Found in Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 compiled by Frank R. Holmes The American Historical Society, Inc. New York 1923 KNAPP >From the German word knappe, a lad, boy, servant, workman; a squire. The family originated in the province of Saxony, Germany. The English lineage traced to Roher Knapp of County Sussex, England, 1540. AARON, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1638; in 1643 removed to Taunton, Mass. NICHOLAS, b. Eng., came in 1630 to N.E.; settled at Watertown, Mass.; removed 1646 to Stamford, Conn. ROGER was at New Haven, Conn. 1643 WILLIAM, carpenter, b. Eng., 1578, was at Watertown, 1630