Wyatt In ancestry there is a file that has 2 Knapp's in it with not much info on the Knapp's but here is what there is Thomas E. Knapp m: Feb 17, 1758 Lois Newcomb Bearse b:July 17, 1726 Barnstable MA and Peter Knapp m: "Martha Bearse" New Fairfield CT 1759 She was born June 26, 1738 and died March 8, 1802 Northeast Dutchess Co. NY Patricia Wyatt Knapp wrote: > Hi folks... > I wanted to share something with the list and hopefully with some > Knapp's who would find this information helpful. And who knows...maybe > it will turn out to help my search in the long run. > > I have been involved in the research of my Knapp line for over twenty > years now. We have traced our line back to Thomas Knapp who married > "Martha" and who lived out the last years of his life in Fabius, > Onondaga County, New York. He died around 1823 there. Living in Fabius > with him and his family at the same time was Nathaniel Knapp. He is > listed in the 1820 census for Fabius. A check of the deed records for > Fabius shows that he and his wife Eunice were involved in the sale of > some land in Fabius in 1822. > > This is undoubtedly Nathaniel Knapp who married Eunice Wright, and who > was the son of Hezekiah Knapp and Hannah Ketchum. My information is that > it was never certain that all of his children were born in Scoharie > County, New York. This indenture and the census would indicate that at > least those children born between around 1820 and 1822 were born in > Fabius, New York. I have different sources that say that after leaving > Fabius he lived in either Tioga County, New York, or Tioga County, > Pennsylvania. > > Records prior to around 1850 are scant for Fabius as they were lost in a > fire. But I think that because my Thomas Knapp and his family lived in > Fabius with Nathaniel and Eunice Knapp that they were related and I am > quite certain that I can rest assured now that my Thomas is from the > Nicholas Knapp line. Our family's current theory is that our Thomas > Knapp is a son of Thomas Ebenezer Knapp and Lois Newcomb Bearse. That > would make him the second cousin of Nathaniel Knapp and could explain > why these birds "flocked together" in Fabius New York for a while. > > Any information on these folks, or polite and constructive critiques of > my theory, would be most welcome and appreciated. > Thank You, > --Wyattt Knapp-- -- Patricia Ann Cattanach Knapp <Pat.knapp@sympatico.ca> Mississauga, ON Canada [also Foy, Singer and Johnston]