Knopp, William

1581 - 1659  (78 years)

• Name	Knopp, William
  Birth	BY Jan 1581	Suffolk, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Jan 1581	Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England   [2]
  Emigration	May 1630–JUL 1630	Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	with Saltonstall in the Winthrop Fleet. Anderson quotes [pg. 1145]: 30 November 1630: "It is ordered, that whosoever employeth Will[ia]m Knopp or his son in any work shall pay the one half of their wages to Sir Richard Saltonstall, & whoever buyeth boards of them shall pay one half of the price to Sir Richard, till the money he hath disbursed for them be satisfied" [MBCR 1:82]. 22 March 1630/1: "It appears by Sir Richrd Saltonstall's note of disbursements that Will[ia]m Knopp owes him the sum of £19 5s., as was evidenced to the Court by Richard Browne & Ephraim Childe, being men indifferently chosen betwixt them to judge thereof" [MBCR 1 :85]. (these two court orders suggest that Saltonstall had paid the ship passage for William Knopp and his family in 1630.)
  Settled	BY 30 Nov 1630	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	widowed, listed at the court of assessment holders
  Death	30 Aug 1659	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Estate Adm	15 Oct 1659	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Died intestate, though he had a will dated 1655. POSSIBLE (a guess) was that he had not update his will to include his second wife, Priscilla, whom he married when he was 70. Anderson quotes [p 1144]: "On 1 April 1662, whereas "William Knap late of Watertown deceased ... who died intestate" held land which was divided by the court on 15 October 1659 "to Priscilla Knap his relict widow" one third for life, and the remainder and reversion of the widow's thirds to "William Knap, Jno. Knap, James Knap, Mary Smith, judeth Cady, children of the said William Knap, together with the children of John Philbricke deceased, being the grandchildren of the said William Knap, deceased," therefore William Knap, James Knap and Eli:zabeth his wife, Thomas Smith and Mary his wife and Nicholas Cady and Judith his wife joined with their brother John Knap and Sarah his wife in confirming sale of this land to Nathaniel Coolidge [MLR 2:201 -03]. Charles R. Knapp (pg. ) says: "Administration on the estate was granted to Ephraim Childe, Richard Beers and Priscilla Knap, his widow. The next April she was released from the administration. His will dated 1655 was proved the fifteenth of October, 1658, and made no record of his wife, but in settling his estate, however, his widow received one-third, beside a debt due her for a sum of money loaned to him before marriage, when she was the widow. Priscilla Acres. Dec. 16, 1658, the constable of Watertown. Mass., was ordered by the courts to deliver to widow Knap her chest and other things which John Knap had detained from her by attachment. Dec. 16, 1662, Ephraim Childe and Sergeant Beers were discharged front the administration of William Knap, and John Coolridge and Henry Bright were appointed in their places. Most of the estate of William Knap passed from the possession of his heirs to that of Nathaniel Coolridge."
  Name	William Knapp
  _COLOR	1
  _UID	84C942C62AC34AFFB58E875F77D621385A4C
  Person ID	I13074	Tree_1
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Knopp, Thomas   d. Suffolk, England
  Mother	Howlat, Alice   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	BY Jan 1581	Suffolk, England   [2]
  Family ID	F4347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Tue, Judith,   b. BY May 1589, Wormingford, Essex, England d. BY 1651, England, United Kingdom (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	11 Jan 1606/7	Wormingford, Essex, England   [2]
  Children	1. Knopp, Elizabeth,   b. BY 10 Jul 1608, Wormingford, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Knopp, William,   b. BY 3 Feb 1610/1, Wormingford, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Knopp, Mary,   b. BY 19 Aug 1613, Wormingford, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   4. Knopp, Anne,   b. BY 24 Dec 1618, Wormingford, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Knopp, John,   b. BY 20 Jan 1622/3, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Knopp, James,   b. Bef 30 Apr 1626   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Knopp, Judith,   b. BY 16 Jul 1629, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England d. 30 Aug 1658, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F4345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Acres, Priscilla   d. BY 1 Apr 1662, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Aft 20 Jun 1651	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	second marriage
  Family ID	F4346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - BY Jan 1581 - Suffolk, England Baptism - 1 Jan 1581 - Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England Marriage - 11 Jan 1606/7 - Wormingford, Essex, England Emigration - May 1630–JUL 1630 - Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England Settled - BY 30 Nov 1630 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Marriage - Aft 20 Jun 1651 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - 30 Aug 1659 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Estate Adm - 15 Oct 1659 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Probably from Bures St. Mary, co. Suffolk. Born about 1579; died 30 Aug. 1659. Mentioned 3 Nov. 1630 in Colonial Records (M.C.R., I, 82). ____________, Wife of William. Also aboard were their children: John, Anne, Judith, Mary, James, John, and William, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2143] Knap Knapp Family Genealogy, pg. 9. [S2145] Knopp/Knapp, William [1580-1659] GMB, v1-3, 29 April 2022; William Knopp/Knapp profile. [S2282] Olive Tree Genealogy ship passenger lists, http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/neng_winthrop.shtml; 16 July 2023; Winthrop Fleet passenger lists. [S2283] Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (Banks, 1930), pg. 78.