Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Knapp Jr. was born on 7 December 1799, in Otsego, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Jacob Calvin Knapp, was 27 and his mother, Lucinda Mayhew, was 23. He married Electa Payne on 1 September 1824, in Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Owen Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Burritt Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 2 March 1874, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Jacob Knapp, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jacob Knapp in entry for B F Spaulding and Emily K Knapp Bingham, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Jacob Knapp, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1799–1874 Male
1804–1884 Female
Children (9)
1826–1898 Female
1829–1890 Female
1831–1908 Male
1834–1912 Female
1836–1900 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1772–1863 Male
1776–1806 Female
Siblings (8)
1794–1887 Female
1795–1872 Male
1797–1865 Female
1799–1874 Male
1800–1879 Female
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 1
1805
Age 6
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 20
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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