Nicholas KNAPP

1592 - 1670  (77 years)

• Name	Nicholas KNAPP  [2, 3]
  	"Connecticut Ancestry": Nicholas Knapp was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for sellin some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy. Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630. Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage. He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory. The family name was generally spelled KNAP until about 1800.... His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named Eleanor (?). He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 Unica (?) (Buxton) (Brown), widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown. Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard 'KNAPP GENEALOGY" is full of error and must be used with caution. It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will. He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date. According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich before arriving in Stamford about 1649. For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. the Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession. Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the aforesayd Nichlas Knap haveing by and with the mariage of ye Widdow Busxton administrered upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot. On the following day (March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him with all for stoedge (storage) of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March 1666. Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1 1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and one cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction." This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [1]
  Birth	16 May 1592	Wells-Next-Sea, Wells, Norfolk, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1670	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I34176	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	John KNAPP,   b. 1560, Stokes, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 2 May 1604, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Martha BLOIS,   b. 1565, Grundisburgh, Suffolk, England
  Family ID	F35909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elinor LOCKWOOD,   b. Oct 1609, St. Mary Parish-Bures, Co. Suffolk, England d. 16 Aug 1658, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connnecticut (Age 48 years)
  Children	1. Jonathan KNAPP,   b. Nov 1631, Watertown, Massachusetts d. 27 Dec 1631, Watertown, Massachusetts (Age 0 years) + 2. Timothy KNAPP,   b. 14 Dec 1632, Watertown, Massachusetts d. Bef 1685, Rye, Westchester Co., New York (Age < 52 years)   3. Joshua KNAPP,   b. 05 Jan 1634/35, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Bef 27 Oct 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age < 49 years)   4. Caleb KNAPP,   b. 20 Jan 1636/37, Watertown, Massachusetts d. 12 Dec 1674, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 37 years)   5. Sarah KNAPP,   b. 05 Jan 1638/39, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachsutts d. 1681, Rye, Westchester Co., New York (Age 41 years)   6. Ruth KNAPP,   b. 06 Jan 1640/41, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Aft 1702, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age > 62 years)  [Birth]   7. Hannah KNAPP,   b. 06 Mar 1642/43, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 11 Dec 1694, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 51 years)  [Birth]   8. Moses KNAPP,   b. 6 Aug 1645, Watertown, Massachusetts d. 1756, Peekskill, New York (Age 110 years) + 9. Lydia KNAPP,   b. 08 Jun 1647, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 09 Dec 1716, Stratford, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F09060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Unica ?,   b. Abt 1613   d. Bef 15 Apr 1670, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age < 57 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1659	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F27337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 May 1592 - Wells-Next-Sea, Wells, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4918] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 May Vol. 50 No. 4. [S02484] Information from Bill Thompson. [S4730] Lockwood Family.com: Descendants of Elinor Lockwood. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.