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6. George Valentine CLAPP was born on 24 May 1702 in Weisenheim Am Berg, Germany.2 Name paid Taxes value place date He was naturalized on 22 September 1763 in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. He died on 12 October 1773 at the age of 71 in Guilford Co., NC.2 Buried in the Brick Church Cemetery, Guilford Co., NC. See page 238 ACB Families. Naturalized 9-22-1763, Superior Court Records, Rowan Co., NC., see page 242, ACB Families. Copy of Brick Church records that I have has a death date of Oct 12, 1773, age 71 years 4 mo., 18 days. There was a lond transfer from George and wife, Barbary, to George Tobias Clapp in 1773 shortly before George died. George Valentine CLAPP and Anna Barbara STIESS were married on 24 August 1723 in Weisenheim Am Berg, Germany. Married in Germany, had 2 children before coming to America in 1727. Had 12 total. Married in Lutheran Church, Weisenheim am Berg, Germany. Buried in Brick Church Cemetery, Guilford Co., NC. Anna Barbara STIESS, daughter of Philip STIESS, was born in 1706 in Weisenheim Am Berg, Germany. She died on 12 October 1773 at the age of 67 in Guilford Co., NC. Belonged to the German Reformed Church. Buried in the Brick Church Cemetery, Guilford Co., NC. George Valentine CLAPP and Anna Barbara STIESS had the following children: 12 | i. | Infant CLAPP was born on 12 June 1725 in Weisenheim Am Berg, Germany. He died on 12 June 1725 at the age of 0 in Germany. Stillborn. | 13 | ii. | Maria Elizabeth CLAPP was born on 25 July 1726 in Weisenheim Am Berg, Germany. | +14 | iii. | John Phillip CLAPP Sr.. | 15 | iv. | Maria Veronica CLAPP was born on 14 January 1733 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., PA. | 16 | v. | Jacob CLAPP was born on 18 January 1734. Found in the 1790 census of Guilford Co., NC. Married and had at least 8 children. | +17 | vi. | George Tobias CLAPP Sr.. | 18 | vii. | Joseph CLAPP was born about 1741. Indicated as a brother of John Philip Clapp in Mormon Church records. The Joseph Clapp in Newberry, SC, 1790 census may be a son of George Valentine. He was living in an area called "Dutch Fork". There are several records for Joseph in SC, but so far there is no proof that he is the son of George Valentine Clapp. | +19 | viii. | Maria Barbara CLAPP. |
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