Capt. John Bushnell Knapp, Sr.

He died aboard ship in Lake Erie.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knapp-176

John Knapp, son of Samuel and Hannah (Bushnell) Knapp, was born in 1700 in Danbury, Connecticut.[1]

He married Margaret Taylor, daughter of Daniel Taylor, about 1724.[1]

John died in 1758 on shipboard on Lake Erie and was buried in the lake.[1]

Children of John and Mary Margaret

1. John Knapp b. c. 1725
2. Samuel Knapp b. 1729
3. Charles Jacob Knapp married Hannah b. c.1731.
4. Zadock Knapp b. c. 1738 married Elizabeth Turner.
5. Elijah Knapp b. c. 1733.
6. Zephronia Knapp
7. Zephaniah Knapp b. c. 1736 married Millah Roe.
8. Amos Knapp b, c. 1740 married Nelson.
9. Luke Knapp b. 1740 m. Anna Ketchum.
10. Ruth Knapp b. 1745 married Barden.
11. Elizabeth Knapp (Was she d. of Ebenezer?) b. c. 1748 married Moses Wanzer
12. Joseph Knapp b. 1751 married Deborah Gillet.[2]

He passed away in 1758.[3]

Research Note

A search of FamilySearch.org, Ancestry.com, AmericanAncestors.org and Find-a-Grave returned no records for her based on dates and locations in this profile.

Sources

1. WikiTree contributors, "Mary Margaret (Taylor) Knapp (1705-1775)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-2094 : accessed 17 May 2024). cites
   1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 August 2020), memorial page for Mary Margaret Rebecca Taylor Knapp (1705–1760), Find a Grave Memorial no. 148514871, ; Maintained by Ric Chrysler (contributor 48096424) Unknown.
   2. Source number: 3442.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 9 Source Information. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
2. WikiTree contributors, "John Bushnell Knapp (1700-1758)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knapp-176 : accessed 17 May 2024). cites
   1. Nicholas Knapp genealogy. by Knapp, Alfred Averill. 1953. Page 15, 36.
   2. Children p. 36,7 Knapp.
   3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94348952/john-bushnell-knapp : accessed 30 March 2022), memorial page for John Bushnell Knapp Sr. (14 Aug 1697–1758), Find A Grave: Memorial #94348952 Maintained by Jennifer Wright Neilson (contributor 47909826) Buried or Lost at Sea, who reports a Lake Erie.
   4. John Knapp Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. $John Knapp Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
   1. Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVD-SPT
4. https://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I125565&tree=Schirado