James
Gambrell
Knight
Born in Sullivan Township, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Knight
and Elizabeth (Douglass) Knight
Brother of
William Rutledge [half], David Alexander Knight, Daniel Knight, William Harrison Knight Sr., Abner Knight, Delilah (Knight) Puckett, John Knight and Elizabeth Knight
Husband of
Catherine Nancy Middleton (Thomas) Knight
— married
Dec 1808 in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Manima (Knight) Lindley, Isaac Elbert Knight, James Zemiriah Knight, Baxter Hendley Knight, David Thomas Knight, Delinda H (Knight) Summerall, Verlinchia Forella (Knight) Lindley, John Gambrell Knight and Susan Adeline (Knight) Lindley
Died before
before age 81
in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2019
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Biography
James was born in 1784. He was the son of John Knight and Elizabeth Douglas. He passed away before 1866.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-6K3 : 4 April 2020), James Knight, Laurens county, Laurens, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1336, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT8-P2D : 18 March 2020), Jas Knight, 1860.
YDNA Haplogroup
A descendant of Peter Knight's YDNA test indicate James Gambrell Knight's YDNA haplogroup is M-269.[2]
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Linda (Johnson) Leslie.
- ↑ 2018 Archive of Knight YDNA Project; Due to GDPR was moved to FamilyTreeDNA.com
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Wendyl Knight
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #294289 - Robert Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #920130
- Rob Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #924555
- Chip Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #916667
- Wilbur Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT420076, FTDNA kit #646648
- Thomas Knight :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup I-BY64230, FTDNA kit #1006016
-
~3.12%
Samuel Knight :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Swknig1
-
~1.56%
Wendyl Knight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A598368 [compare], Ancestry member jorayek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A598368 [compare], FTDNA kit #294289
-
~1.56%
Susan Henderson :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Jeff Knight :
23andMe, GEDmatch M258855 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Katina (Patterson) Burton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M055428 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M055428 [compare], Ancestry member tinab300
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B128476
-
~0.78%
M (Knight) Knight Van Deusen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M261786 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308366 [compare], Ancestry member grdnorose
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B59152
-
~0.78%
Linda (Johnson) Leslie :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MS7497799 [compare], Ancestry member lindleslie
-
~0.78%
JoRaye Knight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A493249 [compare], Ancestry member jorayek
-
~0.78%
Terry Solomon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ter_solomon
-
~0.78%
Rob Knight :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rknight1963
-
~0.78%
Kari (Bowles) Lewis :
AncestryDNA
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