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Deacon Richard Knight

Deacon Richard Knight[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]

Male 1603 - 1683  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Richard Knight 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth Jan 1602/3  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 13
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 14 Jan 1602/3  Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 11, 13
    Migration 5 Apr 1635  From Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 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
    To Boston
    aboard James 
    • The ship arrived on 3 Jun 1635.
    • Role: Passenger
    Court 1 Sep 1635  [10, 11, 38
    did owe a debt to the estate of Joseph Avery
    Parties Involved:
    John Knight Sr., witness
    Sgt. John Emery Sr.
    Nicholas Holt, witness
    • Role: Witness
    Freeman 25 May 1636  [11, 13, 28, 47
    Property 5 Mar 1648/9  [11
    "these several parcels of land, viz: seven acres of upland ... & twenty acres of salt marsh in the Great Marsh ... with the cutting of six acres more of salt marsh on the Ox Common"
    Office 1 Mar 1651  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    committee "to stint the common"
    Office 6 Jun 1662  [11
    selectman
    Office 11 Feb 1662/3  [11
    selectman
    Court 5 May 1663  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    "for playing cards at the home of the former"
    Parties Involved:
    Bathsheba Ingersoll, witness
    Deposition 29 Mar 1680  [12
    deposed that in 1656 after the division between Rowley and Newbury was made, a committee was appointed, of which they were two, to lay out the land.... Deponents were also of the committee at the second division in 1662"
    • Role: Deponent
    Will 17 Aug 1681  [1, 11, 48
    Death 4 Aug 1683  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11, 13, 47, 48, 49
    Inventory 13 Aug 1683  [11
    Office 23 Sep 1683  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    lotlayer
    Probate 25 Sep 1683  [11, 48
    Samuel Bucknum, administrator
    President From 9 Aug 1974 to 20 Jan 1977  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [50, 51, 52
    38th
    Gerald Ford
    • Role: Ancestor
    Occupation merchant tailor  [1, 2, 9, 11, 47, 53]
    Person ID I7196  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  [2, 13, 54
    Family ID F2955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agnes Coffley   d. 22 Mar 1678/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Marriage BY 1626  [4, 11, 47, 55, 56
    Children 
     1. child Knight   bur. 17 Jun 1626, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Richard Knight   bur. 15 Jul 1627, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Knight   bur. 10 Jan 1629/30, Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Anne Knight,   b. Abt May 1631, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1704/5, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
     5. Richard Knight, Jr.   d. 3 Jun 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Elizabeth Knight,   b. SAY 1640   d. 29 Jul 1667, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 27 years)
    +7. Rebecca Knight,   b. 3 Mar 1642/3, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Sarah Knight,   b. 23 Mar 1647/8, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1714, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 67 years)
    Family ID F4193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Jan 1602/3 - Romsey, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 14 Jan 1602/3 - 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 MapsOffice - committee "to stint the common" - 1 Mar 1651 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt - "for playing cards at the home of the former",Parties Involved:
    Bathsheba Ingersoll, witness - 5 May 1663 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Aug 1683 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - lotlayer - 23 Sep 1683 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPresident - 38th,Gerald Ford - From 9 Aug 1974 to 20 Jan 1977 - United States Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Knight Coat of Arms
    Knight Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
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    11.  11.  [S576] TGMSP, Richard Knight, 00516.

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