Westbrook Knight, I

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Profile last modified 16 Jun 2020 | Created 6 Jun 2011 | Last significant change: 16 Jun 2020

Westbrook Knight

Born 21 Nov 1708 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Son of Nathan Knight and Mary Hannah Westbrook

Brother of Margaret (Knight) Starbird and Martha (Knight) Elden

Husband of Abigail Munson — married about 13 Mar 1735 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Father of Jonathan Knight, Hannah (Knight) Darby and Mary (Knight) Greenleaf

Died 10 Nov 1751 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

21:01: Lori Cook edited the Biography for Westbrook Knight (1708-1751). [

Biography

The children of Westbrook and Abigail (Munson) Knight were Jonathan, Nathan, Thomas, John, Hannah, Westbrook, Mary, Sarah & Nathaniel (last child born eight months after the death of father Westbrook)

Sources

WikiTree profile Knight-1210 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brad and others.

Westbrook Knight, http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~knightfamilyofmaine/genealogy/

NOTE: Dates

Researching dates will show 1751/52 By 1752 most of the western world had switched to the Gregorian calender. On the evening of Sept. 2, 1752, the good people of Scarborough, Maine, went to bed. When they woke the next morning it was Sept. 14, 1752.

GEDCOM Note

<p>North Church rook Knight &amp; Abigail Munson moved to Linville, Maine in 177 0, took up land &amp; cleared it. They had the honor of being the first perman ent settlers, theirs' was the first cleared farm. Westbrook Knight enlist ed as a Private in in Captain Archibald McAllister's Company, in Col. Samu el Cobb's Regiment on 11 Jul 1779. He was discharged 24 Sep 1779. This rec ord Canada be found in the 'Muster Books of Revolutionary War Soldiers'. C harles Tibbetts in his Knight Family Genealogy states that soon after t he death of this first Westbrook Knight, his children removed to Lincol n, Waldo &amp; Washington Counties &amp; his 85 Grandchildren did their part in po pulating the eastern section of Maine. From GED file (and research of) Phi lip V. Thorne</p>
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AFTER HIS DEATH HIS CHILDREN MOVED TO LINCOLN, WALDO AND WASHINGTON, COUNTIES AND HIS 85 CRANDCHILDREN DID THIER PART IN POPULATING THIS SECTION OF MAINE.