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since been station agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and has proved to be very successful in this position. For four years at Killawog he was postmaster, until the change of administration, when he served as deputy postinaster for four years. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Mohegan Lodge, No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, 1888, Sarah L., daughter of Clinton Laird. Children : Thomas C. and Lillian.
KNAPP The Knapp family originated in the province of Saxony, Ger- many, and the English branch has been traced to county Sussex in the fifteenth century. In 1540 a Roger Knapp distinguished himself at a tournament held at Norfolk, Eng- land, and was specially honored by Henry V. and granted a coat-of-arms. In 1630 three brothers came to this country, Nicholas Knapp. mentioned below; Roger Knapp, who settled in New Haven and Fairfield, Connecticut ; William, born in Sussex in 1570, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he died August 30, 1659, a carpenter by trade.
(1) Nicholas Knapp, immigrant ancestor of this family, was born in England and came to America in the fleet of Winthrop and Salton- stall in 1630. He settled in Watertown. He sold his lands and rights at Watertown, May 6, 1646, and removed to Stamford, Connecti- cut, where he died April 16, 1670. He married ( first) Elinor , who died August 16, 1658. He married (second), 1659, Unity Brown, widow of Peter Brown, and previously widow of Clement Buxton, who died in April, 1670. Children, born in Watertown, by first wife: Jonathan, buried December 27, 1631, aged seven weeks; Timothy, born December 14. 1632; Joshua, January 5, 1634; Caleb, January 20, 1637; Sarah, January 5, 1638; Ruth, January 6, 1640; Hannah, March 6, 1643. Children born in Stamford: Moses, Lydia.
(II) Caleb, son of Nicholas Knapp, was born at Watertown, January 20, 1637, and set- tled at Stanford. His will was dated there December 1I, 1674. He was admitted a free- man in 1670. He married Hannah - Children, born at Stamford: Caleb, Novem- ber 24, 1661; John, mentioned below ; Moses, Samuel, mentioned below : Sarah, Hannah.
(III) John, son of Caleb Knapp, was born at Stamford July 25, 1664. He married. June
10, 1692, Hannah Ferris. Children, born at Stamford: Samuel, August 27, 1695; John, August 14, 1697 ; Hannah, March 10, 1698-99 ; Peter, August 5, 1701 ; Charles, May 9, 1703; Deborah, June 28, 1705; Moses, August 6, 1709.
(IV) Peter Knapp settled at Scott, New York. He was a descendant, without doubt, of the Stamford branch given above. In 1790, according to the first federal census, Peter Knapp was of the town of North East, Dutchess county, New York, and had in his family two males over sixteen, three under sixteen and five females. Moses and Joseph Knapp were heads of families in the same county. Silas and Peter Knapp were heads of families in Woodstock, Ulster county, New York.
(V) Stephen C., son of Peter Knapp, was born in Scott, New York, and married Eliza- beth H. Smith. Children : Edwin H., lives at Fabius, New York; Cynthia, married George D. Green and lives in Portland, Oregon ; Bur- dette R. : Adelbert, lives at Preble, New York ; Alice, died in Portland, Oregon, married Jesse C. Walrouth; Anna (twin of Alice), lives in Hood River, Oregon, married John : Willard H., lives in Syracuse; Ezra Fred, a teacher at Syracuse, New York; Sarah, died in infancy.
(VI) Burdette R., son of Stephen C. Knapp, was born in Spafford, Onondaga county, New York, June 3, 1850. He is a farmer and stockraiser in Cortland, New York. He is a prominent member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and has been active in organizing granges. He is a prominent member and steward of the Methodist Epis- copal church of Cortland. In politics he is a Republican. He married, September 16, 1874, Ada M. Burhans, born September 5, 1854, in Pompey, New York, died June 4, 1910, daugh- ter of Owen W. and Charlotte M. (Hays) Burhans ( see Burhans). They had one son, Owen Arthur, mentioned below.
(VII) Owen Arthur, son of Burdette R. Knapp, was born in Cortland, New York, August 12, 1876, and educated in the public schools of his native town and at the State Normal School at Cortland. He was employed at Wickwire Brothers' Manufacturing Com- pany for sixteen years. Since the early part of 1910 he has been engaged in the insurance business and he is also associated with his father in raising and selling Shetland ponies
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and thoroughbred horses. He is a member of Vesta Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Cortland. He married, August 12, 1896, Blanche D. Rose, of Homer, New York, daughter of Lafayette and Mary (Jackson) Rose. They have no chil- dren.
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(1) Jacob Burhans, immigrant ancestor, was born, according to family tradition, in Holland, and first appears in this country as a soldier in the service of the Netherlands, on the Esopus, March 28, 1660. December 7, of the same year, his name is third on the list of church members at Wiltwyck (Kingston), New York, at the date of the first organiza- tion of the church there. June 15, 1661, he was on the muster-roll, and November 21, 1661, he was appointed collector of church rates and excise on consumption of wine and beer. This appointment was by Peter Stuyve- sant. November 24, of the same year, he was by ordinance authorized to collect arrears. In June, 1663, he had two houses burned down, in the second Esopus war, in the "New Village outside the Stockade". March 7, 1665, he was sworn as curator of the estate of Hendrick Jansen and Willem Jansen, but asked to be excused on account of his age. April 28, 1666, he was elected and confirmed as justice-mag- istrate of the court at Kingston for one year, and November 1, 1667, was again commis- sioner of the court. He owned several lots of land in Kingston and also in Esopus. He was evidently a man of note and ability, and filled with credit the various public positions accorded him. There is no mention of any wife or children until the arrival of Jan Jacob Burhans, at whose admission as a church member Jacob officiated as a witness. The former was admitted under the name of Jan Jacob Burhans, which confirmed his parentage. The record of death of Jacob Burhans does not appear, but it must have occurred before September 27, 1677, at which date his son Jan Jacob deeded a house and lot, formerly belonging to his father, according to the deed.
(II) Jan Jacob, son of Jacob Burhans, ar- rived in America. April 16, 1663, in the ship "Bonte Koe" (Spotted Cow). July 3, 1664. he was admitted a member of the Reformed Dutch church at Kingston. October 17, 1671, he, with two others, obtained a patent at Bra- bant (Esopus), New York. October 6, 1673. he was appointed magistrate for the town of Swaenburgh. October 2, 1678, he and his 31-C
wife, Helena (Traphagen ) Burhans, were on the list of church members. In 1685-96-99 he was chosen elder of the church, and served until December 8, 1701, when he rendered his account and vacated the office. September 1, 1689, he was one of the inhabitants who took the oath of allegiance. He was appointed magistrate of the town court at Kingston and served until November 6, 1695. December 30, 1701, he is mentioned as freeholder in a peti- tion to King William, and the following year, October 2, was one of the signers of an address to Lord Cornberry, and is spoken of by the latter as being one of the "chiefest inhabi- tants". There is no date of marriage of Jan Jacob Burhans and his wife, Helena Trapha- gen, but they appeared as man and wife at a baptism, April 23, 1675, when they stood as sponsors. She was the daughter of Willem Jansen Traphagen and his first wife, Jannetje Claessen (Groenvis) Traphagen, of Meppelt. Her father settled in this country about 1660, at Bushwick, Long Island, but was banished by the authorities at New Amsterdam to Wilt- wyck, May 12, 1664, for insubordination to said authorities. He married (second) Aeltje Dirricksen Meermans, and (third) Joostje Willemse Nooltryck. Jan Jacob Burhans died about October 30, 1708, when his son Barnet executed a bond to his brothers and sisters in relation to their father's estate. His widow died between 1728 and 1732, as shown by the date of her will and of its proof. Children : Janneke, no record of birth, married, October 12, 167, Pieter Du Bois; Hillitje, no record of birth, admitted as a member of the church, December 13. 1696, married, June 18, 1700, Edward Whitaker; Jacob, baptized in King- ston, March 2, 1679, probably died young ; Barnet, baptized in Kingston, April 24. 1681 ; Johannes, baptized at Kingston. August 27, 1682; Elisabeth, baptized at Kingston, July 7, 1684: Willem, baptized at Kingston, March 7, 1686 : Hendrick, baptized at Kingston, Novem- ber 6, 1687; Abraham, baptized at Kingston, January 28, 1692 ; Isaac, baptized at Kingston, January 28, 1692, mentioned below ; Samuel. baptized at Kingston, June 3, 1694; David, baptized at Kingston, November 24, 1695.
( II]) Isaac, son of Jan Jacob Burhans, was baptized at Kingston, January 28, 1692. He married there, July 22. 1722, Neeltje, daugh- ter of Symon and Neeltje (Quackenboss) Westehael, baptized at Kingston, December 25, 1700. She married (second), October 25,
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1737, at Rhinebeck, Ary Roosa. Isaac Bur- hans was a blacksmith by trade. He died in the prime of life, and according to tradition was killed by the falling of a tree. There is 110 satisfactory record of his children; there were at least five. Children, the first three baptized at Kingston, the last two at Rhine- beck : Nelly, baptized November I, 1724; Hel- ena, baptized March 12, 1727; Symon, bap- tized June 8, 1729; Henry, born probably about 1731, mentioned below : Geertje, bap- tized March 17, 1734.
(IV ) Henry, son of Isaac Burhans, was born about 1731, died in Lanesborough, Mas- sachusetts, December 31, 1802. After the sec- ond marriage of his mother, he was placed in the care of a farmer at New Milford, Con- necticut, and lived with the latter until his twenty-third year. He then served for seven years in the French war. At its close he set- tled in Sherman, Connecticut. There he mar- ried Zerviah Hall, and later removed to Lanes- borough. His widow died at Newtown, Con- necticut, February 9, 1823. Children : 1. Isaac, horn 1760. 2. Daniel, born at Sherman, July 7, 1762; became an Episcopal clergyman of note, rector of Trinity Church, Newtown, for thirty years ; was given the degree of M. A. at Williamstown, 1804, and the same at Gen- eva, 1834, the degree of D. D. by Trinity Col- lege, 1831 ; rector of St. Peter's Church, Plymouth, 1832, and later at Oxford, where he remained until 1839. 3. Helena, born about 1764. 4. Henry, born June 22, 1766, men- tioned below. 5. Amy, 1768. 6. John, 1770, died February 12. 1784. 7. Daughter, bap- tized at Sherman, March, 1773. 8. Polly, dlied April 9. 1794, aged seventeen years. 9. Liertius, baptized at Sherman. January, 1778, (lied at Lanesborough, April 16, 1794. IO. Zerviah, 1782, died March 10, 1785.
(V) Henry (2), son of Henry (1) Bur- hans, was born June 22, 1766, died Septem- ber 18, 1848. He was then living in Syracuse, New York. He married, 1797, Lydia, daugh- ter of Spencer Churchill, born January II, 1777, died March 2, 1847. Children : Liertius, born April 13, 1799, mentioned below ; Maria, October 6, 1800; Minerva, September 1I, 1802; Henry, April 22, 1804; Melanchthon, February 20, 1806; Abigail, December 20, 1807 ; Lydia, July 14. 1800; Tryphena, April 12, 1811 : Spencer Churchill, July 11. 1813; Dan- iel, November 20, 1815: Mary, February 7, 1818.
(V1) Liertius, son of Henry (2) Burhans, was born April 13, 1799, died September 13, 1875. He married, May 19, 1825, Eliza Ann Westcott, born November 15, 1801, died November 14, 1872, daughter of Gorton Waric (Knight) Westcott. Children: Owen .W., born March 18, 1826, mentioned below ; Lydia, August 26, 1827; Gordon W., August 10, 1830; Henrietta E., October 8, 1833, died February 6, 1835.
(VII) Owen W., son of Liertius Burhans, was born March 18, 1826. He married, Feb- ruary 5, 1852, Charlotte M. Hays, born May 21, 1826, daughter of John B. and Samantha (Lewis) Hays. He lived in Cortland, New York. Children: Mary E., born January 9, 1853, died September 3, 1856; Ada MI., Sep- tember 5, 1854, married, September 16, 1874, Burdette R. Knapp (see Knapp \1) ; Charles H., September 6, 1860; Clara A., September 29, 1862.
KNAPP (III) Ensign Samuel Knapp, son of Caleb Knapp (q. v.), set- tled soon after the first settlers in Pocono, now Danbury, Connecticut. The names of his children, as far as known, are found in wills. His son Samuel Jr., born 1700, died before his father, making will at
Danbury, January 8, 1739-40. The will was proved February 12, 1739-40. He bequeathed to his brothers John and Francis ; wife Sarah and children : Samuel, James, Elnathan, David and a posthumous child. In the will of Ste- phen Curtis, of Danbury, there is mention of this Francis Knapp, who was a brother-in-law of Curtis and of his brother, Joshua Knapp. Samuel Knapp, Sr., was a prominent citizen, an ensign in the militia company. Children : Samuel, John, mentioned below ; Francis and Joshua.
(IV) Jolın, son of Samuel Knapp, of Dan- bury, was born about 1710-20. He is men- tioned in the will of his brother Samuel.
(V) Samuel (2), son of John Knapp, was born in Danbury about 1740-45. He served in Colonel Mead's regiment of the Ninth Con- necticut Regiment of Militia, and was one that went to the saw pits in Rye, New York, under the command of General Wooster in the Continental service. From the record of this Samuel Knapp many descendants have joined the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. After the revolution he settled in Rensselaer- wyck, now Troy, New York, and at Nassau,
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which was formed of various towns in Rens- selaer county, in 1806. Israel and Abiel Knapp were also at Nassau before 1800. Among his children was a son Samuel, mentioned below.
(VI) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Knapp, was born about 1760-70. He was a farmer and lived to the great age of eighty- four years. He lived in Dutchess county and at Nassau, New York. He married Anna Mott. Children : Jeremiah, Samuel, Levi, mentioned below ; Sarah, married Thomas Armstrong; Tamer, married Williams.
(VII) Levi, son of Samuel (3) Knapp, was born March 23, 1798, in Dutchess county, New York, where his parents lived before go- ing to Nassau, and he died at East Homer, New York, February 28, 1879. He went with his father to Nassau. At the age of thirty he settled at Winfield, Herkimer county, New York. In 1849 he came to East Homer, Cort- land county, where he lived to the time of his death. He followed farming all his active life. He married, March 12, 1820, Phebe Shaw, born in Dutchess county, New York, October 6, 1804, died September 17, 1873, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Boice) Shaw. Her mother was born November 1, 1779. died March 19, 1865. Children: 1. John B., born June 10, 1823 ; a soldier in the civil war, lives in Preble, New York (1911). 2. Susan M .. April 23, 1825; married James Howard. 3. Henry W., June 27, 1827, died March 15, 1899 4. Jacob Shaw, mentioned below. 5. Syrena H. 6. Edward A., born May 2, 1835; deceased. 7. Roselle, March 25, 1838; resides in Ohio. 8. Levi D., November 4, 1840, died January 21, 1876. 9. Charles, January 20, 1844 ; men- tioned below. 10. Phebe A., August 16, 1847, died April 17, 1878; married Charles Gutchess.
(VIII) Charles, son of Levi Knapp, was born in West Winfield, Herkimer county, New York, January 20, 1844. He came to the town of Homer with his parents when he was five years old, and was educated there in the pub- lic schools and at Homer Academy. He has lived since then at or near East Homer and has followed farming for his occupation, mak- ing his dairy a specialty. In his later years he has retired from active life, and makes his home on a small place near East Homer. He married, in 1871, Annie Barton, of Virgil, New York, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Barton. Children : 1. Vernon L., mentioned below. 2. Raymond, born January 4. 1878,
resides in Cortland, New York. 3. Howard B., December 24, 1886, lives in Colorado.
(IX) Vernon L., son of Charles Knapp. was born at Homer, New York, April 23. 1876. He attended the public schools of his native town and Homer Academy. For sev- eral years he followed farming and then was clerk in a general store at East Homer. In 1905 he entered the employ of the Cortland Beef Company in Cortland and continued for four years. In December, 1909, in partner- ship with his brother, Howard B. Knapp, he engaged in business in Preble under the firm name of Knapp Brothers. The firm carried a stock of groceries and meats and maintained an up-to-date store and delivery service. Mr. Knapp bought out the interests of his partner, after a time, and at the present time is con- ducting the business alone with abundant suc- cess. He is a member of Preble Lodge, No. 164, Odd Fellows, of Preble. In politics he is a Republican. He married, February 2, 1898. Alice R. Slater, born in Geneva, New York, daughter of Charles and Augusta ( Davenport ) Slater. Children: Willis, born April 2, 1899; Helen, May 18, 1903.
KNAPP (VIII) Jacob Shaw Knapp,
son of Levi Knapp (q. v.), was born in West Winfiekl, Herkimer county, New York, April 18, 1830, (lied in Cortland, New York, August 22, 1904. He received a common school education in his native town, and learned the trade of carpen- ter. lle enlisted in the Seventy-sixth New York Regiment of Volunteer Militia during the civil war and was in the service three years, being mustered out at the end of the war with the rank of corporal. He took up his trade and followed it in Homer and Cortland as journeyman and builder the remainder of his life. In religion he was a Methodist, in poli- tics a Republican. He married, November 19. 1854, Louisa N. Alexander, born in Homer, New York, April 5, 1832, died November 26, 1804. daughter of Leonard and Malvina ( Miner ) Alexander. Children : Edward llart- ley, mentioned below : Clarence A., born Feb- ruary 3. 1861, in Homer, married Helen, daughter of DeWitt C. Carpenter ; children : Lawrence C., Edward L., David D. and Har- old C.
(IX) Edward Hartley, son of Jacob Shaw Knapp, was born in Homer, New York, June
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18, 1856. He was educated there in the public schools and at Homer Academy. For several years he was engaged in the manufacture of cheese, having charge of a cheese factory at Cortland. Afterward for nine years he was in charge of the milk station and creamery at Homer. Since 1908 he has been in business in Homer, dealing in farm implements, light and heavy wagons and hard wood. He is agent for the International Mowers, Reapers, Binders, the Planet, Jr., and Iron Age tools. He buys hides, furs and tallow from the farm- ers of this section and has a large and grow- ing business. His store is at 9 Water street. The business was established in 1894. In re- ligion he is a Congregationalist, and in poli- ties is a Republican.
He married, December 14, 1880, Harriet M. Rose, of Homer, born May 17, 1857, daughter of Luther and Ann (Goff) Rose, granddaughter of Benjamin Goff, a soldier in the revolution, and descendant through Catherine (Allbright) Goff from John All- bright, another revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp have no children.
CLARK Nathan Clark, of an old New England family, settled in Ath- ens, Green county, New York. He married a daughter of John Nicholas, of Waterbury, Connecticut. He was a success- ful manufacturer, and lived to an advanced age.
(II) Edward, son of Nathan Clark, was born in Athens, December 19, 1811. He re- ceived his education under the instruction of a private tutor. one Bosworth, a placid old bachelor who knitted his own stockings and lived a simple life, devoting himself chiefly to the teaching of small children. Afterward, Mr. Clark attended the academy at Hudson, of which E. King was principal, and then en- tered Williams College, of which he was one of the early graduates, a classmate of William Cullen Bryant, the poet. After graduating in 1830, Mr. Clark began in the following au- tumn to study law in the office of Ambrose L. Jordan, Esq., at Hudson, and after three years as a law clerk, he was admitted to the bar. In the autumn of 1833 he opened an office in Poughkeepsie, New York, and began to prac- tice law. In May, 1837, he became a law part- ner of his father-in-law, Ambrose L. Jor- dan, and the firm continued for a period of sixteen years. The office of Jordan & Clark
was removed to New York City, May 1, 1838, and a very successful law practice built up there. Mr. Jordan fully sustained his great reputation as an advocate and the junior part- ner became a lawyer of prominence. In 1848, Isaac M. Singer, an erratic genius who had fol- lowed various occupations and had invented many valuable mechanical devices, was a client of the firm. The sewing machine which he devised was not profitable at first, and even his title to the patent became involved and was on the point of being lost to him. Singer appealed to Mr. Clark for the means to re- deem a third interest in the patent and busi- ness. Mr. Clark acceded, and held the stock as security for his loan to Singer. Afterward, when it became apparent that much litigation would be necessary to sustain the validity of the Singer patents, Mr. Clark, at the request of Singer, took the stock in payment of the loan. Afterward, another third interest was acquired by Mr. Clark in behalf of Mr. Singer and himself, and thereupon a partnership was formed under the title of I. M. Singer & Com- pany, in which Mr. Clark had a half interest. The business of making the Singer Sewing Machine was conducted by this firm with emi- nent success from 1851 to 1863. Mr. Clark devoted much of his time to the vexatious liti- gation in which the firm was involved until a final settlement and adjustment of the con- flicting claims of inventors was reached. In the meantime the business had prospered, and henceforth it grew to magnificent proportions. In order to get relief from the great cares of management and to provide for the future growth of the business, Mr. Clark secured the incorporation of the concern in 1863, four- fifths of the stock being owned by Mr. Singer and himself. Directly afterward Mr. Clark retired from active management, though he remained on the board of directors for sev- eral years. In foreign travel he sought much- needed relaxation, and he purchased a great collection of statuary and other works of art in the course of his visits to the European cen- ters. In the autumn of 1854 Mr. Clark bought a mansion in Cooperstown, known as "Apple Hill," from George A. Starkweather, and for several years Mrs. Clark and the children spent the summers at the old house. In 1869 Mr. Clark erected a handsome stone residence to which he gave the name of "Fernleigh," and it has since then been one of the most attrac- tive country places in the county. It is one of
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the spots that all strangers in Cooperstown visit. Although Mr. Clark had a city house, he made "Fernleigh" his home. He married, Oc- tober, 1835, Caroline Jordan, daughter of Ambrose L. Jordan. Children : Edward L. Clark, Ambrose Jordan Clark, Alfred Corning Clark.
(III) Alfred Corning, son of Edward Clark, was born in 1843, and died April 8, 1896, of pneumonia. He was the youngest son and last survivor among his father's chil- dren, and inherited a large estate, including a controlling interest in the great Singer Sew- ing Machine Company, and valuable real estate in New York City. His home was at Fern- leigh. Naturally modest and retiring in his manner and habits, he was an earnest, thought- ful, public-spirited citizen, of well-cultivated intellect, devout and helpful in church and other benevolent organizations. He was a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was generous and discriminat- ing in his charity but vigorous in support of the opinions he held on public questions. He was fond of music and of the classics, and gave to a musical society to which he belonged a costly structure which he erected in New York City. He traveled extensively abroad. His knowledge of the modern languages is shown by a translation from the Swedish of Viktor Rydberg of a work of about 330 pages, entitled "Roman Days," a scholarly contribu- tion to literature, which was published in at- tractive style and handsomely illustrated. He married (first) Elizabeth Severin. She mar- ried (second) the late Bishop Henry C. Pot- ter, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Clark had four sons: Edward Severin Clark, Robert Sterling Clark, F. Ambrose Clark, Stephen Carlton Clark.
(IV) Stephen Carlton, son of Alfred Corn- ing Clark, was born at Cooperstown, New York, August 29, 1882. He was educated by private tutors in early youth, and attended Cutter's School in New York City, where he prepared for college. He was graduated from Yale College in 1903 with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts, and from Columbia Law School in the class of 1907 with the degree of LL. B. He has made his home at Fernleigh, in Coop- erstown. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1910 he was assemblyman from his district in Otsego county. He is a member of the Racquet and Tennis Club, of New York City ; the Republican Club, the Harvard Club, of
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