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Moses Knapp

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1. [S640] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vols 1-3, 1634-1635, Vols 1-6, ancestry.com (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Between 1996 and 2011), Vol 2, G-O, p. 1137

Abigail Westcott

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm
2. [S640] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vols 1-3, 1634-1635, Vols 1-6, ancestry.com (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Between 1996 and 2011), Vol 2, G-O, p. 1137

Richard Westcott

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Robert Pennoyer

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Elsie Marshall

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Nicholas Knapp

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Research Note		[HK: We are descended at least two ways from Nicholas Knapp -- thru his son Moses down through Pennoyer, Weed, and Webb, to Grannie's side, and thru his daughter Sarah who married Peter Disbrow, down through John D. Disbrow, the grandfather of Catherine Ann Morgan Pearsall, on Grandpa Chet's side. So Mom and Dad shared a distant ancestor.
Birth	about 1606	Nicholas Knapp was born about 1606 in England.1
Marriage	about 1629/30	He and Elinor were married about 1629/30 in England estimated based on the birth of their first child. Possibly may have married in Watertown. Elinor and Nicholas had at least 9 children, likely in Watertown, see attached screenprint from The Great Migration Begins, by Robert C. Anderson.
Immigration	1630	He immigrated in 1630 to Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,1
Relocation	1646	In 1646, Nicholas Knapp moved to Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Death	April 1670	He died in April 1670 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1

Citations

1. [S640] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vols 1-3, 1634-1635, Vols 1-6, ancestry.com (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Between 1996 and 2011), Vol 2, G-O, p. 1135

Henry Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

William Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Holly Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Maria Webb

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1. [S179] Church of the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434319, p. 59. Hereinafter cited as Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887.
2. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

James Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Julianne Webb

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Birth	18 March 1798	Julianne Webb was born on 18 March 1798 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1
Marriage	14 October 1821	Stephen B. Finch and she were married on 14 October 1821 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,2
Census	6 June 1860	She appeared in the census 6 June 1860 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Julianne is listed as: Juliana Finch (63, Hotel Keeper, b. Conn.) James (30, Hotel Keeper, b. Conn.) Charles (28, Hotel Keeper, b. Conn.) Ellen (25, b. N.Y.) Alice (5, b. N.Y.) E. Jane (3, b. N.Y.) Marshal Castilla (23, male, Groom, b. Lower Cal.) Thomas Luca (20, black, Servant, b. Sandwich Isl.) Jestes Walker (21, Labor, b. Me.) John R. Comfort (28, Mail Carrier, real estate $500, personal $2000, b. England) Jabez Comfort (26, Mail Carrier, b. England) Charles Whitcher (35, Blacksmith) This would most likely be the Hotel Washington which the Finches managed for about a year at this time.
Witness	1870	She lived with James Webb Finch in 1870 in Monterey, Monterey County, California.
Census	2 September 1870	She appeared in the census 2 September 1870 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Julianne is listed as: Finch, Julia Ann (72, Keeping house, $3000 in real estate and $350 in personal estate, born in Connecticut) James W. (40, Stock Raising, born in Connecticut) Alice B. (15, At Home, born in New York, attending school) Eliza Jane (13, At Home, born in New York, attending school)3
Census	21 June 1880	She appeared in the census 21 June 1880 in Monterey, Monterey County, California. Julianne is listed as: Julia Finch (age 82, Widowed, Keeping house, born in Connecticut and parents also) James (age 50, son, single, Farmer, born in Connecticut and parents also)
Death	14 February 1881	She died on 14 February 1881 in Monterey, Monterey County, California,1,4
Burial	16 February 1881	She was buried on 16 February 1881 at Monterey City Cemetery in Monterey, Monterey County, California.5

Citations

1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm
2. [S127] Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm, Citing Darien Town Records, Vol 3, p. 32.
3. [S657] 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Mortality Schedule)
4. [S179] Church of the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434319, p. 58. Hereinafter cited as Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887.
5. [S287] Find a Grave Website, online www.findagrave.com, Monterey City Cemetery, Monterey, CA

Alfred Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Epenetus Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Noah Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Jane Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm
2. [S85] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com, Image 102/182.
3. [S83] , 1880 Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
4. [S179] Church of the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434319, pp. 25-28, pp. 31-33, p. 55, pp. 57-60. Hereinafter cited as Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887.

Nelson Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Caroline Webb

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1. [S179] Church of the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887, FHL US/CAN Film # 1434319, p. 58. Hereinafter cited as Probate Court Records, Stamford District, v. 30-31 1885-1887.
2. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Isaac Webb

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm

Phebe Peck

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1. [S127] USGenWeb Fairfield County Early Settlers of Stamford, CT Families 1641-1935, online http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/settlers_page.htm
2. [S910] Henry Griswold Jesup, Westchester County, New York, Edward Jessup of West Farms and his Descendants, 1639-1887 (Cambridge: Privately printed by John Wilson, 1887), p. 384; digital images, archive.org, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/edwardjessupofwe00jesu/page/n10 : accessed

William Henry Webb

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History Note		The following event took place: The paddle-wheel steamer "California" William H. Webb's Steamship "California". William H. Webb was the son of Sally Webb's cousin, therefore the 2nd cousin of William Henry Holly. William Henry Holly worked as a ship carpenter in Brooklyn for a number of years in the 1840's until the early 1950's, and supposedly sailed to the Orient. We wonder if his apprenticeship or employment may have been arranged through connections with William H. Webb's father. See attached story of the "California."
Biography		Webb, William Henry (19 June 1816-30 Oct. 1899), shipbuilder and marine architect, was born in New York City, the son of Isaac Webb, a successful shipwright who operated a yard facing onto the East River in New York City (mother's name unknown). There along a waterfront hardly a mile in length lay several shipyards that produced the bulk of the packet and, later, the clipper ships built in the United States until the Civil War. Webb had a private tutor, and he attended the Columbia College Grammar School. Beginning in 1839 the younger Webb launched his first packet ship, the Oxford. In the next four years it would be followed by four more packets. During a trip to Europe in 1840 to study new shipbuilding concepts, Webb was informed that his father had died. For the next three years Webb was in a partnership with his father's assistant (Allen). Thereafter Webb struck out on his own, and in the next three decades he designed and built more than 130 vessels in his shipyard that stretched from Fifth to Seventh streets along the East River. There were times when as many as 1,000 men worked on two or three vessels being built simultaneously. To eliminate much of the risk in building, he generally built ships based on a contract with the buyer. By the end of his career he had made a fortune in shipbuilding valued at $600,000 plus real estate properties, and he attributed his success to "attention to detail." This applied not only to the quality of the construction but also to safety; none of his ships were ever damaged in launching or stuck on the way down to the water. In his first seven years of independent operation (through 1850), Webb built eighteen ocean-going packet ships and two for the coastal trade. Their qualities of durability and speed stemmed from their excellent construction and design. For example, the Yorkshire, built in 1843 (996 tons), set a speed record of sixteen days from Liverpool to New York when the average crossing time took over thirty days. In 1848 another packet, the Silas Holmes, set a sailing record from New Orleans to New York of nine days. With the construction in 1869 of the packet Charles H. Marshall, Webb built the last packet and the last full-rigged ship constructed in New York City. Although Webb's packets established speed records for that type of ship, it was the new clipper ship that would startle the world with its speed--and beauty. The clipper was long and narrow, with a slender tapered bow, and with great quantities of canvas sail stretched on three tall masts. Clippers have been aptly called the "Greyhounds of the Sea." The need for such a ship became apparent in the 1840s when the United States was about to exploit the maritime potential of the vast spaces of the Pacific Ocean world, and speed took on great importance. Webb responded to this new challenge by designing and building a transitional preclipper ship, the Cohota, for the China trade. In 1843 Webb married Henrietta Hibbein. They had one child. The gold rush in California, beginning in 1849, created an almost insatiable demand for fast-sailing ships. In 1850 Webb's Celestial was the first clipper built expressly for the California trade. It was followed in 1851 by the Swordfish, which made the fourth fastest run for that day from New York City to San Francisco, and in that same year the Challenge, the Gazette, the Invincible, and the Comet were proving Webb's skill as a builder with their speed and durability on their voyages from New York to San Francisco. The Comet, for example, made the return trip to New York in seventy-six days, a record never matched by a sailing ship. Six more ships were completed in 1852, including the Flyaway, and the Snapdragon; Young America in 1853; the Intrepid and the Uncowah in 1856; and the Black Hawk in 1857. Although his rival Donald McKay was the more famous clipper shipbuilder, eight of Webb's clippers made the San Francisco run from New York in 110 days or less, while only seven of McKay's accomplished the same. But such records came at a price since cargo space (ample in the packets) was sacrificed for speed. Therefore, when most clipper ships began to operate in the red, the sudden need for them vanished just as quickly. Those still in service were used either as transients or, on occasion, as slave ships because their speed served to avoid capture by legal authorities. Webb also turned to steam navigation. The first ship using this source of power, the United States (1847), was also the first steamship to visit San Francisco. On its maiden trip to Europe the ship took just thirteen days and consumed forty tons of coal a day. This speed was not much faster than a packet or clipper, but steam power was superior because it guaranteed regularity of service. When the U.S. Navy began commissioning steam-powered vessels, Webb offered to build a new battleship. Rebuffed, he made a similar proposal to the government of Russia, and an agreement was struck to build a propeller-driven frigate. The ship, the Grand Admiral, was completed in 1858 at a cost of $1.125 million. In the meantime, he had built for the American government a steam revenue cutter, the Harriet Lane, used by the U.S. Treasury Department to guard the American coastline and prevent smuggling. The government of the new Kingdom of Italy also took an interest in steamships, commissioning Webb to build two ironclad frigates, the Re d'Italia and the Re di Portugallo. They were large vessels of 7,700 tons and reflected the latest concepts in naval architecture. Profiting from his experience in building steam-propelled ironclad warships, Webb accepted one more challenge before his retirement in 1872, the construction of the Dunderberg, the strongest and fastest ironclad of the day. Although intended for the Union navy, it was not completed until after the Civil War had ended. Since the postwar navy had little need for such a vessel, it was subsequently sold to France and renamed the Rochambeau. Webb's career as a shipbuilder led him into other related economic endeavors. He served as a director of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and was a major shareholder in the Panama Railroad during the gold rush. He also made financial investments in New York real estate. Local politics and the corruption in Tammany Hall concerned him, but unlike his colleague, William Westervelt, he turned down the opportunity to run for mayor of New York. A few years before his death in New York City he founded there the Webb Institute (May 1894) to train naval architects. The institute, perhaps his most enduring legacy, has turned out many graduates who have become experts in the field of naval architecture. Bibliography The early shipbuilding activities of Webb's long career can be found in Robert G. Albion, Square Riggers on Schedule (1938), and "Yankee Domination of the New York Port 1820-1865," New England Quarterly 5 (Oct. 1932): 690-91. Webb's prominence in New York is portrayed in John H. Morrison, History of New York Shipyards (1909); Richard C. McKay, South Street: A Maritime History of New York (1934); and G. W. Sheldon, "The Old Shipbuilders of New York," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July 1882, pp. 223-41. His fame in the construction of clipper ships is reported in A. H. Clark, The Clipper Ship (1910); Octavius T. Howe and Frederick C. Matthews, American Clipper Ships (2 vols., 1926-1927); Carl C. Cutler, Greyhounds of the Sea (1930); and Howard Chapelle, History of American Sailing Ships (1935). Webb's interests and success in the new technology of iron ships is assessed in Herbert W. Wilson, Ironclads in Action (1896), and his cosmopolitan interests are presented in J. H. Mowbray, ed., Representative Men of New York (1898), and George Boutwell (secretary of the treasury), "How Best to Revive Shipbuilding in the United States," Nautical Gazette, 4 Nov. 1871, p. 3. An obituary is in the New York Herald, 1 Nov. 1899, and the New York Times, 31 Oct. 1899. William L. Calderhead. "Webb, William Henry"; http://www.anb.org/articles/10/10-01726.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Mon Jan 30 21:44:39 EST 2006
WebLink		RELATED WEBPAGE: William H. Webb Wikipedia page.
Birth	19 June 1816	William Henry Webb was born on 19 June 1816 in New York City, New York County, New York.
Death	30 October 1899	He died on 30 October 1899 in New York City, New York County, New York,
Burial		He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Hawthorn Lot 72, in Bronx, Bronx, New York.1

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1. [S164] General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York City 1785-1916, online

James Bloomer

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1. [S84] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
2. [S85] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Mary J.

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Frederic Bloomer

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1. [S84] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.

Lavinia Bloomer

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1. [S84] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.