Famous Kin of Nicholas Knapp

Our ancestor, Nicholas Knapp, came to the American colonies as part of the Puritan Migration. We share him with a number of other descendants (some of them famous):

Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of the Girl Scouts, 6th great-granddaughter

Howard Hughes, American Business Tycoon, 8th great-grandson

Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, 8th great-grandson

Glenn Close, Movie, Television, and Stage Actress, 9th great-granddaughter

Taylor Swift, Singer and Songwriter, 9th great-granddaughter

Mike Huckabee, 44th Governor of Arkansas, 9th great-grandson

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 47th and current Governor of Arkansas, 10th great-grandaughter

Bill Belichick, NFL Head Coach, 10th great-grandson

Jason Kelce, NFL Center, 10th great-grandson

Travis Kelce, NFL Tight End, 10th great-grandson

Famous Kin of Nicholas Knapp

Famous Kin of William Tuttle (1607-1673)

Our immigrant ancestor (through the Westlake family) had a number of famous descendants (our cousins):

Aaron Burr, Killed Alexander Hamilton, 3rd great-grandson

Edith (Carow) Roosevelt, First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt, 6th great-granddaughter

Charles Warren Fairbanks, 26th U.S. Vice-President, 7th great-grandson

Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 8th great-grandson

Ernest Hemingway, Author of The Sun Also Rises, 8th great-grandson

Cecil B. DeMille, American Film Director, 8th great-grandson

Thurman Munson, MLB Catcher - NY Yankees, 8th great-grandson

Felicity Huffman, TV & Movie Actress, 9th great-granddaughter

Burt Reynolds, Movie Actor, 9th great-grandson

Ted Danson, TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”, 10th great-grandson

Chevy Chase, Comedian, Actor and Writer, 10th great-grandson

Billie Eilish, Singer and Songwriter, 10th great-granddaughter

Famous Kin of William Tuttle

Ancestral Places of Worship: Bruton Parish Church

 

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg

The bell was donated by James Tarpley, my ancestor.