Person:Daniel Knight (96)

DEATH: History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations Albert J. Wright, Printer No. 79 Mille Street, corner of Federal, Boston. Hong, Wade & Co., Philadelphia 1878 http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article242.html Christian Union Church, Kent's Corners. Organized March 7, 1877, as the 'Christian Union Church of Scituate'. Rev. Daniel R. Knight was chosen pastor. He filled the sacred duties of his pastoral charge but once, when he was taken sick, and died soon after. In consequence of the sudden decease of Mr. Knight, the society is at present unprovided for. Fenner Kent, Clerk, and Lyman A. Knight, Treasurer.

Married: He married first, in March of 1825, Susan Colvin, daughter of Moses and Olive Colvin. She died July 2, 1858, and he married second Mrs. Ruth E. Johnson of Exeter, Rhode Island. His children, all by the first marriage.

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~riwashin/Biographical.html REVEREND DANIEL R. KNIGHT was born in Scituate, R. I., August 15th, 1805.He was the son of George and Mercy (Stone) Knight and grandson of Colonel Joseph Knight. Among his ancestors may be found the names of some of the most prominent of the early settlers of Rhode Island, viz.: Ezekiel Holliman, Thomas Angell, Stukeley Westcott and Reverend Chad Brown of Providence and Samuel Gorton of Warwick. He possessed in a large degree the sterling traits of character for which his ancestors were noted. His opportunities for gaining an education were limited to the common schools of this native town, yet he gave himself with a rate devotion for many years, without pecuniary reward, to the performance of his duties as a minister of the gospel, laboring upon his farm during the week and preaching and exhorting upon the Sabbath.

Genealogy of the Stone Family originating in Rhode Island By Richard C. Stone. Providence: Knowles, Anthony and Company,Printers 1866 - Page 73

Incidents in the Life and Times of Stukeley Westcote, with some of his Descendants J. Russell Bullock 1888 - Page 68

A Genealogy of the Potter Family originating in Rhode Island By Rev. Jeremiah Potter Phenix, R. I.: John H. Campbell, Book and Job Printer 1881 - Page 62 Rev. Daniel Richmond Knight, of Scituate, R. I., married first, Susan Colvin, March, 1825. She died July 2d , 1858, and he married second, Ruth E. Johnson, of Exeter, R. I., 1859. Daniel R. Knight was born in Scituate, R.I., August 15th, 1805, and died in Exeter, R.I., April 27th, 1877. He was the son of George and Mercy [Stone] Knight, and grandson of Col. Joseph Knight, and great grandson of Jonathan Knight, of Scituate, R. I. He was also a descendant of Chad Brown, a pastor of the First Baptist Church of Providence, R. I., in the time of Rogers Williams. He resided in Scituate until the spring of 1844, when he purchased a farm in the town of Exeter, located about one mile east of Pine Hill, on the Ten Rod road where he passed the remainder of his life. He was for many years an elder of the Six Principle Baptist Church, and was an honest, industrious man, and an exemplary Christian. His wife, Susan Colvin, was the daughter of Moses and Olive Colvin and grand daughter of Benoni and Elizabeth [Potter] Colvin, and was born September 28th, 1806.

History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island By J. R. Cole W. W. Preston & Co., NY, 1889 p. 687-688

"REVEREND DANIEL R. KNIGHT was born in Scituate, R. I., August 15th, 1805. He was the son of George and Mercy (Stone) Knight and grandson of Colonel Joseph Knight. Among his ancestors may be found the names of some of the most prominent the early settlers of Rhode Island, viz.: Ezekiel Holliman, Thomas Angell, Stukeley Westcott and Reverend Chad Brown of Providence and Samuel Gorton of Warwick. He possessed in a large degree the sterling traits of character for which his ancestors were noted. His opportunities for gaining an education were limited to the common schools of this native town, yet he gave himself with a rate devotion for many years, without pecuniary reward, to the performance of his duties as a minister of the gospel, laboring upon his farm during the week and preaching and exhorting upon the Sabbath. A brief summary of this life is given in the following extract from an obituary notice published in the annual report of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts General Six Principle Baptist Association for 1877, of which body he was a member."

BURIAL: The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries. Transcription Project Index. EX022 CHESTNUT HILL CEMETERY EXETER VICTORY HIGHWAY ->20 ft. N of tel pole #76. KNIGHT DANIEL R, REV 1806c - 27 APR 1877 Note: "Experianced religion March 1828, went forward in baptism & joined the church in Scituate, RI of the 19th of the same month. Ordained Deacon January 1, 1834. Ordained Elder Oct. 18, 1849."

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Daniel R Knight Age: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1806 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_847; Page: 228; Image: 17.

1860 United States Federal Census Name: D R Knight Age in 1860: 55 Birth Year: abt 1805 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1860: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island Gender: Male Post Office: Exeter Household Members: Name Age D R Knight 55 Ruth Knight 40 Jane F Hopkins 21 Sheldon I Knight 18 Amey B Johnson 11 Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; Roll: M653_1211; Page: 245; Image: 52.

1870 United States Federal Census Name: Daniel R Knight Estimated birth year: abt 1806 Age in 1870: 64 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1870: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Wyoming Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island; Roll: M593_1473; Page: 176; Image: 54.

OBITUARY: This is part of his obituary notice published with the annual report of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts General Six Priciple Baptist Association for 1877, of which body he was a member; "He embraced religioon and was baptized by Elder Thomas Tillinghast 23 March 1828 in Scituate, but became a member of the Coventry Maple Root Church. He was ordained Deacon about 1833, and when the Scituate Union Church was organized in 1841, he was made one of it's members, and continued in connection with said church until August 2, 1859, when he united with the General Six Principle Baptist Church of North Kingstown. Brother Knight was ordained to the ministry in Scituate, October 18, 1849, and moved into the town of Exeter, where he resided until his death, which took place April 27, 1877, in the 72d year of his age. He was steadfast in the faith, of industious habits, of good character, and much beloved and respected by those who knew him. His last words,"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith," were a fitting expression of his earnest and blameless life."