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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." Third Generation:
"C-7. Benjamin Knapp, son of B-3. Joshua and Hannah (Close) Knapp.
B. 1673/4, Greenwich and always lived there.
D. 1716 or 1719, Greenwich.
M. 2-28-1700/1 (Greenwich Record) or 2-25 or 4-18-1700. (Conn. Vital.) Elizabeth Butler, dau. of Walter and Rebecca Butler. She m. 2nd Segar or Secor or Seager. She made her will in 1753. (See C-3. for Butler record.)
D-23. Daniel, b. 4-2 or 20-1714, Greenwich, d. 1737 at Stamford, Conn. Never married. His will was made 5-21-1737. Probated 8-2-1737/8. Inventory 1-31-1737/8. Mentions brothers Benjamin. -Joshua. -Joseph. -David and James. Had sisters Martha who m. Joseph Palmer. -Ruth Hubbard. Elizabeth, m. Charles Smith. Executors were Benjamin and Joseph Knapp, brothers. Witnesses, Peter Ferris, Hezekiah Lockwood and Martha Lockwood. Inventory by Hezekiah Lockwood and Samuel Burby or Burley, 1-31-1738. Inventory filed 2-6-1738.
D-24. Benjamin, b. 4-17-1704. d. 8-16-1772. m. 6-3-1731, Mary Miller.
D-25. Joshua, b. 12-12-1705. d. 1776. m. Eunice .
D-26. Joseph, b. 12-13-1707. d. before 1739?? m. Elizabeth .
D-27. David, b. 2-17-1709/10. d. 1774. m. 1-7-1735, Rachel Close.
D-28. James, b. 11-28-1711. d. after 1757. m. Jean .
D-29. Elizabeth, b. 2-16-1716. m. 6-10-1736, Charles Smith, at Greenwich, by Rev. Benjamin Strong. They had six children. Probate of the will of Charles Smith, dated 8-10-1769, names widow, Elizabeth, children: -Mary, wife of Jonathan Pratt, -Prue. -Samuel. -Charles. -Benjamin. -David. Probated 2-21-1775. Witnessed by Peter Ferris, David Smith III and Abraham Hubbard. As no executor was named in the will, widow Elizabeth and son Samuel were appointed to administer the will. Distribution was made 12-12-1775 to widow and four sons.
D-30. Martha, b. 2-28-1700/01. m. 2-29-1719/20, Joseph Palmer, by Rev. Richard Sackett.
D-31. Ruth b. 8-22-1702. m. before 2-6-1737, Abraham Hubbard, b. 1699, bapt. 9-10-1749, age 50 years. On 4-11-1774 he deeded land to his following daughters: -Ruth, wife of Timothy Ferris, of Greenwich. -Elizabeth, widow of Reuben Reynolds, Greenwich. -Mary, wife of Henry Filkins, of Nine Partners, N.Y. -Martha, wife of James Lockwood, Greenwich. -Hannah, wife of Eliphalet Reynolds. They also had sons, William and Abraham.
C-7. Benjamin Knapp was granted 10 acres of land at Horseneck. He was on the Greenwich Tax List, 1694 to 1697 for 31 pounds. His children were all born at Greenwich. 1-12-1737, David Knapp distributed of his father's estate. Elizabeth Knapp, 2-25-1736, distributed of her father, Benjamin's estate. 6-4-1719 James, Joshua and Joseph, brothers had distributed to them, or laid out to them in Greenwich. 3-10-1729, Joseph Smith, Charles Webb and James June, bought of Joseph Palmer his rights in the estate of Joseph Knapp."
2. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...":
"Benjamin, b. 1673/4. d. 1716/9. m. Elizabeth Butler, 1700."
Concerning the father: "Joshua Knapp moved to Stamford, Conn., with his father in 1646, m. there and lived there for some time. In 1663 he moved to Greenwich, Conn. where he was admitted Freeman in 1669, making his home there until his death in 1684. He was one of two persons who made the bargain with the Indians when Bedford Parish was bought from them. The agreement between the Indians and Stamford Colony was witnessed by Joshua Knapp and David Waterbury and signed by seven Indian Chiefs dated 12-23-1680. He bought land in Rye in 1681. His inventory is dated 10-27-1684 and is spoken of as a good estate. He mentions the children named above, except Jonathan, saying that the sons shall receive their share at the age of 21 and the daus. at the age of 18. The will is signed by the widow Knapp, John Bowers and Moses Knapp, all of Stamford, Conn., and also by John Reynolds. Joshua was made Proprietor at Greenwich 2-5-1664. He gave a deed in Stamford 1-14-1657. He was probably a weaver by trade as his father willed him "the other half of the gears" to his loom. Inventory of his estate in 1684 places its value at 54 pounds. He was one of the Committee of Sixteen to confer about the dividing line between Greenwich and Rye. John Bowers was made Proprietor at Greenwich 2-5-1664, was called 43 years old in 1681 and d. in 1694. No children."
3. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), p. 56:
"Knapp, Joshua, son of Nicholas, was married here in 1657 to Hannah Close. He had one child recorded here -- Hannah, born March 26, 1660. He lived later in Greenwich, having had then seven children, Joshua, Joseph, Ruth, Timothy, Benjamin, Caleb, and Jonathan. His inventory bears date Oct. 27, 1684."
MARRIAGE:
1. "The American Genealogist," 32:145-46, gives date of 18 Apr 1700 at Greenwich.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources:
-NK Gen (1953).
-NK Gen Suppl (1956).
-Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington.
-Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead.
-Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55.
-Stamford Registration.
-Stamford Colony Rec.
-Rye, NY (CT) Land Rec. 1681.
-Greenwich Vital Rec.
-Inventory of Estate dtd. 27 Oct 1684.
-Proprietor Rec., 5. Feb 1664.
-Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus.
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