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Johann Adam Knapp 1727–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1727

Birth Location: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany

Death Date: 22 Mar 1776

Death Location: Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Father: Johann Knapp

Mother: Margaretha Falters

Spouse(s): Eva Zirfas

Children(s): Johann Knapp, Johannes Knapp, Johann Knapp, Johann Knapp, Johann Knapp

The story of Johann Adam Knapp began in 1727 in Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany. Johann Adam Knapp married Eva Elisabeth Zirfas, and had children including Elisabetha Knapp, Johann Adam Knapp, Johann Georg Knapp, Johann Ludwig Knapp, Johannes Nikolaus Knapp. Johann Adam Knapp passed away in 1776 in Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Johann Adam Knapp began in 1727 in Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany.
  • Johann Adam Knapp married Eva Elisabeth Zirfas, and had children including Elisabetha Knapp, Johann Adam Knapp, Johann Georg Knapp, Johann Ludwig Knapp, Johannes Nikolaus Knapp.
  • Johann Adam Knapp passed away in 1776 in Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Knapp
1683–1744
Birth Location: Krumbach, Starkenburg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
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Margaretha Falters
1694–1727
Birth Location: Germany
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Spouses(s)

Eva Zirfas
1720–1784
Birth Location: Helferskirchen, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
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Children(s)

Johann Knapp
1752–1808
Birth Location: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
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Johannes Knapp
1761–1837
Birth Location: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
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Johann Knapp
1759–1819
Birth Location: Mörlenbach, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany
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Johann Knapp
1750–
Birth Location: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
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Johann Knapp
1756–1809
Birth Location: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
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Johann Knapp's Ancestors

Self
Johann Knapp
1727–1776
Birth Place: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Parents
Johann Sebastian Knapp
1683–1744
Krumbach, Starkenburg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
Margaretha Falters
1694–1727
Germany
Grandparents
Johann ("Hanß" Ludwig) Knapp
1647–1688
Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany
Anna (Catharina Heinrich) Katzenmeier
1646–1689
Starkenburg, Hessen, Germany
John Falters
1645–1705
Moerlenbach, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany
Margaretha Häussler
1647–1716
Mörlenbach, Starkenburg, Hessen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Johann Knapp
1607–1690
Eva (Voltz)
1619–1673
Hans Katzenmeier
1616–1666
Anna Katzenmeier
1620–1678
Andreas Falter
1597–1666
Margaretha NN
1603–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Knapp
1585–1638
Margarethe Schreiner
1588–1638
Leonhard Burckhardt
1591–1633
Anna Hermann
1599–1669
Balthasar Katzenmeier
1580–1631
Katharina Katzenmeier
1582–

Johann Knapp's Descendants

1.
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Johann (Adam) Knapp (5 Feb 1727–22 Mar 1776) m. Eva (Elisabeth) Zirfas (19 Sep 1720–14 May 1784)
  1. 1. Johann (Adam) Knapp 1752–1808 m. Anna (Barbara) Schmitt 1759–1825
    1. 1. Johann (Philip Adam) Knapp 1792–1846 m. Maria (Eva Schmidt) Schmitt 1807–1895 m. Eva (Katharina) Schafer 1796–1788
      1. 1. John (Adam) Knapp 1829–1901 m. Anna (Maria Elisabeth "Mary" Püttmann) Pittmann 1829–1872
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Knapp 1864–1954 m. Michael Waltz 1866–1944
        2. 2. Francis Knapp 1871–
        3. 3. Catherine (Katie) Knapp 1868–1888
        4. 4. Barbara (Elizabeth) Knapp 1859–1946 m. Hale (Otto) Legro 1853–1926
        5. 5. Stephen (R) Knapp 1861–1933 m. Mary (Louise) Pierce 1870–1972
        6. 6. Joseph Knapp 1852–1929 m. Margaret Dawald 1854–1937
        7. 7. George (Phillip) Knapp 1854–1935 m. Anna (E "Annie") Walsh 1868–1911
        8. 8. Mary (Matilda) Knapp 1857–1940 m. James Flanagan 1858–1935
        9. 9. Anna (Marie) Knapp 1866–1947 m. Max Kilger 1873–1949
      2. 2. Peter (G) Knapp 1837–1917 m. Mary Knapp 1836–1920 m. Kathrine Fisher 1866–
        1. 1. John (M) Knapp 1862–1925 m. Anna (Catherine "Katie") Betz 1860–1938
        2. 2. Louisa Knapp 1887–
        3. 3. Gorge Knapp 1889–
        4. 4. Eulia Knapp 1891–
        5. 5. Lorina Knapp 1893–
        6. 6. Anna Knapp 1895–
        7. 7. Elizabeth KNAPP 1853–
        8. 8. Michael KNAPP 1854–
      3. 3. Eva (Elizabeth) Schmitt 1819–1845 m. Adam Knapp 1815–1878
        1. 1. Katharine Knapp 1842–1910 m. Valentine Seibert 1838–1881
        2. 2. Mary (Margaret) Knapp 1845–1934 m. Jacob Gansman 1838–1924
        3. 3. John Knapp 1840–1914
        4. 4. Peter Knapp 1838–
        5. 5. Philipp Knapp 1837–1909
      4. 4. Peter Knapp 1822–1823
      5. 5. Catherine (Margueretha) Knapp 1824–1854 m. Bernhart Ante 1815–1860
        1. 1. Mary (Anna) Antey 1849–1870 m. Jacob (Heinrich) Steiner 1826–1884
        2. 2. Catharine Ante 1846–
        3. 3. Joseph Antey 1850–
        4. 4. George Antey 1852–1935
        5. 5. Frederick Antey 1854–
        6. 6. Charles ((John)) Antey 1843–1894
      6. 6. George Knapp 1826–1899
      7. 7. Eva (Katherine) Knapp 1820–1900
      8. 8. Mary Knapp 1836–1920 m. Peter (G) Knapp 1837–1917
      9. 9. John Knapp 1835–1916 m. Mary (Eva) Helfort 1835–1898
        1. 1. Catherine ("Katie") Knapp 1873–1958
        2. 2. Peter Knapp 1861–
        3. 3. Christine Knapp 1862–1946
        4. 4. William Knapp 1867–
      10. 10. Christina Knapp 1841–1927 m. Johann (Emil Amuel) Emge 1840–1902
        1. 1. George (Thomas) Emge 1864–1948 m. Louise Pepper 1868–1896 m. Johanna (Frances) Muehlbauer 1883–1943
        2. 2. Peter Emge 1866–1948
        3. 3. Mary Emge 1868–1945
        4. 4. Leona (Opolonia) Emge 1869–1956
        5. 5. Katharine (E) Emge 1883–1968 m. Nicholas (Joseph) Reising 1883–1978
        6. 6. Christina Emge 1879–1903
        7. 7. John Emge 1871–1948
        8. 8. Emil Emge 1873–1959
        9. 9. Elizabeth ("Lizzy") Emge 1880–1968 m. Andrew (H.) Walters 1875–1949
        10. 10. Frank (John) Emge 1877–1943 m. Anna (Christina) Schoeny 1876–1967
        11. 11. Anna (B) Emge 1875–1963
      11. 11. Barbara (Weilda) Knapp 1845–1930 m. George (Nickolaus Carl) Seib 1842–1917
        1. 1. George (Henry) Seib 1878–1965 m. Anna Schmitt 1880–1940
        2. 2. Mary Seib 1870–1941 m. Valentine Seibert 1867–1942
        3. 3. Catherine Seib 1876–1947
        4. 4. Weckler Seib 1879–
        5. 5. Emil Seib 1868–1945
        6. 6. Elizabeth Seib 1881–1970 m. Martin (C B) Schmitt 1884–1934
        7. 7. Nicholaus Seib 1879–1972
        8. 8. Barbara Seib 1883–1962 m. Josephus ("Joe") Botzum 1884–1964
        9. 9. Anna (M.) Seib 1874–1953
        10. 10. John Seib 1873–1950 m. Anna (Marie) Hisch 1879–1954
        11. 11. Peter (John) Seib 1866–1966
        12. 12. Amelia Seib 1868–
        13. 13. Peter (J) Seib 1870–1955
      12. 12. John ("Phillip") Knapp 1839–1909 m. Magdalena (Barbara) Schmitt 1843–1924
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Maria) Weiss 1874–1908 m. Joseph (W.) Weiss 1874–1957
        2. 2. Christina Simon 1864–1920 m. Peter Simon 1864–1919
        3. 3. Anna (Margaret) Deichelbohrer 1868–1955
        4. 4. John (A.) Knapp 1864–1943 m. Theresa Baumgart 1868–1934
        5. 5. Magthalena Knapp 1880–
        6. 6. Gertrude Knapp 1878–1939
        7. 7. Adam Knapp 1872–1946
      13. 13. Adam Knapp 1830–1859 m. Margareth Emig 1816–1878
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Margaretta Frances) Knapp 1852–1940 m. Johann (Conrad) Gries 1846–1910
        2. 2. Anna (Maria) Knapp 1851–1925
        3. 3. Jacob Knapp 1855–1934
        4. 4. Gertrude Knapp 1857–1920 m. John (J) Weis 1855–1932
      14. 14. Phillip Knapp 1819–1865
    2. 2. Margarethe Knapp 1782–1782
    3. 3. Eva (Elisabeth) Knapp 1783–1785
    4. 4. Eva (Elisabeth) Knapp 1790–1857 m. Leonhard Ranz 1787–1858
      1. 1. Margaretha Ranz 1808–1883
        1. 1. Johannes Melbert 1851–1901
      2. 2. Anna (Barbara) Rantz 1812–1872 m. Michael Schmittinger 1811–1875
        1. 1. Johann (Adam) Schmittinger 1838–1894
        2. 2. Johann Schmittinger 1851–
        3. 3. Margarethe Schmittinger 1839–
        4. 4. Sohn Schmittinger 1836–1836
      3. 3. Anna (Maria) Rantz 1815–1816
      4. 4. Philipp Ranz 1818–
      5. 5. Stephan Ranz 1821–1894 m. Elizabeth Helfrich 1826–1917
        1. 1. Mary Ranz 1864–1884 m. Paul Weber 1851–1913
        2. 2. Leopold Ranz 1866–1918
        3. 3. Conrad Ranz 1868–1916
        4. 4. William Ranz 1861–1949 m. Ella Rice 1863–1925
        5. 5. Mary Ranz 1855–
        6. 6. Margaret ('Maggie') Ranz 1861–1891 m. Charles (L) Greiser 1861–1925
      6. 6. Johann (John) Ranz 1825–1890
      7. 7. Johann (Adam) Ranz 1827–1895
      8. 8. Eva (Evelyn Elisabeth) Ranz 1830–1906 m. Wilhelm Rickel 1829–1893
        1. 1. Thomas (Albert) Rickel 1865–1932 m. Anna (Catherina) Johann 1868–1947 m. Catherine ("Kate" Wuelzer) Wulzer 1864–1904
        2. 2. William (J) Rickel 1853–1934
        3. 3. Conrad Rickel 1861–1896
        4. 4. Wilhelmina ((Minnie)) Rickel 1866–1948
        5. 5. Margaret (Agnes) Rickel 1868–1950
        6. 6. Barbara (M.) Rickel 1869–1922
        7. 7. Margaret Rickel 1856–
        8. 8. Frank Rickel 1858–
        9. 9. Elizabeth Rickel 1860–
        10. 10. Carrie Rickel 1874–1960
      9. 9. Johann (Conrad) Ranz 1833–1897 m. Barbara (G) Schamber 1840–1926
        1. 1. Katherine (B.) Ranz 1881–1944 m. Edward Wenger 1875–1955
        2. 2. Philip Ranz 1875–1887
        3. 3. John Ranz 1866–
        4. 4. Andrew Ranz 1869–
        5. 5. William (Eugene) Ranz 1873–
        6. 6. Hannah Ranz 1878–1963
        7. 7. Joseph Ranz 1859–
        8. 8. Caroline Ranz 1861–
        9. 9. George Ranz 1879–
        10. 10. Conrad (G) Ranz 1864–1928
        11. 11. Stephen (Ranz) Sr 1871–1943 m. Elizabeth (F Guethlein) Ranz 1872–1939
      10. 10. Joseph (Peter) Ranz 1822–1823
      11. 11. Peter Rantz 1810–1823
      12. 12. N.N. Rantz 1814–1814
      13. 13. Katharina Ranz 1822–1825
      14. 14. Lauentio Ranz 1810–
    5. 5. Adam Knapp 1795–
    6. 6. Johann Knapp 1797–1859
    7. 7. Anna (Barbara) Knapp 1804–1804
    8. 8. Maria (Eva) Knapp 1785–
    9. 9. John (Nikolaus) Knapp 1799–1802
    10. 10. Rosine (Magdalene) Knapp 1805–1875 m. Michael (Ludwig) Fischer 1800–
      1. 1. Katharina (Magdalena) Fischer –1835
      2. 2. Christina (Rosine) Fischer 1842– m. Johan (Georg) Saier 1840–
        1. 1. Christian (Gottfried) Saier 1866–
        2. 2. Christian (Michael) Saier 1868–1869
        3. 3. Anonymus Saier 1869–1869
        4. 4. Anonymus Saier 1870–1870
        5. 5. Johann (Georg) Saier 1871–
        6. 6. Katharine (Christine) Saier 1873–
        7. 7. Anonymus Saier 1874–
        8. 8. Christine Saier 1875–
        9. 9. Magdalene Saier 1876–
  2. 2. Johannes (Nikolaus) Knapp 1761–1837
  3. 3. Johann (Georg) Knapp 1759–1819
  4. 4. Johann (Georg) Knapp 1750–
  5. 5. Johann (Ludwig) Knapp 1756–1809

Johann Knapp's Timeline

2 Records

1727
5 Feb 1727
Birth of Johann Adam Knapp in Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
1776
22 Mar 1776
Age 49
Death of Johann Adam Knapp in Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1727
    Event Place: Weiher, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Germany
    Record Source: Germany and Austria, Military and Marine Unit Histories, 1760-1933

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1776
    Event Place: Weiher, Mörlenbach, Bergstraβe, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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