Sheldon
Tillinghast
Knight
Born in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Daniel Richmond Knight
and Susan (Colvin) Knight
Husband of
Sarah (Greene) Knight
— married
1864 in Rhode Island, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Elmer L. Knight, Frederick Eugene Knight, Josephine Knight, Clarence Tillinghast Knight, George Henry Knight, Charles Everett Knight, Walter Herbert Knight, Elmer Leroy Knight and [private daughter (1880s - 1940s)]
Died
at age 80
in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2016
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Biography
Sheldon Tillinghast Knight was born on 13 Apr 1842 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA as the seventh child of Daniel Richmond Knight and Susan Colvin. He had six siblings, namely: Henry O., Alvin Lloyd, Cynthia Ann, Daniel Bradford, Jane Frances, and Cordelia. He died on 02 Nov 1922 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age: 80). When he was 18, he married Sarah Greene, daughter of Preseved Smith Greene and Mary Polly Newton, on 10 Mar 1861 in Exeter, Kent, Rhode Island.
Sources
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sheldon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sheldon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sheldon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sheldon:
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~6.25%
William Roberts
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