Wyatt I have some info on the Bearse Line and Lois Newcomb Bearse who married Thomas E. Knapp. It has no further info back of Thomas but has Lois family if your interested. Patricia Wyatt Knapp wrote: > Hello, > Here is some info and then a question: > > Thomas Ebenezer Knapp (son of Ebenezer Knapp and Elizabeth Benedict) was > born abt. 1729 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married > Lois Newcomb Bearse. He died in 1804 in Dutchess County, New York. > Among the children often listed for Thomas E. Knapp is THOMAS KNAPP > (birth estimated at 1758). > > I would like to find out what the source(s) is/are for Thomas Knapp > being a son of Thomas E. Knapp and Lois Bearse. Was it a will of Thomas > E. Knapp? A deed? It is very important to me that I find this out as > he is the only Thomas Knapp I have found in over 15 years that fits the > time frame for my ancestor of that name. Knowing more about him could > finally connect me to the Nicholas Knapp line. Any information on this > Thomas Knapp would be greatly appreciated. > > Also, there is a Nathaniel Knapp who married Eunice who is also in this > family. He was the son of Hezekial Knapp and would have been Thomas > Knapp's second cousin. I have a Nathaniel Knapp who was married to a > Eunice listed on a land deed in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York around > 1816 and this puts him in the same town as my Thomas at that time. This > is circumstantial evidence of a connection to this line to be sure. But > it is also intriguing evidence. Any info on Nathaniel and Eunice Knapp > would be appreciated as well. > > Thank you so much and Happy Holidays to all of you. > --Wyatt R. Knapp-- -- Patricia Ann Cattanach Knapp Pat.knapp@sympatico.ca Mississauga, ON Canada [Also FOY, SINGER AND JOHNSTON]