Caleb Knapp

1637 - 1675  (37 years)

• Name	Caleb Knapp  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	20 Jan 1637	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Between 11 Oct 1674 and 4 Mar 1675	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [10]
  Alternate death	Between 10 Nov 1674 and 4 Mar 1675	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [8]
  Death	Between 2 Dec 1674 and 4 Mar 1675	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [5]
  Alternate death	Aft 11 Dec 1674	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [4]
  Alternate death	Bef 9 Mar 1675	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [9]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  1. Caleb Knapp ,   b. 20 Jan 1637, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Between 2 Dec 1674 and 4 Mar 1675, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 37 years) ▻ Hannah Smith ,  m. Bef 1661   2. Ruth Knapp ,   b. 6 Jan 1641, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts ▻ Joseph Ferris ,  m. 20 Nov 1657
  Person ID	I7971	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Knapp,   b. Abt 1606   d. Between 15 Apr 1670 and 27 Apr 1670, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Elinor   d. 16 Aug 1658, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Marriage	Bef 1631	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [6, 11]
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Smith,   b. Abt 1640   d. Bef 16 Sep 1691, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1661	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [6, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Children	1. Capt. John Knapp,   b. 25 Jul 1664, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 5 Apr 1749, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 84 years)   2. Sarah Knapp,   b. 1670, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 1728, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F1823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  8XG grandfather of Taylor Swift: Caleb Knapp (1637-~1675) = Hannah Smith (1642-1685) Samuel Knapp (~1668-~1739) = Hannah Bushnell (b. ~1676) John Knapp (~1700-~1758) = Margaret Taylor Amos Knapp (~1740->1784) = (Unknown) Nelson Comfort Knapp (1770-1850) = Tarzah Gillett (1774-1849) Annice Knapp (1818-1880) = Daniel Thompson (~1813-1876) Willis Wilbur Thompson (1852-1940) = Barbara Marie Jane Kingsley (1857-1927) Bernice Maude Thompson (1882-1979) = Archie Dean Swift (1877-1961) Archie Dean Swift (1914-1998) = Rose Baldi Douglas (1920-1994) Scott Kingsley Swift (1952- ) = Andrea Gardner Finlay (1958- ) Taylor Alison Swift (1989- ), 9th cousin to TNH

  
  

• Sources

  [S474] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus. Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930-32. [S396] Belnap Family Organization. [S4059] Ancestry and Descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin by Edith Bartlett Sumner. Los Angeles, 1954. [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. [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. [S2306] The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. [S3756] Knap Knapp Family Genealogy by Charles Ruggles Knapp. Winona, Minnesota: 1905. [S7402] Robert Louer, "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut." Connecticut Ancestry 45:3, 2002. [S7416] Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut." Connecticut Ancestry 50:101; 50:145; 51:1, 2008. [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. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953., says "abt 1660". [S663] Descendants of Thomas Smith., says "abt. 1660". [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".