52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 52: #59, Sarah (Cutter) Knapp (1785-1878)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #52:

Sarah (Cutter) Knapp is #59 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother.  She married in 1804  to #58 William Knapp (1775-1856).

Sarah Knapp (1785-1878) gravestone, Newton, N.J., 

(c) Russ Worthington (used by permission)

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #29 Sarah Knapp (1818-1????), who married #28, David Auble (1817-1894), in 1844.
*  their son, #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) who married #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) in 1898.

*  their daughter, #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) married, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)in 1918. 

* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.

*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Name:                             Sarah Cutter[1–2]

*  Alternate Name:           Sarah Knapp[3]    

*  Alternate Name:           Sarah C. Knapp[4]

*  Sex:                                 Female   

*  Father:                           Stephen Cutter (1745-1823)   

*  Mother:                         Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841)   

  

2)  EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                              6 November 1785, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1]    

*  Census:                         1 June 1850 (age 64); Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, United States[3]

*  Census:                         1 June 1860 (age 74), New Barbados, Bergen, New Jersey, United States[4]

*  Death:                          6 March 1878 (age 92), Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, United States[2]

*  Burial:                         after 6 March 1878 (after age 92), Old Newton Burial Ground, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, United States[2,5]

  

3)  MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Spouse 1:                    William Knapp (1775-1856)   

*  Marriage 1:                 about 1804 (about age 19), probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1]

*  Child 1:                        Joseph C. Knapp (1805-    )   

*  Child 2:                        Samuel C. Knapp (1806-1852)   

*  Child 3:                        Cyrus C. Knapp (1809-1872)   

*  Child 4:                        Catharine Knapp (1810-1894)   

*  Child 5:                        Benjamin Knapp (1811-1857)   

*  Child 6:                        Charles C. Knapp (1813-1888)   

*  Child 7:                        Hannah Maria Knapp (1816-1903)   

*  Child 8:                        Sarah G. Knapp (1818-1900)   

*  Child 9:                        William Knapp (1823-1860)   

*  Child 10:                      Manning M. Knapp (1825-1892)   

*  Child 11:                       Elsie M. Knapp (1831-1903)   

  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - updated September 2025:   

Sarah Cutter was born 6 November 1785 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, the daughter of Stephen Cutter (1745-1823) and Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841), who married in 1769. Her siblings were Phebe Cutter (1769-1839), Nancy Cutter (1771-1812), Stephen Cutter (1773-????),. Mary Cutter (1775-????), Richard Cutter (1779-1820), William Whitmore Cutter (1781-1862), Hannah Cutter (1784-????), Samuel Cutter (1787-1871), Mary Cutter (1790-1870), and Thomas Cutter (1793-1817).

The entry in the book History of the Cutter Family of New England on page 97 says:[1]

"vii. Sarah [Cutter], b. Nov. 6, 1785 ; m. William Knapp. Mrs. Knapp is living with her son Manning, at Hackensack, N.J." A list of her children follows.

William Knapp and Sarah Cutter were married about 1804 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey.[1] William Knapp, the son of unknown parents, was born in 1775 in Dutchess County, New York.

William Knapp and Sarah Cutter had the following children:

• Joseph C. Knapp, born about 1805, probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married Elizabeth --?-- , about 1830 in New Jersey, New Jersey, no known children.
• Samuel C. Knapp, born about 1806, probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Delia A. Smith, 5 October 1829, Sussex, New Jersey; died before 5 March 1852, Newark, Essex, New Jersey. They had nine children.
• Cyrus C. Knapp, born 19 December 1809, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married Catherine Terheun, 17 November 1836, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, seven children; died 13 Feb 1872, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States.
• Catharine Knapp was born about 1810 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. She died in July 1889 at the age of 79 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana. She never married.
• Benjamin Knapp, born about 1811, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married Susan A. Stewart, 31 August 1833, Sussex, New Jersey, five children; died before 1857, probably in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
• Charles C. Knapp, born about 1813, probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married Susan B. Ludlow, 20 January 1841, Morris, New Jersey, two children; died before 25 Dec 1888, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana.
• Hannah Maria Knapp, born 13 January 1816, probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married David Lum Foster, 6 October 1839, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, four children; died 22 November 1903, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey.
• Sarah G. Knapp, born January 1818, probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married David Auble, 1844, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, six children; died 1 September 1904, Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois.
• William Knapp, born 9 May 1823, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey; married Elizabeth C. Brokaw, 27 August 1846, New York, New York, New York, four children; died 17 October 1860, New York, New York, New York.
• Manning M. Knapp, born 7 June 1825, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey; married Anna Maria Mattison, 1 April 1850, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, two children; died 26 January 1892, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
• Elsie Morford Knapp, born 3 April 1831, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey; married John D. Wilson, 8 February 1862, Lafayette, Sussex, New Jersey, one child; died 7 September 1903, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States.

Sarah’s father, Stephen Cutter, died 13 August 1823 at age 78 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In his will he bequeathed $100 to his daughter Sally Knapp after his wife Tabitha died.

In about 1825, the William Knapp family moved to Newton in Sussex County, New Jersey where William opened a shoemaking shop.

Sarah’s mother, Tabitha (Randolph) Cutter died 26 November 1841 at age 89 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

In the 1850 United States Census, this family resided in Newton township, Sussex County, New Jersey.[3] The household included:

• William Knapp -- age 75, male, a shoemaker, $800 in real property, born NY
• Sarah Knapp, age 66, female, born NJ
• Catherine Knapp, age 40, female, born NJ
• Elsey Knapp, age 19, female, born NJ

William Knapp died 16 June 1856 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, and was buried in Old Newton Burial Ground in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey.

In the 1860 United States Census, Sarah Knapp resided with the Manning Knapp family in New Barbadoes township, Bergen County, New Jersey.[4] The household included:

• Manning M. Knapp -- age 34, male, lawyer, $7000 in real property, $4000 in personal property, born NJ
• Anna M. Knapp - age 31, female, wife, born NJ
• Anna M. Knapp - age 7, female, born PA, attended school
• Sarah C. Knapp - age 78, female, lady, born NJ
• Joseph Madison -- age 3, male, born NJ
• Margaret M. Mann -- age 28, female, domestic, born Ballyhanna, Ireland

There is no known entry in the 1870 United States Census for Sarah Knapp. Presumably, she was still living with her son Manning Knapp in the Hackensack, New Jersey area.

Sarah (Cutter) Knapp died 6 March 1878 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey at age 92. She is buried in Old Newton Burial Ground in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey next to her husband.[2,5] A burial record, most likely taken from the gravestone in 1989 during a gravestone survey, is available with the name "Sarah Cutter Knapp,"[5] with a birth date of Nov. 6 1787 and a death date of Mar. 6 1878, wife of William Knapp. The gravestone inscription says:

SARAH CUTTER

wife of WILLIAM KNAPP

Born Nov. 6, 1787

Died Mar. 6, 1878

There are no probate records for Sarah (Cutter) Knapp in the Sussex County, New Jersey Estate Index, 1804-1974 (accessed on FamilySearch.org).

5)  SOURCES

 

1. Dr. Benjamin Cutter, The History of the Cutter Family of New England  (Boston, Mass. : 1871), page 97, Sarah Cutter sketch.

2. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Old Newton Burial Ground, Newton, N.J., Sarah Cutter Knapp memorial #14259590.

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Sussex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Newton township, page 137, dwelling #454, family #486, William Knapp household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 464.

4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Bergen County, New Jersey, New Barbadoes township, page 412, dwelling #191, family #216, Manning McKnapp household; online database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Series M653, Roll 683.

5. A Record of the Inscriptions on the Stones in the Old Cemetery - Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, typescript (Newton, NJ : n.p., n.d., on shelf at Sussex County Library), Sarah Cutter Knapp entry, unnumbered page.

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