Individual Details

Watertown Records
1st & 2nd Books of Town Proceedings
Lands Grants & Possessions
The Proprietors' Book
The 1st Book & Supplement of Births, Deaths, & Marriages
Watertown, MA 1894

1652 - Admitted freeman.

p.34 13:10:1653 Meeting of the Select Men payment to John Knap - 1st occurrence of his name in the book

p.37 8:4:16:1654 Robert Geneson and John Knap complaining that Robert Daniell that hee did not fence his portion within their field.

p.97 Nov 1 1669
to Ensign Sherman for 400 cords and quarter
mor the Ensign paid John Knop for work at the schoolhouse 10sh

p.132 2nd of 9th 1677
paid for work dun at the mill bridg:
Elnathan bears 5sh
Henary Spring 2sh
John Knop 4sh


Watertown
Births, deaths, marriages
John Knape & Sary Younge maryd the 21 3rd 1660
Sary Knop of John & Sary Borne 5 (7) 1662

Genealogies of the Families & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Henry Bond MC. 2nd Edition, Two Volumes in One. NEHGS, Boston, 1860
p.3 7 Jun 1665, Walter Allen bought of John Knapp, 60 acres in Watertown Farms, lying towards Concord bounds.

The following is very wrong - Henry Knop was executor of his father's will and the children listed did not inlcude Daniel but did include married daughters Sarah Park and Mary Toser, as well as son Joshua.
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1907. Digitized on MyHeritage.com
p. 506
Will dated 22 Jan 1695/6 and proved 27 April 1696. Administered by brother-in-law, Henry Young. Said to mention wife Sarah, children - Henry, Isaac, John, Daniel, and Abigail. Inventory worth 65#'s.


Middlesex Co, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. AmericanAncestors.org. #106
22 Jan 1695/6
John Knop of Watertown, Middlesex, New England. Last Will and Testament. Loving wife Sarah Knop shall be maintained by his estates as long as she bears his name. Son Henry Knop to possess my whole estate and maintain my said wife as long as she remains my widow. One year after the death or remarriage of his wife, son Henry to pay to son John Knop, one pound. The second year Henry is to pay to my daughter Sarah Park, one pound. The third year to pay one pound to son Isaac. The fourth year to pay two pounds to daughter Mary Toser; and the fifth year to pay one pound to son Joshua. The sixth year Henry to pay four pounds to daughter Abigail Knop. Son Henry Knop to be sole executor.
Signed: John (his mark) Knop
Witnessed: Samuell Jenison, Mary ( her mark) Smith, William Jenison
Witnesses made oath that they saw John Knop, subscriber, sign the above.
Inventory taken and appraised 9 Apr 1696. Signed by Samuell Jenison, John Bacon and Daniell (X) Smith.
Charlestown, 27 Apr 1696. Henry Knop, Executor made oath of the Inventory of the estate of his father, John Knop, late of Watertown.

Christen	20 Jan 1622/23	Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England
Marriage	25 May 1660	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - SARAH Young
Death	Bef Apr 1696	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Spouse	SARAH Young ( - 1696)
Child	JOHN KNAPP II (1661 - 1733)
Child	Sarah KNAPP (1662 - )
Child	Henry KNAPP ( - )
Child	Isaac KNAPP (1672 - 1744)
Child	Mary KNAPP (1674 - )
Child	Joshua KNAPP ( - )
Child	Abigail KNAPP ( - )
Child	James KNAPP ( - 1690)
Child	Living

Father	WILLIAM KNOPP ( - 1658)
Mother	JUDITH Tue ( - 1651)
Sibling	Elizabeth Knopp ( - 1661)
Sibling	William KNOPP ( - 1676)
Sibling	Mary Knopp ( - )
Sibling	Anne KNOPP ( - 1657)
Sibling	James Knopp ( - 1700)
Sibling	Judith Knopp ( - )