Susan (Huntley) Knapp (abt. 1795 - 1865)

Born about 1795 in Colchester, Delaware County, New York, United States of America [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1865 at about age 70 in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, United States of America [uncertain]

Biography

Susan (Huntley) Knapp was born in Appalachia, in New York.

Susan Huntley was born in about 1795, possibly in Colchester, Delaware County, New York, where she grew up. She was the eldest child of Abraham Huntley and Sylvina [Unknown].^[1]

Susan married Nathan Smith Knapp, son of Caleb Knapp and Experience Smith. They had nine children.^[2]

In 1830, Susan, Nathan and their nine children were living in Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York.^[3] They continued living there until at least 1836, when Nathan was named co-administrator of Susan's father's estate in Colchester.^[4]

Nathan S. Knapp died in Saugerties, New York at the age of 51, on 4 Apr 1842.^[5]

Susan Huntley Knapp died on 5 Apr 1865, possibly in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, where she was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ V. Huntley, John Huntley, Immigrant, Book I, Page 164, No. 84, "Abraham Huntley."
2. ↑ V. Huntley, John Huntley, Immigrant, Book I, Page 164, No. 84, "Abraham Huntley."
3. ↑ "Nathan S. Knapp," (Nathan, his wife, 9 children, plus 1 woman age 30-39) 1 male under 5, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 40-49, 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-9, 2 females 10-14, 2 females 15-19, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 40-49: United States Census, 1830, Sheet 72, Line 2 (accessed 16 May 2021).
4. ↑ Index: "Abraham Huntley," d. 3 Apr 1836; Letters of Administration, Book E, Page 30; Inventory filed 22 Oct 1836: General Index to Wills & Proceedings, Surrogate's Court, Delaware County, N. Y., Page 399, New York. Surrogate's Court (Delaware County, General Index to Wills and Proceedings, 1797-1963, Guardians Index to Proceedings, 1797-1965, Ancestry.com (accessed 7 Apr 2021 - subscription required).
5. ↑ V. Huntley, John Huntley, Immigrant, Book I, Page 164, No. 84, "Abraham Huntley."
6. ↑ See photo of gravestone: Find A Grave: Memorial #177963549, Susan Huntley Knapp (accessed 16 May 2021).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/177963549/susan-knapp : accessed 16 May 2021), memorial page for Susan Huntley Knapp (1795–5 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177963549, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Donna (contributor 46910450) .
• Huntley, Virgil W., compiler. John Huntley, Immigrant, of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Lyme, Connecticut, 1647-1977, and Some of His Descendants, Book I, published by author, Modus, Connecticut: Modus Print Shop, 1978; see 164-165, No. 84, "Abraham Huntley."
• New York. Surrogate's Court (Delaware County, General Index to Wills and Proceedings, 1797-1963, Guardians Index to Proceedings, 1797-1965, Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (subscription required).
• New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (subscription required).

Census returns:

• United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP5-J6W : 20 February 2021), Nathan S Knapp, Blenheim, Schoharie, New York, United States; citing 72, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 116; FHL microfilm 17,176.
• United States Census, 1840, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTJ-DTR : 2 March 2021), Nathan S Knapp, Saugerties, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 170, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.