Hannah Knapp (1676)

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A Hannah Knapp born abt 1676 in Connecticut, daughter of Moses and Abigail (Westcott) Knapp. Another Hannah Knap was born about the same timeframe to Caleb Knap and Hannah Smith. ^[1]

A Hannah Knapp married Nathaniel Cross as his second wife, at Stamford, Connecticut, November 6, 1696. He died Oct 28 1714. They subsequently were the parents of at least two children: ^[1] NOTE: See Research Notes section for uncertainty about her husbands. Another reference shows Hannah Knapp married Nathaniel Cross as his second wife, at Stamford, Connecticut, November 6, 1696. They subsequently were the parents of at least two children:^[2]

1. Deborah, b February 17, 1701/2, presumably also born at Stamford
2. Nathaniel, b April 13, 1703

Hannah married 2nd Samuel Palmer Mar 31 1715. ^[1] NOTE: See Research Notes section for uncertainty about her husbands.

Research Notes

Hannah Knapp's origins are uncertain, and different published genealogies have different parentage for her:

• In Ye History of Ye Town of Greenwich... by Spencer P. Mead, she is shown as the daughter of Moses Knapp (b 1645) and Abigail Westcott. In this book she has a birth year of about 1676, and was shown to have married twice: (1) to Nathaniel Cross, November 6, 1696; and (2) to Samuel Palmer, March 31, 1715.^[3]
• In the Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred A. Knapp, Hannah is shown as the daughter of Moses Knapp (b 1645), and his wife Abigail Westcott, however the author says that the information on this Hannah is the same as the Hannah Knapp who was a daughter to Caleb Knapp. The author shows Hannah (daughter of Moses) is "probably" the one that married Nathaniel Cross. The author also shows Hannah, daughter of Caleb, as having married Nathaniel Cross and then Samuel Palmer, in 1696 and 1715, respectively. The author notes that there is confusion as to which Hannah married Nathaniel and Samuel. He also suggests that there is "unexplainable confusion" over Moses' children, and cites several authors with differing information.^[1]
• in the Knap-Knapp Family Genealogy, compiled by Charles Ruggles Knapp, he shows the Hannah, daughter of Caleb Knapp (b in 1637), with the birth year of 1672, and shows that she married Nathaniel Cross in 1696. This author does not show that Moses Knapp (b in 1645) had a daughter Hannah at all.^[4]
• This source doesn't address her parentage, but shows that the same Hannah Knapp that married Nathaniel Cross in 1696 also married Samuel Palmer in 1715, which is at least consistent with the other sources with respect to her marriages. The same source, in a different section, shows that Thomas Close (1674-1707) married Hannah Knapp (no parentage information) in February 1703. It does say that a Caleb Knapp was one of the administrators on Thomas Close's probate granted in October 1707.^[5] Clearly the Hannah Knapp that married Thomas Close was a different person than the Hannah Knapp that married first Cross then Palmer.
• In a book, The Palmer Families in America, Samuel Palmer is shown marrying Hannah Knapp, March 21, 1714-15 at Stamford. It shows her birth year as 1676, and her parents as Moses and Abigail (Westcott) Knapp, and that she was the widow of Nathaniel Cross.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Knapp, Alfred A., Nicholas Knapp Genealogy, published 1953. Reference page 7-8 Hannah references are C-15 and C-18
2. ↑ Huntington, E. B. (Elijah Balwin), History of Stamford, Connecticut : from its settlement in 1641, to the present time, including Darien, which was one of its parishes until 1820, published 1868. Reference page 158
3. ↑ Mead, Spencer P. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut: With Genealogical Notes..., published 1911. pages 606-7
4. ↑ Knapp, Charles Ruggles, Knap-Knapp Family Genealogy, published 1905(?), accessed via Ancestry October 21, 2019]
5. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Old Fairfield. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932. Reference Volume 1, page 167, Cross, Reference Volume 1, page 150, Close $Subscription
6. ↑ Palmer, Horace Wilbur, Palmer Families in America, Volume 1, published 1966, Reference page 129

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