John Knight (bef. 1626 - 1677)

Born before 14 May 1626 in Romsey, Hampshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Ingersoll) Knight — married about 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1677 after age 50 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

John Knight immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Knight was born about May 1626 (baptized 14 May) in England, and died 27 Feb 1677/8 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married Bathsheba Ingersoll, daughter of Richard Ingersoll and Agnes Langley. Bathsheba was born about 1629 in Bedfordshire, England, and died 24 Oct 1705 in Newbury.^[1][2][3]

He is the child of John Knight and Elizabeth Vincent

John and Bathsheba had nine children (John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Richard, Benjamin, Isaac). Note that they had daughter Hannah born 22 Mar 1661/62 who died 30 Jul 1664 followed by another Hannah born 30 Aug 1664 per Newbury vital records.^[4]

John Jr. was made a constable in 1654, a selectman in 1668 and was a sergeant in the militia in 1666 and ensign in 1669.^[5]

In 1663 Bathsheba testified against John’s uncle, Richard Knight and his friend Hugh March who sat down for a game of cards at Uncle Richard’s home. Playing cards was, of course, very much against the Puritan moral code. ^[6]

The inventory of Jo: knights land goods Chatell: 15 of march 77:78:

To his [ ] barn 100£: to 75 akers of land: 5£: pr
acker................................................................475-00-00
To 9 Cowes at: 36£ to 4 oxen at 22£: to 4 steares [ ]:
three year oulds...................................................58-0-0
To 4 steares [ ]: tow year ould 8£. To tow yearlings:
2£/ to bee skeps: 8£.............................................18-0-0
To [ ] 4£: to 38 ship [sheep] 15£. To 8: swine: 7£:
to wareing aparill: his: 8£....................................34-0-0
To 9 pair of shetes 7£. To 36: napkins 2£ to [ ] casis
as pillo casis 2£.....................................................11-0-0
To 5 fether bedes: 4 boustors. 3 pillos 18£ to cortins: 1£ to 3 [ ] 10.2. coverlits. 9. Blinckits 9£ To 5 brass [ ]
4£ to low table 5-1-10........................................33-10-0
To 3 [ ]: 1£: to 4 charis: 10s to 3 cushins 6s......1-16-0
To tow warmin pans: 15s to puter: 3£ to bras
[ ] 3£......................................................................6-15-0
To potes and pot huckes trammills pike hing pans
andions 3£...............................................................3-0-0
to barills cillar [ ] dishis trenchars bookis 1£ to [ ]
lantron...................................................................2-12-0
to 3 guns 3£ on Colt [ ] 10s to [ ] 10s. sadill & pillion..[ ]
to 3 [ ]: 4s to 40 bou of Indian corn: 5£ to a barill
of porck 3£..............................................................8-4-0
to awhall & 2 pare of cardes: & a [ ]: 10s..........0-10-0
to cask & [ ] & [ ] & chaines 3£............................3-0-0
to a shovel & 8 pailes & 2 howes: 3 axis. 3 widgis.
16s. to a plow: & [ ]................................................2-1-0
to bushel [ ] & ould tubes 5s to 2 dripin pans & other
potis: 6s.................................................................0-11-0
to a pare of tounges & pall & [ ] : 5s..................0-05-0
to tow sacks & augars & chisels [ ] & [ ].............1-0-0
to a mortar & pesall 6s to 3 poringers: 4s to a nigar
man : 250£........................................................250-10-0
to severall bilis is all due & nothing reserved.127-14-0
to a right part of [ ] & part of a cargo: gon to
Barbados.............................................................40-00-0
to 20 bou of barly due from Jo: downs as a
Cowe [ ]...................................................................4-0-0
a [ ] 45£...............................................................45-00-0
[ ].........................................................................55-00-0
...........................................................................961-13-0
Book debts due to the estate............................50-5-7
.........................................................................1014-18-7

Debts to be paid out of the estat
To John Bartlett wife..........................................40£-0-0
To John [ ] children..............................................30-0-0
To capt [ ] in money..............................................9-0-0
To John [ ] in money...............................................7-0-0
To mr Clarke...........................................................3-0-0
To mr Gyford..........................................................4-0-0
To mr mott............................................................1-10-0
To [ ]........................................................................4-0-0
To tristram Coffin.................................................7-10-0
..............................................................................98-10-0…

Bathsheba Knight in court held at Ipswich the 24th of Sept 1678… delivered this to be true inventory of the estat of her late husband John Knight."^[7]

Bathsheba was made administratrix of John's estate 6 Mar. 1678 and the court ordered that the following division be made. John, Richard and Benjamin were to have the house and barn valued at £100, and 75 acres of land, valued at £375, to be divided equally between them. The three daughters were to have £80 each. Bathsheba was to have the remainder of the estate and was to pay the debts out of her share. Joseph was not mentioned in the settlement.

Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

Name: John Knight Gender: Male Death Date: 27 Feb 1677 Death Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, Boston, MA: NEHGR (2005), p. 211, citing GMB 2:1060-63
2. ↑ Source: #S1969 16 Page 16
3. ↑ Newbury. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Vol. 2, page 636
4. ↑ Newbury, Massachusetts vital records 1662 birth of Hannah Knight
5. ↑ The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton- Walter Goodwin Davis, Anthoensen Press, Portland, 1947- p. 237
6. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts- Vol. III, p. 70
7. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 15983

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• Repository: R14 BJB - Personal library
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