Margaret Hungerford (abt. 1746 - abt. 1812)

Wife of Israel Knapp Jr. — married about 1767 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Biography

Margaret was born about 1746.

In about 1767, Margaret married Israel Knapp, Jr. They had at least seven children.

She passed away about 1812.

Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, by Spencer P. Mead, 1911, page 176-177 [1]

Captain Israel Knapp died in 1783, and on the probate of his will title to his place on Putnam Avenue passed to his son, Israel Knapp, Jr., who was born on the first day of May, 1743, and married Margaret Hugerford about 1767, by whom he had:

Fanny, b. in 1768, d. June 11, 1788, m. William A. Thompson.

Israel, bapt. Oct. 14, 1770, d. young.

Frances, b. in 1771, m. Charles K. Thompson.

Sally W., bapt. Feb. 13, 1774, m. David Wood.

Elizabeth H., b. Aug. 28, 1777, d. in 1848, m. Oct. 8, 1795, John Mackay, Jr.

Anna, bapt. Mch. 17, 1782, m. William Thorn of New York.

Cornelia, bapt. Jan. 6, 1788, d. in New Orleans m. ___ Read.

Israel Knapp, Jr., died intestate on the twentieth day of August, 1790, seized of the premises formerly known as the "Knapp Tavern," later the "Tracy House," and now known as the "Putnam Cottage."

Sources

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VH-95G : 16 January 2020), Margaret in entry for Fanny Thompson, .