Edmund Tapp II1,2,3

M, b. 1591, d. before 26 April 1653
FatherEdmund Tapp I b. c 1550, d. b 2 May 1635
     Edmund was born in 1591 in Felmersham, Hertfordshire, England.4 Edmund married Anna (?) circa 1613 in Hertfordshire, England. On 31 May 1637, Edmund left from Bennington, Hertfordshire, England aboard a ship, "name unknown", and arrived in New England on the 31st of August. The family immigrated with 15 other families.. He first settled in New Haven before moving to Milford where he was one of the original settlers and also an original member of the Church of Christ there, which was fcormed on 22 August 1639. Edmund was one those trusted with having the deed of Milford placed in their hands. In 1643, he along with William Fowler were chosen as magistrates of the colony of New Haven.5 He was a colonel in New Hampshire in October 1643.6 Edmund made his will on 1 April 1653 at Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.7 Edmund departed this life in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.8,9 The inventory of Edmund's estate was taken on Saturday, 26 April 1653.10

Family

Anna (?) d. a 17 Aug 1673
Children

Citations

  1. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume IV: page 22 - TAPP, + EDMUND, Milford 1639, one of the seven pillars at found, of the ch. 22 Aug. in New Haven, that yr. may have been an Assist, of that Col. tho. Mather certain, gives a false date to all the earliest. He d. says Lambert, 1653. His will, wh. is lost, bore date 1 Apr. 1653, and his inv. was tak. 26 of the same mo. Of his fam. we kn. little. His d. Jane, wh. d. 8 Apr. 1703 (and had prob. 35 yrs. bef. less than the ch. assign, by tradit.), was w. of Gov. Robert Treat; but from the will of his wid. 17 Aug. 1673, shortly bef. her d. we find two other ds. ment. Ann, d. of William Andrews, wh. had first been w. of William Gibbard, and Eliz. w. of John Nash. Beside this, she calls in that docum. William Fowler, her s.-in-law, gives something to him and three ds. of his, term.
    by testat. her cous.
  2. [S2241] Craig Partridge, The English Origin of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut.
  3. [S2242] Craig Partridge, The English Origin of Edmund Tapp of New Haven and Milford, Connecticut.
  4. [S974] S. Allyn Peck, Reverand Peter Prudden, Pastor & Founder of Milford, Connecticut & His English Ancestry, page 8 -.
  5. [S1128] Donald Linus Jacobus, Milford Church Records, page 28.
  6. [S326] Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume IV: page 1002.
  7. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume IV: page 22 - Will of Edmund Tapp dated: 1 April 1653 Milford - will is lost.
  8. [S1128] Donald Linus Jacobus, Milford Church Records, page 28 - Edmund Tapp died at New Haven 1653.
  9. [S326] Families of Ancient New Haven, Volume IV: page 1002 - Edmund Tapp died 1654.
  10. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume IV: page 22.