William Seymour Knapp and Amy Pike
Husband William Seymour Knapp [1823]
Born: 24 Oct 1805 - , Orwell, Addison, VT 1 2 3 4 5
Christened:
Died: 12 Feb 1888 - At Home, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 2 6 7
Buried: 1888 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6
Father: Daniel William Knapp [1819] (1779-1858)
Mother: Betsey Seymour [1820] (1780-1808)
Married: 9 Oct 1828 8
Other
Spouse: Mary Ann Smith [1858] (Abt 1818-After 1888) - Bef 1860More records for this person:
Biography 9 10
Obituary 11
Wife Amy Pike [1856]
Born: 24 Jan 1806 - , Orwell, Addison, VT 7 8 12 13
Christened:
Died: 26 Jan 1854 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 7 14
Buried: 1854 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6More records for this person:
Obituary 15 16
Other references 2 17
Children
1 F Huldah J. Knapp [1859] 18
Born: 27 Aug 1829 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 7 12
Christened:
Died: 17 Aug 1910 - daughter's home, Pike, Wyoming, NY 6 7 19
Buried: 1910 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 7
Spouse: John S. Leffingwell [1954] (1828-1900) Marr: 1850 6 20
2 F Betsey S. Knapp [1860]
Born: 10 May 1831 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 12 20
Christened:
Died: 4 Nov 1900 - At Home, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 20
Buried: 1900 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 20
Spouse: William Russell [1955] (1829-1912) Marr: Abt 1853 21
3 F Sarah Sophia Knapp [1868]
Born: Abt 1833 - , of Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 12
Christened:
Died: 17 Mar 1874 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6
Buried: 1874 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6
Spouse: Nyrum Evans [1956] (1836-1893)
4 F Amelia Maria Knapp [1880]
Born: 1834 - , of Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 12
Christened:
Died: 21 Nov 1898 6 20
Buried: 1898 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6
Spouse: George Benjamin Reynolds [1959] (1835-1899)
5 M George Daniel Knapp [1891]
Born: Abt 1837 - , of Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 7 10
Christened:
Died: 5 May 1891 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6 7
Buried: 1891 - Maple Grove Cemetery, Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 6
Spouse: Elizabeth A. Allen [1960] (1844-1874) Marr: Abt 1859
6 F Amy Kent Knapp [1861]
Born: 29 Mar 1839 - , of Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 12 22
Christened:
Died: 18 Jan 1861 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 22
Buried:
Spouse: Richard Dewey [1961] (1834-1906) Marr: 11 Apr 1860 - , Gainesville, Wyoming, NY 22
Sources:
1 B042. History of the Town of Warsaw, New York, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, by Young, Andrew White (Press of Sage: Buffalo NY, 1869); a scanned copy is available on the internet at http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/History_of_the_Town_of_Warsaw_New_York_from_Its_First_Settlement_to_the_1000365114/373.
2 B043. The Nicholas Knapp Genealogy, by Knapp, Alfred Averill, M.D. (Edwards Brothers, Inc.: Ann Arbor MI, 1953).
3 M167. Baptisms for the Dead (Knapps), by Allen, (church records) by Allen, Elijah, compiler, (Latter Day Saints: 1928), film reproduction at LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
4 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says b. Feb 1806.
5 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm, says b. Feb. 24, 1805.
6 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.
7 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm.
8 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
9 B042. History of the Town of Warsaw, New York, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, by Young, Andrew White (Press of Sage: Buffalo NY, 1869); a scanned copy is available on the internet at http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/History_of_the_Town_of_Warsaw_New_York_from_Its_First_Settlement_to_the_1000365114/373, p. 288-289.
10 C86. United States Federal Census, year 1860.
11 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm, 1888 Feb. 16. "W.S. Knapp died at his home in Gainesville, February 12, 1888, after a brief illness. Mr. Knapp was born in Orwell, Vermont on February 24, 1805. He leaves a widow, one son and three daughters to mourn his loss. Two daughters preceded him in death. In 1807, he removed with his parents, to Warsaw, N.Y, where he remained until 1828, then coming to the town of Gainesville and remaining until his death. The funeral was held at the M.E. church in Gainesville. His remains were buried at Gainesville."
12 C85. United States Federal Census, year 1850.
13 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says b. 1806.
14 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, says d. Jan 1854.
15 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm, 1854 Apr. 7. "Amy Knapp, wife of William Knapp, died in Gainesville, January 26, 1854, at 47 years of age."
16 N109. Western New Yorker (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) published on the internet at fultonyhistory.com; also transcriptions contributed by the public at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycgaine/NewsWesternNY.htm, 1902 June 12. This article appeared in the Western New Yorker April 7, 1854 -"Amy Knapp, wife of William Knapp, died in Gainesville, January 26, 1854, at 47 years of age." Some of the grandchildren of today, 1902, are Mrs. Florence Powers, W. D. Russell, Carrie Russell, Mrs. Leona Belden of Gainesville, Mrs. Mary Lawson of Perry, Mrs. Etta Burns of Rochester, Seymour Russell of Pike, Mrs. Amy Shipman of Belvidere, Edward Reynolds of Silver Springs and Fred S. Evans of Buffalo. Besides these, Mrs. Haldah (Huldah?) Leffingwell is the last living child of the deceased Amy Knapp."
17 B042. History of the Town of Warsaw, New York, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, by Young, Andrew White (Press of Sage: Buffalo NY, 1869); a scanned copy is available on the internet at http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/History_of_the_Town_of_Warsaw_New_York_from_Its_First_Settlement_to_the_1000365114/373, p. 288.
18 Albert Leffingwell and Charles W. Leffingwell, editors, B288. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, one of the founders of Norwich, Connecticut (Aurora, NY: Leffingwell Publishing Company, 1897).
19 N114. Silver Springs Signal (NY) (newspaper) as transcribed and published on the internet for this person at http://www.findagrave.com/.
20 N111. Wyoming County Times (Warsaw, NY) (newspaper) digital scans of New York newspapers; published on the internet at http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
21 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.
22 FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (database) Online by LDS.
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