Sylvester Knight

Dr Sylvester K Knight b 1Jan1787 in Cranston, Providence, RI, d 15Mar1841 in Providence, Providence, RI, bur in Green-Anthony Lot, West Warick, Kent, RI. Sylvester m Louisa Villiers Tucker Westcott 28May1820 in Warwick, Kent, RI.

Other marriages: Comstock, Lucina Slocum

He owned & operated variety store (Drug Store) in Providence, RI, w/partner Oliver Johnson. Opened wholesale Drug Store on Weybosset St & ran it until his death.

History of Warwick-RI, Settlement in 1642 to Present Time, p 171

Spot just in front of where Catholic Church now stands, was noted as haunted spot. Said William Clapp, when young man, was passing from his home to grist mill at Centerville, when near that spot, he saw what he thought was man, but as he looked at it, it gradually faded out of sight, & nothing would convince him he had not seen apparition. Dr Sylvester Knight, it was said, observed same phenomenon.

Record of Descendants of Charles Bowler, Eng, 1740, Am who settled in Newport, RI, Compiled by NP Bower & Cora Bowler Malone, Jan 1905, p 100/101

Register of Seamen's Protection, p 156

Knight, Silvester

Date of Certification May 26 1802

Age 16

Complexion light

Place of Birth Cranston, R.I.

Book 2, Page 10

Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs & Slocombs of Am, Charles Elihu Slocum, MD, PhD, 1882, p 80

Incidents in Life & Times of Stukeley Westcote, w/some of his Descendants, J Russell Bullock, 1888, p 94

Manchester Lodge No 12 F&AM, History of Manchester Lodge, http://www.ml12.org/history_manchester.asp

Dec 2 1808, 1st mtg held at residence of William Anthony. It is not known whether mtg was held in his home or in some suitable bldg located on his property. Names of Sylvester Knight, John Greene, & Resolved Slack were proposed for 1st degree Masonry. Special mtg held Dec 9, at which time above-named were balloted for & were initiated into 1st degree Masonry. They were passed to degree of Fellow Craft Dec 23, at which time Bro Sylvester Knight was elected Sec. Jan 6 1809, voted regular mtgs be held Fri evenings on or bef full moon, which is still practice of Lodge. Feb 24 1809, mtg of Master Masons was held, at which time 1st 3 candidates, together w/14 others, raised to sublime degree in Masonry. Fees at this time were these: EA degree, $7; FC degree, $3; Masters degree, $7; mbrship, $7.

Sylvester Knight is also listed as Manchester Lodge #12 Past Master 1817-1823 & 1812

LAND: Providence, Providence, RI City Tax, ordered by city council Jun 1845, to be assessed at rate of $.38/$100.00 of ratable property. Following individual was rated as follows.

                                            Real      Per       Amt Tax

Sylvester Knight (Heir's Estate) 46 17,48

Providence, Providence, RI City Tax, ordered by city council Jun 1845, to be assessed at rate of $.38/$100.00 of ratable property. Following individual was rated as follows.

                                 Real      Per       Amt Tax

Sylvester R Knight 5 1,90

LAND: Providence, Providence, RI City Tax, ordered by city council Jun 1845, to be assessed at rate of $.38/$100.00 of ratable property. Following individual was rated as follows.

                                   Real      Per       Amt Tax

Sylvester R Knight 5 1,90

Death: Vital Record of RI, 1636 - 1850, Birth, Marriages & Deaths, James N Arnold, Vol XV, Providence, RI Narragansett Historical Publ Co, Providence Phenix-Deaths, 1905 p 538

Knight, Lucina, wife of Dr Sylvester, at Warwick, in 83d yr, Dec 22 1819 (?)

Marriage: Index of Marriages in MA Centinel & Columbian Centinel 1784-1840, Comstock, Lucini, m Dr Sylvester Knight, of Providence, in Chatham Jun 22 1808