Person:Amos Knight (12)

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Amos E. Knight
b.16 Jun 1781 Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States
d.21 Jun 1849 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Aug 1754
  1. Amos E. Knight1781 - 1849
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Amos E. Knight1781 - 1849
  • W.  Lucy Knight1779 - 1859
m. Bet 1802 and 1803
  1. Polly Knight1804 - 1805
  2. Sarah Knight1807 -
  3. Leonard Knight1808 - 1843
  4. Mary Jane Knight1810 -
  5. Mariam Knight1812 -
  6. Harrison Knight1814 -
  7. John J. Knight1816 - 1818
  8. John Knight1818 - 1896
  9. Goin Knight1819 - 1820
  10. Saphronia Ellen Knight1821 - 1856
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Amos E. Knight
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 16 Jun 1781 Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Marriage Bet 1802 and 1803 to Lucy Knight
Death[1][2] 21 Jun 1849 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Burial[1] Peru, Oxford, Maine, United StatesWaite Cemetery

He was a member of School Committee in Plan, 1813 and Moderator of the Plantation meeting, Dec. 11, 1813. Doubtless he was a resident here years before this date. Turner claimed there was no relation between husband and wife but subsequent research found a distant relation.[3]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Amos E. Knight gravestone, in Find A Grave.
  2. ↑ Cumberland > 1849 > K > 23, in Maine, United States. Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. (Augusta, ME: Maine State Archives).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sons of Merrill Knight, Sr., in Turner, Hollis. The history of Peru, in the county of Oxford and state of Maine, from 1789 to 1911: residents and genealogies of their families, also a part of Franklin plan. (Augusta, Me.: Maine Farmer Pub. Co., 1911)
    p 187.

    Lucy, b. 1779, m. 1802-3, Amos Knight, b. Westbrook 1781. He was a member of School Committee in Plan, 1813 and Moderator of the Plantation meeting, Dec. 11, 1813. Doubtless he was a resident here years before this date. No family relation existed between this couple prior to their marriage. There were four or five separate races of Knight families in town.

  4. ↑ George Knight, in Young, David C. Royal River Valley Families.

    KNIGHT George m Esther ______. Children: John b 22 Jul 1755; Jacob b 1
    Oct 1756; MAry b 1 May 1758; Daniel b 4 June 1760; Josiah b 25 June
    1762; Peter b 14 May 1764; Dorac b 1 Apr 1766; Enoch b 14 Oct 1768 d 3
    Nov 1774; Sarah b 8 Mar 1771; "births above were born in Falmouth" the
    following in (Gray)" Patience b 19 Apr 1773; Prudence b 19 Apr 1773;
    Comfort b 7 Apr 1775; George b 6 Sept 1777 d 27 Sep 1777; Abigail b 2
    Apr 1779; AMos b 16 JUne 1781; [Page 104 Gray ME]

  5.   The basis for Young is unclear but the George Knight record - which is the clearest link between George and Amos Knight - seems to reference Gray, ME vital records.
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