Person:Quartus Knight (5)

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Quartus Knight
b.1 Mar 1783 Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts
d.19 Jul 1827 Waterloo, Seneca, New York
Parents and Siblings
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m. 10 Mar 1768
  1. Dr. Rodolphus Knight1768 - 1809
  2. Samuel Knight1771 - 1851
  3. Sylvester Knight1773 - 1858
  4. Betsey Knight1775 - 1831
  5. Clarissa Knight1777 - 1845
  6. Artemas Knight1779 - 1851
  7. Lucinda Knight1780 - 1822
  8. Erastus Knight1783 - 1844
  9. Quartus Knight1783 - 1827
  10. Roswell Knight1785 - 1831
  11. Horatio Knight1787 - 1821
  12. Horace D. Knight1789 - 1814
  13. Milton Knight1791 - 1877
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Oct 1807
  1. Mabel B. Knight1809 - 1836
  2. Samuel P. Knight1810 -
  3. Erastus Knight1813 -
  4. Horace L. Knight1814 -
  5. John Knight1815 -
  6. Lemuel Partridge Knight1818 -
  7. Horatio A. KnightAbt 1820 -
  8. Reuben J. Knight1823 -
  9. Charles Milton Knight1827 - 1872
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Facts and Events
Name Quartus Knight
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Mar 1783 Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Marriage 6 Oct 1807 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusettsto Nancy Woodbridge Parsons
Other? 1816 Waterloo, Seneca, New YorkThe first public school district of Waterloo,Seneca,New York was started in 1816 School Trustee
Death? 19 Jul 1827 Waterloo, Seneca, New York
Reference Number? 256+219


BIOGRAPHY: A History of the Village of Waterloo New York and Thesaurus of Related Facts Compiled and Written by John E. Becker Waterloo Library and Historical Society Waterloo, New York 1949

Quartus Knight arrived in the Waterloo, New York about 1815, he was one of the first settlers to the area. In 1816 he was one of the first public school trustees. On July 18th, 1818 the Masonic Lodge started holding there meetings at the Waterloo Coffee House owned by Quartus Knight. Quartus Knight built the first hotel in central Waterloo, it opened in January of 1819, called the Waterloo Coffee House, but the name was changed to the Eagle Hotel and Eagle Tavern. On November 16, 1826, Quartus Knight and wife Nancy sold the hotel for the sum of $3700. It appears that Mr. Knight's health was the reason for selling his interest in the hotel. The Waterloo Coffee House was the site of many civic and government meetings.

Parsons Family Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons Springfield, 1636 - Northampton, 1655 By Henry Parsons, A. M. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company Three West Forty-Second Street, New York Page 141

A History of Hatfield, Massachusetts By Daniel White Wells and Reuben Field Wells F. C. H. Gibbons, Springfield, Mass 1910 - Page 284 Quartus & Lydia Parsons Knight

CENSUS: 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Quartus Knight Township: Junius County: Seneca State: New York Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Junius, Seneca, New York; Roll: M33_75; Page: 392; Image: 104.

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