When Harley Knapp was born on 2 January 1799, in Orwell, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Moses Knapp, was 27 and his mother, Abigail Williams, was 22. He married Sarah Stowell on 7 June 1829, in Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Township of Crystal, Oceana, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 22 May 1885, in Oceana, Michigan, United States, at the age of 86.
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Historical Boundaries 1802: St. Lawrence, New York, United States
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German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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