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John Knight
chr.30 Jan 1594/95 Romsey, Hampshire, England
d.May 1670
m. 12 Nov 1588
  1. John Knight1594/95 - 1670
  2. Richard Knight1602/03 - 1683
m. 29 Mar 1624
  1. John Knight, Jr.Abt 1630 - Bef 1678
  • HJohn Knight1594/95 - 1670
  • WAnn LangleyEst 1597 - 1677
m. Bef 1652
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Knight
Gender Male
Christening[3] 30 Jan 1594/95 Romsey, Hampshire, England
Marriage 29 Mar 1624 Romsey, Hampshire, Englandto Elizabeth Vincent
Other 1635 Migration
with Elizabeth Vincent
Marriage Bef 1652 to Ann Langley
Death[2][3] May 1670
References
  1. Avery, Lillian Drake. A Genealogy of the Ingersoll family in America, 1629-1925: Comprising Descendants of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts, John Ingersoll of Westfield, Mass., and John Ingersoll of Huntington, Long Island. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1926)
    page 2.
  2. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:36.

    [KNIGHT] "JOHN, Newbury, came from Southampton, 1635, in the James; was a tailor of Romsey in Hants, adm. freem. with his br. Richard 25 May 1636, had w. Elizabeth wh. d. 20 Mar. 1645, and by her, or a former w. had John, b. 1622. His next w. was Ann, wid. of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, and he d. May 1670."

  3. 3.0 3.1 Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    Birth: Baptized Romsey, Hampshire 30 January 1594/5, son of William and Elizabeth (Carther) Knight [Phoebe Tilton Anc 235 (and parish register)]
    Death: May 1670 (from inventory, EPR 2:192)

The James of London (1635)
At least two ships called the James sailed in 1635 from England to New England. The passenger list for this one refers to the "James of London." It lists only the men and boys, but indicates that wives and children accompanied them.
Sailed: 26 Apr 1635 from London, England under Master William Cooper
Arrived: 3 Jun 1635 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Passengers:
53 men plus families
(men without descendants listed on the category page).
Maurice Anglis - Thomas Antram - Edmund Balter (servant John Smale) - Nicholas Batt - Thomas Browne - Thos Carpenter - Augustine Clement - Thomas Colman - Zacheus Coutris - Thomas Duryes - John Emery - Anthony Emery - John Euered Alias Webb - Robert Field - John Greene - Edmund Hawes - Peter Higdon - Nicholas Holte - Maudit Ingles - John Knight - Ris Knight - Anthony Morse - William Morse - John Musselwhite - John Parker - John Pithouse - William Paddey - John Pike - Sampson Salter - Michael Shafflin - Thomas Smith - George Smythe - Anthony Thetcher - Josuah Verren - Phillip Varren - Richard Walker - Hercules Woodman

Resources: Passenger List - Winthrop Society - Great Migration Newsletter