#51676 William Knepper ( Solomon Knepper • Peter Knepper • Wilhelmus Knepper • Hans Peter Knepper◊ • Tilmann Knepper◊ )
William was born 1802/1805 in Franklin Twp., Pennsylvania. He died 1874 in Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland. He was buried in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Clearspring, Washington Co., Maryland.
∞ William married #51682 Henrietta S. Hower.
Marriage notes |
They married 31 May 1827 in Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland. |
Henrietta was born 1808 in Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland. She died 1888 in Clear Spring, Washington Co., Maryland. She was buried in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Clearspring, Washington Co., Maryland.
This marriage is as shown in [Terrill]. [Wig] identifies her marriage to a William Knepper as being with William (#5318), child of John William & Elizabeth (Lindersmith) Knepper. However, [Terrill] shows a large number of duplicated names for their children: three Elizabeths, two Anns, three Susans, two Margarets, etc. My suspicion is that two families, with somewhat overlapping names, were merged.
It's difficult to guess where to place her. On one hand, [Wig] describes William (#5318) as a tinsmith and says he ran canal boats on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which would tend to place him in Maryland. This is consistent with Henrietta's census records. On the other hand, [Wig] lists William (#5318) as dying in 1893, which seems inconsistent with Henrietta moving in with her brother-in-law by 1880, whereas [Terrill] lists William (#51676) as dying in 1874.
For now, I've kept Henrietta listed both places as #5500 and #51682 rather than merge them so that I can keep track of the separate children listed by [Terrill]. I've placed the children found in [Wig] under #5500. This includes from Bella down to Susan Alice. The remainder found in [Terrill] are listed under #51682. I've also placed all census information under #5500.
Children of this relationship:
| #51685 | F | i | Margaret Knepper | (1831–) |
| #51687 | F | ii | Alice Knepper | (1833–) |
| #51690 | F | iii | Catherine Knepper | (1835–) |
| #51692 | F | iv | Ann Knepper | (1837–) |
| #51694 | F | v | Susan Knepper | (1839–) |
| #51696 | F | vi | Elizabeth Knepper | (1841–) |
Bill Terrill, Descendants of Tilman Knepper and Christina Boegel, (unpublished, 30 Jun 2009). Ref. as [Terrill].
Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997). Ref. as [Wig].
Margaret Houghton Hooker Hoyt Moser, "Ancestors of James Anthony Hoyt", compiled genealogy, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/Margo-H-Moser-VA/BOOK-0001/0004-0001.html).
Line Generation: 6
Relationship: Third Cousins Five Times Removed through Hans Peter Knepper◊