Individual Details

John KNICKERBOCKER {K-94}

(15 Sep 1760 - 23 Jan 1860)

Events

Knick References	1760	See the report "John Knickerbocker and Lydia Jackson" on knic.com.
Knick Lineage	1760	1. HJ / 2. Lourens / 3. John / 4. Harmen / 5. John (this person)
Knick Generation Number	1760	5
Birth	15 Sep 1760	Born 1760, per Salisbury records. (Often mis-quoted as 1766.) Less clear where he was born. 1850 census says b CT, but '55=Mass. In '80, dau Lucy said he was b. Mass. (Father Harmon not on tax list in Salisbury in 1760's.) - Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Extra information	7 May 1785	Stephen Pangborn and wife Thankful "of Salisbury" sell land once owned by her mother, Hendrica Hogoboom. Also, in May, a probate file mentions that Thankful Pangborn inherited land at the death of her mother, Mrs Hogoboom. (See her entries.) - Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Extra information	5 Jun 1785	Grandfather John re-writes his will. "Harmon's John, so-called, my grandson" gets land. Barth & the twins essentially disowned. (Seems harsh, but Thankful had just cashed in her inheritance, and soon moved to VT with S Pangborn, plus Barth and the twi - Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage	9 Jun 1785	Four days after grandfather's will was re-written, John Kernickkerbackker Jr of Salisbury married Lydia Jackson of Sharon. "Kernickkerbakker" is unusual ... but remember the tombstone of his grandfather, who apparently went by "Kernickerbacker". - Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut - Lydia JACKSON
Residence	1790	3 John Knicks in Litchfield in '90. (pg 7 & 2 on pg 29). Two show 2 sons/1 dau, fitting birth dates of Harmon+Laura+Peter. No way to differentiate between these two. (The third John, already with 2 daus, wound up with many girls. See Lawrence's John. - Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Extra information	1795	An old Sharon CT record says Lovina Pardee married John Kernickerbacker. Wrong. Groom's full name was actually John Knickerbocker Beardslee. Well documented. See John Beardslee in this tree.
Residence	4 May 1799	John Knickerbacker of Sharon sells a quitclaim, giving up his rights to a parcel formerly owned by John Knickerbocker of Salisbury, deceased, which right was equally divided among the heirs of the deceased man. - Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Residence	1800	Two John Knickerbockers in Litchfield Co in 1800. (The 3rd John from 1790 had disappeared.) The one with 5 sons was in Sharon CT. (The other John has many daughters; he was the son of Lawrence. ) - Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut
Extra information	1802	The first Knickerbockers in the Eaton area were not John and Lydia. Cousin Jeremiah was in "Hamilton, Chenango Co" in 1802. (Madison Co was formed in 1806; Eaton split from Hamilton in 1807.) - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Extra information	Oct 1804	The original deed for John Knickerbocker. The purchase was made when this was Hamilton, Chenango County. It was recorded after Eaton and Madison County were created. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Residence	Aug 1810	Census entry for John again shows 5 sons, but only 1 daughter. (Laura has married G Peckham.) Note: Ancestry claims that John is in Lebanon, the adjacent town. Wrong. He is in Eaton. Look at the filmstrip. - Eaton, Madison, New York, United States
Extra information	Sep 1810	No single record names John's 5 sons. However, combination of census & real estate records show the sequence with which they left home. 4 sons captured by census living near John, before they moved farther away. 5th son, Harley, moved back to Eaton la
Property	Sep 1810	John Knickerbocker sells land in Eaton to Peter Knickerbocker and Harmon Knickerbocker. All three are of Eaton, Madison County, NY. (Book F, pg 125. A copy of the deed is attached to Peter's page.) Note that the sale was after the 1810 census. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Property	Nov 1810	John makes a 2nd purchase of land. Appears to be 50 acres. Madison County book K, pg. 447. The deed says the sale was done in 1810. However, deed wasn't recorded until Sept 1815. (Recorded same day as a sale from John to Harmon.) - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Property	5 Sep 1815	John Knickerbocker and his wife Lydia sell property to Harmon Knickerbocker. All parties are "of Eaton". (Book K, page 448.) Appears John bought 50 acres (previous transaction) then sold 15 of those acres to Harmon. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Property	1817	Harmon sells some of his land to Henry Knickerbocker "of Eaton." (See Henry.) - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Residence	1820	Census shows that John only has one son (Hiram) living with him. This is because Harmon, Henry, and Peter are living on their own properties, nearby. Also, Harley has moved to Potter PA; see his census entries. 1 daughter (Lucy) also still home. - Eaton, Madison, New York, United States
Property	Jan 1829	John Knickerbocker sells property to Hiram Knickerbocker. (Madison County records, Book AC, Page 385.) Thus not surprising that Hiram is a head of household in the following census. - Eaton, Madison County, New York, USA
Residence	1830	No children were with John (60-69) and Lydia (70-79). Hiram makes 1st census appearance near John and Harry. Lucy has married Albert Howard. (Also: Bartholomew's sons Stephen and John were heads of households in Eaton in 1830.) - Eaton, Madison, New York, USA
Residence	1840	John is probably the elderly man living with H. Knickerbocker. (H is Harley; other brothers have names spelled out in their census entries.) The elderly man cannot be Harley's father in law, who died much earlier. Lydia Knickerbocker is gone. - Madison, New York, United States
Knick Census Project: 1850	1850	NY, Oswego, Volney. HOH = Albert Howard.
Residence	1850	John is living with his daughter, Lucy Howard. He says he was born in CT. (Interestingly, Lucy said "Massachusetts" in answer to the 1880 census question "where was dad born".) - Volney, Oswego, New York
Residence	1855	John is a boarder. (Landlord: Daniel Sperry, proprietor of the Cincinnatus Hotel, which also had apartments. This is now called the Bennett Hotel.) Son Harry was still living on the farm about a mile away. John's birth listed as Massachusetts. - Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA
Death	23 Jan 1860	His tombstone in Cincinnatus (now degraded) reportedly said "in his 100th year". One brief obituary says he was 97. - Cincinnatus, Cortland, New York, USA
Extra information	1894	1894 book, long after John died. 2 different stories. #1 OK; says John b in CT. #2 appears to confuse John & his grandfather. (The grandfather John is the one who moved to CT with uncle. The elder John & his uncle Corn founded CT Knick lines.)
Extra information	1894	The Madison County history mentions an un-named uncle. Years later, an adopted g-g-grandaughter of John's claimed the uncle was "Henry." This has propagated, but has no basis.
Burial		Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, USA

Families

Spouse	Lydia JACKSON (1758 - 1835)
Child	Harmen KNICKERBOCKER {K-189} (1786 - 1871)
Child	Laura KNICKERBOCKER {K-194} (1787 - 1876)
Child	Peter (son of John) KNICKERBOCKER {K-205} (1789 - 1879)
Child	Harry Henry (son of John) KNICKERBOCKER {K-220} (1791 - 1871)
Child	Harley KNICKERBOCKER {K-244} (1795 - 1881)
Child	Hiram KNICKERBOCKER {K-261} (1797 - 1878)
Child	Lucy KNICKERBOCKER {K-280} (1800 - 1886)

Father	Harmen KNICKERBOCKER {K-50} (1742 - 1777)
Mother	Thankful HOGABOOM ( - 1805)
Sibling	Rachel KNICKERBOCKER {K-120} (1773 - )
Sibling	Thankful KNICKERBOCKER {K-122} (1773 - )
Sibling	Bartholomew KNICKERBOCKER {K-126} (1774 - 1852)

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John KNICKERBOCKER {K-94}

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