| Name |
?? <unknown>41 |
| Birth |
ca 1620, England |
| Death |
bef 1645, England |
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| Notes for ?? <unknown> |
| Most credible sources say our Richard had only one wife, Sarah Rogers. Those sources say there was a second Richard Knight in New England of about the same age who was married to Agnes Coffey, and Richard was the first child of that marriage. That Richard may have been a son of Henry Knight (b. 1571 at Stoke Prior, Worcester). |
| Notes for Richard (Spouse 1) |
"Richard Knight, immigrant ancestor, was a carpenter by trade and lived at Newport, Rhode Island. He was keeper of the prison in 1648-49 and general sergeant in 1648-49-50-53-54-57-58. He was admitted a freeman in 1655. In 1663 he bought lands in Narragansett, and in 1677 he and forty-seven others were granted 100 acres each in a plantation to be called East Greenwich, but he never lived there. He died in 1680. He married Sarah, daughter of James and Mary Rogers. Children: John, Jonathan, David."46
Prior to his arrival in Rhode Island he had lived in Hampton, N.H., where he had a mill as early as 1640. He probably came from Co. Norfolk, England. He was in Newport as early as December 1646.41 On 16 Jan 1648[/9] Richard bought land in Newport from James Rogers.23
Some sources say Richard was a son of William Knight and Elizabeth Carter. If that is true, he probably had brothers John & John, and a sister Thomasine.
Grace K. Ruesink wrote that her Knight ancestors came from England and settled in Connecticut in 1628. To whom was she referring? Perhaps another line?
See also: KNIGHT GENEALOGY BY NELLIE BROWNEL POTTER, LOCATED IN THE RHODE ISLA ND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY. |
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