Deacon Richard Knight, of Romsey & Newbury

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Deacon Richard Knight, of Romsey & Newbury

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Romsey, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: August 04, 1683 (80)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William ll Knight, of Romsey and Elizabeth Knight
Husband of Agnes Knight
Father of Stillborn Knight; Richard Knight; William Knight; Anne Jaques; Elizabeth Morse and 2 others
Brother of Thomasine Knight; John Knight, of Romsey & Newbury; Elizabeth Trickey; Judith March and William Knight

Occupation: Tailor
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Deacon Richard Knight, of Romsey & Newbury

Richard Knight

  • Prefix Dea. 
  • Baptism 14 January 1602/3  Romsey, Hampshire   [1] 
  • Occupation Tailor 
  • Died 4 August 1683  Newbury, MA   [2] 
  • Father William Knight,   b. about 1565,   d. January 1630, Romsey, Hampshire  (Age ~ 65 years) 
  • Mother Elizabeth Carter,   d. May 1665, Romsey, Hampshire  
  • Married Agnes   There’s an article on Richard Knight in The Great Migration. [1]

The James left London, England April 6, 1635 with her master, William Cooper, arriving in Massachusetts Bay, 06 April 1635: Passengers embarked at Southampton in the James of London, Mr. William Cooper, bound for New England. Coldham pg 133-134. The following roll is from her departure point, not necessarily who landed,
Alphabetical by name with roll number: (List by roll number below)

  • Knight, John, tailer, of Romsey #40 (From Romsey, Hampshire, bound for Newbury. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 62)
  • Knight, Richard, tailer, of Romsey #41

children of Agnes & Richard Knight include:

  1. (infant child) Knight (Stillborn) (17 Jun 1626-17 Jun 1626)
  2. Richard Knight (Died soon) (ca Jun 1627-Jul 1727)
  3. William Knight (Died soon) (ca Dec 1628-Jan 1630)
  4. Anne Knight (ca May 1631-22 Feb 1704/5). Married Henry Jacques.
  5. Richard Knight (Died young) (ca 1633-)
  6. Elizabeth Knight (ca 1640-29 Jul 1667). Married Anthony Morse.
  7. Rebecca Knight (3 Mar 1642-). Married Ariel Somerby.
  8. Sarah Knight (23 Mar 1647-ca 1714). Married John Kelly.

FROM: Edward W Thomas

1603 January 14, 1603 Birth of Richard Romsey, Hampshire, England

1631 May 5, 1631 Age 28 Birth of Anne Knight Romsey, Hampshire, England

1683 August 4, 1683 Age 80 Death of Richard newbury, Essex, MA, USA

(He is an ancestor of Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom).

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Sources 

  1. [S37] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,).
  2. [S9] Joseph Savage, (Little Brown, Boston, 1860).

http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsK.shtml "(Knight) Richard, Aug. 4, 1683."


GEDCOM Source

@R453489035@ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812 1,1624::0

GEDCOM Source

London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P94/MRY/001 1,1624::3911483

GEDCOM Source

@R453489035@ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812 1,1624::0

GEDCOM Source

London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P94/MRY/001 1,1624::3911483

GEDCOM Source

@R453489035@ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812 1,1624::0

GEDCOM Source

London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P94/MRY/001 1,1624::3911483

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Deacon Richard Knight, of Romsey & Newbury's Timeline

1603
January 1, 1603
Romsey, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
January 14, 1603
Romsey, Hampshire , England (United Kingdom)
1626
June 17, 1626
Romsey, Hampshire, England
1627
June 21, 1627
Romsey, Hampshire, England
1628
December 7, 1628
Romsey, Hampshire, , England
1631
May 5, 1631
St. Mary and Ethelfri, Romsey, Hampshire, England
1639
May 8, 1639
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1642
March 7, 1642
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1647
February 23, 1647
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America