Persis (Brigham) Knapp (1734 - 1776)

Born 2 Jan 1734 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Knapp — married 10 Nov 1763 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1776 at age 42 in Elizabeth Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Birth

Persis Brigham, daughter ofJotham Brigham (1695-1759) and Abigail Howe, was born on 02 Jan 1734, in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Marriage

Persis married Elisha Knapp on 10 Nov 1763, in the city of Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey. Together, Persis and Elisha had seven children during their marriage.

Children

1. Lucrecia Miller (born Knapp)

2. Jonah Newton Knapp

3. Ichabod Knapp

4. Persis Knapp

5. John Knapp

6. Elisha Knapp

7. Abigail Knapp

Siblings

1. Elizabeth Betty Stratton (born Brigham Hedge)

2. Abraham Brigham

3. Edmund Brigham

4. Oliver Brigham

5. Asa Brigham

6. Persis Brig

Notes

Persis husband, Elisha Knapp, was a Captain in Col. Bailey's Regiment, during the American Revolution. ^[1]

Death and Burial

Persis passed away on 13 Sep 1776.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-BKHV : 15 March 2018), Brigham, Sep 1776; citing Sep 1776, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,401

• Howe Genealogies by Daniel Wait Howe, Page 285
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-4W3) : 4 December 2014; Persis Brigham, 02 Jan 1734; citing Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.
• Brigham, Emma E., Editor, "The History of the Brigham Family A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham The Emigrant, 1603-1653," (New York, New York: The Grafton Press, 1907) p. 92.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, " database and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 24 April 2017), Birth - Lurana Knapp; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVP-4L5 : 6 December 2014), Lurana Knapp, 03 August 1787, Birth; State Capital Building, Montpelier, FHL microfilm 27,607.

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