Henry Knight (1697 - aft. 1745)

Born 6 Jul 1697 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Merrill) Knight — married 5 Dec 1722 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1745 after age 47 in Falmouth, Cumberland. Province of Massachusetts Bay (Maine)

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Biography

Henry Knight was born in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts July 6, 1697. He was the son of Richard Knight and Elizabeth Jaques Knight.^{[1] [2]} [5]

He was married December 5, 1722 in Newbury to Priscilla Merrill, daughter of Nathan Merrill and Hannah Kent Merrill.^[3][4]

He was a weaver by trade. ^[4]

The date of his death is uncertain, It would have been after 1745 (date of last child's birth), Many Ancestry family trees show a date of 1773. but we can find no support for this. Location was Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988; Newbury Births, Marriages and Deaths; Newbury Births, page 37
2. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Viral Records 1620-1988; Newbury VR Transcripts; Newbury Births, page 268.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Film #0886292 item 3.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} North American Histories; Merrill Memorial, page 203.
5. ↑ The only Sources found for death information were in One World Tree and in Family Data Collection.