Caleb Knapp
Charts | Ancestors of Wilford Ervie Billings |
Caleb Knapp, son of Nicholas Knapp and Elinor (…), was born at Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, 20 February 1636/37.1,2,3 He died at Stamford, Connecticut, between 2 December 1674 and 4 March 1675.4
Caleb married Hannah Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, at Stamford about 1661.5,2,4,6,3
Caleb was admitted Freeman at Stamford in 1669/71. He wrote his will 2 December (or 10 November) 1674 and the inventory was taken 2 March 1674/5. In his father's will he is called "John Calep." He was probably a weaver by trade as his father left him his "loom and half of the geers."1
Caleb married Hannah Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, at Stamford about 1661.5,2,4,6,3
Caleb was admitted Freeman at Stamford in 1669/71. He wrote his will 2 December (or 10 November) 1674 and the inventory was taken 2 March 1674/5. In his father's will he is called "John Calep." He was probably a weaver by trade as his father left him his "loom and half of the geers."1
Family | Hannah Smith b. say 1640, d. bef. Jun 1685 |
Children |
This person was last edited on | 27 Nov 2017 |
Citations
- [S10] Alfred A. Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edward Brothers, 1953), 1-4, further cited as Knapp, Knapp Genealogy.
- [S2281] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I–III, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2:1135-37 (Nicholas Knapp), further cited as Anderson, GMB.
- [S2052] Robert Charles Anderson, The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 432, further cited as Anderson, The Winthrop Fleet.
- [S10] Knapp, Knapp Genealogy, 6-7.
- [S1274] Robert Louer, "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," Connecticut Ancestry 45 (Aug 2002) thru 46 (Aug 2003), at 5-6, further cited as Louer, "Smith Families of Stamford."
- [S1872] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 903, further cited as Torrey, New England Marriages (2011).
- [S1184] Lucius B. Barbour and Lorraine Cook White (editor), The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, 55 volumes (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1994-2002), 42:143-150, further cited as Barbour and White, Barbour Collection.