William Knopp

     William Knopp was born circa 1579 at Suffolk, England.¹ He was the son of Thomas Knopp and Alice Howlat.¹ William Knopp was baptized on 1 January 1581 at Bures St Mary, Suffolk, England.^1,2 He married Judith Tue, daughter of John Tue and Cicely (?), before 1624.² William Knopp married Priscilla (?) after 1655.³ William Knopp died on 30 August 1658 at Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.^1,2
     William Knapp was from Bures St Mary, Suffolk Co, England. He probably came over in the Winthrop Fleet in 1630.
Anderson reports in the Great Migration Project: "Many researchers have claimed that William Knopp and Nicholas Knapp of Watertown were brothers, but there is no evidence for this connection, and much against. The most recent investigation of William Knopp shows no evidence of Nicholas Knapp in the family, or even in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk [NEHGR 147:327-28]. The two differ in age by about twenty-five years, a full generation. William and Nicholas, despite residing in the same town for fifteen years, are never seen interacting in any way. Finally, although this would not normally be an important consideration, the town clerks at Watertown were consistent in spelling William's surname as Knopp and Nicholas's as Knapp, suggesting that in Watertown the surnames were seen as distinct."²
William Knopp was also known as William Knapp.²