John Knight

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He was a cooper, and resided at Charlestown,MA, marrying five times.

[First wife was Emma Unknown? Do not confuse with John Knight who married Emma Wellman and settled in Lynn, MA.]

He married, first, on Apr 25,1654 at Charlestown,MA, Ruhamah Johnson. She was the daughter of William Johnson and Elizabeth Bunker Johnson of Charlestown, and she died after February 1660.

He married, second, on Apr 29,1660, Abigail Stowers. She died in 1668 and was the daughter of Nicholas Stowers and Amy ____ Stowers of Charlestown.

He married, third, on Jun 22,1668 at Charlestown, Mary Bridge.

He married, fourth, on Dec 19,1678, Mary (Rocke) Clements, the widow of William Clements. She was the daughter of Joseph Rock/Rocke of Roxbury,MA, and she died Jul 12,1682.

He married, fifth, on May 24,1683, Sarah (Rowlins) Holsworth, the widow of Joshua Holsworth. She died in 1713.

Children(by first marriage): Ruhamah Knight, Elizabeth Knight ?Bacon?(? wife of Jacob Bacon?), John Knight III, Ruhamah Knight, and Abigail Knight.

Children(by second marriage): an infant child.

Children(by third marriage): included Samuel Knight.

JOHN KNIGHT II, b. December 02, 1630, Romsey, Southampton, Hampshire, England; d. December 11, 1714, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Future lineage was Samuel, Samuel, Benjamin, then Joseph that married Polly Peck. Some of this line migrated west (from VT.) and were Mormons and some remained in western New York State and were/are prominent Adventist missionaries internationally, and were involved in the Civil Rights Movement in America.

This John married: Emma _____ 1652, Ruhmah Johnson 1654, Abigail Stowens 1659, Mary Bridge 1668, Mary Clements 1678, Sarah Hawlsworth 1683.

More About JOHN KNIGHT II: Burial: Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

More About ABIGAIL STEVENS STOWERS: Burial: Charlestown, Suffolk County Massachusetts

Children of JOHN KNIGHT and RUHAMAH JOHNSON were:

• i. RUHAMAH KNIGHT, b. January 29, 1654/55, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. March 12, 1655/56.
• ii ELIZABETH KNIGHT, b. June 03, 1656, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. January 27, 1713/14, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• iii JOHN KNIGHT III, b. November 04, 1658, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. November 09, 1735.
• iv. RUHAMAH KNIGHT, b. 1659, Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA.

Children of JOHN KNIGHT and ABIGAIL STOWERS were:

• v. ABIGAIL KNIGHT, b. November 25, 1660, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. Bet. 1661 - 1662, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• vi. KNIGHT, b. April 13, 1661; d. April 27, 1661.
• vii. SARAH KNIGHT, b. April 13, 1661.
• viii. HANNAH KNIGHT, b. March 22, 1661/62, Newbury, Massachusetts; d. July 30, 1664. [Hannah born in Newbury was probably the daughter of John Knight]
• ix. ABIGIAL KNIGHT, b. February 27, 1662/63, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• x. JOHN KNIGHT IV, b. September 01, 1667, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. April 02, 1668, Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Children of JOHN KNIGHT and MARY BRIDGE were:

• xi. PERSIS KNIGHT, b. August 12, 1669, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. August 24, 1669, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Burial: Charlestown, Suffolk County Massachusetts
• xii MARY KNIGHT, b. July 29, 1670, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. August 20, 1692, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• xiii. PERSIS KNIGHT, b. March 11, 1672/73, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. August 13, 1701.
• xiv. JOHN KNIGHT V, b. November 16, 1673, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. August 16, 1678, Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• xv. SAMUEL KNIGHT, SR.., b. July 12, 1675, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. April 07, 1721, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
• xvi. REBECCA KNIGHT, b. October 28, 1677, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1678.

posted 4/13/13 Don Knights
corrected by LJB 8/23/20 (removed Emma and 3 children, all of whom belong with John Knight, of Lynn)

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John is recorded as having married five times:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knight-287John Knight (abt. 1632 - 1714)

John Knight

Born about 1632 in England [uncertain]

Son of John Knight Sr. and Mary (Unknown) Knight

Brother of Mary (Knight) Peirce, Samuel Knight, Joseph Knight and Michael Knight

Husband of Ruhamah Beulah (Johnson) Knight — married 25 Apr 1654 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Stowers) Knight — married 1663 [location unknown]

Husband of Mary (Bridge) Knight — married 22 Jun 1668 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Clements) Knight — married 1678 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Rawlings Holsworth Hollworth) Knight — married 24 May 1683 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Father of Ruhamah Knight, Elizabeth (Knight) Bacon, John Knight, Abigail Knight, John Knight, Persis Knight, Mary Knight, John Knight, Samuel Knight and Rebecca Knight

Died 1 Dec 1714 at about age 82 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 26 Apr 2021 | Created 3 Jan 2011

Biography

John KNIGHT was born ca 1632, likely in England. His family arrived in New England before 1639, settling first at Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They moved several times before settling permanently in Charlestown. [1]

Family

John is recorded as having married five times:

1654 25 Apr at Charlestown, Ruhamah JOHNSON, the daughter of William JOHNSON and Elizabeth BUNKER of Charlestown. [2] They had five known children, all born at Charlestown:
Ruhamah KNIGHT, b. 29 Jan 1654/55 [3] d 13 Feb 1654/5[4]
Elizabeth KNIGHT, b. 3 Jun 1656;[5] m Jacob Bacon[6]
John KNIGHT, b. 4 Nov 1657[7]
Ruhamah KNIGHT, b. 16 Dec 1658[8]
Abigail KNIGHT, b. 2 Sep 1660[9], bapt on 25 Sep 1660[10], died before 1663 when 2nd Abigail was born to her father and his 2nd wife Abigail Stower in 1663)[11]
John married, second, on 29 Apr 1660[citation needed] to Abigail STOWERS, daughter of Nicholas STOWERS and Amy or Amie (maiden surname unknown) of Charlestown. They had three known children before her death on March 9, 1667/8.[6]
Abigail KNIGHT, b. 27 Feb 1663, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, an infant child.[12]
Mary b 26 Dec 1665[13]; d 5 Apr 1666[14]
John b 1 Sep 1667;[15] d 2 Apr 1668[16]
John married, third, on 22 Jun 1668 at Charlestown, Mary Bridge.[17] They had six known children:[6]
Persis d 24 Aug 1669;[18]
Mary b 29 Jul 1670;[19] d 1678[6]
Persis b 11 Mar 1672;[20] d 13 Aug 1701[21]
John b 16 Nov 1673;[22] d 16 Aug 1678[23]
Samuel b 8 Jul 1675[24]
Rebecca b 28 Aug 1677;[25] d 1678[6]
John married fourth, on 19 Dec 1678, Mary (ROCKE) Clements,[6] the widow of William CLEMENTS. She was the daughter of Joseph Rock/Rocke of Roxbury,MA, and she died Jul 12,1682.
John married fifth, on May 24,1683, Sarah (Rowlins) Holsworth, the widow of Joshua Holsworth.[26]
John Knight died, "aged," on 1 Dec 1714, in Charlestown, Middlesex County, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.[27]

Reference Notes

Please note that the town of Charlestown was part of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1630 to 1874. When it was annexed to the city of Boston in 1874, it became part of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[28]

Sources

↑ Anderson, Charles. "John Knight of Watertown and Beyond." Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-20.(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) By Subscription $. Page 77.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4C-XNG : 10 November 2020), John Knight, 25 Apr 1654; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46G-YX5 : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Ruehamah Knight, 16 Dec 1658; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH27-T32 : 10 November 2020), Ruhamah Knight, 13 Feb 1655; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46G-TP8 : 10 November 2020), Elizabeth Knight, 3 Jun 1656; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Wyman, Thomas Bellowes. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 Vol K-Z. Boston, MA: David Clapp & Son, 1879. Page 591.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46G-Y78 : 10 November 2020), John Knight, 4 Nov 1657; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46G-YXP : 10 November 2020), Ruehamah Knight, 16 Dec 1658; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ Massachusetts, Charlestown Vital Records, Birth VR
↑ Massachusetts, Charlestown Vital Records, Birth VR
↑ Great Migration Begins, Vol 3, P-W
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46G-1SX : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Abigaile Knight, 27 Feb 1663; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-4F8 : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Mary Knight, 27 Dec 1665; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9N-CH3 : 10 November 2020), Jno. Knight in entry for Mary Knight, 5 Apr 1666; citing Death, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-5XC : 10 November 2020), Jno. Knight in entry for John Knight, 1 Sep 1667; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9N-DNG : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for John Knight, 2 Apr 1668; citing Death, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-66N : 10 November 2020), John Knight, 22 Jun 1668; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9N-68D : 10 November 2020), Jno. Knight in entry for Persis Knight, 24 Aug 1669; citing Death, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-3FF : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Marie Knight, 29 Jul 1670; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46P-QLT : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Persis Knight, 11 Mar 1672; citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH2W-R97 : 10 November 2020), John in entry for Peirces Knight, 13 Aug 1701; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-T2P : 10 November 2020), Jno. Knight in entry for John Knight, 16 Nov 1673; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH2W-HVH : 10 November 2020), John in entry for John Knight, 16 Aug 1678; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-1WR : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Samuel Knight, 8 Jul 1675; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-MBQ : 10 November 2020), John Knight in entry for Rebeccah Knight, 28 Aug 1677; citing Birth, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-KPB : 10 November 2020), John Knight, 24 Mar 1683; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH24-S7W : 10 November 2020), John Knight, 1 Dec 1714; citing Death, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
↑ https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Charlestown,_Middlesex_County,...
See also:

"The Desc of John Perry of London", by Bertram Adams, pp 27-8. Gen of Charlestown, Mass. (Mass C15 Vol 2 p 590)
Bond's Hist of Watertown (Mass W 20b Vol 1 p 328; Vol 2 p 816.) Am Pub F Vol 3 p 492.
Hist of Watertown, (Mass W47 p 145) Kilpatrick Fam. (B12B15 p 222)
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). (subscription required)
Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (subscription required)
The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).
Acknowledgements

Thanks also to Al Adams and others who have contributed to this profile!
Knight-3413 was created by Bob Pierce on 11 Jun 2013. Knight-5483 was created through the import of Wilton Crehore.ged by Holly Wilton on 18 Oct 2014.

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