Hannah (Whitney) Knight (1768 - 1856)

Born 25 Dec 1768 in Chandler's River, Maine

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Atkins Knight — married Dec 1785 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died Jan 1856 at age 87 in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Hannah Whitney was born [probably at Machias, Maine], 25 Dec 1768, the daughter of Joel Whitney and Mary Weston; buried at Calais, 1 Feb 1856, ae 91y [sic]. She married at Machias, Dec 1785, Paul Atkins Knight.

Sources

• The Rev. I. C. Knowlton, Annals of Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including the Village of Milltown, ME., and the Present Town of Milltown, N.B. (J. A. Sears, Printer, Calais, ME, 1875), p. 36
• Leonard F. Tibbetts and Darryl B. Lamson, Early Jonesborough Families of Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, April 2004), p. 450
• Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 8, p. 292
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-RJF : 12 April 2016), Hannah Knight in household of William Goodwin, Calais, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 289, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33862683/hannah-cloes : accessed 16 August 2021), memorial page for Hannah Whitney Cloes (1768–1842), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33862683, citing Webster Rural Cemetery, Webster, Monroe County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Audrey Z. Martini (contributor 48572637) .