Hi...new to the list...recently found that my GGGgrandfather Frederick Mortimer KNAPP was born on March 28, 1815, in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., NY....he was presumably the son of a John b. ca 1791 and Jane b. ca 1791 KNAPP / NAPP....John and Jane are my brickwall on this line....Frederick eventually moved to Wolfe Island, Frontenac Co., Ontario Canada....believe he may have lived with his parents for a while in Kingston, Ontario....Frederick KNAPP married ca. 1853-1856 to Maria Gertrude AHERN b. 5-1-1831 of Prescott, Augusta Twp., Grenville-Leeds Co., Ontario Canada......anyone have any info on Frederick or John and Jane or ANY KNAPP's in the Cherry Valley or Otsego Co., NY areas??....really stuck on this one....John and Jane had 3 other sons: Peter b. ca 1812, William "K", b. ca 1819 and James b. ca 1827.....ANY help or leads appreciated....thanks....regards...Joe

Knapp is a fairly common name in Otsego County. These are the census listings for Knapps in Cherry Valley in 1800-1820: =============== 1800 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Cherry Valley, p. 5A Jona[than] Knapp 31010 11010 1810 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Cherry Valley, p. 124 J. Knapp 01001 10102 N. Knapp 00010 10100 1820 US Census, New York, Otsego County, Town of Cherry Valley p. 12 Isaac Knapp 100010 20100 0100 p. 18 Nathan Knapp 100020 41010-0100 p. 21 William R. Knapp 110001 11011 0200 ===================== Hugh MacDougall Official Historian Village of Cooperstown 8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 coophist@stny.rr.com