Brief Life History of Ezra Russell
When Rev Ezra Russell Knapp was born on 14 September 1820, in Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, United States, his father, John Knapp Jr, was 48 and his mother, Lucy Merwin, was 40. He married Minerva Clarinda Starkey on 5 January 1841, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 17 June 1900, in Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ezra Knapp, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ezra R Knapp, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Ezra R. Knapp, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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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