John KNAPP

John married Deborah CROSS on 23 May 1723 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Deborah (daughter of Nathaniel CROSS and Hannah KNAPP) was born on 17 Jan 1700/1 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Dec 1735 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail HOYT on 01 Jul 1736 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Samuel HOYT and Susanna SLASON) was born on 26 Oct 1703 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1747 and 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Susannah KNAPP was born on 27 Mar 1737 in Stamford, Fairfield County Connecticut; died in abt. 1839; was buried in June Cemetery, North Salem, Westchester Co., New York.
2. Israel KNAPP was born on 28 Mar 1738 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1787 in Crompond-Downsville, Westchester County, New York.
3. Samuel KNAPP was born on 9 May 1744 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Dec 1810 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
4. Hannah KNAPP was born about 1745 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died on 8 Nov 1827 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
5. Mary KNAPP was born on 5 Mar 1747 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died after 1763.

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"Connecticut Ancestry": John Knapp must have been quite a capable young man, since he was named co-administrator of the estate of his grandfather Henry Smith in 1687, when John would have been only about 23 years old and apparently not yet even married. This does raise the question, however, about the possibility of an earlier marriage for John Knapp (prior to 1692) that has not yet come to our attention.

Also, at the time of the death of Thomas Lawrence in the summer of 1691, John Knapp had "the custody of most of the effects of the deceased, and verified the inventory," again signifying a position of considerable trust in the family. Perhaps John Knapp was living with his stepfather Thomas Lawrence even though his mother had died several years earlier in 1685.

He accumulated a considerable amount of property in Stamford over a period of a dozen years from 1703/04 to 1715/16. Interestingly, he continued to hold a total of 12 deeds for these properties without recording, until some event convinced him to record them all in the Stamford Land Records on the last day of January, 1733/34. One of these deeds, dated 2 April 1712, was from Joseph Ferris and Peter Ferris (Jr.) "both sons of Peter Ferris deceased," and therefore his wife's brothers, for 3 acres "whereon standeth ye new dwelling house and barn of sd John Knap."

On 20 May 1730, Capt. John Knapp, Joseph Smith and Caleb Smith all of Stamford made an agreement to divide about 80 acres of land near Lawrences Farm, so called, that they "have a joynt right to ye fee of and ye same hold as Tenants in common." Joseph and Caleb Smith were both sons of Hannah (Smith) Knapp's brother Daniel Smith, and the genealogical significance of this deed is not immediately evident. John Knapp may have received his right in this property directly from the estate of Henry Smith, for which he was administrator.

He was appointed Ensign of the Stamford Trainband in May 1707, Lieutenant in October 1710, and Captain in October 1716, and he was also elected to the respected position of townsman (selectman) of Stamford for a one year term in 1716.

John married Hannah FERRIS on 10 Jun 1692 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Peter FERRIS and Elizabeth REYNOLDS) was born in 1666 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 10 Sep 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 27 Sep 1724, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA