Nicholas KNAPP
NICHOLAS DEPARTED ENGLAND 22 MAR 1630. ARRIVED WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS 14 JUN 1630, VIA HMS ARABELLA. HIS WILL IS DATED 15 APRIL 1670, STAMFORD FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT. iNVENTORIED 27 APRIL 1670. HIS OCCUPATION WAS WEAVER, LAY PHYSICIAN,MILLER, FARMER. HIS RELIGION WAS PURITAN (CONGREGATIONAL). HE BELONGED TO THE WATERTOWN CHURCH, WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND STAMFORD, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT. HIS WILL IS RECORDED IN THE FAIRFIELD PROBATE RECORDS, VOL 1665-1667, PAGES 55-56, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT. SOURCE: DESCENDANTS OF NICHOLAS KNAPP, ROOTS WEB. PROBABLY THE MOST CURRENT AND RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO NICHOLAS AND FAMILY ARE THE CONDENSED BIBLIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES ON FAMILIES WHO ASRRIVED IN AMERICA BETWEEN 1620-1633, AND IS ENTITLED "THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND1620-1633 (1995 - IN THREE VOLUMES), BY ROBERT CHARLES ANDERSON. MANY "GENEALOGICAL VIRUSES" EXIST ON THIS FAMILY. NO FURTHER DOCUMENTED PROOF SEEMS TO EXIST CONCERNING THE ANCESTORS OF NICHOLAS NOR THE SURNAME OF HIS WIFE ELINOR.
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FHL, ANCESTRAL FILE, FAMILY GROUP RECORDS. HIS BIRTH SEEMS TO RANGE BETWEEN 1630 TO 1645, HOWEVER THE ENGLISH TRADITION OF THE FATHER TO WILL HIS HOME LOT AND OTHER POSESSIONS TO THE ELDEST SON INDICATED HE PROBABLY WAS BORN IN 1630.
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He married Elinor Abt 1630 at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts . Elinor was born at of . . England Abt 1597 .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Moses Knapp
born 13 Oct 1630.
Jonathan Knapp
born 8 Nov 1631.
Timothy Knapp
born 14 Dec 1632.
Joshua Knapp
born 5 Jan 1634/35.
Caleb Knapp
born 20 Jan 1635/36.
Sarah Knapp
born 5 Jan 1638/39.
Ruth Ferris Knapp
born 6 Jan 1640/41.
Hannah Knapp
born 6 Mar 1643.
Lydia Knapp
born 8 Jun 1647.
Nicholas Knapp died 16 Apr 1670 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut .
Elinor died 16 Aug 1658 at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut .