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1614 - 1653 (~ 39 years)
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Edmund TAPP [1] |
- He was of Milford 1639, one of "the seven pillars" at the founding of the Milford Church in New Haven, Aug. 22, 1639, and Peter Prudden was ordained its first minister April 18, 1640 by a committee of three, of whom Edmund Tapp was one. Mather says he was an Assistant of the colony. He was one of four Judges of Milford chosen at the beginning of the settlement. (Atwater's New Haven p. 157.) In 1643 and 1644, he was one of the two Magistrates for Milford. (New Haven Colonial Records, I, pp. 112 and 129.) In 1649, he was chosen on a committee to set the boundary line between New Haven and Branford, p. 492, vol. 1, N.H. col Rec.)
Feb 5, 1639/40 a committee was appointed by the Court to "assist Mr. Ling to ripen Goodman Taps business against the next court concerning his demaund of certaine monyes weh he disbursed for bringing cattell from the Bay, appertaying to divers persons." (N.H. Col. Rec., I, p. 28) "Herfordshire Emigrants in 1636........."Benington--Edmund Tapps 2.0.0. gone into New England (S.P Dom. vol. 376 of Charles I, No. 106)" This under heading of "a retorne for arrears of shepp mony in the Countie of Hertfe for yeare 1636." (N.E. Reg., 54, p. 352) Emigrants from Herts. "Edmund Tapps of Bennington, went to New England, and appeared with the others at Milford in 1639." Bennington is eight miles northwest of Ware. (N.E. Reg., 57, p. 298; Savage, 4, p. 253.) [1]
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Christening |
30 Jan 1613/4 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Apr 1653 [1] |
Person ID |
I82857 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
6 Mar 2016 |
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Sources |
- [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.
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