Elizabeth Jane (Wallace) McKnitt (1632 - abt. 1708)

Born 5 May 1632 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John McKnitt — married 1659 in Manokin Hundred, MD

Descendants

Died about 1708 at about age 75 in Manokin, Somerset, Maryland

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Biography

Elizabeth Jane Wallis was born on May 5th, 1632, in Glasgow City, Scotland and died in 1708 in Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland. ^[1]

Elizabeth Jane married John McKnitt on March 28th, 1693 in Maryland. ^[2]

Family links: Spouse: John McKnitt (1630 - 1708)*

Children: John McKnitt (1660 - 1714)* Abigail McKnitt Alexander (1667 - 1714)*

Burial: Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery Princess Anne Somerset County Maryland, USA

Additional Research

Website with lots of great information about the Alexanders McKnitts, and Wallaces. https://nelsonloeb.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/ahead-of-their-time/

"Sometime in the latter half of the 17th century, a closely-knit group of Scotch-Irish settled on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, across the water from the original Virginia settlements.

There is no documentary clarity about who exactly was in this group, when they came, and where they first settled, but there are a few points of near-consensus.

There was a core group of Alexanders – seven brothers and two sisters and possibly their father – who settled on or near Manokin Hundred in Somerset County, Maryland.

They intermarried with other Scotch-Irish families, particularly the Wallaces and McKnitts.

At the very beginning of the next century, a portion of these combined family units founded a satellite settlement called New Munster in Cecil County, Maryland.

As western portions of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina opened up in the 18th century, some of the Alexanders-Wallaces-McKnitts opportunistically moved into these new areas, with many eventually congregating in parts of the North Carolina Piedmont – particularly Mecklenburg County."

Research Notes

Four Wallace siblings have been detached from John Wallace and Margaret Thomson of Scotland, but no parents have been identified yet to attach them to:

1. John Wallace, born 20 November 1628, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died 1685, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland
2. Elizabeth Jane (Wallace) McKnitt, born 5 May 1632, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died 1708, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland
3. William Wallace, born 5 May 1632, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
4. Matthew Wallace, born 5 February 1638 in Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, died Somerset, Maryland 1714.

THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT JOHN MC'S - MCKNITT, MCKNIGHT, MCNAUGHT

• 1 - JOHN MCNAUGHT SPOUSE FLORENCE GORDON

Dalry Strathclyde Scotland CHILD ALEXANDER MCNAUGHT (MCKNIGHT)

• 2 - JOHN MCKNIGHT SPOUSE SARAH MOORE

Wigtown Dumfries & Galloway Scotland CHILD JANE MCKNIGHT WALKER

• 3 - JOHN MCKNITT (OURS) SPOUSE ELIZABETH WALLACE

Raphoe Ireland CHILD - JOHN MCKNITT CHILD - JANE MCKNITT CHILD - ABIGAIL MCKNITT

Alexander Brevard McKnitt Wallace

Nine Infamous Alexander Siblings

My 9th Great Grandparent (2 X's)(2 X's)

William Alexander 1 And Wife Unknown _Father Of Elizabeth Alexander 2 And Samuel Alexander 3

My 10th Great Grandparent (1 X's)(1 X's)

William Alexander 1 And Wife Unknown _Father Of Jane Alexander 6

Elizabeth Alexander 2 _Married To Matthew Wallace 1 _Son Named Matthew Wallace 2

Samuel Alexander 3 Is _Married To Mary Taylor 1 _Daughter Named Sarah Alexander 5

Matthew Wallace 2 Is _Married To Sarah Alexander 5 _Son Named Joseph Jamess Wallace 4

Joseph James Wallace 4 _Married To Isabella Miller _Son Named Benjamin Wallace 5

Joseph James Wallace 4 _Married To Isabella Miller _Son Named John Wallace 6

John Wallace 6 _Married To Ann Mcclellan 1 _Son Named Abraham Wallace 7

John Mcknitt 1 _Married To Elizabeth Wallace 8 _Son Named John Mcknitt 2

John Mcknitt 2 _Married To Jane Alexander 6 (Sister of Elizabeth Alexander 2 and Samuel Alexander 3) _Daughter Named Katherine Mary Mcknitt 3

Katharine Mary Mcknitt 3 _Married To Jean/John Brevard 1 _Son Named Zebulon Brevard 2

Zebulon Brevard 2 _Married To Ann Templeton 1 _Daughter Named Mary Brevard 3

Mary Brevard _Married To Benjamin Wallace 5 _Daughter Named Ann Wallace 8

Benjamin Wallace 5 _Married To Mary Brevard (Great Granddaughter of Jane Alexander)

Ann Wallace 8 _Married To Abraham Wallace 7 _Son Named Reverand Benjamin Franklin Wallace (Theologin) 8

Reverand Benjamin Franklin Wallace 8 _Married To Mary Anderson 1 _Son Named Samuel Emmons Wallace 9

Samuel Emmons Wallace 9 _Married To Elizabeth Slover _Son Named William Isaac Wallace

William Issac Wallace _Married To Bertie Frances Fuller _Daughter Named Fannie Bell Wallace Burkett - My Grandmother On My Mom's Side Of Our Family.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52846234/elizabeth-mcknight : accessed 01 April 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Wallace McKnight (5 May 1632–1708), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52846234, citing Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361) .
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1634-1777 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:Barnes, Robert, compiler. Maryland Marriages, 1634–1777. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1975.