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- H. Robert Knight1614 - 1691
- W. Mary (add)
m. 1640 - Ann Knight1650 - Bef 1705
Facts and Events
Biography
Robert Knight was born 1614;[3] and died Oct 28, 1691 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.[4] He married Mary[5] who was born before 1625[6] and died after 21 Sep 1682 when she was mentioned in an accounting of the estate of her oldest son, Charles Knight of Manchester.[7] She was mother of all his children.[8][9][10] Robert Knight arrived in New England on May 1638 on the Bevis as servant to Richard Austen of Bishopstoke, Hants at the same time as John Knight, carpenter servant to Mrs. Agnes Littlefield.[10][11] Therefore it is possible he came from Bishopstoke as well.
Will
Robert Knight's Will was dated October 15, 1691 and recorded at the November Term 1691 of the Salem Quarterly Court. Wife, Mary, mentioned in WIll. Five daughters to receive 5 pounds each: Mary Leathers, Ann Hoyle, Martha Dutch, Christian Abbot, Martha Crow. Sons Charles, John, Robert to divide rest of estate.[9]
Children
- Charles Knight 1643–1692
- Mary Knight Leathers 1644–1741
- Ann Knight Hoyle 1650–1705[12]
- Martha Knight Dutch, Jewell 1653–1735
- Christian Knight Abbot 1655–1694
- John Knight 1660–1700
- Robert Knight 1663–1739
- Margaret Knight Crowell/Crow 1665–1722[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Knight , in Smith, Dean Crawford; Melinde Lutz Sanborn; and Massachusetts) New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston. The ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway, 1844-1916: with lines from: Annis, Chase & Ordway of Newbury, MA; Bennett & Crowell of Manchester, MA; Challis of Salisbury, MA; Corlis, George & Heath of Haverhill, MA; Cross of Ipswich, MA; Forrest of Canterbury, NH; Hardy of Bradford, MA; Hill of Beverly, MA; Holmes of Marshfield ... (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1990)
p 357-363, 1990. - Melinda Lutz Sanborn and Dean Crawford Smith in "Mary Leathers, Ann Hoyle, Martha Dutch Jewell, Christian Abbott and Margaret Crowell: Daughters of Robert1 and Mary Knight of Manchester and Marblehead, Massachusetts", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
144:138-142, 1990.
- ↑ Essex Quarterly Courts 4:34, 174
- ↑ Essex Quarterly Courts 51:135
- ↑ Torrey 2:908 1640 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; KNIGHT, Robert (ae 51 in 1666) & 1/wf ____ ____; by 1640; Boston/Salem/Marblehead/Manchester {Reg. 15:269, 19:311; Salem 3:34}
- ↑ Essex Quarterly Courts 6:77 upwards of 50 years old 30 Nov 1675
- ↑ Died after 21 Sep 1692 an account of the estate of her eldest son, Charles Knight of Manchester dated 21 Sep 1692 (Essex Probate # 15954
- ↑ Essex Deeds 9:23
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Melinda Lutz Sanborn and Dean Crawford Smith in "Mary Leathers, Ann Hoyle, Martha Dutch Jewell, Christian Abbott and Margaret Crowell: Daughters of Robert1 and Mary Knight of Manchester and Marblehead, Massachusetts" in NEHGR (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1990) 144:138-142
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Melinda Lutz Sanborn and Dean Crawford Smith, Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway 1844-1916 (Boston, MA: NEHGS: 1990 p 357-363
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640 p 242 (Boston, Massachusetts. New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 2015): GMDIR 198; Robert Knight: Unknown; 1638 on Bevis; Marblehead [Drakes's Founders 60; Ordway Anc 357-63]
- ↑ Essex Institute Historical Collections, (Salem, Mass., 1911) 47:252 Robert Knight House: This lot belonged to Robert Knight in 1682 and he sold it to his son-in-law John John Hoile(sic) who died 1706 after building a house on it.
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