Martha (Blois) Knapp (abt. 1540 - aft. 1605)

Born about 1540 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Knapp — married 1579 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died after 1605 after about age 65 in Suffolk, England

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Biography

Martha was a daughter of Thomas Blosse, Gentleman, of Ipswich, Suffolk, and his wife Joan, who was the daughter of Robert Canham of Swaffham, Norfolk.

She was married to John Knapp. John and Martha Knapp were parents of four sons and eight daughters.^[1] The eleven children reported by Richardson are listed below. The birth dates were entered in this profile from an unidentified source; Richardson did not give birth or baptism dates.

1. John (first child of this name), born about 1556.
2. John (second child of this name), Gentleman.
3. Thomas
4. Martha; married to James Palmer, Tobias Blosse, and Arthur Jenney.
5. Mary; married to John Randes.
6. Elizabeth; married Thomas Woodgate and Richard Holmsted.
7. Anne; married Newman Rookes.
8. Margaret; married John Baron.
9. Judith, born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; married to William Hubbard (Hobart) before 1612. Emigrated to New England.
10. Dorcas, born about 1598 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; married Rev. Robert Stansbye.
11. Phebe, born 1600 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Martha survived her husband; on 8 April 1605 she was granted an annuity of 6 pounds by William Bloyse the younger, gentleman of Ipswich, in right of her dower.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Vol. 2, page 507

See also:

• Visitation of Suffolk 1612, page 114, Blosse, of Ipswich and Belsted Hall. See also page 149, Knapp.
• Doctor Henry Skilton and his descendants Author: Ancestry.com Publication: , 1921-1927. Note: V. 1 compiled for the association by the publication committee, John David Skilton, chairman.|||"Roll of honor, those who served in the world war": p. 361-375.|||Supplement 1 by the Doctor Henry Skilton Association, editors: George Warner Skilton and Henry Irving Skilton. 1927, p. [481]-492.|||Includes index.|||Bibliography: p. [7]-8. APID: 1,14342::0
• Ranke, Vinnetta Wells,. "Our forefathers" : a collection of genealogical records which are an accumulation of over twenty-five years research. unknown: unknown, 1946. Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.