[Ancestor] Knapp

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Knapp

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The name Knapp is derived from a Saxon word, the root of which is spelled Cneop, signifying a summit, or hilltop. It is claimed by good authority that the family was of German extraction prior to 1540, and in German the name was spelled Knopp, being changed to Knapp by English formation.
They are recorded in Heraldry as being an English family of great distinction. The arms of the Knapp family were: Or in chief close Helmet. Sable in base a Lion passant of the last, an arm embowed in armor proper, garnished or the hand of the first, grasping by the blade a broken arrow argent. Hilt and pommel of the second with a branch of Laurel vert. The arms were granted to Roger de Knapp to commemorate his success and skill at a tournament held in Norfolk about 1540, when he unseated three knights of great skill and bravery.
The Knapp family was originally from Saxony, a province of Germany. By some people they are regarded as Germans, by others of Saxon origin, but their early history in England leads most of the descendants to fix their nationality as Anglo-Saxon, or English. ¹

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 757.