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Saturday, September 7, 2019

KNIGHT of York, Maine



I have previously written blog posts about two other KNIGHT ancestors (all unrelated): 
Philip Knight of Charlestown and Topsfield, Massachusetts:

John Knight of Charlestown, Massachusetts:

Robert Knight, my 11th great grandfather, was born about 1585 in England to unknown parents.  He was in York, Maine before 1643, and took an oath of allegiance on 22 November 1652.  He has depositions in the court records on 7 December 1658 (about 71 years old) and on 6 July 1671 (about 86 years old). 

Robert Knight was a mason.  He bought Robert Blaisdell’s house and land in York in 1642, and received grants of more land in 1648 and 1658. He does not appear often in the court records except for a case in 1655 when he sued Nicholas Frost for stealing his newly mown hay, and in 1668 when Arthur Clapham sued him for the expenses of treating Rowland Young’s son who Robert Knight was raising “as his owne childe” [Provincial and Court Records of Maine, 1931, Volume 2, pages 34 and 167].  According to The History of York, page 158, his children were Richard, Joan, and Margaret.

Robert Knight gave some of his land to his grandson, John Redman, Jr. on 18 February 1666.  He gave more land to his grandson Rowland Young on 12 August 1673, which was witnessed by his sister Mary Mowlton [Moulton].  He wrote his will in Boston on 23 June 1676 and his will was proved on 24 August 1676, which left his remaining land to his son Richard Knight in Boston. It is supposed that Robert Knight died in Boston sometime between these two dates.

From History of York by Banks:...

The last Will and Testament of Robert Knight of Yorke/ Concerning the small estate left by the providence of god unto me, I doe bequeath & dispose of as followeth/ Imprs:fie Acres of Marsh bounded west and by south, on the one side, West & by North on the other side, upland butting on the on Thomas Beeson & soe back unto the swampe untill it come to a parcel of land of Mr. Samll Mauericks, with an house and barn on the syd Land, of Robert Knights, also two cows & a bull all wch as above expressed, also whatsoever else shall be found to mee belonging, on or in the sayd house land or barne, I do whooley & for ever bequeath, unto my son Richd Knight liuveing in Boston, and to his Assignes for ever/ In witness of all which as above written, I have here unto set my hand & seale this 23d day of June 1676--The marke of Robert X Knight (Locus)(Sigilli) Owned & Delivered in the Presence of: Nicholas Willmott/his marke X John Tucker William Bartholomew

In the next generation I descend from his daughter Margaret (about 1622 – 1658) who married John Redman of Hampton Falls.  They had four children.  See the Surname Saturday sketch for the REDMAN lineage at this link:  https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/12/surname-saturday-redman-of-hampton-new.html  

More KNIGHT information:

Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623 to 1660, by Charles Henry Pope, 1908

York Deeds, by the Maine Historical Society, 1884, Volume 1

The History of York, by Charles Edward Banks, 1931


My KNIGHT genealogy:

Generation 1: Robert Knight, born about 1585 in England, died before 24 August 1676 probably in Boston, Massachusetts; his wife’s name is unknown. They had four children:
1.       Richard Knight, born about 1620, died about 1690 in Boston
2.      Margaret Knight, born about 1622 (see below)
3.      Daniel Knight, servant to Thomas Gorges
4.      Joan Knight, born about 1625, married Rowland Young

Generation 2:  Margaret Knight, born about 1620 in England, died 30 May 1658 in Dover, New Hampshire; married before 1647 to John Redman, born about 1620 in England and died 16 February 1700 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.  Four children.

Generation 3:  Mary Redman m. Leonard Weeks
Generation 4:  Joshua Weeks m. Comfort Hubbard
Generation 5:  Mary Weeks m. Jonathan Chesley
Generation 6:  Comfort Chesley m. Stephen Perkins
Generation 7:  Mary Perkins m. Nathaniel Batchelder
Generation 8:  Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson
Generation 9:  George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke
Generation 10: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson
Generation 11: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “KNIGHT of York, Maine”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted September 7, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/09/knight-of-york-maine.html: accessed [access date]). 

1 comment:

  1. Afraid not, but my husband had an ancestor in Wells, Maine in the 1600s. South of where yours was.

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