Person:Melissa Knight (10)

Melissa Jane Knight
d.1922
m. 19 Dec 1819
  1. Albert Hennery Knight1820 - 1867
  2. Sally Maritta Knight1823 - 1900
  3. George Knight1824 -
  4. Benoni Colvin Knight1825 - 1902
  5. Olive Colvin Knight1827 - 1918
  6. Sabrina Knight1829 - 1898
  7. David Warren Knight1831 - 1907
  8. Alfred Sheldon Knight1833 - 1863
  9. Lydia Blackmar Knight1834 - 1925
  10. Elizabeth Knight1837 - 1926
  11. Mercy Mariah Knight1839 - 1934
  12. George Raymond Knight1841 - 1940
  13. Moses Orren Knight1844 - 1914
  14. Melissa Jane Knight1846 - 1922
  15. Joseph Knight1849 - 1931
  16. Chloe M. Knight1850 -
m. 1 Oct 1867
Facts and Events
Name Melissa Jane Knight
Gender Female
Birth? 23 Sep 1846 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage Contract? Oct 1867
Marriage 1 Oct 1867 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Islandto Almond L. Field
Death? 1922
Burial? Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island CY 066
Reference Number 1024+25A31E

BIOGRAPHY: History of Providence County, Vol I & II Ed. by Richard M. Bayles; W.W. Preston & Co., NY. 1891 p. 617: Almond L. FIELD is a son of Caleb and grandson of Stephen Field of Cranston, and was born in that town in 1846. He was married in October, 1867, to Melissa J. Knight, daughter of William W. Knight of Scituate. They have one son and four daughters. He was in the war of the rebellion in Battery C, First Rhode Island Light Artillery. He is an Odd Fellow, a member of the G.A.R., and a member of the R.S. of G.F. He has been a resident of Scituate most of his life and is engaged in the milk business and farming .

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 61 Melissa J. Knight, daughter of William W. and Elizabeth Knight, married Almond L. Field, October 1st, 1867, son of Caleb and Eliza Field, of Scituate. Mr. Field lives at the Kent place in Scituate and is a farmer.

CENSUS: 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Mufessa j Knight Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island; Roll: M432_846; Page: 66; Image: 133.