Westbrook Knight (1708 - 1751)

Born 21 Nov 1708 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Littlefield (Munson) Knight — married about 13 Mar 1735 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1751 at age 42 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

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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)

Westbrook was born in 1708. He passed away in 1751.

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.

• Maine Vital recordsCitation

"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSTK-YBMM : 14 January 2020), Westbrook Knight in entry for Polly Knight, 1794. Citation Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA