Ebenezer Knapp (1730 - 1809)

Born 23 May 1730 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Westover) Knapp — married 1753 (to before 1780) in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1809 at age 79 in Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer was born in 1730. He as the son of Ebenezer Knapp and Elizabeth Finch. He passed away in 1809.

He serve as a private in Elmore's Battalion, Connecticut Regiment during the Revolutionary War.

Marriage:

1. He married Mary Westover in 1753 in1753 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony. Their children were Zadock Ezra Knapp (1755–1842), Elizabeth Knapp (1756–1829), Hannah Knapp(1759–?), Mary Polly Knapp (1761–1779), Martha Knapp (1762–1851), Jerusha Knapp (1764–?), William Knapp (1766–Deceased), Samuel Knapp (1767–1825), Thankful Knapp (1770–?), Ebenezer Knapp Jr. (1772–1821) and Mary Knapp (1774–1800).
2. He married Mary Wilson on 20 April 1780 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Ebenezer passed away on 11 June, 1809 in Greenbush, Rensselaer, New York followed with burial. Burial details unknown.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KL75-R94
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Vol.1, p. 50.

KNAPP, Ebenezer m. Elizabeth Finch January 7, 1724

KNAPP, Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer (& Elizabeth) b. 23 May 1730

• The Butternut Valley In Early Years:

A History By Minnie B Rockwell mention both the Knapp and Lull families https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/bvhist.htm

• US Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783

Ebenezer Knapp

Military Date 11 Jan 1777

Military Place Connecticut

Served Connecticut Regiment, Elmore's Battalion

Rank Private

• BATES, Albert C., editor. Rolls of Ct. Men in the French and Indian War. Ed. Hartford, Ct, 1903, 1905. (2v.):9:150

Ebenezer Knap

1730, Connecticut

Volume 97 Page number439

• 1790 US Federal Census, Ebenezer Knapp, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16 1

Free White Persons - Males - over 16 2

Free White Persons - Females 5

• FINCH, Paul R. [https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/i/n/Paul-R-Finch/GENE2-0014.html |Descendents of John Finch

ELIZABETH4 FINCH (JOSEPH3, JOSEPH2, JOHN1, ?A) was born 27 February 1703/04 in Greenwich, Connecticut (Source: (1) Greenwich Early Records, 144., (2) Greenwich Vital Records, 1:46.).She married EBENEZER KNAPP 7 January 1723/24 in Greenwich, Connecticut, son of JOSHUA KNAPP and ELIZABETH REYNOLDS. He was born ca. 1704 in Greenwich, Connecticut, and died Aft. 1750.

103. iv EBENEZER KNAPP, b. 30 May 1730, Greenwich, Connecticut.

• | RootsWeb Finch Family

Children of JOSEPH FINCH and ELIZABETH CLOSE are:

i. ELIZABETH4 FINCH, b. February 27, 1702/03, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; m. EBENEZER KNAPP, January 07, 1723/24, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Research Note

• KNAPP, Afred Averill | Nicholas Knapp genealogy, 1953. Page 20. This genealogy is highly disptedand very little is credible without having provided any sources. See CT GenWeb

• |CT Gen Web Nicholas Knapp
• SAR Application #52799, Ancestor (Included here as a source for some mistaken data)

Amended App Benjamin Lull, Sr. Nov 7 1707

Original App- Ebenezer Knapp 1735,- Nov 1809. m. wife Mary (d.1808) before 1757

Amended App Benjamin Lull, Jr. 1729-- Anna E. Westover M. 1749

Joseph Lull 1755-1840 m. Martha Knapp Aug 12 1762-June 6 1850 M. March 6 1776

William Lull 1798-dec 7 1839 M. Sybbel Hawley 1795-Dec 7 1889

William Lull Dec 25 1815-Nov 1 1876 m. Martha Maria Bell April 1 1821--May 3 1868 M. May 10 1844

Charles W. Lull Aug 8 1868- Margaret Fairless Apr 7 1861-M. May 19 1884

George Fairless Lull March 10 1887

Donald Smith Per gedmatch, I have a 10.1 cM DNA match with Richard Fitzmaurice WY5176563 with MRCAs of Ebenezer Knapp b. 1730 and wife Mary Westover.