Ezekiel Knight (abt. 1615 - 1687)

Born about 1615 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Knight — married 1649 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Husband of Mary (Eaton) Knight — married 1675 in Maine

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1687 at about age 72 in Wells, Maine

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Biography

Ezekial was born about 1618. He was at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637, and Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1641. He was one of the first settlers of Wells, Maine, in 1643.

He was married four times:

1. Elizabeth (Unknown), died at Braintree in 1642
2. Ann (UNKNOWN, who was living in 1655
3. Esther (Eaton) Lovering, widow of John Lovering (d. 1668), who had died by 1675
4. Mary (Eaton) Hill, daughter of Gov. Theophilus Eaton and widow of Valentine Hill, died 24 Apr 1708 at Dover, New Hampshire.

Ezekiel Knight died in 1687.^[1]

He died at Dover between 18 Apr and 16 Sep 1689 (dates will made and proved). His will leaves a life estate to his wife and names his son Ezekiel and his daughter Elizabeth Wentworth.

On August 20, 1645 Ezekiel Knight of Wells, Maine sold his present dwelling house to John Sanders, along with all the outbuildings and lands he owned in Wells, Maine. Ann, his wife, made her mark. Rev. John Wheelwright was a witness to the transaction.^[2]

On April 12, 1653 Ezekiel Knight was living in Wells, Maine. Later in 1654 he was on a jury in York County, Maine and in 1663 he was one of the associates. In 1674 both Ezekiel Knight and his son Ezekiel were living in York County, Maine.^[2]

Children of Ezekiel and Elizabeth

1. Ezechiel b. December 1, 1640 and died July 29, 1641.^[3]

Elisabeth the wife of Ezechiel Knight was buried February 28, 1642.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Miscellaneous Queries:"subscription
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)subscribers
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) subscribers]

• Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (five parts, Portland, Me., 1928-1939; reprinted, Baltimore, Md., 2002), page 445 for John Lovering, page 403 for the rest
• FamilySearch.org ID#K89P-76C

See also:

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [1]

Ezekiel KNIGHTS

Marriage 1632

Location Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text KNIGHTS, Ezekiel1 (-1687) & Elizabeth ____ (-1642); by 1632?; Salem/Braintree {Salem 1:442; Wentworth 1:139; GDMNH 403; Reg. 52:276; New Eng. Captives 194}

Spouse Elizabeth UNIDENTIFIED

Later Residences Braintree

Volume Name Volume 2 Page 905

• Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. iColonial Families of the United States of America Image

Esther Lovering

Death Date 1675

Spouse Ezekial Knight

Page number 372

• Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) [2]

Ezekiel KNIGHT - KNIGHTS

Probate Record 1687

Location Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Case Number 1596 Case Type will Note page 1 of 5

Volume Name Suffolk Cases 1-1999 Page 1596:1