Dorchester Massachusetts and Roxbury

The Clapp-Williams-Ford colonial Massachusetts cluster. Capt. Roger Clapp (1609 to 1691) sailed on the Mary and John 1630 with John Winthrop's fleet, founded Dorchester, authored the Memoirs of Roger Clap. Robert Williams of Roxbury (1607 to 1693) emigrated 1637 on the Rose from Norwich. Through Mary Clapp who married Alvan Rice, this whole Great Migration colonial cluster enters Brant's tree.

Origin region: Massachusetts Bay Colony (Dorchester, Roxbury)