Russel Knight of Lancaster Entered his Intention of marriage with Mary Bruce of Marlborough September ye 30th 1752.
Lombard, Anne S. Making Manhood: Growing Up Male in Colonial New England p. 105.
Russell Knight of Lancaster sought a divorce from his wife Mary on the grounds of her adultery, neighbor Hannah Meriam testified she "did not take a prudent Care of the store her husband laid in".
Wead, Frederick W. "Repudiation of Wives' Indebtedness from the Boston News-Letter, 1704-1776", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.) Vol. 28, p. 103.
"Whereas ---, the wife of the subscriber, has left my Bed and Board and refuses to live with me and otherwise conducts in a bad manner; These are therefore to forbid all Persons trusting her on my account, for I will not pay any Debt she shall contract. As witness my hand." Russell Knight of Lancaster; wife May 22 May 1766.