Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Knapp, George, Settler, Forest Lea, Morrison Bush, was born in Kent, England, in 1826. Mr. Knapp enlisted in the fifty-eighth regiment in 1813, and came to the colonies the following year with convicts for Norfolk Island. After seven years service, during which he was engaged in hostilities with the Maoris in several places in the North Island of New Zealand, Mr. Knapp took his discharge, and settled down to peaceful pursuits. He was engaged for some time as a sawyer, and acquired land in the Wairarapa in 1884. Mr. Knapp is a married man, and has three sons and a daughter.