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Hugh Knight 1600–1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 1664

Death Location: Sherborne, Dorset, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady (Popham)

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Gilbert

Children(s): Elizabeth Jones, Arthur Jones, Eleazar Jones, Richard Jones

Hugh Knight was born in 1600 in Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir Francis Popham Of Littlecott Knight And Lady Anne Gardiner Sutton Dudley Popham. Hugh Knight married Elizabeth Gilbert, and had children including Arthur Jones, Eleazar Jones, Elizabeth Reade Jones, Frances Jones, Richard Jones. Hugh Knight passed away in 1664 in Sherborne, Dorset, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh Knight was born in 1600 in Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir Francis Popham Of Littlecott Knight And Lady Anne Gardiner Sutton Dudley Popham.
  • Hugh Knight married Elizabeth Gilbert, and had children including Arthur Jones, Eleazar Jones, Elizabeth Reade Jones, Frances Jones, Richard Jones.
  • Hugh Knight passed away in 1664 in Sherborne, Dorset, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Hugh Knight's Ancestors

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Hugh Knight
1600–1664
Birth Place: Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Knight
1573–1644
Littlecott, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Anne Gardiner Sutton Dudley) (Popham)
1575–1651
Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Popham, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of) England
1531–1607
Sedgemoor District, Somerset, England
Lady (Amy Anne) Games
1522–1606
Castleton, Glamorgan, Wales
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Popham
1504–1556
Jane Lady
1505–1556
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Bridgewater,
1478–1539
Lady Knowles
1481–1549

Hugh Knight's Descendants

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Hugh Knight (1600–1664) m. Elizabeth Gilbert (1604–abt 1643)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Reade) Jones 1617–1675 m. Col. (John) Hansford 1608–1661
    1. 1. Elizabeth Hansford 1640–1709 m. Randall (Holt -) IM 1640–1679
      1. 1. John (M) Holt 1664–1705 m. Mary Binns 1668–1705 m. Angelina Crawford 1660–1766 m. Ann Crafford 1664–1685
        1. 1. Joseph Holt 1690–1772 m. Abigail Hemingway 1711–
        2. 2. Mary Holt 1685–1772
        3. 3. Grace Holt 1684–1731
        4. 4. David Holt 1689–1723
        5. 5. Martha Holt 1685–1772
        6. 6. Benjamin HOLT 1685–1723
        7. 7. Benjamin Holt 1690–1772
        8. 8. Elizabeth Holt-Cockes 1695–1744
        9. 9. Mary (Seward) Holt 1696–1751
        10. 10. David Holt 1685–1749
        11. 11. William Holt 1692–1773
        12. 12. John (Holt) II 1684–1723
        13. 13. Charles Holt 1688–1773
        14. 14. Anne Holt 1698–
        15. 15. Tapphanas Holt 1702–
        16. 16. Thomas Holt 1702–
        17. 17. Joseph Holt 1698–1718
      2. 2. William (B.) Holt 1670–1726
      3. 3. Thomas Holt 1668–1730
      4. 4. Jarrett Holt 1676–1736
      5. 5. William (Holt) (8GGF) 1670–1726
      6. 6. Elizabeth ("Mary") Holt 1679–1721
      7. 7. John Holt 1679–1733
      8. 8. Jane Holt 1670–1734
      9. 9. Mary (Holt -) Gray 1674–1757
      10. 10. Lucy Holt 1679–1709
      11. 11. Randall (Holt) III 1640–1679
      12. 12. Michael (Holt,) Capt 1635–
      13. 13. Elizabeth Holt 1668–1709
      14. 14. Mary Holt 1675–1757
      15. 15. Captain (Michael) Holt 1665–1705
    2. 2. CATHERINE ("CATY") HANSFORD 1640–1709
    3. 3. Charles (Hansford) Captain 1654–1702
    4. 4. John Hansford 1638–1671
    5. 5. William Hansford 1639–1709
    6. 6. Mary Hansford 1642–1671
    7. 7. Annie (Eliza) Hansford 1640–1709
    8. 8. Margaret Hansford 1656–1667
    9. 9. Elizabeth (Folliott) Moody 1660–1702
    10. 10. Elizabeth Hansford 1656–1657
    11. 11. Col. (Thomas) Hansford 1646–1676
    12. 12. Martha Hansford 1648–1715
  2. 2. Arthur Jones 1630–1681
  3. 3. Eleazar Jones –1632
  4. 4. Richard Jones –1735

Hugh Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1600
1600
Birth of Hugh Knight in Gloucestershire, England
Gloucestershire, England
1664
1664
Age 64
Death of Hugh Knight in Sherborne, Dorset, England
Sherborne, Dorset, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1664
    Event Place: Sherborne, Dorset, England

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