The Knapp Family in America - A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Knapp, Who Settled in Watertown, Mass;, In 1630, Including Also a Tabulated Pedigree, Paternal and Maternal, of Hiram Knapp #223662

Among the immigrants who came over with Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630 were two men, perhaps brothers, named Nicholas and William Knapp, who, with others, became the first settlers of Watertown, Mass. The children of Nicholas removed to Connecticut and are the ancestors of the Knapps of that state, of western Massachusetts, of New York and states farther west. William, who remained in Water town, is the ancestor of those of the name in central and eastern Massachusetts, except the southeastern, where they are from Aaron (possibly a third brother), who was one of the early settlers of Taun ton. The Knapps of New Hampshire and Maine are also descendants of William.