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Moses Knapp

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Moses Knapp

Birth
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
10 Oct 1821 (aged 85)
Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.649079, Longitude: -73.208389
Memorial ID
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86y
Revolutionary War

He was the son of Moses and Jemima (Mead) Knapp.
He married Margaret Kasson 8 September 1760, Bethlehem, Litchfield, CT.

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Sergeant Moses Knapp — Honored with a Grave Marking Ceremony by the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
May 14, 2022 — Old Bethlehem Cemetery, Connecticut.

Moses Knapp stood with his neighbors on their Town Green on 18 July 1776 and swore an oath to uphold and defend their Liberties and Freedoms fourteen days after the Declaration of Independence had been signed. In 1775 he served in Capt. Nehemiah Beardsley's 9th Company of Col. David Waterbury's 5th Connecticut Regiment. In July 1779 he was part of an expedition to Fairfield and Norwalk for defense of this and the rest of the United States of America, serving in the 6th Alarm List of Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's 16th Connecticut Regiment.

From the Hale Collection
86y
Revolutionary War

He was the son of Moses and Jemima (Mead) Knapp.
He married Margaret Kasson 8 September 1760, Bethlehem, Litchfield, CT.

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Sergeant Moses Knapp — Honored with a Grave Marking Ceremony by the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
May 14, 2022 — Old Bethlehem Cemetery, Connecticut.

Moses Knapp stood with his neighbors on their Town Green on 18 July 1776 and swore an oath to uphold and defend their Liberties and Freedoms fourteen days after the Declaration of Independence had been signed. In 1775 he served in Capt. Nehemiah Beardsley's 9th Company of Col. David Waterbury's 5th Connecticut Regiment. In July 1779 he was part of an expedition to Fairfield and Norwalk for defense of this and the rest of the United States of America, serving in the 6th Alarm List of Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's 16th Connecticut Regiment.

From the Hale Collection


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  • Maintained by: Helen Van Lohuizen
  • Originally Created by: Meges
  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41163586/moses-knapp: accessed ), memorial page for Moses Knapp (5 Jun 1736–10 Oct 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41163586, citing Old Bethlehem Cemetery, Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Helen Van Lohuizen (contributor 47985361).