JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK
JEFFERSON COUNTY MIGRATIONS
Migrations Part 24: The Knapp Family
SAMUEL KNAPP Sr was born 24 Nov 1758 and died 22 Jul 1846: he married on 13 June 1778 Haverstraw Co NY ANNATJE HANNAH SECOR, daughter of JOHN SECOR and MARIE GEROW. She was born 18 July 1758 in Haverstraw, Orange (Rockland) Co., NY and died 6 Mar 1839 in Sycamore, Crawford Co., OH.
Children of SAMUEL KNAPP Sr. and HANNAH SECOR:
- 1) POLLY KNAPP bc 1779 Ballston Spa NY; married c 1808 in Jefferson Co NY SAMUEL ROCKWELL.
- Children of POLLY KNAPP and SAMUEL ROCKWELL:
- a) JOSEPH ROCKWELL bc 1810
- b) DAVID ROCKWELL bc 1814
- c) SAMUEL ROCKWELL b 31 Dec 1815 Jefferson Co NY
- d) ELSIE ROCKWELL b 22 May 1821 Jefferson Co NY
- e) HANNAH ROCKWELL
- 2) RACHEL KNAPP bc 1784 Haverstraw NY; married JOHN PERSELLS on 28 Mar 1801 at Berne NY
- Child of RACHEL KNAPP and JOHN PERSELLS:
- a) JOHN R. PERSELLS born 1821 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY
- 3) SAMUEL KNAPP Jr b 15 Mar 1786 Ballston Spa married TIRZAH McINTIRE
- Child of SAMUEL KNAPP Jr. and TIRZAH McINTIRE
- a) ALVIN KNAPP b 18 Jan 1825 Liberty Co. OH
- 4) ELIZABETH KNAPP b 15 Mar 1787 Ballston Spa
- 5) FRANKLIN KNAPP b NY
- 6) NANCY KNAPP bc 1788 Ballston Spa
- 7)SARAH KNAPP bc 1788 married JOHN HOLBROOK, probably Watertown, NY
- Children of SARAH KNAPP and JOHN HOLBROOK:
- a) ACHSA HOLBROOK
- b) SOLOMON HOLBROOK
- c) MARY ANN HOLBROOK
- d) NANCY HOLBROOK
- e) HARRIET HOLBROOK
- 8) JOHN KNAPP b 3 Apr 1790 Albany Co NY married NANCY KNAPP Knapp on 20 Jan 1814 Mayfield, Fulton Co., NY
- Children of JOHN KNAPP and NANCY KNAPP:
- a) SALLY ANN KNAPP b 29 Dec 1814
- b) HANNAH KNAPP b 14 Dec 1815
- c) SALMON JUDSON KNAPP b 15 Feb 1819
- d) SAMUEL MILLS KNAPP b 4 Jun 1821
- e) JULIA ANN KNAPP b 7 Dec 1823
- f) JOHN P. KNAPP b 21 Mar 1825
- g) MARK KNAPP b 21 Mar 1826
- h) DAVID KNAPP b 12 Feb 1828
- i) SARAH ANN KNAPP b 2 Jul 1830
- j) MARY ANN KNAPP b 16 May 1832
- k) PATRICK HENRY KNAPP b 9 Mar 1835
- 9) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KNAPP b 1794 NY married LOIS KNAPP about 1822 in NY
- Child of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KNAPPand LOIS KNAPP
- a) SELAH SOLOMON KNAPP born 1823 NY
- 10) ESTHER KNAPP b 3 July 1797-98 Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY married DAVID I. SEVERANCE.
DAVID SEVEREANCE was born in Vermont on 12 April 1795, and his wife, ESTHER KNAPP, was born in Jefferson Co., NY on 3 July 1797. ESTHER died 17 Feb 1887 and DAVID 10 October 1843, on their farm in Gorham, Williams Co., OH. The couple migrated to Ohio in 1819 shortly after their marriage. ESTHER KNAPP was the daughter of SAMUEL KNAPP Sr. and HANNAH SECOR, daughter of JOHN SECOR and MARIE GEROW.
- Children of DAVID SEVERANCE and ESTHER KNAPP:
- a) WALDRON M. SEVERANCE b 28 Dec 1815 in Jefferson Co., NY
- b) CORA E. SEVERANCE bc 1815 died 21 Feb 1899 buried in Ohio
- c) HANNAH SEVERANCE b 1818 Jefferson Co., NY; married BENONI L. PACKARD on 16 Jan. 1838; she died 1869 Iowa
- d) ALFRED SEVERANCE b 11 Jan. 1823 in Crawford Co., OH
- e) MARY ANN SEVERANCE bc 1820 married JOEL DOW on 2 Feb 1841
- f) ELIZABETH SEVERANCE b 5 Feb 1826 in Crawford Co. OH; married AMOS CALKINS on 27 Nov 1848. She died 20 Oct 1872 Williams Co. OH
- g) NANCY SEVERANCE b 7 Sept 1828 married JOHN JACOBY on 14 June 1846
- h) BENJAMIN SAMUEL SEVERANCE b 26 Dec 1833 m JAND BATES on 29 June 1858; he died 3 May 1912
- i) CAROLINE SEVERANCE b 12 July 1832 married WILLIAM RITTER; she died 6 Sept 1919
- j) LUCINDA SEVERANCE b 16 Dec 1835
(Source for the David Severance and Esther Knapp Information from Gorham OH county history)
*Notes on Secor:
JOHN SECOR: John Secor was born about 1730 in Rockland, Sullivan Co., NY; he married MARIA GEROW (GIRUAUD)
JOHN SECOR b 8 July 1712 baptized 8 June 1812 French Church, NY, son of: JACQUE SECOR b 1675 France; married 10 April 1700 French Church NY ANNE TERRIER
AMBROSE SICARD b 1631 Mornac France d c 1712 New Rochell NY married MARIE PERRON Perron c
1635.
(Secor chart courtesy Mallory Smith)
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