William Henry Bant Clapp

[kristyo]

HI all,

I am looking for information on William Henry Bant Clapp. He was born in Ireland in 1840. He lived in Cork in 1862 when he registered as a doctor in the UK Medical Register. Between 1863 & 1867 he joined the army as a Staff Assistant Surgeon.  He married Rebecca Matilda Penman in Surrey, England in 1869. He spent a lot of time in India where quite a few of his children were born. HIs eldest son William Henry John Clapp is my great great grandfather.

Thanks in advance!
Kristy

[shanew147]

Do you have a marriage cert for William and Rebecca ?

It should show the names and occupations of their father's, which might help your search.

William was born well before the start of civil records in Ireland, so to start a search you would usually need a location (ideally the name of the town, townland or parish his family lived), and also his denomination.

see : Introduction to Irish Records
         My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start?

[kristyo]

Thanks for those links. This is the only thing I can find like a marriage certificate:


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[shanew147]

I think that relates to Banns or License for the marriage. A likely reference to the marriage is on FreeBMD, which means you can order a civil cert from  GRO UK

 Record Type : Marriages
 Quarter/Year : Sep 1869
 Registration District :  Strand (London / Middlesex)
 Volume :  1b / Page 833

  William Benjamin Borer
  William Henry B Clapp
  Rebecca Matilda Penman
  Laura Jane Wigley

[shanew147]

There's a possible relation of your William listed in Slater's directory of 1846 - a Captain William Clapp, 2 Audley place, Cork (city)

see : http://www.failteromhat.com/slater/0049.pdf

The marriage cert would probably help confirm, or rule this out as a possible father to your William. Looks like another military man...

p.s. Audley place was near to Victoria Barracks.

[shanew147]

this Administration calendar entry confirms the connection -

Deceased : William Henry Clapp
Primary Beneficiary/Executor : William Henry Bant Clapp
Date of Death : 18 Mar 1868
County of Death : Cork
9th Apr 1868, Letters of Administration of the personal estate of William Henry Clapp late of Waterloo place, Cork Esq. deceased, who died 18 March 1868 granted at Cork to William Henry Bant Clapp of Milton Barracks, Gravesend, England, Medical Doctor the son and universal legatee.

see : link  (Will calendars National Archive of Ireland)

[kristyo]

Thankyou so much!!!

[kristyo]

I have found a will on Ancestry.com.au that looks like it belongs to William Henry Bant Clapp... just need to upgrade my membership to view it! IM off to do that now!

Thanks so much again!

[nowel]

From an unusual source - DNW auctioneers - giving information relating to the sale in 2006 of a Military General Service Medal 1793 - 1814 belonging to W.H.Clapp. In a footnote it mentions that he was stationed in Cork from 1835 as a Deputy Purveyor and that his son William Henry Bant Clapp was born in December 1839 in Douglas, Cork. - http://tinyurl.com/njnjghb

From Ballincollig Heritage in Co. Cork -an index of headstones from Cork Military Cemetery at Assumption Hill lists W.H Clapp -   http://tinyurl.com/qdn257k
Also from Ballincollig Heritage a reply to a query from a descendant of W.H Clapp gives the information that W.H Clapp died Mar 18th 1869 aged 83 and his wife Jane died July 3rd 1861 aged 53. - http://ballincollig.wordpress.com/military-barracks/

Nowel