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Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges 1773–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 May 1773

Birth Location: Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England

Death Date: 10 Oct 1808

Death Location: Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

Father: Brook Bridges

Mother: Fanny -Dame

Spouse(s): Edward -Esq

Children(s): Edward Baronet, Fanny Knight, Edward Austen, Elizabeth Knight, Brook Knight, Charles -Rev, Marianne Knight, Cassandra Knight\Hill, William Rev, George Knight, Richard Knight, Louisa Knight, John Knights, Merianna Knight, Cassandra Knight, Henry Knight, Elizabeth Austin, William Rev., Henry Esq, Elizabeth Rice, Edward Knight, Charles -(Rev), Brook Knight, Henry Knight, Miss Knight, Richard Knight, Marianne Knight, Rev. Knight, Brook Knight, Louisa (Hill), Elizabeth Rice, Cassandra Hill, Henry Knight, Richard Knight, Marianne Knight, William -(Rev).

In 1773, Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges entered the world in Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England, born to Brook William Bridges And Fanny B Bridges Nee Fowler Dame. Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges married Edward Austen Esq, and had children including Brook John Austen Knight, Brook John Knight, Cassandra Jane Hill Nee Knight, Cassandra Jane Knight Hill, Charles Bridges Austen Knight Rev, Charles Bridges Knight Rev, Charlotte Knight, Edward Austen, Edward Knatchbull Huguesson Sir 9Th Baronet, Edward Knight, Elizabeth Austin, Elizabeth Knight Rice, Elizabeth Rice Nee Knight, Fanny Catherine Austen Lady Knatchbull Knight, George Thomas Knight, Henry Austen Knight, Henry Austen Knight, Henry Knight Esq, John Austen Knights, Louisa Austen Knight Hill, Louisa Knight, Marianne Austen Knight, Marianne Knight, Merianna Knight, Miss Marianne Knight, Rev Charles Bridges Knight, Richard C Knight, William Knight Rev, William Knight Rev. Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges passed away in 1808 in Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1773, Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges entered the world in Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England, born to Brook William Bridges And Fanny B Bridges Nee Fowler Dame.
  • Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges married Edward Austen Esq, and had children including Brook John Austen Knight, Brook John Knight, Cassandra Jane Hill Nee Knight, Cassandra Jane Knight Hill, Charles Bridges Austen Knight Rev, Charles Bridges Knight Rev, Charlotte Knight, Edward Austen, Edward Knatchbull Huguesson Sir 9Th Baronet, Edward Knight, Elizabeth Austin, Elizabeth Knight Rice, Elizabeth Rice Nee Knight, Fanny Catherine Austen Lady Knatchbull Knight, George Thomas Knight, Henry Austen Knight, Henry Austen Knight, Henry Knight Esq, John Austen Knights, Louisa Austen Knight Hill, Louisa Knight, Marianne Austen Knight, Marianne Knight, Merianna Knight, Miss Marianne Knight, Rev Charles Bridges Knight, Richard C Knight, William Knight Rev, William Knight Rev.
  • Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges passed away in 1808 in Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Brook Bridges
1733–1791
Birth Location: Whitehall, London, England
BB
Fanny -Dame
1746–1825
Birth Location: Little Baddow, Essex, England
F-

Spouses(s)

Edward -Esq
1767–1852
Birth Location: Dean Park, Hampshire, nr Godmersham, Kent, England
E-

Children(s)

Edward Baronet
1781–1849
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
EB
Fanny Knight
1793–1882
Birth Location: Goodnestone, Kent, England
FK
Edward Austen
1794–1879
Birth Location: of Godmersham Park and Chawton House
EA
Elizabeth Knight
1800–1884
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
EK
Brook Knight
1808–1878
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
BK
Charles -Rev
1803–1867
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
C-
Marianne Knight
1801–1895
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
MK
Cassandra Knight\Hill
1806–1842
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
CK
William Rev
1798–1873
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
WR
George Knight
1795–1867
Birth Location: Goodnestone, Kent, , England
GK
Richard Knight
1806–1888
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
RK
Louisa Knight
1804–1889
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
LK
John Knights
1789–1869
Birth Location: Cranbrook, Kent England
JK
Merianna Knight
1806–1895
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
MK
Cassandra Knight
1806–1842
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
CK
Henry Knight
1797–1843
Birth Location: Rowling, Kent, England
HK
Elizabeth Austin
1800–1884
Birth Location: –
EA
William Rev.
1798–1873
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
WR
Henry Esq
1797–1843
Birth Location: Rowling, Kent, England
HE
Elizabeth Rice
1800–1884
Birth Location: Godmersham, Ashford, Kent, England
ER
Edward Knight
1794–1879
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
EK
Charles -(Rev)
1803–1867
Birth Location: Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
C-
Brook Knight
1808–1878
Birth Location: Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
BK
Henry Knight
1796–1843
Birth Location: Rowling, Kent, England
HK
Miss Knight
1801–1895
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
MK
Richard Knight
1806–1888
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
RK
Marianne Knight
1806–1895
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
MK
Rev. Knight
1803–1867
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
RK
Brook Knight
1808–1878
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
BK
Louisa (Hill)
1804–1889
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Kent, England
L(
Elizabeth Rice
1800–1884
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
ER
Cassandra Hill
1806–1842
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
CH
Henry Knight
1796–1843
Birth Location: Rowling, Kent, England
HK
Richard Knight
1806–1888
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
RK
Marianne Knight
1801–1895
Birth Location: Godmersham Park, Godmersham, Kent, England
MK
William -(Rev).
1798–1873
Birth Location: Godmersham, Kent, England
W-

Elizabeth Bridges's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Bridges
1773–1808
Birth Place: Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England
Parents
Brook William Bridges
1733–1791
Whitehall, London, England
Fanny (B. Bridges, nee Fowler) -Dame
1746–1825
Little Baddow, Essex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Bridges's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Knight, nee) Bridges (23 May 1773–10 Oct 1808) m. Edward (Austen) -Esq (7 Oct 1767–19 Nov 1852)
  1. 1. Edward (Knatchbull-Huguesson Sir-9th) Baronet 1781–1849 m. Fanny (Catherine Austen (Lady Knatchbull)) Knight 1793–1882 m. Anna (Maria Elizabeth) Southwell 1832–1889 m. Amy (Virginia) Beaumont 1859–1949 m. Annabella (Christiana) Honeywood 1785–1814 m. Fanny (Catherine Austen) Knight 1793–1882
    1. 1. Edward (Hugessen) Knatchbull 1829–1893
    2. 2. Reginald (Bridges) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1831–1911
    3. 3. Richard (Astley) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1832–1875
    4. 4. Louisa* (Susanna) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1834–1874
    5. 5. Herbert (Thomas) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1835–1922
    6. 6. William (Western) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1837–1864
    7. 7. Fanny (Elizabeth) Knatchbull 1825–1845
    8. 8. Matilda (Catherine) Knatchbull 1826–1860
    9. 9. Alice (Sophia) Knatchbull 1828–1849
    10. 10. Edward Knatchbull 1810–1818
    11. 11. Charles (Henry) Knatchbull 1811–1837
    12. 12. Mary (Dorothea) Knatchbull 1807–1838 m. Edward Austen 1794–1879
    13. 13. John Knatchbull 1814–1862
    14. 14. Wyndham Knatchbull 1812–1833
    15. 15. Katherine (Celia) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1859–1926
    16. 16. Margaret (Eva de Burgh) Knatchbull-Hugessen –1957
    17. 17. Richard (Edward Wentworth) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1881–1883
    18. 18. Wyndham (Wentworth) Knatchbull-Hugessen 1885–1915
    19. 19. Bettine (Henrietta Lloyd*, nee) Knatchbull-Hugessen –1967
    20. 20. Charles (Henry) Knatchbull 1811–1837
    21. 21. Wyndham Knatchbull 1812–1833
    22. 22. John Knatchbull 1814–1862
    23. 23. Edward Knatchbull 1810–1818
    24. 24. Norton (Joseph) Knatchbull 1808–1868
    25. 25. John Dines 1817–
    26. 26. Henry (Edward Knatchbull) * 1809–1876
    27. 27. John Knatchbull 1814–1862
    28. 28. Norton (Joseph) Knatchbull 1808–1868 m. Mary Watts-Russell 1813–1874
      1. 1. Hugessen (Edward Knatchbull MP DL 11th Baronet Knatchbull of Mersham) Hatch 1833–1871
    29. 29. Charles (Henry) Knatchbull 1811–1837
    30. 30. Eleanor (Grace) Knatchbull 1804–1883
    31. 31. Henry (Edward Knatchbull -) Rev. 1808–1876
    32. 32. Anne Knatchbull 1807–
    33. 33. Eleaner (Grace O'Reilly, nee) Knatchbull 1835–1913 m. Robert (John O'Reilly) (Barrister) 1813–1879
      1. 1. Kathleen (Mary) O'Reilly 1860–1915
    34. 34. Beatrice (Joanna) Knatchbull 1848–1932
    35. 35. Wyndham Knatchbull 1812–1833
    36. 36. Mary (Dorothea) Knatchbull 1807–1838
    37. 37. Matilda (Catherine) Knatchbull 1826–1860
    38. 38. Reginald (Bridges Knatchbull) Hugessen 1831–1911
    39. 39. Louisa (Susanna Hugerson) Knatchbull 1834–1874
    40. 40. Herbert (Thomas Knatchbull) Hugessen 1835–1922
    41. 41. William (Western Hugessen) Knatchbull 1837–1864
    42. 42. Fanny (Elizabeth) Knatchbull 1822–1845
    43. 43. Alicia (Sophia Knatchbull) Hugesson 1827–1849
    44. 44. Edward (Hugessen (Baron Brabourne) Knatchbull-Hugessen (Baron) Brabourne) 1829–1893
    45. 45. Richard (Astley) Knatchbull 1832–1875
    46. 46. Mary (Dorothea) Knatchbull 1807–1838
    47. 47. Reginald (Edward) Knatchbull 1812–1885
  2. 2. Fanny (Catherine Austen (Lady Knatchbull)) Knight 1793–1882 m. Edward (Knatchbull-Huguesson Sir-9th) Baronet 1781–1849
  3. 3. Edward Austen 1794–1879 m. Mary (Dorothea) Knatchbull 1807–1838 m. Adela (Knight, nee) Portal 1818–1870 m. Mary Knight 1811–
    1. 1. Edward (Lewkenor) Knight 1827–1838
    2. 2. Anabella (Christiana) Knight 1830–1844
    3. 3. Georgina (Elizabeth) Knight 1832–1864
    4. 4. Philip (Henry Knight) -Capt 1835–1882
    5. 5. Charles (Ernest) Knight 1836–1855
    6. 6. William (Brodnax) Knight 1838–1896
    7. 7. Wyndham (William) Knight 1828–1918
    8. 8. Montagu (George) Knight 1844–1914
    9. 9. Charles (Edward) Knight 1846–1912
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Adela) Knight 1841–1896
    11. 11. Adela (Louisa Cassandra*) Knight 1850–1931
    12. 12. Adela (Mary Margareta) Knight 1853–1912 m. Charles (Augustus Rice) Maj –1905
      1. 1. H\Ellen (Elizabeth) Rice 1877–1955
      2. 2. Mary (Adela Morland Stewart, nee) Rice 1881–1969 m. William (Edmond L Stewart) -Major 1873–
        1. 1. Mary Stewart 1909–
      3. 3. Ernestine (Cecil) Rice 1888–1948
    13. 13. Helen (Adela) Knight 1854–1937
    14. 14. Edward (Brook) Knight 1843–1844
    15. 15. Henry (John) Knight 1848–1896
    16. 16. Ethel (Adela) Knight 1856–1913
    17. 17. Elizabeth (Adela) Knight 1841–1896
    18. 18. Helen (Adela) Knight 1850–1879
    19. 19. Ethel (Adela) Knight 1856–1913
    20. 20. Helen (A) Knight 1854–
    21. 21. Ethel (A) Knight 1857–
    22. 22. Henry (John) Knight 1848–1896
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Rice, nee) Knight 1800–1884
  5. 5. Brook (John Austen) Knight 1808–1878
  6. 6. Charles (Bridges Austen Knight) -Rev 1803–1867
  7. 7. Marianne Knight 1801–1895
  8. 8. Cassandra (Jane) Knight\Hill 1806–1842
  9. 9. William (Knight) Rev 1798–1873
  10. 10. George (Thomas) Knight 1795–1867
  11. 11. Richard (C) Knight 1806–1888
  12. 12. Louisa Knight 1804–1889 m. George (Augusta) Hill 1801–1879 m. Major (Lord George Augusta) Hill 1801–1879
    1. 1. George (Marcus Wandsbeck) Hill 1849–1911
    2. 2. Norah (Mary Elizabeth) Hill 1832–1920
    3. 3. Agnes (Charlotte) Hill 1837–1927
    4. 4. Cassandra (Jane Louisa) Hill 1842–1901
    5. 5. Arthur (Blundell George Sandys) Hill 1837–1923
    6. 6. Augustus (Charles Edward) Hill 1839–1908
  13. 13. John (Austen) Knights 1789–1869 m. Ann Austin 1802– m. Elizabeth Davis*Davies 1789–1838
    1. 1. William (John) Austin 1828–1906
    2. 2. Thomas (James (aka James)) Austin 1831–1923
    3. 3. Edward Austin 1825–1875
    4. 4. Julia Austin 1833–1912
    5. 5. Catherine Austin 1829–1900
    6. 6. Elizabeth Austin 1823–1869
    7. 7. Sophia Austin 1835–1911
    8. 8. John Austin 1819–1906
    9. 9. Sarah Austin 1827–1827
    10. 10. Charles Austin 1816–1891
    11. 11. Johnathon Austin 1823–1906
    12. 12. Jane Austin 1841–
    13. 13. William (John) Austin 1832–1906
  14. 14. Merianna Knight 1806–1895
  15. 15. Cassandra (Jane Hill, nee) Knight 1806–1842 m. Arthur (Marcus Hill -) Lord 1798–1863 m. George (Augusta) Hill 1801–1879
    1. 1. Arthur (Blundell George Sandys Hill (Sandys)) -(Capt) 1837–1923 m. Helen (Emily) Chenevix-Trench 1846–1935
      1. 1. Cecily (Mary Isabel Tufton, nee) Hill 1871–1912
      2. 2. Dorothy (Frances) Hill 1883–1945
      3. 3. George (Chenevix) Hill 1887–1963
      4. 4. Madeline (Edith) Hill 1873–1921
      5. 5. Mary (Cassandra) Hill 1874–1968
      6. 6. Richard (Augustus Sandys) Hill 1880–1954
      7. 7. Arthur (Fitzgerald Sandys) Hill 1876–1961
      8. 8. Arthur (Frederick Sandys) Hill 1876–
    2. 2. Augustus (Charles Edward Hill) (Later-Sandys) 1839–1908
    3. 3. Cassandra (Jane Louisa) Hill 1842–1901
    4. 4. George (Marcus Wandsbeck) Hill 1849–1911
    5. 5. Norah (Mary Elizabeth Hill) (Later-Sandys) 1835–1920
  16. 16. Henry (Austen) Knight 1797–1843
  17. 17. Elizabeth Austin 1800–1884
  18. 18. William (Knight -) Rev. 1798–1873
  19. 19. Henry (Knight) Esq 1797–1843
  20. 20. Elizabeth (Knight) Rice 1800–1884
  21. 21. Edward Knight 1794–1879
  22. 22. Charles (Bridges Knight) -(Rev) 1803–1867
  23. 23. Brook (John) Knight 1808–1878
  24. 24. Henry (Austen) Knight 1796–1843
  25. 25. Miss (Marianne) Knight 1801–1895
  26. 26. Richard (C) Knight 1806–1888
  27. 27. Marianne Knight 1806–1895
  28. 28. Rev. (Charles Bridges) Knight 1803–1867
  29. 29. Brook (John) Knight 1808–1878
  30. 30. Louisa (Austen Knight) (Hill) 1804–1889
  31. 31. Elizabeth (Knight) Rice 1800–1884
  32. 32. Cassandra (Jane Knight) Hill 1806–1842
  33. 33. Henry (Austen) Knight 1796–1843
  34. 34. Richard (C) Knight 1806–1888
  35. 35. Marianne (Austen) Knight 1801–1895
  36. 36. William (Knight) -(Rev). 1798–1873

Elizabeth Bridges's Timeline

2 Records

1773
23 May 1773
Birth of Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges in Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England
Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England
1808
10 Oct 1808
Age 35
Death of Elizabeth Knight, nee Bridges in Godmersham, Kent, England
Godmersham, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 May 1773
    Event Place: Goodnestone Farm, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records, Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809, vol 2; Author: A Willis; Publication Date: 1969; Publication Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Woollavington, Sussex, England
    Record Source: Web: UK, Death Duty Registers Index, 1796-1811

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1808
    Event Place: Godmersham, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Web: UK, Death Duty Registers Index, 1796-1811

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Godmersham, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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