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John Knight

Also Known As: "/sr/"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: November 09, 1735 (79)
Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Knight and Hannah Knight
Husband of Dorcas Knight and Elizabeth Knight
Father of Ebenezer Knight; Daniel Knight; William Knight, Sr.; Samuel Knight; Rebecca Knight and 3 others
Brother of Joseph Knight; Sarah Leffingwell; Hannah Knight; Samuel Knight, #1, Died Young; Elizabeth Towne and 11 others

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About John Knight

I think there may be some confusion as to the family line posted as to children and relatives. I posted the info I have below for everyone's review. (The confusion may be mine, as I may be missing children from different marriages)

John was born January 16, 1655/56 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died November 09, 1735 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) ELIZABETH 1680. She was born 1660, and died 1735. He married (2) ABIGAIL CRAGGEN March 02, 1681/82 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN CRAGGEN and SARAH DAWES. She was born August 04, 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died June 17, 1707 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married (3) DORCAS CLEVELAND March 12, 1699/00 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of AARON CLEVELAND and DORCAS WILSON. She was born October 29, 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died 1735 in Woburn, Middlesex County Massachusetts.

More About DORCAS CLEVELAND: Burial: Woburn, Middlesex County Massachusetts
Children of JOHN KNIGHT and ABIGAIL CRAGGEN were: i. ABIGAIL KNIGHT, b. December 27, 1681, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ii. JOHN KNIGHT, JR., b. January 31, 1684/85, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. June 21, 1685, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. iii. JOHN KNIGHT III, b. March 03, 1686/87, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. March 11, 1753, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut. iv. BENJAMIN KNIGHT, b. March 20, 1688/89, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. September 1697. v. SAMUEL KNIGHT, b. September 27, 1690, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. vi. MARY KNIGHT, b. February 03, 1693/94, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

              vii    EBENEZER KNIGHT, b. August 20, 1695, Woburn, Middlesex County.
                                                             Married Mary Johnson Nov. 1717.
viii   	REBECCA KNIGHT, b. May 4, 1698, Woburn, Massachusetts.
         m: Isaac Marion in Boston July 26, 1717 By: Rev. Mr. John Webb.
         Their daughter Mary m: Joseph Whitmore III in Woburn Dec. 24, 1741. 	ix.	BENJAMIN KNIGHT, b. October 20, 1700, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 	x.	JOSEPH KNIGHT, b. November 09, 1702, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. December 19, 1702, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 	xi.	AMAZIAH KNIGHT, b. December 14, 1703.

Source: Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy-newenglandgenealogy.pcplayground.com/sjc.htm SR283.

(Donald Knights 2012)


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John Knight's Timeline

1656
January 16, 1656
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1690
September 27, 1690
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1690
Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1695
1695
Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1698
May 14, 1698
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1700
1700
1703
December 14, 1703
Woburn, Reading, Massachusetts
1707
August 13, 1707
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts