A deed signed on 25 May 1841 in Barton, Orleans Co., VT, and recorded at Johnston, RI, on 15 December 1841, refers to the mother of Remington Knapp as Mariam Knapp (see Deeds, Vol. 10, p. 494; top shelf at Johnston Town Hall). The original of this deed was signed by his children Nancy, David, Mary, & Abigail, and witnessed by James Salsbury and John H. Kimball, Justice of the Peace for Orleans County, VT.