Nicholas Knapp

Abt 1606 - 1670  (64 years)

• Name	Nicholas Knapp  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1606  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 15 Apr 1670 and 27 Apr 1670	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [2, 4]
  Alternate death	Aft 15 Apr 1670	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [3, 5]
  Alternate death	16 Apr 1670	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [6, 7]
  Alternate death	16 Sep 1670	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [8]
  Person ID	I6295	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Elinor   d. 16 Aug 1658, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Marriage	Bef 1631	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 9]
  Children	+ 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) > 2. Ruth Knapp,   b. 6 Jan 1641, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts + 3. Lydia Knapp,   b. Abt 1647   d. Dec 1716 (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In Watertown by 1 March 1631, when he was fined for selling "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy. According to Nicholas Knapp Genealogy, William Pelham and Edward Lockwood promised to pay Knapp's fine. On 7 Aug 1632 three of the five pounds were recorded as paid. On 6 Jul 1638 what remained of the fine was remitted and the suit dropped upon payment of costs because "the water had been found beneficial". He removed to Stamford in 1636. 9X-great grandparents of Travis Kelce: Nicholas Knapp (d.1670) = Elinor (d. 1658) Ruth Napp (b. 1641) = Joseph Ferris (d. 1699) John Ferris = Abigail Hoyt Elijah Ferris = Hannah Jedediah Ferris = Ruhamah Reynolds Seth Ferris = Mary Mosher Alexander Ferris = Rebecca Keeler Lucinda Mandeville Ferris = Samuel Carney Lyons Hattie Lyons = William O. Blalock Roy Percy Blalock = Helene Henrietta Sadlowski Donald Roy Blalock = Edward Michael Kelce Travis Michael Kelce (1989- ) 8X-great grandparents of billionaire, film director, aviation pioneer, and lunatic Howard Hughes Nicholas Knapp (d.1670) = Elinor (d. 1658) Lydia Knapp (d. 1716) = Isaac Hall (d. 1714) Mary Hall (1681-1728) = William Stites (d. 1727) John Stites (1706-1782) = Margaret Hampton (d. 1784) Sarah Stites (1735-1792) = Rev. John Gano (1727-1804) Richard Montgomery Gano (1775-1815) = Elizabeth Ewing (1779-1812) * John Allen Gano (1805-1887) = Mary Catherine Conn (b. 1810) Richard Montgomery Gano (1830-1913) = Mattie Jones Welch (1832-1895) William Beriah Gano (1854-1913) = Jeannette de Lafayette Grissim (1857-1905) Allene Stone Gano (1883-1922) = Howard Robard Hughes (1869-1924) Howard Hughes (1905-1976) * Elizabeth Ewing, granddaughter of PNH ancestor Charles Ewing (d. 1770), making PNH and TNH both distant cousins to Howard Hughes.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [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. [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, 1913-14., month, year, and place only. [S119] Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen by Gerald R. Fuller. Esther Fuller Dial, ed. The Andrew Lee Allen Family Organization, 1952. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953. [S3756] Knap Knapp Family Genealogy by Charles Ruggles Knapp. Winona, Minnesota: 1905. [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.