Mahala Knapp (1796–1879) • FamilySearch

Mahala Knapp

1796–1879 (Age 83)
Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Mahala

When Mahala Knapp was born in 1796, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Knapp, was 39 and her mother, Eunice Wilcox, was 31. She married Talmon D. Beardsley about 1816, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 11 daughters. She lived in Berlin Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 5 March 1879, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Talmon D. Beardsley

1797–1846

Mahala Knapp

1796–1879

Marriage: about 1816

Talmon D. Beardsley

1818–

Daniel Beardslee

1819–

Philo Beardsley

1819–1856

Mary Beardsley

1821–

Louisa Beardsley

1827–

Elizabeth Beardsley

1829–

Louise Beardslee

1830–

Mary Beardslee

1831–

Elizabeth Beardslee

1834–

Pauline Beardslee

1820–

Philo Tolman Beardslee

1825–

William Beardslee

1827–1904

Elvira Beardsley

1828–1905

Alvinia Beardslee

1829–

Mason S. Beardsley

1833–1909

Emma Beardslee

1836–1873

Delilah Beardsley

1838–

Spouse and Children

Talmon D. Beardsley

Male1797–1846Male

Mahala Knapp

Female1796–1879Female

MARRIAGE
about 1816
Pennsylvania, United States

children

(17)

Male1818–Male

Male1819–Male

Female1820–Female

Male1819–1856Male

Female1821–Female

+12 More Children

Parents and Siblings

John Knapp

Male1757–1835Male

Eunice Wilcox

Female1765–1832Female

siblings

(13)

John Purdy Knapp

Male1781–1873Male

Samuel Knapp

Male1782–Male

Mary Ann Coombs Knapp

Female1783–1855Female

Aaron Knapp

Male1786–1874Male

Elisha Knapp

Female1786–Female

+8 More Children

World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

Age 4

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Age 16

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 23

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

Name Meaning

Knapp

Mahala

1 German: occupational name 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’, or ‘miner’.2 German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.3 English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.

Possible Related Names

Knabe

Canup

Knaff

Knape

Knapik

Knappe

Knapper

Knepper

Knupp

Napp

Sources (3)

Mahala Beardsley, "United States Census, 1850"
Mahala Beardsley in entry for Paul W Bervis and Unknown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
Mahala Beardsley in entry for Paul W. Berois and Unknown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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