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Capt. John Knapp

Male 1664 - 1749  (84 years)


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  • Name John Knapp  [1, 2
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth 25 Jul 1664  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Apr 1749  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 2 Dec 1674 and 4 Mar 1675, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Hannah Smith,   b. Abt 1640   d. Bef 16 Sep 1691, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1661  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Family ID F1823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Ferris,   b. 1666, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1724, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1692  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Children 
    +1. Moses Knapp,   b. 6 Aug 1709, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1787, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1727  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 
    1. [S41] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, on ancestry.com.

    2. [S7416] Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut." Connecticut Ancestry 50:101; 50:145; 51:1, 2008.

    3. [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.

    4. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953.

    5. [S3756] Knap Knapp Family Genealogy by Charles Ruggles Knapp. Winona, Minnesota: 1905.

    6. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953., says "abt 1660".

    7. [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.

    8. [S663] Descendants of Thomas Smith., says "abt. 1660".

    9. [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.

    10. [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".