Person:Ezra Knight (24)
Capt. Ezra Knight
b.8 Jun 1764 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
d.10 Dec 1842 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Sep 1760
  1. Capt. Ezra Knight1764 - 1842
  2. Darius Knight1768 - 1856
  3. George Knight1771 - 1839
  4. Martha KnightAbt 1774 -
  5. Angell Knight1778 - 1837
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Capt. Ezra Knight1764 - 1842
  • W.  Rhoda Potter1764 - 1831
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1784
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Ezra Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Jun 1764 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage to Rhoda Potter
Marriage Abt 1784 to Henrietta Baker
Death? 10 Dec 1842 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Burial? Waterman-Battey Cemetery, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island CY 021
Reference Number 1024+25A1

BIRTH: Knight, Ezra 

 Father: Knight, Joseph      Mother: Knight, Elizabeth   
 Birth Date: 8 June 1764     City:Scituate   
 County: Providence          State:RI 
 Country: USA

CENSUS: 1840 United States Federal Census May 5, 2005 11:25 AM Name: Ezra Knight Township: Scituate County: Providence State: Rhode Island Roll: 505 Page: 145

DEATH: Coventry, Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries By Dr. Bill Eddleman and John E. Sterling 1998 

  The Waterman-Battey Cemetery is located 15 feet east of Bowen Hill Road at telephone pole #9. It is 150 ft x 75 ft. in excellent condition, and enclosed with granite posts and iron rails with an iron gate. The historic cemetery sign in good condition. There are 48 burials with 33 inscribed stones. It is on the tax assessor's map #316, lot #66.
  James N. Arnold visited on 24 July 1905 and noted "Near Deacon Hawkins yard [CY 022] is another of Battey and Waterman families" (Vol. 6, Book A, page 987). Charles and Martha Benns visited this cemetery in 1933, their #175. The cemetery was also transcribed by Ametha K. Whitford.

0009 Knight, Ezra, Capt. 1764c 11 Oct 1842 Veteran of Rev. War; [Served in Capt. Samuel Wall's Co., Col Kasson's Regt. in Sullivan's Expedition to RI - RIHC registration list] 0010 Knight, Rhoda 1763c 2 Feb 1831 

          w/o Captain Ezra

BIOGRAPHY: 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 86/7 Rhoda Potter, daughter of Capt. John and Elcy Potter, married Ezra Knight, son of Col. Joseph and Elizabeth Knight, of Scituate. Mr. Knight was a farmer, and owned and lived on a small farm at the foot of Tunk Hill, in Scituate. He resided in said town all his life. He was a captain of a militia company a part of his life and went by the name of Capt. Knight. They were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Knight became the step-father of the writer about 1835-6, and lived with him until he died. They had two children in first marriage, who died young, name of children and date of births not known to the writer.

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