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John Knight, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

Male 1595 - 1670  (75 years)


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  • Name John Knight 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1594/5  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 30 Jan 1594/5  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    Migration 5 Apr 1635  From Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47] 
    To Boston
    aboard James 
    • The ship arrived on 3 Jun 1635.
    • Role: Passenger
    Court 1 Sep 1635  [9, 34, 38] 
    did owe a debt to the estate of Joseph Avery
    Parties Involved:
    Deacon Richard Knight, witness
    Sgt. John Emery Sr.
    Nicholas Holt, witness
    • Role: Witness
    Freeman 25 May 1636  [9, 13, 28, 48] 
    Property 29 May 1660  [9] 
    "the one half of a lot of fresh meadow containing by estimation eight acres ... in Newbury in the meadow below my houselot ..., also the one half of a parcel of salt marsh ... in Bubury containing by estimation twelve acres ... in the great marshes ... [with] free egress and regress, through the land of my brother Richard Knight and also my own land by my house"
    Sarah Knight, deed recipient
    Court 27 Mar 1666  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 49, 50] 
    for fornication
    Parties Involved:
    Henry Jaques Jr., defendant
    Where:
    Court
    • John Knight paid the fine of five pounds so that Eleanor would not be whipped.
    Occupation merchant tailor  [1, 8, 13, 28, 48]
    Property 10 Apr 1668  [51] 
    eighty acres at Royalside, bequeathed to her by her late "Richard Ingerson," with the consent of her now husband John Knight Sr. of Newbury
    John Ingersoll, deed recipient
    Agnes Langlye
    Deacon Nathaniel Ingersoll, deed recipient
    • Role: Participant
    Death May 1670  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 9, 12, 28, 48] 
    Will 5 May 1670  [4, 9] 

    • This 5 of May 1670 I John Knight of Newbury Sen. being oftened pained in my body and know not how sudenly I may be desolved and leave this world and being desirous while my memoree is good to setl my outward Estat acording to my desir and therfor do hear make my Last will and Testament as followeth

      first I Comitte my soule to God that gaue it: and my body to the Earth to be buried to Rest untill the Resurecion by my Saviour Jesus Christ

      Itm: I give unto my beloued wiffe Eleven pounds a yeare for hir maintainanc while she liveth and that she my dwell in one End of my house while she liveth and to use anie of my goods what she hath need of for hir selfe in the house.

      Itm: I giue and apoint fourtie pounds after my wifs deseace and In Convenient time as my overseers Judg best for my daughtr Sarah bartlets use while she liveth: (and) with hir husband John Bartlet and after hir decease the fourtie pounds to be made good unto the Child or Children of hir body surviving to Injoy: If she have none then the fortie pounds to Return unto my sonn John Knights Children Equaly unto all accept Josep Knight: and my will is that If my daughter Sarah Bartlet have a sonn or daughter Living after hir decease my will Is that my sonn John Knight or his asigns shall pay for the Childs use tenn pounds more which will be in all fiftie pounds: and my will is that when my son In law John Bartlet or anie other for hir Coms to demaund or Recieve the fortie pounds before mentioned that then sufficient bond in land be given unto my overseers or my Executor for the payment of it acording to my will.

      Itm: I give unto my daughter marie douner and hir husband Josep douner fourscore pounds to be paid one fortie of it in a yeare after my wifs decease and the other fortie pounds the next year after that: and Likwise I give unto my grand Child Josep Downer twentie pounds to be paid by my Executor when he is on and twentie years of aige: Likwise I give unto my gran Child marie Downer twentie pounds to be paid by my Executor when she is Eighteen years of age.

      Itm: I give unto my daughter Marie Douner and hir husband during ther livs four acers of marish Land out of the marish I have on the south sid of John Piks land that they Call the 8 acers: after my wifs deceas and four acers of medow Joyning unto that 4 acers I gave my daughter Sara Bartlet on the north: and likwise I give my daught marie Douner & hir husband during ther lives that pece of marish our the pond to the Creek on the East by henri Jaquises land on the north & John piks on the south and my lot at Plum Iland and two akers wher they have built and that one aker of (plow) land in the feeld on the west sid of the way going to new toune joyning to my son Johns two akers he bought of Nicholas noic and my freehold or Comanag in Newbery all which land and Comanag to Injoy during ther livs and afterward to Return unto my grand Child, Josep Downer to Injoy for Ever or if he dy before he Injoys It then to Remain unto my granchild Marie Downer and If Josep Douner do Injoy the land then my will is he shall pay unto his sister marie Downer twenti pounds besid that her porcion be fore. Likwise I give unto my daught marie Downer after my wifs decease my great new kitl and puter Candlestick & a plater.
      Itm: I give unto my wifs grand Child Thomas hains ten pounds to be paid after his time out.

      Itm: Besid that portion of land and other Estat I gave my sonn John Knight for manie years sinc as my brother & (other) do know I now give unto my sonn John Knight my howse and land I dwell upon with barn and orchard and my land next the ox comon both plow land and pastur and medow: as with all the ffences both of plow land and pastur and medow which is my part by agreement to do and likwise about 4 or 5 akers of marrish joyning to the Creeke by the Comon on the south East and likwise another parcill of marish on the north of John Piks land tourds litl Pin Iland & henri Jaquises and the Creek on the west: And my desire is that my sonn John would let his sonn Josep Knight have and Injoy all this land and housing when he is of aige for Ever Likwise I do make my sonn John Knight my Executor and do give him all my goods accept the three things before mentioned to my daughter marie and likwise all my stocke of Cattell and horse and sheep and swine and I do Ingaig him herby to pay all the legacies and Charg that may a Rise for funerall or debts and to Receive all that is du unto me from anie person Likwise my will is that If my sonn John Knight will make over by a deed (given) unto Josep Downer and his wife marie douner that three acers of land joyning unto that he dwells on by henri Jaquishes and that two ackrs of plow land by my on acker on the west sid of the Ridg which was Nicholas noices then my will is that he shall pay but ffortie pounds of the fourscor unto Josep Downer & his wife and this land Josep and his wife to Injoy during ther livs and afterwards to her sone as the other before Likwise I desier my thre frends my brother Richard Knight and Thomas Halle sei and Nicholas Noice to be my overseers to see this my will performed and I do give them tenn shillings apeece to be paid by my Executor.
      John Knight
      Witness: Richard Knight Thomas Hale. Proved June 23, 1670 by the witnesses before Mr. Samuel I Symonds and Maj. Gen. Denison.
    Probate 23 Jun 1670  [4, 9] 
    Person ID I7120  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2020 

    Father William Knight,   b. Abt 1565, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth Carter   d. Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1588  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12, 52] 
    Family ID F2955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Vincent,   b. SAY 1605   d. 20 Mar 1644/5, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)  [9] 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1624  [9, 13, 48] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Knight,   b. May 1625, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 18 May 1625, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +2. Ens. John Knight, Jr.,   b. May 1626, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1677, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
     3. Elizabeth Knight,   b. Oct 1628, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 19 Oct 1628, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Elizabeth Knight,   b. May 1632, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary Knight,   b. Aug 1634, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sarah Knight,   b. SAY 1636
    Family ID F2916  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Agnes Langlye,   b. Abt 1590, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1677 (Age ~ 87 years)  [9, 11, 51] 
    Marriage Bef 1652  [2, 4, 5, 9, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56] 
    Family ID F3014  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1594/5 - Romsey, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 30 Jan 1594/5 - Romsey, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard James  - 5 Apr 1635 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt - for fornication,Parties Involved:
    Henry Jaques Jr., defendant,Where:
    Court - 27 Mar 1666 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - May 1670 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

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