Person:Colonel Knight (7)
Colonel Knight
b.21 Aug 1796 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
d.13 May 1879 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 10 Dec 1795
  1. Colonel Knight1796 - 1879
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 Aug 1818
  1. Louisa A. Knight1819 - 1888
  2. Reuben Knight1822 - 1896
  3. Dorcas A. Knight1824 - 1896
  4. Phebe Knight1826 - 1827
  5. Nancy Holden Knight1827 - 1909
  6. Colonel Knight1831 - 1907
  7. Angenette Knight1840 - 1886
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Facts and Events
Name Colonel Knight
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Aug 1796 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 2 Aug 1818 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesto Elizabeth Wilcox
Death? 13 May 1879 Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Burial? Knight Lot, Knight Apple Orchard, West Greenville Road, Glocester GL 049

BIOGRAPHY: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smithandyoung/Knight.htm#NancyKnight Curnel (also spelled Colonel) Knight was a Blacksmith in Washington Village in Coventry and later moved to Greenville, R.I. due to poor health. His wife Betsey Wilcox died in Washington Village in 1862. See "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island", J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago 1908, page 1930.


CENSUS: Knight, Cornell 

 State: Rhode Island  Year: 1850 
 County: Providence   Roll:    
 Township: Smithfield Page:  384 
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KNIGHT COLONEL 73 M W RI RI PROVIDENCE GLOCESTER 1870

References
  1. ↑ Coventry Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    80.

    KNIGHT, Curnel, of Reuben and Rachel, Aug. 21, 1796.

  2.   DEATH: Curnel Knight's Gravestone Reads

    Colonel Knight
    Died May 13, 1879
    In the 84th year of his age.

    Located in the Knight Lot (GL049)
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