I have a Abigail Knapp b. abt 1671 who married my ancestor 7th Grandfather John Crissy Sr b. abt 1665. Their dau. Deborah b. 1698 marr. a Joseph Ferris b. abt 1688,d. 1756. Abigail Knapp was the daughter of Moses Knapp b. 1645 & wife Abigail Westcott b. 1647. (Dau.) Abigail Knapp b. 1671, died in 1707 leaving him w/7 children & John remarried a Rebecca Knowles & they had 3 more children. Is there any connection here for anyone?? Patricia in Wisc. > > Subject: > Knapp-Ferris and Knapp-Mead Lines > From: > "Sandra Witt" <sandyjwitt@gmail.com> > Date: > Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:37:00 -0400 > > > > > > http://www2.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=phillipsknapp&rand=313452390- > > > > > I have not yet been able to find a connection between my Knapp > ancestors and > the Knapps listed in the messages, perhaps because my female Knapp > ancestors > married into the Ferris and Mead families in the 1600s. > > > > My earliest recorded Knapp ancestor was Nicholas Knapp (born between > 1605-1610 in England; died 1670 in Stamford , Fairfield County, > Connecticut). > > > > > According to my records, I am descended from two of his children: > Caleb [b. > 1636-1637 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died between 1670-1677 in > Fairfield > County - married Hannah Smith (b. 1642, Stamford) ca 1660] and Ruth > [b. 1641 > in Watertown; died aft 1711 in Greenwich, Connecticut - married Joseph > Ferris (b. 1635) in 1657]. > > > > Caleb's daughter Sarah Knapp (b. 1670 in Stamford) married Ebenezer > Mead (b. > 1663 in Greenwich ) in 1691. > > > > Ruth's daughter Ruth Ferris (b. 1659 in Greenwich) married Samuel Peck > (b. > 1659) in 1686. > > > > I would appreciate any additional information. > > > Sandy > > Gainesville , Florida > > > > The following lines represent *(to the best of my knowledge at the > current > time; additional data and corrections are appreciated)* the Knapp > lines for > my great grandmother Emma Walker Mead (Beeler): > > > > Knapp-Mead Line: > > > > Nicholas Knapp (b. ca 1606 England, d. 1670 Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT) > > Caleb Knapp (b.1636 or 1637 Watertown, MA , d. btw 1670-1677 Fairfield > County [m. ca 1660 Hannah Smith (1642, Stamford )] > > Sarah Knapp (1670, Stamford, CT) [m. 1691 Ebenezer Mead (1663)] > > Caleb Mead (1694 Greenwich, CT) [m. 1716 Mary Holmes (ca 1694, Fairfield > Co.)] > > Jeremiah Mead Sr. (1727 Greenwich) [m. 1749 Amy Lockwood (1734 > Greenwich )] > > Jeremiah Mead Jr. (1755 Greenwich) [m. ca 1775 Esther Peck (1756, > Greenwich > )] > > Benjamin Church Mead (1804 Greenwich) [m. Mary Livingston Brown (1810 > NYC)] > > Emma Walker Mead (Beeler) (1842 Ohio) > > > > Knapp-Ferris Line: > > > > Nicholas Knapp (b. ca 1606 England, d. 1670 Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT) > > Ruth Knapp (1641, Watertown, MA , d. aft. 1711 Greenwich) [m. 1657 Joseph > Ferris (1635 Watertown)] > > Ruth Ferris (btw 1659-1662 Greenwich, CT ) [m. 1686 Samuel Peck (1659 New > Haven Colony)] > > Nathaniel Peck, Sr. (1697 Greenwich) [m. 1722 Mary Pardee (1700 New > Haven )] > > Nathaniel Peck, Jr. (1725 Greenwich) [m. 1746 Jerusha Curtis/Curtiss > (1727 > Fairfield Co.)] > > Esther Peck (1756, Greenwich) [m. ca 1775 Jeremiah Mead Jr. (1755 > Greenwich > )] > > Benjamin Church Mead (1804 Greenwich, CT) [m. 1840 Mary Livingston Brown > (1810 NYC)] > > Emma Walker Mead (Beeler) (1842 Ohio) > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >