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Ruth Clapp (Knapp)

Also Known As: "Ferris"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: after circa June 15, 1711
Greenwich, Fairfield County , Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Greenwich, Fairfield, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nicholas Knapp and Elinor Knapp
Wife of Joseph Ferris and John Clapp
Mother of John Ferris; Ruth Peck; Peter Ferris; Joseph Ferris; Moses Ferris and 6 others
Sister of Jonathan Knapp; Timothy Knapp; Joshua Knapp, Sr.; Caleb Knapp, I; Sarah Disbrow and 5 others

Married: 11 20 1657
Managed by: Private User
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About Ruth Clapp

Ruth Knapp Ferris Birth: Jan. 6, 1640 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: unknown

RUTH, 6th known child of Nicholas & Elinor Knapp, was born Watertown 6 January 1640/1. She married at Stamford 20 November 1657, Joseph Ferris. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

The Family of Ruth Knapp Ferris & Joseph Ferris

Ruth Knapp was born on January 6, 1640/41 in Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She married (1) Joseph Ferris on November 20, 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He was born on June 20, 1635 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Connecticut Colony, and was the son of Jeffrey Ferris.

The children of Ruth Knapp and Joseph Ferris were:

  1. John Ferris, born ca. 1658 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died Bef. 1758 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Abigail Hoyt December 13, 1695 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; born February 2, 1674/75 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  2. Ruth Ferris, born January 18, 1658/59 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died September 17, 1745 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. She married Rev. Samuel Peck November 27, 1686 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; born January 18, 1658/59 in Guilford, New Haven Colony; died April 28, 1746 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  3. Peter Ferris, born November 8, 1660 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on January 23, 1689/90 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  4. James Ferris, born ca. 1662 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died July 1727 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  5. Moses Ferris, born ca. 1664 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died ca. 1748 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  6. Joshua Ferris, born March 31, 1666 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died April 02, 1746 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  7. Benjamin Ferris, born ca. 1668 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died July 10, 1710 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  8. Hannah Ferris, born ca. 1673 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died April 12, 1711 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. She married Jonathan Austin ca. 1691 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut; born ca. 1671.
  9. Lydia Ferris, born ca. 1675 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died before 1732 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  10. Caleb Ferris, born between 1677 and 1679 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died 1752 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  11. Joseph Ferris, born March 31, 1683 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Abigail Smith; born December 12, 1686 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died before August 11, 1770 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Joseph died between June 9 and July 24, 1699 in Greenwich.

After Joseph's death, Ruth married (2) John Clapp on January 19, 1707/08 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He was born ca. 1640, and died after 1708. She died after June 15, 1711 in Greenwich.

Submitted on April 24, 2011 by Sandra Johnson Witt, the 7th great granddaughter of Joseph and Ruth Knapp Ferris

Family links:

Parents:
 Nicholas Knapp (1606 - 1670)
 Elinor Knapp (____ - 1658) 
Children:
 Joseph Ferris (1683 - 1735)

Burial: Unknown Maintained by: Sandra J. Witt Originally Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jul 15, 2010


Sources

  • Child, Christopher C. "Find Out How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are Distantly Related." New England Historical & Genealogical Society, published 2 February 2024. < link > Accessed 3 February 2024.
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Ruth Clapp's Timeline

1641
January 6, 1641
Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1658
August 20, 1658
Greenwich, Connecticut Colony
1659
January 18, 1659
Greenwich, New Haven Colony, Connecticut, Colonial America
1660
August 6, 1660
Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT
1663
1663
Stamford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1664
1664
Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT
1666
March 31, 1666
Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT
1669
1669
Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT
1671
1671
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut