William Knight (1568 - 1630)

Born 12 May 1568 in Romsey, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Carter) Knight — married 12 Nov 1588 in Romsey,Hampshire,England

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1630 at age 61 in Romsey, Hampshire, England

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• Parents William Knight and Elizabeth Wild Src:*http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/m/Stuart-Lamson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0643.html

• William Knight was born (or christened) 12 MAY 1568 St Mary & Ethelfri, Romsey, Co. Hampshire, England. He married 1 NOV 1588 at St Mary & Ethelfri, Romsey, Co. Hampshire, England Elizabeth Carter.[1]

William Knight died 10 JAN 1630 in Romsey, Hampshire, England^[1]

Death also found as April 28, 1655 in Romsey, Hampshire, , England (different William Knight)

Parents

The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton mentions no parents for William.

Pramberg, Noreen C. Four generations of the descendants of John Knight and his brother, Richard Knight : first settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newburyport, Mass. : Parker River Researchers, 1986. Lists no parents from William. She says she didn't do any research in England. borrow at archive

Biography

William Knight was born about 1565.^[2]

He resided in Romsey, Hampshire, England, where he married Elizabeth Carter on November 12, 1588.^[2]

His death is unknown and he left no will.^[2]

Children baptized in Romsey:^[2]

1. Richard bpt 30 May 1589; buried 4 June 1596
2. Thomasine Knight bpt 24 June 1590
3. John Knight bpt 30 Jan 1595/6
4. Richard Knight bpt 14 Jan 1603

From the Ancestry of Phebe Tilton

"As they named a daughter Thomasine, it would seem that Elizabeth Carter was a daughter of William and Thomasine Carter who had a daughter Thomasine baptized at Romsey in 1571 [but] she was supposedly the Thomasine Carter who married Thomas Emery in 1597."

"Romsey is a small market town seven miles north-west of Southampton in the valley of the river Test. It is principally known for its great Norman church of the twelfth century, originally the chapel of a benedicting nunnery. From mediaeval times Romsey was the seat of a large trade in woolen cloth and clothing, which is interesting in view of the fact that the Knight brothers, sons of William and Elizabeth, were both tailors.*

"The parish registers of Romsey begin in 1569/70, when the name Knight was already common in the town. About three miles to the north, in the parish of Timsbury, was seated an armorial family of Knight, minor gentry who had originally come from Northamptonshire and some of whom lived in Romsey. The Timsbury gentleman wo was contemporary with William Knight of Romsey was Andrew Knight whose father had been named Richard Knight. Richard Knight had a brother William, while Andrew Knight had brothers John, William and Richard. After her husband died, Joan, widow of Andrew Knight, lived in Romsey as did her younger son Edmond and her daughter Ursula (Knight) Mundy who was married there in 1621. It is possible that other of the Knights in Romsey were descended from younger sons of the Timsbury family, but this remains to be proven."

"Another William Knight of Romsey married Joan Hill on September 1, 1588, only two months before the Knight-Carter marriage, but fortunately he left a will at his death in 1622 in which he mentions his wife Joan and an only child, William, which clears away any doubt as to which marriage produced the emigrant brothers John and Richard Knight.^[3]

William Knight was born about 1568 in Hampshire, England. [2]

He was married to Elizabeth Carter November 11, 1588. [1]

William Knight passed away about 1650 in Hampshire, England [2]

No biography yet.^[4] Can you add information or sources?

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S15
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775 to 1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Mass. (Portland, Me.: Athoensen Press, 1947) borrow at Archive.org
3. ↑ William Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Portland, ME: The Anthoensen Press (1947), pp 235
4. ↑ Knight-7594 was created by Beth White through the import of Sennett Eugene Family Tree(1)_2016-05-21_2016-05-21.ged on May 28, 2016. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.

[1] U S and International Marriage Records 1560-1900; Yates Publishing Company database on-line. Not a viable source see WikiTree's explanation[2]

[2] Family Search (L5TK-ZVC}