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CHARLES ALBERT KNAPP occupies a farm of two hundred and seventy acres in the town of Goshen, which was first
settled by William Knapp in 1749. Mr. Knapp's ancestry in this country is traced to Nicholas Knapp, who with his
brothers, William and Roger, emigrated to America from Sussex, England, in 1630. His ancestors were prominent in
military affairs during the colonial period. One, Isaac Knapp, was in the expedition to Canada under Sir William
Phips in 1690. John Knapp, born 1664, died 1749 of Stamford, Conn., was captain of the train band in 1716. Nathaniel
Knapp, of Newburgh, was in the second Louisburg expedition, 1758-1759. Samuel Knapp, born 1695, died 1751, had
a son Samuel, born 1722, and his son William and wife Margaret came to Goshen, N. Y., in 1749. They had nine children,
of whom James and Samuel were killed in the Battle of Minisink, July 22, 1779. James was forty three years old
and left a widow, whose maiden name was Hester Drake, and nine children born between the years 1761-1779. Of these
John Knapp (born August 24, 1765, died 1854), married Eunice Smith, of Goshen, and of their eleven children Virgil,
the youngest, was the father of Charles Albert, who married Emma Linderman, and are the parents of three children,
Jesse, Louis and Mabel. Jesse married Addie Crawford and Louis married Catherine Bull. The two sons are engaged
in business in New York City.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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