Sophia Knipe

Married Name: Sophia Barndt

Born: January 17, 1814 in Towamencin Twp., Montgomery Co., PA^{1 4 6}

Died: May 31, 1855 in Quakertown, Bucks Co., PA¹

Residences: Quakertown, Bucks Co., PA¹

Education:

Career: Housewife ⁵

Father: Frederick Knipe^{1 3}

Mother: Margaret Boaz^{1 3}

Siblings:

• Jesse (b. 12 SEP 1804, m. Mary Mosteller)
• Abigail (November 4, 1805 - June 22, 1896, m. Jesse Warner December 28, 1830 and to Samuel Judson Fleck in 1835)
  
• Apellonia (b. April 4, 1806)
  
• Catharine (December 27 1807 - Nov. 11, 1887, m. Jacob Heist December 11, 1828, moved to Indiana)
  
• Frederick (October 6, 1809 - December 17, 1866 m. Mary Selser and later Matilda Neavel January 2, 1838)
  
• Unnamed (May 7, 1811 - May 7, 1811)
  
• Simon (March 10, 1812 - April 24, 1827)
  
• Eli (January 9, 1815 - March 11, 1815)
  
• Matthias (May 20, 1816 - August 16, 1889, m. Sarah Ann Kline)
  
• Margaret Boaz (April 2, 1819 - February 25, 1893, m. Frederick Beaver November 28, 1839)
  
• Phoebe Ann (January 1, 1822 - December 28, 1893, m. John D. Swartley December 10, 1848)
  
• Conrad (November 1, 1823 - February 20, 1861, not married)
  
• Mary Anna (July 31, 1825 - July 28, 1880, m. Jonas K. Kline)
  

Husband: Levi Barndt, m. Dec. 11, 1842^{1 2} in Boehm's Church, Blue Bell, Montgomery Co., PA, by Rev. George Wack¹

Children:

• Mahlon H. (b. October 21, 1843 - April 4, 1919) (never married)^{1 6}
• Albert Augustus (b. September 30, 1845 - January 24, 1926) (m. Mary Ann Hoffman & Sally A Hoffman)^{1 6}
• John Harvey
• Frederick William (b. September 4, 1849 - November 13, 1923) (m. Mary Ann Jacoby)^{1 6}
• Ellwood Morris (b. April 23, 1852 - September 29, 1904) (m. Elizabeth Hankey)^{1 6}

Other Details:

Sources:

1. Web page on Rootsweb.com by Charles Kron, citing at typed manuscript: "Early Knipe Families of PA" by James Lloyd Knipe (1949). The original manuscript is available at the New England Genealogical Historical Society. Also cited: Title: Knipe Pamphlet by R. Frank Lehman (1930) from his personal collection.
   
2. Marriage Certificate On the back is written "Stan's great-grandfather's".
   
3. Parents corroborated by online transcript of St. Peter's Yellow Church in Montgomery Co. PA which lists Confirmation recipients in "the spring of 1833 ... Sophia Knipe, 19, Daughter of Frederick and wife Margaret." Baptisms of some siblings also available in Church records.
   
4. Baptism records of St. Peter's show "Sophia Kneip" born Jan. 17, 1814, baptised June 19, 1814, parents: Frederick Kneip & Margareta Kneip"
   
5. 1850 Census
6. Barndt Family Bible, Marriages & Births