November 30, 2012

Quartus Pheletus

(1980 memoir)
Before drifting away from the Clapps, I want it recorded Henry's father was Quartus Pheletus.  This is the oddest name I have ever heard, and am spelling it from sound so marked the e long.  Quartus Pheletus and my father's grandfather were cousins, I think.  If you dig around and find I am off a generation or so, you will have a good idea how my mind works.  The Clapps came from New England.  And that is where Henry got his wife, Lucretia.  ["Philebas" is a Greek name, meaning "loving youth."  The Clapp/Parsons relationship is still undetermined.]

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