Knights of Virginia
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Location: Colony of Virginia
Surname/tag: Knight
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Purpose
This page lists person-profiles of Knights of Virginia, including those of uncertain family branches, in Virginia before 1776, with research topics and issues for each.
See also:
- Researching Knights of Colonial Virginia
- John Knights of Virginia
- Knights of SC – American Revolutionary War
- Knight DNA Group Project
The "names" of some of these branches are those adopted by genealogists, and subsequent research may have identified parents or siblings that would cause us to choose a different name today.
Person-profiles are listed under their currently "attached" branch and line within that branch. Further research may result in them being moved to a different branch or line.
Merchant Peter Knight Branch
This family is named after Merchant Peter Knight (1587-bef.1674).
Haplogroup: unknown.
Note: It appears Peter Knight, Merchant, died without issue or without living heirs. Therefore, this branch is of much less interest after ensuring his profile is complete, and purported relationships are documented in research notes. If the subject of fake genealogy, it is a high priority to document that on WikiTree.
- Peter Knight (1587-bef.1674), Merchant, purported married Genevieve
- Nathaniel Basse (bef.1589-bef.1654)
- daughter Genevieve Basse (1624-1681), purported married Peter
Captain Peter Knight Branch
This family is named after Captain Peter Knight (bef.1620-bef.1705). Peter has a sibling William Knight (bef.1625-bef.1652), so perhaps this group should be named for their father Peter.
Haplogroup: R-FT420076.
- John Knight Sr. (abt.1645-bef.1701) cousin of Capt Peter Knight?
James Line
- John Knight (abt.1690-bef.1762)
- m.Elizabeth (Eppes) Knight (abt.1690-bef.1760)
- possibly m. Elizabeth (Jordan) Knight (1683-1755)
- prove married to Jordan and Eppes
- SERIOUS ISSUES. Copied from FS. Profiles don't list Eppes. All in England.
- Richard Knight and Elizabeth Eppes need sourcing, review; reviewed 27 Jan 2023, unsourced.
- Richard Knight Jr. (abt.1700-bef.1761) unsourced.
- Elizabeth (Eppes) Knight (1683-1760) unsourced.
- Richard Knight and Elizabeth Eppes need sourcing, review; reviewed 27 Jan 2023, unsourced.
- Richard Isham Eppes (abt.1714-abt.1765) needs work? review tbd.
- William Knight (abt.1719-1767) & Alice & Mary continue cleanup of conflation with William Knight Sr. (1695-abt.1752) & Mary of Maryland
- Benjamin Knight (abt.1715-aft.1749) theory son of Joseph
- John Knight (abt.1735-bef.1791)
- m. Elizabeth (Stokes) Knight (1740-1785)
- m. Sarah (Unknown) Knight (abt.1738-aft.1785) changed LNAB to Unknown 1 Sep 2023.
- m. Lucretia (Cherry) Knight (abt.1750-) review marriage.
- confirm marriages, review sources.
- John Knight (1745-1821)
- brother Thomas Knight (1754-bef.1820)
- clearly brothers? otherwise cousins?
- do their records/allied families help upstream??
- John Knight (1747-1841) of Stafford Co. VA
- John Knight (1766-) of Sussex Co. VA
- John Knight (abt.1772-) of Sussex Co. VA
- John Knight (1772-1823) of NC
Leonard Line
- Isaac Knight (1704-bef.1797)
- birth and that of son Ephraim in 1754???
Unknown Line
- William Knight (abt.1716-abt.1766) [not this person, see note below]
- See 15 Aug 1765 land record in research notes.
- William Knight, probate 1782, in Sussex County, VA. [no profile?]
- Moses Knight (abt.1735-bef.1800) m. Judith
- document parents theories.
- John Knight (1745-1838)
- m. Anne (Unknown) Knight (bef.1751-)
- LL morphed into Amherst VA! Conflated with John of John & Rachel!
- LKJ thinks he is of the Leonard line.
- needs marriage and KY research.
- removed Mary Lancaster as mother.
- is this the line for Henry C. Knight?
- Henry Knight (bef.1760-1834)
- who is this?
"Woodson" Knights Branch
This family is named after John Knight Sr (abt.1710-bef.1772) who married Elizabeth (Woodson) Knight (abt.1713-abt.1784). There are other contemporaries of John in this branch, so perhaps this group will be renamed at a later date.
Haplgroup: R-Z375.* [what is the source for this haplogroup?]
- John Knight (abt.1680-bef.1762) of unknown origin.
- son John Knight Jr. (abt.1710-bef.1772) of Lunenberg Co. VA
- Aaron Moses Knight (1700-) of where? ← in two branches
- Terrell Knight (aft.1664-1698) of Westmoreland Co.
"Dixon" Knights Branch
Edgecombe Knights
- John Knight (1712-bef.1770) m. Isabell, of Edgecombe Co. NC
Unknown Branches
- John Knight (bef.1637-aft.1658) of James City Co.
- early Colonist; what is his relationships to other Knights of Colonial Virginia?
- John Knight Sr. (abt.1645-bef.1701) of Westmoreland Co.
- R-FGC37140.
- Aaron Moses Knight (1700-) of where? ← in two branches
- Peter Knight (1715-1811) VA-NC of unknown
- Unknown Knight (abt.1719-) of Granville and Beaufort SC
- Matthew Knight (abt.1777-aft.1850) of Laurens Co. SC
- Maryland Knights
- who are they?
- I-FT2962.
[reviewed list of Knights in WikiTree search up to birth in 1630; remember to review those with death date and without birth date]
- Joseph Knight (abt.1597-), sons of James City Co.
- Benjamin Knight (abt.1596-aft.1625) of Eastern Shore, 1624/25 muster. [Dorman 1A:68]
- Mordecai Knight (-aft.1625) of Hog Island, 1624/5 muster. [Dorman 1A:43]
- Frances Knight (1620-1648) of Northampton Co.
- Isaac Knight (abt.1622-aft.1652) of Northumberland Co.
- Nathaniel Knight (bef.1631-bef.1678) of Surry Co.
- George (Miller) Knight (bef.1659-1679) of Northumberland Co.
- George & Elizabeth (____) Knight of Northampton Co. [Dorman 2:781]
- John Knight & Martha Montague of Granville Co NC. [Dorman 2:670]
- Emanual Knight in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
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