Knight Ancestors

My Knight Ancestors - a brief outline.

I start with the immigrant, John Knight. Early generations are based on the 1988 work of Alfred C. Knight of Marstons Mills, MA. A copy of his book on the early Massachusetts KNIGHT line is in the Newburyport, MA, library. Previously, much of it was online at Mark A. Knight's website. Alfred's book also treats several earlier generations in England which I have not recorded here. Also, note that for brevity I have omitted the marriages of siblings to my direct line.

NAME	BORN	MARRIED	DIED
1. John Knight John came over on the ship James in 1635, settling in Newbury, MA. (Nicholas Holt, another of my ancestors, was on the same ship. See my HOLT genealogy.) John was a tailor. Children: John (2)	abt 1587 Romsey, Hampshire	Sarah Hawkins b. m. abt 1615 d. abt 1622/1623 After Sarah's death, John m2 Elizabeth Vincent and had 3 children by her - Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary; then m3 Ann (Langley) Ingersoll (no children).	May, 1670 Newbury, MA
2. John Knight Children: John, b. Aug 16, 1648, d. May 1723. Joseph, b. Jun 21, 1652, d. Jun 29, 1723. Elizabeth, b. Oct 18, 1655, d. Jan 20, 1746. Mary, b. Sep 8, 1657, d. 1746 Sarah, b. Apr 13, 1660; d. Mar 10, 1707. (Twin of Sarah), b. Apr 13, 1660, d. Apr 27, 1660. Hannah, b. Mar 22, 1662, d. Jul 30, 1664. Hannah, b. Aug 30, 1664, d. ? CPT Richard, b. Jul 26, 1666, d. Jun 3, 1723. Benjamin(3) Isaac, b. Aug 30, 1672, d. Jul 29, 1690.	May 14, 1622 Romsey, Hampshire	Bathsheba Ingersoll b. abt 1622 Sandys, Bedfordshire m. abt 1647 Newbury, MA d. Oct 24, 1705 (Newbury, MA)	Feb 27, 1678 Newbury, MA
3. Benjamin Knight Children: Benjamin, Feb 6, 1692, d. abt 1775. Isaac(4) Abigail, b. Apr 15, 1697, d. Oct 14, 1774. Daniel, b. Dec 4, 1699, d. Sep 10, 1768. George, b. Jan 31, 1702, d. ? Ann, b. Jan 12, 1703, d. 1755. Stephen, b. Feb 18, 1705, d. Mar 7, 1706. Enoch, b. Jul 23, 1709, d. aft 1780. Jacob, b. Dec 15, 1711, d. 1790 William, b. Jan 28, 1713, d. bef 1805. Sarah, b. Jul 9, 1716, d. ? Elizabeth, b. Mar 18, 1718, d. aft 1795.	Aug 21, 1668 Newbury, MA	Abigail Jaques b. Mar 11, 1673 m. abt 1692 d. bef Jan 24, 1763 (all in Newbury, MA)	bef May 2, 1737 Newbury, MA
4. Isaac Knight - The surviving members of this family moved from Newbury, MA, to "near the Presumpscot River," Falmouth, Maine, in 1740. Children: Isaac, b. Jun 2, 1716, d. Jan 29, 1761. Anthony(5) Phoebe, b. May 21, 1721, d. Jul 15, 1729. Susanna, b. Jun 6, 1724, d. Aug 9, 1729. Benjamin, b. Jun 19, 1727, d. May 3, 1810. George, b. May 25, 1733, d. ? (Gray, ME) Nathan, b. Oct 21, 1739, d. bef 1790 (New Gloucester, ME)	Jan 15, 1695 Newbury, MA	Mary Gooding b. Jan 10, 1695 m. Feb 20, 1715 d. ? Falmouth, ME	aft 1740 Falmouth, ME
5. Anthony Knight Children: Jacob, bap. 1746, d. ? Benjamin(6)	Nov 28, 1718 Newbury, MA	Elizabeth Adams b. Jun 28, 1730 m.int. Dec 9, 1744 Falmouth, ME d. aft 1761 (She m2. Jeremiah Veazy)	bef 1761 Falmouth, ME
6. Benjamin Knight - He was a cooper and had his shop and business on Fore Street between Deer and Vine strrets in Falmouth (now Portland), ME Children: Anthony, b. May 15, 1772, d. Apr 3, 1830. Jacob, b. Oct 23, 1774, d. May 10, 1841. Benjamin, b. Apr 1799, d. Feb 14, 1860. William, b. May 19, 1782, d. May 15, 1806. Molly, b. Mar 14, 1784, d. ? Isaac, b. Feb 16, 1786, d. Dec 6, 1787. Isaac(7)	1747 Falmouth, ME	Mary Walker b. 1750 m. ? d. ?	Dec 27, 1819 Portland, ME
7. Isaac Knight (See oil paintings related to Isaac.) Children: Benjamin, b. Feb 9, 1809, d. Oct 12, 1881. Henry(8) Eliza Ann, b. Nov 1, 1813, d. ? Isaac, b. Jul 17, 1817, d. Jan 30, 1900 (See clippings related to Isaac.) Eliza O., b. Dec 2, 1823, d. ?	Dec 30, 1787 Portland, ME	Nabby (probably Chamberlain) b. 1790 Portland, ME m. Dec 17 ____ Portland, ME d. Aug 1, 1857 Portland, ME (a hand-written record here says Aug 4)	May 2, 1846 Portland, ME (a hand-written record here says May 10)
8. Henry Knight Children: Abba Ella(9) Henry Herbert, b. Dec 14, 1852, d. Dec 29, 1887. Ruth Gertrude, b. Nov 15, 1859, d. Feb 6, 1878. (I have letters to Abba Ella from her sister Ruth Gertrude, and her mother Sarah, dealing with Ruth's illness andd death from tuberculosis. Very tragic reading.)	Jul 7, 1811 Portland, ME	Sarah Marshall Scribner (see my Scribner page.) b. Oct 29, 1820 Waterboro, ME m. Aug 1844 Portland, ME d. Nov 1, 1896 South Paris, ME	Mar 31, 1870 Portland, ME
9. Abba Ella Knight Children: See my JONES genealogy.	Jun 4, 1850 Portland, ME	Alphonso Clarence Jones b. Mar 4, 1844 Levant, ME m. Nov 25, 1869 Portland, ME d. Jan 14, 1907 South Paris, ME	Mar 18, 1935 Portland (Woodfords), ME