Jonathan Knight II (1672 - 1711)

Born 2 Oct 1672 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Buttrick) Wood — married 7 Nov 1705 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1711 at age 38 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jonathan Knight was born October 2, 1672 in Concord, Middlesex County. Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Knight and Ruth Wright Knight.^[1]

Jonathan purchased a tract of land in 1701 covering much of which is now the town of Acton^[2]

He was married in Concord on November 7, 1705 to Sarah Buttrick, Justice Minott officiating. Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Buttrick and Elizabeth Blood Buttrick,^{[3] [1]}

Jonathan died in Concord March 11, 1710/11 at the age of 39. He was buried in the Old Hill Burying Ground, in Concord.^[4][1][5][6]

From his headstone, "Here lyes ye body of Jonathan Knight who decesed March the 11th 1711/12 in ye 40th year of his age"^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} U S Find a Grave Index 1600-Current; Memorial #240081816
2. ↑ Shattuck, Lemuel: :History of Concord, Mass.", page 275.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Town Marriage Records 1620-1850; Concord VB; 11/7/1705
4. ↑ Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index 1648-1870, 1711, Administrative, Case 13432.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Towm Death Recoords 1620-1850; Concord, 1710; NEHGS Massachusetts Death Records database on-line.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988; Concord Register, Volume II, page 77.
7. ↑ Gravemarker Data from the South (Main Street) Burying Ground and the Old Hill Burying Ground Concord, Mass.
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24081816