William Custer KNIGHT [Parents]-LCF8-WXC was born on 26 Feb 1945 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont. William married Teri Jene VAIL-LCF8-ZZK on 7 Feb 1976 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:

PLATT, Corlu Esther

BIRTH: Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008
Name: William Custer Knight
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Feb 1945
Birth Facility: Mary Fletcher Hospital
Birth Town: Burlington
Birth County: Chittenden
Mother's Maiden Name: Aday
Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Residence: Burlington
Father's Name: William Edward Knight
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Event Type: Certificate of Birth
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:

MEDIA: D0035 - High School Graduation June 1965, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, Santa Cruz, California  
A0062 - The photo of William Custer Knight and Aunt Virginia and Uncle Tom is from the collection of annieaday@yahoo.com
D0151 - William Custer Knight and Hump 2003 Etowah River Campground Dahlonega,Lumpkin,Georgia
D0175A - William Custer Knight - Felton,Santa Cruz,California 21 May 1974
D0175 - William Custer Knight - Felton,Santa Cruz,California 21 May 1974
D0176 - William Custer Knight - Felton,Santa Cruz,California 1974
D0197 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0198 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0199 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0200 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0201 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0202 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0203 - Awards Meeting L.C.H.S. 2005
D0248 - William Custer Knight age 14 1957
D1014 - Paul Schiemer - Sally Sourhand - William Custer Knight - Lumpkin County Historical Societ Awards meeting 16 April 2009

DIVORCE: California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
Name: William C Knight
Spouse Name: Corlu E Platt
LOCATION: Santa Cruz  
Date: Dec 1973
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: State of California. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services

Teri Jene VAIL [Parents]-LCF8-ZZK was born on 1 Jun 1956 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Teri married William Custer KNIGHT-LCF8-WXC on 7 Feb 1976 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. The marriage ended in divorce.

MEDIA: D0233 - Teri Jene Vail (Mother of Paul Anthony Knight)

MARRIAGE: California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Name: William C Knight
Age: 30
Est. Birth: abt 1946
Spouse Name: Teri J Vail
Spouse Age: 19
Date: 7 Feb 1976
Location: Santa Cruz
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.

BIRTH: California Birth Index, 1905-1995
Name: Teri J Vail
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1956
Gender: Female
Mother's Maiden Name: Williams
Birth County: San Francisco
Source Citation: Birthdate: 1 Jun 1956; Birth County: San Francisco.
Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

William Edward KNIGHT [Parents]-LCF8-ZLF was born on 25 Feb 1908 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died on 28 May 1984 in Felton, Santa Cruz, California from Pulmonary artery hemorhage - Lung cancer. William married Mary Elizabeth ADAY "Betty"-LCF8-ZLN. The marriage ended in divorce.

William died on 28 May 1984 in Felton, Santa Cruz, California from Pulmonary Artery Hemorrage - Lung Cancer. He was cremated on 29 May 1984 in I.O.O.F. Cemetery - Santa Cruz, California.

Other marriages:

WHITTIER, Dorothy
KNIGHT, Connie
KNIGHT, Gail
LEMOYNE, Rita J.

BIOGRAPHY: From: RKnight102@aol.com  
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 10:27:10 EDT
Subject: Re: Dad
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
Bill....
I really enjoy your e-mails and find it fascinating to match up your memories of Dad's later life with mine of his earlier. You asked if he graduated from MIT.  I never heard this and am sure it's not true.  I know he went to a school called Boston Radio and got his radio knowledge there.  On my birth certificate (1934) his employment is listed as " Radio Supervisor, B&M Airways". After that he held a series of non-technical jobs. The ones I can remember were with United Fruit (he had great stories of his trip to South America with them), Lever Brothers, Sales Manager for a tv distributor in Boston, a wire recorder salesman, and a job at Raytheon in Quality Assurance ( I think ).  I'm sure there were many others since long-term jobs were not his long suit.  Oh yes, he worked for some time as an engineer jobber -  short term assignments with high pay.  I can now add nudist beach manager!! As you probably know his family was pretty well off at the time Dad was getting his education.  His brother Dick went to Andover Academy and then to Yale, while his sister Dorothy went to Boston Conservatory of Music or some other noted music school.  I don't know about Mary's education.  Dad graduated from Tilton Academy in North Hero, Vermont and I'm sure he could have gone to college.  I can only imagine that his rebellious nature was involved in a decision to go to radio school.  My mother had a picture of him on the football team at Tilton-- I hope my sister still has it- I'll get her to look.  By the way, I've asked her to look for pictures so I can send you copies.  She is slow unpacking but I'll keep after her. As for the genealogy --- I was born on 4/21/34 and Judy on 3/15/37.  Judy never married, but I have two children by my first wife, Kimberly born 4/30/60 and Daniel born 3/19/63.  Let me know if you want grandkids birth dates and with a little digging I can come up with them. Have to leave you now since Nell and I take our puppy to obedience class on Sat. mornings.
More later,    Dick

DEATH: California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: William Edward Knight
Social Security #: 023059891  
Sex: MALE  
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1908
Birthplace: Massachusetts  
Death Date: 28 May 1984
Death Place: Santa Cruz  
Mother's Maiden Name: Newcomb  
Source Citation: Place: Santa Cruz; Date: 28 May 1984; Social Security: 023059891.

Social Security Death Index
Name: William Knight
SSN: 023-05-9891  
Last Residence: 95018  Felton, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
Born: 25 Feb 1908
Died: May 1984
State (Year) SSN issued: Massachusetts (Before 1951 )
Source Citation: Number: 023-05-9891;Issue State: Massachusetts;Issue Date: Before 1951.

MEDIA: The following is on the back of the photo of William Edward Knight and Rita LeMoyne (5th wife)
"This was taken 3 weeks ago.
Hi Dick + Mickey,
Hope to be able to meet you in the near
future your Dad & I are very happy
he is wonderfull
Signed Rita"

D0139 - Rita LeMoyne Martin Knight (Dad's last wife, married in 1961)
D0232 - William Edward Knight (February 1984)taken 3 months before he passed away
D0234 - William Edward Knight (2/19/77 Felton,California)
D0235 - William Edward Knight (8/24/77)
D0236 - William Edward Knight (8/24/77 - Felton,Calif)
D0237 - William Edward Knight (8/26/81)
D0238 - William Edward Knight (1977 - Felton,California)
D0245 - William Edward Knight and Rita Lemoyne (February 1962)
D0249 - William Edward Knight and Lady
D0451 - Stearn's School Hockey Team (Taken in 1920's) William Edward Knight is in the back - center

CENSUS: 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: William E Knight
Age in 1910: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House: Son  
Father's name: Geo A G
Father's Birth Place: Vermont  
Mother's name: Cora E  
Mother's Birth Place: Maine  
Home in 1910: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White
Gender: Male  
Household Members: Name Age
Geo A G Knight 34  
Cora E Knight 34  
Dorothy E Knight 7  
Richard C Knight 5  
William E Knight 2  
Julia Denington 24  (Servant)
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_602; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 946; Image: 1241.

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Willian Knight
Home in 1920: Melrose Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 12 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House: Son  
Father's name: Geo
Father's Birth Place: Vermont  
Mother's name: Cora E
Mother's Birth Place: Maine  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 715  
Household Members: Name Age
Geo Knight 43  
Cora E Knight 43  
Richard C Knight 15  
Dorothy E Knight 17  
Willian Knight 12  
Mary Knight 6  
Sarah Brown 40  
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Melrose Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_715; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 339; Image: 715.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: William E Knight
Home in 1930: Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1908  
Relation to Head of House: Son  
Father's name: George A C
Mother's name: Cora E
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
George A C Knight 53  
Cora E Knight 53  
Dorothy Knight 27  
William E Knight 22  
Mary E Knight 16  
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 925; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 339; Image: 626.0.

MARRIAGE: Maine Marriages, 1892-1996
Certificate: 0
Bride: Whittier Dorothy
Bride's Place of Residence: Melrose
Bride's State of Residence: MA
Groom: Knight William E
Groom's Place of Residence: Reading
Groom's state of Residence: MA
Date: 9 December, 1933
The 1930 census shows Miss Whittier as being William Knight's next door neighbor.

RESIDENCE: February 26, 1945
25 Elmwood Avenue
Burlington,Chittenden,Vermont

August 1960
379 State Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Geneva 6-3003

April and May of 1961
360 Walker Dr.
Mountain Veiw,California

Late 1961
1201 Soccoro Ave
Sunnyvale,California

OBITUARY: Santa Cruz Sentinel - Wednesday, May 30, 1984
Page A-10
William 'Bill' Knight

Private cremation services will be Thursday for William 'Bill' Knight, a longtime resident of Santa Cruz County, who died Monday at his Felton home following a long illness. He was 76. A native of Melrose, Mass., Mr. Knight had lived in Santa Cruz County for 25 years. He belonged to several amateur radio clubs and had a W6LWV radio license. He is survived by his sons, William C. Knight of Mount Herman and Richard Knight of Massachusetts; daughters, Judith Knight, Mary Knight, and Kathleen Knight. Private cremation services will be Thursday, Santa Cruz Cremation Service, 1570 Soguel Drive, is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be at Melrose Cemetery, Melrose,Mass.

Mary Elizabeth "Betty" ADAY [Parents]-LCF8-ZLN was born on 11 Jan 1919 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. She died on 7 Jan 2003 in Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She was buried in Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Betty married William Edward KNIGHT-LCF8-ZLF. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:

MUNSON, Richard M.

I like to email Frank because he can take his time to answer. He is really busy. He is nice. I bet Tommy has most of the papers though. Here is Betty on a pony. That was very chic, to have a photo on a pony. Love,

DEATH: Social Security Death Index (SSDI
Name:     MARY E MUNSON  
SSN:     102-22-6716  
Last Residence:     02151  Revere, Suffolk, MA  
Born:     11 Jan 1919  
Last Benefit:           
Died:     7 Jan 2003  
State (Year) SSN issued:     NY (Before 1951)
 
Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003
Name: Mary Munson
Death Place: Wakefield
Death Date: 7 Jan 2003
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1919

According to Mary Knight Ollis, Mary Elizabeth Aday Knight's daughter and my sister, Mary was cremated and her ashes spread by son Robert in the marshes near her home.

BIOGRAPHY: As per a phone conversation on 20 Aug 2003 with Mary Ellen Knight, Mary Elizabeth Aday, lived a full and active life until she died of a stroke on 7 Jan 2003, she had been living in an assisted living facility for about 6 months before she died.

From:  "annie aday"
Subject:  Re: Grand-father
To: "William Knight"
Hi, Betty had 2 sisters, Doris and Virginia. Doris' kids are Norman (60) and Roger (55) and Douglas who is somewhat younger, Doris was 43... Husband, Norman Wells. Virginia had Tom (60) and Frank (67)...  Husband, Thomas Francis Kinnelly jr. Tommy is 3rd.

MEDIA: A0066 - Mary Elizabeth Aday Knight abt 1921 Photo from the collection of annieaday@yahoo.com
D1230 - Mary Elizabeth Aday Knight w/o William Edward Knight

CENSUS: 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Aday
Home in 1920: Brooklyn Assembly District 2, Kings, New York
Age: 11 months
Estimated birth year: abt 1919
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Father's name: Francis
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee  
Mother's name: Mary E
Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts  
Marital Status: Single  
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 375  
Household Members: Name Age
Francis Aday 38  
Mary E Aday 31  
Virginia Aday 9 11/12  
Doris Aday 7 6/12  
Mary E Aday 11/12  
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 2, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1147; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 121; Image: 375.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary E Aday
Home in 1930: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1919  
Relation to Head of House: Daughter  
Parent's Name: Mary E
Occupation:
Household Members: Name Age
Mary E Aday 41  
Virginia M Aday 20  
Donis J Aday 17  
Mary E Aday 11  
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland; Roll: 881; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 118.0.

George Armstrong Custer KNIGHT [Parents]-K8VG-4ZL was born on 28 Sep 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He died on 21 Oct 1951 in East Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire from Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis. He was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts. George married Cora Ellen Newcomb RICHARDS-KD98-1D1 on 29 Oct 1900 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

George died on 21 Oct 1951 in East Derry, New Hampshire from Cerebral Hemorrhage Arteriosclerosis.

           

DEATH: CC: dvbrwn@mindspring.com
From: "Douglas Brown"  Add to Address Book
Subject: George A.C. (DC) and Gravestone data
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:14:05 -0400
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
 
dear william:  (doug v brown calling from MA)
********Death Certificate for George A.C. KNIGHT********
VS  6   1m  5-21-51
NAME :- Knight,  George  A.C  of     22 Howard St. , Melrose
Date of Death:-  Oct 21, 1951  
Place:-Alexander-Eastman Hospital                                                    
East Derry,  N.H.
Sex:- M  Color:- W  Con:- M   Age:- 75 Y -m, - d.-
Cause:- Cerebral Hemorrhage   Arteriosclerosis
Interred:-  Wyoming [ Cem] Melrose     Born:- North Hero,Vermont
Occupation:- Ins. Agent
Parents' Names:-  Orris P. Knight             --
Birthplaces:-    --     and    --
Register of deaths  Vol  9  page 141   No. 20984    Date 12/24/51
Transcibed by doug v brown -041027
dvbrwn@mindspring.com

************************************************************************
George and Cora gravesite location -
Wyoming Cemetery- cor of Lebanon St. and Sylvan St.
Melrose,Middlesex Co., MA
Section 5- Lots # 154 and 155   (two people only)

One medium size Headstone  engraved.....

......KNIGHT......
G. A.   CUSTER
1876----------1951

CORA    E.
1875---------1963

BIOGRAPHY: CC: dvbrwn@mindspring.com
From: "Douglas Brown"  
Subject: George Armstrong Custer Knight .3
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:06:54 -0400
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
 
dear william:-  (doug v brown calling from MA-usa )

Thanks for your prompt reply....... It may seem that the majority of Vital and Historical Records Centers ,including the town libraries,don't give a damn about ones ancestors ,but most of them are not really staffed to do even a minor search-you have to ask them to point you to "the Room" and then dig in.......
You noted that you have the US census-MA and I suggested the next step would be a search of the Melrose City Directories Anyhow, I've been there,and done that and I have good news that the George/Cora et als Life story and last known address are recorded there, which I have transcribed and printed below----My next step is to get Cora Ellen's death cert at the town hall and then George A.C.'s death cert. At this point it looks as if your Aunt Dorothy never married but lived  
at home with Geo/Cora and took care of them to the end, which was about 1951-1952 at 22 Howard St for George A.C. Knight and about 1961-1962 at the MacKenzie Nursing Home at 24 VINE St for Cora Ellen. As I get the data I will EMail it to you it will include cemetery, Church, and other VR's  data- It seems that at 22 Howard St ,a Walter and Ida M Knight appeared at the time of your grandpa's death-- maybe a relative I would like to hear of some of your memories.....time
permitting.......Of course there is possibility of getting a copy of GAC's will at the Probate Office in Cambridge Also any or all Deeds with your Grandparents signatures ................
P.S. -Geo and 3 children, Dot/Rich/William were ,I believe, all assoc with the John Hancock Insurance Co. in Boston,MA.......maybe a source of further data........hmmmmmm
Keep smiling.........
doug v brown-041017
dvbrwn@mindspring.com
   
George A. C. Knight - et alls - Melrose,Ma.-1902-thru-1963
REF. US. Census-MA-MIDDLESEX COUNTY-MELROSE - AND MELROSE CITY
Year        Address/Notes
1901    53 Elm St. Melrose
1902    53 Elm St. Melrose   Salesman-55 No. Market Boston,Ma
1903    53 Elm St. Melrose   Dorothy Knight Born 8 June 1902
1904    10 Morgan St. Melrose Salesman-34 Fanuel Hall Sq. Boston
1905    10 Morgan St. Melrose Richard Custer Knight B:2 Nov. 1904
1908        10 Morgan St. Melrose William Edward Knight B:25 Feb. 1908
1910        375 Wildwood Rd. Melrose Shopkeeper/Meats Boston Ma.
1914        Mary Knight B:8 Oct. 1913
1920        102 Stratford Rd. Melrose  Meats 85 North, Boston
1930        99 Ashland Melrose George/Insurance Boston
1931       (Melrose Highlands-MH) Dot/Clerk and William E, Insurance
1933       99 Ashland Melrose   George/Insurance Boston
1935       81 Shefield    George/Insurance Richard/Barbara Knight
1938       209 West Emerson St. George/Cora/Dorothy
1938       81 Sheffield Rd. Richard/Barbara Richard Insurance Agent
1941       209 West Emerson St.   George/Cora/Dorothy William/Mary gone
1941       8 Stratford Rd.  Richard/Barbara  Richard Insurance Agent
1947       22 Howard St.  George/Cora/Dorothy
1948       22 Howard St.  George/Cora/Dorothy
1950       22 Howard St.  George/Cora/Dorothy   George/Insurance Agent
1951       137 East Emerson St. Richard/Barbara  Richard Ins. Agent
1952       22 Howard St.  Cora/Dorothy
1952       22 Howard St.  Also at same address Walter Knight Ret. 72 and wife Ida Knight
(Walter and Ida stayed at 22 Howard, and Cora and Dorothy moved to East Foster St.)
1953    181 East Foster St. Cora and Dorothy with Daniel Barchus, this is daughter Mary Ellen Knight's family
1962    24 Vine St. MacKenzie Nursing Home-Cora E. age 85
1962    183 East Foster St. Dorothy-Medical Approver-Hancock Insurance - Boston,Ma.
1963    24 Vine St. MacKenzie Nursing Home Cora E. Cora E. died about 1962

DRAFT: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
September 15, 2004 12:35 AM
Name:    George Armstrong Custer Knight
City:   102 Stratford Rd, Melrose  
County:    Middlesex  
State:    Massachusetts  
Birthplace: North Hero,Grand Isle,Vermont  
Birth Date:    28 Sep 1876  
Race:    White  
Roll:    1684684  
DraftBoard:    28  
Age:41    
Occupation: Beef Business - Owner
Nearest Relative: Cora E. Knight (Wife)
Height: Tall
Build:    
Color of Eyes: Hazel
Color of Hair: Brown
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Custas Knight
Home in 1880: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to head-of-household: Son
Father's name: Orris P.
Father's birthplace: Vermont
Mother's name: Mary
Mother's birthplace: Vermont
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Orris P. Knight 38  
Mary Knight 39  
Fred L. Knight 12  
Ernest Knight 10  
Abby A. Knight 8  
Oscar Knight 5  
Custas Knight 3  
Waldo E. Knight 2  
Infant Knight 6M  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: T9_1344; Family History Film: 1255344; Page: 355.2000; Enumeration District: 119; .

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: George A C Knight
Home in 1900: Somerville Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 23  
Estimated birth year: abt 1877  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Relationship to head-of-house: Boarder  
Race: White  
Occupation: Provision Salesman
Household Members: Name Age
Olin N Marsh 46  
Etta E Marsh 23  
Hazel H Marsh 3  
George A C Knight 23  
Mary E Nourse 29  
Josephine P Nourse 23  
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Somerville Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T623 665; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 941.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Geo A G Knight
Age in 1910: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Vermont  
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Spouse's name: Cora E
Home in 1910: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Gender: Male
Store Keeper - Meats
Household Members: Name Age
Geo A G Knight 34  
Cora E Knight 34  
Dorothy E Knight 7  
Richard C Knight 5  
William E Knight 2  
Julia Denington 24  
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Melrose Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_602; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 946; Image: 1241.

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Geo Knight
Home in 1920: Melrose Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 43 years  
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Cora E
Father's Birth Place: Vermont  
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own  
Able to read: Yes  
Able to Write: Yes  
Image: 715  
Wholesale Meat Business
Household Members: Name Age
Geo Knight 43  
Cora E Knight 43  
Richard C Knight 15  
Dorothy E Knight 17  
Willian Knight 12  
Mary Knight 6  
Sarah Brown 40  
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Melrose Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_715; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 339; Image: 715.

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: George A C Knight
Home in 1930: Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1877  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Spouse's name: Cora E
Race: White
Occupation:Insurance Agent
Age at first marriage:24
Household Members: Name Age
George A C Knight 53  
Cora E Knight 53  
Dorothy Knight 27  
William E Knight 22  
Mary E Knight 16  
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 925; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 339; Image: 626.0.

Cora Ellen Newcomb RICHARDS [Parents]-KD98-1D1 was born on 1 Jul 1875 in Pine Point, Cumberland, Maine. She died on 9 Mar 1963 in 24 Vine St., Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts from Broncho-Pneumonia Virus Generalized Ateriosclerosis Senility. She was buried in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cora married George Armstrong Custer KNIGHT-K8VG-4ZL on 29 Oct 1900 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Cora died on 9 Mar 1963 in Melrose, Massachusetts from Broncho Pneumonia.

BIOGRAPHY: Author: Linda Scott  Date: 25 Sep 2003 2:14 PM GMT  
In Reply to: George Armstrong Custer Knight by:William Custer Knight
William -
 
My husband was born and raised in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. We currently do not live there, but we are somewhat familiar with the geography of the area.

Regarding Cora Ellen, Pine Point, Cumberland, ME is actually considered to be a part of the town of Scarborough. I then checked the 1880 census for Cumberland County, Maine on Ancestry.com for a 5 year old named Cora with no last name entered. I found a Cora Richard living in the household of John W. Webster in Scarborough, Cumberland, ME.

Here is the entire household listing:
Last, First, Race, Sex, Age, Birthplace, Occupation, Father's Birthplace, Mother's Birthplace

Webster, John W., W, M, 34, NH, keeping of town farm, NH, NH
Webster, Catherine B., W, F, 34, ME , keeping house, ME, ME
Skillings, Staloria, W, F, 70, ME, Servant, ME, ME
Richards, Daniel, W, M, 67, ME, Teamster, ME, ME
Burnham, Drusillia, W, F, 65, ME, Servant, ME, ME
Snow, Samuel, W, M, 56, ME, Fisherman, ME, ME
Richard, Cora, W, F, 5, ME, At School, ME, ME

I know that this raised a lot of other questions, but hopefully it helps get you pointed in the right direction.

Regards,
Linda Scott

George Armstrong Custer Knight 24 clerk 1st marriage b.No.Hero Vt.parents Orris P.Knight and Mary Hanes. Cora Ellen Newcomb 25 at home 1st marriage b.Saco, Maine parents Daniel M. Richards and Mary Newcomb ( after her parents death her mothers father adopted her W.T.Newcomb)David Mount Lockrow, Minister of the Gospel, Fernidand St.Melrose,Ma.

DEATH: CC: dvbrwn@mindspring.com
From: "Douglas Brown"
Subject: Cora Ellen (Richards) Knight
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:30:12 -0400
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
 
    
dear william:   (doug v brown calling from MA )

I have Cora E Knight' s death certificate from the
Melrose City Hall  - which I will send to you by snail mail

Here is a pre lim look see
I will visit the gravesite and get in depth data
on George A.C. Knight et als soon
( I do not know the meaning of the [- o.k. -] following Cora's name)

VS 6 1000 3-22-63
NAME:- Knight, Cora Ellen   (Newcomb )  o. k.
Res:-182 East Foster Street, Melrose, Mass.  War Service:  No
Date of Death  March 9, 1963   Place  MacKenzie Nursing Home
24 Vine Street, Melrose
Sex  F Color W Con:- W   Age  87yr   8 m.  8 d.
Cause:-   Broncho  Pneumonia  - Virus
Generalized Arteriosclerosis   Senility

Husband :- George Armstrong Custer Knight    Occupation:- At Home
Born:-Pine Point, Maine  Interred:- Wyoming [ Cem ] - Melrose
Parents' Names: David Richards & Mary Newcomb
Birthplaces     Maine      and   Maine
Register of Deaths  Vol  11  page 152  No. 26322  Date:-3/12/63

Transcibed by doug v brown -041026

CENSUS: 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Cora Richard
Home in 1880: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Maine
Relation to head-of-household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: Maine
Mother's birthplace: Maine
Occupation: At School
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
John W. Webster 34  
Catherine B. Webster 34  
Staloria Shillings 70  
Daniel Richards 67  
Drusillia Burnham 65  
Samuel Snow 56  
Cora Richard 5  
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: T9_478; Family History Film: 1254478; Page: 472.3000; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 0334.

MEDIA: D0239 - Cora Ellen Newcomb (Wife of George Armstrong Custer Knight) 1959
D0240 - Cora Ellen Newcomb (Wife of G.A.C. Knight)

MARRIAGE: Groom's Name: George Armstrong Custer Knight
Groom's Birth Date: 1876
Groom's Birthplace: No. Hero, Vt.
Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Cora Ellen Newcomb
Bride's Birth Date: 1875
Bride's Birthplace: Saco, Maine
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1900
Marriage Place: Melrose, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Orris P. Knight
Groom's Mother's Name: Mary Haynes
Bride's Father's Name: Daniel M. Richards
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary E. Newcomb
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status: Unknown
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status: Unknown
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02747-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1843723
Reference Number: pg 513 ln 82
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Orris Pierre KNIGHT (Twin) [Parents]-LCF8-8G3 was born on 2 Mar 1841 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He died on 9 Jan 1915 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont from Organic heart disease. He was buried in South Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. Orris married Mary HAYNES-LCF8-8TH in 1861 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

State Representative He worked as First Rural Free Delivery Carrier from 1 Feb 1902 to 28 Feb 1903 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He worked as Jailkeeper on 28 May 1903 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He worked as Justice of the Peace from 1 Dec 1912 to 1 Dec 1914 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

Other marriages:

DARROW, Sarah Ann

BIOGRAPHY: Franklin, Grand Isle Counties, Vermont Business Directory, 1883  
Name             Place       Description  
Knight Orris P.  North Hero  r 17, farmer about 100 acres.

Posted by: Edmond Spaeth (ID *****6935) Date: September 26, 2003
In Reply to: George Armstrong Custer Knight by William Knight  
 
Certainly, Orris, having served in the Union Army would name one of his sons, Geo Armstrong Custer KNIGHT. His birth occured in 1876 when Gen. Custer died at Little Big Horn battle.

The following bits about your ancestor, Orris P. KNIGHT from the History of the town of North Hero, VT by Allen Stratton.

Rural Free Delivery came to North Hero, VT on 1 Feb 1902. The first carrier was Orris P. KNIGHT 2-1-1902---2-28-1903. p. 167.

Orris' wife Mary was the daughter of Dr. Elijah HAYNES (a remarkable man in many ways) and his second wife, Polly Ann DARROW. more history of HAYNES on the same page. p. 195.

Oct. 19, 1883--Guy K. KNIGHT, returned home from Jamestown,Stutsman, North Dakota last week, where he has been to see his son Henry. He reports all the North Island boys in that section in a prosperous condition. Orris P. KNIGHT has leased his farm to Henry PARKER and in the spring Orris will skip out to Dakota to see if he can't strike ile (sic) like his predecessors. p. 207

Feb 9, 1899-- Mrs. Orris P. KNIGHT has gone on a visit to her old home in Stockholm, NY. p. 214

Oct 3 1901-- Oscar KNIGHT and family who have been passing a few weeks in town , left for their home in Chicago, Sep 26. (brother of George ??)
p. 214

May 28, 1903-- Orris P. KNIGHT, jailkeeper, has two boarders at the Jail in the Court House, the result of indulging too freely of Plattsburgh juices. p. 216.

Early settler John KNIGHT ran a ferry service in North Hero, VT and other family history p. 191-193.

Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:43:52 -0400
From: apius@adelphia.net
To: williamknight57@yahoo.com
Subject:  travel to North Hero...
 
Orris Pierre Knight – confirmed birth and death date on death certificate in file listed at 1902-41 Burial Records. Buried in South East cemetery. Listed as Mooney” (cemetery) on death certificate, but Mooney no longer exists. Dead as of 7am on 9 Jan 1915 cause of death: Organic Heart Disease. Occupation listed: farming. Father listed: Augustus Knight. Father’s birthplace: Vermont. Mother listed (illegible… W---tty) Ladd. Birthplace: Vermont.

The Plattsburgh Sentinel, Plattsburgh, N.Y., January 25, 1901
Looking After Cooligole
County Clerk O. P. Knight, of Grand Isle county drove across the ice yesterday and called upon Sheriff Cunningham in relation to  Frank Cooligole, who is being held on a charge of murder. Mr. Knight is also a deputy sheriff, and was formerly a sheriff of the county. He understood that application has already been made to Governor Odell for Cooligole's extradition, but no such notice has been received by the local officials.
There is said to be considerable rivalry among the different deputies and constables of Grand Isle county as to who shall have charge of the prisoner when he is transferred. It is over fifteen years since Grand Isle has had a murder case, and the present one has all the charms of novelty for the islanders. In fact, neither of the two cases within the memory of the present generation can be laid to natives of the island county. The recent case only happened by accident to come within the jurisdiction of the county, while its predecessor was caused by the action of a German farm hand.
Mr. Knight is keeper of the county jail, and will have the custody of Cooligole after his extradition, which may be expected to happen at any time.

O.P. Knight elected Justice of the Peace, for the County of Grand Isle,Vermont to begin term of two years December 1, 1912

Respectfully returned to the Commissoiner of Pensions
Orris P. Knight, a Corporal Company B. 1st Regiment Vt. Cav. Volunteers was enrolled on the 18th day of Sept., 1861, at St. Albans for 3 years and is reported on rolls of Co. Nov & Dec 1861 thru April 30th 1862, Absent taken prisoner May 24th , 1862, Co. was in action that date, Reproted as prisoner August 31/62.

Muster off roll of Co. dated Nov. 18/64 Discharged for disability Oct of 1862.
Prisoner of War records show him captured at Front Royal May 62 Confined at Richmond, Va., date not given paroled at Aikens Landing Va., Sept. 21, 62. No evidence of  a disability on said records.

The records of this office do not show disabilities alleged, Regimental Hospital Records not on file.

DEATH: North Hero, Vt.
Town Clerks Office
  I James H. Dodds Town Clerk of the Town of  North Hero, VT., do hereby Certify that there is an record in the book of deaths of the Town of North Hero record of the death of Orris P. Knight.

   Date of Death:  Jan. 9th 1915 age 73 years. 10 mo, 7 days   
   Disease or Cause of Death: Organic Heart Disease
  Place of Birth: North Hero
  Medical Attendent: Jas. S. King

Attest  James H. Dodds
Town Clerk

State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle

At North Hero, in said County, personally appeared the above named James H. Dodds Town Clerk of said Town of North Hero and made oath that the foregoing is a true copy of a record of the death of Orris P. Knight, late of  North Hero, in said County, as appears by the records of said Town Clerks office.

Before me

MILITARY: Received part of a letter from Bob Sibley, written by his great grandfather in 1862. Here is the trascription of that letter.
May the 30 1862
Wilins Port Md.
Mr. Frank Kinney
       I suppose you would like to here form me. Olde Phelps is all rite. I have lost my horse and everything but my saber and my pistol and one blanket. I was from Saturday night till Thursday night getting in. only three of our bois are missing now, Henry Shiott, Corporal Night, A Brigham. We are in hopes that they will come in but Shiott he was shot while fording cedar creek.
        I am feeling so well that I can't write everything that I want to. It was a terrible stampede of Calvary Brigade wagons. The bois keep coming in all the time. Co A and Co B cut up very bad. We heard this morning that the Captain of Co. B. wit 12 or 15 men are in the the mountain. Yet I will write more next time. Write as soon as you get this, send more stamps. Corporal Night I think will come in he was from North Island. I will write more next time, I am well and tough as a knot.
                    F.B. Kinny
                    Williams Port Md.
                    Direct to Washington,D.C.

    I believe that the letter is refering to Orris Pierre Knight b:2 Mar 1841, he served in the Vermont First Calvary Regiment Troop B. as a Corporal. He enlisted 18 Sep 1861 was mustered in 19 Nov 1861 and was mustered out on 7 Oct 1862. Family history says he was captured and paroled so this would match with him going missing and with the early mustered out date. Ancestry Plus Full Context of American Civil War Soldiers has Orris as a POW on 8 May 1862 and Paroled on 21 Sep 1862 and received a disability discharcge 7 Oct 1862

Civil War Pension Index
Orris P. Knight    
  Images Online #: 1979                      State Filed: Vermont
  Widow: Sarah A. Knight                     Relative:    
  Minor:                                     Comments:
 
Orris P Knight  
  Residence: North Hero, Vermont Occupation:   
  Service Record:
  Enlisted as a Corporal on 18 September 1861
Enlisted in Company B, 1st Cavalry Regiment Vermont on 19 November 1861.
POW on 08 May 1862 (Paroled)
Paroled on 21 September 1862
Received a disability discharge Company B, 1st Cavalry Regiment Vermont on 07 October 1862

 
Statement of Mrs. Polly Ann Haynes on the application of Orris Pierre Knight
27 September 1886 Grand Isle County, Vermont

That I have been well and personally acquainted with O.P. Knight for 45 years and that I have lived within ¾ of a mile of Mr. O.P Knight ever since he was a child. I am the widow of the late Dr. Elijah Haynes never knew of him being sick until after he enlisted and went into the army and was confined in Libby Prison and when he was brought from there he looked more like a ghost than the strong healthy man he was when he enlisted. Dr. Haynes was called to visit him, he found him in a shattered condition, both body & mind being in a fearful state a perfect wreck of the once strong man he was at the time of enlistment, other physicians were called, after he was able to be around he was confined to crutches for awhile and his right limb has always troubled since, and at times badly he has been obliged to resort  to crutches  at different times since, I have seen him well to all appearances physically, but the broken constitution, the shattered nerves are wounds not on the surface they hurt deep within concealed from mortal eyes, his right limb he has always…..

No. 373176

War Department
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE
Washington June 26, 1882

 
GENERAL AFFIDAVIT

23 September 1886
Franklin County, Vermont

Affidavit of  Warner Gibbs

     I first became aquainted with Orris P. Knight in the fall of 1861, we was a member of the same squadron at that time in the 1st Vermont Cavalry with myself, we, both of us were taken prisoner in an engagement with the enemy at Middleton,Va. May 24, 1862 and were marched to Lynchburg, Va. Where a number of months were spent in the rebel prison there. Orris P. Knight fell sick and went into a tent, on the fair grounds where we were confined, used as a hospital. In July I think it was, I left the prison at Lynchburg for Bull Island near Richmond, Va., with those able to be moved, Knight was left behind at Lynchburg in the tent hospital. He was a very sick again an those of us who went away thought him dead. He did not overtake us while in Virginia, and when I reached Annapolis late in September of 1862 I wrote to a newspaper in Vermont and reported Knight as dead. Afterward I saw Knight in October or November, 1862, at Washington D.C.  Who had come in  afterward, his health was very poor he was regarded as completely used up, was discharged at Washington D.C., did not return to regiment again. When I last saw him he was on crutches at Washington.

    I was 1st Sergeant in Company B 1st Vermont Cavalry

/s/ Warner Gibbs

Statement of Edward Kellogg on the application of Orris Pierre Knight for Invalid Pension for service during the Civil War....
27 September 1886 Franklin County, Vermont

That I have been intimitly acquainted with said Orris P. Knight for upwards of thirty years. Just after the time of his enlistment in the U.S. Service he was a healthy potent man...I never knew Orris to be sickly until after he enlisted. In October 1862 I went to Washington, D.C. Having heard of his return from the Rebel Prison found him at Mount Pleasant Hospital Washington D.C. I found him in a very bad condition. His right leg was very lame had to walk on crutches and he was troubled with chronic diarrhea. He was soon discharged and came home with me and he staid at my house about one week before he...to his home on North Hero, Vt. and that Dr. John B....attended him while he was at my house. After he got rested I took him in a small boat across the lake to his home. I had a man by the name of Jed Bessett help me get him in and out of the boat and that he has been troubled with that same leg ever since and that I have seen him as often as once or twice a year ever since and I think he is incapacitated for....manual labor at least one half that he cannot perform more than one half the...of an able bodied man.

/s/Edward Kellogg

 
Statement of Charles Hyde on the application of Orris Pierre Knight for Invalid Pension for service during the Civil War....
31 August 1886 Grand Isle County, Vermont

    I never knew him to be attended by any physicians before he went into the army, nor was he sick or lame before that time to my best knowledge. I live within one and a half miles from him and have for over thirty years. He was before he went into the army a very strong healthy man. I saw him when he came out of the army direct from rebel prison a physical wreck. I know he was attended by physicians for lameness and knew him to be sick in bed at different times with lameness or rheumatism in right leg. I cannot give dates of the attack but I think one of his worse days was in 1880 or so was sick for nearly three months not in bed all the time but confined to the house.

     I have often heard him complain of his lameness, he did not work for me.

     Some days he is able to do as much as most any man and at other times he is wholly unable to work at all, should say he is able to work one half the times on the average.

Statement of Jed Bessette on the application of Orris Pierre Knight for Invalid Pension for service during the Civil War....
23 September 1886 Franklin County, Vermont

     That I was well acquainted with the said Orris P. Knight and knew him well having lived very near to him for years before he enlisted and knew him to be there a tough, rugged man before he enlisted. I never knew of him having anything the matter with him before that time.

     That when he was discharged and returned home in Oct.,1862 I rowed him across the lake fro St. Albans to North Hero. He was sick and very lame in the right leg and walked on crutches. We had to lift him in and out of the boat. He was very poor and emaciated and he had no hair on his head. And that I have seen him practically every year since-say eight or ten times a year since and that he has been lame and complained of trouble in his right leg. That in my opinion he is not capable of manual labor but does one half what is….one half the labor of an able bodied man.

/s/ Edward Kellogg

 
His
Jed X Bessette
Mark

Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards
1907-1933 – Army Invalid
Archive.com
Name: Knight, Orris P.
Certificate #: 350,761
Type Acct: Army Invalid
Service: Corp. Co. B, 1st Cavalry Regiment Vermont
Class: Reis
Rate: 15
Date of Commencement: 7 April 1911
Date of Certificate: 17 April 1911
Date of Death: 9 January 1915
Died: Bureau Notified: 16 February 1915
Accrued order dated 26 June 1915 payable to widow Sarah A. Knight

CENSUS: 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Orris Knight
Age in 1860: 18  
Birth Year: abt 1842  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Home in 1860: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Gender: Male  
Post Office: North Hero
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Knight 62  
Wealtha Knight 56  
John Knight 26  
Agnes Knight 22  
Orris Knight 18  
Beach Knight 17  
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: M653_1318; Page: 634; Image: 83.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Orris Knight
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Age in 1870: 29  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Home in 1870: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Post Office: North Hero  
Farmer - Augustus Knight living with them
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: M593_1621; Page: 40; Image: 81.

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Orris P. Knight
Home in 1880: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Mary
Father's birthplace: Vermont
Mother's birthplace: Vermont
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Orris P. Knight 38  
Mary Knight 39  
Fred L. Knight 12  
Ernest Knight 10  
Abby A. Knight 8  
Oscar Knight 5  
Custas Knight 3  
Waldo E. Knight 2  
Infant Knight 6M  
The infant Knight is most likly Hardy Jay Knight B:25 Nov 1880
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: T9_1344; Family History Film: 1255344; Page: 355.2000; Enumeration District: 119; .

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Orrie Knight
Home in 1900: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Age: 58  
Estimated birth year: abt 1842  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Relationship to head-of-house: Head  
Spouse's name: Sarah L
Race: White  
Occupation:Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
Orrie Knight 58  
Sarah L Knight 47  
Lennie A Knight 7  
Hardy J Knight 20  
Edward Parker 19  
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: T623 1691; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 125.

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Orris P Knight
[Orvis P Knight]  
Age in 1910: 69
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Birthplace: Vermont
Relation to Head of House: Head  
Father's Birth Place: Vermont  
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont  
Spouse's name: Sarah A
Home in 1910: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Marital Status: Married  
Race: White
Gender: Male  
Household Members: Name Age
Orris P Knight 69  
Sarah A Knight 57  
Lonnie A Knight 17  
Harry Dodds 16  
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: T624_1615; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 152.

PASSPORT: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Mr. Orris Knight
Arrival Date: 16 Sep 1887
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Age: 47  
Gender: Male  
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland  
Destination: United States of America  
Place of Origin: United States of America  
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: American  
Ship Name: City of Chester  
Port of Arrival: New York  
Line: 17  
Microfilm Serial: M237  
Microfilm Roll: M237_511  
List Number: 1183  
Port Arrival State: New York  
Port Arrival Country: United States  
Source Citation: Year: 1887; Arrival: New York , United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_511; Line: 17; List number: 1183

Mary HAYNES [Parents]-LCF8-8TH was born on 18 Jul 1840 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. She died on 1 Jan 1881 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. Mary married Orris Pierre KNIGHT (Twin)-LCF8-8G3 in 1861 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

TRAVEL: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Mrs. Knight
Arrival Date: 16 Sep 1887
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Age: 45  
Gender: Female  
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland  
Destination: United States of America  
Place of Origin: United States of America  
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: American  
Ship Name: City of Chester  
Port of Arrival: New York  
Line: 18  
Microfilm Serial: M237  
Microfilm Roll: M237_511  
List Number: 1183  
Port Arrival State: New York  
Port Arrival Country: United States  
Source Citation: Year: 1887; Arrival: New York , United States; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_511; Line: 18; List number: 1183.

Augustus KNIGHT [Parents]-LCF8-D7Z was born on 9 Jul 1799 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He died on 5 Mar 1876 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He was buried in South End Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. Augustus married Wealtha LADD-LCF8-D89 on 7 Sep 1823 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

State Representative

BIOGRAPHY: Member of the Vermont State House of Representatives 1833
Delagate to the Vermont State Constitutional Convention 1850
Probate Judge 1845-1846 1860-1866

The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New
By Timothy Hopkins
Volume II
Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co.
San Francisco, California
1903 - Page 1075

The Ladd Family
A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir
Of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass.,
Compiled by Warren Ladd of New Bedford.
1890 - Page 111

The Descendants of George Little who came to Newbury, Massachusetts in 1640
George Thomas Little, A.M.
Auburn, Maine
Published by the Author
1882 - Page 487

DEATH: Name: Augustus Knight
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 04 Nov 1876
Death Place: North Hero, Vermont
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1800
Birthplace: North Hero, Vermont
Occupation: Farmer
Race:
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: John Knight
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Abigail
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07547-0
System Origin: Vermont-EASy
Source Film Number: 540110
Reference Number: Alpha K
Collection: Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Knight
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1799
Birth Place: Vermont
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Family Number: 360
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Knight 51
Weatthy Knight 47
Sarah A Knight 21
Merril A Knight 29
John Knight 16
Abbey Knight 15
Agnes Knight 13
Oscar Knight 9
Orris Knight 9
Beach T Knight 6
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll  M432_924; Page: 28A; Image: 761.

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Knight
Age in 1860: 62  
Birth Year: abt 1798  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Home in 1860: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Gender: Male  
Post Office: North Hero
Household Members: Name Age
Augustus Knight 62  
Wealtha Knight 56  
John Knight 26  
Agnes Knight 22  
Orris Knight 18  
Beach Knight 17  
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: M653_1318; Page: 634; Image: 83.

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Augustus Knight
Estimated birth year: abt 1800
Age in 1870: 70  
Birthplace: Vermont  
Home in 1870: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont
Race: White  
Gender: Male  
Post Office: North Hero  
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont; Roll: M593_1621; Page: 40; Image: 81.

BURIAL: Rootsweb.com
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi
Name: Knight, Augustus
Sex: M
Born: 9 Jul 1799
Died or Buried: 5 Mar 1876
Buried: South Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, VT
County/State: ,
Notes: Spouse: Wealthy LADD

Wealtha LADD [Parents]-LCF8-D89 was born on 10 Mar 1804 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. She died on 21 Mar 1861 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. She was buried in South End Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. Wealtha married Augustus KNIGHT-LCF8-D7Z on 7 Sep 1823 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

BIOGRAPHY: The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New
By Timothy Hopkins
Volume II
Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co.
San Francisco, California
1903 - Page 1075

The Ladd Family
A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir
Of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass.,
Compiled by Warren Ladd of New Bedford.
1890 - Page 111

The Descendants of George Little who came to Newbury, Massachusetts in 1640
George Thomas Little, A.M.
Auburn, Maine
Published by the Author
1882 - Page 487

CENSUS: Name: Wealthy Knight
Residence: Grand Isle, Vermont
Age: 47 years
Estimated birth year: 1803
Birth place: Vermont
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document):
Race or color (expanded):
Death month:
Death date:
Film number: 444923
Image number: 00761
Reference number: 11
Dwelling: 359
Household id: 360
Marital status:
Free or slave:
Collection: 1850 United States Census

DEATH: Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954
Name: Weltha Knight
Event: Death
Event Date: 21 Mar 1861
Event Place: North Hero, Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: 1804
Father: Jedediah Ladd
Mother: Rebecca Hazen
Spouse: Augustus Knight
Spouse's Father: John Knight
Spouse's Mother: Abigail Towne
Film Number: 0027607
Digital Folder Number: 4667011
Image Number: 02880

John KNIGHT [Parents]-LCFH-SJG was born on 10 Feb 1754 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. He died on 23 Apr 1833 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. He was buried in South Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. John married Abigail TOWNE-LCF8-XMZ on 20 Jun 1775 in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

John served in the military in Capt. Goodenow's Company. Chosen

MILITARY: Vermont Pensioners, 1835
February 12, 2004 11:00 AM
Information:    County: Grand Isle Co.
Name: John Knight
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 33 88
Sums Received: -
Description of service: Vermont militia
When placed on the pension roll: August 13, 1833
Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831
Age: 80
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks.: -  
 
Source Information:
United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [Vermont Section], Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.

The following information came from the DAR lookup site at
http://www.dar.org/natsociety
KNIGHT,   John
Birth:  CT  10 Feb 1754
Service:  VT
Rank:  Pvt
Death:  VT  23 Apr 1833
Patriot Pensioned:   Yes     Widow Pensioned:   No
Children Pensioned:   No     Heirs Pensioned:   No
Spouse:  (1) Abigail Town

MILITARY: STATE OF VERMONT ---- About a probate court held in District of Grand Isle, Vermont at the Probate Office in North Hero in said district on the 8th day of October A.D. 1832.

Present the Hon. Joel Allen, Judge on this 8th day of October A.D. 1832.

    Personally appeared in open court before the Hon. The  Probate Court for the District of Grand Isle now sitting John Knight a resident of North Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont aged seventy eight years the 10th  day of February 1832. Who, being first duly sworn according to law both on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.

     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service of the United States at Bennington in Vermont in the winter of 1776 at the request of General Philip Schuyler of Albany, the purpose of which expedition was to disarm Sir John Johnston.

    We went in sleighs about in six in a sleigh. We went from Bennington to Albany at which place General Schuyler joined in  and we proceeded to Schenectady from there on up the Mohawk River about twenty miles to a place I do not recollect and stayed all night in a dutch barn from there to Johnstown, A capitulation was made and Sir John Johnson paraded his men and grounded their arms and we took them up and brought them to Albany and turned them in the public store-soon after returned home to Bennington the whole length of this service was three or four weeks had no written discharge have no documenting evidence and know of no person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to this term of service. His next service was in the summer of 1776 after Arnold's defeat on Lake Champlain, there was an alarm at Bennington in which I turned out under command of Capt. Robinson we started for Ticonderoga but did not proceed further than Mount Independence before we heard that the British Fleet had returned to Canada and our service was about 10 days, have not discharge or documents to prove this service and know of no person living whose testimony can be provided who can testify to this service. His next service was in the spring of  1777 he volunteered under the command of Lieutenant Gideon Spencer of Bennington went to Saratoga barracks when Col. Van ? commanded from there to Joseph's Patent then back to Saratoga barracks and returned home. The object of this expedition was to hunt up and rout the refugees and Torries who were secreted in that section of the country awaiting the arrival of Burgoyne. This term of service was about three  or four weeks have no written discharge no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.

    His next service was in the ?..part of the summer of 1777-he volunteered under the command of Capt. Robinson and went to Manchester in Vermont in the Militia service. Our service at this place was scouting for Tories who were supplying the British Army then at Ticonderoga under General Burgoyne with cattle. This service was about two or three weeks that he enlisted in the ranging service in Capt. Ebenezer Allen's Company of the State Troops of Vermont or (New Hampshire grants) line 1st Lieutenant Isaai Clark  and  2nd Lieutenant our Pier in Col. Samuel Herrick's regiment of rangery about the first of July 1777 our service was principally scouting in small parties and ranging the woods for Indians and Tories. I was in the battle of Bennington through the whole of the action that he was one of the party Capt. Allen who attacked a British breastwork with two pieces of cannon that then killed three gunnery at one fire that they retreated and mounted the breastwork and turned their own….upon them and killed Col. Baum and Fester heading the Tories that after this battle our service was as before scouting and ranging the woods until about the 1st of February following at which time there was no service of that kind  wanted and we returned home to Bennington having served constantly from the first of July 1777 to the 1st of February 1778 he understood that the enlistment was for one year but did not serve the term out there being no service for him. That he had no written discharge no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to this term of service except that of Enos Wood herewith transmitted. That after he left the ranging service he went to building stone houses at Bennington under commissary under commissioner Joseph Farnsworth and continued  in that service two or three months and was by said Farnsworth in continental money. That from that time under the year 1781, he was always ready and held himself as minute man for any call of his country as he was a carpenter and a cooper had no other business but the employment of the Army  either building barracks Stone houses and making barracks for the community except that he was occasionally employed in keeping  garrisons the term of which service he does not recollect. That he was in numerous Scouts not before mentioned which it is impossible for him to tell the term he served. I was born in the town of Norwich now Lisbon in the State of Connecticut on the 10th day of February 1754 I lived in the town of Middletown in Vermont and in 1784 I removed to North Hero in Vermont where I have lived ever since. I lived in the Town of Bennington in the state of Vermont when first called into the service of the United States. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension in an annuity except the precent and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.

[b] John Knight

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
 
Joel Allen, Judge

BIOGRAPHY: Ruth (Knight) Anderson family records
Guy L Knight Family Records
Austin Genealogy of RI

    My grandmother, Marion Noris Knight Craig, started researching the knight family in the 30's and my father picked up after her death as I did after his death. Although born near Montreal, Canada we moved to NJ and then to North Hero, VT where my father tried for many years to connect our Knight line to the North hero Knight Line. Although I'm sure there is a connection, mine dead-ends in Marlboro, VT with a Royal Knight.

    A couple of interesting notes concerning your request:
There is an Island off the east side of North Hero ( by the way, North Hero is one of two Islands in the middle of Lake Champlain named for the two Hero's of the revolution Ethan and Ebenezer Allen. Anyway, The Island is Knight's Island named by/for John Knight (1754) and off the north end of that island is Damy's Island named for the 2nd female child born in North Hero, Diedamia Knight. There are still several Knights in North Hero as well as Hazen's

    I hope that you can make sense of and use the above information. If I can be of further assistance, Please don't hesitate to e-mail me directly

Wayne Craig

 
History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties Vermont
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich
Syracuse, N.Y.  1891 Page 664

   The value of land a year after the organization of the town may be inferred from the following transaction at the town meeting held March 16, 1790:

"Voted to give John Knight and Nathan Hazen two dollars for 1/2 acre of land for a burying-ground." This purchase constituted the first cemetery in town.

 
History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties Vermont
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich
Syracuse, N.Y.  1891 Page 667

March 4, 1793, Nathan Hutchins, jr., John Martin, Elijah Knowlton, and Enos Wood were chosen to divide the town into school districts. The first school was taught in John Knight's barn by Lois Hazen. A frame building was erected for school purposes about 1803.

Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants
The Descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and Her Husband
Charles Lathrop Pack, form Thomas Hatch and Allied Families
By Charles Lathrop Pack
The Society of Colonial Wars in The State of New Jersey
Newark New Jersey  1930
Page 145
  Alexander Gordon located directly opposite on Grand Isle, where he established the ferry known as Gordon's Ferry (called at some time Ladd's Ferry) and opened in 1790 an inn near by. The ferry from Grand Isle to North Hero was operated by Alexander Gordon and John Knight whose dwellings were on opposite sides of the crossing until the death of the former in 1802, after which Philo Berry succeeded Mr. Gordon, and Knight and Berry were the proprietors. Scows and small boats were the carrier, the town authorities fixing the charges, a single man paying six cents; horses and cattle were ferried for nine cents and sheep for three cents each.
  Alexander Gordon had conveyed to John Knight of North Hero and Elijah Hyde of Middle Hero by sale or lease certain property rights, November 14, 1800, and about this time Philo Berry was a man of growing prominence. He was the youngest brother of Mrs. Dimmis (Berry) Hatch, born April 4, 1774, and was therefore not far from twenty-eight at the time of Alexander Gordon's death, when he and Mrs. Polly Gordon were appointed administrators of her husband's estate.

The Descendants of William Towne, who came
to America on or about 1630 and settled in Salam, Mass.
Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne.
Newtonville, Mass.
Published by the Author.
1901 - Page 44

The Towne Family Memorial
A. N. Towne, Esq., San Francisco, Cal.
By Edwin Hubbard, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago, Fergus Printing Company 1880
Page 50

LAND: Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants
The Descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and Her Husband
Charles Lathrop Pack, form Thomas Hatch and Allied Families
By Charles Lathrop Pack
The Society of Colonial Wars in The State of New Jersey
Newark New Jersey  1930
Page 147
8 July 1807
  On the same date John Knight of North Hero and Elijah Hyde of Middle Hero for $400 deeded to Ephraim Beardsley of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, their right in the undivided one-half of the same First Division lots.
(Grand Isle, Vermont, Deeds, I, 310)

3 March 1808
  The deed of conveyance to Ebenezer Hatch was from John Knight and Elijah Hyde:
For $1800 received of Ebenezer Hatch of Ferrisburg, Addison Co., a tract of land in         Middle Hero First Division lots, drawn to the original rights of Thos. Tolman, Samuel Herrick and John Wood, being the same Alexander Gordon occupied in his life time on the north end of South Island and now occupied by Ephraim Beardsley. To have and to hold, one equal half being still undivided (except a store that Simeon Robinson Junr. Erected) together with half of all buildings thereto belonging only what is excepted.

BURIAL: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Patriot Grave Search
KNIGHT, John Private VT
South End Cem North Hero, Grand Isle County, VT
1754 - 1833
Grave Registry form.
National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
Town, Abigail

BIRTH: Name: John Knight
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 10 Feb 1754
Birthplace: NORWICH TWP,NEW LONDON,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Knight
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elenar
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450344
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
Source Film Number: unknown
Reference Number:
Collection: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Abigail TOWNE [Parents]-LCF8-XMZ was born on 16 Jun 1755 in Hoosac Fort, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She died on 12 May 1833 in North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. She was buried in South Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. Abigail married John KNIGHT-LCFH-SJG on 20 Jun 1775 in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont.

BIOGRAPHY: The Descendants of William Towne, who came
to America on or about 1630 and settled in Salam, Mass.
Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne.
Newtonville, Mass.
Published by the Author.
1901 - Page 44

The Towne Family Memorial
A. N. Towne, Esq., San Francisco, Cal.
By Edwin Hubbard, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago, Fergus Printing Company 1880
Page 49 - 50

MARRIAGE: Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954
Name: John Knight
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Jun 1775
Event Place: South Hero, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1754
Father: John Knight
Mother: Eleanor Wood
Spouse: Abigail Towne
Spouse's Father: Edmund Towne
Spouse's Mother: Abigail Brewer
Film Number: 0027607
Digital Folder Number: 4667011
Image Number: 02279

John KNIGHT [Parents]-LH52-WHV was born on 31 Dec 1727 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. He was christened on 31 Dec 1727 in Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London, Connecticut. John married Eleanor Abigail WOOD-LCF8-XRZ on 24 Nov 1748 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut.

Other marriages:

COIT, Mary

BIOGRAPHY: Born in Lisbon,Conn, Bap. Hanover Church, Dec 31, 1727; date or place of death not found. He was left 5 shillings in his fathers will, dated 1762, but was not mentioned at the time of the distribution of the estate, in 1770, - Norwich Probated. Married, Nov. 24, 1748, Eleanor Wood.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut
From May, 1762 to October 1767, Inclusive.
By Charles J. Hoadly - State Librarian
Hartford
Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.
1881 - Page 56
(Note: Not positive this is the correct John Knight, dates fit but no other information)
Upon the memorial of John Knight of Norwich, representing that before the superior court held at New London in and for the county of New London on the 4th Tuesday of  [495] September, A. D. 1761, on and indictment exhibited against him, the said John, for the murther of one Ebenezer  Rood and trial thereon, the petty jury brought in a special verdict setting forth certain facts they found in said cause and the law thereon referred to said court, vis: whether the said John Knight was guilty of  murther or manslaughter, which said court thereon gave judgment against the said John, that he was guilty of murther; and further complaining that many circumstances that really attended said transaction and which probably would have been favourable for the said John were by mistake omitted in said special verdict; praying for another trial in said cause, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said John Knight have a new tryal of said cause at the superior court to be held at New London on the 4 Tuesday of September next and a new tryal of said cause is hereby ordered accordingly.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut
From May, 1762 to October 1767, Inclusive.
By Charles J. Hoadly - State Librarian
Hartford
Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.
1881 - Page 84
(Note: Not positive this is the correct John Knight, dates fit but no other information)
1762 Assembly - Christopher Christophers' cost on account of dieting John Knight, a prisoner in New London goal: To dieting the said John Knight in prison from the 21st of October, 1761 to the 14th of October, 1762, in the whole fifty-one weeks, at 4s. per week, L10 4s. 0d. This Assembly allows the above account of ten pounds four shillings, and the Treasurer of this Colony is hereby ordered to pay the same accordingly.

BIRTH: KNIGHT, John   Christening
Sex: Male
Christening Date:31 Dec 1727 Recorded in: Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London, Connecticut
Father: David KNIGHT
Source: FHL Number 4706 Dates: 1724-1885

Eleanor Abigail WOOD [Parents]-LCF8-XRZ was born in 1730 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Eleanor married John KNIGHT-LH52-WHV on 24 Nov 1748 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut.

Marriage: Vital Records of Norwich
1659 - 1848
Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
1913 - Page 279
John Knight & Eleanor Wood were married to Each other the 24th Day of November 1748
Eleanor ye Daughter of John Knight & his wife Eleanor was born Decr. 22nd: 1749
Deborah ye Daughter of John Knight & Eleanor his wife was Born January 25th 1752:
John ye Son of John Knight & Elenar his wife was Born Febr. 10th. 1754
Olive ye Daughter of John Knight & of Eleanor his wife was Born March 17th 1756
Judith ye Daughter of John Knight & of Eleanor his wife was Born June 22nd. 1758

David E. KNIGHT [Parents]-LCZR-Q6L was born on 12 Dec 1693 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut. He died on 19 Dec 1769 in Sprague, New London, Connecticut. He was buried in Old Hanover Cemetery, Sprague, New London, Connecticut. David married Abigail CRANE-LCZR-QJZ on 24 Dec 1718 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.

BIOGRAPHY: !History of Norwich Connecticut, page 298, David Knight,Jr. was paid a bounty in 1720 for catching and killing 28 rattlesnakes in Norwich.

Born, 12 DEC 1693, in Norwich, CT (Ref: Barbour Index, Utah Pioneers Biographies). Died, 19 DEC 1769, in Sprague, CT. Christened, 26 JUL 1718, in Canterbury,CT. Burial: DEC 1769 (Sprague Cemetery). Occupation: Carpenter. The will of David Knight, of Norwich, dated Feb. 25, 1762, probated Jan. 21, 1770, mentions wife Abigail; Joshua and Jerusha, children of deceased son Jonathan, late of Norwich; sons David, Phineas and John; daughters Abigail and Jerusha. The omission of the name of Deborah creates a question as to whether she was his daughter as she was living at that time. The inventory of his estate was dated Jan. 24, 1770, the amount being 231 pounds 8 shillings 10 pence and includes "The farm of Land where ye Deceased Mr. David Knight Last Dwelt Lying in Norwich in Hanover Society containing about forty five acres with ye Buildings thereon & appurtenences thereunto Belonging" estimated at 178 pounds 15 shillings. The covers to the inventory are parts of the New London Gazette dated Oct. 6, 1769.
 
Hanover was incorporated at the May session of the General Assembly in 1761 and was made up of the northerly part of Newent (now Lisbon), the southwest corner of Canterbury and the Southeast corner of Windham. It was a little more than a year before the death of David Knight, when he was seventy-five years old, that an agreement was made with the Rev. Andrew Lee to become the pastor of the new church at Hanover, which was known as the eighth Church of Christ in Norwich. A meeting was held at the house of Capt. Samuel Bishop on Oct. 12, 1768, and the following was adopted:
 
We agree to take the Scriptures for the perfect Rule of our Lives & also for our Rule as to the affairs of God's house. And for the better understanding of God's mind in his word concerning Church discipline we agree to practice according to the Platform drawn up by the Synod at Cambridge in the year 1648, which we look upon to be the Congregational way that we choose to practice; concluding that all organized Church acts proceed after the manner of a mixt Administration, so that no Church Act can be
consummated & compleated, without the Consent of the Elder & Brotherhood. Of the nine men, in addition to the Pastor Elect, who signed this agreement, David Knight was the first, Jonathan Knight the second, and David Knight, Jr., was the last. An ecclesiastical council had been held as early as May 13, 1766, when the church had been organized, and of the nine men who were charter members David Knight was the first mentioned, David, Jr., was the last and Jonathan was included; of the six women members, Abigail Knight was one. The list of church members at the settlement of the pastor as shown in the records has David Knight, the first male, died aged 76, David Knight, Jr., the last male of the nine, died aged 83, Abigail Knight, the first named female, died aged 90.
 
Distribution of Estate of David Knight, late of Norwich, made on May 4, 5, & 8, 1770 has the item:- "We have set out to Deborah Butt ye third Daughter of ye sd Deceased in ye Moveable Estate of ye sd Deceased, one Black Jacoat, one pair Stilberds, one pair of Shoes & Sundry other Articles of ye Moveable Estate of sd Deceased all at Inventory price amounting in ye whole to ye Sum of 3 pounds 9 shillings 1 pence."
 
Ref. Mccormick-Hamilton-Lord-Day Ancestral Lines, compiled for Elizabeth Day McCormick & Robert Hall McCormick III, privately printed, 1957.

The Backus Families of Early New England
By Reno Warburton Backus
1966 - Page 12

Levi Byram and Martha Jane Belnap
Gold Medal Pioneers
By Donald Levi Gale Hammon
1996 - Page 15

DEATH: http://www.slumberland.org/gene/ps04/ps04_041.htm
The inventory of his estate was dated Jan. 24, 1770, the amount being 231 pounds 8 shillings 10 pence and includes "The farm of Land where ye Deceased Mr. David Knight Last Dwelt Lying in Norwich in Hanover Society containing about forty five acres with ye Buildings thereon & appurtenences thereunto Belonging" estimated at 178 pounds 15 shillings.
Glenn Douglas Knight, "A New England Knight Family History," http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/n/i/Glenn-Douglas-Knight/GENE1-0003.html, May 1998.

Headstones in old hanover cemetery, almost readable. Patriarch stone is part of cedar tree in center of cemetery. Reads as follows;
 
Here lies ye body of ye
Well beloved and Godly man
Mr David Knight He religned
his mortal life saying
I do rejoice (stone chipped)
Decm r 19, 1769 age 75

Name: David Knight
Gender: Unknown
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Sprague, Connecticut
Death Date: 19 Dec 1769
Death Place: Connecticut
Age: 75
Birth Date: 1694
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03367-3
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 3156
Reference Number:
Collection: Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934

BIRTH: Name: David Knight
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1693
Birthplace: WOODSTOCK TWP,WINDHAM,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: David Knight
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450344
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
Source Film Number: unknown
Reference Number:
Collection: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Abigail CRANE [Parents]-LCZR-QJZ was born on 15 Feb 1703 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. She died on 12 Mar 1790 in Hanover, New London, Connecticut. Abigail married David E. KNIGHT-LCZR-Q6L on 24 Dec 1718 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.

BIOGRAPHY: Levi Byram and Martha Jane Belnap
Gold Medal Pioneers
By Donald Levi Gale Hammon
1996 - Page 15

Marriage: Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: David Knight
Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1718
Marriage Location: Windham  
Spouse: Abigail Crane
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

David KNIGHT [Parents]-LHP6-35W was born in 1656 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut. He died on 24 Nov 1744 in Litchfield, Tolland, Connecticut. David married Sarah Spencer BACKUS-LCQF-YHS on 17 Mar 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

BIOGRAPHY: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series,Volume III, page 1528
David Knight was of East Greenwich,Rhode Island. On September 8,1691, he was one of the appraisers of the estate of Captain Clement Weaver. In 1693 he was associated with his brother John, at Woodstock, Connecticut, concerning the surveying and laying out of lands in Narragansett. His marriage and the births of his children were recorded at Norwich, Connecticut, where he lived the most of his life. He married, March 17,1691, Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Backus. She was born in April 1688.

History of Norwich Connecticut pages 93, and 258; He was granted land for repairing the meeting house and school house in 1700, this history also has him listed among residents whose applications for farm settlements in the "Crotch of ye Rivers" were approved in 1718.

NEHGR, 1933, Pg 269, G. Andrews Moriarity of Briston, R.I. ;
"David Knight of East Greenwich, R.I. and of Woodstock and Norwich, Conn, born about 1656, died at Norwich, wither he had removed , November 24, 1744. He married at Norwich, March 17, 1692, Sarah Backus, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Backus.

On September 8, 1691, he was an appraiser of the estate of Clement Weaver at East Greenwich. He followed his brother to Connecticut and settled finally at Norwich, where he and his descendants remained. None of his children came back to Rhode Island. He lived for a while at Woodstock, as is shown by the deposition of Joseph Devol, cited above. In 1694, he bought all his brother John's rights in the Hall and Knight Purchase."

Church records:

David Knight and his children were admitted into the Puritan Congregational Church in Canterbury, CT; Congregational Church of Canterbury Records, Connecticut Historical Society, 1932.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II
 Knight
(II) David , son of Richard Knight , lived at East Greenwich, Rhode Island , and Norwich, Connecticut . He was associated with his brother John in surveying and laying out lands in Narragansett . He lived most of his life at Norwich , where his children were recorded. He married, March 17, 1691 , Sarah , daughter of Stephen and Sarah Backus . He died November 24, 1744 . Children: Rachel , born November 14, 1691 ; Jonathan , July 2, 1698 , mentioned below; Mary , April 2, 1700 ; Hannah , January 30, 1702 ; Lurana , February 1, 1704 ; Joseph , November 7, 1705 ; Benjamin , August 14, 1707 .  
http://mars.libs.uga.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?style=&_id=a80c46ea-1108522368-1095&_cc=1

Jul 6, 1718, "David Knite of Norwich entered into Covenant."

Jul 20, 1718, "David, Jonathan, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah Knite, the children of David Knite of Norwich entered into the Covenant."

The following is taken from the Knight web site

David's Will reads:

" I, give unto my well Beloved wife Sarah the use and Improvement of all my Moveable Estate During her Natural Life, In Lieu of her Right of Dower." " As to my Sons (viz) David, Jonathan, Benjamin, and Joseph deceased, what I have formaly Given to Each of them in Land and Divers other ways I Judge to be the full of their Several Portions of my Estate: and therefore I Give the Nothing by this my Last Will and Testament, nor to the Children of son Joseph, Deceased."

" As to my moveable Estate; I Give it to my Daughters (viz) Sarah the wife of Elisha Lilly, Mary the Wife of Thomas Walbridge, Hannah the wife of Aaron Read and Louranna ye wife of Ebenezer Bettes and the Children of my Daughter Rachell Hendy, deed, to be Equally Divided to and among them, that is to Say, to all the Children of my Daughter Rachell, Deceased, as to one of the above Named Daughters, one fifth Part, to be equally Divided to and among as above Expressed after my wifes decease."
Exor: Jonathan Knight
Proved: 10 December 1744

His son Jonathan was made the executor and the will was signed with his mark, a straight line crossed be a curved line. The will was proved December 10 1744. The inventory dated three days later amounted to 607 pounds 11 shillings and 7 pence. No real Estate was listed and it seems certain that he had divided his real estate among his children before he made his will. The inventory of his estate includes three bonds of 100 pounds each and one bond of 130 pounds, old tenor, a bible valued at 2 puonds 5 shillings and a history Book valued at 1 shilling. In a division of the estate in February following, Sarah Knight signs with her mark, but Elisha Lillie, Thomas Walbridge, Ebenezer Bettes and Aron Read with their autographs. In the final accounting mention is made of a journey to Woodstock to look after the estate, and the widow, in this division, received 532 pounds and 9 pence.

In 1692 David was at Canterbury. He lived at a place known as " Ye crotch of the rivers" (Lisbon).

Some of David's neighbors were: Eleazer Jewett, Daniel Longbottom, Josiah Read, Henry Wallbridge. Another neighbor was Samuel Rood and Samuel Rood Jr.

 
Bottom (Longbottom) Family Album
by Rebekah Deal Oliver  1970
Page 16
"YE CROTCH OF YE RIVERS"
  Is is recorded that Daniel Longbottom was an inhabitant of Newent in "Ye Crotch of ye Rivers", the area between the Shetauket, Little, and Quinneboug Rivers, which became a society of Norwich in 1690. In 1692 he married Elizabeth Lamb, daughter of John and Ann Lamb of Groton. Their oldest child, the second Daniel, was born there on March 19, 1694, the same year of the birth of the second Christopher Huntington.
  In 1694 and 95 Captain James Fitch, Jr. sold a grant of 1800 acres "lying between the crotch of the rivers Shetucket and Quinebaug" to Joseph Safford, Richard Smith, Meshach Farley, Mathew Perkins and Samuel Bishop, all from Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1695 Joseph and Jacob Perkins, also of Ipswich, purchased a tract from the former purchasers. Settlement commenced immediately. In 1718 the following sixteen persons were listed as inhabitants of Newent: Samuel Bishop, Samuel Coy, Eleaser Jewett, David Knight, Daniel Longbottom, Samuel Lothrop, Jabez Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Josiah Read, Josiah Read Jr., Joseph Read, John Read, William Read, Samuel Rood, Samuel Rood Jr., and Henry Wallbridge. As would be expected, here again are names of men whose descendents married Bottom men and women. In his Journal 1813 Nathan H. Bottom of Shaftsbury, Vermont wrote that his great grandfather's (the first Daniel) "relations were pretty numerous in Norwich, and there were so many of the name in a certain part of town that it was called Bottomtown".

The New England Ancestry of
Dana Converse Backus
By Mary E. N. Backus
Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers
Salem, Massachusetts  1949
Page 8

Levi Byram and Martha Jane Belnap
Gold Medal Pioneers
By Donald Levi Gale Hammon
1996 - Page 15

Bottom (Longbottom) Family Album
By Rebekah Deal Oliver
W. Kelly Oliver, Publisher
1970 - Page 16

John Pember
The History of the Pember Family in America
By Celeste Pember Hazen
1939 - Page 27/155

The Descendants of Andrew Warner
Lucien C. Warner, M.D., LL.D & Mrs. Josephine Genung Nichols
The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Co.
New Haven, Conn.
1919 - Page 618

The Early Knights of Rhode Island
By G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., of Bristol, R.I.
4.  David Knight (Richard), of East Greenwich, R. I., and of Woodstock and Norwich, Conn., born about 1656, died at Norwich, whither he had removed, 24 Nov. 1744. He married at Norwich, 17 Mar. 1691/2, Sarah Backus, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Backus.
    On 8 Sept. 1691 he was an appraiser of the estate of Clement Weaver at East Greenwich. He followed his brother to Connecticut and settled finally at Norwich, where he and his descendants remained. None of his children came back to Rhode Island. He lived for a while at Woodstock, as is shown by the deposition of Joseph Devol, cited above. In 1694 he bought all his brother John's rights in the Hall and Knight Purchase.

CHRISTENING: 6 July 1718 Cantebury,,Connecticut

LAND: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
Austin
Page 330
1693 In this year he, of Canterbury near Norwich, Henry Hall of Westerly and David Knight, of Woodstock, employed Joseph Davol to layout and survey lands called Hall's and Knight's Purchase. This was deposed to later (1711, Jul. 31), by Joseph Davol, who says further that John Knight approved his work and that two highways were laid out for the convenience of the purchasers.

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Deposition Relating to Hall's Purchase
  The deposition of Joseph Davel of Stoningtown in the county of New London in the Colony of Connecticut, of lawful age, who formerly lived in the town of Westerly in the Colony of Rhode Island, testifeth and saith, that in the year of  our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety and three, I then being surveyor of lands and under oath to said office, was employed by Mr. Henry Hall of the town of Westerly in the Colony of Rhoad Island, and Mr. John Knight, the son of Richard Knight, who then lived near Norrage in a place now known by the name of Canterbury in the county of New London in the Colony of Connecticut aforesaid, and Mr. David Knight of the town of Woodstock in Boston government, to lay out  and survey and make divisions for them unto several persons who then lived on said land with their families, viz: The land commonly called or known by Hall's and Knight's purchase or Chepechewwag or Wawwoskepog in the Narragansett country, I the said Joseph Davel, then surveyor, laid out and bounded and drafted by a map or plat, and made divisions for them unto those persons which bought and purchased of them, viz: unto Job Babcock 200 acres; Peter Wells 100 acres; William Taner 100 acres; John Sheldon 200 acres; John Crandal 180 acres; Jeremiah Crandal 180 acres;  Gershom Cottrel 180 acres; James Ray 100 acres, and to Jonathan  Knight 200 acres: with several highways, viz: two highways through said land for the use and benefit of the purchasers: and when I laid out said land, the abovesaid Hall and David Knight were personally present with me, and likewise the abovesaid John Knight approved and liked my work, and they paid me my wages for my work, and some time since said John Knight took his part of the money which was the price of the land, he received said money of Henry Hall. This abovewritten is the truth, as witness my hand, July 31st, 1711
(signed) Joseph Davell
  The above written Capt. Joseph Davell perosonally appeared and made oath to the above written evidence before me in Westerly, this 1st day of August, 1711
(signed) John Babcock, Justice

 
1711, Mar. 27.  Testimony of James Fitch, of Canterbury, Ct., was given, that in the year 1694, John Knight, late of Norwich, deceased, with David Knight, his brother, came to my house in Norwich and declared in agreement, whereby John sold his whole right to brother David, and a tract of land purchased by his deceased father and Henry Hall, of the Indians.

Sarah Spencer BACKUS [Parents]-LCQF-YHS was born on 14 Jun 1667 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. She died on 7 Apr 1732 in Litchfield, Tolland, Connecticut. Sarah married David KNIGHT-LHP6-35W on 17 Mar 1691 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

BIOGRAPHY: Posted by: Norris Taylor Date: February 12, 2000 at 16:44:02
In Reply to: Re: HELP ! William BACKUS Expert needed by Mike Crandall  of 615  
 
There was no Lydia in the 1707 agreement between the siblings to settle the estate. So, she must have died by then, and probably without heir, or the heir would have had a say, or mention, in the estate as well.

That doesn't help you confirm that Lydia, dau of William, was wife of Thomas Hyde. You'll have to look elsewhere for that. I'm not sure what evidence leads to that conclusion. Jacobus didn't say, but did show that that Lydia was the wife of Thomas Hyde.

Estate Settlement of Stephen Backus:

On 28 May, 1707, Timothy Backus of Canterbury, David Knight of
Norwich, Robert Green and William Baker, both of Canterbury,
in behalf of their wives, Sarah, Ruth and Rebeckah, daughters
of Stephen Backus of Norwich, dec'd, and Elizabeth Backus, daughter
of said Stephen, and Sarah Backus, the widow, agree that Timothy
is to have the 200 acres in Canterbury, he to pay debts and
remaining legacies (to Widow, Timothy and Elizabeth); Stephen
the eldest son who administered with his mother "deceased on the
first day Instant."

(Jacobus, Hale, House & Related Families, p. 453.)"

Norris

The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus
Compiled and Edited by Mary E. N. Backus
Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers
Salem, Massachusetts  1949 Pages 7 - 8
    The Backus family moved to Canterbury, Windham County, but before the final distribution of the estate of the first Stephen was made, his son Stephen, the administrator, died in 1702. On file in the Probate department of the State Library at Hartford is and Agreement of Backus his children  dated May 28, 1707 and signed by Sarah Backus "widow and relict" of the first Stephen, by her only surviving son Timothy, by Elizabeth Backus her daughter, and by David Knight, Robert Green and William Baker in behalf of their wives, her daughters Sarah, Ruth and Rebecca.

Historical Notices of the First Congregational Church
in Canterbury, Conn., with Catalogues of its Officers
and Members.
Northampton, Mass:
Hopkins, Bridgman & Company. 1853
Page 16
Members, Or persons received to full  communion
34  Sarah, w. David Knight,   (Backus)   June 13, 1718      *1727

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The Descendants of Andrew Warner
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The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. Co.
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LAND: A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America
By John Adams Comstock
Del Mar, California 1949 Page 7

On Dec. 5, 1721, Samuel Comstock of New London deeds Sarah Knight that "upland granted to my father Daniel Comstock, Dec. 19, 1658," on west side of Mohegan River.

On March 17, 1723, Samuel Comstock of New London and wife Martha deed to Sarah Knight land.

Greenwood Genealogies, 1154 - 1914
By Frederick Greenwood of East Templeton, Massachusetts
The Lyons Genealogical Company Publishers
New York  1914
Page 37
  On 5 December 1721, Samuel Comstock of New London, Connecticut, deeds Sarah Knight that "upland granted to my father, Daniel Comstock, on 19 December 1658. On 17 March 1723 Samuel Comstock and wife Martha deed to Sarah Knight, land. Samuel Comstock was appointed in May 1719 lieutenant of North Company in New London, Connecticut, and was made captain in 1730.
  An inventory of the estate of Martha Comstock of New London, Connecticut, was made 1 May 1765, by her son Nathaniel Comstock and Mathew Turner. She was 85 years of age when she died.

Marriage: Vital Records of Norwich
1659 - 1848
Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
1913 - Page 48
Dauid Knight and Sarah Backus ware married march: 17th Anno 1691/2
Rachell Knight was Born: Novembr 14th 1691
Jonathan Knight was Born July 2nd Anno 1698
Marey Knight was Born Aprill 2nd 1700
Hanah Knight was Born Janu the 30th anno 1701/2
Luranah Knight was Born ffebr 1 1703/4
Jofeph Knight was Born Novembr 7th 1705
Benjamine Knight was Born August: 13th: 1707
mr Dauid Knight Died on the 24th day of Novr 1744

FamilySearch showed this additional information:
  Birth - Date: Apr 1668  Place: Norwich, New London, CT

Richard KNIGHT-L71S-SVK was born on 14 Jan 1602/1603 in Romsey, Wiltshire, Hants, England. He was christened on 14 Jan 1603 in St. Mary & Ethelfri, Romsey, Hampshire, England. He died on 4 Aug 1683 in Rhode Island. Richard married Sarah ROGERS-LC38-HSM on 16 Jan 1648 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

BIOGRAPHY: Richard Knight C:1603/1605-1680- The earliest record found of this person is on 4 Aug 1640 when he agreed with the town of Hampton to keep a mill at the landing and was granted 100 acres, "History of Hampton,N.H.",Pope. An assumption has been made that Richard came from Norfolk,England because of this record as most Hampton settlers came from Norfolk County,England. However, in the book McCormick-Hamilton-Day Ancestral Lines, Compiled for Elizabeth Day McCormick & Robert Hall McCormick III, privately printed, 1957 it suggest Richard came from Kent County, England.

14 Sep 1640, Richard contracted to build the meeting house at Hampton.

29 Jan 1640/1641, He was to make a gate for the pound.

Dec 1641, He was a defendant in a suit brought by Stephen Kent.

1644, He was suspected of theft and was then "of~Salisbury,Ma."

1645, A warrent was issued for the arrest of Richard Knight of Hampton.

 
9 Sep 1645, Joseph Armetage was ordered by the Court to hold all goods in his hands of "Richard Knigfit late of Hampton,now of Rhode Island",Essex Quarterly Court Files, Vol. 1,pg. 88.

 
Dec 1646, He had a suit in the Newport, Rhode Island Court against William Jeffray (Aquidneck Quarterly Court Files)

 
1648-1649-Keeper of the prison.

1648/49/50/53/54/57/58 - General Sergeant.

The Early Records of the Town of Providence
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A Copy of the Warrent for Hugh Bewit
You are herby required, In the name & power of the State of England to attach the body of Heugh Bewit, & to  bring him before me, to answer to such things as shallbe layd to his Charge as you will answer the Contrary at yr will, warwicke the 23 of ffebruary anno 1649.
To Richard Knight, Gen. Serjeant
To the Cunstable of providence                Jno: Smyth president
these deliner

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To Rich. Knight Gen. Sergeant, for the Colony of Providence Plantations, greeting.
These are in the name of the honored State of England, to require & charge you to arrest the body of Nicholos Power Constable of Providence, & take sufficiant Bale for his personal appearance at the next Colony Court of tryall to be held for this Colony at Newport in may next to answer for his contempt of the Presidents Warrant thereo fayle you not, at ye will,
Given at the Office this 17th of November 1649
me Philip Shearman
Gene: Recorder

 
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 (Recto)
Providence the 25, of the 12th. 1649. (called)
fforasmuch as there is brought into this Town by the Gen. Serjeant, Certain Warrents as the termes them, directed for Hugh Bewit & Nicholas Powers, & some other of like nature. The Town being orderly called & met thereupon. We find by the letter of the Lawes Gen: unto wch we are ingaged, that they are not legally stated. We therfore the Deputies of the Town aforesaid, & on the foresaid Townes behalfe We forbid the said Rich. Knight Gen. Serjeant to execute the said Warrents, according to the contents theof, as he will answere it; yet we not denying any execution of any Legall Gen: Warrent, that shall in Order, according to the letter of or Gen. Lawes, be brought into this Town to be executed.

Gleanings from Newport Court Files
1659 - 1783
Jane Fletcher Fiske

1710, September: John Knight now resident in Providence…eldest son, and heir of John Knight late of Norwich in ye Collony of Connecticut decesd: grandson and heir of Richard Knight of Newportdecesd vs. Peter Wells, Job Babcock, William Tanner, Isaac Shelden, Joseph Car[pen]ter, Peter Crandall, Samuel Hopkins & Gersham Cotterell yeomen all of Kingstowne…in a plea of partition, damage L800 as per summons dated 15 July 1710. In their plea, by attorney N. Blagrove, the defendants stated that they held no land in common undivided with the plaintiff…what land they hold is in fee simple, having received their title from Henery Hall, surviving joint tenant of  [torn] Knight. David Knight and West Clark upon their engagement say that Richard Knight of Newport decd about 31 years agoe.

The Early Knights of Rhode Island
By G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., of Bristol, R.I.

   The early history of the Knight Family, which became prominent in Providence in the last century, is somewhat obscure, and the account given in Austin's "Dictionary" is not entirely satifactory. Therefore it is the purpose of the contributor of this article to present a brief history of the early generations of the family.
The founder of the family in New England was Richard Knight, who was at Newport as early as December 1646. Austin knew nothing earlier than this about him; but there are references to him in the Essex Quarterly Court files at Salem, Mass., that show that prior to his arrival in Rhode Island he had lived at Hampton, N.H., where he had a mill.

1. Richard (1) Knight, of Hampton, N.H., and Newport, R.I., was living in 1680, but died before 27 Oct. of that year. He married first in England, ________; and secondly, about 1647, Sarah Rogers, daughter of James and Mary Rogers of Newport, R.I., who was living at East Greenwich 24 Feb. 1684/5, when she served on a jury of women with respect to the condition of a young women.
Richard Knight probably came to Hampton, N.H. from co. Norfolk, England, as most of the earliest inhabitants of Hampton came from that part of England.
On 4 Aug. 1640 and agreement was made between the town of Hampton and Richard Knight regarding his building and keeping a mill at the landing there, and 100 acres were granted to him. On 14 Sept. 1640 he contracted to build a meeting house. On 29 Jan. 1640/1 it was voted that instead of working on the Common Richard Knight was to make a gate for the pound. He was the defendant in a suit brought by Stephen Kent in December 1641. On 9 July 1645 a warrant for his arrest was issued to the constables of Boston, Mass., on account of certain thieving activities of his, and on 9 Sept. 1645 Joseph Armetage was ordered by the Court to hold all the goods in his hands of Richard Knight "late of Hampton, now of Rhode Island." (Essex Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, p. 88 and History of Hampton.) In Rhode Island he was a house carpenter by trade, and the the items given above show that he practiced the same trade at Hampton. He probably fled to Rhode Island at some time between 9 July and 9 Sept. 1645, to escape punishment for his misdeeds. This experience seems to have had a salutary effect on him, for thenceforth his life in Rhode Island was, so far as is known, entirely decorous. In February 1646 [? 1645/6] Goodman Knight conveyed his house, mill, and 100 acres at Hampton to Christopher Lawson of Boston, Mass. In December 1646 he brought suit at Newport against William Jeffery (Acquidneck Quarterly Court Files, printed). On 16 Jan. 1647/8 land at Newport was conveyed to him by James Rogers, whose daughter Sarah he married about this time. On 8 Feb. 1648/9 he agreed with his wife Sarah not to sell the 40 acres of land bought of James Rogers and Robert Griffin, but entailed it upon her and his eldest son by her, who was to have it at the age of twenty years. If he should have no son, then the land was to go to their eldest daughter, at the age of sixteen years. Moreover, his son in Old England was to have no part in it. (Rhode Island Colonial  Deeds, edited by Chaplin, vol. 1, p. 6.) From 1648/9 he kept the prison in Newport. He was general sergeant in 1648, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1654, 1657, and 1658. His name occurs on the roll of freeman at Newport in 1655. He was sent to summon the Warwick sachem Pomham before the Court on 17 Mar. 1655/6. He sold land at Newport on 22 Dec. 1656 and 5 Dec. 1658. In the latter year he was "Water Bailey." On 19 Jan. 1663/4 he made, in partnership with Henry Hall, the great purchase of lands at Chippachog, in Westerly and Kingston, from the Indians, which was afterwards known as the Hall and Knight purchase. He appears to have rendered service to the Colony in Philip's War, for on 31 Oct. 1677 he was one of the grantees of the East Greenwich lands, for service in that war. Each grantee received 100 acres. On 11 Dec. 1679 he, together with his wife and his eldest son, John, sold land. He was alive as late as 1680, when he was taxed 7s., but by 27 Oct. 1680 he was dead, as on that date his widow petitioned for a confirmation of the lands in  East Greenwich that he had settled upon her, and this was allowed.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II
 Knight
Richard Knight , immigrant ancestor, was a carpenter by trade and lived at Newport, Rhode Island . He was keeper of the prison in 1648-49 and general sergeant in 1648-49-50-53-54-57-58 . He was admitted a freeman in 1655 . In 1663 he bought lands in Narragansett , and in 1677 he and forty-seven others were granted one hundred acres each in a plantation to be called East Greenwich , but never lived there. He died in 1680 . He married Sarah , daughter of James and Mary Rogers . Children: John , Jonathan , David , mentioned below.

Levi Byram and Martha Jane Belnap
Gold Medal Pioneers
By Donald Levi Gale Hammon
1996 - Page 14/15

The Benjamin Families from Columbia County, New York
Compiled by R. M. Benjamin
Published by Pantagraph Ptg. & Sta. Co.
Bloomington, Ill.
1911 - Page 19/20

John Pember
The History of the Pember Family in America
By Celeste Pember Hazen
1939 - Page 155

May 1649 - Civil&Military List of Rhode Island 1647-1800, General Sarjent, Richard Knight, To have leave to sell a little wine or strong water to some natives in theare sickness. Mr. Roger Williams.

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To ye Deputie for ye towne of providence By vertue of a warrent Received from mr Nicho: Easton by ye presedents order, These are to Require you in ye name of ye keepers of ye liberties of England. by authoritie of parlement. to provide for ye General asemblie & ye Court of tryalls (which is adjourned till ye 12th of this present month & to be held at Portsmouth) accordinge as ye law in ye Case provides hereof you are not to faile.
Richard Knight
Gnarall Sargnt
Newport June ye ferst 1653

 
3.7 Aug 1653 - Ipswich Court Records for 28 May 1654, there is recorded a petition to the General Assembly at Portsmouth(RI), 17 Aug 1653,"Members present: Richard Knight, General Sergeant."

1655 - Richard Knight was made a Freeman of the colony, which,in Rhode Island, did not imply that he was a church member, but that he was worth, at least $200.00. This was the last year of the presidency of Roger Williams, "but not the last of the unfortunate bickering disorder of the colony where fanaticism not only expressed itself in religon, but in politics and society; and no scheme was so wild as to find adherents in this confused medley."

17 Mar 1655 - Richard Knight and two other were sent by warrent for the Sachem Pomham, to require him to come before the court.

 
1658 - Water Bailey

 
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newport this 12th of November 1679
Loving frind mr fild: after my serves remembred to you this ar to lette you undearsand that I [] that your towne shold macke mee waitte so longe for so small asom of mony which have bin so longe dwe as this have bin to mee and aftear my longe forbarance thay have broken too generall Cortte ordares to my great damage now tharfor I desiear you that it may bee sent to mee spedly and uppon the resait I shall send [ ] but if you send it not I pray writte mee whoo is your tresor for I prefor to send the genarall Sargant spedly so intviting your Ansor by mr hart I rest youres to Command in what is Just.
Richard Knight

 
May 1649 - Civil&Military List of Rhode Island 1647-1800, General Sarjent, Richard Knight, To have leave to sell a little wine or strong water to some natives in theare sickness. Mr. Roger Williams.

 
 
3.7 Aug 1653 - Ipswich Court Records for 28 May 1654, there is recorded a petition to the General Assembly at Portsmouth(RI), 17 Aug 1653,"Members present: Richard Knight, General Sergeant."

1655 - Richard Knight was made a Freeman of the colony, which,in Rhode Island, did not imply that he was a church member, but that he was worth, at least $200.00. This was the last year of the presidency of Roger Williams, "but not the last of the unfortunate bickering disorder of the colony where fanaticism not only expressed itself in religon, but in politics and society; and no scheme was so wild as to find adherents in this confused medley."

17 Mar 1655 - Richard Knight and two other were sent by warrent for the Sachem Pomham, to require him to come before the court.

 
1658 - Water Bailey

 
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newport this 12th of November 1679
Loving frind mr fild: after my serves remembred to you this ar to lette you undearsand that I [] that your towne shold macke mee waitte so longe for so small asom of mony which have bin so longe dwe as this have bin to mee and aftear my longe forbarance thay have broken too generall Cortte ordares to my great damage now tharfor I desiear you that it may bee sent to mee spedly and uppon the resait I shall send [ ] but if you send it not I pray writte mee whoo is your tresor for I prefor to send the genarall Sargant spedly so intviting your Ansor by mr hart I rest youres to Command in what is Just.
Richard Knight

 
3.7 Aug 1653 - Ipswich Court Records for 28 May 1654, there is recorded a petition to the General Assembly at Portsmouth(RI), 17 Aug 1653,"Members present: Richard Knight, General Sergeant."

LAND: 1645, Adjoining to the house, twelve acres and half of upland at Gauges wigwam and ten acres of meddow adjoining to the same, and fourty acres of upland in the west field adjoing to William Hayward's land on the east and William Fifield on the west, and this was by an absolute deed of Sale dated the 5 (3) 1645.
(Signed) Richard Knight
Witness: William Walderne,An Jenks,Recorded in Suffolk Deeds,Bk. 1 page 68.

 
Feb 1646, Richard sold his house and mill in Hampton to Chrostopher Lawson of Boston and left for Rhode Island.

 
Newport Historical Magazine
Volume 1, 1880-1.
Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co.
128 Thames Street
Newport, R.I.
No. 1 - July, 1881. - Vol.2 - Page 5
Rhode Island Colonial Land Evidence
Deed. James Rogers to Richard Knight. - James Rogers conveys to Richard Knight, for valuable considerations, forty acres of land, bounded W. by. the highway on the east side of the mill; N. by Joshua Coggeshall's  land; S. by William Jeoffrey's; E. by the highway to the common. Also another parcel containing two acres, on the west side of the said mill highway, bounded N. and W. by land of James Rogers; S. by land of William Jeoffrey's; E. by the aforesaid highway. Both parcels being “the proper inheritance of James Rogers, of Newport, in Rhode Island, in the Province of Providence, in New England.” Signed in the presence of Wm. Dyre. Recorded Sept. 5, 1671, by John Sanford, Gen. Recorder. Deed dated Jan. 16, 1648. William Jeoffrey obliges himself to make and maintain forever the fence between himself and Richard Knight. Vol.1, p. 1.

Ref. Rhode Island Land Evidences, Vol. 1. 1648-1696, Originally Published, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence,Rhode Island 1921, page 6. Page 5 is a land Evidence Record for the sale of land with James Rogers and Richard Knight. Page 6 & 7 is land evidence of the Henry Hall & Richard Knight purchase from the Indian Chief Coigamaquoant of the Narragansetts. There are also land transactions between Richard Knight & George Kendrick, and Richard Knight & Lawrence Turner mentioned in this book.

 
Newport Historical Magazine
Volume 1, 1880-1.
Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co.
128 Thames Street
Newport, R.I.
No. 1 - July, 1881. - Vol.2 - Page 116
Rhode Island Colonial Land Evidence
Deed. Richard Knight to George Kenrich. Richard Knight, of Newport, conveys to George Kenrich, of Providence, 12 acres of land in-----, bounded N. by land of James Weeden. E. by the highway to the common. S. by land of Lawrence Turner. W. by land of sd Richard Knight. The said Geo. Kenrich to 'heave out two rods, next to James Weeden, for a highway”, only for the use of sd Richard Knight, and sd Geo. Kenrich to pay sd Richard Knight 20 shillings and acre in merchantable peage at the rate of eight to a penny of or four of black, or “equivalent.” Sd George to make and forever maintain the fence against sd Richard Knight, and Lawrence Turner and himself; dated Dec. 22, 1656. Signed by Richard Knight and witnessed by Will Jefferay & Obadiah Holme. Recorded May 28, 1673. [Vol. 1, p. 31]

5 Dec 1658 - He sold Lawrence Turner 4 acres. Ref. RI Land Evidences, page 6.

22 May 1662 - Land recorded of Lawrence Turner and Tobias Saunders, both of Newport, land in Newport adjacent to land of Lawrence that he purchased of Richard Knight, together with a dwelling...acc. to law made 22 May 1662 ratified 29 May 1673. RI Families, GBR, Vol. 2 page 261.

 
1663 - He bought lands in Narragansett with Henry Hall.

22 Dec 1656 - He sold George Kenwick (Kenrick)? of Providence 12 acres in merchantable peage at rate of eight to a penny of flour of white or of black, or equivalent.

Newport Historical Magazine
Volume 1, 1880-1.
Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co.
128 Thames Street
Newport, R.I.
No. 1 - July, 1881. - Vol.2 - Page 116
Rhode Island Colonial Land Evidence
Deed. Richard Knight, of Newport, for a certain sum of money, conveys to Lawrence Turner of Newport, four acres of land, bounded, W. by the land of Richard Knight and to begin at a dead tree, next the land of said Lawrence Turner, at the south-west corner, and so to range to a living tree on the north-west corner, and from thence, down to the highway, as the fence runs. Sd fence to be maintained forever by sd Lawrence Turner. Date, Dec. 5, 1658. Witness, Will Jefferay and Richard Bulgar. [Vol. 1, p. 30.]

 
19 Jan 1664 - Ref. Rhode Island Historical Society. "Abstracts from Vol,. 1 of RI Land Evidences in the State Archives,"pg 3"Narrangansetts in the Colony of Rhod-Island...have for...Tenn pounds in peage Eight the peny in hand by me the aforesaid Cogamaquoant Received from Richard Knight & Henry Hall both of the Towne of Newport wherwith I the sayd Cogamaqucant doe discharg unto the said Richard Knight & Henry Halls ther heires...a certain percell of Land Scittuate and Lyinge in the aforesaid Narraganse-tts Cuntry neere or adjoininge unto the Land Formerly Sould by me unto Mr. John Porter and Mr Samll Wilbore &c pettacomscutt and is by Esteemation two Miles Square be it more or less being butted and bounded as Followeth Vizt. on the Eastside from a place called in Indian Qumatumpick, southward to a place called chippachuat and soe westerly to a place called Quowachauck and from thence northward to place called Winatompick and so to extand from thence upon a straight line unto the the first boundry to be Houlden of our Royall Soverraigne Lord Charles the Second not Capett nor by Knights service but in comon Soccage after the manner of East Greenwich iii the County of Kent...Further I the said Cogamoquant doe..bind myself in the sum of Bond of Five Hundred pounds starl of good and lawful mony of England or to the vallew therothat the land mentioned in this deed is good reall and firme Estate unto the said Richard Knight and Henry Halls and thit the said land is deere and free from all intailments deeds of sale leases mortgages and all other alienation of what nature or kinds whatsoever...and to deere and remove or cause to be removed at or before the first of march next after the date hereof Every Indian or Indians Inhabiting there on and not to suffer or the future any Indian to dwell or plant upon the aforesaid Tract. this ninteeth day of January and in the yeare of our lord god one Thousand Six hundred Sixty and fower...in pressence of John Archer,The marke of Alse Archer,Richard Bulgar,The marke of Cogamagooant,The marke of Wotomer,an Indian,Cobsounk,his mark,an Indian.

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Jan. 19, 1664.   Coginaquant's deed to Richard Knight and Henry Halls, of about two square mile, which they named Westerly Manor. (L.E. 1, 2, 405.) It joined the Pettiquamscut purchase, and was bounded on the East side from a place called Quamatucumpic-Southward to a place called Chippachuack-thence Westerly to a place called Quowachauk-thence North to a place called Winatompic-and from thence a strait line to the first bounds. This purchase was afterwards confirmed by the Assembly, in 1708. Its bounds as finally settled, appear to have been Usquepaug river on the West-Pettiquamscut purchase on the East, and on the North, a tract of land which Lang, Boss, Wickam and others, purchased of the State's Committee, May 17, 1710

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In October, 1708, (at Providence,) this committee made a Report, (see App.) which was received and confirmed as being mad according to the true intent of the Act of October 30, 1672.
  The Assembly confirmed the Deed of Coginaquand to Knight and Halls, provided it should not interfere with the Pettaquamscut purchas, or former grants.

 
31 Oct 1667 - He was one of forty-eight who were granted 100 acres each in a plantation called East Greenwich. This name of the new town,together with the reference in the deed of Coganaquoant,arouses suspicion that Richard Knight, and perhaps others of the settlers, were familiar with the county of Kent,England, and possibly had come from that county.

 
Commissioner to end small causes at Weymouth, 2 June 1641 [MBCR 1:329].
  Tied for third place in voting for Assistant from Newport to Rhode Island General Court, 7 May 1659 [RICR 1:408]. Deputy from Newport, October 1664 [RICR 2:61]. Committee to set rates for Newport, 13 May 1667 [RICR 2:197]. Rhode Island jury, foreman, 29 August 1653 [EQC 1:314].
ESTATE: "W[illia]m Jeffryes, gent.," was a patentee of Agamenticus [York] on 2 December 1631 (and on 2 March 1631/2) [York Hist 1:86-88]. On November 1641 he received his division of lands at York, in partnership with Samuel Maverick, Elias Maverick and Hugh [sic] Bursley [York Hist 1:135].
  "Mr. William Jefferey" held land in Newport as early as 16 January 1648[/9], when he was named as an abutter to lands being sold by James Rogers to Richard Knight, and on 6 June 1650 "William Jefferey" promised to "make the fence that hath been in controversy betwixt Richard Knight and myself" [RILE 1:5]. On 22 March 1653/4 "William Jefferays" sold to Lawrence Turner and Tobias Saunders a parcel of land measuring sixty-seven rods by fifty-six rods, "being the eastern part of the lands of William Jefferays of Newport" [RILE 1:28].

 
11 Dec 1679 - With his wife Sarah Rogers, and his eldest son, John, he sold land to Francis Brimley and Francis Smith.

 
31 Oct 1667 - He was one of forty-eight who were granted 100 acres each in a plantation called East Greenwich. This name of the new town,together with the reference in the deed of Coganaquoant,arouses suspicion that Richard Knight, and perhaps others of the settlers, were familiar with the county of Kent,England, and possibly had come from that county.

 
Commissioner to end small causes at Weymouth, 2 June 1641 [MBCR 1:329].
  Tied for third place in voting for Assistant from Newport to Rhode Island General Court, 7 May 1659 [RICR 1:408]. Deputy from Newport, October 1664 [RICR 2:61]. Committee to set rates for Newport, 13 May 1667 [RICR 2:197]. Rhode Island jury, foreman, 29 August 1653 [EQC 1:314].
ESTATE: "W[illia]m Jeffryes, gent.," was a patentee of Agamenticus [York] on 2 December 1631 (and on 2 March 1631/2) [York Hist 1:86-88]. On November 1641 he received his division of lands at York, in partnership with Samuel Maverick, Elias Maverick and Hugh [sic] Bursley [York Hist 1:135].
  "Mr. William Jefferey" held land in Newport as early as 16 January 1648[/9], when he was named as an abutter to lands being sold by James Rogers to Richard Knight, and on 6 June 1650 "William Jefferey" promised to "make the fence that hath been in controversy betwixt Richard Knight and myself" [RILE 1:5]. On 22 March 1653/4 "William Jefferays" sold to Lawrence Turner and Tobias Saunders a parcel of land measuring sixty-seven rods by fifty-six rods, "being the eastern part of the lands of William Jefferays of Newport" [RILE 1:28].

 
11 Dec 1679 - With his wife Sarah Rogers, and his eldest son, John, he sold land to Francis Brimley and Francis Smith.

 
31 Oct 1667 - He was one of forty-eight who were granted 100 acres each in a plantation called East Greenwich. This name of the new town,together with the reference in the deed of Coganaquoant,arouses suspicion that Richard Knight, and perhaps others of the settlers, were familiar with the county of Kent,England, and possibly had come from that county.

 
Commissioner to end small causes at Weymouth, 2 June 1641 [MBCR 1:329].
  Tied for third place in voting for Assistant from Newport to Rhode Island General Court, 7 May 1659 [RICR 1:408]. Deputy from Newport, October 1664 [RICR 2:61]. Committee to set rates for Newport, 13 May 1667 [RICR 2:197]. Rhode Island jury, foreman, 29 August 1653 [EQC 1:314].
ESTATE: "W[illia]m Jeffryes, gent.," was a patentee of Agamenticus [York] on 2 December 1631 (and on 2 March 1631/2) [York Hist 1:86-88]. On November 1641 he received his division of lands at York, in partnership with Samuel Maverick, Elias Maverick and Hugh [sic] Bursley [York Hist 1:135].
  "Mr. William Jefferey" held land in Newport as early as 16 January 1648[/9], when he was named as an abutter to lands being sold by James Rogers to Richard Knight, and on 6 June 1650 "William Jefferey" promised to "make the fence that hath been in controversy betwixt Richard Knight and myself" [RILE 1:5]. On 22 March 1653/4 "William Jefferays" sold to Lawrence Turner and Tobias Saunders a parcel of land measuring sixty-seven rods by fifty-six rods, "being the eastern part of the lands of William Jefferays of Newport" [RILE 1:28].

 
11 Dec 1679 - With his wife Sarah Rogers, and his eldest son, John, he sold land to Francis Brimley and Francis Smith.

TAXES: 1680 - Taxed 7 shillings. Last record of Richard.

DEATH: Will of Richard Knight, Feb 1648:
Newport the 8th day of February 1648 . . . I Richard Knight of Newport doe inverce and ingage to my wife Sarah Knight that I will not sell . . . any of the Tract of Land latly bought of James Rogers and Robert Griffin but doe. . . Intaile it upon her and my heires forever, but Especialy to her and my Eldist: sonn if any and in case wee have no sonn to my Eldist daughter to be my and her proper he ire after my death and if a sonn he shall have it at The age of oile and Twenty yeares if I have left my beinge in this life, and if noe sonn then the Eldist daughter shall have it at Sixteene yeares of age provided alwaies that the thirds of the Land and the best and convenientest roome in the house is to be my wifes, duringe her life, and then to returne to the heire . . .  But if there be more then one Sonn the daughters are noe heires soe long as any of the male be liveinge, but if noe sonn or sonns or if the sonn or sonns die with Ishue, then the Eldist daughter then livinge shall be the Right heire, But this is more Largely declared that if the Eldist sonn dye without Ishue the next shall enjoy it, But if the first have children whether sonns or daughters and alsoe the rest that are herein appointed to be heires, And this have I done the day and yeare above written, to avoyd strife because my sonn in ole England shall have nothing to doe herein nor have any Right to any Land of mine in New-England. In testimony hereof I put to my hand this day and yeare aforesaid.
 
Signed in the presence off John Downeing (his X marke) Robert Spink X his mark Richard Knight

DEATH: Ref. Homer T. Knight."Richard was probably buried in his back yard, perhaps with a wooden marker. This was the practice in Newport in those days. In the middle of the nineteeth centry many of these private cemeteries were moved to central locations in Newport, but since most of Richards's kin had moved elsewhere, the site of his burial had been lost."

MILITARY: He appears to have rendered military service to the colony in King Philip's War, for on October 31,1677, he was one of the grantees of the East Greenwich Lands, for service in that war. Each grantee received 100 acres.

Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in
the District of Columbia
Washington City
1905 - Page 47
Richard Knight (1603 - 1683) of Rhode Island; Keeper of Prison, 1648-49; General-Sergeant; 1648-53; served in King Philip's War under Captain William Turner.

Sarah ROGERS [Parents]-LC38-HSM was born in 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died in 1684/1685 in Rhode Island. Sarah married Richard KNIGHT-L71S-SVK on 16 Jan 1648 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

BIOGRAPHY: "Phillips Bradford"
Dear Mr. Knight.

I have just found an alternative idea about who Sarah Rogers' parents were (at least her father).

The Mayflower passengers, Thomas Rogers, and his son Joseph Rogers, are discussed on the following "official" Mayflower web sites:
Thomas Rogers: See: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/ThomasRogers.php
Joseph Rogers: See: http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/JosephRogers.php

Now, on the Joseph Rogers site. It says he married "Hannah, probably around 1632 (if she is the mother of all his children.)", where no surname is provided for Hannah, and there is a caveat about whether or not said Hanna is the mother of all his children. It also states that after Thomas Rogers died in 1621, Joseph was 18 years old and lived for 10 years in the household of Gov. William Bradford (my direct ancestor). There are many sources that will confirm that Gov. Bradford adopted many children whose parents died in the hardships of 1621.

A little further down on the page for Joseph Rogers, there is a link to his will. This will shows no mention of a daughter named Sarah.

However, here is the big clue: See the web page:
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/BradfordAllertonLetter1623.php
which is a letter by Gov. Bradford written in 1623 (when Joseph Rogers would have been 21 years old). Toward the end of this letter, there is a paragraph, which I have copied below:

Letter of William Bradford and Isaac Allerton
(Relating to events surrounding the arrivals of the ships Anne and Little James, 1623)

Beloved and kind friends.
 
(...)

"We found the surgeon in the pinnace to be so proud and quarrelsome a man, and to use his terms in that sort, as the Captain and others durst not go to sea with him; being over ready to raise factions and mutiny in the ship; so as we were constrained to dismiss him, and hire Mr. Rogers in his room, Mr. Pierce being willing to release him, to do us a favor. He is to have 35s per month, whereof he desires his wife may have 16s a month, which we pray you may be accordingly performed."

(...)

WILLIAM BRADFORD, Governor
ISAAC ALLERTON, Assistant
PLIMOTH
September 8  1623
 
This says that Mr. Rogers (which could only be Joseph Rogers) was being released from his master (Rogers was probably an indentured servant under Mr. Pierce), to replace the "proud and quarrelsome surgeon in the pinnace". It also says that both he (Joseph Rogers) AND HIS WIFE were to be paid. This clearly shows that Joseph Rogers was married and lived in Plymouth in 1623. Could he not be the father of Sarah Rogers, who was born in Plymouth in 1625?  Could "Hannah" be his second wife, and since he left his house to Hannah, could the children of his first wife have been left out of his will. This could also explain why Sarah would have married Richard Knight, a man that was 21 years older than she, when she was 23 years old, and moved away to Newport RI.  The Colony of Rhode Island had been founded upon some different principles than Plymouth, and her move to RI would have been taken as an abandonment of Plymouth.

What do you think of this idea?

Phil

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Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island
Austin
Page 330
24 February 1685
Sarah Knight, with other widows and matrons, served as a jury in case of a young woman supposed to be with child.

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Compiled by R. M. Benjamin
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1911 - Page 19/20

LAND: Newport Historical Magazine
Volume 1, 1880-1.
Published by The Newport Historical Publishing Co.
128 Thames Street
Newport, R.I.
No. 1 - July, 1881. - Vol.2 - Page 5
Rhode Island Colonial Land Evidence
Deed of Entail. Richard Knight to his wife, Sarah Rogers, - Richard Knight, for good causes, entail's upon his wife, Sarah Rogers, and her heirs for ever, that tract of land lately bought of James Rogers and Robert Griffin, especially to his eldest son, and in failure of such to his eldest daughter, the son at 21 years of age, the daughter at 16. Should he decease, his wife Sarah to have a third during her life. Dated Feb. 18, 1648. John Downing and Robert Spr---, witnesses. Vol. 1, p. 1.