Born in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Jarvis
and Rachel (Starr) Jarvis
Sister of
Stephen Jarvis, Samuel Jarvis, Mary (Jarvis) Rider, Rachel (Jarvis) Hitchcock, Betsey (Jarvis) Wellman, Eli Jarvis and Hannah Jarvis
Wife of
Francis Knapp
— married
about 7 Jan 1783 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Jarvis Knapp, Fanny Knapp, Comfort Starr Knapp, Emma (Knapp) Taylor, Amelia Jarvis (Knapp) Barnett, Rebecca (Knapp) Pynchon, Evelina (Knapp) Quigley, Abigail Jarvis (Knapp) Hawes, George Francis Knapp and Harriet Lowndes (Knapp) Lewis
Died
at age 45
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2017
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Biography
Abigail (Jarvis) Knapp was born on 16 Aug 1764 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, daughter of Stephen Jarvis (1729 - 1820) and Rachel (Starr) Jarvis (1740 - 1831).
Her siblings were:
- Stephen Jarvis UE (1756 - 1840)
- Samuel Jarvis (1758 - 1839)
- Mary (Jarvis) Rider (1760 - 1845)
- Rachel (Jarvis) Hitchcock (1762 - 1846)
- Betsey (Jarvis) Wellman (1766 - 1813)
- Eli Jarvis (1768 - 1854)
- Hannah Jarvis (1774 - )
Abigail married Francis Knapp (1765 - 1834) on 7 Jan 1783. Their daughter was Abigail Jarvis (Knapp) Hawes.
Abigail died on 22 Jan 1810 in Danbury aged 45.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #42591132: Wooster Street Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Bostwick, Henry. Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America (Bryan Printing Co., Hudson, New York, 1901) Page 138 & Page 184.
- 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.
- Starr, Burgis Pratt. A History of the Starr Family of New England (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 427.
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Danbury, Page 66.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F772-RJM : 3 December 2014), Abigail Jarvis, 16 Aug 1764; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jennifer (Carey) Bello 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A232839 [compare], Ancestry member jennifercareybello
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~0.78%
Larry Ridgley :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T564725 [compare], FTDNA kit #691533
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