Benjamin Knapp was a Loyalist and is believed to be buried in the Quick Cemetery although there is no documentation. The following is a Genealogical Proof Argument to support this conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benjamin Knapp was born around 1760 in the New York Colony. In a reference from Lt. Col. Smy\u2019s book, he mentions a Benjamin Knapp from Butternuts, NY was selling cattle to the Butler\u2019s Rangers. At some point, Benjamin Knapp joined Butler\u2019s Rangers as a private, led by Lt. Col John Butler from which he was discharged as a private in 1783.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benjamin was enumerated on Nov. 30, 1783 in the Niagara area with a family including his wife, Katherine and two children named Rachel age 2, and Daniel age 3 months. As a Loyalist, Benjamin petitioned the government for free land, which he was granted in the New Settlement in Essex County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
William Caldwell, another Butler\u2019s Ranger, called for loyalists to settle in the New Settlement of Essex County which would aid in the defence of this border region. The major problem with inhabiting the New Settlement was that the treaty ceding The First Nations lands to the government was not signed until May 1790. Some Loyalists waited in Detroit until the arrangements were finalized. The enumeration record of Oct. 1, 1787 shows the Knapp family with three children were on Lot 66 on the north shore of Lake Erie. Some Loyalists, such as Martin Tofflemire, were afraid of attack by the natives if they settled before the treaty. Another problem was the lack of promised tools and supplies from the government. They settled on Lot 66 where their family grew to eleven children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We know the female children, Elizabeth Quick, Catherine Starks, Ann (Nancy) Halstead, and Rachel Davies, applied for free land as daughters of a Loyalist in 1810-1811. Daniel Knapp and Benjamin Knapp Jr., applied for free land as sons of a Loyalist in 1831 and 1834.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 1820 Benjamin Knapp and his wife, Katherine were living in Detroit, Michigan probably with their son, James and his family. Many of their children moved to Michigan and Ohio too. Benjamin\u2019s daughter, Elizabeth who married Cornelius Quick and his son, Benjamin Jr. remained in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benjamin\u2019s Last Will and Testament was written on May 9, 1823 and the Probate record was filed June 6, 1823. Therefore, it can be acknowledged that Benjamin Knapp died between those two dates. The Probate records do not give a date of death. An article in the Amherstburg Echo from June17, 1932, states that there were very few cemeteries in Colchester. There was Christ Church Anglican in Colchester Village (1808), but it was Anglican. The Knapp family was Methodist. St. Andrew\u2019s Anglican Church in Harrow has a Methodist cemetery behind it, but it was started in 1867. \u201cProbably the oldest cemetery in the district was the one on the W. J. Quick place,\u201d as mentioned in the news article. The Knapp family tradition relates that he was buried in Colchester. Elizabeth Knapp Quick being the eldest daughter of Benjamin Knapp and the wife of Cornelius Quick most likely had her father buried in the Quick family cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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