Francis Knapp (1765 - 1834)

Born 16 Jun 1765 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 11 Jan 1834 at age 68 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Francis Knapp was born on 16 Jun 1765 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, son of Deacon Joshua Knapp (1716 - 1798) and Abigail (Bostwick) Knapp (1725 - 1812).

His siblings were:

1. Abigail (Dibble) Bartram (1748 - 1776)
2. Ezra Dibble (~1750 - 1832)
3. Rebecka (Dibble) Bertram (~1755 - )
4. Hannah Starr Dibble (1756 - 1777)
5. Anna Dibble (>1758 - )
6. Joshua Knapp (1762 - )
7. Daniel Bostwick Knapp (1763 - 1842)
8. Lucy (Knapp) Mygatt (1766 - 1804)
9. Levi Knapp (1768 - )

Francis married Abigail Jarvis (1764 - 1810) on 7 Jan 1783. Their daughter was Abigail Jarvis (Knapp) Hawes (1800 - 1866).

Francis died on 11 Jan 1834 in Danbury aged 68.

Burial: Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Connecticut.

Francis was a farmer who also kept the Wooster House in Danbury CT. They had 10 children.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #42591131

• Jarvis, George Atwater. The Jarvis Family, or, The Descendants of the First Settlers of the Name in Massachusetts and Long Island (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, 1879) Page 41

• Bostwick, Henry. Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America (Bryan Printing Co., Hudson, New York, 1901) Page 138 & Page 185

• Young, Robert W. and Evelyn Cross. "Our Children's Ancestors:  : including those named Young, Ullman, Asire, Conrad, Whitmer, Cross, Stratton, Whittlesey, McLain." Page 243. Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org/ "https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE519390"

• Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 427.