Person:Avery Knight (8)

DEATH: The Mount Pleasant, Knight, or Scrabble Hill Cemetery West Becker Road, Collins, New York (data taken fron the stones in 1971) Knight, Avery, b. 1788, d. 1871 Knight, Lucinda, wife, d. 1866 at 78 years Knight, Betsey, d. 1840 at 25 years (dau) Knight, Harriet E., d. 1834 at 9 years (dau) Knight, Edwin, d. 1872 at 60 years (son) Knight, Sally Clark, wife, d. 1880 at 64 years Knight, Francis L., b. 1815, d. 1873 Knight, Maria White, wife, d. 1844 at 25 years Knight, Francis W., son of F. and Maria d. 1845 at 7 months Knight, Nathaniel, d. 1864 at 72 years Knight, Polly, wife, d. 1857 at 61 years (nec Chadwick) Knight, John, 1821-1880 Knight, Sylvia Ann, wife, 1826-1884 (nee White) Knight, Esther Maria, dau of J. and S., d. 1864 at 16 years Knight, Stephen T., d. 1909 at 70 years Knight, Emma J., wife, d. 1882 at 44 years (Nee Parkinson) Knight, Fanny C.,wife of Caleb, dau of James and Sophia Matthews d. 1858 at 27 years Knight, Lucy A., 1825-1907

LAND: History of the Original Town of Concord being the present towns of Concord, Collins, No. Collins and Sardina. Erie County, New York By Erasmus Briggs 1881 Page 549 The Early Land Owners Names of Persons Buying Land from the Holland Compay.

Township Six, Range Eight Name Date Land Acres Price Avery Knight 1829, Dec, 3. pt I 53 97 407 Avery Knight 1823, May, 14. s-e pt I 84 49 196 Avery Knight 1823, Apr, 19. pt I 75 40 160

History of the Original Town of Concord Being the present towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins and Sardinia, Erie County, New York By Erasmus Briggs Rochester, N.Y. Union and Advertiser Company's Print. 1883 Deeds Given by the Holland Company Collins Township Six - Range Eight LOT ACRES SUBDIVISION DATE OF DEED NAME 60 161 n pt Jan. 9 1836 Orton J. Knight 53 63 s-e pt Nov. 16, 1835 Orton J. Knight 53 42 e m pt Dec. 3, 1829 Avery Knight 53 29 n pt Oct. 6, 1835" Avery Knight Township Six - Range Seven 84 53 s-e pt Sept. 24, 1834 Nathaniel Knight 84 84 e m pt Mar. 10, 1841 Francis L. Knight 85 135 m pt April 28, 1837 Orton J. Knight

TAXES: History of the Original Town of Concord being the present towns of Concord, Collins, No. Collins and Sardina. Erie County, New York By Erasmus Briggs 1881 Page 553 Copy of the Assessment Roll of the Town of Collins for the year 1823. Township Six, Range Seven Name Land Acres Val. Tax Avery Knight m pt I 75 55 137 1 05

BIOGRAPHY: History of the Original Town of Concord being the present towns of Concord, Collins, No. Collins and Sardina. Erie County, New York By Erasmus Briggs 1881

  When the first settlers came to Collins, wild animals were quite numerous. Deer were very plenty, wolves made sad havoc with the sheep and a panther occasionally made his appearance. One of the latter-named animals came to the house of Joshua Palmerton one night and attacked his dog. The panther soon left and Mr. Palmerton going out found his dog alive, though bitten through by the savage teeth of the panther.

  Black bears abounded and annoyed the settlers committing depredations on their fields of corn. In the fall of 1822 Nathaniel and Avery Knight and John T. Johnson, after having their corn fields badly mutilated by what appeared to be a company of three bears, set a dead-fall and caught two of them alive; the third one, escaping, was shot at and wounded, not captured. Two years after a bear was caught in a wolf-trap, but escaped by leaving one of its feet in the trap, as an evidence of his capture. Fourteen years after, when it was supposed that the last bear had disappeared from town, a lonely Bruin was found snugly ensconced among the ledges on the banks of the Cattaraugus Creek. After he was killed it was found that he was minus a foot, and a scar appeared on his shoulder; evidently the same bear that evaded capture in the dead-fall sixteen years before, and amputated his foot in the wolf-trap.

CENSUS: 1830 United States Federal Census Name: Avery Knight Township: Collins County: Erie State: New York Number of persons in household: Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Collins, Erie, New York; Roll: 114; Page: 128.

1850 United States Federal Census Name: Avery Knight Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1788 Birth Place: New York Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Collins, Erie, New York Household Members: Name Age Avery Knight 62 Lucinda Knight 62 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Collins, Erie, New York; Roll: M432_499; Page: 300; Image: 276.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Amy Knight (Avery) Age in 1860: 71 Birth Year: abt 1789 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Evans, Erie, New York Gender: Male Post Office: Brant Household Members: Name Age Amy Knight 71 Lucinda Knight 72 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Evans, Erie, New York; Roll: M653_751; Page: 49; Image: 54.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Avery Knight Estimated Birth Year: 1789 Age in 1870: 81 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Collins, Erie, New York Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Collins Center Household Members: Name Age Orton Knight 60 Lucy Knight 42 Eliza Knight 29 Avery Knight 81 Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Collins, Erie, New York; Roll: M593_930; Page: 108; Image: 217.