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Families covered: Knapp of Little Linford, Knapp of Shenley

                               
John Knapp
1. John Knapp of London, later of Little Linford (Buckinghamshire) (d 24.11.1710)
  m1. Mary (d 1679)
  A. Thomas Knapp (d 1678)
  B. Elizabeth Knapp
  m. John Cootes
  C. daughter
  m. George Pochin
  D. daughter
  m. Jeremiah Gough
  m2. (1680) Catherine Skynner (b c1656, d 02.10.1726, dau of Matthew Skynner of Welton, son of Robert (Bishop of Bristol then Oxford then Worcester))
  E. John Knapp (b c1680, d 14.01.1747)
  m. Elizabeth Nicholson (b c1694, d 22.03.1750, dau of Josias Nicholas of London & Clapham, sister of Maria)
  F. Matthew Knapp (b c1684, d 07.12.1752, rector of Shenley)
  m. Catherine Primatt (b 1699-1700, d 21.05.1763, dau of Humphrey Primatt of Hampton)
  i. Matthew Knapp (b c1731, d 1782, 2nd son)
  m. Catherine Uthwatt (d 15.02.1794, dau of Thomas Uthwtt of Great Linford by Catherine, dau of Richard Dalton of Walesby)
  a.+ issue - Sophia (d unm by 1795), Harriett in Parson's Green (b 03.02.1760, d 07.01.1841)
  ii. Primatt Knapp (bpt 1730, d 07.12.1793, rector of Shenley)
m. (26.02.1756) Keturah French (d 12.09.1789, dau/coheir of Nathaniel French of Antigua)
  a. Primatt Knapp (b 01.10.1764, d 21.01.1838, rector of Shenley, 2nd son)
  m. (11.05.1796) Rebecca Anne Goodwin (d 10.10.1843)
  (1) Matthew Knapp of Little Linford, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (bpt 08.04.1798, d 18.10.1867) had issue
  m1. (23.05.1829) Anne Edwyn Burnaby (d 28.12.1835, dau of Edwyn Andrew Burnaby of Baggrave Hall)
  m2. (02.08.1838) Mray Leigh Spencer (d 28.11.1886, dau of Richard Leigh Spencer of Banstead (of Gray's Inn))
  (2) Primatt Knapp (bpt 14.06.1799, dsp 02.05.1834)
m. Emily Willan (dau of William Willan)
  (3) John Knapp of Edinburgh (bpt 13.07.1800, dsp 08.11.1857)
  m1. (1823) Jessie Kerr or Carr (d 04.05.1844)
  m2. (10.1848) Sophia Betts (dau of David Betts of Leith)
  (4) Mary Knapp (d 06.11.1832)
  m. (21.04.1820) Rev. Charles George Perceval (son of 2nd Baron Arden)
  b. John Leonard Knapp of Llanfoist (Monmouthshire) then Alveston (Gloucestershire) (b 05.1767) had issue
  m. (1804) Lydia Frances Freeman (b 04.01.1772, d 22.10.1838)
  c. Mary Knapp
  m. (sps) John Pearse
  d.+ other issue - Nathaniel Matthew (d unm 1795, of the Middle Temple), Catharine (d unm), Leonora
  iii. Catherine Knapp (b c1721, d 15.12.1780)
  m. David James of Ampthill (dsp 26.06.1789)
  iv. Elizabeth Knapp
  m. Matthew Primatt (cousin)
  v. Anne Knapp (d 1782)
  m. (by 1767) Jonathan Stubbs (rector of Long Orton)
  a. Jonathan Stubbs
  m. _ Kerke
  (1) Jonathan Knapp Stubbs
  b. Sophia Stubbs
  c. Harriott Stubbs
  m. Edmond
  (1)+ issue- Robert, Jonathan, Orlando, Mary
  vi. Charlotte Knapp (b 1738-9, dsp 21.02.1825)
  m. William Primatt
  vii.+ other issue (d unm) - John (d young), Robert (d infant), Humphrey (b 1732-3, d 15.04.1756), Mary (d c1765), Sarah
  G. Robert Knapp of Stoney Stratford (bur 22.08.1763)
  m. Catharine Knapp (d by 1763, dau of Richard Knapp of Abingdon)
  i. John Knapp
  m. Alice
  a. Diana Knapp (d before 17.05.1791)
  m. Herbert Randolph (a 05.1791, rector of Wimbledon)
  ii.+ other issue - Diana (d before 01.03.1783), Anne, Elizabeth (dsp)
  H. Elizabeth Knapp (bur 19.10.1743)
  m. Samuel Whitfield
  I. Sarah Knapp (bur 25.09.1759)
  m. Matthew Lee (bur 05.10.1755, chaplain to Frederick, Prince of Wales)
  J.+ other issue (d unm) - Catharine (a 03.1761), Anne (d by 1729)
2. Francis Knapp
3. Amey Knapp
  m. William Bond

Main source(s): Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 4, 'Pedigree of Knapp of Linford', p231), BLG1952 ('Knapp of Little Linford Hall and Shenley')
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