Born about in Suffolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Knopp Sr.
and Judith (Tue) Knopp
Brother of
Elizabeth (Knapp) Buttery, William Knopp Jr, Mary (Knapp) Smith, Ann (Knapp) Philbrick, James Knapp and Judith (Knapp) Cady
Husband of
Sarah (Parke) Knapp
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Young) Knapp
— married
25 May 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Knap, John Knapp, Sarah (Knop) Park, Mary (Knapp) Tozer, Joshua (Knapp) Knap, Isaac Knapp and Abigail (Knapp) Newton
Died about
at about age 72
in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
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Biography
John (Knapp) Knap immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
- John Knap (Knapp) was the son of the immigrant, William Knop(p).
- John was a carpenter by trade as well as a landowner. He took the oath of fidelity in 1652, and was then admitted freeman. John married Sarah Young on 25 May 1660, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Together, John and Sarah had eight children.
- John Knop's estate was probated at Middlesex, Massachusetts by
27 Apr 1696, when inventory of his estate was taken.[1]
Birth
- John Knop was born on 20 Jan 1621/2 in Suffolk, England. He was the son of William Knop(p) (The Immigrant) and Judith (Tue) Knopp.
Christening
- Date: 20 JAN 1623/1624
- Place: Bures, England
- Date: 20 JAN 1622/3
- Place: Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England
Death
- Place: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Date: 22 Jan 1695/96
- Place: Watertown, Massachusetts
Burial
- Date: 27 Apr 1696
- Place: Will Proved.
Note
- Watertown Records
- 1st & 2nd Books of Town Proceedings
- Lands Grants & Possessions
- The Proprietors' Book
- The 1st Book & Supplement of Births, Deaths, & Marriages
- Watertown, MA 1894
- p.34 13:10:1653 Meeting of the Select Men payment to John Knap - 1st occurrence of his name in the book
- p.37 8:4:16:1654 Robert Geneson and John Knap complaining that Robert Daniell that he did not fence his portion within their field.
- p.97 1 Nov 1669
- to Ensign Sherman for 400 cords and quarter
- mor the Ensign paid John Knop for work at the schoolhouse 10sh
- p.132 2nd of 9th 1677
- paid for work dun at the mill bridg:
- Elnathan bears 5sh
- Henary Spring 2sh
- John Knop 4sh
- Watertown
- Births, deaths, marriages
- John Knape & Sary Younge maryd the 21 3rd 1660
- Sary Knop of John & Sary Borne 5 (7) 1662[2]
Sources
- ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Reference Middlesex Probate 13400 via American Ancestors
- ↑ Genealogies of the Families & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Henry Bond MC. 2nd Edition, Two Volumes in One. NEHGS, Boston, 1860
- p.3 7 Jun 1665, Walter Allen bought of John Knapp, 60 acres in Watertown Farms, lying towards Concord bounds.
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org. Back issues available and searchable online, members only. Page: Vol. 147, p.315-328
- The Knapp Family in America: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Knapp who Settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1630 (Boston, MA: n.p., 1909).
- Genealogies of the Families & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, Reprint, 2002).
- "Watertown, Massachusetts Genealogies and History," (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7544/hist-watertown-ct-0335).
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Is there contemporaneous support for assigning him a "current last name" of "Knop?"
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