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This Family line is presently under
revision.
The Knapp family originated in the Province of Saxony,
Germany. The English branch of the family was located in County
Sussex as early as the 15th. Century. In 1540 Roger Knapp
distinguished himself at a tournament held at Norfolk, England
and was specially honored by Henry V and granted a Coat of
Arms. In 1630, two members of Knapp families: Nicholas and
William, came to America. In 1638 two more, Roger (who settled
in Conn.) and Aaron came.
WILLIAM KNAPP, born 1578 Sussex, England, died Aug. 30, 1659
Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. He was a carpenter and a
Proprietor of Watertown, married in England Priscilla _____?
Children:
AARON KNAPP, born (? Yorkshire?) England, ca. 1612, and his
wife, Elizabeth, came to America in 1638 and settled in (Cohannet)
Taunton, Bristol Co., MA, died before 1676. He and his wife are
said to be the American ancestors of this branch of the family.
Children: (all born in Taunton, MA)
AARON, born ca. 1645
John, born ca. 1650, died 1715, Taunton, MA
Moses, died 1685, Taunton, MA
Joseph, died 1676 Kings Philips War.
Mary, baptized Sept. 20, 1659, Roxbury, MA
Elizabeth, born 1653, died ca. 1690, Georgetown, Ont. Canada
Samuel, d. ca. 1717 Taunton, MA. mar. Elizabeth Cobb
AARON KNAPP, born ca. 1645, died ca. 1724, Rehoboth, MA, married
Dec. 8, 1686, Rachel Burt, born 1665, Taunton, MA the daughter
of James, b. 1622 in England, sailed for America from London
Apr. 14, 1635 d. 1680 & Ann Burt, d. Aug. 17, 1665.
Children: (all born in Taunton, MA)
Aaron
NATHANIEL, died 1764
Benjamin, died Feb. 15, 1765
Ebenezer, born ca. 1700, died after 1768
Hannah
Gladden, living 1790 Census of Bristol Co.
NATHANIEL KNAPP, died 1766, married Mar. 19, 1729 Rachel (or
Rebecca) Cobb, died pre 1734. He married second, Mar. 4, 1735
Mehitable Briggs, died 1766.
Children: (All born in Taunton, MA)
JONATHAN, born 1709?
Nathaniel, born 1715
Mary
Jacob
Aaron, born 1746
Ephraim, born 1748, died Nov. 6, 1825
Moses, born 1748
Mehitable, born 1751
Daniel, born May 6, 1753, died Apr. 21, 1836
Abiather, born 1760
JONATHAN KNAPP, born 1709, died Nov. 3, 1793, Norton, MA,
married Feb. 19, 1734 Mahitabel Tucker, born Oct. 21, 1707, died
Apr. 22, 1795 Norton, Bristol Co., MA, the daughter of Robert
and Mehitabel Tucker.
Children:
Jonathan, born Dec. 20, 1735 , died 1830 buried in
Moulton Hill Cemetery.
ABIAL, born Sep. 3, 1738
Mehitabel, born Dec. 11, 1740
Daniel, born Sep. 7, 1743, died Nov. 16, 1832
Bethiah, born Mar. 26, 1746
Paul, born 1740?
Atherton, born ca. 1750
Abel
Amassa
Lathrop, born ca. 1759
ABIAL (ABEAL) KNAPP, born Sep. 3, 1738 Norton, Bristol Co., MA,
died May 25, 1832 Lyman, Grafton Co., NH, interred The Center
Cemetery, Lyman, moved to Lyman in 1781. He served in the
Revolutionary War in John Houghton's Co., Col. Babelion's Regt.
until Sep. 22, 1776 and enlisted for three years, May 9, l777 in
Capt. Nicholas Gilman's Co. being released Jan. 10, 1778. He did
not receive his pay until Jun. 2, 1780 on an order of the court
dated Dec. 28, 1779. He married probably in Norton on Jun. 9,
1766 to Keziah Cheney.
Children:
ELIJAH, born 1769
Betsy, born Jan. 1775, died Apr. 27, 1858
Abial married second, Chloe Smith, Apr. 6, 1778, Their
daughter:
Mehitable, born Sept. 9, 1781, died Apr. 7, 1875
ELIJAH KNAPP, born Jan. 1769, ( Norton, MA, or Richmond, NH)
died Dec. 19, 1860 at age 91 years, 9 mos., interred The Center
Cemetery, Lyman, Grafton Co., NH, married Sep. 29, 1796, Sally
Elliott, born ca. 1775/6, died Apr. 10, 1868 age 92, interred
with her husband.
Children:
Daniel, born 1797, died Aug. 12, 1861
Amasa, born May 2, 1798, died Apr. 24, 1886
Mehitable, born Feb. 24, 1800, died Aug. 30, 1867
Hiram, born Dec. 21, 1801, died Jan. 22, 1878
Jehial, born Jan. 5, 1804, died Jan. 24, 1804
Abial, born May 14, 1805, died Aug. 16, 1886
JEHIAL,(2) born Jun. 18, 1807
Stella, born Jun. 28, 1809, died Apr. 17, 1843
Letty (Letitia), born Jul. 26, 1811, died 1880
Email, born Jul. 27, 1814
Arial (Adrial), born Jul. 27, 1814
Mariah, born Nov. 20, 1816
Emily, born Feb. 1, 1819, died May 30, 1842
Hittie,
Ira
JEHIAL (Gehial) KNAPP, born Jun. 18, 1807 Lyman, Grafton Co.,
NH, died Apr. 5, 1864, married (1) Jan. 21, 1836 Lyman, Daphne
Bartlett, born Oct. 4, 1813 Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH, died
Feb. 4, 1855 Lyman, the daughter of Mathew Bartlett II and
Mindwell Hoskins
(See
Bartlett Family Addendum)
Jehial & Daphne are interred in The Center Cemetery, Lyman,
NH. (Jehial married (2) Emily Kelsea.)
Children:
Solome S., born Aug. 29, 1837
IRA OSCAR, born Jun. 7, 1839
Arial P., born Feb. 1, 1843 (Ariah /Adrial)
IRA OSCAR KNAPP, born Jun. 7, 1839 Lyman, Grafton Co., NH, died
1910, married May 1, 1866 Flavia F. Stickney, born Feb. 8,
1849, died Mar. 16, 1898 in Lyman, the daughter of Ethan
Franklin Stickney and Laura A. Hastings
(See
Stickney Family Addendum).
Ira and Flavia were both graduates of the Metaphysical
College, Boston and Class Taught by Mary Baker Eddy. Ira was a
member of the Christian Science Bible Lesson Committee and First
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the First Church of
Christian Science. Flavia was a member of the Board of
Missionaries, Board of Education and a Teacher of Christian
Science. Ira was a very close confidant of Mary Baker Eddy,
Founder of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy gave, in Dec. 1889, a
tract of land in Boston to Ira to hold for the future erection
of the Mother Church. This tract of land was worth $ 20,000.00
in 1892.
Children:
Sprague Arial, born Jun. 18, 1867
Daphne Solome, born Jan. 30, 1870
Ralph Hastings, born Feb. 23, 1875, died Jul. 20, 1943
BLISS, born Jun. 7, 1877
BLISS KNAPP, born Jun. 7, 1877, Lyman, Grafton Co., NH, died
Mar. 14, 1958, interred Cambridge, MA, married Mar. 27, 1918
Eloise Mabury of Los Angeles, CA, daughter of Hiram Mabury.
He was a noted Lecturer of Christian Science. It was through
letters he wrote and conversations with members of our family
that the Bartlett Family line was discovered.
Credit goes also to the Archives of the Mother Church for
their valuable assistance.
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