Capt. John Knapp

1664 - 1749  (84 years)

• Name	John Knapp  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	25 Jul 1664	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Apr 1749	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [2, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I4686	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Caleb Knapp,   b. 20 Jan 1637, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Between 2 Dec 1674 and 4 Mar 1675, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Hannah Smith,   b. Abt 1640   d. Between 4 Jul 1687 and 16 Sep 1691, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1661	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Ferris,   b. 1666, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 27 Sep 1724, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1692	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Moses Knapp,   b. 6 Aug 1709, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 9 Jun 1787, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Mead,   b. 11 Dec 1693, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Marriage	21 Dec 1727	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [4]
  Family ID	F6479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Appointed Ensign, May 1707; Lieutenant, Oct 1710; Captain, Oct 1716, by the Connecticut General Assembly. He was a member of the Assembly in 1716. Sometime in the early 1890s, while repairing a drain on the estate of a Dr. Trowbridge, workmen discovered a gravestone that was being used as a drain cover, upon which was written "Here lies interred, the body of Capt. John Knapp who departed this life the 5th day of April, 1749, aged 85 years."

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com. [S7416] Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut." Connecticut Ancestry 50:101; 50:145; 51:1, 2008. [S648] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation ed. William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953. [S3756] Knap Knapp Family Genealogy by Charles Ruggles Knapp. Winona, Minnesota: 1905. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953., says "abt 1660". [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S663] Descendants of Thomas Smith., says "abt. 1660". [S2306] The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012., date only. [S7416] Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut." Connecticut Ancestry 50:101; 50:145; 51:1, 2008., says "say about 1660".