#637 Elizabeth "Betty" Knepper ( Wilhelmus KnepperHans Peter KnepperTilmann Knepper )

Betty was born Abt 1740 in Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. She died Abt 1807 in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.

On 27 Jun 1787 Betty obtained the patent for a tract of land called "Maiden Hall" that was associated with the Ephrata Group and Snow Hill. She published several hymns. She donated land to build Mt. Zion church and cemetery, also known as Knepper's Meeting House. Her will was dated 18 Mar 1807 and probated on 10 Apr 1807 in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. She left her land to nephew, Abraham.

Betty never married.


Bill Terrill, Descendants of Tilman Knepper and Christina Boegel, (unpublished, 30 Jun 2009).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Clifford T. Wig & Dorothy H. Wig, The Knepper Family Tree, (unpublished, Apr 1997).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].


Line Generation: 4

Relationship: First Cousins Seven Times Removed through Hans Peter Knepper