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Nehemiah Knapp 1714 – 1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1714

Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1756

Death Location: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: Caleb Knapp

Mother: Sarah (Knapp)

Spouse(s): Abigail (Knapp)

Children(s): Jonathan Knapp, Nehemiah Knapp, Jonas Knapp, Libbeus Knapp, Jared Knapp

Nehemiah Knapp Sr was born in 1714 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of Caleb Knapp and Sarah Rundle (Knapp). Nehemiah Knapp Sr married Abigail Ferris (Knapp), and had children including Jonathan Knapp, Nehemiah Knapp, Jonas Knapp, Libbeus Knapp, Jared Knapp. Nehemiah Knapp Sr passed away in 1756 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Nehemiah Knapp Sr was born in 1714 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of Caleb Knapp and Sarah Rundle (Knapp).
  • Nehemiah Knapp Sr married Abigail Ferris (Knapp), and had children including Jonathan Knapp, Nehemiah Knapp, Jonas Knapp, Libbeus Knapp, Jared Knapp.
  • Nehemiah Knapp Sr passed away in 1756 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Caleb Knapp
1677 – 1750
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Sarah (Knapp)
1675 – 1750
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Abigail (Knapp)
1701 – 1756
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Children(s)

Jonathan Knapp
1739 – 1790
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Nehemiah Knapp
1741 – 1811
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Jonas Knapp
1744 – 1814
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Libbeus Knapp
1745 – 1835
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Jared Knapp
1748 – 1812
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Nehemiah Knapp's Ancestors

Self
Nehemiah Knapp
1714 – 1756
Birth Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Caleb Knapp
1677 – 1750
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Sarah (Rundle) (Knapp)
1675 – 1750
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Joshua Knapp
1634 – 1684
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
William Rundle
1647 – 1714
Tonbridge, Kent, England
Abigail (Mills) (Rundle)
1651 – 1688
Jamaica, New York City, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Nehemiah Knapp's Descendants

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Nehemiah Knapp (15 Oct 1714 – 1756) m. Abigail (Ferris) (Knapp) (13 Apr 1701 – 1756)
  1. 1. Jonathan Knapp (1739 – 1790)
  2. 2. Nehemiah Knapp (29 Oct 1741 – Bef. 14 Nov 1811)
  3. 3. Jonas Knapp (1744 – 1814)
  4. 4. Libbeus Knapp (21 Jun 1745 – 14 Mar 1835)
  5. 5. Jared Knapp (20 Feb 1748 – 19 Jan 1812)

Nehemiah Knapp's Timeline

2 Records

1714
15 Oct 1714
Birth of Nehemiah Knapp Sr in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1756
1756
Age 42
Death of Nehemiah Knapp Sr in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1714
    Event Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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