Person:George Knight (248)
George Knight
b.13 Sep 1771 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
d.26 Sep 1839 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.  George Knight1771 - 1839
  • W.  Mercy Stone1775 - 1859
m. Abt 1795
  1. William Warren Knight1795 - 1878
  2. Penelope Westcott Knight1798 - 1884
  3. Betsey Knight1802 - 1878
  4. Rev. Daniel Richmond Knight1805 - 1877
  5. Tirza Knight1809 - 1877
  6. Lyman Stone Knight1811 - 1889
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Facts and Events
Name George Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 13 Sep 1771 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage Abt 1795 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Islandto Mercy Stone
Death? 26 Sep 1839 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Burial? George Knight Lot, Scituate Tunk Hill Road - Historical Cemetery #SC142
Reference Number 1024+25A3

BIRTH: Knight, George 

 Father: Knight, Joseph          Mother: Knight, Elizabeth   
 Birth Date: 13 September 1771   City: Scituate 
 County:Providence               State: RI 
 Country: USA



BURIAL: The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries. Transcription Project Index. SC142 GEORGE KNIGHT LOT SCITUATE TUNK HILL RD. KNIGHT GEORGE 1771c - 26 SEP 1839. Sept 2004


BIOGRAPHY: "branagak" < branagak@twcny.rr.com> Subject: [TAYLOR-RI] Taylor/Loring/Fiske Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:10:37 -0500

George KNIGHT was born on 13 Sep 1771. He signed a will on 8 Sep 1839 in Scituate, Providence Co., RI. The will was proved on 16 Nov 1839. The will mentions wife March Knight, sons Daniel Knight and Lyman Knight, and grandson George M. Knight (under 21). On 2 Nov 1839, the heirs at law were Mercy Knight, William W. Knight, Lyman S. Knight, Penelope W. Taylor, Betsey Matteson, Thusah [?] Knight. He died on 26 Sep 1839. He resided in Scituate, Providence Co., RI. He was married to Mercy STONE before 1796.

Stukeley Westcote and Some of His Descendants Fifty Copies Only. Privately Printed No. 43 J. Russell Bullock 1886 Page 68 

  Mercy, sixth child of Jeremiah and Dinah, was born in Scituate in 1775, November 29. She married George Knight, of that town. George was a brother of Darius, who married Mercy's sister, Hannah. He was a well-to-do farmer. Both were living in 1866. They had six children, viz.: William Warren, born 1796, who married Elizabeth Colvin; Penelope Wescott, born in 1993, who married S. P. Taylor: Betsy, born in 1802, who married Welcome Matteson; Daniel Richmond, born 1805, August 15, died 1877, April 27. He married, first, Susan Colvin, of Scituate, daughter of Joseph. She died 1858, July 2. He married, second, Ruth E. Johnson, of Exeter. In 1814, Daniel removed from Scituate to Exeter, where he died. He was for many years an elder of the "Six Principle" Baptist Church.

The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton The Founders and the Founding of the Republic Philadelphia 1907 - Page 235

Genealogy of the Stone Family originating in Rhode Island By Richard C. Stone. Providence: Knowles, Anthony and Company,Printers 1866 - Page 64/172

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

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