Background
Clap, Thoms was born on June 26, 1703 in Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen and Temperance Clap.
Clap, Thoms was born on June 26, 1703 in Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen and Temperance Clap.
Graduated from Harvard, 1722.
Called to Congregational Church, Windham, Connecticut, 1726. Ordained, 1726; elected rector Yale College, 1739, under his leadership college drafted more liberal charter (granted 1745), he drew up code of laws (approved 1745), served as president Yale, 1745-1766. Author: Annals of Yale College, 1766.
Married Mary Whiting, November 23, 1727. Married second, Mary Haynes, February 5, 1740.