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Knapp, Solomon

Male Abt 1767 - 1848  (~ 81 years)


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  • Name Knapp, Solomon  
    • Solomon was named as a brother of Samuel, Susannah, Rachel, David, and Benjamin S. Knapp in Catherine Labagh Knapp's will. (Transcript under documents below.) [1]
    Birth Abt 1767  Haverstraw, Rockland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • No birth or baptismal record has been found, but he was probably born in Haverstraw Precinct, Orange County (now Rockland County).
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1776-1780  Haverstraw, Orange, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Solomon stated in a deposition in his brother Samuel's Revolutionary War pension application that he was living in Haverstraw during his brother's service.  
    Religion 1792  Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Solomon Knapp Sr. was an original member of the Mayfield and Broadalbin Baptist Church and was mentioned often in the church records. 
    Residence 1800 -1830  Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Households --
    1800 US Census:
    Males under 10, 2; [Who? Where are Nancy and Lois?]
    Males 26-44, 1; [Solomon]
    Females 45 and over, 1; [Erroneous age for Sarah.]

    1810 US Census:
    Males under 10, 1; [Solomon, Jr.]
    Males 26-44, 1; [Solomon]
    Females under 10, 4; [Cordelia]
    Females 10-15, 2; [Lois, Nancy ]
    Females 16-25, 1; [Sarah dau of Samuel?]
    Females 26-44, 1; [Sarah]

    1820 US Census:
    Males under 10, 2; [David Benjamin?]
    Males 16-18, 1; [Solomon, Jr.]
    Males 16-26, 1;
    Males over 45, 1; [Solomon]
    Females: under 10, 2; [Harriet, ?]
    Females 10-16, 2; [Cordelia, ?]
    Females over 45, 1; [Sarah]

    1830 US Census:
    Males 15-19, 1; [David Benjamin?]
    Males 60-69, 1. [Solomon]
    Females: 10-14, 1; [Harriet]
    Females 20-29, 1; [Cordelia]
    Females 50 - 59, 1. [Sarah]
     
    • 1820 Census images are extremely hard to read and indexing is poor, but names were grouped by first letter of last name, and Solomon Knap and David Knap were found by manual searching.
    Land 1802 - 1848  Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Montgomery and Fulton Counties have eight records of land transactions by Solomon Knapp. Records of some land purchases by Solomon do not appear to exist.
    Click here for a pdf of the complete list of Solomon's transactions with brief summaries, some notes, and links to the images of the deeds. 
    Death 27 Aug 1848  [9, 10] 
    • The exact date of Solomon's death is unclear. The probate documents give it as on or about 19 Aug 1848. A transcript of the death records from the Fulton County Clerk's Office says that he died 27 Aug 1848, while Solomon's gravestone says he died 27 August 1847, but that year is incorrect, because Solomon made his will 25 April 1848.
    Burial Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, Fulton, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Solomon's gravestone reads:
      SOLOMON KNAPP / DIED / AUG. 27, 1847 / AE. 80 YS
      SARAH / WIFE OF / SOLOMONS KNAPP / DIED, NOV 25, 1858 / AE. 86 YS.
      Gravestone location: N43.04967 W74.33414
    Person ID I557  Martin-Bloom
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2023 

    Father Knapp, unknown 
    Mother unknown 
    Notes 
    • Samuel, Susannah, Rachel, David, and Solomon Knapp were named as siblings of Benjamin S. Knapp in Catherine Labaugh Knapp's will, but the identity of their parents has not been proved. Many undocumented trees say that their parents were Benjamin Knapp and Hannah. See Benjamin Knapp 3rd (I2097 on this site) Other undocumented trees and A. A. Knapp's Nicholas Knapp Genealogy say that they were Samuel Knapp and Nancy (or Mary) Lyon. It is important to note that the information on the Knapp family of Fulton County, New York (which includes four of the six Knapp siblings) in A. A. Knapp's book contains many errors and inconsistencies. [1, 12, 13]
    Family ID F289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mills, Sarah,   b. 6 Sep 1772, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1858 (Age 86 years) 
    Notes 
    • No record of the marriage of Solomon and Sarah has been found.
    Children 
    +1. Knapp, Nancy,   b. Abt 1796, Mayfield, Fulton, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1885 (Age ~ 88 years)
    +2. Knapp, Lois,   b. 1800, Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Hillside Cemetery, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Knapp, Solomon Jr.,   b. 29 Mar 1803, Mayfield, Fulton, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1890 (Age 87 years)
     4. Knapp, Cordelia,   b. 20 Jan 1808, Mayfield, Fulton, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1902, Exira, Audubon, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +5. Knapp, Catherine,   b. 20 May 1810, Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1898 (Age 88 years)
     6. Knapp, Mary
    +7. Knapp, David Benjamin,   b. Abt 1813, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1897, Rockland, Manitowoc, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 84 years)
    +8. Knapp, Harriet,   b. 16 Nov 1816, Mayfield, Fulton, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1900, Gloversville, Fulton, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1767 - Haverstraw, Rockland, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsReligion - Solomon Knapp Sr. was an original member of the Mayfield and Broadalbin Baptist Church and was mentioned often in the church records. - 1792 - Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Households -- 1800 US Census: Males under 10, 2; [Who? Where are Nancy and Lois?] Males 26-44, 1; [Solomon] Females 45 and over, 1; [Erroneous age for Sarah.] 1810 US Census: Males under 10, 1; [Solomon, Jr.] Males 26-44, 1; [Solomon] Females under 10, 4; [Cordelia] Females 10-15, 2; [Lois, Nancy ] Females 16-25, 1; [Sarah dau of Samuel?] Females 26-44, 1; [Sarah] 1820 US Census: Males under 10, 2; [David Benjamin?] Males 16-18, 1; [Solomon, Jr.] Males 16-26, 1; Males over 45, 1; [Solomon] Females: under 10, 2; [Harriet, ?] Females 10-16, 2; [Cordelia, ?] Females over 45, 1; [Sarah] 1830 US Census: Males 15-19, 1; [David Benjamin?] Males 60-69, 1. [Solomon] Females: 10-14, 1; [Harriet] Females 20-29, 1; [Cordelia] Females 50 - 59, 1. [Sarah] - 1800 -1830 - Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Montgomery and Fulton Counties have eight records of land transactions by Solomon Knapp. Records of some land purchases by Solomon do not appear to exist. Click here for a pdf of the complete list of Solomon's transactions with brief summaries, some notes, and links to the images of the deeds. - 1802 - 1848 - Mayfield, Montgomery, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gloversville, Fulton, New York Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Knapp, Solomon -- will (pdf)    		Knapp, Solomon -- will (pdf)
    Solomon Knapp's will transcribed by David and Sandra Martin
    Solomon Knapp's Land Transactions in Mayfield, New York, 1802 - 1848.    		Solomon Knapp's Land Transactions in Mayfield, New York, 1802 - 1848.
    A pdf of complete list of Solomon's known land transactions in Montgomery and Fulton Counties, New York, with a brief description of each transaction, some notes and links to images of the deeds.
    Holbrook Family Land Transactions in Jefferson County, New York, 1823-1847    		Holbrook Family Land Transactions in Jefferson County, New York, 1823-1847
    Land transactions conducted by John Holbrook, his wife Sarah Knapp Holbrook and their children.
    Transcript of the Will of Catherine Labagh Knapp    		Transcript of the Will of Catherine Labagh Knapp
    The will bequeaths the residual of Catherine's estate after all other directives and bequests have been fulfilled to the brothers and sisters of Catherine's late husband Benjamin S. Knapp, namely, David, Samuel and Solomon Knapp and Susan the wife of Francis Gurnee and Rachel the wife of Jacob Persells.

    Headstones
    Knapp, Solomon and Sarah    		Knapp, Solomon and Sarah
    Gravestone.

  • Notes 
    • A.A. Knapp's book claims that Solomon and Sarah had two additional children:
      1. "H-697 Alvin of Cedar Falls, Iowa. m. Barbara _________."
      US Census data show an Alvin Knapp born Ohio about 1825 and wife Barbara living in Black Hawk County, Iowa (location of Cedar Rapids). In 1850 Alvin Knapp (born about 1825) was living with Samuel Knapp in Clinton, Fulton, Ohio. An undocumented family tree on ancestry.com says that this Alvin was the son of Samuel Jr and grandson of Solomon's brother Samuel. This is plausible. Since I have been unable to find any other suitable Alvin Knapp, and the Alvin of Black Hawk County, Iowa was not born in New York, was too young to be the son of Solomon and Sarah, and was not named in Solomon's will I have concluded that Alvin (H-697) is not descended from Solomon Knapp.
      2. "H-706 Rachel m. Abiah Hall".
      Solomon's brother David (I1581), who actually did marry Abiah Hall (Hull), named an unmarried daughter Rachel in his will. The idea that Solomon's presumed daughter Rachel and her presumed uncle David each married an Abiah Hall strains belief. Rachel was not named in Solomon's will or probate papers, and it is possible that Rachel, daughter of David, was assigned to both David and Solomon in A.A.Knapp's book. A Rachel Knapp appears in the records of the Baptist Church of Broadalbin as "Rachel Knapp dropped 1839". If this is Solomon's daughter, she probably died unmarried before Solomon wrote his will. Additional independent evidence is needed to establish the existence of Rachel, as a daughter of Solomon and Sarah.

  • Sources 
    1. [S230] Kings County, New York, Surrogate's Court, Vol. 6, pp. 235-240, Will of Catherine Knapp.

    2. [S15] Washington Fotheringham, History of Fulton County, New York, (D. Mason and Co. Syracuse, New York ), p. 516.

    3. [S25] author unknown, History of Montgomery and Fulton counties, N.Y., (F.W. Beers and Co. New York (1878)), p. 228.

    4. [S21] Broadalbin Baptist Church Records (transcript).

    5. [S86] 1800 US Census, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Mayfield, Montgomery, New York; Roll: 24; Page: 118,119; Image: 128; Family History Library Film: 193712.

    6. [S182] 1810 US Census, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Mayfield, Montgomery, New York; Roll: 29; Page: 198; Image: 0181383; Family History Library Film: 00109.

    7. [S132] National Archives and Records Administration, n.d., 1820 US Census, (ancestry.com), Mayfield, Montgomery, New York; Page: 391; NARA Roll: M33_63; Image: 303.

    8. [S133] National Archives and Records Administration, 1830 US Census, (ancestry.com), Mayfield, Montgomery, New York; Page: 282; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 95; Family History Film: 0017155.

    9. [S97] Fulton County, New York, Surrogate's Court, Book 4, p 44. Will of Solomon Knapp.

    10. [S101] transcript by James F. Morrison, original by S. Ward, County Clerk, Death Records, Town of Johnstown, (http://www.fulton.nygenweb.net/vitals/johnsdea1848.html ).

    11. [S48] Gravestone.

    12. [S96] Alfred Averill Knapp M.D., Nicholas Knapp Genealogy, (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc, 1953.), 929.2 qK6752an.

    13. [S13] Alfred Averill Knapp, Supplement to Nicholas Knapp Genealogy, 929.2 qK6752anb.


 

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