Ruth Knight

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Profile last modified 13 Jan 2020 | Created 31 May 2019

Ruth Knight formerly Wright

Born 31 May 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Joseph Knight — married about 1671 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Mother of Mary Knight, Joseph Knight III, Edward Knight, Isaac Knight, James Knight, Ruth Knight, Ebenezer Knight, Amos Knight and Daniel Knight

Died [date unknown] in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Biography

Ruth was born 31 May 1652 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay to John Wright.[1][2][3]

Ruth married Joseph Knight before 1672, this is the birth of their first child Mary Knight (b. 12 December 1672).[4]

A possible marriage record could be found somewhere - 1671 in Massachusetts.[5] Ruth and Joseph had the following children:

Mary Knight b 12 Dec 1672 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 March 1673 Woburn (dau. of Joseph Knight and assumed mother Ruth) [4] Isaac Knight b -- d 4 March (1st mo.) 1679 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Joseph, assumed son of Ruth)[6] Ebenezer Knight 24 Aug 1684 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (son of Joseph, assumed son of Ruth)[7] Amos Knight b 19 May 1687 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, (son of Joseph and Ruth Knight) United States[8] Daniel Knight 4 Jul 1689 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay (son of Joseph Knight and asumed son of Ruth.[9] Ruth's death date and burial location is currently unknown. She probably died in Newberry, Essex County, Massachusetts.[10]

Research Notes

Find a Grave has her parents as: John Wright (1615–1658) and Mary Smetheley Wright (1619–1658)

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Joseph_Knight_and_Hannah_Lamb_... Sources

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↑ Newberry Births. Ancestry. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image Another Transcript of her birth record Image Original Record Page 80 ↑ Scan of the original record page. Family Search. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm ↑ There are additional copies of Ruth's birth record found at Family Search. > 4 more.(1) (2) [(3) (4) ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mary Knight Birth Record. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Mary Knight, 1672. ↑ Note about this source - It is an amalgamation of family group sheets, pedigree charts, family history articles, queries, letters, Bible records, wills, and manuscript genealogies, so it could be valid data or garbage data.Ancestry. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Ancestry Record 7836 #1364857 ↑ Death Record. Family Search. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 Isaac Knight, 04 Jan 1679; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120. ↑ Family Search. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Ebinezer Knight, 1684. ↑ Family Search. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Amos Knight, 1687. ↑ Family Search. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Daniel Knight, 1689. ↑ Robert DeVowe Find a Grave Memorial for Ruth (Wright) Knight # 126738894

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9ZQ4 : 3 November 2017), / in entry for Edward Knight, Jun 1677; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9CZD : 3 November 2017), / in entry for Isaac Knight, 24 Dec 1679; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9CRL : 3 November 2017), / in entry for James Knight, 22 Feb 1681; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9Z94 : 3 November 2017), / in entry for Ruth Knight, 07 May 1682; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

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