Lapp

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This surname is of 2 possible origins.

 The first, is derived from the Middle High German word,

meaning dim, naive, simpleton. The name was probably initially bestowed as a nickname of someone who was thought to be a fool, or in an ironic way intelligent.

The second possible origin is the name may be derived from "Lauba", the name of a town near Saarbrucken, Rhineland.

Spelling Variations are Lappe, Lape, Labbe, Lap

The name was first found in Swabia, where it is thought to have emerged.

Our particular Lapp Lineage starting with John Lapp 1786 is almost surely of German descent. John's probably Grandfather was Rudolph Lapp came to America in 1733 in Germany as a child. Rudolph was on a ship called the Pink Mary with a Johannes Lapp, the connection isn't exactly known between these two.

In 1750, Rudolph had a son in Philadelphia, PA named Jeremiah Lapp who had become a Loyalist that fought for the British in the Revolutionary War. When the war was lost, the Loyalists were granted land in Ontario Canada area. This is where we find our John Lapp with all of Jeremiah's children. Our John was born in NY but was soon found in Ontario. Jeremiah was imprisoned and taken to NY where he met his wife Amy Smith and would have had John.