Eleanor Rice (Hudson) Knight (1746 - 1823)

Born 5 Dec 1746 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Nehemiah Knight — married 8 Aug 1762 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1823 at age 76 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

She died in her 77th year.

Eleanor Rice Hudson Knight Will

Widow gives:

To Abigail Manchester, her daughter, wife of Israel Manchester, my silk gown + $50.

To my daughter Penelope Gorton, my black silk coat + $50

To Zilpha Sheldon, my daughter. $100

To my daughter Eleanor R. Guild, wife of Richard Guild - 1 large silver spoon marked J. E. R.

To son Nehemiah R. Knight $1

To daughter, Harriet Rhodes wife of Sylvester Rhodes my lot of land in Westerly, part of Cranston known as the Barzilla Knight lot, $150, small tea table, desk, 1 silver spoon marked N.K., my large Bible + 3 shares in the Cranston Bank.

To grand daughters Eliza Harris & Ann Harris $20

To grandson Jos. W. Knight his rights in the aforementioned Barzilla Knights Lot left to Harriet Rhodes for her life. Also $150.

To grandson Jeremiah Knight my part of the Palmer lot being the lot purchased by my son Jeremiah Knight, decd, & myself of Abner Sprague.

To Dr. Sylvester Knight my clock (note no relation mentioned)

To Nehemiah Knight & Jervis Knight, sons of said Sylvester Knight $10 each.

To Eleanor Pierce daughter of Nathan Pierce, $20.

To grand daughter Harriet Knight 1 bed & bedding, cherry tree table & large trunk.

To grand daughter Eleanor Sheldon, 2 shares in Cranston Bank, six small tea spoons marked E.K. & my gold necklace.

To my daughter Zilpha Sheldon & Harriet Rhodes remainder of household furniture to be equally divided.

To Joanna Knight, widow of my son David (Daniel) Knight, $10.

To son-in-law Sylvester Rhodes all residue of my real & personal estate.

Sources

• Cranston Probate - Eleanor Knight Will; Book 3-P. 196; Signed - May 18, 1822; Presented for probate April 26, 1823
• Ancestry.com. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (birth, death, burial; gives birth abt 1747). ::Name: Eleanor Knight

Birth Date: abt 1746

Spouse Name: Nehemiah Knight

Death Date: 6 Apr 1823

Death Place: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Death Age: 77

Page Number: 550

• Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (Born in the Eighteenth Century) (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), p. 37.
• Ancestry.com. Web: Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Gravestone Search. Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission. http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/webdatabase.aspx: accessed 12 November 2015.

Name: Eleanor [Hudson] Knight

Birth Date: 1747

Death Date: 5 Apr 1823

Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA

Cemetery: NEHEMIAH KNIGHT LOT

Cemetery Number: CR021

Map: 00007

Condition: good

Stone Material: slate

Shape: square top

Carving: no carving

Legibility: good

Number of Graves on Stone: 1

Stone Height: 42

Stone Width: 19

Grave Last Seen Date: 1995

Carver: F. COOLEY

Transcribed by: JNA:48;GWB;JES

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKM-Q68G : 11 July 2016), Eleanor Rice Hudson Knight, 1823; Burial, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Knightsville Meeting House Cemetery; citing record ID 27890524, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.