Person:Penelope Knight (11)

Watchers
Penelope Knight
m. 8 Aug 1762
  1. Nancy Knight1764 - 1816
  2. Abigail Knight1766 - 1840
  3. Penelope Knight1768 - 1836
  4. Eleanor Rice Knight1771 - 1858
  5. Zilpha Knight1773 - 1842
  6. Jeremiah Knight1776 - 1821
  7. Dr. Daniel Knight1779 - 1813
  8. Gov. Nehemiah Rice Knight1780 - 1854
  9. Harriet Knight1786 - 1864
  10. Dr. Sylvester K. Knight1787 - 1841
  11. Martha Knight1788 - 1828
  12. Joseph Knight1792 - 1887
m. 5 Jan 1783
Facts and Events
Name Penelope Knight
Gender Female
Birth? 12 Sep 1768 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage 5 Jan 1783 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Islandto Thomas Gorton
Death? 31 Oct 1836 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
Reference Number? 1024+27463


BIOGRAPHY: The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton The State of Rhode Island Philadelphia 1907 Page 202/265 Thomas Gorton (Israel 5, Israel 4, Othniel 3, Jonathan 2, Samuel 1), born 1765, died 1814, at Cranston, R.I., married Penelope Knight, daughter of Nehemiah and Eleanor (Hudson) Knight. Nehemiah was the son of Jeremiah and Penelope (-----) Knight. A son, Nehemiah Rice Knight, was Governor and United States Senator (Austin's Ancestral Dictionary). Penelope Knight was born September 12, 1768, and died October 31, 1836. Thomas Gorton is not mentioned in his father's will, but is in a partition deed, dated April 10, 1807.

The Wildbores in America A Family Tree Originally published in 1907 John Reid Wilbor - Benjamin Franklin Wilbour Published 1933 George W. King Printing Co. Baltimore, Maryland Volume II - Page 47