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THE 

KNAPP  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA 


A  Genealogy 

OF  THE 

Descendants  of  William  Knapp 


WHO  SETTLED  IN 


Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1630 

Including  also  a  Tabulated  Pedigree,  Paternal  and  Maternal, 
of  Hiram  Knapp 


BY 

ARTHUR  MASON  KNAPP 


Spes  nostra  Deus 


Boston,  Mass. 
1909 


SAMUEL   USHER 

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This  book  embodies  the  result  of  investigations  pursued  for  many 
years,  as  a  diversion  from  other  Hterary  labor,  by  one  who,  despite  his 
modesty,  reflected  much  honor  upon  the  name  he  bore.  [See  Appen- 
dix, Note  A.]  The  author  would  doubtless  have  extended  and  elabo- 
rated the  work  before  publishing  it,  and  solved  some  problems  that 
perplexed  him;  but  the  editors  have  chosen  to  present  it  substantially 
as  he  left  it.  He  was  extremely  painstaking  in  his  researches  and 
cautious  in  his  statements,  so  that  his  records  may  generally  be  relied 
upon.     His  doubts,  so  far  as  known,  are  indicated  as  such. 

GEORGE  B.  KNAPP, 
KATHARINE  KNAPP, 
Boston,  1909.  *         Editors. 


INTRODUCTION 


The  name  Elnapp  is  of  Teutonic  origin,  and  is  derived  from  the 
Anglo-Saxon  cnapa,  which  corresponds  to  the  German  Knappe,  an 
esquire  or  body-servant  to  a  knight  or  noble;  or  from  cnaep,  a  hill, 
which,  in  the  forms  of  Knap,  Knop,  Knob,  nap,  etc.,  occurs  as  a 
place-name  in  midland  and  southern  England.  Probably  the  name 
has  not  a  common  origin  for  all  families  bearing  it.  There  are  many 
variations  in  the  spelling  of  the  name,  some  families  not  adhering  to 
any  particular  form,  while  others  were  quite  persistent  in  so  doing, 
even  when  more  liberty  in  that  matter  was  practiced  than  now. 

The  earliest  mention  of  the  name  is  in  the  Rotuli  Curiae  Regis,  Vol- 
ume I,  page  139,  thus:  "Anno  Regis  Ricardi  IX  :  I :  XV  die  [i.  e., 
1198],  Petrus  Knape."  From  that  time  down,  it  occurs  frequently 
in  English  records.  It  was  common  in  Suffolk  and  Norfolk  counties 
and  there  is  some  evidence,  but  not  as  yet  conclusive,  that  the 
Knapps  of  America  came  from  the  former  county.*  In  the  Visita- 
tion of  Suffolk  of  1577  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  Knapp  family  is  thus 
described:  "Or,  in  chief,  three  close  helmets,  sable;  in  base  a  lion 
passant,  of  the  last.  Crest:  An  arm  embowed,  in  armour,  proper, 
garnished,  or,  the  hand  of  the  first  grasping  by  the  blade  a  broken 
sword,  argent;  hilt  and  pommel  of  the  second,  with  a  branch  of 
laurel,  vert.     Motto:   Spes  nostra  Deus." 

Among  the  immigrants  who  came  over  with  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall 
in  1630  were  two  men,  perhaps  brothers,  named  Nicholas  and  William 
Knapp,  who,  with  others,  became  the  first  settlers  of  Watertown, 
Mass.  The  children  of  Nicholas  removed  to  Connecticut  and  are  the 
ancestors  of  the  Knapps  of  that  state,  of  western  Massachusetts,  of 
New  York  and  states  farther  west.  William,  who  remained  in  Water- 
town,  is  the  ancestor  of  those  of  the  name  in  central  and  eastern 
Massachusetts,  except  the  southeastern,  where  they  are  from  Aaron 
(possibly  a  third  brother) ,  who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Taun- 
ton. The  Knapps  of  New  Hampshire  and  Maine  are  also  descendants 
of  William. 

Before  1644  Wilham  Knapp  was  grantee  of  seven  lots  of  land  in  the 
town  of  Watertown,  and  purchaser  of  one.  His  "  homestall  "  of 
sixteen  acres  was  bounded  southwesterly  by  that  of  Richard  Lock- 

*  Mr.  Oswald  G.  Knapp,  of  Hillside,  Castle  Hill,  Maidenhead,  England,  who  is  about  to 
publish  a  history  of  the  English  families  of  the  name  of  Knapp,  has  made  some  interesting 
researches  in  an  endeavor  to  locate  our  ancestor  William. 


6  INTRODUCTION 

wood,  southeasterly  by  that  of  Nicholas  Elnapp,  easterly  by  that  of 
Richard  Browne,  northeasterly  by  that  of  Richard  Beers,  northerly  by 
the  highway  (the  Cambridge  road) .  Most  of  his  real  estate,  amount- 
ing to  about  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres,  came,  after  his  death, 
into  the  possession  of  Nathaniel  CooUdge.  His  will,  proved  October 
15,  1658,  makes  no  mention  of  his  wife,  probably  because  made 
before  his  second  marriage,  his  first  wife  having  died  in  England.  In 
the  settlement  of  his  estate,  however,  his  widow  received  one  third. 
In  the  records  of  Watertown  there  are  many  items  relating  to  this, 
our  earliest  American  ancestor. 


THE  KNAPP  FAMILY  IN  AMERICA 


B^ 

I, 

B^ 

II. 

B^ 

Ill, 

IV, 

NOTK The  successive  generations  are  designated  by  the  letters  of  the  alphabet  in  large 

capitals,  A  representing  the  immigrant.  The  Arabic  notation  indicates  the  order  in  which 
the  families  of  each  generation  are  considered ;  and  the  Roman  numerals  distinguish  the 
Children  of  each  family. 

A 

WILLIAM  KNAPP  was  bom  in  England  about  1578;  came  to 
this  country  in  1630  with  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  where  he  died  Aug.  30,  1658,  aged, 
as  the  town  record  states,  "  about  eighty."  The  name  of  his  first 
wife,  who  died  in  England,  is  unknown;  his  second,  whom  he  married 
between  1655  and  1658,  was  Priscilla  Akers,  widow  of  Thomas  Akers. 

children: 

(All  born  in  England.) 

William. 
John. 
James. 

Mary,  m.,  1636  (?),  Thomas  Smith,  of  Watertown  (who  was 
b.  1601  and  d.  March  10,  1692[3]). 
V.  Judith,  m.,  1650(?),  Nicholas  Cady,  and  removed,  about 

1668,  to  Groton,  Mass. 
VI.  Anne,  m.  Thomxis  Philbrick,  of  Hampton;  d.  May  17, 1667. 
VII.  Elizabeth,  m.  John  Buttery  and  returned  to  England, 
where  she  resided  at  Bury  St.  Mary,  Suffolk.  In  1662, 
June  24,  she,  a  widow,  sold  through  her  attorney, 
Thomas  Danforth,  her  share  (one  eighth)  of  her  father's 
estate.  The  original  power  of  attorney  is  on  file  at  the 
probate  office  in  East  Cambridge,  Mass. 

WILLIAM^  (William*),  son  of  the  immigrant;  b.  in  England;  w., 

first,  Mary  ;    m.,  second,  about  1652,  Margaret ;  lived  in 

Watertown,  where  he  died  Sept.  25,  1676. 

children: 
I.  Priscilla,  b.  Nov.  10,  1642. 

II.  Joseph,  apprenticed  March  6,  1656,  to  J.  Fleming,  after- 
wards to  John  Barnard. 


8  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

III.  Judy,  b.  March  2,  1653. 

IV.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  23,  1657;  m.,  Sept.  11,  1674,  Samuel 

Scripture,  of  Cambridge. 

JOHN^  (William^),  son  of  the  immigrant;  6.  in  England  about 
1624;  m.,  May  25,  1660,  Sarah  Young.  His  will,  proved  April  27, 
1696,  mentions  his  wife  Sarah  and  children  i.  to  vii.  in  the  following 
list. 

children: 

C^       I.  John,  6.  May  4,  1661. 

II.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  5,  1662  (called  in  John's  will,  Sarah  Park). 
III.  Henry,  executor  of  his  father's  will.     In  1716  he  was  pro- 
tecting settlers  against  the  Indians. 
C     IV.  Isaac,  b.  1672(?). 

V.  Mary,  m,  Simon  Tozer,  of  Weston,  Mass. 
C^     VI.  Joshua. 

VII.  Abigail,  m.,  Oct.  3,  1712,  Benjamin  Newton,  of  Marlboro, 

Mass. 
viii.  James,  probably  lost  in  the  expedition  against  Quebec  in 
1690.  [From  Registry  of  Deeds,  East  Cambridge,  Nov. 
9,  1736:  "  Isaac  Knapp,  of  Salem,  and  wife  Anna  grant 
land  in  Maine,  west  of  Sowhegan,  granted  in  right  of  his 
brother  James,  who  was  in  the  Canada  expedition,  now 
deceased."] 

B» 

JAMES^  (WilHam'),  son  of  the  immigrant;  b.  about  1627;  m. 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John  Warren.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Groton,  Mass.,  where  twenty  acres  of  land,  free  from  taxes 
for  twenty  years,  were  given  him  to  encourage  the  building  of  a  mill. 

children: 

I.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  21,  1655;   m.  Ephraim  Philbrick,  of 

Groton.     She  was  bewitched  in  1671.     [See  Appendix, 
Note  B.] 

II.  James,  b.  May  26,  1657;  d.  Sept.  26,  1657. 

JOHN^  (John^,  William^,  son  of  John  [W]  and  Sarah  (Young) 
Knapp,  b.  in  Watertown,  May  4,  1661;  m.,  Aug.  4,  1686,  Sarah  Park, 
and  removed  to  Newton,  where  he  died  in  1733.  His  wife  died  Dec. 
19,  1727.     A  deed  dated  June  14,  1729,  names  John,  Sr.;  John,  Jr., 


THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA  9 

husbandman;  Jonas,  housewright;  Daniel  and  Jonathan,  husband- 
men; Sarah,  Lydia,  and  Hannah,  "  symsters,"  all  of  Newton;  James, 
husbandman,  of  Worcester;  Ebenezer,  weaver,  of  Weston.  In  the 
Registry  of  Deeds,  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  are  many  items  relating 
to  transfer  of  property  among  various  members  of  this  family,  dating 
from  1704  to  1736. 

children: 
I.  Sarah,  6.  Aug.  13,  16S6;  d.  1755;  unmarried. 
D^      II.  John,  h.  Dec.  11,  1688. 
D^     III.  James,  6.  Feb.  21,  1690. 

IV.  Jonas,  m.,  Nov.  6,  1737,  Mary  Wright,  at  Falmouth,  Me. 
On    muster   roll    of   Capt.    John   Shipley's    company, 
June  26,  1722;  on  that  of  Capt.  Geo.  Berry's  company, 
Falmouth,  Me.,  May  19,  1746,  to  Jan.  19, 1747,  Corporal 
Jonas  Knapp. 
V.  Jonathan. 
D^     VI.  Daniel. 
D*    VII.  Ebenezer. 

VIII.  Lydia,  d.  April  29,  1734,  unmarried. 
IX.  Hannah,  m.  Moses  Allen  and  lived  in  New  Medfield, 
Worcester  County,  Mass. 

X.  Isaac,  b. ;     m.  Mary and  had  a  son,  Jedediah, 

b.  Feb.  28,  1726,  who  married  Sarah and  had  a 

daughter  Hannah,  a  minor  above  fourteen  years  of 
age  in  1762,  when  the  widow  Sarah  was  appointed 
her  guardian.  They  lived  in  Needham.  Among  the 
grantees  of  Lyndeboro,  N.  H.,  September,  1736,  are 
Isaac  and  James  Ivnapp,  probably  x.  and  in. 

ISAAC^  (John^,  William^,  son  of  John  [B'']  and  Sarah  (Young) 
Knapp,  of  Newton;  b.  1672(?);  lived  in  Charlestown,  Cambridge, 
Marblehead,  Salem.  Was  a  shipwright.  He  died  Dec.  8,  1744,  and 
was  buried  in  the  Granary  Burying-ground,  Boston.  His  wife  was 
Anna,  dau.  of  Benoni  Eaton,  of  Cambridge.  He  served  in  the  Quebec 
expedition  of  1690  with  his  brother  James,  and  in  1735  received  for 
his  services  in  that  war  a  grant  of  land  in  the  Canada  townships. 
The  deed  of  its  sale,  recorded  in  East  Cambridge,  shows  that  he  and 
his  wife  were  both  living  Nov.  9,  1736.  He  removed  to  Salem  be- 
tween 1703  and  1707,  and,  so  far  as  I  know,  all  the  Knapps  of  Essex 
County,  of  the  eighteenth  century,  except  those  of  Marblehead,  are 
descended  from  him. 


10  the  knapp  family  in  america 

children: 
I.  Ann  (a),  h.  April  20,  1695;    m.,  April  4,  1715,  William 

Parker,  of  Boston. 
II.  Rebecca,  b.  Jan.  13,  1697;  m.,  Dec.  6,  1717,  John  Ridge- 
way,  of  Charlestown. 

III.  Isaac,  b.  June  15,  1699;   bapt.  at  First  Church,  Charles- 

town,  June  25,  1699;   d.  1726,  at  Alicante,  on  his  way 
home  from  Egypt. 

IV.  Ursula,  b.  July  3,  1701,  at  Cambridge;  m.,  Nov.  26,  1747, 

Samuel  Hastings,  of  Boston. 
D^      V.  Ebenezer,  b.  Aug.  20,  1703,  at  Cambridge. 
VI.  Mercy,  b.  Feb.  14,  1706. 

VII.  Abigail,  b.  July  1,  1707,  in  Salem;    m.,  Feb.  16,  1727, 
Benjamin  Felt,  of  Salem. 
D«  VIII.  John,  b.  Aug.  5,  1710,  in  Salem. 
D'     IX.  Nathaniel,  b.  May  4,  1713,  in  Salem, 
D^      X.  Samuel,  b.  June  6,  1717,  in  Salem. 

XI.  Mary,  6.  Dec.  20,  1721,  in  Salem;    m.,  April  10,  1744, 
Christopher  Brazier,  of  Boston. 

JOSHUA'  (John^,  William^),  son  of  John  [B^]  and  Sarah  (Young) 
Knapp.  Married  Sarah  Beal  (who  m.,  second,  Jacob  Busher).  In 
York,  Me.,  deeds,  I  find  that  he  owned  land  in  Maine,  on  south  side 
of  York  River,  as  early  as  April  16,  1711.  I  also  find  that  Joshua 
Knapp,  of  York,  sold  land,  the  deed  signed  by  him  and  his  wife  Sarah 
and  acknowledged  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  June  19,  1722,  before  Paul 
Dudley.  Sarah  Knapp,  probably  the  above,  was  a  widow  in  Dor- 
chester in  1725,  where  her  son  Ebenezer  was  baptized,  his  mother 
belonging  to  church  in  York,  Me. 

CHILDREN : 

I.  Samuel,  b.  June  26,  1715,  in  Roxbury. 
II.  Ebenezer,  bapt.  Aug.  22,  1725,  at  First  Church,  Dor- 
chester, Mass. 

JOHN^  (John^  John^  William^),  son  of  John  [C^]  and  Sarah  (Park) 
Knapp,  6.  Dec.  11, 1688,  in  Newton;  m.,  July  13, 1715,  Mary  Whitney, 
who  was  b.  April  21,  1694.  As  his  widow  she  was  guardian  of  the 
children  in  1739.     He  died  May  26,  1730. 


THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  11 

CHILDREN : 

E^       I.  David,  b.  March  12,  1717. 

II.  Martha,  b.  April  12,  1719;  d.  Oct.  10,  1721. 

III.  Bathsheba,  b.  Sept.  13,  1721;   d.  July  18,  1745;  unmar- 
ried. 
E^     IV.  JosiAH,  6.  Oct.  25,  1723. 
E'      V.  Jesse,  b.  Feb.  17,  1726. 

VI.  Mary,  b.  July  18,  1728;  w.,  1751,  Elisha  Hyde. 

VII.  Sybil,  b.  July  25,  1730;  m.,  in  Boston,  June  6, 1749,  Moses 

Mason;   d.  at  the  home  of  her  son  Walter,  in  Bethel, 

f^  A  M  ^'  Me.     This  son  Walter  had  a  son,  Javan  ICnapp  Mason, 

I  uC^'  D.D.,  who  d.  at  Herndon,  Va.,  Aug.  18,  1900,  at  the  age 

iV      r  of  eighty-two. 

D^ 

JAMES*  (John',  John^  William*),  son  of  John  [C*]  and  Sarah 
(Park)  Knapp;  6.  Feb.  21,  1690,  in  Newton;  m.,  first,  April  2,  1714, 
Elizabeth  Bond,  who  was  6.  Oct.  11,  1691,  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1716  (buried 
in  Old  Burying-ground,  Watertown,  Mass.);  m.,  second,  Oct.  30, 
1716,  Mary,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Fiske,  who  d.  Feb.  21,  1732.  He 
lived  in  Newton,  Worcester,  and  Watertown. 

CHILDREN : 

I.  Jonathan,  6.  Oct.  23,  1714,  in  Watertown;  d.  before  1748. 
E*      II.  Abijah,  6.  Oct.  2,  1717,  in  Worcester. 

III.  Mary,  6.  Dec.  16,  1719,  in  Worcester;   m.  Samuel  Under- 

wood. 

IV.  Benjamin,  6.  Aug.  31,  1721,  in  Worcester;    d.  in  Stur- 

bridge,  1747  or  1748. 
V.  James,  6.  Oct.  27,  1723,  in  Worcester;    Uving  in  1748. 
E^     VI.  Elisha,  6.  Dec.  6,  1725,  in  Worcester. 

VII.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  15,  1729,  in  Watertown;  m.  (perhaps) 

William  Richards,  of  Framingham,  Nov.  21,  1753. 
E"  vm.  John,  b.  Oct.  21,  1731,  in  Watertown. 

DANIEL*  (John^  John^,  William*),  son  of  John  [C*]  and  Sarah 
(Park)  Knapp,  b.  1708(?);  m.,  Sept.  30,  1735,  Sarah  Welds  (?);  d. 
Sept.  2,  1772,  aged  about  sixty-four.  His  widow  died  in  1797,  aged 
about  eighty-eight.  The  family  removed  from  Newton  about  the 
middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  perhaps  to  Brattleboro,  Vt.  [see 
E']. 


12  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

CHILDREN : 

'  I.  Beulah,  b.  June  9,  1736;  m.  Oliver  Cook. 

II,  Isabel,  b.  Jan.  15,  1738. 

III.  Daniel,  6.  Feb.  4,  1742. 

IV.  Deborah,  b.  1744. 

E^      V.  James,  b.  Jan.  16,  1746. 
VI.  Jonas,  b.  Nov.  6,  1749. 
VII.  Lydia,  b.  July  13,  1752. 

J)4 

EBENEZER*  (John^  John^,  William^),  son  of  John  [G*]  and  Sarah 
(Park)  Knapp;  was  living  in  Weston  in  1729,  in  Newton  in  1734,  and 
some  time  in  Sturbridge;  m.,  Sept.  19,  1734,  Elizabeth  Mason,  of 
Newton,  who  was  b.  in  1709. 

children: 

I,  Ebenezer,  b.  July  2,  1739. 
II.  John,  b.  April  23,  1741. 

III.  Lois,  6.  June  16,  1743. 

IV.  Rachel,  b.  June  20,  1745. 
V.  Hannah,  b.  Aug.  3,  1747. 

EBENEZER*  (Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of  Isaac  [C=^]  and  Anna 
(Eaton)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  20,  1703,  in  Cambridge,  Mass.;  m.,  first,  in 
Boston,  May  18,  1727,  Jane  Hanover,  of  Taunton,  Mass.;  m.,  second, 
Nov.  15,  1743,  Mrs.  Sarah  Butler;  m.,  third,  Aug.  9,  1750,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Follansby,  dau.  of  Peter  Coffin,  of  Newbury,  who  was  6.  Aug.  24, 
1701;  d.  Nov.  5,  1777. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  was  at  Fort 
Wilham  Henry,  Nov.  5,  1756.  His  will,  dated  Sept.  11,  1776,  men- 
tions his  wife  Sarah,  sons  William  and  Benoni  Eaton,  daughters  Jane 
Dole  and  Mary  Follansby,  granddaughter  Anna  Choate,  grandsons 
Hanover,  Isaac,  James,  and  William,  the  sons  of  his  son  Hanover; 
grandson  Samuel,  the  son  of  his  son  Ebenezer.  All  his  children  except 
Isaac  were  baptized  at  the  New  South  Church  in  Boston.  He  lived 
in  Boston  and  in  Newbury. 

children: 

E^       I.  Hanover,  b.  August,  1728. 

II.  Isaac,  6.  Nov.  9,  1730,  in  Salem.    Was  buried  in  the  Old 

Granary  Burying-ground  in  Boston. 

[Is  he  the  Isaac  who  m.  Mary  Twiss,  of  Danvers, 
Nov.  2,  1762?] 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  13 

III.  Anna,  bapt.  Dec.  10,  1732;  d.  Oct.  25,  1734. 

IV.  Anna,  bapt.  April  13,  1735;  m.,  Aug.  10,  1754,  Benjamin 

Choate. 
E»      V.  Ebenezer,  bapt.  Feb.  20,  1736[7]. 
E^o    VI.  William,  bapt.  Dec.  17,  1738. 

VII.  Jane,  bapt.  Jan.  4,  1740[1];  m. Dole. 

VIII.  Mary,  bapt.  March  20,  1742[3];  m.,  Feb.  21, 1767,  Thomas 
Follansby,  of  South  Hampton,  N.  H. 
E"    IX.  Benoni  Eaton,  bapt.  Jan.  6,  1744[5]. 

X.  Ursula,  bapt.  Dec.  28,  1746;  m.,  first.  May  1,  1772,  Jona- 
than Symonds,  of  Salem;    m.,  second,  Oct.  25,  1801. 
Joshua  Phippen;  d.  Dec.  20,  1818.     . 
XI.  Samuel,  bapt.  Sept.  11,  1748. 

D« 

JOHN*  (Isaac^,  John^,  William*) ,  son  of  Isaac  [C^]  and  Anna  (Eaton) 
Knapp;  b.  Aug.  5,  1710,  in  Salem;  m.,  Dec.  1,  1731,  Mary  Wyatt,  of 
Newbury.  He  was  a  shipwright  and  was  living  in  Salem  in  1759. 
John  Knapp,  of  Salem,  probably  this  man,  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Lake  George  in  Captain  Rogers's  fight,  and  carried  to  Canada  in  1757. 

children: 
I.  Mary,  hapt.  at  First  Church,  Salem,  July  11,  1736. 
[Probably  several  other  children  not  recorded.] 

jy 

NATHANIEL^  Capt.  (Isaac^  John^  William*),  son  of  Isaac  [C^] 
and  Anna  (Eaton)  I^app;  b.  in  Salem,  May  4,  1713;  m.,  first,  Aug. 
31, 1734,  Sarah  Hart,  who  was  b.  June  15,  1710,  and  d.  April  15, 1754; 
m.,  second,  Sept.  18,  1754,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  {Gerrish)  Moody,  who  d. 
March  22,  1801.     He  died  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  Feb.  12,  1776. 

He  was  in  the  second  Louisburg  expedition,  1758-9,  and  his 
"  Diary  "  was  published  in  1895  by  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in 
the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

children: 
I.  Hannah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1735;  d.  Dec.  5,  1736. 
W     II.  Nathaniel,  b.  March  30,  1736. 

III.  Hannah,  b.  Sept.   27,  1737;    m.,  Jan.  14,  1760,  Joseph 

Noyes. 

IV.  Sarah,  b.  April  1,  1739;  m. Whitman. 

E*^     V.  Anthony,  b.  Jan.  29,  1743. 

E*'    VI.  John,  b.  Oct.  3,  1744. 


14  THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

VII.  Rebecca,  b.  July  18,  1746;    m.,   Nov.  18,  1764,  Simon 

Stacey  Gardner. 
VIII.  Isaac,  b.  Dec.  27,  1747. 
IX.  Abigail,  b.  Dec.  2,  1748. 

X.  Samuel,  6.  Oct.  9, 1751;  d.  Feb.  15, 1834;  unmarried.     He 
owned  several  vessels  in  the  West  India  trade,  including 
the  brig  Dolphin,  which  was  seized  by  the  French  in 
1794  and  carried  to  the  West  Indies. 
E^^    XI.  Benjamin  Felt,  b.  March  23,  1754. 

XII.  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  3,  1757;  d.  Oct.  5,  1758. 

D« 

SAMUEL*  (Isaac',  John^,  William^),  son  of  Isaac  [C^]  and  Anna 
(Eaton)  Knapp,  b.  June  6,  1717,  in  Salem;  m.,  Jan  17,  1738,  Mary 
Robinson;  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Louisburg,  May  26,  1745,  at 
the  head  of  the  volunteers  who  stormed  the  island  battery. 

children: 
I.  Mary,  6.  April  1,  1739;   m.,  Nov.  10,  1762,  Aaron  Davis, 
who  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
E"     II.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  28,  1741. 
E^'    III.  William,  b.  Nov.  24,  1742. 

IV.  Abigail,  b. ;  m.,  Dec.  25,  1777,  James  Lenox. 

D» 

[I  am  at  present  unable  to  solve  the  problem  of  the  birth  and 
parentage  of  the  following  Isaac,  but  I  think  he  was  the  son  of  Isaac 
[C^]  and  Anna  (Eaton)  Knapp.  A  son  was  born  to  them  June  15, 
1699;  a  son  Isaac  was  baptized  in  the  First  Church,  Salem,  April  29, 
1716;  Isaac,  Sr.,  was  administrator  of  Isaac,  Jr.'s  estate  in  Salem, 
Aug.  18,  1726.  Did  the  first  son  die  early,  and  was  a  son,  born  in 
1716,  named  Isaac  in  memory  of  him,  as  was  very  often  the  case? 
Who  was  the  Isaac,  Jr.,  who  died  in  1726  if  not  the  son  born  in  1699? 
—  A.  M.  K]* 

ISAAC  ( ?),  m.,  first,  Mary ,  who  d.  Oct.  24,  1741;   m., 

second,  Judith  Leach,  of  Amesbury;  intention  of  marriage  dated 
April  3,  1742;    d.  Feb.  4,  1792. 

children: 
E^«      I.  John,  b.  March  11,  1736. 
E^8     II.  Isaac,  b.  March  16,  1748. 

*  According  to  another  authority,  this  man's  ancestry  is  Nathaniel*,  Isaac',  John^,  William'. 
The  author  (A.  M.  K.)  thought  this  was  incorrect,  and  believed  that  the  error  was  due  to  an 
early  inaccuracy  of  his  own,  perpetuated  in  some  town  history.  —  Eds. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  15 

III,  Molly,  m.,  Nov.  17,  1767,  Elias  Brown,  of  South  Hamp- 

ton. 

IV,  Lydia,  m.,  May  20  (?),  1776,  Thomas  Sumner,  of  Salisbury. 

DAVID^  (John^  John^  John^  William^),  son  of  John  [D^]  and 
Mary  (Whitney)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newton,  March  12,  1717;  m.,  first, 
June  1,  1741,  Sarah  Bartlett,  who  d.  in  1758;  removed  to  Spencer  in 
1747;  m,,  second.  Sept,  27,  1759,  Mehitable,  widow  of  Dr.  Jedediah 
Rice,  of  Hardwick;  d.  in  1773.  Inventory  of  estate,  Dec,  31,  1773, 
mentions  Mehitable  and  John, 

children: 
I.  Anna,  b.  Oct,  3,  1741,  in  Newton, 
F^      II,  John,  b.  May  27,  1744,  in  Newton, 

III.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  14,  1745,  in  Newton. 

IV.  David,  b.  June  30,  1750,  in  Spencer. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  May  15,  1752,  in  Spencer;    m.,  May  4,  1775, 
James  Lamb. 
F^     VI.  Enoch,  b.  July  18,  1754,  in  Spencer. 

VII.  Nathan,  b.  Sept.  29,  1760,  in  Spencer;  was  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier  in  Col.  J.  Cushing's  regiment  of  artillery,  and 
d.  in  service,  Oct.  16,  1777. 

JOSIAH^  (JohnS  John^,  John^,  William*),  son  of  John  [D*]  and 
Mary  (Whitney)  Knapp;  6.  Oct.  25,  1723,  in  Newton,  on  a  large  farm 
on  which  his  father  and  grandfather  lived  and  died;  m.,  first,  Nov. 
21,  1745,  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Parker,  of  Newton  Lower  Falls;  m., 
second,  Sept.  8,  1772,  Lydia  Cheney. 

children: 
I.  SAivruEL,    b.    Nov.    19,    1748;    Revolutionary   soldier    of 
Salem;   taken  prisoner  from  schooner  Warren,  Dec.  27, 
1777;    escaped  from  Old   Mill   Prison  [see  Appendix, 
Note  C];  taken  on  Black  Princess,  of  Dunkirk,  Oct.  11, 
1781;  also  on  privateer  Junius  Brutus,  Oct.  11,  1782. 
Died  in  New  York. 
II.  JosiAH,  b.  May  27,  1750;  d.  June  9,  1750. 
III.  Bathsheba,  b.  March  15,  1751;  d.  1777. 
F^     IV.  Josiah,  b.  March  22,  1753. 

V.  Esther,  b.  June  14,  1755;  d.  1770(?),  aged  fifteen.  : 


16  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA 

VI.  Sibyl,  b.  June  25,  1757;  m.  Enoch  Baldwin. 
VII.  Timothy,  d.  in  Beaufort,  S.  C,  where  he  was  engaged  in 

mercantile  business. 
viii.  Hannah,  b.  1761(?);    d.  in  Boston,  Oct.   7,  1841,  aged 
eighty. 

JESSE^  (John*,  John^  John^  William^),  son  of  John  [D^]  and  Mary 
(Whitney)  Knapp;  b.  Feb.  17,  1726;  m.,  in  1760,  Submit  Cook,  of 
Needham,  where  he  was,  in  1757,  a  blacksmith.  He  was  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier  from  Dedham,  Mass.;  a  minuteman  in  Captain 
Battle's  company,  April  19,  1775;  sergeant  under  Col.  John  Brewer; 
lieutenant  under  Colonel  Mcintosh;  engaged  at  Dorchester  Hill, 
March,  1776. 

CHILDREN : 
(Born  in  Dedham.) 

I.  Rhoda,  6.  Oct.  9,   1761;    m.  Thomas  Symonds,  who  was 

b.  in  Danvers,  Mass.,  pioneer  in  Denmark,  Me.,  1794. 
II.  Javan,  6.  May  1,  1764. 

III.  Nahum,  6.  July  21,  1766. 

IV.  Sally,  b.  Dec.  23,  1768. 
V.  Joash,  b.  March  6,  1771. 


ABIJAH'  (James*,  John^,  John^,  William^),  son  of  James  [D^]  and 
■•-^^^^flvi^  Ehzttbeih  (Bond)  Knapp;  b.  in  Worcester,  Oct.  2,  1717;  m.,  Nov.  19, 
1744,  Abigail  Ward.     Lived  in  Marlboro,  Petersham,  and  in  Ben- 
nington, Vt.,  where  he  died  Januaiy,  1799. 

children: 
I.  Lucy,  b.  Nov.  19,  1745. 
II.  Abigail,  b.  Nov.  15,  1748. 
F*     III.  Benjamin,  b.  July  18,  1751. 
IV.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  5,  1754. 


^   E^ 

ELISHA^  (James*,  John^  John^,  WiUiam^),  son  of  James  [D^]  and 
Elizabeth  (Bond)  Knapp;   6.  in  Worcester,  Dec.  6,"  1725;   m.  Persis 

,  who  d.  Sept.  13,  1776.     Lived  in  Petersham  and  Orange,  Mass., 

in  Winchester,  N.  H.,  and  in  Dummerston,  Vt.,  where  he  died  in  1806. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  17 

children: 
I.  LucRETiA,  b.  Aug.  13,  1752,  in  Petersham;   m.,  May  18, 
1775,  Capt.  Isaac  Miller,  of  Dummerston,  Vt. 
F^      II.  Elisha,  b.  Jan.  20,  1754,  in  Petersham. 
F«     III.  IcHABOD,  b.  Dec.  20,  1755. 
F'     IV,  John. 

V.  Persis,  b.  1762;  d.  1780. 
F«     VI.  Jonah,  b.  1770;  d.  Sept.  17,  1821. 

VII.  Abigail,  b.  1770;    ?n.,  1792,  Cyrus  Robinson;   d.  1792. 
VIII.  Polly,  m.  Benjamin  Rider,  Jan.  30,  1806. 
IX.  Betsy. 
X.  Catherine. 

E" 

JOHN^  (James*,  John^,  John',  WilHam^),  son  of  James  [D^]  and 
Mary  (Fiske)  Knapp;  b.  Oct.  21,  1731,  in  Watertown,  Mass.;  m. 
Anna,  dau.  of  Jazaniah  Rice,  who  d.  March,  1812.  Lived  in  Peters- 
ham, where  he  died  Aug.  20,  1814. 

children: 
I.  Lydia,  b.  April  9,  1761;   in.  Ed.  Powers,  of  Phillipston. 
II.  Levi,  b.  May  16,  1763;  d.  1785,  in  Petersham. 
F»     III.  Jesseniah,  b.  Oct.  1,  1765. 
F^"    IV.  James,  6.  May  20,  1767. 

V.  Anna,  b.  Sept.  22,  1770;    d.  Dec.  19  (or  20),  1826,  un- 
married. 
VI.  Lucy,  b.  Jan.  31,  1773;    m.  Joseph  Ingalls;    d.  Oct.  13, 

1822,  at  Keene,  N.  H. 
VII.  Mary,  b.  June  24,  1775;    m.  Amos  Johnson;   d.  Nov.  8, 
1826,  at  Petersham. 

JAMES^  (DanieP,  John^  John^,  WilUam^,  son  of  Daniel  [D^]  and 
Sarah  (Park)  I\jiapp;  b.  in  Newton,  Jan.  16,  1746  [Mr.  Timson  says 
1742];  m.,  first,  Patty  (Polly)  Dunklee,  who  d.  May  16,  1770,  aged 
twenty-three;  m.,  second,  Jerusha  Lyons,  who  d.  June  8,  1791,  aged 
twenty-four  (?) ;  m.,  third,  Molly  Redfield,  who  was  born  July  2,  1773, 
and  died  Sept.  1,  1810.  He  was  Hving  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  in  1768; 
went  to  Newfane,  Vt.,  in  1818,  where  he  died  in  the  home  of  his  son- 
in-law,  John  Timson,  Nov.  22,  1822. 

[Martha  A.  Fellowes,  dau.  of  John  A.  and  Welthea  (Knapp)  Fel- 


18  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

lowes,  m.  Levi,  son  of  John  and  Julia  (Knapp)  Timson.  James  d. 
Nov.  22, 1822,  aged,  as  his  grandson  says,  seventy-eight.  This  would 
make  his  birth  1744,  instead  of  1746,  as  I  find  it.  Tradition  makes 
his  birthplace  Watertown,  his  father's  name  Daniel,  and  one  of  his 
sisters,  Beulah;  so  that  I  think,  in  spite  of  the  above  discrepancies, 
he  must  be  identified  with  the  James  who  was  born  in  1746.  — 
A.  M.  K.] 

children: 

(All  born  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.) 

I.  Elijah,  h.  Nov.  2,  1767.     Removed  to  New  York  State. 
II.  James,  6.  April  1,  1781.     Removed  to  New  York  State. 

III.  Jesse,  6.  July  20,  1784;  d.  March  24  (?),  1785. 

IV.  Sibyl,  h.  Nov.  1,  1793;  m.,  Oct.  20,  1816,  William  Norton, 

of  Northfield,  Mass.,  and  later  of  Keene,  N.  H.;  d.  Dec. 
13,  1862. 
V.  Julia,  b.  Oct.  12,  1794;   w.,  Nov.  22  (or  20),  1813,  John 

Timson,  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.;  d.  1864. 
VI.  Fanny,  h.  March  10,  1796;    m,,  Dec.  7,  1815,  Levi  Barrett, 
of  Brattleboro;    removed  to  Jackson,  Pa.;    d.  in  East 
New  Milford,  Pa.,  May  16,  1870. 
VII.  Daraxa,  h.  July  14, 1797;  d.  Dec.  19, 1809,  at  Brattleboro, 

Vt. 
VIII.  Leonard,  h.  Jan.  20,  1799;  d.  July  31,  1883,   at   Brattle- 
boro, Vt. 
IX.  Horace,  h.  Nov.(?)  11,  1800;   m.,  Jan.  18,  1827,  Martha 
T.  Munroe;  had  a  large  family;  lived  in  Boston;  d.  in 
Gardner,  Mass.,  Nov.  5,  1848. 
F"     X.   Oren  B.,  h.  June  5,  1802. 

XI.  Polly,  h.  Nov.  8,  1804;  m.,  Sept.  2,  1820,  Matthew  Towle; 
lived  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.;  d.  in  Brattleboro,  May  28, 
1876. 
XII.  Gratia,  b.  Oct.  22,  1805;    m.  Leander  Earle,  of  Boston; 

d.  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  April  20,  1862. 
XIII.  Welthea,  b.  Oct.  1,  1807;    m.,  Dec.  26,  1824,  John  A. 
Fcllowes,  of  Barre,  Mass.,  where  she  d.  May  8,  1841. 
F^2  XIV.  Richard,  6.  May  4,  1809. 


HANOVER^  (Ebenezer',  Isaac^  John^,  WilHam^),  son  of  Ebenezer 
[D^]  and  Jane  (Hanover  ) Knapp;  b.  in  Boston,  August,  1728  (Salem 
records);  bapt.  at  New  South  Church,  Boston,  May  18,  1729. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  19 

children: 

(Mentioned  in  Ebenezer's  will,  dated  Sept.  11,  1776.) 

I.  Hanover. 
II.  Isaac. 

III.  James. 

IV.  William. 

EBENEZER5  (Ebenezer',  Isaac^  John^,  William*) ,  son  of  Ebenezer 
[D^]  and  Jane  (Hanover)  Knapp;  bapt.  at  New  South  Church,  Bos- 
ton, Feb.  20,  1736[7];  m.,  Nov.  17,  1757,  Anna  Pillshury,  who  d. 
November,  1758.  He  Hved  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  died  before  1776. 
The  will  of  Ebenezer,  Sr.,  dated  Sept.  11,  1776,  mentions  Ebenezer's 
son  Samuel. 

child: 

I.  Samuel,  h.  March  20,  1758. 

WILLIAM^  (Ebenezer^,  Isaac^  John^  Wilham*),  son  of  Ebenezer 
[D^]  and  Jane  (Hanover)  Knapp;  h.  in  Boston  in  1738;  m.,  July  2, 
1761,  in  Newbury,  Lydia  Coombs,  who  d.  April  27,  1824.  He  died 
in  Newburyport,  June  4, 1780.  [Newburyport  was  set  off  from  New- 
bury as  a  separate  town  in  1764.] 

children: 
F*'      I.  Philip  Coombs,  b.  Aug.  15,  1762. 

II.  Jane,  b.  1764;  m.,  May  21,  1785,  John  Newman;  d.  Aug. 
10,  1794. 
F**    III.  Isaac,  6.  June  2,  1766. 

IV.  Mary  Coombs,  b.  March  20,  1768;    d,  July  5,  1842. 
¥''     V.  William,  b.  April  27,  1770. 
F*^    VI.  Ebenezer,  b.  Jan.  4,  1772. 

VII.  Sarah  Coffin,  b.  April  4,  1774;   m.,  Dec.  9,  1797,  Robert 

Downs. 
VIII.  Robert,  b.  May  19,  1777;  lost  at  sea. 
IX.  Lydia,  b.  April  28,  1780;   m.,  May  13,  1798,  Joshua  Hill. 

BENONI  EATON^  (Ebenezer^  Isaac^  John^  William*),  son  of 
Ebenezer  [D^]  and  Jane  (Hanover)  Knapp;  bapt.  Jan.  6,  1744[5], 
at  the  New  South  Church,  Boston;   m.  Hannah  Moody,  who  d.  Nov. 


20  THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

21,  1816.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  under  Col.  Moses  Little, 
May  9,  1775;  in  Col.  Benjamin  Perkins's  regiment  at  Bunker  Hill, 
and  re-enlisted  July,  1780.     He  died  Aug.  7,  1807. 

children: 
I.  Jane  Hanover,  b.  Dec.  8,  1773;  m.,  Aug.  16,  1796,  John 

King. 
II.  Tristram,  b.  Jan.  19,  1775;  m.,  June  1,  1800,  Mary  Wiley 
(who  m.,  second,  Aaron  Pardee,  Dec.  10,  1820,  and  d. 
March  28,  1835). 

III.  Benoni  Eaton,  b.  Aug.  5,  1778;   m.,  May  10,  1801,  Love 

Joseph;  d.  January,  1811. 

IV.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  28,  1781;  m.,  Jan.  18,  1801,  Daniel  Ober; 

d.  Dec.  11,  1805. 
V.  Mary,  b.  Oct.  19,  1789. 

VI.  Elizabeth  (?). 

NATHANIEL^  (Nathaniel,  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of 
Nathaniel  [D^]  and  Sarah  (Hart)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass., 
March  30,  1736;  m.,  first,  June  14,  1757,  Mary  Myrick,  who  d.  May 
29,  1779;  m.,  second,  Nov.  26,  1780,  Judith  Rolfe,  who  d.  June  28, 
1790;  m.,  third,  Feb.  16,  1795,  Martha  Lurvey,  who  d.  June  19, 
1847.     He  died  July  6,  1816. 

children: 

I.  Jacob,  6.  Nov.  22,  1757;  was  at  Bunker  Hill  in  Col.  Benj. 
Perkins's  regiment;  afterwards  shipped  on  the  privateer 
Yankee  Hero,  which  was  lost  with  all  on  board,  in  1776. 
II.  Sarah,  6.  April  3,  1760;    m.,  first,  Oct.  9,  1780,  John 
Edwards,  who  d.  May,  1805;  m.,  second,  March  5,  1806, 
Moses  Davenport;  d.  March  14,  1831. 
III.  Mary,  b.  July  24,  1762;  d.  Nov.  22,  1765. 
F"    IV.  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  30,  1764. 

V.  Mary,  b.  June  9,  1767;    ?n.,  Aug.  15,  1793,  Edmund  M. 

Baker. 
VI.  Isaac,  b.  May  23,  1769;  d.  Dec.  2,  1770. 

VII.  Elizabeth,  6.  Aug.  25,  1771;  w.,  Dec.  14,  1794,  Abraham 

Perkins;   d.  Feb.  12,  1831.     A  son,  Nathaniel,  b.  April 

18,  1803,  in  Salem. 
F"  viii.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  25,  1774. 

IX.  Anthony,  b.  April  12,  1776;  d.  May  2,  1776. 
F"     X.  Anthony,  b.  March  4,  1778. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  21 

ANTHONY^  Capt.  (Nathaniel^  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of 
Nathaniel  [D^]  and  Sarah  (Hart)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  Jan. 

29,  1743;  m.  Hannah ,  who  d.  August,  1807,  aged  sixty-three. 

He  died  at  Demerara,  Sept.  25,  1792. 

He  was  first  heutenant  on  privateer  Dalton,  captured  June,  1777, 
carried  to  England  and  confined  in  Mill  Prison.  While  there  he  was 
treated  kindly  by  an  English  clergyman  (probably  the  chaplain) ,  for 
whom  he  named  his  first-born  son,  Robert  Heath,  a  name  which  has 
been  continued  for  generations  in  this  line.     [See  Appendix,  Note  C] 

CHILDREN : 

F-"      I.  Robert  Heath,  h.  April  6,  1779. 

II.  Jacob,  b.  April  2,  1781;   d.  at  Hispaniola,  1794. 
III.  Sarah,  b.  Jan.  28,  1783;    m.,  first,  Nov.  1,  1810,  Capt. 
Jesse  Hoyt,  who  d.  in  Havana,  Feb.  17,  1811;  m.,  second, 
Aug.  1,  1816,  Joseph  Brown,  who  d.  at   Bangor,  Me., 
Oct.  10,  1845.     She  died  June  18,  1819. 

JOHN^  (Nathaniel,  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of  Nathaniel  [D^] 
and  Sarah  (Hart)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  3,  1744;  m., 
April  28,  1767,  Anna  Adams,  who  was  b.  in  Newbury  March  14, 
1748,  and  d.  Sept.  29,  1778.     He  died  in  1797. 

children: 
F2»      I.  John,  b.  June  9,  1769. 

II.  Anna,  b.  Oct.  9,  1771;  m.,  Nov.  8,  1795,  Thomas  Cross. 

III.  Rebecca,  b.  Jan.  21,  1774;  d.  July  7,  1797;  unmarried. 

IV.  Silas,  b.  Aug.  24,  1776. 

E^^ 
BENJAMIN  FELT^  Capt.  (Nathaniel,  Isaac^  John^,  Winiam»), 
son  of  Nathaniel  [D^]  and  Sarah  (Hart)   Knapp;    b.  in  Newbury, 

Mass.,  March  23, 1754;   m.  Anna ,  who  died  Sept.  9,  1812.     He 

died  at  sea,  April  30,  1803. 

children  : 

I.  BexNJamin,  b.  Sept.  15,  1780;  d.  at  Vera  Cruz  (?),  July  12, 

1802. 
II.  Hannah,  b.  March  15,  1782;  m.,  Oct.  17,  1805,  W.  Coffin; 
d.  Dec.  15,  1812. 

III.  Gyles,  b.  July  23,  1784;  d.  at  sea,  June,  1803. 

IV.  Nathaniel,  6.  May  10,  1786;   d.  at  sea,  April  6,  1810. 


22  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA 

V.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  6,  1789;  d.  in  New  Orleans. 

VI.  Abigail,  b.  March  23,  1794;  w.,  July  15,  1817,  Alexander 

Livingstone;  d.  Jan.  10,  1879. 
vii.  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  25,  1796;    d.  at  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor, 
i  Staten  Island. 

SAMUEL^  (Samuel\  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of  Samuel  [D»] 
and  Mary  (Robinson)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  Jan.  28,  1741; 
m.  Mary  Jenkins,  who  d.  in  Salem,  July  24,  1830,  aged  ninety.  He 
died  in  Salem,  Aug.  14,  1778. 

children: 
I.  Mary  Ann,  6.  1761;  d.  Aug.  26,  1777. 
F"     II.  John,  b.  1763. 
F23    III.  Anthony,  b.  Nov.  12,  1770. 
F^^    IV.  Joseph  Jenkins,  6.  Sept.  18,  1773. 

V.  Samuel;  removed  to  Baltimore.     Had  a  family. 

VI.  Anna,  b.  1776;  m.  W.  L.  Foster;  d.  May  20,  1865. 
F"  VII.  Isaac,  b.  1778. 

VIII.  Ursula,  m. Larkins,  of  Byfield;  d.  Feb  3,  1844. 

WILLIAM^  Capt.    (Samuel*,   Isaac^  John^    William^),    son    of 

Samuel  [D*]  and  Mary  (Robinson)  Knapp;   b.  in  Newbury,  Nov.  24, 

1742;  m.  Hannah  Cohens,  who  d.  Feb.  21,  1812.     He  commanded  the 

armed  brig  Pallas  in  1779.     Was  surveyor  of  the  port  of  Newbury. 

Died  July  28,  1805. 

child: 

I.  Hannah  Cohens,  b.  Nov.  30,  1777;    m.,  May  4,  1807, 

Michael  Titcomb;  d.  Dec.  26,  1833. 

JOHN^  (Isaac*  [see  D^]),  son  of  Isaac  [D®]  and  Mary  Knapp;  b. 
in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  March  11,  1736;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1765,  »Sara/i  Brown, 
who  d.  Feb.  14,  1810.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian 
and  the  Revolutionary  wars.  Removed  about  1800  to  Parsonsfield, 
Me.,  where  he  died  May  10,  1816. 

children: 

(All  born  in  Salisbury.) 

I.  Lois,  b.  Feb.  13,  1766;  m. Richardson,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire;   d.  April  6,  1842. 
F2«     II.  Samuel,  b.  July  9,  1770. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  23 

III.  Polly,  6.  July  3,  1773;  m.,  Dec.  6,  1795,  Thomas  Osgood; 

lived  in  Amesbury;  d.  Feb.  9,  1843. 

IV.  John,  h.  Dec.  28,  1776;   m.  Abigail  Drake,  who  d.  March 

29,  1843;   lived  in  Parsonsfield  and  in  Effingham;   d. 
April  11,  1843,  s.  p. 
v.  William,  6.  Dec.  1,  1778;   went  to  Parsonsfield  in  1798; 
m.  Mary  Tucke,  who  d.  in  1851.     Lived  in  Effingham, 
Conway,  and  in  Meredith,  N.  H.,  where  he  d.  Jan.  5, 
1859,  s.  p. 
VI.  Betsy,  6.  June  26,  1782;  rn.  Josiah  Cate;  d.  Feb.  6,  1842, 
at  Camden,  Me.     Had  four  daughters. 
F"  VII.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  28,  1785. 

ISAAC^  Capt.  (Isaac*  [see  D'']),  son  of  Isaac  [D«]  and  Judith 
(Leach)  Knapp;  b.  March  16,  1748,  at  Salisbury,  Mass.;  m.,  first, 
April  24,  1770,  Susanna,  dau.  of  John  and  Susanna  (Goodwin) 
Newman,  who  was  b.  Sept.  22,  1750,  and  d.  Aug.  12, 1807;  m.,  second, 
March  31,  1808,  Dolly  Stanwood,  who  d.  Aug.  2,  1818.  He  removed 
early  in  the  nineteenth  century  to  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  but  continued 
to  follow  the  sea.     He  died  March  22, 1830.     [See  Appendix,  Note  D.] 

children:* 
I.  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  25,  1771;  d.  July  7,  1773. 
F^*     II.  Jacob  Newman,  b.  Nov.  7,  1772. 
F2»    III.  Benjamin  N.,  b.  April  23,  1776. 

IV.  Susanna,  b.  May  11,  1779;  d.  Aug.  23,  1780. 
V.  Isaac,  b.  April  5,  1781;  d.  Oct.  9,  1792. 
F^"    VI.  Samuel  Lorenzo,  b.  Jan.  19,  1783. 

VII.  William,  b.  Aug.  7,  1785;  d.  March  4,  1824;  unmarried. 
F^^  VIII.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  31,  1788. 

IX.  Jeremiah,  b.  March  31,  1792;  d.  Sept.  29,  1793. 


JOHN«  (David^  John*,  John^  John^,  William^),  son  of  David  [E^] 
and  Sarah  (Bartlett)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newton,  May  27,  1744;  removed 
to  Spencer  in  1747  with  his  father's  family;  m.,  Nov.  25,  1773, 
Ascenath  Green,  of  Leicester;  d.  June  27,  J.809.  After  his  death  his 
widow  and  son  removed  from  Spencer. 

*  la  Runnels'  "  History  of  Sanbornton,"  etc.,  these  are  given  as  the  children  of  Isaac^  who 
■was  the  son  of  Nathaniel^  (Isaac^,  John^,  William').  This  was  copied  from  a  statement  made 
by  A.  M.  K.  many  years  ago,  which  he  afterwards  found  to  be  incorrect.  —  Eds. 


24  the  knapp  family  in  america 

children: 

I.  Anna,  b. ;  m.,  April  10,  1792,  Nathaniel  Cobb. 

II.  John. 

ENOCHS  (DavicP,  John^  John^  John^,  WiUiam^),  son  of  David  [E»] 
and  Sarah  (Bartlett)  Knapp;  b.  July  18,  1754,  in  Spencer;  m.,  Nov. 
28,  1782,  Lydia,  dau.  of  Capt.  Edmund  Bemis;  d.  Aug.  13,  1811,  in 
Spencer.     After  his  death  the  family  removed  to  Maine. 

children: 
I.  David,  b.  Sept.  14,  1783. 
G^      II.  Nathan,  b.  Dec.  2,  1784. 

III.  Lydia,  b.  March  21,  1786. 

IV.  Enoch,  b.  Feb.  2,  1788;   m.  Experience ;   d.  in  1816. 

V.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  4,  1790. 

VI.  Anna,  b.  May  7,  1793. 

VII.  Sally,  b.  Dec.  14,  1794. 

VIII.  Silas,  b.  Feb.  20,  1798. 

IX.  Lucy,  b.  Aug.  28,  1799. 

X.  William,  b.  April  3,  1801. 

XI.  LuciNDA,  6.  June  11,  1803. 

JOSIAH®  (Josiah^,  John^  John^,  John^,  William^),  son  of  Josiah 
[E^]  and  Mary  (Parker)  Knapp,  6.  March  22,  1753,  in  Newton;  m., 
1775,  Mary,  dau.  of  John  and  Mary  {Lawrence)  Fair  service,  oi  Boston, 
who  was  b.  Nov.  19,  1755,  and  d.  in  1831.  He  was  a  Revolutionary 
soldier,  April  19,  1775,  in  Capt.  A.  Fuller's  company.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant in  the  West  India  goods  business  in  Boston,  where  he  died  May 
13,  1843,  aged  ninety.  He  and  his  wife  were  buried  in  King's  Chapel 
Burying-ground.     [See  .Appendix,  Note  E.] 

children: 

(All  except  Henry  born  in  Boston  and  christened  in  Trinity  Church.) 

I.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  31,  1776;    m.,  Oct.  2Q,  1797,  Samuel  Dilla- 

way,  Jr.;  d.  June  6,  1830. 
II.  George,  6.  April  9, 1778;  d.  Jan.  16,  1822,  on  the  coast  of 
Africa;  unmarried. 

III.  John,  b.  March  12,  1779;    Harvard  University  1800;    d. 

March  9,  1849;   unmarried.     [See  Appendix,  Note  F,] 

IV.  Charles,  b.  Dec.  28,  1782;    d.  in  Boston,  Oct.  22,  1859; 

unmarried. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  25 

V.  Elizabeth,  chris.  Sept.  3,  1783;    buried  Sept.  8,  1783. 
VI,  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  2,  1784;  m.,  Jan.  6,  1818,  Chief  Justice 

Lemuel  Shaw;  d.  June  13,  1822. 
VII.  Lucretia,  b.  April  2,  1785;  d.  Nov.  2,  1866;  unmarried, 
VIII.  Dorothy  Wharton,  b.  July  27,  1786;  d.  April  18,  1787. 
IX.  Dorothy  Wharton,  b.  Feb.  2,  1788;    m.  Feb.  2,  1813, 

Samuel  Dow,  Jr.;  d.  Feb.  1,  1868. 
X.  Caroline,  b.  Feb.  11,  1791;  m.,  June  7,  1815,  Dr.  George 
Hayward;  d.  April  18,  1854, 
G^     XI.  Henry,  6.  Feb.  13,  1792, 

XII,  William,  chris.  June  11,  1793;  buried  Sept.  8,  1794. 
XIII,  Martha  Bird,  b.  March  31,  1796;   m.,  Sept.    13,  1814, 
Philip  Marett;  d.  Sept.  2,  1878,  at  New  Haven,  Conn. 

J14 

BENJAMIN^  (Abijah^  James*,  John,^  John^,  William*),  son  of 
Abijah  [E*]  and  Abigail  (Ward)  Knapp;  6.  July  18,  1751,  in  Marl- 
boro, Mass.;   m.  Lucy ;  was  in  Capt.  Joel  Fletcher's  company 

at  Charlestown,  Oct.  6,  1775,  and  in  Captain  Wheeler's  company  of 
minutemen,  April  19,  1775.     He  was  drowned  at  Petersham  in  1783, 

children: 

(All  born  in  Petersham.) 

I,  Lucy,  b.  Oct.  15,  1777;  m. Peckham. 

II.  Joel,  b.  Sept.  14,  1779. 
III.  Jonas,  b.  Sept.  14,  1781. 

ELISHA"  (Elisha^  James^  John^  John^,  William*),  son  of  Elisha 

[E^]  and  Persis  ( )  Knapp;  b.  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  Jan  20,  1754 

was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  in  Col.  Luke  Drury's  regiment  in  1781 

m.,  first,  Hannah ;    m.,  second,  Lucretia  Alexander,  in  1795 

lived  in  Winchester,  N.  H, 

children: 
I,  Melindy,  b.  July  22,  1787. 

II.  Clark,  b.  April  18,  1789,  in  Richmond,  N.  H. 

III.  Clarissa,  b. ,  1795. 

IV.  Sophia,  b.  March  15,  1797. 
V.  Harry,  b.  Jan.  11,  1799. 

VI.  Ora  H.,  b.  Jan,  1,  1804;    m.,  Sept.  25,  1839,  in  Boston, 

Jane  Eveline  Dickinson.     Lived  in  Ohio, 


26  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

J16 

ICHABOD«  (Elisha^  James^  John^  John^  William^),  son  of  Elisha 

[E^]  and  Persis  ( )  Knapp;  b.  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  Dec.  20,  1755; 

removed  to  Winchester,  N.  H.,  thence  to  Dummerston,  Vt.  He  m., 
Dec.  10,  1780,  Catherine  Miller.  Was  representative  from  Dummers- 
ton in  1793,  1794,  1807;  d.  in  1817. 

children: 
G^       I.  Alvin,  b.  Feb.  21,  1781. 
G*      II.  Gardner,  b.  April  23,  1783. 

III.  Catherine,  b.  March  18,  1785;  m.,  first,  Giles  Alexander; 

second,  John  F.  Stearns. 

IV.  Lurena,  6.  Aug.  3, 1787;  m., ,  1808,  Luther  Miller. 

G^      V.  Isaac  N.,  b.  Aug.  7,  1789. 

VI.  Polly,  b.  Feb.  20,  1792;  d.  in  infancy. 
VII.  LovicY,  b.  Feb.  20,  1792;   m.,  July  25,  1813,  Ephraim 
Laughton. 

VIII.  IcHABOD,  b. ,  1794;  d. ,  1799. 

IX.  Rosanna,  b.  July  12,  1796;    m.,  Jan.  31,  1819,  Thomas 

Laughton. 
X.  George  W.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1799;  m.  Mrs.  Eliza  Williams. 
G«     XI.  William,  b.  March  20,  1804. 

JOHN«  (Ehsha^  James*,  John^  John^,  WilHami),  son  of  EUsha 

[E^]  and  Persis  ( )  Knapp;  m.,  July  22,  1792,  Susanna  Alexander, 

who  was  b.  June  28,  1771,  at  Winchester,  N.  H. 

children: 
I.  Lamson,  b.  Aug.  13,  1794. 
II.  Elijah  Alexander,  b.  June  19,  1795. 
III.  John,  b.  March  13,  1797. 

JJ18 

JONAH«  (Elisha^  James^  John^  John^,  William^),  son  of  Elisha 

[E^]  and  Persis  ( )  Knapp;   b.  1770;   m.  Ann .     He  lived  in 

Dummerston,  Vt.,  having  come  from  Orange,  Mass. 

children: 
I.  John,  b.  Aug.  1,  1793,  in  Orange,  Mass.;  m.,  Jan.  31,  1822, 

Hannah  Adams. 
II.  LucRETiA,  b.  July  31,  1795,  in  Orange,  Mass.;   m.  Justin 

Sargent. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  27 

III.  Orrin,  b.  March  18,  1798,  in  Orange,  Mass. 

IV.  Caleb  L.,  6.  July  15,  1801,  in  Orange,  Mass.;  m.,  Sept.  12, 

1831,  Linda  Sargent. 
V.  Sally,  b.  1804,  in  Dummerston,  Vt.;  d.  in  1806. 
VI.  Horace,  6.  March  12,  1808. 

JESSENIAH  (or  Jazaniah)"  (John^  James^  John^  John^,  Wil- 
ham^),  son  of  John  [E"]  and  Anna  (Rice)  Knapp;  b.  Oct.  1,  1765, 
in  Petersham,  Mass.;  m.  Elizabeth  How,  who  d.  Sept.  17,  1835.  He 
died  March  21,  1812,  in  Petersham. 

children: 

I.  Lucy,  b.  June  12,  1801;   m.,  Jan.  6,  1836,  Erastus  Swan, 

of  Athol,  Mass.;  d.  June  28,  1877. 
G^      II.  Levi,  b.  May  13,  1804. 

III.  Mary  H.,  b.  Oct.  6,  1807;  d.  March  8,  1813. 

IV.  Mehitable,  b.  March  31,  1810;  m.  Seth  Cole;  d.  April  20, 

1864,  in  Geneseo,  111. 

pio 

JAMES«  (John^  James^  John^  John^,  William^),  son  of  John  [E«] 
and  Anna  (Rice)  Knapp;  b.  May  20,  1767,  in  Petersham,  Mass.;  m., 
Nov.  26,  1789,  Lois,  dau.  of  Moses  Stearns,  who  was  b.  Aug.  4,  1766, 
and  d.  Feb.  11,  1841;  removed  to  Walpole,  N.  H.,  thence  in  1807  to 
Danville,  Vt.;  thence,  in  1817,  to  Lyndon,  Vt.,  where  he  died  Nov. 
6,  1839. 

children: 

I.  Cephas  Willard,  b.  July  24,  1791,  in  Walpole,  N.  H.; 
studied  medicine  in  Danville;  was  surgeon  in  United 
States  army;  was  killed  at  the  storming  of  Fort  Hat 
(Sombrero),  in  Mexico,  Aug.  21,  1817. 

II.  (Myra)  Mason,  b.  June  29,  1794,  in  Walpole,  N.  H.;  d. 

May  25,  1809,  in  Danville,  Vt. 
III.  Paulina,  b.  March  28,  1796,  in  Walpole,  N.  H.;  m.  Luke 
Swett;  d.  in  Danville,  Vt.,  Dec.  17,  1847. 
'   G»      IV.  John,  b.  Dec.  5,  1797. 
G^       V.  Harris,  b.  Aug.  5,  1799. 
G^o     VI.  (Elcias)  Ward,  b.  July  3,  1801. 
G"    VII.  Hiram,  6.  May  16,  1804. 

VIII.  Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  1,  1807,  in  Walpole,  N.  H.;  m.,  Feb.  1, 
1827,  Lorin  Graves;   d.  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Aug.  29,  1888. 


28  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

IX.  Melinda,  b.  June  17,  1809,  in  Danville,  Vt.;   m.  Daniel 

Hill;  d.  Feb.  18,  1889,  in  Lyndon,  Vt. 
X.  Emily,  b.  Oct.  1 1 ,  181 1 ,  in  Danville,  Vt. ;  m .  Joel  Hastings; 
d.  Dec.  23,  1886,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 

yll 

OREN  B.^  (James',  Daniel*,  John^,  John^,  William*),  son  of  James 
[E^]  and  Molly  (Redfield)  Knapp;  b.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  June  5, 
1802;  m.,  Sept.  18,  1828,  Sophronia  (Brackett?)  Smith,  of  Lexington, 
who  d.  Jan  12,  1880.     He  died  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  May  4,  1866. 

children: 
G*2       I.  Oren  S.,  b.  in  Boston,  July  16,  1829. 

II.  Charles,  b.  1831. 
G'^  III.  James  J.,  6.  1834. 
G"     IV.  Jonas  Smith,  b.  in  Maiden,  1840. 

J112 

RICHARD^  (James',  Daniel*,  John^,  John^,  William*),  son  of  James 
[E^]  and  Molly  (Redfield)  Knapp;  b.  May  4,  1809,  in  Brattleboro, 
Vt.;  m.,  April  11,  1837,  Rhoda  A.  Dodge,  who  was  b.  in  Stoddard, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  12,  1815.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War,  Company  I,  First 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers.     Died  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  June  9,  1887. 

children: 
I.  James  E.,  b.  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Oct.  23,  1838;  w., 
Oct.  23,  1860,  at  Westminster,  Vt.,  Emmeline  J.  Sisko, 
who  d.  in  1892.  Living  (1900)  at  Walpole,  N.  H. 
II.  George  R.,  b.  in  Springfield,  Vt.,  June  10,  1842;  m., 
June  13,  1865,  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  Ellen  M.  Martin, 
who  d.  Oct.  16,  1868;  died  Oct.  16,  1867,  in  Savannah. 

III.  Charles  H.,  b.  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Aug.  4,  1844;   m., 

Nov.  14,  1868,  in  Boston,  Manj  F.  Witherell.  Living 
(1900)  in  Walpole.  A  son,  Geo.  Wallace,  b.  Nov.  15, 
1871,  living  (1900)  in  Boston. 

IV.  Henry  C,  b.  in  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Nov.  10,  1851;   m., 

Dec.  23, 1876,  in  Boston,  Hattie  A.  Loheed;  living  (1900) 
in  Boston. 

J.13 

PHILIP  COOMBS^  (William',  Ebenezer*,  Isaac^  John^,  WilHam*), 
son  of  William  [E**']  and  Lydia  (Coombs)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  15,  1762, 
in  Newbury,  Mass.;  m.,  Jan.  1,  1785,  Abigail  Remmick,  who  d.  June 
8,  1810.     He  died  March  10,  1815. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  29 

children: 
G^^       I.  William,  b.  Oct.  17,  1785. 

II.  Philip,  b.  Aug.  11,  1787;  d.  May  16,  1811. 
G'«     III.  Joseph,  b.  April  14,  1791. 

IV.  Robert,  b.  Aug.  16,  1795;  d.  Dec.  26,  1829. 
V.  Abigail,  b.  June  3,  1800;  d.  Feb.  5,  1872;  unmarried. 
VI.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  11,  1804;  7n.,  Feb.  20,  1837,  Adaline 
Brewer  Treat  (or  Thayer?);  d.  Sept.  14,  1843.  He 
was.  W.  L.  Garrison's  partner  in  publishing  The  Libera- 
tor. He  also  published  and  edited  the  Essex  Courant, 
printed  in  Newburyport  in  1825. 

jpl4 

ISAAC^  (William^,  Ebenezer^  Isaac^,  John^,  William^),  son  of 
William  [E^"]  and  Lydia  (Coombs)  Knapp;  b.  June  2,  1766,  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.;  m.,  first,  Letitia  Edgar,  of  Cape  Ann,  who  d.  March 
20,  1793;  second,  June  23,  1795,  Mary  Dole,  who  d.  May  22,  1845. 
He  died  Jan.  2,  1856. 

children: 
I.  Henry  Edgar,  b.  March  20,  1793;  d.  Aug.  21,  1794. 
II.  Jane  Newman,  6.  Feb.  12,  1797;  d.  Oct.  8,  1823. 

III.  JonathanDole,  6.  July  17, 1799;  rf.  at  sea,  Nov.  28, 1832. 

IV.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  11,  1801;  d.  Nov.  11,  1801. 
V.  Isaac,  b.  June  5, 1802;  d.  Nov.  10, 1802. 

VI.  Mary,  6.  March  10,  1806;  d.  March  17,  1806. 


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15 


WILLIAM*'  (William^  Ebenezer^  Isaac^  John^  William*),  son  of 
WiUiam  [E*"]  and  Lydia  (Coombs)  Knapp;  b.  April  27,  1770,  in  New- 
buryport; m.,  June  11,  1797,  Fanny  Tucker  Grossman,  of  Salem, 
who  d.  Feb.  4,  1855.     He  died  July  6,  1831,  in  Newburyport. 

children: 
I.  William,  b.  May  2,  1798;    m.  Frances  Lane  (b.  Aug. 
12,  1802;  d.  March  2,  1865).     He  was  for  many  years 
clerk  of  the  police  court  in  Boston,  where  he  d.  Oct.  14, 
1863. 
G"      II.  Benjamin  Remmick,  b.  April  17(?),   1801;    d.  May   12, 
1879. 
III.  Fanny,  b.  Dec.  17,  1803;    d.  March  27,  1894,  in  Dor- 
chester;   unmarried. 


30  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

IV.  Martha  Knight,  b.  Jan.  4,  1808;    m.  Benj.  Barnes,  of 
Dover,  April  3,  1833. 

pi6 

EBENEZER«  (William^  Ebenezer^  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son 
of  William  [E^°]  and  Lydia  (Coombs)  Knapp;  b.  Jan.  4,  1772,  in 
Newburyport;  m.,  Sept.  28,  1799,  Mary  Hill,  who  d.  Oct.  3,  1856, 
aged  eighty-seven.     He  died  Dec.  15,  1822. 

children: 

I.  Mary,  6.  July  1,  1800;  d.  July  24,  1800. 

II.  Hannah  Jackson,  b.  June  29,  1801;    d.  Aug.  27,  1842; 

unmarried. 

III.  Mary  Hill,  6.  Jan.  9,  1804;  d.  Feb.  1,  1851;  unmarried. 

IV.  John  Coombs,  b.  Jan.  18,  1805;   d.  May  8,  1805. 

V.  Elizabeth  (changed  to  Jane),  6.  May  3,  1807;   d.  April 

18,  1862;  unmarried. 

pi7 

NATHANIEL^  (NathanieP,  NathanielS  Isaac^  John^,  William^, 
son  of  Nathaniel  [E^^]  and  Mary  (Myrick)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  30,  1764, 
in  Newbury,  Mass.;  m.,  May  15,  1791,  Sarah  Nevins,  who  d.  Oct.  17, 
1839.     He  died  Feb.  25,  1833. 

children  : 
I.  Sarah,  b.  April  23,  1792;  d.  March  22,  1793. 

II.  Jacob,  b.  June  30,  1793;  d.  June  7,  1821,  at  St.  Francis- 

ville,  on  the  Mississippi. 

III.  Sarah  Wyer,  b.  July  10,  1795;  m.,  Nov.  16,  1823,  Enoch 

Stickney;  d.  1892,  aged  ninety-seven. 

IV.  Mary  Myrick,  b.  Dec.  30,  1796;  d.  Jan.  17,  1881. 
V.  Nathaniel,  b.  Nov.  5,  1798;  d.  Sept.  24,  1802. 

VI.  Timothy  W.,  b.  May  7,  1801;  d.  June  17,  1836. 
VII.  Martha,  b.  Jan.  8,  1804;  d.  Aug.  8,  1842. 

VIII.  Nathaniel,  b.  July  10,  1806;  d.  Feb.  23,  1818. 
IX.  Elizabeth,  6.  Oct.  7,  1808;  d.  May  15,  1881. 
X.  William  W.,  6.  May  15,  1810;  d.  Oct.  5,  1830. 

pl8 

ISAAC  (NathanieP,  NathanieP,  Isaac^  John^,  Wilham^),  son  of 
Nathaniel  [E^^]  and  Mary  (Myrick)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  Jan. 
25,  1774;  m.,  Jan.  16,  1802,  Elizabeth  Hoyt,  who  was  b.  Feb.  14,  1775, 
and  d.  Aug.  17,  1828.     He  died  Dec.  22,  1849. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA  31 

CHILDREN : 

I. ,  b.  July  30,  1803. 

II.  Elizabeth  Hoyt,  b.  July  31,  1805;    m.,  Oct.  25,  1832, 
William  Pritchard;  d.  Jan.  1,  1887. 

III.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  14,  1806;  d.  Sept.  25,  1825. 

IV.  George  Washington,  b.  Dec.  12, 1808;  d.  Sept.  11, 1836, 

at  sea. 
V.  Charles  Hart,  b.  April  15,  1810;  d.  Feb.  12,  1821. 
G^^     VI.  James  Nelson,  b.  Jan.  13,  1814. 

VII.  Jackson,  b.  Sept.  24,  1815;  d.  Sept.  25,  1815. 
VIII.  Sarah,  b.  March  12,  1818;  m.  George  W.  Adams,  of  Barn- 
stead  and  Portsmouth;  d.  in  Oakland (?),  Cal.,  March 
31,  1873. 

J119 

ANTHONY"  (NathanieP,  Nathaniel*,  Isaac^  John^  WilUam^), 
son  of  Nathaniel  [E^^]  and  Mary  (Myrick)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  March  4,  1778;  m.,  Jan.  14,  1803,  in  Salisbury,  Dolly  [Dorothy] 
Morrill. 

children: 

I.  Nathaniel,  b.  July  7,  1805;  d.  Oct.  29,  1837. 
II.  Hannah  Morrill,  b.  Dec.  22,  1809;   m.,  Nov.  19,  1828, 
Charles  Thomas,  of  Portland,  Me.;  d.  April  22,  1832. 
G"     HI.  Jonathan  Morrill,  b.  Jan.  22,  1812. 

IV.  Sarah  Davenport,  b.  June  29,  1814;  d.  Feb.  14,  1824. 
V.  Anthony  Emery,  b.  Sept.  10,  1816;  m.  Margaret  Miller. 
VI.  Charles  Perkins,  b.  Feb.   15,  1820;  m.  Mary  Water- 
house. 
0="*    VII.  Edmund  Baker,  b.  April  5,  1822. 

J.20 

ROBERT  HEATH",  Capt.  (Anthony^,  Nathaniel^  Isaac^  John=, 

William^),  son  of  Anthony  [E"]  and  Hannah  ( )  Knapp;    b.  in 

Newburyport,  April  6,  1779;  m.,  July  22,  1804,  Dorothy,  dau.  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Cook,  who  d.  June  25,  1808.  He  was  lost  at 
sea,  August,  1806. 

CHILD : 

G-'       I.  Robert  Heath,  b.  Oct.  25,  1805. 

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JOHN"  (John^,  Nathaniel^  Isaac^,  John^,  William^),  son  of  John 
[E^^]  and  Anna  (Adams)  Knapp;    b.  in  Newburyport,  June  9,  1769; 


32  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA 

m.,  Oct.    11,    1794,  Mary  Davis  who  d.   Oct   11,  1814.     He   died 
March  10,  1814. 

children: 

I.  Mary,  b.   March   1,   1795.,  m.,  April   13,  ^815,   Zebedee 

Cook. 
II.  Susanna,  b.  Jan.  3,  1797;  d.  March  3,  1804. 
0^2     ni.  John,  b.  Oct.  29,  1798. 

IV.  Rebecca,  b.  Sept.  12,  1800;  d.  March  9,  1801. 
V.  Benjamin  Davis,  b.  Dec.  18,  1802;  d.  Oct.  28,  1810. 
VI.  SuKEY,  b.  Jan.  13,  1805;    m.,  July  23,  1824,  Nathaniel 

Merrill,  of  Rowley. 
VII.  Rebecca,  6.  March  8,  1807. 
VIII.  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  25,  1809;  d.  Feb;  1,  1813. 

IX.  Benjamin,  b. ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1812. 

X.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  5,  1813. 


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22 


JOHN^  (SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^,  John^,  William^),  son  of  Samuel 

[E^'']  and  Mary  (Jenkins)  Knapp;  6.  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,   , 

1763;    m.,  first,  in  1781, Gavett,  of  Salem;   m.,  second,  June  3, 

1798,  Sarah  Dodd,  of  Salem.     He  died   abroad  of  fever.     Notice 
reached  Salem  Dec.  13,  1801. 

children: 

I.  Mary  Larelle;  w.,  1812,  John  0.  Dilston,  of  Salem. 
II.  Rebecca,  b.  1786;  m.,  March  12,  1809,  Samuel  Larrabee, 
of  Lynn. 

III.  Sally,  m.,  April  18,  1809,  William  Moulton,  Jr.,  of  New- 

buryport. 

IV.  Joseph,  b.  1799;  d.  Dec.  7,  1834,  in  Salem. 

P23 

ANTHONY^,  Capt.  (SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^  John^,  WiUiam^, 
son  of  Samuel  [E^*^]  and  Mary  (Jenkins)  Knapp;  b.  in  Salem,  Nov.  12, 
1770;  was  adopted  in  early  life  by  Capt.  Anthony  Knapp  [E"],  of 
Newburyport,  with  whom  he  went  to  sea  until  twenty-one  years  old; 
m.,  June  4, 1796,  Betsy  Cook,  who  d.  June  27, 1854.  He  died  May  20, 
1832. 

children: 

I.  Samuel,  b.  Aug.  15,  1797;  d.  same  day. 
G^^      II.  Anthony,  6.  Sept.  27,  1798. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  33 

III.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  Dec.  14,  1799;   m.,  April  27,  1840,  David 
Hart;  d.  March  4,  1892. 
G^'     IV.  Charles,  6.  March  9,  1801. 

V.  Caroline,  h.  Aug".  2,  1802;   d.  Sept.  18,  1803. 
G^^     VI.  Samuel,  6.  March  30,  1804. 
G^®    VII.  Joseph  Jenkins,  6.  May  13,  1805. 
G"  VIII.  Alfred,  6.  March  18,  1808. 

IX.  Dolly  Cook,  h.  March  18,  1808;  m.,  July  12,  1832,  John 
Remick;  d.  July  16,  1892. 
G28      X.  George,  h.  Jan.  7,  1810. 
G^®     XI.  Humphrey  Cook,  h.  June  9,  1812. 
G^°   XII.  Isaac  Newton,  6.  Jan.  1,  1814. 

XIII.  Caroline,  h.  March  23,  1816;  d.  Nov.  5,  1845. 

XIV.  Thomas  (Capt.),  6.  May  19,  1817;   d.  Nov.  28, 1866;  un- 

married. 
XV.  Harriet,  h.  Sept.  30,  1820;  d.  same  day. 

J124- 

JOSEPH  JENKINS«,  Capt.  (SamueP,  Samuel*,  Isaac^  John^, 
William*),  son  of  Samuel  [E***]  and  Mary  (Jenkins)  Knapp;  6.  Sept. 
18,  1773;  m.,  first,  June  10,  1798,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Phippen, 
of  Salem,  who  d.  July  21,  1827,  aged  forty-five;  m.,  second,  June  27, 
1839,  Lydia  Fish,  dau.  of  William  and  Rebecca  King,  who  d.  April 
3,  1870,  aged  eighty.     He  died  July  21,  1847. 

children: 
I.  Abigail,  bapt.  Nov.  11,  1800;    m.,  first,  Aug.  7,  1823, 

William  H.  Lowe;  m.,  second, Carter,  of  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 
II.  Joseph  Jenkins,  b.   1802;    d.  Oct.   1,   1803,  aged  ten 
months. 

III.  Joseph  Jenkins,  m.  Nov.  6,  1827,  Mary  W.  Beckford; 

d.  Dec.  31,  1830. 

IV.  Nathaniel  Phippen,  b.  1808;  was  graduated  at  Harvard 

College  in  1826;  studied  law,  practiced  in  Marblehead; 
was  ordained  minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  1833; 
rector  of  Christ  Church,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  after  1838; 
d.  Feb.  17,  1854;  m.,  in  Marblehead,  Sept.  20,  1836, 
Margaret  Bond,  who  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  18, 
1837,  aged  thirty-one;  m.,  second,  September,  1839, 
Clarissa  C.  Hoyt,  of  Brooklyn. 
V.  John  Francis,  d.  Sept.  28,  1830. 


34  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

VI.  Sarah  Ann,  b.  1815;  ni.  William  Fuller,  of  Salem. 

VII.  William  Henry,  b.  1818;   d.  in  Somerville  Insane  Asy- 

lum. 

VIII.  Ellen  Maria,  b.  1820;  m. Carter,  of  Brooklyn. 

IX.  Samuel,  d.  unmarried. 

J125 

ISAAC^,  Capt.  (SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^,  John^,  William^),  son  of 
Samuel  [E^**]  and  Mary  (Jenkins)  Knapp;  b.  in  1778;  w.,  Nov.  3^ 
1797,  Elizabeth  Bickford,  of  Salem;  d.  Oct.  18,  1859. 

children: 

I.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  4,  1800;    m.  John  Hill,  of  Byfield; 

d.  March,  1888. 
II.  Isabella,  b.  1802;  m.  Niles  Hardy. 

III.  Ursula,  b.  1804;   m.  Bailey  Hardy;   lived  in  Indiana. 

IV.  Maria  B.,  b.  1812;  m.  David  Pickard;  d.  Nov.  8,  1889. 

V.  Mary  Ann,  b.  March  27,  1813;   to.,  first,  August,  1830^ 

Gilbert  P.  Hardy;   m.,  second, Greenman. 

VI.  Isaac  Newton,  b.  Dec.  21,  1815;  d.  March  27,  1889. 

VII.  William  H.,  b.  1818;   to.,  Feb.  21,  1842,  Mary  E.  Kim- 

ball; d.  March  6,  1887,  at  Cliftondale,  Mass. 

VIII.  Harriet,   b.    1820    (1810?);    to.,   Dec.   3,    1838,  James 

Morse,  of  Manchester-by-the-Sea. 

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SAMUEL«  (John^  Isaac'  [see  D«]),  son  of  John  [E^^]  and  Sarah 
(Brown)  Knapp;  b.  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  July  9,  1770;  removed  to 
Parsonsfield,  Me.,  about  1792  as  a  carpenter;  to.,  April  30,  1795,. 
Polly  Mead,  of  Newmarket,  N.  H.;  d.  Sept.  3,  1837. 

children: 
I.  Sally,  b.  March  20,  1797;   to.,  1822,  Stephen  Shores;  d. 
in  Suffolk,  Conn.,  March  6,  1879,  leaving  one  son. 

II.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  12,  1799;   to.,  first,  Isaac  Moore;  second^ 

Joseph  Hobbs;  d.  in   Parsonsfield,  Sept.  8,  1884.     No 

children. 
G^*     III.  John,  b.  Nov.  25,  1801. 

IV.  Clarissa,  b.  Dec.  28,  1803;  to.,  October,  1826,  Harvey  M. 

Towle;  d.  in  Parsonsfield,  Aug.  26,  1829.     One  son  and 

one  daughter. 
G^-      V.  Samuel,  6.  1809. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  35 

J127 

DANIEL«  (JohIl^  Isaac*  [see  D^]),  son  of  John  [E'^]  and  Sarah 
(Brown)  Knapp;  b.  in  Salisbur}'-,  Mass.,  Aug.  28,  1785;  m.,  first,  Jan. 
8,  1816,  Betsy  Neal,  who  d.  Jan.  22, 1842;  w.,  second,  Dec.  28,  1842, 
Mehitable  Tucke,  who  d.  May  10,  1860.  Lived  in  Conway,  N.  H., 
and  in  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  where  he  died  Feb.  9,  1859. 

children: 
I.  Sarah  Ann,  b.  June  22,  1818;  m.,  Oct.  18,  1849,  Jesse 
Adams;  d.  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  June  15,  1859.  One 
dau. 
II.  Elizabeth  Rhoda,  b.  May  13,  1824;  m.,  June  21,  1842, 
Samuel  Merrill;  d.  Jan.  21,  1868.  One  son,  three 
dau. 
III.  William  Daniel  (Hon.),  b.  in  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  Oct.  17, 
1830;  m.,  Nov.  29,  1866,  Susan  Hale  Hussey,  of  Bar- 
rington,  N.  H.,  who  d.  Jan.  5, 1905;  died  Nov.  23, 1899. 
He  was  graduated  with  honors  at  Dartmouth  College 
in  1855;  admitted  to  the  bar  of  York  County  in  1858; 
practiced  his  profession  in  Somersworth ;  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  police  court  in  1867;  held  many  town  and 
state  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  A  memorial  adopted 
by  the  Strafford  County  Bar  Association  closes  with 
this  paragraph:  "  It  is  not  easy  to  express  our  appre- 
ciation of  this  good  lawyer's  life-work  in  a  sentence. 
But  to  say  that  Judge  I^app  was  a  good  man,  a  most 
worthy  citizen,  and  as  a  lawyer  was  always  honest, 
always  sound  in  judgment,  always  painstaking,  and  of 
unswerving  faithfulness  to  his  client,  is  to  express 
something  less  than  the  full  truth." 


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28 


JACOB  NEWMAN«  (Isaac^  [see  D^]),  son  of  Isaac  [E^^]  and 
Susanna  (Newman)  Knapp;  6.  in  Newburyport,  Nov.  7,  1772;  w., 
in  Boston,  June  3,  1819,  Louisa  Bellows,  of  Walpole,  N.  H.,  who  was 
6.  May  9, 1786,  and  d.  March  16, 1872;  died  at  Walpole,  July  27, 1868. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  (Andover)  Academy;  was  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1802;  studied  divinity;  taught  school 
many  years;  retired  in  1822  to  Walpole,  where  he  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life,  retaining  to  the  last  the  intellectual  vigor,  the 
social  graces,  and  the  spiritual  aspirations  that  characterized  his  long 
and  beautiful  life  of  ninety-five  years. 


36  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA 

[See  ''  The  Testimony  of  Ninety  Years,"  a  sermon  preached  by 
Henry  W.  Bellows  in  memory  of  Jacob  Newman  Knapp,  with  an 
appendix  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hill,  D.D.  Also  a  sermon  by  the  same 
author  on  "  Preparing  for  Old  Age,"  preached  at  All  Souls'  Church, 
New  York,  on  returning  from  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Louisa  Bellows 
Knapp.] 

children: 

I.  Francis  Bellows,  b.  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  May  29, 

1820;     Harvard    College,    1843;     Harvard    Divinity 
School,  1847;  d.  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  May  6,  1896;  un- 
married. 
G^^      II.  Frederick  Newman,  b.  Nov.  19,  1821, 

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BENJAMIN  N.«  (Isaac^  [see  D^]),  son  of  Isaac  [E"]  and  Susanna 
(Newman)  Knapp;  b.  April  23,  1776;  m.  Elizabeth  Hancock,  of 
Northfield,  who  was  b.  Sept.  26,  1780,  and  d.  June  8,  1859.  He 
went  to  Ohio  about  1812,  where  he  is  supposed  to  have  died  about 

■^"•^  children: 

I. ,  d.  young. 

II.  Susan  Newman,  b.  July  24,  1799;  lived  many  years  with 

her  uncle,  Jacob  Newman  Knapp;  d.  Oct.  12,  1876,  at 
Franklin  Falls,  N.  H.,  at  the  home  of  her  cousin,  Wil- 
liam Hancock. 

SAMUEL  LORENZO^,  Col.  and  LL.D.  (Isaac'^  [see  D»]),  son  of 
Isaac  [E^"]  and  Susanna  (Newman)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbury  port,  Jan. 
19,  1783;  m.,  July  18,  1814,  Mary  Anna,  dau.  of  Gen.  Amasa  Davis; 
d.  at  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  July  8,  1838, 

He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1804.  A  lawyer  by 
profession,  he  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  and  commanded 
a  regiment  of  state  militia  in  the  War  of  1812.  He  delivered  the  eu- 
logy on  Adams  and  Jefferson  in  Chauncy  Place  Church,  Boston,  J.  Q. 
Adams,  President  of  the  United  States,  being  present  in  his  official 
capacity.  He  was  editor  successively  of  the  Boston  Gazette,  the 
Boston  Monthly  Magazine,  and  the  National  Republican,  and  was  the 
author  of  many  books.     [See  Appendix,  Note  G.] 

children: 

I.  Mary  A.  E.  B.,  6.  June  11,  1815;   m. Monroe. 

II.  Emma  Jane,  b.  Sept.  26,  1817;  m.,  June  15,  1848,  Sawyer 
S.  Stone. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  37 

JOSEPH"  (Isaac'  [see  D9]),son  of  Isaac  [E»»]  and  Susanna  (New- 
man) Knapp;  b.  Jan  31,  1788;  studied  medicine;  m.,  settled,  and 
practiced  his  profession  in  South  Carohna. 

child: 
I.    Joseph,  a  physician. 

NATHAN^  (Enochs  David^  John^  John^,  John",  WiUiami),  son  of 
Enoch  [F^]  and  Lydia  (Bemis)  Knapp;  b.  in  Spencer,  Mass.,  Dec.  2, 
1784;  removed  about  1800  to  Rumford,  Me.,  where  he  m.  Phoebe, 
dau.  of  David  Farnum,  in  1809  (intention  of  marriage,  April  6).  He 
was  drowned  at  Rumford  Falls,  Oct.  4,  1833. 

children: 
H^        I.  David,  b.  in  Mexico,  Me.,  April  12,  1810. 
H^       II.  Enoch,  b.  Aug.  20,  1811. 
W     III.  Albion  Keith,  b.  June  15,  1813. 
IV.  Jane  Barnard,  b.  May  20,  1815. 
V.  Lydia  Bemis,  b.  June  4,  1817;   d.  July  25,  1820. 
VI.  Dorcas  Farnum,  b.  Sept.  21,  1819;    m.,  January,  1841, 
Judah  D.  Wheeler,  of  Peacham,  Vt.     Living  in  Chicago 
in  1901. 
VII.  Hiram  Andrews,  b.  Aug.  26,  1822;   d.  Sept.  20,  1895. 
VIII.  Phcebe  Gleason,  b.  Nov.  15,  1824;  d.  Aug.  8,  1870. 
IX.  Nathan  Hallowell,  b.  Oct.  25,  1827;  d.  July  9,  1900. 
H*       X.  Byron  Livermore,  b.  Jan.  12,  1830. 

XI.  Victoria  Columbia,  b.  Sept.  15,  1832;  d.  June  1,  1834. 

HENRY^  (Josiah«,  Josiah^  John^  John^  John^  William^),  son  of 
Josiah  [F^]  and  Mary  (Fairservice)  Knapp;  b.  Feb.  13,  1792,  in  New- 
ton, Mass.;  m.  Esther  Eliza  Harrison,  of  New  York,  who  died  there 
in  August,  1831.  He  died  of  cholera  in  New  Orleans,  Sept.  11,  1833. 

children: 
I.  Charles  Henry;    was   in  navy  during  Civil  War.     Is 

supposed  to  have  been  lost  at  sea.     Unmarried. 
II.  Name  lost. 

III.  LucRETiA  Ann;  d.  young. 
H'      IV.  George  Edward,  6.  Feb.  14,  1830. 

G' 

ALVIN^  (Ichabod«,  Elisha\  James*,  John^,  John^,  William^),  son 
of  Ichabod  [F«]  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Knapp;  b.  Feb.  21,  1781;  m., 


38  THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

March  24,  1808,  Rinda  Fuller,  who  d.  Jan.  18,  1873.     He  lived  in 
Dummerston,  Vt.;  d.  Oct.  25,  1850. 

CHILD : 

I.  IcHABOD  Milton;  m.,  March  20,  1843,  Sarah  Wheeler. 

GARDNERS  (Ichabod«,  Elisha^  James^  John^  John^,  William^), 
son  of  Ichabod  [F«]  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Knapp;  h.  April  23,  1783; 
m.,  Jan.  14,  1801  (?),  Fanny  Taft.     Lived  in  Dummerston,  Vt. 

children: 

I.  Hiram,  b.  March  30,  1825;  m.,  first,  Lucy ;  second, 

Sarah  Gates. 
II.  Addison,  h.  July  30,  1827. 

III.  Ichabod  Leroy. 

IV.  Joel  Dexter. 
V.  Emily  S. 

VI.  Mary  E. 
VII.  John  N. 

VIII.  Fanny  M.,  b.  Feb.  10,  1830;   m.,  first,  Elisha  W.  Field; 
m.,  second,  Morris  W.  Laughton. 

ISAAC  N.^  (Ichabod«,  Elisha^  James^  John^,  John^,  WiUiamO, 
son  of  Ichabod  [F^]  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  7,  1789; 
m.,  first,  Philinda  Button,  who  d.  Jan.  15,  1835;  m.,  second,  Mrs. 
Maria  (Nutting)  Benham.  He  was  a  physician  for  many  years  in 
Dummerston,  Vt.;  d.  Aug.  23,  1856. 

children: 
W        I.  Isaac,  b.  March  22,  1815. 

II.  Philinda  D.,  b.  Dec.  10,  1817;  m.  William  Wheeler. 

III.  George  H.,  b.  March  21,  1819;  d.  1880. 

IV.  Samuel  D.,  b. ,  1822;  d.  1846. 

V.  Caroline,  b. ,  1825;  d.  1827. 

VI.  Lucy,  b.  June  27,  1827;  7n. Safford,  Windsor,  Conn. 

VII.  Ellen  J.,  b.  May  2,  1832. 
VIII,  IX,  X.     No  data. 

G^ 

WILLIAM^  (Ichabod«,  Ehsha^  James^  John^  John^,  William^), 
son  of  Ichabod  [F**]  and  Catherine  (Miller)  Knapp;  b.  March  20,  1804, 
in  Dummerston,  Vt.;  m.  Lovinna  (or  Lavina)  Miller;  d.  1884. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  39 

children: 
I.  William  Morton. 
II.  Ambrose. 

III.  Jeneveva  M. 

IV.  Elisha  C. 
V.  Rosa  J. 

VI.  Ora. 
VII.  Horatio. 
VIII.  Martha  E. 

IX.  C I . 

LEVr  (Jesseniah^  John^  James^  John^  John^  William^,  son  of 
Jesseniah  [F^]  and  Elizabeth  (How)  Knapp;  b.  May  13,  1804,  in 
Petersham,  Mass.;  m.,  April  10,  1838,  Fidelia  Ballou,  who  d.  May 
13,  1879.     He  died  in  Petersham,  June  7,  1888. 

children: 
I.  George,  b.  Sept.  1,  1839;  lives  (1893)  in  Athol,  Mass. 
H^       II.  John,  b.  July  31,  1841. 

III.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  18,  1842;  m.,  Sept.  2,  1867, 

Jerome  J.  Lord,  of  Athol. 

IV.  Mary  Jane,  b.  Oct.  19,  1844;  m.,  Sept.  27,  1868,  William 

Henry  Damon. 
V.  Charles  Henry,  b.  Aug.  12,  1846;    m.,  first,  April  23, 
1874,  Lizzie  S.  Miles;   m.,  second,  Feb.  3,  1897,  Annie 
E.  Houghton;  lives  in  Worcester. 
W      VI.  Harry  Taft,  b.  July  7,  1849. 

JOHN^  (James^,  John^,  James*,  John^,  John^,  William^),  son  of 
James  [F^"]  and  Lois  (Steams)  Knapp;  b.  Dec.  5,  1797,  in  Walpole, 
N.  H.;  m.,  first,  Jan.  1,  1823,  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Sally  Cushing,  who  d. 
Dec.  28,  1823;  m.,  second,  Jan.  10,  1825,  in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Cynthia  W. 
Hubbard;  m.,  third,  Henrietta  Martin  Herbert,  who  d.  Jan.  11,  1879. 
He  lived  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Danville,  Lyndon,  and  in  Benson,  Vt., 
where  he  died  March  30,  1865. 

children: 
H^       I.  George  Cushing,  b.  Oct.  30,  1823. 
H^"     II.  Charles  Mason,  b.  July  14,  1827. 
H"    III.  Horace  Carter,  b.  May  11,  1829. 


40  THE    KNAPP    FAMILY    IN    AMERICA 

IV.  Sally  Paulina,  b.  Jan.  24,  1833;   m.  John  C.  Hunt;   d. 

May  14,  1874. 
V.  Elizabeth  F.,  b.  May  4,  1838,  in  Benson;    m.  Jesse  B. 

Lossy;  d.  Dec.  28,  1898. 
VI.  William  D.  Chipman,  an  adopted  son,  b.  Sept.  18,  1840; 

d.  April  16,  1846. 

G« 

HARRIS^  (James®,  John^,  James*,  John^,  John^,  William^),  son  of 
James  [F^°]  and  Lois  (Stearns)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  5,  1799,  in  Walpole, 
N.  H.;  m.  Mary  Butler,  who  d.  Aug.  10,  1854.  He  lived  in  Walpole, 
N.  H.,  Danville,  Lyndon,  and  in  St.  Johnsbury  Center,  Vt.,  where  he 
died  Feb.  25,  1861. 

children : 
H»2       I.  Cephas  Willard,  b.  May  29,  1831. 

II.  Mary  Jane,  b.  Aug.  20,   1839;    m.  Albert  Sanborn,  of 

Hardwick,  Vt. 
III.  Martha  Maria,  b.  March  22,  1842;  lives  in  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 

WARD  (ELCIAS)^  (James®,  John^  James*,  John^  John^  WilUam^), 
son  of  James  [F^°]  and  Lois  (Stearns)  Knapp;  b.  July  3,  1801,  in  Wal- 
pole, N.  H.;  m,  Emeline  Latham,  of  Lyndon,  Vt.,  who  d.  March  12, 
1895;  lived  in  Danville,  Derby  Line,  and  in  Lyndon,  where  he  died 
Sept.  15,  1873. 

children: 
I.  James  Seymour,  b.  June  25,  1837;    disappeared  in  the 

West. 
II.  Mary  Louisa,  b.  Sept.  25,  1842. 

III.  George,  b.  May  11,  1846;  served  in  the  Civil  War, 
Seventh  Vermont  Regiment,  and  d.  in  hospital  at 
Mobile,  Ala.,  June  2,  1865. 

G" 

HIRAM^  (James",  John^,  James*,  John^,  John^,  William^),  son  of 
James  [F^"]  and  Lois  (Stearns)  Knapp;  b.  in  Alstead,  N.  H.,  May  16, 
1804;  lived  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Danville,  Lyndon,  and  St.  Johnsbury, 
Vt. ;  m.,  July  1,  1835,  Sophronia,  dau.  of  Edward  B.  and  Lucy  (Risley) 
Brown,  who  was  b.  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Feb.  10,  1815,  and  d.  in 
Boston  Feb.  23,  1904.  Removed  in  1854  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he 
died  Dec.  7,  1876. 


THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  41 

CHILDREN : 
(All  born  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.) 

I.  George  Brown,  b.  April  9,  1836;    m.,  Sept.  2,  1862, 
Elizabeth^   dau.    of    Alex.   H.    and    Priscilla    (Dixon) 
Strong,  who  was  b.  May  22,  1841,  in  Vicksburg,  Miss. 
II.  Katharine,  b.  Sept.  23,  1837. 
H"    III.  Arthur  Mason,  b.  Aug.  8,  1839. 

OREN  S.^  (Oren  B.«,  James^  DanieP,  John^  John^,  William^),  son 
of  Oren  B.  [F"]  and  Sophronia  (Smith)  Knapp;  b.  in  Boston,  July  16, 
1829;  m.,  Aug.  9, 1859,  Lucy  M.  Clark,  of  Somerville;  d.  in  Someryille, 
Mass.,  Nov.  4,  1890. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Worcester  Academy,  and  entered  Am- 
herst College,  but  on  account  of  trouble  with  his  eyes  did  not  com- 
plete the  course.  After  teaching  two  years  in  Medford  and  ten 
years  in  Somerville,  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1865.  He  still  continued  to  serve  the  schools 
of  Somerville  for  many  years,  as  chairman  of  the  school  board  and 
as  superintendent  of  schools,  and  in  recognition  of  this  long  and 
faithful  service  one  of  the  schools  was  named  for  him. 

children: 

(All  born  in  Somerville.) 

I.  Mary  I.,  b.  Sept.  30,  1862;  d.  April  3,  1865. 
II.  Lizzie  Gerry,  b.  April  10,  1866. 

III.  Marion  Rebecca,  b.  Aug.  18,  1870. 

IV.  Charles  H.,  6.  July  3,  1872;  d.  July  29,  1872. 

JAMES  J.^  (OrenB.«,  James^  DanieP,  John^  John^,  WilHam^),  son 
of  Oren  B.  [F"]  and  Sophronia  (Smith)  Knapp;  b.  in  1834;  m.,  1860, 
Frances  Cutler,  of  Cambridge;  d.  in  Gardner,  Mass.,  March  31,  1892. 

children: 
I.  Emma. 

II,  Cora,  m.  Frank  Pierce,  of  Gardner. 
III.  Charles. 

JONAS  SMITH^  (Oren  B.«,  James^  Daniel^  John^  John^,  William*), 
son  of  Oren  B.  [F"]  and  Sophronia  (Smith)  I^app;  b.  in  Maiden, 
Mass.,  1840;  m.,  1863,  Mary  Alice  Dunbar,  of  Boston,  wbod.  May  23, 
1873.     He  died  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  March  30,  1876. 


42  the  knapp  family  in  america 

children: 
I.  Helen  L.,  6.  in  Somerville,  Nov.  13,  1864. 
II.  Oren  D.,  b.  April  24,  1867. 
III.  Alice  S.,  b.  July  14,  1872;  d.  Sept.  14,  1873. 

WILLIAM'  (Philip  Coombs«,  William%  Ebenezer^  Isaac^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Philip  Coombs  [F^^]  and  Abigail  (Remmick)  Knapp; 
b.  in  Newbuiyport,  Mass.,  Oct.  17,  1785;  m.,  April  2,  1812,  Tabitha 
Currier,  who  was  b.  Dec.  28,  1792,  and  d.  March  2,  1870.  He  died 
Sept.  12,  1875. 

children: 

H"       I.  Philip  Coombs,  b.  Dec.  30,  1814. 

II.  William  Henry,  b.  June  30,  1816;  d.  Aug.  29,  1855. 

III.  Ebenezer,  b.  Sept.  9,  1819;  m.,  in  1842,  Maria  Antoinette 

Harding,  and  had  one  child,  Mary  Coleman,  who  was  b. 
October,  1844,  and  d.  March  2,  1853;  died  in  Boston, 
June  12,  1846. 

IV.  Charles  Long,  6.  May  4,  1822;  d.  Sept.  17,  1874. 

JOSEPH'  (Philip  Coombs«,  William^  Ebenezer*,  Isaac',  John,^ 
William^),  son  of  Philip  Coombs  [F*']  and  Abigail  (Remmick)  Knapp; 
6.  in  Newburyport,  April  17(?),  1791;  m.,  Nov.  5,  1820,  Mary  Chad- 
bourne,  who  was  6.  in  Berwick,  Me.,  Jan.  22,  1792.  He  d.  March  17, 
1822.  His  widow  in.,  Oct.  30,  1826,  Jonathan  Bartlett,  of  Eastport, 
Me.,  and  d.  February,  1838. 

CHILD : 

H^^       I.  Joseph  Greenleaf,  b.  April  29,  1822. 

BENJAMIN  REMMICK'  (William«,  William^  Ebenezer*,  Isaac^ 
John^,  William^),  son  of  William  [F^^]  and  Fanny  Tucker  (Crossman) 
Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  April  17,  1801;  m.,  June  29,  1826,  Sarah 
Lewis,  who  d.  Nov.  23,  1872.     He  died  May  12,  1879. 

children: 
I.  Benjamin  Remmick,  b.  June  26,  1827;  d.  July  20,  1880. 
W^     II.  William,  b.  July  14,  1828. 
H"    III.  Henry  Edgar,  b.  Nov.  18,  1829. 

IV.  Nathaniel  O. 
H^^      V.  John  M.,  b.  Aug.  6,  1837. 


THE   KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  43 

VI.  Frank  F.,  d.  Nov.  1,  1864. 

VII.  Edward  A.,  b.  Dec.   15,  1843;    m.,  Oct.   10,   1867,  in 
Worcester,  Abbie  Dodge,  of  Newbuiyport;   d.  Jan.  21, 
1892,  in  Dorchester. 
VIII.  Charles  Edward,  b.  Dec.  15,  1843. 
The  record  of  this  family  in  the  Civil  War  is  worthy  of  note. 
Benjamin  R.,  Jr.,  served  in  the  Sixth  Illinois  Regiment;  William  in 
the  navy;    Nathaniel  O.  in  a  Cahfomia  regiment;    John  M.  in  the 
Sixth  Massachusetts;   Frank  F.  in  the  Twenty-fifth  Massachusetts; 
Edward  A.  in  the  Fourth  Massachusetts.     The  father  was  refused  on 
account  of  his  age,  but  was  second  lieutenant  in  the  National  Guard  of 
Newburyport  and  did  military  duty  at  Fort  Warren  in  Boston 
Harbor. 

JAMES  NELSON'  (Isaac«,  NathanieP,  Nathaniel*,  Isaac^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Isaac  [F^^]  and  Elizabeth  (Hoyt)  Knapp;  b.  in 
Newburyport,  Jan.  13,  1814;  m.,  Oct.  22,  1836,  Susan  Webb,  of  New- 
port, Wales,  where  he  was  American  consul  for  many  years,  and 
mayor  of  the  town. 

children: 

I.  James. 

II.  William. 

III.  John  Nelson;  m.  Charlotte,  dau.  of  Capt.  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  {hunt)  Cook,  of  Newburyport,  and  had  one 
child.  Alma  Louise,  6.  Nov.  16,  1885. 

JONATHAN  MORRILL'  (Anthony«,  NathanieP,  NathanieP, 
Isaac^,  John^,  William*),  son  of  Anthony  [F*^]  and  Dolly  (Morrill) 
Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Jan  22,  1812;  m.,  Nov.  19,  1828, 
Jane  Robinson;  d.  Oct.  6,  1888. 

children  : 

I.  Sarah;  m.  William  Ross,  of  Portland;  d.  1889. 

II.  Evelina;  m.  Lucius  Shattuck. 

III.  Freeman;  d.  under  fifteen  years  of  age. 

IV.  Anthony;  d.  aged  five  years. 

V.  ;  m.  Charles  Estes,  of  Portland. 

VI.  Frank;  m.  Agnes  Conant,  of  Colorado;  d.  1891;  had 
daughter,  Helen  lOiapp. 

VII.  Emma,  m.  George  Bates. 


44  THE    KNAPP    FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

EDMUND  BAKERS  (Anthony^,  NathanieP,  Nathaniel*,  Isaac^ 
John^,  William^),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Dolly  (Morrill)  Knapp; 
b.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  April  5,  1822;  m.,  June  18,  1848,  Almira 
McKenny.     Lived  in  Portland,  Me. 

children: 
I.  Mary,  6.  April  5,  1849;   m.,  June  10,  1874,  Henry  Race. 
II.  Ella,  6.  Feb.  8,  1851;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1871,  Henry  Perry. 
III.  Eddianna,  d.  in  infancy. 
W^    IV.  Wallace  Chase,  h.  Nov.  6,  1859. 

ROBERT  HEATH^  (Robert  Heath^  Anthony^  Nathaniel*,  Isaac^ 
John^,  William^),  son  of  Robert  Heath  [F-"]  and  Dorothy  (Cook) 
Knapp;  h.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Oct.  25,  1805;  m.,  May  17,  1831, 
Emily  Brookings,  who  d.  April  27,  1838.     He  died  Feb.  12,  1837. 

children: 
I.  Robert  Heath,  h.  April  14,  1832;  d.  May  28,  1832. 
H-"     II.  Robert  Heath,  h.  1834. 

III.  William  Augustus,  h.  1836;  d.  Feb.  1,  1838. 

(J22 

JOHN^  (John«,  John^  Nathaniel*,  Isaac^  John^,  William^),  son  of 
John  [F^^]  and  Mary  (Davis)  I^app;  h.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Oct. 
29,  1798;  m.,  first,  April,  1825,  Delia  Bayley,  of  West  Newbury;  m., 
second,  1836,  Sarah  Ann  Plumer.  He  died  Aug.  6,  1895,  in  George- 
town, Mass. 

children: 
I.  John  (by  first  wife) . 
II.  Sarah;  lives  in  Woburn. 
III.  Mary. 

(^2.3 

ANTHONY^  Capt.  (Anthony",  SamueP,  Samuel*,  Isaac^  John^, 
William^) ,  son  of  Anthony  [F-^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Ivnapp ;  b.  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.,  Sept.  27,  1798;  m.,  first,  May  26,  1824,  Harriet 
Haskell,  who  d.  July  14,  1847;  m.,  second,  Jan.  3,  1853,  Caroline 
Swasey,  who  d.  Aug.  22,  1879.     He  died  Sept.  6,  1879. 

children: 
I.  Harriet,  b.  Feb.  20,  1825;  d.  July  21,  1833. 
II.  Betsy,  b.  June  15,  1827;  m.,  April  6,  1851,  Benjamin  H. 
Noyes. 


THE    KNAPP    FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  45 

III.  Anthony,  b.  March  29,  1829;  d.  April  1,  1845. 

IV.  Caroline,  b.  May  16,  1831;    m.,  May  27,  1862,  Thomas 

Stackpole. 
V.  Joseph,  b.  April  22,  1833;  d.  Jan.  28,  1847. 
VI.  RuFUS,  b.  March  25,  1835;  d.  March    (April?)    9,  1888; 
unmarried. 

CHARLES^  (Anthony",  SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^  John^,  Wmiam^, 
son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  March  9,  1801;  m.,  March  7,  1824,  Ann  Choate  Huse,  who  d. 
Aug.  16,  1882.     He  died  Jan.  27,  1876. 

children: 
I.  Sarah  Somerby,  b.  Oct.  25,  1824;  d.  July  20,  1825. 
H^i     II.  Thomas,  6.  Sept.  19,  1826. 
W^    III.  Anthony,  b.  April  15,  1828. 

IV.  Ann  Choate,  b.  Dec.  23,  1829;  m.,  April  7,  1853,  Henry 

,      P.  Toppan. 
V.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  10,  1832;  m.  Jo/in  H.  Richard- 
son, of  Medford;  d.  Nov.  18,  1866. 
VI.  Frances  Davis,  b.  Nov.  19,  1833;    m.  Charles  S.  Park- 
hurst,  of  Portland,  Me. 
VII.  Charles,  b.  Aug.  23,  1835;  d.  Sept.  12,  1837. 
VIII.  Albert  William,  b.  1837;  c?.  June  15,  1837. 
IX.  Charles,  b.  1838;  d.  April  7,  1839. 
H-3      X.  Charles,  6.  July  31,  1839. 

XI.  Mary  Pickett,  b.  June  8,  1841;   m.,  June  8,  1861,  Leon- 
ard Parkhurst,  of  Standish,  Me. 
XII.  Alfred,  b.  1843;  d.  1843.  • 

XIII.  Florence  Choate,  b.  Oct.   19,  1844;    m.,  William  B. 

Thayer,  of  Weymouth  Landing. 
XIV.  Ella  Gertrude,  b.  Dec.  2,  1847;    ?n.,  June  20,  1875, 
Samuel  Newcomb,  of  Brookfield;  d.  Aug.  28,  1876. 


SAMUEU,  Capt.  (Anthony",  SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^  John^, 
Wilham^),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp,  b.  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.,  March  30,  1804;  m.,  first,  June  27,  1827,  Elizabeth 
A.  Morse,  who  d.  April  7,  1836;  m.,  second,  June  24,  1839,  Lydia 
Johnson,  who  d.  March  8,  1883.     He  died  Jan.  21,  1858. 


46  the  knapp  family  in  america 

children: 

I.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  Jan.  13,  1829;  d.  March  17,  1832. 
II.  Eliza  Ann. 

III.  Julia  M.,  b.  May,  1834;   m.,  June,  1859,  James  M.  Chase. 

IV.  Samuel;  d.  in  infancy,  April  5,  1836. 
V.  Robert  John  Park;  lives  in  Chicago. 

VI.  Jacob  Greenleaf;  d.  May  4,  1887. 
VII.  Samuel;  lives  in  Somerville. 

JOSEPH  JENKINS'  (Anthony",  SamueP,  SamueP,  Isaac^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp;  b.  in  New- 
buryport,  Mass.,  May  13,  1805;  m.,  July  24,  1828,  Mary  Pierce,  who 
was  b.  July  21,  1806,  and  d.  Dec.  7,  1877.  He  died  April  8, 1883,  in 
Newburyport. 

children: 
I.  Mary  Pierce,  b.  June  10,  1829;  m.,  Sept.  22,  1853,  Felix 

Walker,  of  New  Orleans,  La.;  d.  Feb.  2,  1907. 
II.  Laura  Cordelia,  b.  Feb.  25,  1831;    m.,  Feb.  1,  1866, 
Theodore  Pomeroy,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

III.  Ellen  Therese,  b.  June  23,  1833;    m.,  July  19,  1855, 

John  T.  Brown,  of  Newburyport. 

IV.  Elizabeth  Battelle,  b.  March  13,  1836;    m.,  Dec.  11, 

1855,  David  T.  Lanman,  of  Norwich,  Conn. 
ff*      V.  James  Oakes,  b.  Sept.  25,  1838. 

VI.  George  Pierce,  b.  March  9,  1842;  d.  Dec.  4,  1892. 


ALFRED',  Capt.  (Anthony^  SamueP,  Samuel*,  Isaac^  John^, 
William*),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp;  b.  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.,  March  18,  1808;  m.,  Oct.  5,  1831,  Elizabeth  Rappell, 
who  was  6.  Oct.  14,  1810.  He  was  lost  at  sea  on  the  brig  Nectar^ 
August,  1839. 

children: 
I.  Elizabeth   Ann,  b.  Aug.  4,  1833;    m.,  Aug.  25,  1857, 

William  C.  Smith. 
II.  Caroline  Augusta,  6.  June  30,  1836;   d.  Dec.  9,  1907; 

unmarried. 
III.  Mary  Alfred,  6.  Sept.  12,  1838;    m.,  April  10,  1864, 
Julius  Le  Leurch. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA  47 

(^28 

GEORGE^  (Anthony*,  SamueP,  Samuel^  Isaac^  John^,  William^), 
son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport, 
Jan.  7,  1810;  m.  Harriet  Wilson,  Aug.  9,  1837;  d.  in  Chelsea,  Mass., 
Dec.  30,  1890. 

children: 
I.  George. 
B.^      II.  Alfred  E.,  b.  in  Boston,  1848. 
III.  Ezra  Lunt. 

(J29 

HUMPHREY  COOK^  (Anthony^,  SamueP,  Samuel^  Isaac^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp;  b.  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.,  June  9,  1812;  m.,  Dec.  7,  1832,  Mary  Faxon  Bar- 
bour, who  d.  Nov.  1,  1872.  Lived  in  South  Boston,  where  he  died 
March  9,  1898. 

children  : 
I.  Fanny  Pardee,  b.  in  Newburyport,  Nov.  7,  1833;    m., 
Nov.  17,  1853,  Thomas  Cutting  Simonds;  d.  Sept.  12, 
1854,  in    Boston,  leaving  son,   Alvan  Humphrey  Si- 
monds, b.  Aug.  28,  1854. 
II.  Mary  Faxon,  b.  Oct.  12,  1838,  in  Newburyport. 

III.  Almira  Smith,  b.  Dec.  2,  1840,  in  Newburyport;    d.  in 

Newton,  March  8,  1908;  unmarried. 

IV.  Delia  Maria,  b.  Jan.  13,  1844,  in  Newburyport;  d.  Feb. 

27,  1867. 
V.  Humphrey  Faxon,  b.  July — ,  1846;  d.  Jan.  30,  1853,  in 

Boston. 
VI.  Phedora  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  9,  1849,  in  Boston;    m., 

Feb.  9,  1870,  Edward  Stanley  Dunham. 
VII.  Louisa,  b.  Oct.  24,  1851;   m.,  March  10,  1875,  Cyrus  H. 
K.  Curtis. 
Three  other  children  died  in  infancy. 

ISAAC  NEWTON^  Capt.  (Anthony«,  SamueP,  Samuel^  Isaac^ 
John^,  WiUiam^),  son  of  Anthony  [F^^]  and  Betsy  (Cook)  Knapp; 
6.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1814;  m.,  first,  June  22,  1841, 
Anne  A.  Woodbury;  m.,  second.  May  16,  1854,  Mary  S.  Abrahams, 
who  d.  Jan.  14,  1892,  aged  seventy-three.  He  died  in  Winchester, 
Oct.  25,  1879. 


48  the  knapp  family  in  america 

children: 
I.  Abby  Woodbury,  b.  July  4,    1843;    d.  Sept.  23  (28?), 

1847. 
II.  Anna  Lawrence,  b.  March  23,  1847. 

III.  Newton  A.,  b.  Aug.  22,  1856,  on  the  English  Channel. 

IV.  WiLHELMiNA  C,  6.  Oct.  11,  1859,  off  the  coast  of  Spain. 

JOHN^  (SamueP,  John^  Isaac*  [see  D"]),  son  of  Samuel  [F^^]  and 
Polly  (M^d)  Knapp;  b.  at  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  Nov.  25,  1801;  m., 
1826,  Nancy  Dresser;  removed  to  Standish,  Me.;  d.  Jan.  10,  1881. 

children: 

I.  Harriet  Mead,  b.  1828;  m. Chase;  d.  1885. 

II.  Clara,  b.  1830;  m. Moses;  lives  in  Boston. 

SAMUEU  (SamueP,  John^  Isaac'  [see  D«]),  son  of  Samuel  [F^-«] 
and  Polly  (Mead)  Knapp;  b.  1809;  m.  Hannah  Brown,  who  d.  Oct.  6, 
1863;  lived  at  Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  and  at  Biddeford,  Me.,  where  he 
died  March  5,  1857. 

children: 
I.  Isaac,  b.  1834;   m.  Angie  P.  Speed;   d.  May  22,  1874,  at 

Rollinsford,  N.  H.,  s.  p. 
II.  Susan  Jane,  b.  1836;  m.  Samuel  Pillsbury,  of  Biddeford; 
lived  in  Kittery,  Me.  (1892). 

III.  Clara,  b.  1849,   at   Great   Falls;     m. Whitehouse; 

lived  in  Portsmouth. 

IV.  Charles  H.,  b.  1851,  at  Great  Falls;   lived  in  Paterson, 

N.  J.  (1892). 

Q..33 

FREDERICK  NEWMAN^  Rev.  (Jacob  N.^  Isaac^  Isaac*  [see 
D^]),  son  of  Jacob  Newman  [F^^]  and  Louisa  (Bellows)  Knapp;  b.  in 
Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  Nov.  19,  1821;  m..  May  9,  1855,  Lucia  Alden 
Bradford,  who  was  b.  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Feb.  18,  1834,  a  direct 
descendant  of  Gov.  William  Bradford  and  of  John  Alden.  He  died 
Jan.  12,  1889,  at  Plymouth,  Mass. 

His  family  removed  in  his  infancy  to  Walpole,  N.  H.,  the  home  of 
his  maternal  ancestors.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  (Ando- 
ver)  Academy,  and  was  graduated  with  honor  at  Harvard  College 
in  1843,  and  at  Harvard  Divinity  School  in  1847.  He  was  settled 
as  a  Unitarian  minister  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  from  1847  to  1855,  and 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  49 

in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  from  1869  to  1874.  During  the  Civil  War  he 
was  actively  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  Sanitary  Commission,  being 
at  the  head  of  its  special  relief  work,  which  he  "  organized  and  con- 
trolled with  masterly  zeal,  humanity,  and  success,"  and  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  service  in  this  office  he  was  made  honorary  member  of  the 
Grand  Army. 

Always  interested  in  educational  work,  and  perhaps  inheriting 
from  his  father  and  other  ancestors  (among  whom  was  Mark  Newman, 
a  preceptor  of  Phillips  Andover  Academy)  the  characteristics  of  a 
successful  teacher,  he  established,  in  1867,  at  Sutton,  Mass.,  a  Home 
School  for  Boys,  which  he  removed  in  1869  to  Plymouth,  resigning 
his  pastorate  there  in  1874,  in  order  to  devote  himself  wholly  to  this 
work,  in  which  he  was  engaged  until  his  death,  which  occurred  sud- 
denly, Jan.  12,  1889. 

The  rare  beauty  of  his  moral  and  spiritual  nature,  added  to  his 
intellectual  gifts  and  social  graces,  greatly  endeared  him  to  a  large 
circle  of  friends  and  kindred,  and  a  fellow-townsman  said  of  him  that 
"  there  was  no  public  occasion  to  which  he  was  not  ready  to  con- 
tribute; nothing  for  the  good  of  the  community  or  his  fellows  from 
which  he  withheld  his  best  efforts." 

[See  pamphlet,  "  In  Memoriam  Frederick  Newman  Knapp,"  Bos- 
ton, 1889.] 

children: 

I.  Louisa  Bellows,  b.  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  March  22,  1856. 
H^^     II.  Frederick  Bradford,  h.  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Oct.  13, 
1857. 
HI.  Sarah  Perkins,  b.  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1860. 
IV.  Maria  Bradford,  b.  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1866;  m., 
in  Plymouth,  Dec.  22,  1894,  Henry  Wasson  Royal. 

DAVID«  (Nathan^  Enoch«,  David^  John^  John^  John^,  WilhamO, 
son  of  Nathan  [G^]  and  Phoebe  (Farnum)  Knapp;  b.  in  Mexico,  Me., 
April  12,  1810;  m.,  1833,  Clarissa,  dau.  of  Chandler  Glines,  who  was 
b.  Jan.  18,  1813.  He  lived  at  Rumford  Falls,  Paris,  and  Norway, 
Me.,  and  died  at  Norway,  Sept.  11,  1886. 

children: 
I.  Nathan  Clifford,  b.  Sept.  25,  1^34;  d.  Aug.  1,  1835. 
II.  Marion  Caroline  Louisa,  b.  March  1,  1836;  d.  June  16, 
1838. 

III.  David  Scott,  b.  June  28,  1839. 

IV.  Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Aug.  27,  1841. 


5Q  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

V,  James  Harvey  Farnum,  b.  Aug.  8,  1843. 
VI.  Laura  Frances,  b.  Oct.  22,  1845. 
VII.  Clara  E.,  b.  Dec.  1,  1855;  d.  May  24,  1876. 

ENOCH«  (Nathan^  Enoch«,  David^  John^  John^  John^  William^), 
son  of  Nathan  [G^]  and  Phoebe  (Farnum)  Knapp;  b.  Aug.  20,  1811, 
at  Rumford,  Me.;  m.,  1835,  Eliza,  dau.  of  Elias  and  Eliza  (Adams) 
Bartlett,  of  Bethel,  Me.     lived  at  Rumford  Falls;  d.  Jan.  15,  1900. 

children  : 
I.  Helen  Eliza,  b.  March  6,  1837. 

II.  Caroline  Maria,  b.  June  24,  1840;  m.  Lyman  R.  Martin; 
d.  March  23,  1865.     Infant  dau.,  Carrie  Florence. 

III.  Charles  Adams,  b.  Jan.  31,  1842;  d.  May  28,  1864. 

IV.  Orissa  p.,  b.  Sept.  2,  1848;    m.,  1874,  Sewell  Reed,  of 

Bradley. 
V.  Preston  A. 

ALBION  KEITH8  (Nathan^  Enoch«,  David^  John^  John^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Nathan  [G^]  and  Phoebe  (Farnum)  Knapp;  b.  June 
15,  1813,  at  Rumford,  Me.;  m.,  Oct.  16,  1838,  Phoebe  Morse  Graham, 
who  was  b.  June  19,  1820,  and  d.  Nov.  22,  1880.  He  removed  in 
1848  to  Hanover,  Me.,  where  he  was  long  in  trade  and  where  he  died 
Dec.  10,  1887. 

children  : 
I.  Nathan  Clifford,  6.  Feb.  11,  1840;  m.  Jane  M.  Hutch- 
ins;  d.  Nov.  7,  1863;  one  dau.,  Mary  Lincoln.     Was 
in  Civil  War,  First  Maine  Regiment. 
II.  Clarissa  Morse,  6.  Nov.  25,  1842;  m.  Winfield  S.  Howe; 
had  a  son,  Hanover. 

III.  Phcebe  Lucinda,  b.  Sept.  27,  1845;  d.  following  day. 

IV.  Lyman  Rawson,  b.  Aug.  7,  1846;  d.  at  Hanover,  May  12, 

1867. 
V.  William  Kimball,  b.  Sept.  26,  1848;  d.  following  day. 

BYRON  LIVERMORE«  (Nathan^  Enoch«,  David\  John^  John^ 
John^,  William*),  son  of  Nathan  [G*]  and  Phcebe  (Farnum)  Knapp; 

6.  Jan.  12,  1830,  at  Rumford,  Me.;    m.  Maggie ;    removed  to 

Pennsylvania. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  51 

children: 
I,  IvANORA  E.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1861,  at  Rumford,  Me. 
II.  Nathan  H.,  b.  Feb.  21,  1863,  at  Rumford,  Me. 
Three  other  children  —  names  and  dates  uncertain. 

GEORGE  EDWARD^  (Henry^  Josiah«,  Josiah^  John^  John^ 
John^,  William^),  son  of  Henry  [G"]  and  Esther  Eliza  (Harrison) 
Knapp;  b.  Feb.  14,  1830,  in  New  York  City;  m.  Rosina  Frances  Tay- 
lor, of  Rock  Island,  111.     Was  living  in  1900,  at  Kearney,  Neb. 

children: 

I.  Ella  Frances,  6.  Sept.  29,  1874,  in  Buffalo  County, 
Neb.;  m.,  first,  in  1893,  John  Barnes  (one  child,  Orton 
Knapp  Barnes);  m.,  second,  Nov.  20,  1895,  Frederic  J. 
Sizer. 

II.  Charles  Taylor,  b.  Nov.  22,  1877,  at  Kearney,  Neb. 

ISAAC^  (Isaac  N.^  Ichabod«,  Elisha^  James^  John^  John^,  Wil- 
liam^), son  of  Isaac  N.  [G^]  and  Philinda  (Button)  Knapp;  b.  March 

22,    1815,    at   Dummerston,  Vt.;     m.  Rowena   L ;   d.   at   Fort 

Wayne,  Ind.,  May  9,  1883. 

He  went  West  when  about  twenty  years  old,  and  after  graduating 
at  Marietta  College,  Ohio,  studied  for  the  ministry,  afterwards  stud- 
ied medicine,  and  finally  became  a  dentist.  Was  prominent  in  Indi- 
ana as  a  writer  and  speaker  in  his  professions. 

child: 
I.  William  B. 

JOHN^  (Levi^,  Jesseniah',  John^,  James*,  John^,  John^,  William^), 
son  of  Levi  [G^]  and  Fideha  (Ballou)  Knapp;  b.  in  Petersham,  Mass., 
July  31,  1841;  m.,  Nov.  24,  1874,  Mrs.  Frances  0.  H.  Morgan,  of 
Dana,  Mass.  Resides  (1893)  in  Petersham.  He  served  in  Company 
H,  Fourth  Regiment  of  Heavy  Artillery,  in  Civil  War. 

children: 
I.  Harry  Levi,  b.  April  2,  1876,  in  Petersham. 
II.  Archie  Frederick,  b.  at  Dana,  Mass.,  Nov.  2,  1879;  d. 
Oct.  13,  1900. 


52  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

HARRY  TAFT»  (LevP,  Jesseniah^  John^  James*,  John^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  Levi  [G^]  and  Fidelia  (Ballou)  Knapp;  6.  in  Peters- 
ham, Mass.,  July  7,  1849;  m.,  Dec.  31,  1884,  Carrie  AdHe  Craft 
Jackson.     Resides  (1900)  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

children: 
I.  Grace  Adele,  b.  Nov.  25,  1885,  at  Lawrence,  L.  I. 
II.  Florence  Lillian,  6.  Sept.  26,  1887. 

III.  Edwin  Levi,  b.  July  14,  1889. 

IV.  Infant  son,  b.  Aug.  10,  1892;  d.  Aug.  22,  1892. 
V.  Elsie  Mildred,  6.  Dec.  28,  1893. 

VI.  Annie  Laura,  6.  Sept.  2,  1897,  in  Worcester. 


GEORGE  GUSHING"  (John^  James«,  John^  James^  John^,  John^ 
William*) ,  son  of  John  [G*]  and  Sally  (Gushing)  Ivnapp;  b.  in  Lyndon, 
Vt.,  Oct.  30,  1823;  m.,  Sept.  5,  1855,  Alzina  Maria  Churchill;  d. 
March  12,  1895,  at  BitUs,  Turkey,  where  he  had  been  for  forty  years 
a  missionary  of  the  American  Board. 

He  was  graduated  at  Middlebury  College  in  1852;  at  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  in  1855. 

children: 

(All  born  at  Bitlis,  Turkey.) 

I.  Arthur  Churchill,  b.  Nov.  8,  1859;  d.  Oct.  23,  1862. 
II.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  31,  1862;  d.  Oct.  9,  1863. 

III.  George  Perkins,  b.  June  13,  1863;   m.,  July  2,  1890,  at 

Barre,  Mass.,  Anna  Jane  Hunt,  who  was  b.  in  Worces- 
ter, Oct.  30,  1862.  Harvard  University,  1887;  Hart- 
ford Seminary,  1890.  Missionary  in  Turkey,  first  at 
Bitlis,  later  and  now  (1909)  at  Harpoot.  Three  daugh- 
ters; one  son,  Addison. 

IV.  John  Herbert,  b.  Oct.  24,  1865;   m.,  first,  Jan.  12,  1892, 

Helen    Hastings,    of    Worcester;     m.,    second,    Mary 

Specht,  of  Colorado   Springs.     Four  daughters;     two 
*  sons,  Arthur  and   Robert  Kenneth.     Lives  (1909)  in 

California. 
V.  Grace  Higley,  6.  Nov.  21,  1870. 
VI.  Edith  Alzina,  b.  Nov.  4,  1874;    m.,  1905,  Eugene  W. 

Melvin,  of  San  Jose,  Cal.     One  son. 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  53 

CHARLES  MASON«  (John^  James«,  John^  JamesS  John^  John^ 
William^,  son  of  John  [G^]  and  Cynthia  W.  (Hubbard)  Knapp;  b. 
July  14,  1827,  at  Lyndon,  Vt.;  m.,  Dec.  2,  1851,  Mary  M.  Olmstead, 
of  Benson,  Vt.;  d.  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  15,  1862. 

children: 
I.  Cynthia  Cora,  b.  April  27,  1854;   d.  March  29,  1856. 
II.  Charles  Hubbard,  b.  Jan.  22,  1860. 

HORACE  CARTERS  (John',  James«,  John^  JamesS  John^  John^, 
William*),  son  of  John  [G*]  and  Cynthia  W.  (Hubbard)  Knapp;  b. 
in  Lyndon,  Vt.,  May  11,  1829;  m.,  May  11,  1853,  Emily  Louisa  Cro- 
foot,  of  Benson,  Vt.;  d.  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  May  27,  1899. 

children  : 
I.  Ella  Louisa,  b.  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Aug.  3,  1857;  d. 

at  Rutland,  April  7,  1899. 
II.  Frank  Willey,  6.  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  Sept.  7,  1859; 

m.,  Nov.  3,  1886,  Anna  Thomas,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.     Lives 

(1900)  at  Rutland,  Vt. 

JJ12 

CEPHAS  WILLARD«  (Harris^  James«,  John^,  James*,  John^, 
John^,  William*),  son  of  Harris  [G^]  and  Mary  (Butler)  I^app;  b. 
in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  May  29,  1831;  m.,  March  4,  1857,  Paulina  Paul 
Seavey,  of  Pomfret,  Vt.;  lived  in  St.  Johnsbury  and  Benson,  and  in 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  he  died  Feb.  2,  1874. 

children: 
I.  Bertha  Seavey,  b.  Oct.  7,  1859,  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 
II,  Francis  Harris,  b.  Nov.  15,  1867,  at  Benson,  Vt. 

JJ13 

ARTHUR  MASON«  (Hiram^  James«,  John^  James^  John^  John^, 
William*),  son  of  Hiram  [G**]  and  Sophronia  (Brown)  Knapp;  6. 
Aug.  8,  1839,  at  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.;  m.,  July  2,  1873,  Abbie,  dau.  of 
James  and  Sally  Wingate  (Bradley)  Bartlett,  of  Brookline,  Mass., 
who  d.  Jan.  26,  1876.     He  died  in  Boston,  Dec.  27,4898. 

He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Boston  in  1854;  was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School;  was  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1863;  taught  in  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  1863-4;  in  the 
high   school   at   Brookline,  Mass.,  1865-74;    entered   the  service  of 


54  THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN   AMERICA 

the  Boston  Public  Library,  Jan.  23,  1875,  where  for  the  last  twenty 
years  of  his  life  he  was  curator  of  Bates  Hall.     [See  Appendix  A.] 

child: 
A  son,  b.  and  d.  Jan.  11,  1876, 

JJ14 

PHILIP  COOMBS'  (William^  Phihp  C.\  William^  Ebenezer*, 
Isaac',  John^,  William^) ,  son  of  William  [G^^]  and  Tabitha  (Currier) 
Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  Dec.  30,  1814;  was  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1841;  m.,  Feb.  4,  1847,  Sally  Harriette  Moore,  of 
Lynn,  who  d.  Feb.  7,  1899.     He  died  in  Lynn,  Sept.  12,  1900. 

children: 

(All  born  in  Lynn.) 

I.  Harriette  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  27,  1847;    d.  Nov.  28, 

1847. 
II.  Lucilla  Breed,  b.  Dec.  7,  1848;  d.  Feb.  19,  1873. 

III.  Charles  William,  b.  Dec.  18,  1850. 

IV.  Philip  Coombs,  b.  June  3,  1858. 

JJ15 

JOSEPH  GREENLEAF«  (Joseph^  Philip  C.«,  William^  Ebenezer*, 

Isaac^  John^,  William^) ,  son  of  Joseph  [G'"]  and  Mary  (Chadbourne) 

Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  April  29,  1822;   m.,  Oct.  9,  1853,  Sarah 

H.  Collins,  who  was  b.  in  Seabrook,  N.  H.,  Aug.  27,  1815,  and  d. 

Jan.  9,  1881. 

child: 

I.  Joseph  Herbert,  6.  Aug.  29,  1854. 

WILLIAM'  (Benj.  Remmick'',  William^  William^  Ebenezer*, 
Isaac',  John^,  William*),  son  of  Benjamin  R.  [G*^]  and  Sarah  (Lewis) 
Knapp;  6.  in  Newburyport,  July  14,  1828;  m.,  March  29,  1866, 
Lydia  Maria  Smith;  d.  in  California. 

He  served  in  the  navy  during  the  Civil  War. 

children: 

I.  William  B.,  b.  Dec.  2,  1867;  m.,  Dec.  28,  1888,  Ellen  E., 

dau.  of  Charles  M.  and  Helen  (Coleman)  hunt. 

II.  Philip. 

JJ17 

HENRY  EDGAR'  (Benj.  Remmick^  WilUam^,  William^  Ebenezer*, 
Isaac',  John^,  William*),  son  of  Benjamin  R.  [G"]  and  Sarah  (Lewis) 


THE    KNAPP   FAMILY   IN    AMERICA  55 

Knapp;  b.  in  Newburyport,  Nov.  18,  1829;  m.,  Dec.  14,  1854,  Mary 
Ann  H.  Whiton;  d.  in  Somerville,  Mass.,  March  12,  1895. 

child: 
I.  Edgar  Lewis,  6.  Feb.  28,  1858,  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

JJ18 

JOHN  M.»  (Benj.  Remmick^  William^  William^  Ebenezer," 
Isaac^,  John^,  William^),  son  of  Benjamin  R.  [G'^]  and  Sarah  (Lewis) 
Knapp;  6.  Aug.  6,  1837,  in  Newburyport;  m.,  Sept.  16,  1861,  Elvira 
W.  Childs,  of  Rutland  and  Shrewsbury,  Mass.;  lived  in  Worcester, 
where  he  died  Sept.  21,  1877. 

He  served  in  the  Civil  War,  in  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment. 

children: 

I.  Mary  L.,  b.  1864(?);   m.,  June  23,  1887,  Roscoe  H.  Al- 

drich. 

II.  Frank  Childs,  b.  Feb.  13,  1869,  in  Worcester;  d.  March 

25,  1869. 
III.  Charles  E.,  b.  March  12,  1870,  in  Worcester;  d.  May  3, 
1883. 

WALLACE  CHASE»  (Edmund  Bake^^  Anthony^,  Nathaniels 
Nathaniel^  Isaac^,  John^  William*),  son  of  Edmund  Baker  [G^"]  and 
Almira  (McKenny)  Ivnapp;  b.  Nov.  6,  1859,  in  Portland,  Me.;  m., 
November,  1883,  Louisa  Rumney. 

child: 
I.  Ella  May,  6.  May  14,  1884. 

JJ20 

ROBERT  HEATH8  (Robert  H.^  Robert  H.«,  Anthony^,  Nathan- 
iel, Isaac^,  John^,  WiUiam*),  son  of  Robert  Heath  [Qr^]  and  Emily 
(Brookings)  Knapp;  b.  in  Newbuiyport,  in  1834;  w.,  March  25,  1856, 
Ann  M.  Chase. 

children: 
I.  Emily  Sprague,  b.  April  8,  1859. 
II.  Robert  E.,  b.  Aug.  4,  1864;  m.  Mary  Fegan. 

JJ21 

THOMAS'  (Charles^  Anthony^,  SamueP,  SamuelS  Isaac^  John^ 
WilUam*),  son  of  Charles  [G^*]  and  Anna  Choate  (Huse)  Ilnapp;   6. 


56  THE    KNAPP  FAMILY   IN    AMERICA 

« 

in  Newburyport,  Sept.   19,  1826;    m.,  Nov.  29,  1849,  Hannah  P. 
Holmes,  of  Dorchester,  where  he  Uved. 

CHILDREN : 

I.  Emma  Frances,  b.  in  Dorchester,  May  6,  1852;   d.  Sept. 

14,  1877. 
II.  Mary  Augusta,  b.  April  20,  1855;  m.  G.  L.  Smith. 
III.  Edward  Lawrence,  b.  April  13,  1858;  m.,  April  13,  1887, 

Addie  Farrington  Holmes. 

JJ22 

ANTHONY'  (Chariest  Anthony",  SamueP,  Samuel',  Isaac^  John^ 
William^),  son  of  Charles  [G^*]  and  Ann  Choate  (Huse)  Knapp;  b.  in 
Newburyport,  April  15,  1828;  m.,  first,  July  31,  1851,  Jane  Elizabeth 
Woodman,  who  d.  Dec.  8,  1859;  m.,  second,  Sept.  16,  1860,  Elizabeth 
Noyes  Adams.     He  died  in  Newburyport,  Aug.  9,  1875. 

children: 

I.  Alice  May,  b.  Feb.  20,  1852. 
II.  Frederick  William,  b.  May  1,  1854;    m.  Eva  A.  Black. 

III.  Lizzie  Linwood,  b.  July  8,  1856. 

IV.  Annie  Florence,  b.  July  27,  1861. 
V.  Henry  Anthony,  b.  July  4,  1863. 

VI.  Sarah  Richardson,  b.  June  24,  1867. 
VII.  Margaret  Gertrude,  b.  July  13,  1872. 

JJ23 

CHARLES'  (Chariest  Anthony",  SamueP,  Samuel',  Isaac^  John% 
WilUam^),  son  of  Charles  [G^*]  and  Ann  Choate  (Huse)  I^app;  b. 
in  Newburyport,  July  31,  1839;  m.,  Oct.  4,  1866,  Lydia  Ann  Dixey, 
of  Chelsea. 

children: 

I.  Charles  Henry,  b.  August  — ,  1867. 
II.  Mabel  S.,  b.  January  — ,  1869. 
III.  Ernest  C,  b.  February  — ,  1872. 

JJ24 

JAMES  OAKES»,  Capt.  (Joseph  Jenkins^  Anthony",  SamueP, 
Samuel',  Isaac^  John",  William^,  son  of  Joseph  Jenkins  [G'"]  and 
Mary  (Pierce)  Knapp;  6.  in  Newburyport,  Sept.  25,  1838;  m.,  first, 
June  12,  1866,  Onjthia  Wales  Rogers,  who  d.  Jan.  3,  1881;  m.,  sec- 
ond, June  8,  1881,  Emily  Louisa  Whitmore. 


the  knapp  family  in  america  57 

children: 
I.  Pierce  Wales,  b.  June  23,  1870;  d.  Sept.  23,  1870. 
II.  Orythia  Wales,  b.  Aug.  18,  1882. 
Ill,  Joseph  Whitmore,  b.  March  21,  1887. 

JJ05 

ALFRED  E.^  (George^,  Anthony^,  SamueP,  Samuel^  Isaac^  John^, 
William^),  son  of  George  [G^*]  and  Harriet  (Wilson)  Knapp;  b.  in 
Boston  in  1848;  m.  Georgiana  Blackman,  who  d.  Aug.  30,  1881. 
He  died  m  Boston,  Feb.  7,  1895. 

CHILDREN : 

I.  Albert  Henry,  d.  Jan.  17,  1888. 

II.  Georgiana  Blackman,  d.  Aug.  30,  1881. 

III.  Harriet  Maria,  d.  Jan.  27,  1878. 

IV.  George  Alfred,  d.  Sept.  29,  1879. 

JJ26 

FREDERICK  BRADFORD^  (Frederick  N.^  Jacob  N.«,  Isaac^ 
Isaac*  [see  D^]),  son  of  Frederick  Newman  [G^]  and  Lucia  Alden 
(Bradford)  Knapp;  b.  in  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Oct.  13,  1857;  m.,  Aug.  28, 
1884,  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  Frances  Maria  Powers,  dau.  of  P.  C.  Hall, 
of  Medford,  Mass. 

He  was  graduated  from  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 
in  1879;  taught  in  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, and  in  1886  established  a  Preparatory  School  for  Boys  at 
Powder  Point,  Duxbury,  which  he  still  conducts. 

children: 
I.  Frederick  Hall,  b.  June  1,  1888. 

II.  Lucia  Bradford,  b.  Oct.  13,  1889. 

III.  Elizabeth  Parkman,  b.  June  14,  1894. 

IV.  Frances,  b.  Dec.  8,  1895. 


APPENDIX 


NOTE  A 

ARTHUR  MASON  KNAPP  was  born  Aug.  8,  1839,  at  St.  Johns- 
bur}^,  Vt.,  a  place  then,  as  now,  remarkable  among  New  England 
villages  for  the  high  moral  and  intellectual  tone  of  its  inhabitants, 
and  as  the  seat  not  only  of  an  important  business  enterprise,  but  of 
an  excellent  institution  of  learning.  It  was  in  an  ideal  and  an  idylhc 
environment  that  the  active  mind  and  sensitive  nature  of  the  boy 
found  happy  and  normal  development.  Though  he  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Boston  when  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  he  cherished  a 
very  warm  affection  for  his  native  place  and  a  just  pride  in  it  as  long 
as  he  lived.  No  vacation  was  complete  that  was  not  prefaced  or 
supplemented  by  a  visit  to  the  haunts  of  his  boyhood. 

Of  his  ancestry  much  might  be  said,  for  one  of  the  recreations  of 
his  later  years  was  an  exhaustive  study  of  the  genealogy  of  his  family, 
the  result  of  which  is  a  monument  of  the  patience  and  thoroughness 
which  marked  all  his  investigations,  whether  for  himself  or  for  others. 
It  is  enough  here  to  say  that  he  was  of  the  seventh  generation  in 
descent  from  William  Knapp,  who  came  from  England  to  this  country 
with  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall  in  1630,  and  became  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Watertown,  Mass.;  and  that  his  parents  were  Hiram  and 
Sophronia  (Brown)  Knapp. 

A  thoughtful,  studious  boy,  it  was  a  matter  of  course  that,  on 
removing  to  Boston,  Arthur  should  continue  the  line  of  study  begun 
in  the  St.  Johnsbuiy  Academy,  and  he  was  at  once  placed  in  the 
Boston  Latin  School,  then  under  the  headmastership  of  Francis 
Gardner,  to  whom  he  doubtless  owed,  in  some  measure,  the  habit  of 
accuracy,  the  love  of  research,  and  the  enthusiasm  for  knowledge 
which  were  of  such  service  to  him  and  to  the  public  in  later  years. 
Here  he  was  graduated  in  1859,  at  the  head  of  a  class  in  which  there 
was  a  large  number  of  good  scholars,  having  borne  off  year  after  year 
prizes  for  "  exemplary  conduct  and  punctuality,"  for  "  excellence  in 
the  classical  department,"  for  "  translations  into  Latin  verse,"  and  a 
Franklin  medal.  One  of  his  classmates,  long  a  resident  of  China, 
writes : 

"  I  well  recall  the  Latin  School  —  the  room  just  as  it  looked  m  my 
boyhood,  and  the  faces  of  the  boys  —  Arthur  usually  at  the  head  of 
the  class.  Arthur  was  the  boy  who  could  not  be  floored  anywhere  in 
that  Latui  grammar.  Several  of  us  knew  it  well,  but  he  knew  every 
word  of  it." 

69 


60  APPENDIX 

And  another,  who  was  his  chief  competitor,  adds  to  similar  testi- 
mony that  Arthur  held  his  leadership  with  such  unassuming  modesty 
as  never  to  excite  a  feeling  of  jealousy  among  his  classmates. 

He  entered  Harvard  College  without  conditions  —  a  record  which 
was  at  that  time  a  mark  of  distinction  —  and  was  graduated  with 
honor  in  1863.  His  preference  was  for  the  classical  and  the  scientific 
studies,  but  with  characteristic  fidehty  he  neglected  none,  and  this  was 
before  the  day  of  electives. 

Though  he  missed  somewhat  of  the  social  life  of  college  by  residing 
in  Boston  during  his  entire  course,  walking  to  and  from  Cambridge 
eveiy  day,  he  made  some  warm  and  lasting  friendships,  and  main- 
tained through  life  a  loyal  interest  in  his  alma  mater,  from  which  he 
held  the  degree  of  A.M.  as  well  as  that  of  A.B.  He  often  spoke  with 
pride  of  the  record  made  by  his  class  since  graduation,  referring  not 
only  to  those  who,  like  John  Fiske,  Governor  Greenhalge,  Secretary 
Fairchild,  Frederick  Brooks,  and  others,  have  been  leaders  of  thought 
and  action,  but  to  the  entire  membership,  which,  almost  without 
exception,  is  composed  of  men  of  high  principles  and  useful  lives. 

In  September  following  his  graduation,  Mr.  Knapp  began  teaching 
in  the  classical  department  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  under  Dr. 
Samuel  H.  Taylor;  but  in  May  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish  his  posi- 
tion on  account  of  a  sudden  and  painful  lameness,  to  which  he  was 
henceforth  subject,  at  longer  or  shorter  intervals,  for  the  rest  of  his 
life.  While  still  on  crutches  he  went  as  private  tutor  to  one  of  his 
Andover  boys,  to  Irvington-on-the-Hudson,  where  he  remained  nearly 
a  year.  In  June,  1865,  he  was  appointed  submaster  of  the  Brookline 
High  School,  a  position  which,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  months  in 
1865-6,  during  which  he  served  as  usher  in  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
he  held  for  ten  years. 

Mr.  I^sjiapp  had  in  a  marked  degree  many  of  the  qualities  essential 
to  a  successful  teacher.  A  genuine  sympathy  with  his  pupils,  not 
only  in  their  work,  but  in  their  pleasures,  won  their  affection,  while 
the  extent  and  accuracy  of  his  knowledge  commanded  their  respect. 
He  was  companion  and  friend  as  well  as  teacher,  and  many  of  his 
former  pupils,  whom  he  always  spoke  of  as  his  "  boys  "  and  "  girls," 
could  testify  to  his  lifelong  interest  in  them.  Those  were  happy 
years  which  he  spent  in  teaching  —  years  of  growth,  too,  for  he  was 
ever  a  pupil  with  his  pupils,  learning  while  he  taught. 

But  Mr.  Knapp  was  to  find  a  larger  field  for  the  exercise  of  his 
powers.  From  earliest  boyhood  he  had  evinced  an  extraordinary 
love  of  books,  delighting  not  only  in  their  contents,  but  in  their  covers 
and  title-pages.  A  remarkable  memory,  too,  he  had  for  what  he 
read,  and  he  very  early  formed  the  habit  of  associating  ideas  and 


APPENDIX  61 

classifying  facts,  filling  his  books  with  clippings  and  marginal  notes, 
to  which  he  turned  with  readiness  and  satisfaction  for  information 
or  confirmation  upon  any  subject  under  discussion  in  the  family  circle. 
His  school  and  college  work,  as  well  as  his  teaching,  had  been  charac- 
terized by  love  of  research,  accuracy  of  scholarship,  and  great  pains- 
taking in  the  search  for  truth,  while  his  retentive  memory  had  made 
of  his  mind  a  well-ordered  storehouse  of  knowledge.  These  and  other 
tastes  and  habits  of  mind,  developed  by  education  and  strengthened 
by  experience,  rendered  his  appointment  to  the  service  of  the  Boston 
Public  Library  particularly  fortunate  both  for  himself  and  the  public . 

It  was  on  Januaiy  23,  1875,  that  Mr.  Knapp  entered  upon  the  work 
which  was  to  occupy  him  for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  For  twenty- 
four  years  he  gave  heart  and  soul  to  the  interests  of  the  library  and 
the  public,  to  which  he  sought  to  make  its  treasures  in  the  largest 
sense  available. 

His  first  appointment  was  as  curator  of  periodicals  and  pamphlets 
and  of  the  Prince  and  Barton  libraries,  which  latter  he,  in  collabora- 
tion with  another  library  officer,  catalogued ;  but  for  the  last  twenty 
years  he  held  the  more  responsible  position  of  custodian  of  Bates  Hall. 
To  the  fidelity  with  which  he  discharged  the  duties  of  this  office  there 
was  abundant  testimony  on  the  occasion  of  his  death,  in  notices  of 
the  press,  not  only  of  Boston,  but  of  other  cities;  in  official  libraiy 
notices,  and  the  funeral  address  of  one  of  the  trustees;  and  in  innu- 
merable expressions  of  a  sense  of  loss  on  the  part  of  the  patrons  of  the 
library,  who  make  grateful  reference  to  his  "  ready  helpfulness,"  his 
"  perfect  courtesy,"  his  "  unvarying  kindness,"  his  "  extraordinary 
intelligence." 

An  article  on  the  Boston  Public  Library  by  Edmund  J.  Carpenter,  in 
the  New  England  Magazine  of  August,  1895,  contains  the  following 
reference  to  him: 

''  Mr.  Arthur  Mason  Knapp  is  the  librarian  in  charge  of  Bates  Hall, 
•which  position  he  has  occupied  since  1878.  His  service  with  the  li- 
brary, however,  dates  from  1875;  the  removal  of  the  libraiy  to  the  new 
building,  in  January  of  the  present  year,  marked  the  exact  completion 
of  his  twentieth  year  of  service.  With  Mr.  Knapp  in  the  libraiy 
there  is  Uttle  need  of  a  catalogue.  The  searcher  for  information  con- 
cerning any  subject  which  he  desires  to  study  has  but  to  apply  to  him 
and  the  material  wished  is  immediately  set  before  him.  To  the  stu- 
dent whose  time  is  precious,  or  who  is  but  slightly  acquainted  with 
the  system  of  the  library,  Mr.  Knapp's  aid  is  invaluable.  To  procure 
a  new  librarian  would  be  an  easy  task  compared  with  that  of  en- 
deavoring to  supply  the  place  of  such  public  servants  as  Mr. 

and  Mr.  Knapp." 


62  APPENDIX 

To  those  who  knew  Mr.  Knapp  thus  professionally,  as  well  as  to  all 
who  knew  him  personally,  it  was  obvious  that  there  was  nothing 
perfunctory  in  his  service.  He  loved  his  work.  It  was  a  personal 
pleasure  to  him  to  direct  students  and  readers  to  the  sources  of 
knowledge,  and  to  place  before  them  the  treasures  in  his  keeping. 
He  especially  enjoyed  solving  the  literary  problems  which  were  con- 
tinually submitted  to  him,  and  the  zest  with  which  he  followed, 
sometimes  for  weeks,  a  difficult  quest,  and  his  exultation  when  at 
last  he  "  struck  "  some  elusive  fact,  often  reminded  one  of  the  hunts- 
man's delight  in  the  chase.  Nothing  could  have  been  more  con- 
genial than  the  atmosphere  of  books  and  study  in  which  he  lived,  or 
more  agreeable  than  his  relations  with  the  immense  constituency  of 
readers  whom  he  served,  and  with  his  associates  in  the  work. 

On  July  2,  1873,  Mr.  Knapp  married  Miss  Abbie  Bartlett,  daughter 
of  James  Bartlett,  of  Brookline,  Mass.  Intimately  associated  as 
fellow-teachers  as  they  had  been,  and  endowed  with  similar  tastes, 
while  yet  admirably  supplementing  each  other,  their  mutual  attrac- 
tion was  most  natural;  and  the  strength  and  sweetness  of  her  char- 
acter, the  brightness  and  quickness  of  her  mind,  together  with  her 
charming  personality,  rendered  their  union  one  of  exceptional 
promise.  It  was  indeed  a  happy  one,  but,  alas!  of  short  duration,  for 
she  died  January  26,  1876.  The  death  of  his  infant  son  at  the  same 
time  was  not  only  a  severe  blow  to  his  affections,  but  a  bitter  disap- 
pointment to  his  hope  of  perpetuating  the  family  name  and  traditions. 
In  the  shadow  of  this  double  sorrow  he  walked  to  the  end  of  his  days, 
and  yet  not  morosely  or  selfishly.  He  even  found  genuine  happiness 
in  serving  others,  and  especially  in  the  home  which  he  shared  with 
his  mother  and  sister,  and  from  which  he  had  been  absent  only  during 
his  brief  married  life  —  for  while  in  Brookline  as  well  as  in  college, 
he  had  resided  with  his  parents  in  Boston. 

What  he  was  to  that  home  as  son  and  brother  may  not  here  be 
told,  but  only  those  who  knew  him  there  knew  him  at  his  best.  One 
who  often  sat  at  his  table  and  by  his  fireside  writes: 

"  No  one  could  see  him  in  the  freedom  and  genial  fellowship  of  his 
home  life  without  being  impressed  with  his  gentle,  affectionate  man- 
ner, his  generous  consideration  of  others,  his  sincerity  and  warmth 
of  heart;  which,  added  to  a  wealth  of  information  and  a  readiness 
to  add  his  word  of  knowledge  on  almost  any  subject,  together  with  a 
delicate  humor  that  often  irradiated  his  conversation,  made  him  a 
most  enjoyable  companion.  His  knowledge  never  made  him  conde- 
scending, nor  did  his  own  Hterary  tastes  cause  him  to  despise  or  dis- 
regard the  tastes  of  others.  He  was  the  most  companionable  of 
men. 


APPENDIX  .  63 

"  These  qualities,  which  characterized  him  always  and  everywhere, 
were  most  conspicuous  in  his  own  home,  among  his  own  books,  in  the 
society  of  his  friends  and  his  family." 
Another  writes: 

"  I  have  never  known  a  more  devoted  son,  a  more  affectionate 
brother,  or  a  kinder  friend." 
An  old  family  servant  writes: 

"  I  shall  always  thank  God  that  I  had  the  privilege  of  being  Mr. 
Knapp's  humble  servant  for  eleven  years.  In  all  those  years  I  never 
saw  a  frown  on  his  face.  He  was  always  pleasant  and  good  and  kind, 
and  I  have  felt  ever  since  I  left  him  that  I  had  a  friend  to  go  to  if  I 
was  in  need." 

Though  he  greatly  valued  his  friends,  Mr.  Knapp  shrank  from  gen- 
eral society,  and  a  natural  reserve  veiled  from  strangers  his  peculiarly 
frank  and  sunny  nature.  Unconventional  in  his  tastes  and  with  the 
heart  of  a  boy,  he  was  content  with  simple  pleasures  and  was  happiest 
in  the  quiet  joys  of  home.  Vacation  letters  telling  of  keen  enjoyment 
contain  such  expressions  as  these: 

"  And  yet,  as  always  when  away  from  you,  I  am  eager  to  have 
my  vacation  over,  that  I  may  return  to  my  loved  ones." 
Again : 

"  My  vacation  has  been  a  very  pleasant  one,  but  I  am  willing  to  go 
back  to  my  work  and  to  my  own  folks.  People  here  are  very  kind 
and  courteous,  but  none  of  them  belong  to  me." 

But  Mr.  Ivnapp  had  many  resources  of  diversion  in  his  quiet  home 
life.  Reading  was,  of  course,  the  principal  one.  This  was  both  a 
pastime  and  a  business,  for  he  sought  not  only  to  keep  abreast,  as  far 
as  possible,  with  the  reading  public,  but  to  know  what  was  going  on 
in  the  world  at  large,  as  well  as  in  the  literary  world.  He  had  the  art 
of  reading  rapidly  without  reading  superficially,  and  in  addition  to 
weightier  matters  found  time  for  a  good  deal  of  biography,  travel,  and 
fiction.  He  never  lost  his  enjoyment  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  classics, 
and  in  his  last  years  many  times  read  through  his  Anabasis  and 
Caesar  as  a  morning  recreation,  without  once  having  occasion  to  con- 
sult the  dictionary.  Of  modern  languages,  he  read  easily  German 
and  French,  and  had  some  knowledge  of  Spanish. 

He  always  had  at  hand  for  his  spare  hours  some  special  study,  as 
that  of  genealogy,  or  of  coins,  in  which  he  found  relaxation  and  pleas- 
ure. He  was  skillful  in  the  use  of  carpenters'  tools  and  enjoyed 
contributing  thereby  to  the  comfort  and  convenience  of  the  house- 
hold. He  loved  the  bookstores,  and  often  for  his  afternoon  outing 
simply  exchanged  the  library  for  the  bookstall.  Among  these  and 
the  curio-shops  he  spent  the  most  of  what  he  called  his  "  cigar  money." 


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He  kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  Art  Museum,  to  which  he  was 
for  many  years  a  subscriber,  and  no  one  rejoiced  more  than  he  at 
every  generous  gift  made  to  that  institution. 

His  love  of  nature,  of  which  he  was  keenly  observant,  contributed 
much  to  his  enjoyment  of  life.  He  was  in  the  habit  of  taking  long 
walks  in  the  suburbs  and  parks  of  Boston,  where  he  was  quick  to  note 
the  vaiying  aspects  of  tree  and  shrub,  while  he  appreciated  with  an 
artist's  eye  the  beauties  of  the  landscape. 

His  vacations  were  passed  mostly  among  the  mountains  of  New 
Hampshire,  to  which  he  returned  year  after  year  with  ever  fresh 
delight,  greeting  familiar  scenes  like  old  friends,  and  repeating  favor- 
ite walks  and  drives  with  all  the  enthusiasm  of  a  first  visit.  Many 
will  long  remember  him  as  a  delightful  companion  and  guide  over  the 
hills  and  by  the  river,  in  West  Campton  and,  earlier,  in  Gorham, 
N.  H.,  where  he  spent  many  happy  summers. 

Mr.  Knapp  made  two  visits  to  Europe,  the  first  in  1874,  when,  ac- 
companied by  his  wife  and  his  sister,  he  followed  in  general  the  route 
of  the  summer  tourist  in  England  and  on  the  continent,  having  first 
enjoyed  some  glimpses  of  Ireland  and  Wales  and  more  than  a  glimpse 
of  Scotland.  This  was  an  experience  of  almost  unalloyed  pleasure, 
for  which  his  reading  and  study  had  amply  prepared  him.  Familiar 
with  the  historical  and  legendary  and  the  hterary  associations  of 
places  visited,  and  with  an  appreciative  eye  for  the  beauty  and 
grandeur  of  scenery,  he  looked  at  things  also  practically  and  could 
always  give  facts  and  figures,  as  well  as  impressions,  regarding  them. 
In  view  of  the  fact  that  he  had  as  yet  no  thought  of  engaging  in 
library  work,  it  is  interesting  to  note,  in  the  home  letters  which  form 
a  complete  diary  of  his  travels,  his  interest  in  the  manuscripts  and 
rare  editions  of  the  British  Museum,  the  Bodleian  and  other  libraries, 
and  his  persistent  efforts  on  several  occasions  to  see  some  treasure  of 
this  sort  not  accessible  to  the  general  public.  He  studied  people  as 
well  as  things,  and  noted  national  and  individual  characteristics. 
Nothing  escaped  his  keen  and  quick  observation. 

In  1880  Mr.  Knapp  made  a  second  visit  to  England,  and  though  he 
sadly  missed  the  companionship  which  had  enhanced  every  enjoy- 
ment of  the  former  visit,  he  was  more  than  ever  impressed  with  the 
natural  beauty  of  the  "  snug  little  island  ";  with  the  magnificence  of 
its  cathedrals,  of  which  he  made  a  thorough  study;  and  with  the  vast 
resources  of  its  libraries,  where  he  now  received  courtesies  and  privi- 
leges due  a  professional  librarian. 

Although  he  had  not  traveled  extensively,  Mr.  Knapp  was  so  well 
informed  in  regard  to  foreign  countries  that  he  sometimes  gave  the 
impression  of  having  visited  those  which  he  knew  only  through  books. 


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He  was  especially  interested  in  Japan,  and  a  visit  to  that  country 
was  among  his  unfulfilled  dreams.  For  he  looked  forward  to  a 
period,  not  of  idleness  nor  of  selfishness,  either  of  which  would  have 
been  impossible  to  him,  but  of  comparative  leisure,  in  which  he  might 
more  freely  indulge  various  quiet  tastes  and  command  more  than  a 
summer  vacation  for  travel. 

He  was  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  usual  health,  when,  on  the 
9th  of  December,  he  felt  the  first  almost  imperceptible  touch  of 
paralysis.  Not  recognizing  it  as  such,  however,  he  remained  at  his 
post  the  next  day  —  a  busy  Saturday  —  though  suffering  greatly 
from  the  progress  of  the  disease,  which  in  a  few  days  took  complete 
possession  of  the  left  side  of  the  body,  mercifully  leaving  untouched 
the  noble  mind.  The  painful,  though  brief,  illness  was  borne  with 
patience  and  fortitude,  and  the  gentle  spirit  was  released  from  the 
body  on  the  27th  of  December,  1898. 

It  was  not  an  eventful  fife  here  briefly  sketched,  but  it  embraced 
the  deepest  experiences  of  joy  and  of  sorrow,  and  covered  tranquil 
years  of  cheerful  service.  It  made  little  noise  in  the  world,  but  Hke 
a  broad,  beneficent  stream,  it  blessed  and  brightened  all  it  touched. 

There  was  in  Mr.  Knapp  a  rare  blending  of  gentleness  and  strength. 
He  could  be  stern  in  his  denunciation  of  wrong,  and  he  hated  all  sham 
and  cant  and  insincerity;  but  he  had  such  mastery  of  himself  that  he 
could  suppress  the  strongest  emotions,  and  his  good-nature  seemed 
absolutely  imperturbable.  His  manner  was  always  quiet;  his  voice, 
so  expressive  of  himself,  was  invariably  pleasant  and  kindly. 

He  was  a  man  whom  to  know  once  was  to  know  always,  for  he  was 
true  to  himself  —  to  his  principles  and  his  sentiments.  Nothing 
could  make  him  swerve  from  what  he  believed  to  be  the  path  of  duty. 
Neither  time  nor  absence  had  power  over  his  friendships.  Friends 
who  met  him  after  years  of  separation  and  silence  were  greeted  with 
as  much  warmth  and  familiarity  as  if  there  had  been  no  interruption 
of  intercourse.  He  loved  old  friends,  familiar  scenes,  the  home  of 
his  boyhood,  the  city  of  his  adoption,  his  country.  In  eveiy thing 
he  was  loyal  and  true. 

Of  his  rehgious  life,  as  of  all  deep  experiences,  he  said  little;  but 
he  was  a  devout  and  reverent  believer  in  the  simple  gospel,  and  his 
life  was  conscientiously  ordered  by  its  precepts.  Tolerant  as  he  was 
of  all  sorts  of  fads,  he  had  little  patience  with  those  which  seek  to 
substitute  something  else  for  the  Christian  religion.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  loyal  member  of  the  Shawmut  Congregational  Church, 
serving  it  quietly,  but  with  warm  heart  and  generous  hand.  He  was 
interested  in  all  organizations  and  enterprises  that  have  for  their 
object  the  amelioration  of  mankind,  and,  according  to  his  means, 


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contributed  to  their  support.     Many  a  young  man  is  largely  indebted 
to  him  for  his  education. 

Much  more  might  be  said,  but  this  tribute  of  a  sister's  affection  is 
written  as  under  the  eye  of  one  whose  modesty  sought  to  conceal  his 
virtues.  K.  K. 


NOTE  B.     [See  B^i] 
Extract  from  Cotton  Mather's  "  Magnalia  " 

"  In  the  town  of  Groton  one  Elizabeth  Knap  (Oct.,  1671)  was 
taken  after  a  strange  manner,  sometimes  weeping,  sometimes  laugh- 
ing, sometimes  roaring  with  violent  agitation,  crying  out  '  Money! 
Money ! '  Her  tongue  would  be  for  many  hours  together  drawn  hke 
a  semi-circle  up  to  the  roof  of  her  mouth,  so  that  no  fingers  applied  to 
it  could  remove  it.  Six  men  were  scarce  able  to  hold  her  in  some  of 
her  fits,  but  she  would  skip  about  the  house  yelling  and  howling  and 
looking  hideously.  On  Dec.  17,  her  tongue  being  drawn  out  of  her 
mouth  to  an  extraordinary  length,  a  daemon  began  manifestly  to 
speak  to  her;  for  many  words  were  distinctly  uttered,  wherein  are  the 
labial  letters,  without  any  motion  of  her  lips  at  all;  words  also  were 
uttered  from  her  throat,  sometimes  when  her  mouth  was  wholly  shut, 
and  sometimes  when  her  mouth  was  wide  open,  but  no  organs  of 
speech  were  used  therein.  The  chief  things  that  the  daemon  spoke 
were  horrid  railings  against  the  godly  minister  of  the  town;  but  some- 
times, likewise,  she  belched  out  most  nefandous  blasphemies  against 
the  God  of  heaven.  And  one  thing  about  this  young  woman  was  yet 
more  particularly  remarkable :  she  cry'd  out  in  her  fits  that  a  certain 
woman  in  the  neighborhood  appeared  unto  her,  and  was  the  only 
cause  of  her  affliction.  This  woman  prayed  with  and  for  her,  and 
thus  brought  her  to  her  senses." 


NOTE  C.     [See  E^^] 
Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Samuel  Cutler 

"  August  5, 1777.  Fair  weather.  The  18th  of  July  we  began  to 
make  a  passage  through  the  wall  [of  Mill  Prison,  England],  and  16  ft. 
underground  to  an  adjacent  field.  Last  night  appeared  dark  and 
favorable  to  our  design.  At  eleven  p.m.  opened  the  end  in  the  field 
and  began  to  go  through.  The  passage  being  small,  several  large 
persons  going  through  worried  the  dirt  down,  so  that  we  could  get 
out  but  slowly,  and  only  thirty-two  persons  got  out  undiscovered 


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before  daylight.  Seventeen  of  the  number  belonged  to  the  Dalton's 
Company.  The  First  and  Second  Lieutenants  [Anthony  I^iiapp, 
first  lieutenant],  master  and  mate  of  the  Dalton,  were  of  the  number." 


NOTE  D.     [See  E^^] 

Frederick  Newman  Knapp  writes  of  his  grandmother,  Susanna 
Newman  Knapp: 

"  She  was  married  April  24,  1770,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  She  was 
a  woman  of  remarkable  beauty  of  form  and  feature,  slight  in  figure, 
graceful  and  attractive  in  manner,  clear  and  earnest  in  thought, 
sparkling  in  wit,  abounding  in  kindness  of  heart,  and  of  a  deep 
religious  nature.  Her  husband,  Isaac  Knapp,  was  a  sea-captain, 
and  the  chief  responsibility  of  bringing  up  a  family  of  nine  children, 
with  limited  means,  devolved  upon  her.  They  were  all  trained  to 
industry,  honesty,  self-respect,  and  a  desire  for  knowledge. 

"  Of  the  five  sons  who  lived  to  manhood,  three  were  professional 
men  —  Jacob  Newman,  Harvard  University,  1802;  Samuel  Lorenzo, 
Dartmouth  College,  1804,  a  lawyer  and  writer  of  note;  Joseph,  a 
physician. 

"The  family  moved  from  Newburyport,  Mass.,  to  Sanbornton, 
N.  H.,  while  most  of  the  children  were  quite  young;  and  here  there 
were  the  many  trials  of  what  was  almost  a  frontier  settlement.  I 
mention  this  in  order  to  connect  it  with  a  reference  to  a  visit  I  made 
to  the  old  place  at  Sanbornton  some  twenty  or  twenty-five  years  ago 
(say  1860),  when  I  saw  five  or  six  of  the  very  aged  people  who,  sixty 
years  or  more  before,  had  known  both  my  grandfather  and  my 
grandmother  well.  In  every  case  the  mention  of  her  name  brought 
out  from  the  old  neighbors  the  warmest  expression  of  admiration 
and  esteem.  It  was  of  the  sort  (told  in  tone  of  voice  and  manner  of 
speaking  full  as  much  as  in  words)  with  which  one  refers  to  a  superior 
being  who  is  held  in  reverence.  They  told  of  her  exceeding  grace  of 
manner  and  her  beauty  of  face;  of  the  delicacy  of  her  feet  and  hands, 
and  the  sweetness  of  her  voice;  of  her  unwearied  kindness  to  the  sick 
and  the  poor,  and  her  readiness  always  to  go  in  person  to  watch  and 
to  minister,  although  her  home  cares  were  so  many. 

"  And  then  these  old  people  told  of  the  great  grief  which  spread 
over  the  whole  town  when  she  died,  and  what  a  concourse  of  sincere 
mourners  followed  in  long  procession  to  the  grave;  and  how  the  little 
children  all  through  the  town  almost  worshiped  her. 

"  Altogether  the  utterance  of  these  old  people,  as  they  recalled  the 
picture  and  feelings  of  the  far  by-gone  days,  as  connected  with  this 


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'  holy  saint '  (as  they  called  her)  was  one  of  the  most  beautiful  trib- 
utes I  ever  listened  to  —  told,  as  it  was,  in  unstudied  language,  and, 
in  more  than  one  instance,  with  tears." 

Inscriptions  on  gravestones  in  Meeting-House  Burying-ground, 
Sanbomton,  N.  H. : 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Capt.  Isaac  Knapp,  who  departed  this 
life  March  22,  A.D.  1830.  Aet.  82.  InteUigent,  uncompromising, 
humane,  upright.  During  the  voyage  of  life  Truth  was  his  Compass, 
the  Bible  his  Chart." 

"  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Susanna  Newman  Knapp,  who  departed 
this  hfe  Aug.  12,  1807.  Aet.  57.  Faithful,  affectionate,  benevolent, 
devout,  loving  and  beloved:  her  death  was  full  of  immortahty." 


NOTE  E.     [See  F'] 

Extracts  from  letter  of  John  Knapp  to  his  maternal  uncle,  Thomas 
Fairservice,  announcing  the  death  of  his  father,  Josiah  Knapp: 

"  Boston,  May  15,  1843. 

"  My  dear  Uncle, —  I  have  the  melancholy  task  to  acquaint  you  with 
the  decease  of  our  dear  father.  He  left  us  on  Saturday  forenoon,  a 
few  minutes  before  twelve  o'clock.  He  was  tranquil  and,  so  far  as 
outward  marks  could  be  given  of  his  inward  thoughts  and  feelings, 
unless  by  express  words,  not  only  unapprehensive,  but  serenely 
hopeful  touching  his  approaching  destiny.  Indeed  he  seemed,  rather, 
thoughtful  for  us,  whom  he  was  to  leave  in  this  troubled  world,  than 
of  himself,  confiding,  no  doubt,  in  the  judgment,  not  formed  on  his 
death-bed,  but  long  before,  that  he  who  has  sought  to  do  the  best 
his  fallible  nature  will  allow  of  may  feel  as  fully  assured  that  a  God 
of  mercies  has  prepared  for  him  a  lot  of  spiritual  happiness,  as  he  can 
be  of  his  soul's  immortality. 

"  On  Thursday  night  about  half  past  ten,  as  my  sister,  Mrs.  Marett, 
was  sitting  at  his  bedside,  the  rest  of  us  except  the  nurse  having 
retired  to  bed,  she  heard  him  say, '  I  am  going  ' —  and  then  he  paused. 
As  she  bent  over  him  to  see  if  he  was  dreaming,  he  looked  at  her  and 
said,  '  Martha,  is  that  you?  God  bless  you!  '  and  other  words,  the 
same  or  similar  to  those  he  directly  afterward  said  to  the  rest  of  us, 
who  soon  after  came  in,  having  been  called  by  his  direction,  to  wit: 
'  You  have  been  very  kind  to  me.  I  feel  grateful  to  you  all.  You 
are  very  good  children.     God  bless  you  all.     I  thank  you  all  for  your 


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kindness.  I  did  not  think  I  should  get  well.  I  have  lived  to  a  great 
age  and  could  not  expect  to  live  much;longer.'  '  I  feel  grateful  that 
I  leave  you  in  prosperous  circumstances  and  all  above  want.'  He 
then  made  mention  of  some  of  the  dispositions  of  his  will,  and  after 
added,  '  I  am  glad  to  see  you  all  around  me.  God  bless  you  all.  I 
have  done  what  I  could  for  you.  I  wish  I  could  have  done  more.  I 
wish  a  decent  coffin,  no  ways  extravagant.  Bury  me  respectably  and 
lay  me  by  the  side  of  your  mother.  ...  I  thank  you  for  your  good- 
ness to  me.     God  bless  you ! ' 

"  We  each  of  us  expressed  our  grateful  feelings  for  his  never-failing 
goodness  to  us,  and  assured  him  we  should  never  forget  it,  but  think 
of  him  and  of  what  he  had  done  for  us  thousands  of  times,  and  that 
we  could  scarcely  go  anywhere  without  seeing  something  to  remind 
us  of  him;  that  he  had  been  unusually  industrious,  through  a  long 
life  in  doing  good,  not  only  to  us,  but  to  very,  very  many  others.  .  .  . 

"  Our  father  appeared  to  suffer  very  little  pain  from  the  time  when 
his  arm  was  first  reset.  The  fall  and  p\itting  his  arm  into  the  socket 
gave  him  exquisite  pain.  During  his  last  hours  he  did  not  even 
gasp,  but  went  off  so  that  we  could  not  tell  exactly  when  he  ceased  to 
breathe,  although  all  were  looking  earnestly  on. 

"  We  all  desire  that  this  event  may  not  prevent  your  paying  us  a 
visit  next  month,  as  we  understood  you  had  proposed.     Indeed,  we 
are  the  more  desirous  of  seeing  you  here  on  account  of  it. 
"  Your  friend  and  nephew, 

"John  Knapp." 

Epitaphs  from  Stones  in  Mt.  Auburn  Cemetery 

On  John  Knapp  [F^iii],  son  of  Josiah: 

"  In  him  were  blended  the  tenderest  affections,  learning  without 
ostentation,  and  worth  without  pretense." 

On  Charles  Knapp  [F^iv],  son  of  Josiah: 

"  A  man  of  affectionate  heart  and  generous  impulses." 

On  Lucretia  Knapp  [F^vii],  daughter  of  Josiah: 
"  Loving  and  beloved." 

On  Caroline  [F^x],  daughter  of  Josiah  Knapp,  and  wife  of  Dr.  George 
Hayward : 

"  In  grateful  and  affectionate  remembrance  of  her  devoted  love 
and  spotless  purity  of  hfe  and  heart,  this  tablet  is  placed  here  by  her 
bereaved  husband." 


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NOTE  F.     [See  F^'iii] 

(From  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  March  12,  1849) 

John  Knapp,  Esq. 

The  funeral  rites  of  John  Knapp,  Esq.,  have  just  been  performed, 
on  his  seventieth  birthday.  He  was  an  accomplished  scholar  and 
poet,  a  learned  lawyer,  a  most  amiable  and  finished  gentleman,  and 
an  exemplary  Christian.  He  enjoyed  superior  talents  and  the  high- 
est cultivation;  was  a  pupil  of  Judge  Davis  and  Harrison  Gray  Otis, 
and  improved  by  foreign  travel.  He  was  a  bosom  friend  of  Allston, 
both  agreeing  in  their  taste  for  literature,  poetry,  and  art. 

He  has  always  been  a  resident  of  Boston,  often  one  of  her  repre- 
sentatives in  the  legislature,  and  was  so  universally  known  and  be- 
loved that  our  eulogy  may  seem  superfluous,  especially  as  a  similar 
one  has  just  been  pronounced  on  him  by  his  classmate,  Rev.  Dr. 
Lowell,  who,  in  the  presence  of  his  Maker,  to  whose  tender  mercies 
he  was  committing  him,  declared  he  had  been  acquainted  with  him 
from  his  boyhood,  and  had  never  known  the  slightest  ill  of  him;  and 
all  his  numerous  auditors  were  prepared  to  say  the  same.  But  John 
Knapp  was  one  of  those  finger-posts  to  heaven  that  all  the  world 
ought  to  be  called  upon  to  notice,  and  to  follow  his  example. 

L. 

He  delivered  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  poem  in  1804,  having  been  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard  College  in  1800. 


NOTE  G.     [See  F'»] 
List  of  Published  Works  of  Samuel  Lorenzo  Knapp 

A  Biographical  Memoir  of  Archbishop  Cheverus. 

Lives  of  Eminent  Lawyers,  Statesmen,  and  Men  of  Letters. 

Lectures  on  American  Literature. 

The  Bachelors,  and  Other  Tales. 

Advice  in  the  Pursuit  of  Literature. 

The  Life  of  Aaron  Burr. 

The  Life  of  Andrew  Jackson. 

The  Life  of  Lord  Timothy  Dexter. 

The  Life  of  Daniel  Webster. 

The  Life  of  Thomas  Eddy. 

Travels  of  Ali  Bey  in  Boston  and  Vicinity. 

The  Genius  of  Free-Masonry. 


APPENDIX  Yl 

Female  Biography. 
American  Biography. 

Sketches  of  Pubhc  Characters  (under  the  pseudonym  of  Ignatius 
Loyola  Robinson). 

He  also  edited  Hinton's  ''  United  States  "  and  "  The  Library  of 
Useful  Knowledge." 


INDEX 

TO  THOSE  BEARING  THE  NAME  OF  KNAPP 


Abby  W.,  48. 

Abigail,  8,  10,  14,  16,  17,  22, 

29,  33. 
Abijah,  16. 
Addison,  38,  52. 
Albert  Henry,  57. 
Albert  Wm.,  45. 
Albion  K.,  50. 
Alfred,  45,  46. 
Alfred  E.,  57. 
Alice  May,  56. 
Alice  S.,  42. 
Alma  Louise,  43. 
Almira  S.,  47. 
Alvin,  37. 
Ambrose,  39. 
Ann  or  Anna,  10,  13,  15,  17,  21, 

22,  24. 
Ann  Choate,  45. 
Ann  L.,  48. 
Anne,  7. 

Annie  Florence,  56. 
Annie  Laura,  52. 
Anthony,  20,  21,  31,  32,  43,  44, 

45,  56. 
Anthony  E.,  31. 
Archie  F.,  51. 
Arthur,  52. 
Arthur  C,  52. 
Arthur  Mason,  53. 


B 

Bathsheba,  11,  15. 
Benjamin,  11,  21,  25,  32. 
Benjamin  D.,  32. 
Benjamin  F.,  21. 
Benjamin  N.,  36. 
Benjamin  Remmick,  42. 
Benoni  E.,  19,  20. 
Bertha  S.,  53. 
Betsy  (see  Elizabeth). 
Beulah,  12. 
Byron  L.,  50. 


Caleb  L.,  27. 

Caroline,  25,  33,  38,  45. 

Caroline  A.,  46. 

Caroline  E.,  39. 

Caroline  M.,  50. 

Catherine  (see  also  Katharine), 

17,  26. 
Cephas  Willard,  53,  27. 
Charles,   24,  28,  41,  45,  56. 
Charles  A.,  50. 
Charles  E.,  55. 
Charles  Edward,  43. 
Charles  H.,  28,  41,  48. 
Charles  Hart,  31. 
Charles  Henry,  37,  39,  56. 
Charles  Hubbard,  53. 
Charles  L.,  42. 
Charles  M.,  53. 
Charles  P.,  31. 
Charles  T.,  51. 


Charles  Wm.,  54. 
Clara,  48. 
Clara  E.,  50. 
Clarissa,  25,  27,  34. 
Clarissa  M.,  50. 
Clark,  25. 
Cora,  41. 
Cynthia  Cora,  53. 


Daniel,  11,  12,  35. 

Daraxa,  18. 

David,  15,  24,  49. 

David  S.,  49. 

Deborah,  12. 

Delia  Maria,  47. 

Dorcas  F.,  37. 

Dorothea  (or  Dolly)  C,  33. 

Dorothea  W.,  25. 


Ebenezer,  10,  12,  19,  30,  42. 

Eddianna,  44. 

Edgar  L.,  55. 

Edith  A.,  52. 

Edmund  B.,  44. 

Edward  A.,  43. 

Edward  L.,  56. 

Edwin  Levi,  52. 

Elcias  Ward,  40. 

Elijah,  18. 

Elijah  A.,  26. 

Elisha,  16,  17. 

Elisha  C,  39. 

Eliza  Ann,  33,  46. 

Elizabeth  (Lizzie,  Betsey),  7, 

8,    11,    14,     16,    17,    20,   23, 

25,   30,    34,   44. 
Elizabeth  Ann,  46. 
Elizabeth  B.,  46. 
Elizabeth  F.,  40. 
Elizabeth  G.,  41. 
Elizabeth  H.,  31. 
Elizabeth  L.,  56. 
Elizabeth  P.,  57. 
Elizabeth  Rhoda,  35. 
Ella,  44. 

Ella  Frances,  51. 
Ella  Gertrude,  45. 
Ella  Louisa,  53. 
Ella  May,  55. 
Ellen  J.,  38. 
Ellen  Maria,  34. 
Ellen  Therese,  46. 
Elsie  Mildred,  52. 
Emily,  28. 
Emily  S.,  38. 
Emily  Sprague,  55. 
Emma,  41,  43. 
Emma  Frances,  56. 
Emma  Jane,  36. 
Enoch,  24,  50. 
Ernest  C,  56. 
Esther,  15. 
Evelina,  43. 
Ezra  L.,  47. 

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Fannie  (see  Frances). 
Florence  C,  45. 
Florence  L.,  52. 
Frances,  18,  29,  57. 
Frances  D.,  45. 
Frances  M.,  38. 
Frances  P.,  47. 
Francis  B.,  36. 
Francis  H.,  53. 
Frank,  43. 
Frank  C,  55. 
Frank  F.,  43. 
Frank  W.,  53. 
Frederick  B.,  57. 
Frederick  H.,  57. 
Frederick  N.,  48. 
Frederick  W.,  56. 
Freeman,  43. 


Gardner,  38. 
George,  24,  39,  40,  47. 
George  Alfred,  57. 
George  B.,  41. 
George  C,  52. 
George  Edward,  51. 
George  H.,  38. 
George  Perkins,  52. 
George  Pierce,  46. 
George  R.,  28. 
George  W.,  26. 
George  Wallace,  28. 
George  Washington,  31. 
Georgiana  B.,  57. 
Grace  Ad^e,  52. 
Grace  H.,  52. 
Gratia,  18. 
Gyles,  21. 


Hannah,  9,  12,  13,  16,  20,  21. 

Hannah  C,  22. 

Hannah  J.,  30. 

Hannah  M.,  31. 

Hanover,  18,  19. 

Harriet,  33,  34,  44. 

Harriet  Maria,  57. 

Harriet  M.,  48. 

Harriette  Elizabeth,  54. 

Harris,  40. 

Harry,  25. 

Harry  L.,  51. 

Harry  T.,  52. 

Helen,  43. 

Helen  Eliza,  50. 

Helen  L.,  42. 

Henry,  8,  37. 

Henry  Anthony,  56. 

Henry  C,  28. 

Henry  Edgar,  54,  29. 

Hiram,  38,  40. 

Hiram  A.,  37. 

Horace,  18,  27. 

Horace  C,  53. 

Horatio,  39. 

Humphrey  C,  47. 

Humphrey  F.,  47. 


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INDEX 


Ichabod,  26. 
Ichabod  L.,  38. 
Ichabod  M.,  38.  • 
Isaac,    9,    10,    12,  14,  19, 
23,   29,   30,  34,  48,  51. 
Isaac  Newman,  38. 
Isaac  Newton,  34,  47. 
Isabel,  12. 
Isabella,  34. 
Ivanora,  51. 


Jackson,  31. 

Jacob,  20.  21,  30. 

Jacob  G.,  46. 

Jacob  N.,  35. 

James,  8,  11,    17,    18,  19, 

43. 
James  E.,  28. 
James  H.  F.,  50. 
James  J.,  41. 
James  N.,  43. 
James  O.,  56. 
James  Seymour,  40. 
Jane,  13,  19. 
Jane  B.,  37. 
Jane  (Elizabeth),  30. 
Jane  Hanover,  20. 
Jane  N.,  29. 
Javan,  16. 
Jazaniah,  27. 
Jedediah,  9. 
Jeneveva  M.,  39. 
Jeremiah,  23. 
Jesse,  16,  18. 
Jesseniah,  27. 
Joel,  25. 
Joel  D.,  38. 
Joash,  16. 
John,  8,  10,  12,  13,  17,  21, 

23,   24,  26,  31,   32,   39, 

48,51, 
John  C,  30. 
John  Francis,  33. 
John  Herbert,  62. 
John  M.,  55. 
John  N.,  38. 
John  Nelson,  43. 
Jonah,  26. 
Jonas,  9,  12,  25. 
Jonas  S.,  41. 
Jonathan,  9,  11. 
Jonathan  D.,  29. 
Jonathan  M.,  43. 
Joseph,  7,  15;  22,  32,  37, 

45. 
Joseph  G.,  54. 
Joseph  H.,  54. 
Joseph  Jenkins,  33,  46. 
Joseph  W.,  57. 
Joshua,  10. 
Josiah,  15,  24. 
Judith,  7. 
Judy,  8. 
Julia,  18. 
Julia  M.,  46. 


Louisa  B.,  49. 
Lovicy,  26. 
Lucia  B.,  57. 
Lucilla  B.,  54. 
20     Lucinda,  24. 

'    Lucretia,  17,  25,  26. 
Lucretia  Ann,  37. 
Lucy,  16,  17,  24,  25,  27,  38. 
Lurena,  26. 

Lydia,  9,  12,  15,  17,  19.  24. 
Lydia  B.,  37. 
Lyman  R.,  50. 


M 

Mabel  S.,  56. 

Margaret,  32. 

Margaret  Gertrude,  56. 

Maria  B.,  34. 

Maria  Bradford,  49. 

Marion  C.  L.,  49. 

Marion  Rebecca,  41. 

Martha,  11,  30. 

Martha  B.,  25. 

Martha  E.,  39. 

Martha  K.,  30. 

Martha  Maria,  40. 

Mary  (Molly,  Pollv),  7,  8,  10, 
11,  13,  14,  15,  17,  18,  20,23, 
24,  26,  29,  30,  31,  32,  34, 
44. 

Mary  Adelaide,  49. 

Mary  Alfred,  46. 

Mary  Ann,  22,  34. 

Mary  A.  E.  B.,36. 

Mary  Augusta,  56. 

Mary  Coleman,  42. 

Mary  Coombs,  19. 

Mary  E.,  38. 

Mary  Elizabeth,  52. 

Mary  F.,  47. 


42, 


Mary  H.,  27. 
Mary  Hill,  30. 
Mary  I.,  41. 
Mary  Jane,  39,  40. 
Mary  Louisa,  40. 
Mary  L.,  32,  50,  55. 
Mary  M.,  30. 
Mary  Picket,  45. 
Mary  Pierce,  46. 
Mason,  27. 
Mehitable,  27. 
Melinda,  25,  28. 
Mercy,  10. 
Myra  Mason,  27. 

N 


Katharine,  41. 


Lamson,  26. 
Laura  C,  46. 
Laura  Frances,  50. 
Leonard,  18. 
Levi,  17,  39. 
Lizzie  (see  Elizabeth). 
Lois,  12,  22. 
Louisa,  47. 


Nahum,  16. 
Nathan,  15,  37. 
Nathan  C,  49,  50. 
Nathan  H.,  37,  51. 
Nathaniel,  13,  20,  21,  30,  31. 
Nathaniel  O.,  42. 
Nathaniel  P.,  33. 
Newton  A.,  48. 


Ora,  39. 
Ora  H.,  25. 
Oren  B.,  28. 
Oren  D.,  42. 
Oren  S.,  41. 
Orissa  P.,  50. 
Orrin,  27. 
Orythia  W.,  57. 


Paulina,  27. 

Persis,  17. 

Phedora  Elizabeth,  47. 


Philinda  D.,  38. 
Philip,  29,  54. 
Philip  Coombs,  28,  54. 
Phoebe  G.,  37. 
Phoebe  Lucinda,  50. 
Pierce  W.,  57. 
Preston  A.,  50. 
Priscilla,  7. 

R 

Rachel,  12. 

Rebecca,  10,  14,  21,  32. 

Rhoda,  16. 

Richard,  28. 

Robert,  19,  29. 

Robert  E.,  55. 

Robert  Heath,  31,  44,  55. 

Robert  J.  P.,  46. 

Robert  Kenneth,  52. 

Rosa  J.,  39. 

Rosanna,  26. 

Rufus,  45. 


Samuel,  10,  13,  14,  15,  19,  22, 
24,  32,  34,  45,  46,  48. 

Samuel  D.,  38. 

Samuel  Lorenzo,  36. 

Sarah  (Sally),  8,  9,  13,  15,  16, 
20,  21,  24,  27,  30,  31,  32,  34, 
43,  44. 

Sarah  Ann,  34,  35. 

Sarah  C,  19. 

Sarah  D..  31. 

Sarah  Elizabeth,  45. 

Sarah  P.,  49. 

Sarah  Paulina,  40. 

Sarah  R.,  56. 

Sarah  S.,  45. 

Sarah  W.,  30. 

Seymour  (James),  40. 

Sibyl  (see  Sybil). 

Silas,  21,  24. 

Sophia,  25. 

Sukey,  32. 

Susan  Jane,  48. 

Susan  N.,  36. 

Susanna,  23,  32. 

Sybil,  11,  16,  18. 


Thomas,  33,  55. 
Timothy,  16. 
Timothy  W.,  30. 
Tristram,  20. 

U 

Ursula,  10,  13,  22,  34. 


Victoria  C,  37. 

W 

Wallace  C,  55. 
Ward  (Elcias),  40. 
Welthea,  18. 
Wilhelmina  C,  48. 
Willard  (Cephas),  27. 
William,  7,  19,  22,  23,  24,  25, 

29,  38,  42,  43,  54. 
William  Augustus,  44,  51,  54. 
William  Daniel,  35. 
William  D.  C,  40. 
William  H.,  34. 
William  Henry,  34,  42. 
William  K.,  50. 
William  M.,  39. 
William  W.,  30. 


INDEX 

TO  OTHER  NAMES  THAN  KNAPP 


Abrahams,  Mary  S.,  47. 
Adams,  Anna,  21. 

Elizabeth,  50. 

Elizabeth  N.,  56. 

Geo.  W.,  31. 

Hannah,  26. 

Jesse,  35. 
Akers,  Priscilla,  7. 

Thomas,  7. 
AJdrich,  Roscoe  H.,  55. 
Alexander,  Giles,  26. 

Lucretia,  25. 

Susanna,  26. 
Alien,  Moses,  9. 

B 

Baker,  Edmund  M.,  20. 
Baldwin,  Enoch,  16. 
Ballou,  Fidelia,  39. 
Barbour,  Mary  F.,  47. 
Barnes,  Benjamin,  30. 

John,  51. 

Orton  K.,  51. 
Barrett,  Levi,  18. 
Bartlett,  Abbie,  53. 

Elias,  50. 

Eliza,  50. 

James,  53. 

Jonathan,  42. 

Sarah,  15. 
Bates,  George,  43. 
Bayley,  Delia,  44. 
Beal,  Sarah,  10. 
Beckford,  Mary  W.,  33. 
Bellows,  H.  W.,  36. 

Louisa,  35. 
Bemis,  Edmund,  24. 

Lydia,  24. 
Benham,  Maria  N.,  38. 
Bickford,  Elizabeth,  34. 
Black,  Eva  A.,  .56. 
Blackman,  Georgina,  57. 
Bond,  Elizabeth,  11. 

Margaret,  33. 
Bradford,  Lucia  A.,  48. 
Bradley,  Sally  W.,  53. 
Brazier,  Christopher,  10. 
Brookings,  Emily,  44. 
Brown,  Edward  B.,  40. 

Elias,  15. 

Hannah,  48. 

John  T.,  46. 

Joseph,  21. 

Sarah,  22. 

Sophronia,  40. 
Busher,  Jacob,  10. 
Butler,  Mary,  40. 

Sarah,  12. 
Buttery,  John,  7. 


Cady,  Nicholas,  7. 

Carter, ,  33,  34. 

Cate,  Josiah,  23. 
Chadbourne,  Mary,  42. 
Chase,  Ann  M.,  55. 

James  M.,  46. 

,  48. 

Cheney,  Lydia,  15. 
Childs,  Elvira  W.,  55. 
Chipman,  Wm.  D.,  40. 
Choate,  Benjamin,  13. 
Churchill,  A.  M.,  52. 


Clark,  Lucy  M.,  41. 
Cobb,  Nathaniel,  24. 
Coffin,  Peter,  12. 

W.,  21. 
Cohens,  Hannah,  22. 
Cole,  Seth,  27. 
Coleman,  Helen,  54. 
Collins,  Sarah  H.,  54. 
Conant,  Agnes,  43. 
Cook,  Betsy,  31. 

Charles,  31. 

Charlotte,  43. 

Henry,  43. 

Oliver,  12. 

Submit,  16. 

Zebedee,  32. 
Coombs,  Lydia,  19. 
Crofoot,  Emily  L.,  53. 
Cross,  Thomas,  21. 
Grossman,  Fanny  T.,  29. 
Currier,  Tabitha,  42. 
Curtis,  C.  H.  K.,  47. 
Gushing,  Sally,  39. 
Cutler,  Frances,  41. 

D 

Damon,  Wm.  H.,  39. 
Davenport,  Moses,  20. 
Davis,  Aaron,  14. 

Amasa,  36. 

Mary,  32. 

Mary  Anna,  36. 
Dickinson,  Jane  E.,  25. 
Dillaway,  Samuel,  24. 
Dilston,  John  O.,  32. 
Dixey,  Lydia  A.,  56. 
Dixon,  Priscilla,  41. 
Dodd,  Sarah,  32. 
Dodge,  Abbie,  43. 

Rhoda  A.,  28. 
Dole,  Mary,  29. 

,  13. 

Dow,  Samuel,  25. 
Downs,  Robert,  19. 
Drake,  Abigail,  23. 
Dresser,  Nancy,  48. 
Dunbar,  Mary  A.,  41. 
Dunham,  Edward  S.,  47. 
Dunklee,  Polly  (Patty?),  17. 
Dutton,  Philinda,  38. 


Earle,  Leander,  18. 
Eaton,  Anna,  9. 

Benoni,  9. 
Edgar,  Letitia,  29. 
Edwards,  John,  20. 
Estes,  Charles,  43. 

F 

Fairservice,  John,  24. 

Mary,  24. 
Farnum,  David,  37. 

Phoebe,  37. 
Fegan,  Mary,  55. 
Fellowes,  John  A.,  18. 

Martha  A.,  17. 
Felt,  Benjamin,  10. 
Field,  Elisha  W.,  38. 
Fiske,  Mary,  11. 

Nathaniel,  11. 
Follansby,  Sarah,  12. 

Thomas,  13. 


Foster,  W.  L.,  22. 

Fuller,  Rinda,  38. 

William,  34. 


Gardner,  Simon  S.,  14. 
Gates,  Sarah,  38. 

Gavett, ,  32. 

Gerrish,  Elizabeth,  13. 
Glines,  Chandler,  49. 

Clarissa,  49. 
Goodwin,  Susanna,  23. 
Graham,  Phoebe  M.,  50. 
Graves,  Lorin,  27. 
Green,  Ascenath,  23. 
Greenman, ,  34. 


Hall,  Frances  M.,  57. 

P^  C,  57. 
Hancock,  Elizabeth,  36. 

Wm.,  36. 
Hanover,  Jane,  12. 
Harding,  Maria  A.,  42. 
Hardy,  Bailev,  34. 

Gilbert  P.,  34. 

Niles,  34. 
Harrison,  Esther  E.,  37. 
Hart,  David,  33. 

Sarah,  13. 
Haskell,  Harriet,  44. 
Hastings,  Helen,  52. 

Joel,  28. 

Samuel,  10. 
Hay  ward,  George,  25. 
Herbert,  Henrietta  M.,  39. 
Hill,  Daniel,  28. 

John,  34. 

Joshua,  19. 

Mary,  30. 
Hobbs,  Joseph,  34. 
Holmes,  Addie  F.,  56. 

Hannah  P.,  56. 
Houghton,  Annie  E.,  39. 
How,  Elizabeth,  27. 
Howe,  Hanover,  50. 

Winfield  S.,  50. 
Hoyt,  Clarissa  C,  33. 

Elizabeth,  30. 

Hubbard,  Cynthia  W.,  39. 
Hunt,  Anna  J.,  52. 

John  C,  40. 
Huse,  Ann  C,  45. 
Hussey,  Susan  H.,  35. 
Hutchins,  Jane  M.,  50. 
Hyde,  Elisha,  11. 


Ingalls,  Joseph,  1< 


Jackson,  Carrie  A.  C,  52. 
Jenkins,  Mary,  22. 
Johnson,  Amos,  17. 

Lydia,  45. 
Joseph,  Love,  20. 


Kimball,  Mary  E.,  34. 
King,  John,  20. 

Lydia  F.,  33. 

William,  33. 


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INDEX 


Lamb,  James,  15. 
Lane,  Frances,  29. 
Lanman,  David  T.,  46. 

Larkins, ,  22. 

Larrabee,  Samuel,  32. 
Latham,  Emeline,  40. 
Laughton,  Ephraim,  26. 

Morris  W.,  38. 

Thomas,  26. 
Lawrence,  Mary,  24. 
Leach,  Judith,  14. 
Le  Leurch,  Julius,  46. 
Lenox,  James,  14. 
Lewis,  Sarah,  42. 
Livingstone,  Alex.,  22. 
Loheed,  Hattie  A.,  28. 
Lord,  Jerome  J.,  39. 
Losey,  Jesse  B.,  40. 
Lowe,  Wm.  H.,  33. 
Lunt,  Charles  M.,  54. 

Elizabeth,  43. 

Ellen  E.,  54. 
Lurvey,  Martha,  20. 
Lyons,  Jerusha,  17. 

M 

Marett,  Philip,  25. 
Martin,  Ellen  M.,  28. 

Lyman  R.,  50. 
Mason,  Elizabeth,  12. 

Javan  K.,  11. 

Moses,  11. 

Walter,  11. 
McKenny,  Almira,  44. 
'Mead,  Polly,  34. 
Melvin,  Eugene  W.,  52. 
Merrill,  Nathaniel,  32. 

Samuel,  35. 
Miles,  Lizzie  S.,  39. 
Miller,  Catherine,  26. 

Isaac,  17. 

Lavina,  38. 

Luther,  26. 

Margaret,  31. 
Moody,  Elizabeth  G.,  13. 

Hannah,  19. 

Monroe,  ,  36. 

Moore,  Isaac,  34. 

Sally  H.,  54. 
Morgan,  Frances  O.  H.,  51. 
Morrill,  Dorothy,  31. 
Morse,  Elizabeth  A.,  45. 

James,  34. 

Moses, ,  48. 

Moulton,  William,  32. 
Munroe,  Martha  T.,  18. 
Myrick,  Mary,  20. 

N 
Neal,  Betsy,  35. 
Nevins,  Sarah,  30. 
Newcomb,  Samuel,  45. 
Newman,  John,  19,  23. 

Susanna,  23,  67. 
Newton,  Benjamin,  8. 
Norton,  William,  18. 
Noyes,  Benj.  H.,  44. 

Joseph,  13. 
Nutting,  Maria,  38. 


Ober,  Daniel,  20. 
Olmstead,  Mary  M.,  53. 
Osgood,  Thomas,  23. 


Pardee,  Aaron,  20. 
Park,  Sarah,  8. 
Parker,  John,  15. 

Mary,  15, 

William,  10. 
Parkhurst,  Charles  S.,  45. 

Leonard,  45. 

Peckham, ,  25. 

Perkins,  Abraham,  20. 

Nathaniel,  20. 
Perry,  Henry,  44. 
Philbrick,  Ephraim,  8. 

Thomas,  7. 
Phippen,  Abigail,  33. 

Joshua,  13. 

Nathaniel,  33. 
Pickard,  David,  34. 
Pierce,  Frank,  41. 

Mary,  46. 
Pillsbury,  Anna,  19. 

Samuel,  48. 
Plumer,  Sarah  Ann,  44. 
Pomeroy,  Theodore,  46. 
Powers,  Ed.,  17. 
Pritchard,  William,  31. 


Race,  Henry,  44. 
Rappell,  Elizabeth,  46. 
Redfield,  Molly,  17. 
Reed,  Sewell,  50. 
Remick,  John,  33. 
Remmick,  Abigail,  28. 
Rice,  Anna,  17. 

Jazaniah,  17. 

Jedediah,  15. 

Mehi  table,  15. 
Richards,  William,  11. 
Richardson,  John  H.,  45. 

22. 

Rider,  Benjamin,  17. 
Ridgeway,  John,  10. 
Risley,  Lucy,  40. 
Robinson,  Cyrus,  17. 

Jane,  43. 

Mary,  14. 
Rogers,  Orythia  W.,  56. 
Rolfe,  Judith,  20. 
Ross,  William,  43. 
Royal,  Henry  W.,  49. 
Rumney,  Louisa,  55. 

S 

Safford, ,  38. 

Sanborn,  Albert,  40. 
Sargent,  Justin,  26. 

Linda,  27. 
Scripture,  Samuel,  8. 
Seavey,  Paulina  P.,  53. 
Shattuck,  Lucius,  43. 
Shaw,  Lemuel,  25. 
Shores,  Stephen,  34. 
Simonds,  Alvan  H.,  47. 

Thomas  C,  47. 
Sisko,  Emmeline  J.,  28. 


Sizer,  Frederick  J.,  51. 
Smith,  G.  L.,  56. 

Lydia  M.,  54. 

Sophronia  B.,  28. 

Thomas,  7. 

Wm.  C,  46. 
Specht,  Mary,  52. 
Speed,  Angle  P.,  48. 
Stackpole,  Thomas,  45. 
Stanwood,  Dolly,  23. 
Stearns,  John  F.,  26. 

Lois,  27. 

Moses,  27. 
Stickney,  Enoch,  30. 
Stone,  Sawyer  S.,  36. 
Strong,  Alexander  H.,  41. 

Elizabeth  D.,  41. 
Sumner,  Thomas,  15. 
Swan,  Erastus,  27. 
Swasey,  Caroline,  44. 
Swett,  Luke,  27. 
Symonds,  Jonathan,  13. 

Thomas,  16. 


Taft,  Fanny,  38. 
Taylor,  Rosina  F.,  51. 
Thayer,  Wm.  B.,  45. 
Thomas,  Anna,  53. 

Charies,  31. 
Timson,  John,  18. 
Titcomb,  Michael,  22. 
Toppan,  Henry  P.,  45. 
Towle,  Harvey  M.,  34. 

Matthew,  18. 
Tozer,  Simon,  8. 
Treat,  Adaline  B.,  29. 
Tucke,  Mary,  23. 

Mehitable,  35. 
Twiss,  Mary,  12. 


Underwood,  Samuel,  11. 

W 

Walker,  Felix,  46. 
Ward,  Abigail,  16. 
Warren,  Elizabeth,  8. 

John,  8. 
Waterhouse,  Mary,  31. 
Webb,  Susan,  43. 
Welds,  Sarah,  11. 
Wheeler,  Judah  D.,  37. 

Sarah,  38. 

William,  38. 

Whitehouse, ,  48. 

Whitman, ,  13. 

Whitmore,  Emily  L.,  56. 
Whitney,  Mary,  10. 
Whiton,  Mary  A.  H.,  55. 
Wiley,  Mary,  20. 
Williams,  Eliza,  26. 
Wilson,  Harriet,  47. 
Witherell,  Mary  F.,  28. 
Woodbury,  Anne  A.,  47. 
Woodman,  Jane  E.,  56. 
Wright,  Mary,  9. 
Wyatt,  Mary,  13. 


Young,  Sarah,  8. 


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PATERNAL  ANCESTORS   OF   HIRAM  KNAPP 


1     Hiram  Knapp. 
MaylC,18M-I>ec.  7,187C. 


2.  Lois  Stearns. 

Aug.  4,  176G  I  Feb.  11,  1841. 

3.  James  Knapp. 

May  20, 1767  —  Nov.  G,  18.39. 


4.  John  Knapp. 

Oct.  27, 1731  I  Aug.  20,  18I4- 

5.  Anna  Rice. 

Oct.  24,  173/)  — Mar.,  l""!-- 


0.   James  Knapp. 

Feb.  21   1690  | 


"I 

iske 


7.  Marv  Fiske. 

Bp.  Apr. 20,  lllflO— Feb.  21 .  1732. 

8.  Jazeniah  Rice. 
Sept.  «,  1709  I  17C1? 

9.  Lydia. 


10.  John  Knapp.  18.  John  Knanu 

May  4,   l«.;i  I  173:!.  i624-.> ,    '  *^'       „j^; 

11.  Sarah  Park.  19.   Sarah  Yi.uni? 
Mar.  21,  W\a  —  Dec.  19, 1727.  **' 


12.    Nathaniel  Fiske. 
,Iulv  12, 1(«3  I  1735. 


20.    Thonia,s  I'ark". 

>tW-'  I  ■  1C5K). 


1,S.   Mary  Warren  [Child].       21.    Abigail  Dix. 


.Nov.  29,  Kai  —  May  12, 17:S4. 


14.    James  Rice. 
Mar.  G,  l(i69    I  Oct.  14,  1730. 


lb.    Sarah  Stone. 
Feb.  14,107.'")  — 


16. 

n. 


May  2, 11,37  — 

22.    Nathan  Fiske. 

Uone-'i,  tU7i°.. 

2:>.    Susanna. 


24.  Daniel  Warren 

lfi2«l 

25.  Mary  Uarron. 

Feb.  13. 1711-,. 

20.   Thomas  Rice 

INov.lc,  ir,8i. 

27.  Mary. 

171.'-,. 

28.  Daniel  Stone. 

ItVM  I  1703. 


:!0. 
31. 
32. 
33. 


:14.    William  Knapp. 

ir>7s?—  Aug.  31),  i,a,s. 


;t8.    liu'liartl  I'arks. 


■W.    Sarah. 


40.  Kdward  Dix. 

I  ,luly  !i,  Ui<». 

41.  .Susanna. 


42. 

4;s. 

44. 


Fiske. 


29.    Mary  Moore  [Wardl.      45. 

1635-  1703. 


40.   John  Warren,  came  in  1(130. 

1085V  I  Dec.  13, 1007. 
47.    Margaret. 


48.  Kills  Harron. 

I  Oct.  30,  1070. 

49.  (irace. 


50.  Edmond  Rice,  Harkhanistead,  Herts,  ICng 

161M7  I  May  3,  1B(M. 

51.  Tamazine.^*'' ■''' ' 

June  13, 1GM. 

52. 
53. 


54.  John  Stone,  s.  of  (Jregory  and  Lydia  Stone. 

1019?  I  1083.         5)90—1073.  1074. 

55.  Anne  How,  da.  of  Kdward  and  Margaret  llow. 


50.    John  Moore,  of  Sudbury,  1043. 
1611?  I 

57.  Elizabeth. 

58,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63,  04,  65. 


{AM  KNAPP 


\\  Stearns. 
»8  I  Aug.  3,  1C83. 

Ih  Manning. 

|42  — 

fe'iske. 

^  I  June  6.  1718. 

il  Parks. 

3  — 

niel  Coolidge. 
I  Nov.  3,  1711. 

Bright. 

^' 

im  Bond. 

B    I  1725. 

bah  Hastings. 

»4  — 

Houghton. 
31  I  Apr.  29,  1684. 


Divoll. 

43  I  Feb.  10, 1676. 

kh  White. 


Whitcomb. 
I  Apr.  7,  1683. 


o4.    Isaac  Stearns. 

I  June  19, 1671. 

8.").    Mary. 

—  Apr.  2,  1677. 

•  itj.    William  Manning,  s. 
1614  I  Mar.  14,  1691. 

■M.    Dorothy. 

1612  —  July  26,  1692. 

?.8.    John  Fiske. 

1619?  I  Oct.  28,  1684. 

39.    Sarah  Wyeth,  da.  of 


40.  Thomas  Parks,  s.  of 

I  1G90. 

41.  Abigail  Dix,  da.  of  I 

1691? 

42.  John  Coolidge. 

1603?  I  May  7,  1691. 

43.  Mary. 

1603  — Aug.  22,  1691. 

44.  Henry  Bright. 

1602  I  Oct.  9,  168C. 

45.  Anne  Goldstone,  da. 

1615  — 

46.  William  Bond. 

I  Dec.  14,  1695. 

47.  Sarah  Biscoe,  da.  of 

Feb.,  1693. 

48.  Thomas  Hastings. 

ll»5  I  1685. 

2d  I 

49.  Margaret  Cheney,  pi 

50.  51,  52,  58,54,  55,  56,  5 
58.    William  Divoll. 


59. 

60.    John  White,  of  Salei 


61. 

62.  John  Whitcomb,  of 

I  Sept.  24, 1662. 

63.  Frances. 


May  17,  1671. 


64,  65. 


MATERNAL  ANCESTORS  OF  HIRAM  KNAPP 


2     James  Knapp. 
1.    Hiram  KnapP-  ^  jg,g  May  20, 1767    Nov.  6, 1839. 

May  16, 1804       e  .   ,  Stearns.  4.    Moses  Stearns.  0.    John  Stearns. 

Aug  4,176^--""eb.ll.l841.  May  29, 17^  I  sept.  M,  1808.  Nov.  18, 1702  j  177,5. 

7.    Anna  Coolid^e. 


').    Ruth  Houghton. 
•Ian.  30, 1732- 


July  23, 170C— 
8.   Eleazer  Houghton. 

1691  I  1790. 

SI.    Elizabeth  DivoU. 

169?— ,Jan.2-,  1785. 


10.  John  Stearns. 
.Iune24,l(;77  j  1729. 

11.  Abigail  Fiske. 
.June  12. 16*»  — 

\2.    .lohn  Coolidnc 

1674?  I  Apr.  26,  175.">. 

13.  Margaret  Bond. 
Oct.  1,1681  — 

14.  Robert  Houghton. 

1658  I  Nov.  7, 1723. 

15.  Esther. 

1659  — .Jan.  13,  1741. 

16.  William  Divoll. 
Apr.  8,  1672  I 

17.  Ruth  Whitoonib. 
.June  27, 1672- 


IS    Samuel  Stearns. 

Apr-24.11'38lAug.3,1683. 

i<)    Ha'""^h  Manning. 
june2l,l'H2_ 

•20.   John  Fiske. 
Nov.  20, 1636  I  June  6, 1718. 

■21    Abigail  Parks. 
Mar.3,1659- 


22.   Nathaniel  Coohdge.       .^^    John  Fiske 

Nov. 3, 1711  ooiin  risKe. 

■23.  Mar.V  Bright. 

Apr.23,  ira- 


34.    Isaai-  Stearns. 

I  .June  19, 1671, 

3.-).    Mary. 


30.    \Villian\  Manning,  s.  of  Wui.  and  Susanna  .Manning. 
1614  I  Mar.  14, 16iil.  d. Oct.  16, 1660. 

37.    Dorothy. 

1612  — .July  26.  ltW2. 


1619'.'  I  Oct.  28.  1684. 

iit.    Sarah  Wyeth,  da.  of  Nicholas  and  Rebeeca  [Andrews]  Wyet    h. 


24  William  Bond. 
Dec.  1,  IS""  I  1725. 

25  Heiizibah  Hastings. 
.Jan.  31, 1664- 

2(j.   John  Houghton. 

1031  I  Apr.  29,  1684. 

•27.   Beatrix. 

I 
28. 

29. 


30.  John  Divoll. 

1043  I  Feb.  10, 1076. 

31.  Hannah  White. 

32.  John  Whitconib. 

I  Apr.  7, 1683. 

33.  Mary. 


40.  Thomas  Parks,  s.  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (?)  Parks. 

I  l(%lfl.        il.  UWi. 

41.  Abigail  Dix.  da.  of  Kdward  and  Susanna  Dix. 

iiiin?  ii.  .luiy  ;•,  iiiuii. 

42.  John  Cocdidge. 

1603?  I  May  7,1691. 

4;i.   Mary. 

1603— Aug.  22,  1691. 

44.  Henry  Bright. 

1602  I  Oct.  9,  1686. 

45.  Anne  Goldstone,  da.  of  Henry  and  Anne  (ioldstone,  from  Ipswich,  Kng.,  April.  1034 

1615  — 

40.    William  Bond. 

I  Dec.  14, 1695. 

47.  Sarah  Biscoe,  da.  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Biscoe. 

Feb.,  1693. 

48.  Thomas  Hastings. 

1005  I  1686. 

49.  Margaret  Cheney,  probably  da.  of  John  Cheney,  who  d.  Sept.  5,  107.'). 

50.  51,  52,  53,  .54,  .55,  50,  57. 

.58.    William  Divoll. 

I 
59. 

00.    John  White,  of  Salem,  1634. 


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John  Whitconib,  of  Dorchester,  10,35;  Scituate,  1044;  L«»«ter,  lo.5'2. 
I  Sept.  24,  l(i62. 


6;i.    Frances. 


May  17,  1671. 


64,  65. 


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