Ezekiel Knapp

Ezekiel Knapp

• Source 1: Will of Ezekiel Knapp dated 10-18 1865 & proved 2-26-1886
  
  Source 5: ON Line: Columbia County, New York Cemeteries: Matt Cemetery Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York: Lists Ezekiel Knapp d: 1865 age 76;
  
  "New England Families," , no contact information, accessed online October 2010.
• Ezekiel Knapp was born in March 1789 in Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York.
• He married Esther Merrill on 22 January 1807 in Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York.
• Ezekiel Knapp became a widower at the 28 June 1845 death of his wife Esther Merrill.
• He married Sarah (?)
• Ezekiel Knapp appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York.
• Ezekiel Knapp appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York.
• Ezekiel Knapp died in 1865.
• The following appeared on 21 March 1866 in the Albany Evening Journal: Legal Notices. The people of the State of New York, By the grace of God free and independent, to all whom these presents shall come, or may concern, and especially to Sarah Knapp (widow), of New Lebanon, Columbia county, N.Y; Alvin Monroe Knapp, of Wolcott, Wayne county, N.Y; Joseph H. Knapp, of New Lebanon, Columbia county, N.Y; William A. Knapp, of New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N.Y; Hiram F. Knapp, of East Hampton, Massachusetts; Julia A. Horton, of Eden Corners, Erie county, N.Y; Jerusha Sanford, of Stephentown, Rensselaer county, N.Y; Esther Knapp, whose residence is unknown and cannot, upon diligent inquiry, be ascertained; the children and heirs at law of Henry C. Knapp, deceased, whose names and ages are unknown and cannot, upon diligent inquiry, be ascertained, and who reside with their mother Ann Eliza Knapp, at Hastings, Minnesota; the children and heirs at law of Ezekiel W. [sic] Knapp, deceased, whose names and ages are unknown and cannot, upon diligent inquiry, be ascertained, and who reside with their mother Luana Knapp, at or near Terre Haute, Indiana, who constitute the widow, heirs and next of kin of Ezekiel Knapp, late of Columbia county, deceased, send greeting:
       Whereas, William A. Knapp, who is named the sole executor in a certain instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Ezekiel Knapp, deceased, and relating to real and personal estate, has applied for proof thereof, before our surrogate of our county of Columbia, you are therefore hereby cited and required personally to be and appear (if you see fit) before the said surrogate at his office in the city of Hudson, on the 17th day of April, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, then and there to attend the probate of said will.
       In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of Office of our said surrogate to be hereunto affized. Witness, Charles Esseltyn, surrogate of our said county at [L. S.] the city of Hudson, N.Y., the 26th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. Chas. Esseltyn, Surrogate.

• Last Edited: 10 Oct 2010