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]).
