BIOGRAPHY: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 97
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Mrs. Carrie Knight Shaw.
DAR ID Number: 96927
Born in Providence, R. I.
Wife of Edward Shaw.
Descendant of Robert Knight, as follows:
[p.290] 1. Jeremiah Knight (1816-90) m. 2nd 1864 Eliza King (1829-1907).
2. Stephen Knight (1780-1848) m. 1811 Welthian Brayton (1794-1871).
3. Robert Knight m. 1768 elizabeth Hammond (1750-1845).
Robert Knight (1750-1823), in 1780, served in the cavalry called “Captain General's Cavaliers.” He was born in Cranston; died in Providence, R. I.