James Knapp (1690 - 1730)

Born 21 Feb 1690 in Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bond) Knop — married 2 Apr 1714 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Fiske) Knapp — married 30 Oct 1716 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 26 May 1730 at age 40 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

JOHN^ (John^, William^, son of John [W] and Sarah (Young) Knapp, b. in Watertown, May 4, 1661; m., Aug. 4, 1686, Sarah Park, and removed to Newton, where he died in 1733. His wife died Dec. 19, 1727. A deed dated June 14, 1729 , names John, Sr.; John, Jr., husbandman; Jonas, housewright; Daniel and Jonathan, husbandmen; Sarah, Lydia, and Hannah, " symsters," all of Newton; James, husbandman, of Worcester; Ebenezer, weaver, of Weston. In the Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, Mass., are many items relating to transfer of property among various members of this family, dating from 1704 to 1736.

Birth and Family

James Knapp was born on 21 Feb 1690, in Newton City, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Newton City). He was the son of John Knapp and Sarah (Parke) Knapp. ^[1]

Marriage

James Knapp was married twice. His first marriage was to (#1) Elizabeth Bond. The marriage took place on 02 Apr 1714. Elizabeth passed away at the age of 25, on 12 Jan 1716.

James's second marriage was to (#2) Mary Fiske, daughter of Nathaniel Fiske, on 30 Oct 1716.^[2] Mary passed away on 21 Feb 1732. James was a resident of both Newton, and Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Children

I. Sarah, 6. Aug. 13, 16S6; d. 1755; unmarried. D^ II. John, h. Dec. 11, 1688. D^ III. James, 6. Feb. 21, 1690. IV. Jonas, m., Nov. 6, 1737, Mary Wright, at Falmouth, Me. On muster roll of Capt. John Shipley's company, June 26, 1722; on that of Capt. Geo. Berry's company, Falmouth, Me., May 19, 1746, to Jan. 19, 1747, Corporal Jonas Knapp. V. Jonathan. D^ VI. Daniel. D* VII. Ebenezer. VIII. Lydia, d. April 29, 1734, unmarried. IX. Hannah, m. Moses Allen and lived in New Medfield, Worcester County, Mass. X. Isaac, b. ; m. Mary and had a son, Jedediah, b. Feb. 28, 1726, who married Sarah and had a daughter Hannah, a minor above fourteen years of age in 1762, when the widow Sarah was appointed her guardian. They lived in Needham. Among the grantees of Lyndeboro, N. H., September, 1736, are Isaac and James Ivnapp, probably x. and in.

Children born to James and Mary (Fiske) Knapp:

1. Jonathan, b. 23 Oct 1714, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. before 1748.

2. Abijah Knapp, b. 02 Oct 1717, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. Jan 1799, aged 81.

3. Mary (Knapp) Underwood, b. 16 Dec 1719, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony; m. Samuel Underwood.

4. Benjamin Knapp, b. 31 Aug 1721, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. in Sturbridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, abt. 1747 or 1748.

5. James Knapp, b. 27 Oct 1723, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony; living in 1748.

6. Elisha Knapp, b. 06 Dec 1725, in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

7. Elizabeth (Knapp) Richards, b. 15 May 1729, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony; m. (perhaps) William Richards, of Framingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 21 Nov 1753.

8. John, b. 21 Oct 1731, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Siblings

1. John Knapp, b. 11 Dec 1688, in Newtown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 26 May 1730, in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

2. Isaac Knapp,, b. abt. 21 Feb 1691, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. [date unknown] [location unknown].

3. Jonas Knapp,, b. abt. 1692 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. abt. 1748 in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine [uncertain].

4. Jonathan Knapp,, b. abt. 1690 [location unknown]; d. [date unknown] [location unknown].

5. Hannah Knapp, , b. abt. 1702 in Newton, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]; d. 11 Nov 1755, in New Marlborough, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

6. Daniel Knapp, , b. abt. 1708, in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 2 Sep 1772, in Brattleboro, Windham Co., Republic of Vermont.

7. Ebenezer Knapp, b. aft. 1690 [location unknown]; d. [date unknown] [location unknown].

8. Lydia Knapp,, b. abt. 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 29 Apr 1734, in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

9. Sarah (Knap) Orgels, b. abt. 13 Aug 1686, in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. abt. 1755 [location unknown].

Death and Burial

James Knapp passed away on 26 May 1730, in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Sources

1. ↑ The Knapp Family In America: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Who Settled in Watertown, Mass., In 1630: Including Also A Tabulated Pedigree, Paternal and Maternal, Of Hiram Knapp. Knapp, Arthur Mason, Boston, Mass., 1909, The Fort Hill Press, Samuel Usher, High Street, Boston, Mass.
2. ↑ Henry Bond M. D., Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts , 2 (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1855), p. 215.

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• Henry Bond M.D., Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, 2 (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1855), Page 215.
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