Person:Zilpha Knight (18)

Zilpha Knight
d.2 Dec 1866
m. Bef 1814
  1. Zilpha Knight1799 - 1866
  2. Robert Knight1801 - 1883
  3. Reverend Richmond Monroe Knight1818 - 1900
  4. Samuel Harley Knight1820 - 1822
m. 17 Nov 1825
Facts and Events
Name Zilpha Knight
Gender Female
Birth? Feb 1799 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Marriage 17 Nov 1825 Scituate, Providence, Rhode Islandto Harvey Downing
Death? 2 Dec 1866
Reference Number 1024+25A51


MARRIAGE: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636 - 1850 Birth, Marriages and Deaths By James N. Arnold Vol. XVI Providence, R.I. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence Journal - Marriages 1907 - Page 413 Knight, Zilpha, of Angell, of Scituate, and Dr. Harvey Downing, of Lisbon, Ct., at Scituate, Nov. 17, 1825

Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636 - 1850 Birth, Marriages and Deaths By James N. Arnold Vol. XIX Providence, R.I. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Rhode Island American - Marriages 1905 - Page 508 Downing, Harvey, of Lisbon, Ct., and Zilpha Knight, daughter of Angell, of and at Scituate, Nov. 17, 1825

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 37 Zilpha Knight, daughter of Angell and Olive Knight, married Harvey Downing, about 1825. Mr. Downing was a physician. He lived in various places, but died in York State in December, 1866. She died about the second of December, 1866, aged 67. They had nine children, Alonzo G. L. Downing, born March 20th, 1826; died December 31st, 1832. I have no knowledge of the names, birth or deaths of the other children. Information from Richmond M. Knight and wife, 1877.