Christopher Knight (1711 - bef. 1800)

Born 1711 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Penelope (Congdon) Sheldon — married 27 Jul 1731 in Coventry Kent Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 18 Jan 1800 before age 89 in Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Christopher Knight was born in Rhode Island.

After the death of his first wife, Penelope, he married Elizabeth (Shippee) Harrington, widow of Stephen Harrington Jr.

Christopher wrote his Last Will and Testament on the sixth day of May, 1773. His approximate date of death was taken from the Probate of his Will, granted to his wife Elisabeth (sic) on January 17, 1800.

Sources

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KK-FJX : 11 February 2018), Christopher Knight and MM9.1.1/F8KK-FJ6:, 27 Jul 1731; citing Coventry,Kent,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,269. Page 320 of 745.

• Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Company, 1910. [1]. Link to page 708 [2]

• Nova Scotia Archives: Census Returns, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1838. Census Returns, 1767-1787. Christopher Knight. Falmouth, Hants County — 1770. Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 443 no. 11 [3]

• Nova Scotia Probate Records, 1760-1993 Kings Will books, 1783-1847, vol 1-2, p.98, No. 43, Last Will and Testament of Christopher Knight late of Cornwallis. [4]