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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. 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 199/200: "Abigail Westcott, bc1642, d aft 1713, m1669 Moses Knap." In speaking of her father Richard Westcott: "...was in Wethersfield by 1636 and moved to Fairfield, CT about 1645. Four of his children...Abigail...moved on to Stamford by the early 1660's. 1n 1692 he became involved in the witch trial case..."
2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version:
"NICHOLAS KNAPP
CHILDREN...
viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660])..."
3. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48:
"NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31...
Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford:
i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks."
ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20]
iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21]
iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH.
v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22]
vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24]
vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26]
viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT.
ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27]
Footnotes...
17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327.
18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp.
19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108.
20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416.
21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26.
22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657.
23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87.
24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12.
25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.)
26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2.
27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)"
4. "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..." Second Generation:
"B-8. MOSES Knapp, son of A-1. Nicholas and Elinor ( ) Knapp.
B. 8-6-1645 or 46 or 56, perhaps at Stamford, Conn.
D. In Peekskill, N.Y., in 1756, "a very old man."
M. 1869 [Typo for 1669?], Abigail Westcoat or Westcott, dau. of Richard and Joanna Westcoat, of Stamford, Conn. Abigail was b. ca. 1647.
Probably these children belong to Moses and Abigail:
C-16. Lydia or Liddie, b. 1670. d. 2-9-1709/10. m. 5-2 or 22-1685, Thomas Pennoyer, of Stamford, Conn. He b. 3-9 or 29-1658. d. 11-27-1724, son of Robert Pennoyer and wife, widow Mary Scofield. Robert was son of William and Martha (Jocelyn) Pennoyer, of London. Thomas and Lydia had: -Abigail, b. 8-13-1686. -Mary, b. 11-22-1688. -Millicent, b. 4-13-1691. -Mercy, b. 9-28-1693. -Samuel, b. 4-3-1696. -John, b. 5-26-1698. -Lydia, b. 2-9-1709/10.
C-17. Abigail, b. ca. 1671/2. m. 12-1-1692, John Crissey (or Cressy) at Stamford. She d. 12-8-1706, having had 7 children. He m. 2nd Rebecca (Knawles) Morehouse. John Crissey was son of William Crissey.
C-18. Hannah. (Her record is identical with C-15. Hannah.) Probably there were two different Hannahs but with uncertain records. Probably this Hannah m. Nathaniel Cross.
C-19. Sarah, b. ca. 1674/6. m. Samuel Husted, son of Angell and Rebecca Husted. Probably there was a son Moses only a trace of whom has ever been found, and it is probable these other children belong to him. But there is much confusion about them. It is certain Abigail Westcoat could not have been mother of all of them. David E. Knapp has found a record that points to this MOSES. (See below for other options.)
C-20. Israel, b. ca. 1710/27. d. ca. 1785. m. Mary .
C-21. Moses, b. 10-4-1710 d. 5-7-1795. m. Elizabeth Ogden. [Author's later supplement includes note: "Elizabeth Ogden was dau. of John Ogden and grand-dau. of Richard Ogden."]
C-22. Jonah, b. ca. 1706.
C-23. Mary, b. Horseneck, Conn. m. 11-19-1754, Gorham Fairfield, at Norwalk, Conn.
There is unexplainable confusion over the above Children. Some think all belong to Moses and Abigail. Many think there is a lost family involved- another Moses, probably son of the first Moses. This is not yet proved but seems very probable. Henry Eno Knapp think Lydia. -Abigail. -Sarah and Hanna belong to this Moses. Chas. Ruggles Knapp and Henry B. Betts think that his children are Abigail. -Israel. -Jonah. -Mary and Moses. Henry B. Betts says all his children were born at Horseneck- none at Stamford. Also that he had five sons, one of whom settled in Shenandoah, Dutchess Co. N.Y. Charles Ruggles Knapp thought Abigail. -Israel. -Jonah. -Mary and Moses were children of Moses and Abigail. I think their probable dates of birth, especially that of Moses, b. 1710 were too late for this Moses and Abigail. S.P. Mead claims this Moses and Abigail had Lydia. -Abigail. -Sarah and Hannah. Dates and places of birth and death of a Moses, Jr. have not yet been found. The date of Mary's marriage is also disturbing.
B-8. Moses Knapp was a blacksmith. He lived at Stamford as late as 1701. He was a land owner both at Stamford and Greenwich, which land he received from his father by will. In 1670 he was only a land owner at Greenwich, but never lived there. He was admitted Freeman at Stamford in May, 1670. He was one of the 75 persons who drew land by lot in 1669. In Jan. 1701, a statement of the wealth of the town being made, he was credited with 45 pounds, 5 shillings. He probably moved to Peekskill, N.Y. soon after this where he lived to be a very old man. He d. at Peekskill, N.Y. in 1756, age 101 years. (See History of Westchester Co. N.Y. 1886 by Thomas J. Scharf.) He owned lots in Stamford, 12-26-1699. In 1690, Henry Kimball, a blacksmith, late of Boston binds himself to pay Moses Knapp, Jr. forty three pounds. Savage says he probably never lived in Greenwich but was only a land owner there, and lived in Stamford in 1776, where his father, Nicholas, gave him land by will. He was certainly living in Stamford as late as 1701, perhaps later. Moses was granted a parcel of meadow land at Cos Cob Neck, lying between Mr. Jones and Cellar Neck, 4-15-1699. Moses Knapp served under Capt. Mosely in June and July, 1675 at Mount Hope in King Philip's War and was credited two pounds. "King Philip's War" by Bodge, says: "Moses Knap, 3 pounds, 10 shillings, under Capt. Holbrooke 8-24-1676. Worke done ffor ye soulders by ye order of Capt. Poole and Commesary of Hattfield, 12-ye 10-1675 by Jacob Gardener." "Moses Knap, 1 Paire Shews, 8 shillings." In the land records of Stamford, Vol. B. p. 185, there is a deed from Moses Knapp, made 2-14-1712/3 to his three sons-in law, Thomas Pennoyer, Nathaniel Cross and Samuel Husted. And these three, on the same date, gave bond to maintain for their life their father-in-law and mother-in-law, Moses and Abigail Knapp. This would seem to prove the identity of these three children beyond a doubt."
[Author's later supplement includes note: "Richard Westcoat d. in 1651, Fairfield, Conn. His widow m. 2nd Nathaniel Baldwin and had Sarah, Deborah and Samuel. For a long time many Knapp dscendants have believed that there was a missing generation between B-8, Moses and Abigail (Westcoat) Knapp and C21, moses and Elizabeth (Ogden) Knapp, and that his name was Moses, also. (See Knapp Genealogy) Mrs. Alice B. Stewart, Denver, Colo., a descendant in this line, concludes from her studies and from Scharf's History of Westchester County, N.Y., that Moses Knapp, (#2), was a son of Moses Knapp and Abigail Westocat, was b. at Stamford or Greenwich, Conn., about 1655, d. about 1756. (Evidently an error in those dates.) He moved to Westchester Co. Was in White Plains, N.Y. in 1738 according to the Town Book, where he was one of its Patentees Mch. 13, 1721 and had a lot set off to him. Moved to Fredericktown, Dutchess Co., N.Y. (this town is no longer on the map.) This territory later became Putnam Co. He also lived in Yorktown, N.Y. He was the father of C-21. Moses Knapp who m. Elizabeth Ogden, who moved to White Plains and was there with his father in 1738. He later settled in Yorktown, N.Y. The children of Moses, (#2), ware unknown except for C-21 Moses, but are presumed to be some of those named in the Genealogy as belonging to B-8 Moses. Abigail could not possibly have been the mother of all these children if the dates are correct. The varying bondaries of the Counties in N.Y. and the disputes, lasting many years, over the boundaries between Conn. and N.Y., caused land and vital records to be recorded sometiems in Conn. and sometimes in N.Y., often depending upon the personal prejudices of the person who preferred to be a resident of his favorite state and recorded all his activities there. This has caused much confusion in later years. Also, Scharf's Hisotry contains many errors."]
BIRTH:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011).
MARRIAGE:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). Several children are mentioned in the footnotes on pages 151, 171, and 178.
DEATH:
1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011).
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Abt 1642 - Aft 1713 (~ 72 years)