>Tom Cornell... > My great-great-grandmother was Nancy M. KNAPP who married James BOVIER > in 1859 in Stueben Co. NY. The census says she was born in Delaware in 1842 > bu I suspect she was born in Delaware Co. NY. There was also a Nancy M. > KNAPP in the 1850 census of Peekskill, age about 60. Nancy was a daughter of > Joseph KNAPP and Caroline ATKINS(?). Joseph was a church deacon and (?) > minister. I am have a hard time finding his parents. Can you help? > > Danny > Here's all I have on my Knapp family. There was only one son, so there are probably not many Knapp-surnamed descendants. You'll have to excuse the MS Word index info (.i.surname, and ;). They are a pain in the neck to remove. With best wishes, Tom Cornell The Knapps K1. .i.Knapp, Samuel; Knapp was born 9 Aug. 1737 and married twice. By his first wife, he had five children: , .c.ZZ Gabriel Cornell (6C) Page ; K2A. .i.Knapp, Abigail;, m. .i.Cornell, Gabriel; Cornell (6C) K2B. .i.Knapp, Sarah;, b. 1770, m. (1) .i.DeGraw, Benjamin; DeGraw, m. (2) 9 Feb. 1827 to .i.Knapp, William; Knapp, d. 17 Apr. 1861 K2C. .i.Knapp, Mary (Polly);, m. .i.Gustin, Jesse; Gustin, son (.i.Gustin, Samuel Knapp;, others?) K2D. .i.Knapp, Phoebe;, m. .i.Decker, Aaron; Decker, d. bef. 1834, a neighbor of .i.Cornwall, Gabriel; Cornwall in 1800 at Warwick, N.Y., 2 sons (.i.Decker, Jesse;, .i.Decker, Samuel;) K2E. .i.Knapp, Julia;, m. .i.Longwell, George; Longwell Samuel married (2) .i.___, Abigail; ___ in Jul. 1799 and had two more children: , K2F. .i.Knapp, Ann;, m. .i.Weed, Sylvanus; Weed K2G. .i.Knapp, John D.;, b. after 1793 Samuel lived in the western part of the Town of Warwick, N.Y. Deeds locate his property in the so-called "Drowned Lands" west of the Wallkill River and the vicinity of Pochuck Mountain. His earliest deed was dated 1772. One piece of land was purchased from .i.MacGregor, A.; MacGregor (date unknown), and another bought in 1795 from .i.Thompson, William; and .i.___, Mary; Thompson was described as 140 acres in the first division on "Pochunk" Mountain. , It was part of the Waywayanda Patent, and the original patentee was .i.Honan, Daniel; Honan. On 5 Apr. 1806, Samuel sold 15 acres in this same area to .i.Gustin, Jesse; Gustin, his son-in-law, and, in 1826, 98.25 acres to his son, .i.Knapp, John D.; Knapp. , Among Samuel's neighbors were .i.Holly, William; Holly and .i.Taylor, Caleb; Taylor whose names appear in the 1775 Warwick Assessment Roll (Holly, Taylor), 1790 census (Holly, Taylor) and 1800 census (Taylor). , (Note: .i.Taylor, Caleb; Taylor's father .i.Taylor, Elias; was actually in the assessment roll and 1790 census. ) .i.Knapp, Samuel;'s will, dated 21 May 1815, was probated in 1834. He died 15 Jan. 1834 aged 96, according to his wife's deposition. He was presumably the Samuel Knapp listed in the 1775 assessment roll for Warwick Town (District No. 8 which included the area of Mount Eve, Amity, Pine Island and down to the New Jersey line) and the 1790 and 1800 census for Warwick. , Samuel was found by the Knapp family researchers and is listed in a book of "unconnected Knapps" with all the above children. Based on the similarity of the information, it is believed they found his will.