Here is what I have on a New Jersey Knapp: "Hon. Manning M. Knapp, son of William Knapp, of Newton (New Jersey); born in that village; studied law with Col. Robert Hamilton, and was admitted as an attorney in July, 1846, and as a counselor in January, 1850. Shortly after his admission Mr. Knapp removed to Hackensack, N. J., and opened a law-office, where he has remained ever since. For many years he was a leading lawyer of Bergen County, possessing fine abilities, varied information, and excellent character. He is now (in 1880) one of the justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, having been appointed to that office by Governor Bedle in 1875." (See "History of Sussex and Warren Counties . . ." by James P. Snell, Phila., Pa., Everts & Peck (1881) at p. 190.) Perhaps Manning Knapp is a long lost cousin. Does anyone recognize Manning Knapp or know more of his ancestry? I am the five greats grandson of Abigail Jane Knapp, but she was Abigail Jane (Knapp) Hill when she came to New Jersey circa 1790. -Stephen On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for what seems to be a needle in a haystack. I don't have a lot > of info. I have the name of the person I am looking for, but not a whole lot > more. > > I am looking for the parents of Darius (Henry) Knapp, whose father came from > New Jersey. Don't know where in New Jersey, the cencus we found Darius just > said N.J. > Darius was born in OH. where his mother was born. > > We know his fathers first name was William. We found a family in possibly N.Y. > who has a Darias in it, but no other Darias/Darius. He could be related to our > William, but we don't know. > > His name was Darias Knapp, born 24 Apr 1805 died 24 Jun 1866. His father was > John Knapp and mother was Lois Wood. He married Polly Edwards, don't know date > of marraige. They had at least 5 children: Ebenezer, Elpha, Charles, Mary, > James. James was born in Johnston, N.Y. I have been looking for over 6 > years and this is the only clue that looks remotely promising. I got this info > from a lady I was in touch with when I was on Prodigy, back then. She and I > both left Prodigy when they hiked their prices so high and haven't found her > since. She left the day she gave me the info and I didn't even get her source. > If you have any resources, I would be so grateful. > > I have all of Darius children, as he is my gggrandfather and I was lucky > enough to have had an aunt, aged 98 with a clear mind who knew all that, but > she knew nothing prior to that on the Knapp (her mothers) side. They were not > communicative in that respect...... > They came to family reunions, etc., but nobody seemed to care about family > history, she said the only ones who knew didn't talk. > > Spirit > > > > > > > ***************************************************************************** Stephen Emery Researching my ancestors University of Louisville Family names: Emery, Garris, Hektor, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Hill, Horton, Knapp, Kubik, Kundrata, Louisville, KY Lee, Leport, Pipher, Warner, Woolsey "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." - Mark Twain