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John Knight

Male Bef 1595 - 1670  (> 75 years)


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  • Name John Knight 
    Birth Bef 30 Jan 1595  [1, 2, 3
    Baptism 30 Jan 1595  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death May 1670  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Alternate death Jun 1670  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I34281  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2021 

    Father William Knight,   b. Abt 1565   d. Bef 10 Jan 1630 (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Carter 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1588  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F20177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Vincent   d. 20 Mar 1645, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1624  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
    +1. John Knight,   b. Bef 14 May 1626   d. 27 Feb 1678, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 51 years)
    Family ID F20175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2021 

    Family 2 Agnes Langlye   d. Aft 5 May 1670 
    Marriage Bef 1652  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F20176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2021 

  • Notes 
    • He arrived with his brother Richard in 1635 on the James, both of them described as "of Romsey, tailors". Settled at Newbury.

  • Sources 
    1. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

    2. [S1427] The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachuetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1947.

    3. [S5882] Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015.

    4. [S5450] A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from 1635 to 1845 by Joshua Coffin. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845.