Biography

Appears to have lived in Fishkill, NY. Was a businessman and secretary for the the Hudson and Delaware Company.

"John W. Kneyels was the son of Dr. Adrian Knevels, of Santa Cruz, W. I., and came hither with his father, whose family was composed of John W., Isaac, Augustus, Granville, and Maria. He studied law under William Ross, and was for a time associ-ated with him. Subsequently he gave no little atten-tion to horticulture, established a nursery, and pub-lished a monthly under the title of Tablets of Rural Economy. He also edited the Newburgh Gazette, and embellished his editorial articles with Greek types. He failed in 1787, and removed to Fishkill, where he died. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Cromeline Verplanck, and sister of Guliau C. Ver-planck."