's Ancestors

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Maria Clapp
1704–1768
Birth Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Parents
George Valentine Clapp
1702–1773
Istha, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Anna (Barbara) Stiess
1706–1773
Weisenheim, Am Berg, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Jost) Klapp
1669–1731
Istha, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Anna (Margaretha) Stauder
1678–1780
Weisenheim am Berg, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Phillip Stiess
1670–
Weisenheim, Am Berg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Nikolaus Klapp
1637–1744
Elizabeth Potter
1640–1680
Michael Stauder
1646–1741
Anna Apollonia
1650–1718
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Geisa Klapp
1619–1719
Catharina Brylande
1609–1709
Jacob Stauder
1626–

Maria Clapp's Descendants

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Maria (Catherine) Clapp (1704–1768) m. Peter GORTNER (1704–24 Apr 1760)
  1. 1. Jacob COTNER 1742–1805 m. Catherine Painter 1750–1824
    1. 1. John (Frederick) Cotner 1786–1821 m. Mary (Ann Polly) Keller 1786–1853
      1. 1. Alfred Cottner 1813–1841 m. Martha King 1818–1900
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Caroline) Cottner 1841–1910 m. William (M) Castleberry 1841–1900

Maria Clapp's Timeline

4 Records

1704
1704
Birth of Maria Catherine Clapp in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1704
1704
Birth of Maria Catherine Clapp in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
1768
1768
Age 64
Death of Maria Catherine Clapp in August, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
August, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
1768
1768
Age 64
Death of Maria Catherine Clapp in August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1704
    Event Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1704
    Event Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1748
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: August, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: August, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

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