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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Benjamin Knight |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2] |
13 Aug 1707 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Alt Birth[1] |
14 Aug 1707 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Christening? |
6 Jul 1718 |
Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
5 Nov 1729 |
Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, United StatesLisbon was part of Norwich until 1786.
to Hannah Jewett |
| Marriage |
28 Nov 1758 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticutto Isabell Wood |
| Death[3] |
14 Apr 1772 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[4] |
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Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, New London, Connecticut, United States |
MARRIAGE: KNIGHT, Benjamin Marriage
Wife: Hannah JEWETT
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1729
Recorded in: Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London, Connecticut
Wife's Birth Date: 30 Aug 1707
Wife's Father: Eleazar JEWETT
Wife's Father's Father: Jeremiah
Wife's Mother: Mary ARMSTRONG
Source: FHL Number 4706 Dates: 1724-1895
Benjamin died of apoplexy and left no will. In the settlement of his estate nearly all of his children are named. Hannah Jewett is the mother of his first 10 children. Isabel Wood is the mother of the other 8 children. Isabel Wood and Eleanor Wood who married Benjamin's nephew John were sisters.
Died intestate, but the administration of his Estate was granted to his son, Caleb Knight, and the distribution thereof, provides a list of his children. (Norwich Probate Records, Book 4, page 482.)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Early Knights of Rhode Island. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1933)
87:269. - ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
1:48.
Benjamine Knight was Born August: 13th: 1707.
- ↑ Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
1:406.
Mr. Benjamin Knight of Norwich Died April 14th 1772
- ↑ Benjamin Knight, in Find A Grave.
Inscription: In memory of Mr Benjamin Knight Who died April ye 14th 1772, in ye 65th year of his
age
- Backus, Reno Warburton. The Backus Families of Early New England. (Nopeming, Minn.: Reno Warburton Backus, 1966)
13.
- Jewett, Frederic Clarke. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America: a Record of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and of His Two Emigrant Sons, Deacon Maximilian and Joseph Jewett, Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts in 1639: also of Abraham and John Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, and of the Jewetts Who Have Settled in the United States Since the Year 1800. (New York: Grafton Press, 1908)
94.
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