Person:Abigail McKnitt (1)

Ancestry is in question

It is not at all certain that she was a McKnitt. See the source citations and associated notes.

1.   John McKnitt (ca. 1660-1714) and some of his kinsfolk: Alexanders--Brevards--Dales, in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania)
   16(1948-49):83.

   Abigail is not listed amongst the known children of John McKnitt. However, the births of 4 children, William, Jean, Sarah, and Elizabeth, do not include citations of their birth records, and thus, it is possible another child was born that was overlooked. Since John McKnitt was related to James Alexander through his daughter Margaret, it is feasible that another relationship might not have been suspected.

2. ↑ John McKnitt (ca. 1660-1714) and some of his kinsfolk: Alexanders--Brevards--Dales: Alexander (Excursus), in Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania)
   16(1948-49):90.

   The will of James Alexander, 'dated 17 June 1772 ... contained bequests to his wife Abigail; ...' citing Cecil Wills
   
   James Alexander 'married secondly, about 1745, but the family name of his wife Abigail ... is not of record.'

3.   Hezekiah and Mary Alexander at Home in Handsome House, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. The Charlotte Observer. (Charlotte, North Carolina)
   page 4, pretends to be 20 May 1775.

   Scans of this pretend interview with Hezekiah Alexander can be found on the Find a Grave site of Hezekiah Alexander, with a close-up on the Find A Grave site of James Robert “The Yeoman” Alexander.
   
   In this pretend interview with Hezekiah Alexander (obviously created at least a century after May 1775, due to the inclusion of photographs), "Hezekiah" states that his step-mother was Abigail McKnitt, a younger sister of Margaret McKnitt (Hezekiah's mother).

   There is no other evidence of the existence of a daughter Abigail of John McKnitt, and a (probably) later article says that Abigail's surname is "not of record". It is possible that there was still family memory of Abigail's origin at the time of the publication of this pretend interview, that was later lost, or it is possible that her origin was speculated or assumed and is incorrect.

4. ↑ Birth year estimated based on birth date of youngest known child and of her siblings.