Joshua Knapp, Sr.

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From Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Stamford Families, Compiled by Reverend Elijah B. Huntington, Stamford, April 6, 1797

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JOSHUA Knapp and Hannah Close were married on June 9, 1657

• 1. Hannah Knapp, born Mar. 26, 1660
• 2. Joseph Knapp, born in 1664
• 3. Ruth Knapp, born in 1666
• 4. Timothy Knapp, born in 1668
• 5. Benjamin Knapp, born in 1673
• 6. Caleb Knapp, born in 1677
• 7. Jonathan Knapp, born in 1679.

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(f/g) Joshua Knapp Birth: Jan. 5, 1635 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Oct. 27, 1684 Greenwich Fairfield County Connecticut, USA

JOSHUA, 3rd known child of Nicholas & Elinor Knapp, was born at Watertown 5 January 1634/5. He married at Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins. Find A Grave contributor SGirton adds: Joshua Knapp b 05 Jan 1635, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d 27 Oct 1684, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Married Hannah Close on 09 Jun 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.

A FAG visitor adds: I show that Joshua was buried in the Knapp Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Parents:

 Nicholas Knapp (1606 - 1670)

 Elinor Knapp (____ - 1658) 

Spouse:

 Hannah Close Knapp (1632 - 1694)

Children:

 Hannah Knapp Smith (1660 - 1721)

Burial: Knapp Cemetery Greenwich Fairfield County Connecticut, USA Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 15, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 54997030 -tcd

Joshua Knapp was born on 5 Jan 1635 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Joshua was probably a weaver by trade- indicated by his father willing him half of the gears to his loom.

Joshua married Hannah Close on 9 Jun 1657 in Stamford, Connecticut. Their second of eight children was Hannah. They moved to Greenwich in 1663. Joshua was made Proprietor at Greenwich 2-May-1664. He was admitted as a freeman in 1669 in the Connecticut Colony there.

He was one of two persons who made the bargain with the 
Indians when Bedford Parish was bought from them. The agreement between the
 Indians and the Stamford Colony was witnessed by Joshua Knapp and David
 Waterbury and signed by seven Indian Chiefs dated 12-23-1680.

He was one of the Committee of Sixteen to confer about the dividing line 
between Greenwich and Rye. Joshua bought land in Rye
 in 1681.

He died 27 Oct 1684 in Greenwich, Connecticut at age 49, leaving a “good estate” . Inventory of his estate in 1684 places its value at 54
pounds.

Hannah later married John Bowers. Hannah died on 6 Oct 1694 in Stamford. Her estate was settled in 1695.