Sapp Family

Time-Line

1500-1776

NC Coast

Nov.28th

Norwich England

Aug. 8th

Norfolk Co. England

May 14th

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Norwich England

Virginia

First blacks land in Virginia

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Yarmouth, England

We need much more research into this period of the European Sapp's and the migration's from Norfolk.

The First Documented account of the Sapp name in America to date.

"THIS TIME PERIOD NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED THOROUGHLY."

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Virginia

Albemarle Co. (1664) abolished in 1739
Bath Co. (1696) abolished in 1739
Clarendon Co. (1664) abolished in 1667.

Stokes County was broken off from Surry in 1789 - Surry Co. from Rowan in 1771 - Rowan was part of Anson prior to 1753 and Anson was part of Bladen prior to 1750 and Bladen was part of New Hanover prior to 1734 and New Hanover was part of Craven prior to 1729 and Craven was part of Bath untill 1705. Bath was of course an original county of North Carolina.

Oh - I forgot - Burke County was part of Rowan County until 1777!!

Prior to 1728 North Carolina was owned by eight Lord Proprietors - It began South of the Virginia border (35* - 34' North Latitude) *Note Carolina Colony's 1665.

(Submitted by: SWest31433@aol.com)

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Edward arrived in Virginia in 1664. (Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing... 1661 - 1699. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. 894p .Pg.69) (Submitted by: RFS)

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The next record of Edward Sapp is 1694, North Carolina
Please note the 1665 Carolina Colony's for Carolina-Virginia Geography

Carolina Colony

    Francisco Gordillo was the first European to visit the present day South Carolina in 1521. The Spanish attempted the first European settlement near present day Georgetown in 1526, but it failed after 9 months.

    The name Carolina is derived from King Charles I of England, who granted "Carolina" in 1629 to Sir Robert Heath.

    In 1663, King Charles II, who gave away vast regions with as much coolness as if they had really belonged to him, granted to eight of his favorites a charter and certain privileges, to repay them for their loyalty in restoring him to the throne of his father. This grant was of the territory extending from the present southern line of Virginia to the St. Johns, in Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (31 deg and 36 deg North Latidude and extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the South Seas) The eight "lords proprietors" Were:

1. Lord Chancellor EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON, b. 1609-d. 1674 (1st Earl of Clarendon & Prime Minister)
2. Sir GEORGE MONCK, b. 1608 d. 1670 (1st Duke of Albemarle, General Monck)
3. Lord CRAVEN,
4. Lord JOHN BERKELEY, of New Jersy
5. Lord ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, b. 1621 d. 1783 (1st Earl of Shaftesbury)
6. Sir GEORGE CARTERET, b. c1606 d. 1677 of New Jersey
7. Sir WILLIAM BERKELEY, b. 1606 d. 1677 (Governor of Virginia)
8. Sir JOHN COLLETON.

    This region was later (1665) extended to 36 deg 30 minutes North to include the Albemarle settlers who had moved south from Virginia.
    The first permanent settlement, at Charles Town (Charleston) on the Ashley River, was established by the English in 1670. It was moved in 1680 to the peninsula between the Cooper and Ashley rivers. Later in 1783 it was renamed to Charleston.
    The Carolinas was early in resisting British rule. In 1693 the colony won the right to initiate legislation in the British House of Commons.
    Bath, near the mouth of the Pamlico River, was the first town to be incorporated (1706).
  In 1704 an act that would have required members of the colonial assembly to adhere to the rites of the Church of England was defeated. The church was, however, made official in 1706 and remained so until 1778.
    Settlement spread from Charles Town south toward BEAUFORT (founded 1710), north toward Georgetown (1735), and inland along the rivers.
    In 1719 the populace rebelled against the British proprietors and their reactionary policies, expelling them and electing James Moore as governor. As a result the British crown assumed (1729) jurisdiction.
    A survey of the boundary between the two, begun in 1735, was not completed until 1815.
    Political strife and Indian wars slowed the Carolina Colony's growth, however, and as "Charles Town" grew more rapidly, the territory began to be known as North and South Carolina. The northern territory was made a separate colony in 1712 and had its own governors until 1829. This boundary begun in 1735, but was not established, nor fully surveyed until 1815.
     In 1729, NORTH CAROLINA became a crown colony when King GEORGE, II purchased the shares of Carolina from all the lords proprietors except Lord GRANVILLE.
    By the 1750s, Germans and Scottish-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia were settling the Piedmont (present day SC) on small, subsistence farms in contrast to the coastal plantations.
    British rule came to an end in NORTH CAROLINA when Gov. JOSIAH MARTIN fled New Bern in May 1775.
    The Second Provincial Congress in 1775 established two regiments and a state government. The first battle of the Revolution in NORTH CAROLINA was fought against Scottish Loyalists at Moore's Creek Bridge on Feb. 27, 1776. Later that year the Fifth Provincial Congress adopted a state constitution and elected RICHARD CASWELL the first governor.
    NORTH CAROLINA was the first colony to declare officially its readiness for independence and in April 1776 furnished ten regiments to the Continental army, as well as thousands of militiamen. At the same time, it helped defeat the Cherokee and suppressed the Tory residents who made the revolution virtually a civil war in NORTH CAROLINA. Despite its leadership in the Revolution.NORTH CAROLINA was the next to last of the 13 original states to ratify the federal Constitution (November 1789). In 1789, NORTH CAROLINA ceded its western territory, present-day Tennessee, to the federal government.

SOUTH CAROLINA

    The Revolutionary War, after the British repulse at Charleston in 1776, temporarily bypassed South Carolina. Then the British captured Charleston on May 12, 1780. The numerous battles and skirmishes fought in the state after 1780 included important American victories at Kings Mountain and Cowpens.
    South Carolina was the eighth state to ratify the federal Constitution, on May 23, 1788. To mollify Piedmont settlers, who demanded increased representation, the General Assembly agreed in 1786 to move the capital.
    Columbia was established as the new seat of government. In the first federal census of 1790, South Carolina's population of 249,073 ranked 7th. Nonwhites accounted for 43.7% of the total and were concentrated in the low country around Charleston.

(Source: UpLoaded to AOL Dec. 21, 1995 By: Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Internet: prsjr@aol.com)

As of yet I have found no record of Sapp's in South Carolina between 1716 & 1783...
Robert F. Sapp, Sapp Family History Pages.

Does he stay here or move south to start a new life?

Oct.6th

Charlestown, Mass?

August

London to Maryland:

N/A

North Carolina

N/A

North Carolina

The next record of North Carolina Sapp's are during 1763.
Exception: Jesse Sapp, who was born in Calvert Co MD, August 19th 1761 and who latter in life removed to Surry Co. North Carolina where he enlisted in the NC Line.

County of Kent on the Delaware

We need more information researched conserning the date established as well as boundry information on the following Colonies on the Delaware River: Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  What of the County of Kent?

Mar.4th

Appoquinimink Hundred is in New Castle Co.

November

Kent County Maryland

N/A

Carolina Colony

Aug. 9th

County of Kent on the Delaware

(A HISTORY of the SAPP FAMILY)

(A HISTORY of the SAPP FAMILY)

May 3rd

Kent Co

N/A

Kent Co. Delaware  then
Burk Co GA

DELAWARE (HSF)

Delaware

United States Census

Delaware then Monongalia Co. VA

Calvert Co MD then Surry Co NC then Warren Co TN

Note. The Western area of North Carolina later became part of Tennessee.

Could this be the Ann Sapp wife of Henry Sapp for whome we have a Will dated
May 3rd 1743?

1765 VARIFIABLE HISTORY OF THE SAPP's BEGIN PER SAPP AND STANLEY (HSF).

Battle of Bunker Hill

Washington appointed as Comander in Chief

(History)

The area was the home of the DELAWARE when Henry HUDSON sailed up the Delaware R. in 1609. He was followed by a British explorer the following year, and control of Delaware was subsequently contested by the Dutch and the English-and later by the Swedes-until 1674, when British authority was solidified. The residents were later linked to William PENN's colony of Pennsylvania. In 1776 Delaware was one of the 13 colonies to sign the Declaration of Independence.

(History)

Pennsylvania was inhabited by Native American tribes, including the DELAWARE, SHAWNEE, and Susquehanna, when the Swedes established a settlement in 1643.  Control subsequently passed to the Dutch (1655) and the British (1664), who granted proprietary rights to the Quaker William PENN. He viewed his colony as a haven for persecuted religious groups; early settlers included the "Pennsylvania Dutch," who settled in the fertile Great Valley, where they are still heavily concentrated. The western frontier of Pennsylvania was the site of much fighting during the FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS. Pennsylvanians such as Benjamin FRANKLIN became leaders of the independence movement, often centered in Philadelphia, which was the premier city of the THIRTEEN COLONIES. As the geographical keystone of the colonies, Pennsylvania saw considerable fighting during the AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Iron-smelting began during the late 18th cent., and further economic growth was encouraged by the construction of canals (1820s) and railroads.

(History)

The region was the home of the DELAWARE when Europeans, including Henry HUDSON, explored it during the early 17th cent. Although the Dutch were the first to establish a permanent settlement (1660), the area was seized by the British (1664), who held it until New Jersey became one of the Thirteen Colonies to declare (1776) its independence. Many important Revolutionary War battles were fought there, including those at Trenton, PRINCETON, and MONMOUTH.

(History)

Giovanni da VERRAZANO probably visited (1524) the Chesapeake region.  In 1632 Charles I of England granted a royal charter to George CALVERT, 1st Baron Baltimore, whose sons led (1634) settlers to the colony, conceived as a haven for persecuted Catholics. The  Algonquian-speaking natives withdrew gradually, and in 1767 the demarcation of the MASON-DIXON LINE ended a long-standing boundary dispute with Pennsylvania. Maryland was one of the 13 colonies to sign the Declaration of Independence, and after the American Revolution, Maryland and Virginia contributed (1791) land for the new national capital in the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

(History)

When explorers for Spain and France penetrated the area during the 16th cent., the principal Native American peoples inhabiting the region were the CHEROKEE, Catawba, and Yamasee. England subsequently claimed the region and sent (1670) the first Europeans to establish a permanent settlement at Albemarle Point (near present-day Charleston). The cultivation of rice and indigo on large plantations using slave labor was the basis of a prosperous economy. In 1776 South Carolina became one of the 13 colonies to declare its independence from Great Britain. After the American Revolution, cotton began to dominate the economy. South Carolina was already a prominent proponent of STATES' RIGHTS when it became the first state to secede from the Union in 1860. The firing on FORT SUMTER by Confederate troops (April 12, 1861) precipitated the CIVIL WAR.

(History)

In 1607 JAMESTOWN, the first permanent English settlement in North America, was founded in Virginia. A prosperous economy developed, based on shipping and tobacco cultivation and utilizing slaves. Virginia was a leader in the movement culminating in the AMERICAN REVOLUTION and was the first of the Thirteen Colonies to declare its independence from Great Britain. Among Virginia's native sons were George WASHINGTON, commander of the Continental Army, and Thomas JEFFERSON, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, both of whom subsequently served as presidents of the new nation.

(History)

Giovanni da VERRAZANO explored the coast in 1524, and during the 1580s Sir Walter RALEIGH tried unsuccessfully to create the first British settlement in the New World, on ROANOKE ISLAND. Small farms were gradually established by c.1635 but political strife between settlers and the proprietors of the colony (who were from Virginia), as well as conflicts with the indigenous tribes, slowed settlement. North Carolina promulgated (1775) the MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.  After the American Revolution, however, the state, which opposed a strong central government, did not ratify the U.S. Constitution until Nov. 1789. By 1835 the final forced removal of the Cherokees began, further encouraging westward expansion.

Delaware, Sussex County, December 20, 1789.
Joseph Sapp With wife Sarah and daughter Mary

Kentucky
Sapp, John. Madison Co.

North Carolina
Sapp, Joseph.

New Jersey
Sap, William. Dover Township, Monomouth.

(A HISTORY of the SAPP FAMILY)

These Sapp's were taken from a list of the Head of Households from the 1790 Federal Census for Stokes County, North Carolina, given in same order as the census.

LEGEND------

1 = FREE WHITE MALES OVER 16

2 = FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16

3 = FREE WHITE FEMALES

4 = OTHER FREE PERSONS

5 = SLAVES

LAST NAME GIVEN NAMES 1 2 3 4 5

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Sapp John 2 0 1 0 0

Sapp Benjamin 1 0 2 0 0

Sapp Jesse 1 0 3 0 0

Sapp Robert 1 3 2 0 0

John and Benjamin were listed after each other.

There was more seperation between Jesse & Robert.

1793 MISHACK SAP DEERFIELD CUMBERLAND CO. NJ 1793 CENSUS

1793 MYHAK LOWER DEERFIELD CUMBERLAND CO. NJ.1793 CENSUS

1793 ARMSTRONG SAPP r. LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK , SALEM CO. NJ.1793

CENSUS

JUL/AUG 1781 BENJAMIN SAPP r., IN NJ 7 YEARS SALEM CO 1793 CENSUS.

AUG-NOV 1782 SHADRACK SAPP SALEM CO. 1793 CENSUS

1793 THE ANCESTOR OF MITCHELL E. SAPP, SHADRICK SAPP WAS

BORN IN GEORGIA (BURKE/LIBERTY CO.?)

20 DEC 1798 ARMSTRONG SAPP INVENTORY OF ESTATE. ADMIN. EDITH SAPP, INVENTORY BY H. MULFORD AND JAMES SAYRES FILE 2409q

11 JAN 1799 ARMSTRONG SAPP WILL IN SALEM CO. NJ., FILE 2409, P. 409