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John Knight, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Death: 1775 (92-101)
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
Immediate Family:

Son of John Knight, Sr. and Anne Knight
Husband of Eleanor Knight
Father of Elizabeth Carpenter; Richard Knight; John Knight, III and Abigail Knight
Brother of Sarah Randall; Capt. Richard Knight; Anne Knight, Died Young; Samuel Knight and Abigail Field

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About John Knight, Jr.


Son of John Knight & Anne.


Stafford, Eleanor, of Thomas, born 1720, April 25. Married John Knight. She died in 1775, he died after 1771. John Knight was of John, of the first Richard, of Newport, 1648.


The Vital Records say that Eleanor married Jonathan Bennett in 1748. While it is possible that she married John Knight (whose wife's name in 1758 was Eleanor) after Jonathan died, it is also possible that this book is mistaken and John Knight married a different Eleanor. In that case, the death date of this Eleanor is unknown.


References

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stafford-2187
    1. Some list her as a daughter of Thomas Stafford Stafford-144 and his second wife Jane Dodge. More data needed
  2. Page 57 Incidents in the Life and Times of Stukeley Westcote, with some of his Descendants by J. Russell Bullock 1888. https://ia800209.us.archive.org/6/items/incidentsinlifet00bull/inci...
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-100042
  4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knight-636
  5. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by Austin < Archive.Org > page 330-331 < Archive.Org >
  6. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Eleanor_Stafford_(1)
    1. Warwick Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891) 204. STAFFORD, Eleanor, of Thomas and Audrey, [born] Apr. 25, 1720.
    2. Bullock, J. Russell. Incidents in the life and times of Stukeley Westcote: with some of his descendants. (Bristol, R.I.?: unknown, 1888) p. 57. "Eleanor, of Thomas, born 1720, April 25. Married John Knight. She died in 1775, he died after 1771. John was of John, of the first Richard, of Newport, 1648."
  7. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Knight_%289%29 son of John Knight & Anne.
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John Knight, Jr.'s Timeline

1678
1678
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
1693
1693
Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
1709
1709
Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
1710
1710
Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
1712
1712
Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
1775
1775
Age 97
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island