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Jonathan Knapp

Male 1679 - Aft 1732  (> 54 years)


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  • Name Jonathan Knapp 
    Born 1679  Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 1732  Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I858  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Joshua Knapp,   b. 5/05 Jan 1634/5, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Hannah Close,   b. Abt 1632, of Grinton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1695, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married 9 Jun 1657  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah,   b. Abt 1681, of Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1704  of Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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...":
      "C9 Jonathan, b. 1679, Greenwich. Probably d. young. Jonathan, C-9 and Jonathan, D-9 are confused in the records. C-9 Jonathan may have d. young or may have m. Susannah , lived in Greenwich and had children Ebenezer and Isaac. He was mentioned in the will of Timothy Knapp of Greenwich, 10-15-1732 as "Cousin Jonathan of Greenwich" so he was living then."
      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."

      2. 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."

      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.

      2. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 160. Indicates marriage in 1692 and mentions his name as Capt. John Knapp.