Person:Benjamin Knight (78)

Benjamin Knight
d.9 Apr 1820
m. 2 Dec 1740
  1. Caleb Knight1741 - 1776
  2. Rhobe Knight1743/44 - 1762
  3. Thomas Knight1743 - 1745
  4. Benjamin Knight1746 - 1820
  5. Nathan Knight1748 - 1762
  6. Martha Knight1750 - 1817
  7. Eunice Knight1753 - 1780
  8. Rachel Knight1757 - 1852
  9. Rebecca Knight1757 - 1830
  10. Rev. Jonathan Knight1760 - 1842
  11. Oliver Knight1762 - 1837
  1. Olney Knight1786 - 1868
Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Oct 1746 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage to Mary Burlingame
Death? 9 Apr 1820
Burial? Johnson - Knight Lot, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island CY 176
Reference Number? 1024+2514


DEATH: Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries By Dr. Bill Eddleman and John E. Sterling 1998 Johnson-Knight Lot CY176

  This cemetery is located 175 feet east of Colvintown Road at telephone pole #5, at 187 Colvintown Road. The cemetery is 90 ft x 50 ft, in fair condition, and has no enclosure. There are 36 burials with 13 inscribed stones and nine fieldstones.
  James N. Arnold visited this lot on 7 Sept. 1904 and noted,"South from this lot [the Burlingame-Brayton Lot (Coventry Historical Cemetery  #151], in yard overgrown with bushes, not protected, a burial yard where most of the stones have rude lettering" (Vol. 6, Book J, page 1417). Amelia K. Whitford also transcribed this lot.

0010 Knight,Benjamin 9 Apr 1820 0011 Knight,Mary 27 Mar 1837 w/o Benjamin