1.  ELIZABETH¹ POTTER was born Abt. 1645 in Of Istha, Hessen.  She married NIKOLAUS KLAPP Abt. 1668 in Istha, Hessen, son of GEISA KLAPP and CATHARINA BRYLANDE.  He was born Abt. 1644 in Of Istha, Hessen, Germany, and died in Istha, Hessen.
 
Child of ELIZABETH POTTER and NIKOLAUS KLAPP is:
2. i. JOHANN JOST "JOSEPH"² CLAP, b. 1669, Istha, Hesse, Germany; d. Aft. 1716, Berks Co., Penn.
 

2.  JOHANN JOST "JOSEPH"² CLAP (ELIZABETH¹ POTTER) was born 1669 in Istha, Hesse, Germany, and died Aft. 1716 in Berks Co., Penn.  He married ANNE MARGARETHA Abt. 1701 in Bingen, Palatinate, Germany.  She was born Abt. 1673 in Weisenheim, Am Berg, Pfalz, Germany.
 
Children of JOHANN CLAP and ANNE MARGARETHA are:
3. i. GEORGE VALENTINE (JORG)³ CLAPP, b. May 24, 1702, Weisenheim-Berg, Vic.Bad Durkheim, Hesse, Germany; d. October 12, 1773, Brick Church, Guilford, NC.
 ii. ANNA MARGARETHA CLAPP, b. 1710.
 iii. MARIA ELISABETH CLAPP, b. 1706.
 iv. ANNA CATHARINA CLAPP, b. 1708.
 v. JOHN LUDWING CLAPP, b. 1704.
 vi. MARIA VERONICA CLAPP, b. December 25, 1716.
 

3.  GEORGE VALENTINE (JORG)³ CLAPP (JOHANN JOST "JOSEPH"² CLAP, ELIZABETH¹ POTTER) was born May 24, 1702 in Weisenheim-Berg, Vic.Bad Durkheim, Hesse, Germany, and died October 12, 1773 in Brick Church, Guilford, NC.  He married ANNA BARBARA (BARBARY) STIESS August 24, 1723 in Weisenheim-Berg, Vic.Bad Durkheim, Hesse, Germany.  She was born 1706 in Weisenheim-Berg, Vic.Bad Durkheim, Hesse, Germany, and died 1775 in Brick Church, Guilford, NC.
 
Children of GEORGE CLAPP and ANNA STIESS are:
 i. GEORGE TOBIAS CLAPP, b. January 18, 1735, Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania; d. February 1800, Guilford, North Carolina.
 ii. MARIA ELIZABETH CLAPP, b. July 28, 1726.
 iii. JOHN CLAPP, b. Abt. 1742.
 iv. JOHN PHILLIP CLAPP, b. February 20, 1731.
 v. CHARLES CLAPP, b. Abt. 1736.
 vi. JACOB CLAPP, b. January 18, 1735.
 vii. JOSEPH CLAPP, b. Abt. 1741.
viii. MARIA VERONICA CLAPP, b. 1733.