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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] Siblings 2 siblings Person ID I4686 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH 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. Bef 16 Sep 1691, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 51 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
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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."
- Appointed Ensign, May 1707; Lieutenant, Oct 1710; Captain, Oct 1716, by the Connecticut General Assembly. He was a member of the Assembly in 1716.
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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".
- [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com.