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Ruth Knapp (Close)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: 1790 (54-55)
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Close, IV and Hannah Close
Wife of Timothy Knapp
Mother of Elizabeth Rundel; Mary Knapp; Thomas Knapp; Matthew Knapp; Ruth Knapp and 2 others
Sister of Hannah Lockwood; Sarah Parsons; Phebe Lyons and Thomas Close

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About Ruth Knapp

Biography
Ruth Close was born at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut on 2 Aug 1735, the daughter of Thomas Close and Hannah Lyon.

Ruth married Timothy Knapp on Sept 14, 1751. They had at least eight children:

Mariah Knapp christened 12 Apr 1751.
Mary Knapp born 6 Jan 1752/53.
Thomas Knapp born 7 Jan 1754.
Matthew Knapp born 8 Feb 1756.
Ruth Knapp born 27 Nov 1757.
Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection):

Name Timothy Knapp
Marriage Date 14 Sep 1751
Marriage Place Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Spouse Ruth Close
Sources
1735 Connecticut Birth Record for Ruth Close, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Close [1]
1751 Connecticut Marriage Record for Ruth Close and Timothy Knapp [2]
Timothy, m Ruth CLOSE, dau Thomas, Sept 14, 1751 [3]
Miller, Robert B. "Lyon memorial : New York families descended from the immigrant Thomas Lyon, of Rye", with introductory chapter by Dr. G.W.A. Lyon on the English Lyon families, p. 58. Read on Archive.org

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Close-215

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Ruth Knapp's Timeline

1735
August 2, 1735
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1759
1759
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1765
May 26, 1765
of, New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1790
1790
Age 54
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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