Thomas Knight (1687 - abt. 1746)

Born 22 May 1687 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Plumley) Knight — married 26 Oct 1711 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 58 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Biography

Thomas Knight Jr. (1687-1746), married Sarah Plumly 26 Oct., 1711 at Abington M.M. They lived in the Abington-Byberry area until 1724 when they lived Middletown (see indenture document in MEDIA): in the Gwynedd-North Wales area until 1746. After the death of Thomas Jr. in 1746, his wife Sarah moved to Philadelphia until 1751, at which time they went back to Buckingham, Pa. On 26 Sept., 1732 Thomas Knight was dropped from the Gwynedd M.M. rolls. At this meeting, Sarah Knight produced a certificate for herself and for her children-Johnathan, Soloman, Abel, and Thomas. These four were brothers living in Buckingham. Pa. in 1733. They also had three-four sisters.

Because of a dispute with a few members of his monthly meeting, Buckingham MM, Thomas left the church. Sarah continued with the children at a branch of the same MM called Byberry MM. But they attended various MM for quite a few years. Just before his death, Thomas provided documentation of his "misconduct" and was accepted back into Buckingham MM.

Source

• Some Early Missouri Settlers" 1996, citing Donald Jack Knight pp. 38-41.
• Birth: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database, Ancestry.com, 2014 citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records, Pennsylvania > Montgomery > Abington Monthly Meeting >Births and Deaths, 1682-1809 Vol. 1, image 24 of 124.
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