Born in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Knott
and Catherine (Potter) Knott
Sister of
Rebekah (Knott) Lippincott, Sarah (Knott) Lippincott, David Knott, Samuel Knott, Rachel (Knott) Van Dyke, Catharine (Knott) Stillwell and Mercy Mary (Knott) Hendriskson
Wife of
Gavin Drummond
— married
21 Mar 1759 in Monmouth, New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia Ann (Drummond) Little, Robert Drummond, Elizabeth Drummond, Catherine Drummond, Rachel (Drummond) Craig and John Drummond
Died about
at about age 49
in Monmouth County New Jersey
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2017
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Biography
KNOTT--Peter Knott [1681-1770] took up land, it is said, as early as 1720, at Hurley's Corners in Wall township. In 1734, he bought land of John Roehead in the same vicinity. He is named among persons who early took up land and in the present county of Ocean. His son David [David Knott 1732-1788] also took up much land.
Peter Knott's will was dated Feb. 17, 1770; his daus. married as follows: Rebecca [b.1725] to Remembrance Lippencott; Rachel [b.1728] to Peter Van Dike; Abigail [b.1740] to Gavin Drummond; Mercy [b.1741] to Conrad Hendrickson and Catharine [b.1741] to James Wilson. His executors, 1770, were Gavin Drummond and Conradt Hendricks (Hendrickson?). Abigail was married to Gavin Drummond 21 Mar 1759 in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
Abigail was born in 1734. She passed away about 1784.
Sources
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Georgia Ann (Spiker) Varner.
- Millennium File, Author: Heritage Consulting, Publisher, Ancestry.com, Operations Inc, Publisher Date 2003, Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA:
Name: Abigail Knott Gender: Female Birth Date:1734 Birth Place: Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Father: Peter Knott Mother: Catherine Potter Children: Robert Drummond; John Drummond; Lydia Drummond; Elizabeth Drummond
- "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-91YS : 20 January 2020), Abigail Knott in entry for Gavin Drummond, 1759.
- A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties: Embracing a Genealogical Record of Earliest Settlers in Monmouth and Ocean Counties and their Descendants... by Edwin Salter
- New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, Film Number: 000888703
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.39%
~1.56%
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Knott-834 and Knott-979 appear to represent the same person because: This looks like a duplicate. Thanks!
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