A Shared Family History
From Maria Rogers' and Susan Knapp's Great-Grandparents to Cousins with Select Additional Information
Bedford Historical Society
Exhibit Overview
Maternal Great Grandparents Maternal Grandparents Parents, Aunts, UnclesCousins SpousesChildren
  • Mary Rumsey
    • R: Grt. Grandmother
    • B: 10-20-1703
    • M: 3-7-1725 or 1726
    • D: 1-9-1770
  • Ralph Isaacs
    • R: Grt. Grandfather
    • B: ~ 1699
    • M: 3-7-1725 or 1726
    • D: 1765, Norwalk
    • O: Possible Jewish heritage
  • Sarah Scudder
    • R: Grandmother
    • B: 9-19-1742
    • M: Date unknown, husband Capt. Isaacs
    • D: 8-22-1824
    • O: After Capt. Isaacs' death, married brother-in-law, David Bush, in 1777. Justus Luke Bush was one of Sarah's and David's children.
  • Benjamin Isaacs
    • R: Grandfather
    • B: 9-19-1737, Norwalk
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 1775
    • O: Military Rank: Captain; Member of Mason's Society in Norwalk
  • Sarah Isaacs
    • R: Maria's Mother,
      Susan's Aunt
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: Date unknown
    • O: Resided after marriage in Pauling, NY; Moved to Cold Springs, NY on death of husband.
  • Esther Isaacs
    • R: Susan's Mother,
      Maria's Aunt
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 1842 or 1843
  • Benjamin Isaacs
    • R: Uncle
    • B: 12-5-1764
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 12-3-1834
    • O: Benjamin did not have children. Maria lived with her uncle after his wife died.
  • Isaac Isaacs
    • R: Uncle
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: 1777
    • D: Date unknown
  • William Isaacs
    • R: Uncle
    • B: 1766
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 1819
    • O: William did not have children. Maria's and Susan's letters mention William's death
  • Joseph Rogers
    • R: Maria's Father,
      Susan's Uncle,
      Sarah Isaacs' husband
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: ~1819
    • O: Resided in Pauling, NY after marriage
  • William Knapp
    • R: Susan's Father,
      Maria's Uncle,
      Esther Isaacs' husband
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 1825
  • Sarah Holly
    • R: Benjamin Isaacs' wife,
      Aunt;
    • B: 2-18-1777
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 11-18-1810
    • O: Died prior to Maria's Bedford residence
  • Susan St. John
    • R: Isaac Isaacs' wife,
      Aunt;
    • B: Date unknown
    • M: 1777
    • D: Date unknown
  • Amos Belden
    • R: Elizabeth Isaacs' husband,
      Uncle;
    • B: 1764
    • M: Date unknown
    • D: 1830
    • O: Merchant, farmer in Carmel
  • Maria Rogers
    • R: Susan's Cousin
    • B: 3-3-1798
    • M: 11-8-1827
    • D: 4-30-1881
    • O: Pictures personal belongings
  • George Rogers
    • R: Maria's Brother,
      Susan's Cousin
    • B: 1786
    • M: Data Unknown
    • D: ~1854
    • O: Image
  • Susan I Knapp
    • R: Maria's Cousin
    • B: 10-24-1796
    • M: 1830
    • D: 6-20-1873
    • O: Middle name Isaacs. Buried Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  • William B. Knapp
    • R: Susan's Brother
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 6-13-1788
    • D: 2-15-1789
    • O: Middle name Bush. Susan had two brothers named William Bush Knapp.
  • Henry I. Knapp
    • R: Susan's Brother
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 2-8-1803
    • D: 11-9-1841
    • O: Middle name Isaacs.
  • William Knapp
    • R: Susan's Brother
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 3-1-1800
    • D: 11-6-1840
    • O: Middle name Bush. Susan had two brothers named William Bush
  • Elizabeth Knapp
    • R: Susan's Sister,
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 11-9-1786
    • M: 3-27-1806
    • D: 11-26-1821
    • O: Married John D. Titus. Death mentioned in a letter from Susan to Maria.
  • Sally W. Knapp
    • R: Susan's Sister
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 11-17-1789
    • O: Middle name William. Married name Mead.
  • Esther R. Knapp
    • R: Susan's Sister,
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 11-28-1794
    • M: 3-19-1860
    • D: 1884
    • O: Middle name Rebecca. Married Elisha Reynolds Belcher.
  • Benjamin I Knapp
    • Susan's Brother
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 1-29-1805
    • D: 12-3-1850
    • O: Middle name Isaacs. Buried Episcopal Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
  • Julia Ann Knapp
    • R: Susan's Sister,
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 2-17-1801
    • M: 9-8-1828
    • D: 8-9-1873
    • O: Married Col. Drake Mead
  • Rebecca B. Knapp
    • R: Susan's Sister,
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: 12-14-1791
    • D: 8-20-1793
    • O: Middle name Bush.
  • Titus Knapp
    • R: Susan's Brother,
      Maria's Cousin
    • B: around 1807
  • Julia Belden
    • R: Cousin
    • B: 1791
    • M: Date Unknown
    • D: 9-14-1817
  • Joseph Ambler
    • R: Maria's Husband
    • B: 5-23-1804
    • M: 11-8-1827
    • D: 8-15-1876
    • O: Picture of House
  • Charles E. Thorne
    • R: Susan's Husband
    • B: 1801
    • M: 1830
    • D: 10-24-1867
    • O: Middle name, Edgar Son of William Thorne, Ann Knapp (B: 1782, Greenwich
  • Sarah O. Ambler
    • R: Maria's 1st child
    • B: 1826
    • M: Date Unknown
    • D: 1850
    • O: Middle name, Olmstead
      Possibly born out-of-wedlock
  • Benjamin I. Ambler
    • R: Maria's 2nd child
    • B: 1828-1830
    • M: Date Unknown, wife,
      Ann Lounsbery(B: 1844)
    • D: 1906
    • O: Middle name, Isaacs,
      No children, Image
  • Joseph A. Ambler
    • R: Maria's 3rd child
    • B: 1833
    • D: Died in Infancy
    • O: Middle name, Augustus
  • George F. Thorne
    • R: Susan's child
    • B: Date Unknown
    • M: Date Unknown
    • D: 1837 or 1873,
      two dates found
    • O: Middle name, Ferdinand
  • Sarah E. Olmstead
    • R: Maria's niece,
      Rogers-Olmstead daughter
    • B: Date Unknown
    • D: 3-16-1821
    • O: Middle name, Elizabeth
  • Fred. St. John
    • R: son,
      Julia Belden-St. John
    • B: Date Unknown
    • D: 1840
    • O: First name, Frederick
      Middle name, Augustus
Code:
Shared Isaacs lineage in pink
Shared non-Isaacs relatives in blue.

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R= Relationship, B = Born, M =Married, D = Died, O = Other information
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