Timothy Knapp (1668 - bef. 1733)

Born 1668 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Seymour) Knapp — married 16 Mar 1699 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Martha (Weeks) Knapp — married about 1714 in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 16 Nov 1733 before age 65 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Timothy, son of Joshua and Hanna (Close) Knapp; b. 1668/9; ; m. 1st Elizabeth Seymour Mar 16, 1699 (b. Dec 1673 or June 1675; d. Ju 17 1713; d/o Thomas and Hannah (Marvin) Seymour.) and
m. 2nd Feb  ? 1714/04[sic] Martha Weeks in Greenwich. Their children were Ruth and Hannah Knapp. ^[1]

Timothy probably built the house that his son Israel later made into Knapp’s Tavern. ^[2]

Will was dated Oct 15 1733, probated Nov 6 1733^[1][3]

His inventory was taken on 7 November 1733 in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[4]

For more information^[1]

Richard Seymour of Hartford and Norwalk, Conn., and Some of His Descendants in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Boston, Mass., 1918, Vol. 72, p. 211 [1]. [formatting added]

viii. ELIZABETH [Seymour] b. in Dec 1673; d. at Greenwich, Conn., 17 June 1713; m. at Greenwich, 16 Mar 1699, TIMOTHY KNAPP³ in 1668, d. abt. 1737, s. of Joshua² (Nicholas¹ and Hannah (Close). He m. (2) 16 Feb 1713/14 Martha Weeks.

Children

1. Rebecca, b. 24 Sept. 1701.

2.Timothy, b. 9 Aug. 1703; d. 22 Apr 1706.

3. Israel, b. 13 Dec. 1705; m. (1) Mary Lyon; m. (2) in Aug. 1742 Anna Marshall; m. (3) 7 or 17 Jan. 1762 Elizabeth Hugford.

4. Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1708; m. Thomas Hoyt of Danbury, Conn.

5. Elizabeth, b. 22 Aug. 1710; m. Ebenezer Picket of Danbury, Conn,

6. Prudence, b. 26 Jan. 1712/13.

Research Notes

• Not listed as a child of Joshua and Hanna (Close) Knapp.^[5]
• Vital Records for this family seem to be non-existent
• There was a Timothy Knapp owned land in Greenwich 1708.^[6] Timothy remains as a name used by the family for several generations.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} p. 6 p. 10 Knapp, Alfred Averill, b. 1868. Nicholas Knapp Genealogy. Winter Park, Fla., 1953.
2. ↑ Knapp's Tavern - http://www.putnamcottage.org/history.html
3. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007626803_00079?pId=278099). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate Records, Vol 1-3, 1728-1772, image 79. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. ( Free image by ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26095691?h=f768c0&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
4. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627983_00088?pId=856592). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Hartford, Probate Packets, June, Henry-Z, 1730-1881, image 88. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26106247?h=c7f486&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
5. ↑ Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Early Settled Families. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Company, 1905.
6. ↑ Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of ... By Spencer Percival Mead link

• Morris, Seymour. Richard Seymour of Hartford and Norwalk, Conn., and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1918) Vol. 72, Page 211.
• Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (Wm. W. Gillespie, Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 61.