Third Generation

19. Orrill Harriet ROOT was born on 30 July 1822 in Forestville, Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^{3,49,50,55,69,70,135} (Puzzilla.org lists her birth place as Forestville, Chautauqua County, NY.) She appeared in the census in 1830 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY.⁴¹ She appeared in the census in 1840 in Otto Township, Cattaraugus County, NY.⁵⁷ Orrill appeared in the census in 1850 in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁰⁶ She appeared in the census in 1855 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹¹³ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁴² Orrill appeared in the census in 1865 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹¹³ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁰⁷ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Forestville, Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁴³ Orrill appeared in the census in 1900 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^144,145 She was living with her son Elliott and his family.

(She was not living with Elliott in the 1910 Census, but that year's census for Sodus, Wayne County, NY contains a listing for a Harriet Knapp, age 87, born in New York, whose parents were also born in New York, who was living with her daughter Harriet, age 55; her husband, Daniel P. Bates, age 57; and their daughter, Alice K., age 16. Harriet is not known to have had a daughter named Harriet, but that may have been her.) She died on 10 April 1916 at the age of 93 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^79,146 After the death of her husband in 1898 in New York, she moved to Monroe County, WI to be near her brothers Thomas and Ephraim.

(She may have died in 1906 in Upper Township, Cape May County, NJ.) She has Ancestral File Number 93FR-NPD.³⁴

Orrill Harriet ROOT and William Henry KNAPP were married in 1845.^135,144 (According to the 1900 Census, they had 4 children, of whom 2 were living at the time.)

(Orril Root's brother Thomas married William's sister Harriet Knapp.) William Henry KNAPP, son of James B. KNAPP and Clarinda PULLING, was born on 25 November 1820 in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^135,147,148 He appeared in the census in 1830 in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹³¹ He appeared in the census in 1840 in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹³² He was living with his parents. William appeared in the census in 1850 in Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^106,143 His household consisted of himself, his wife Orril, and their children George, 3, and Sarah, 2.
He appeared in the census in 1860 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁴² His household consisted of William, 39; "Aurel," 38; and their children, George E, 13; Jane, 12; Ella, 4; and "Irvin," 3. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Villenova Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁰⁷ His household consisted of William, 49; Orril, 49; and their children Jane, 22; Ella, 14; and Irving, 13. William appeared in the census in 1880 in Forestville, Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁴³ His household consisted of William and "Orrill" and their children, Ella L, age 24, and Irving L., age 23. He died on 8 May 1898 at the age of 77 in Forestville, Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.^135,147 He was buried in Forestville, Hanover Township, Chautauqua County, NY.¹⁴⁷ in the Forestville Cemetery.

Orrill Harriet ROOT and William Henry KNAPP had the following children: