KNAPP, WILLIAM JR. William Knapp, the Revolutionary War Soldier, son of William Knapp who was a merchant in Boston during the troubled times before the Revolutionary War, and his mother was Pattie Liscum. He was born in Raynham, Mass. Nov. 29, 1764 and died Aug. 6, 1846 at the home of his son Dr. William Knapp, on his farm in old Wolcott Hollow, Athens Township, Bradford Co., PA. He married Fannie Temple, daughter of William Temple and great granddaughter of Lord William Temple, the historian of Connecticut. He is buried in East Waverly Cemetery and has a government marker. He enlisted in at Poultney, VT Dec. 1780, putting his birth year as 1762 so that he would seem old enough to serve. He served one year, ranked as Col. under Capt. Fish and Col. Warner. He served in skirmishes against the Indians and Tories, also took a part in the Boston Tea Party. He applied for a pension, which was granted May 25, 1818. He then resided in Springfield, Otsego Co., N.Y. He frequently stated in his later years that when a lad he discovered in the attic of his father’s house an Indian costume, which he showed his father, who became much alarmed and immediately burned the suit telling him that he must never mention the fact as it might cause him to be hanged, as it was a costume that he wore when he assisted in throwing tea overboard in Boston Harbor. William (the elder) his father, lost the greater part of his property during the Revolution by helping the Colonies and accepting scrip which later became worthless. He accepted so much scrip that they papered the inner side of their farm house with it to keep out the cold in winter. William and Fannie had 20 children, several died before maturity. The surviving children were: (1) (Dr.) William Knapp; (2) Sylvester Knapp became a doctor, married Lucy Fitch who was the daughter of Judge Jonathan Fitch. Sylvester and Lucy had 9 children; (3) Isaac Knapp married Isabel Taylor, lived at Jamestown, N.Y and had 10 children; (4) David Knapp married Sarah Sayre, lived in Alleghany Co., N.Y. and had 5 children; (5) Fanny Knapp married Jeremiah Walling, lived at Oneonta, N.Y. and had 2 children; (6) Hiram Knapp married Haley Eastabrook of Windham, CT, they lived at Orwell, PA and had 11 children; (7) Martha Knapp married Nathan Ellsbree, lived at Towanda, PA and had 5 children; (8) Jemima Knapp married 1st J. S. Beales and had 7 children; married 2ndBenjamin Burgess, lived at Evansville, Wisc. and had 3 children; (9) Eleanor Knapp b. June 17, 1809 d. May 26, 1890, married June 25, 1828 to Amos Canfield, son of Enos Canfield and Polly Robertson, lived at Smithboro, N.Y. and had 11 children. She is buried in the Canfield Cemetery in Smithboro, N.Y.

KNAPP, WILLIAM (DR.) Dr. William Knapp, son of William Knapp, b. Sept. 28, 1778 died Feb. 3, 1874 on his farm. He is buried in East Waverly Cemetery near his father with no marker. He married Armenia Gates, daughter of Azel Gates on June 14, 1812. They resided at Bainbridge, Chenango Co., N.Y. for a considerable time where all of their children were born. He was an able doctor, holding the position of Surgeon General of Militia for the State of New York. He lost an arm in middle life by premature discharge of a cannon. Later he moved to Factoryville, then to his farm on Old Wolcott Hollow, Town of Athens, Bradford Co., PA. He was a man of great energy, as the large amount of stone wall that he laid with his one hand denotes. In 1914 the farm could still be seen by turning right at the school house and going up the mountain one half mile. William and Armenia had 8 children: (1) William Knapp; (2) Augusta Knapp; (3) Margaret Emily Knapp; (4) Mary G. Knapp; (5) Jerome Knapp; (6) Lucia Knapp; (7) Armenia Knapp; (8) Azel Knapp.
(source: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice; Family History& Biography Section;
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~srgp/biograph/wavbiog.htm)