Benjamin Knoop (1769 - 1843)

Born 26 Jan 1769 in Cumberland Co, PA

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Christina Holstein — married about 1795 in Cumberland Co, PA

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1843 at age 74 in OH, Miami Co

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Biography

Benjamin Knoop, together with his brothers John, Christian and Daniel, migrated from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to the Northwest Territory (now Ohio), in 1796 or 1797. They stopped first near Cincinnati, where Benjamin's first child was born. The following year, 1798, Benjamin settled further north, in what is now Miami County, Ohio. There, he and Maria raised their family of eleven children

1. Michael Knoop (1797–1869)
2. Elizabeth (Knoop) Burton (1799–1860)
3. Jacob Knoop III (1802–1867)
4. Daniel Knoop (1806–1872)
5. John Knoop (1809–1886)
6. Peter Knoop (1812– )
7. Sophia (Knoop) Miller (1812–1842)
8. Andrew Knoop (1814–1878)
9. Nancy (Knoop) Randall (1816–1867)
10. Samuel Knoop (1819– )
11. Christian Knoop (1821– )

Sources

• FamilySearch Person: KLZ5-QDS: Benjamin Knoop (1769-1843).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #14346194 for Benjamin Knoop (1769-1843).
• Helm, T. B. History of Wabash County, Indiana. Chicago: John Morris, Printer, 1884. p. 293 (biographical sketch).
• LaFlash, Matthew J. "Knoop Family". FamlySearch memory, 1999.
• North Manchester Historical Society
  • > Pioneers > Benjamin Knoop. (Transcribed from North Manchester Journal, May 11, 1893).
• United States Federal Census, Ohio. FamilySearch database with images.
  • 1820, Miami County, Elizabeth Twp, sheet 87 (image 2), top, line 24: Benjamin Knoop. (NARA M33 roll 94). Household composition: 3M<10 [Samuel, 0:1; Andrew, 6; Peter, 8], 2M10<16 [John, 11; Daniel, 13], 1M16-18 [Jacob, 18], 1M45+ [Benjamin, 51], 2F<10 [Nancy, 4; Sophia, 8], 1F10<16 [?], 1F16<26 [Elizabeth, 21], 1F26<45 [Maria, 44].

Notes (In progress)

• The Troy Historical Society > Biographies > K > Samuel Knoop. (Transcribed from History of Miami County, 1880, p. 527.)

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... the grandfather, Benjamin, who was born in Pennsylvania, with his brother, John, were among the first pioneers of Miami County; they located in Staunton, building the block-house and, in the spring of 1798, put their families in it for protection from the hostile Indians. Benjamin, being the father of the first white female child born in the county, of which mention is made in the sketch of William Burton; their ancestry originated in Germany.

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From : 1846 History of Ohio, by Henry Howe (cpywrite 1888- online transcription.

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EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

From the "Miami County Traditions," also published in the Troy Times, in 1839, we annex some reminiscences of the settlement of the county and its early settlers:

Among the first settlers who established themselves in Miami county was John KNOOP. He removed from Cumberland county, Penn. in 1797. In the spring of that year be came down the Ohio to Cincinnati and cropped the first season on Zeigler's stone-house farm, four miles above Cincinnati, then belonging to John Smith. During the summer he made two excursions into the Indian country with surveying parties and at that time selected tbe land he now owns and occupies. The forest was then full of Indians, principally Shawnees, but there were small bands of Mingoes, Delawares, Miamis and Potawatomies, peacefully hunting through the country. Early the next spring, in 1798 Mr. KNOOP removed to near the present site of Staunton village, and in connection with Benjamin KNOOP, Henry GARARD, Benjamin Hamlet and John Tildus, established there a station for the security of their families. Mrs. KNOOP, now living, there planted the first apple tree introduced into Miami county. and one is now standing in the yard of their house raised from seed then planted that measures little short of nine feet around it.

Dutch Station. -- The inmates of a station in the county called the Dutch station, remained within it for two years, during which time they were occupied in clearing and building their respective farms. Here was born in 1798 Jacob KNOOP, the son of John KNOOP, the first civilized native of Miami county. At this time there were three young single men living at the mouth of Stony creek, and cropping on what was afterwards called Freemans Prairie. One of these was D. H. Morris, a present resident of Bethel township; at the same time there resided at Piqua, Samuel Hilliard, Job Garrard, Shadrach Hudson, Jonah Rollins, Daniel Cox, Thomas Rich and ---- Hunter; these last named had removed to Piqua in 1797, and Dutch station comprised all the inhabitants of Miami from 1797 to 1799. In the latter year John, afterwards Judge Garrad, Nathaniel and Abner Garrad and the year following, Uriah Blue, Joseph Coe and Abraham Hathaway, joined us with their families. From that time all parts of the county began to receive numerous immigrants.