Dorchester Illustration no. 2240
The revolutionary war drum that came down the centuries in the Trask Family came to the Dorchester Historical Society from William Blake Trask. His Trask ancestor arrived in Salem in the late 1620s, and he is also descended from the Blakes of Dorchester. William was born on Commercial Point, Dorchester, and became a genalogist and historical writer. He married Rebecca Clapp, and they lived on Mayhew Street beside many other Clapp relatives. When the last daughter of Lemuel Clap passed away in the 1870s, the Trasks moved into the Lemuel Clapp House (now owned by the Dorchester Historical Society).
On Sunday, March 20th, the Dorchester Historical Society presents a program about Dorchester Heights.
Mrs. Baker shares memories of the first Evacuation Day. — March 20, 2016, 2 pm, at the William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street
Celebrate Evacuation Day. Come to hear Mittie Clapp Baker talk about her reminiscences of the events leading up to the fortification of Dorchester Heights and how that fateful night resulted in the British being forced to give up their occupation of Boston without a shot being fired. Through the magic of time travel, Submit Baker (born Submit Clapp) will share her memories about events and people and Dorchester life in the second half of the 18th century.
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