Knight Family Connections

This family is not directly related to us. I include this partial descent list due to the frequent intermarriage with our family. I have left out most of the children, including only those who married into our lines.

William Knight was born about 1565 in England. He married

Elizabeth Carter. Elizabeth was born about 1570 in England.

William and Elizabeth had four children that we know of (Richard, Thomasine, John, Richard), of whom we list two:

c. John Knight was born about 1595 in England, and died in 1670 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Vincent. Elizabeth was born probably around 1600 in England and died 29 Mar 1644 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. They came to Massachusetts about 1635.
John and Elizabeth had five children (John, Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah), of whom we list one:

c1. John Knight was born about May 1626 (baptized 14 May) in England, and died 7 Feb 1677 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married Bathsheba Ingersoll, daughter of Richard Ingersoll and Agnes Langley. Bathsheba was born about 1629 in Bedfordshire, England, and died 24 Oct 1705 in Newbury.
John and Bathsheba had nine children (John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Richard, Benjamin, Isaac), of whom we list eight:

c11. John Knight was born 16 Aug 1648 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died May 1725 in Newbury. He married 1 Jan 1671/72 in Newbury, Rebecca Noyes [11380.5.7], daughter of James Noyes and Sarah Brown.

c12. Joseph Knight was born 21 Jun 1652 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 29 Jan 1723 in Newbury. He married 31 Oct 1677 in Newbury, Deborah Coffin, daughter of Tristram Coffin and Judith Greenleaf. Deborah was born 10 Nov 1655 in Newbury.
Joseph and Deborah had eleven children (Judith, John, Joseph, Deborah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, Tristram, John, Stephen), of whom we list one:

c121. Judith Knight was born 23 Oct 1678 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 29 Dec 1702 in Newbury, Daniel Noyes [5690.3.2], son of John Noyes and Mary Poor.

c13. Elizabeth Knight was born 18 Oct 1655 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 26 Jan 1745/46 in Newbury. She married 25 Feb 1672/73, Cutting Noyes [5690.5], son of Nicholas Noyes and Mary Cutting.

c14. Mary Knight was born 8 Sep 1657 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 13 Jan 1680/81 in Newbury, Timothy Noyes [5690.8], son of Nicholas Noyes and Mary Cutting.

c15. Sarah Knight was born 13 Apr 1660 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 10 Mar 1707/08 in Newbury. She married Thomas Noyes [5690.12], son of Nicholas Noyes and Mary Cutting.

c16. Hannah Knight was born 30 Aug 1664 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 25 Sep 1745. She married 31 Mar 1684 in Newbury, James Noyes [5690.9], son of Nicholas Noyes and Mary Cutting.

c17. Richard Knight was born 26 Jul 1666 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts; his death date is unknown, but he signed his will in Feb 1735. Richard married his second cousin Elizabeth Jaques [d39], daughter of Henry Jaques and Anne Knight.
Richard and Elizabeth had six children (Richard, Henry, Elizabeth, Moses, Edmund, Samuel), of whom we list three:

c171. Richard Knight was born about 1695 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died sometime before Sep 1723. He married 14 Apr 1715 in Newbury, Hepzibah Pearson [2838.7.5], daughter of Jeremiah Pearson and Priscilla Hazen.

c173. Elizabeth Knight was born 11 Mar 1702 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 30 Oct 1720 in Newbury, Samuel Dole [2840.6.8], son of William Dole and Mary Brocklebank.

c175. Edmund Knight was born 30 Aug 1714 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1784. He married 25 May 1741 in Newbury, Jane Little [2840.7.2.5], daughter of Sarah Dole and Tristram Little.

c18. Benjamin Knight was born 21 Aug 1668 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1737 in Newbury. He married his second cousin Abigail Jaques [d3B], daughter of Henry Jaques and Anne Knight.
Benjamin and Abigail had several children, of whom we list three:

c181. Abigail Knight was born 15 Apr 1697 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 14 Oct 1774 in Newbury. She married 24 Jan 1722/23, Jonathan Pearson [2838.10.11], son of Benjamin Pearson and Hannah Thurston.

c182. Stephen Knight was born 22 Mar 1707 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 1 Apr 1776 in Newbury. He married 16 Oct 1729 in Newbury, Hannah Holmes [2838.10.1.2], daughter of John Holmes and Hannah Pearson.

c183. Jacob Knight was born 15 Dec 1711 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 17 Oct 1734 in Reading (Middlesex) Massachusetts, his cousin Deborah Noyes [5690.3.2.6], daughter of Daniel Noyes and Judith Knight [c121]. Jacob and Deborah are first cousins once removed, both descending from [c1] John Knight and Bathsheba Ingersoll, above.

d. Richard Knight was born about 1603 in Hampshire, England, and died 4 Aug 1683 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. He married Agnes Coffley. Agnes was born about 1605 in England, and died 29 Mar 1679 in Newbury.
Richard and Agnes had seven children (Richard, William, Anne, Richard, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Sarah), of whom we list three:

d3. Anne Knight was born May 1631 in Hampshire, England, and died 22 Feb 1704/05 in Massachusetts. She married Henry Jaques. Henry was born about 1630 and died 24 Feb 1687.
Anne and Henry had eleven children (Henry, Mary, Mary, Richard, Hannah, Stephen, Sarah, Daniel, Elizabeth, Ruth, Abigail), of whom we list seven:

d34. Richard Jaques was born 23 Oct 1653 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 28 May 1683 in Newbury, drowned. He married 18 Jan 1681/82, Ruth Plummer [5638.1.7], daughter of Samuel Plummer and Mary Bitfield.

d35. Hannah Jaques was born about 1660 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 16 Mar 1731 in Newbury. She married 15 Jan 1679/80 in Newbury, Ephraim Plummer [5638.1.4], son of Samuel Plummer and Mary Bitfield.

d36. Stephen Jaques was born 9 Sep 1661 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1743 in Newbury. He married 13 May 1684 in Newbury, Deborah Plummer [5638.1.9], daughter of Samuel Plummer and Mary Bitfield.

d37. Sarah Jaques was born 20 Mar 1663 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 10 Oct 1683 in Newbury, John Hale, son of John Hale and Rebeca Lowell.
Sarah and John had fifteen children (Rebecca, John, Richard, Henry, Richard, Stephen, Sarah, Samuel, Benjamin, Anne, Mary, Margaret, Mary, Ruth, Anne), of whom two are listed under John.

d39. Elizabeth Jaques was born 28 Oct 1669 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died sometime after 1742. She married her second cousin Richard Knight [c17], son of John Knight and Bathsheba Ingersoll.
Elizabeth and Richard had six children (Richard, Henry, Elizabeth, Moses, Edmund, Samuel), of whom two are listed above under Richard.

d3A. Ruth Jaques was born 14 Apr 1672 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 9 Jan 1764. She married 29 Nov 1692, Stephen Emery. Stephen was born 6 Sep 1666 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 1 Feb 1746/47.
Ruth and Stephen probably had several children, we only know of two (Sarah, Mary), and list one:

d3A1. Sarah Emery was born Jan 1695 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died sometime after Mar 1779. She married 21 May 1719 in Newbury, Richard Dole [2840.6.4], son of William Dole and Mary Brocklebank.

d3B. Abigail Jaques was born 11 Mar 1672/73 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1763. She married her second cousin Benjamin Knight [c18], son of John Knight and Bathsheba Ingersoll.
Abigail and Benjamin had several children, of whom three are listed under Benjamin above.

d6. Rebecca Knight was born 7 Mar 1643 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 13 Nov 1661, Abiel Somerby, son of Anthony Somerby and Abigail ___. Abiel was born 8 Sep 1641 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 27 Dec 1671 in Newbury.
We only know of two children (Abiel, Sarah), and list one:

d61. Abiel Somerby was born 21 Aug 1667 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 8 Jan 1744/45 in Newbury. He married 26 Jan 1691/92 in Newbury, Jane Brocklebank [2840.8], daughter of Samuel Brocklebank and Hannah ___.

d7. Sarah Knight was born about 1645 in Newbury (Essex) Massachusetts. She married 25 May 1663, John Kelly [5666.3], son of John Kelly and Nancy Bishop.

Compiled by Bill Stupak. Last update: Sep 2010