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JAMES Moore Knight 1730 – 1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 2 Nov 1786

Death Location: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Knight

Mother: Isabell Knight

Spouse(s): Priscilla Carter

Children(s): Sarah Knight

JAMES Moore Knight was born in 1730 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Hughes Knight and Isabell Carter, 1714, Knight. JAMES Moore Knight married Priscilla Carter, and had children including Sarah Knight. JAMES Moore Knight passed away in 1786 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • JAMES Moore Knight was born in 1730 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Hughes Knight and Isabell Carter, 1714, Knight.
  • JAMES Moore Knight married Priscilla Carter, and had children including Sarah Knight.
  • JAMES Moore Knight passed away in 1786 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Knight
1705 – 1769
Birth Location: Nansemond County (now Sussex), Virginia
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Isabell Knight
1714 – 1770
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Priscilla Carter
1735 – 1794
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Sarah Knight
1760 – 1794
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
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JAMES Knight's Ancestors

Self
JAMES Knight
1730 – 1786
Birth Place: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John Hughes Knight
1705 – 1769
Nansemond County (now Sussex), Virginia
Isabell (Carter, 1714,) Knight
1714 – 1770
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
William (W) Knight
1686 – 1751
Nansemond, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Plumpton
1692 – 1789
Spofforth, Yorkshire, England
Isaac Carter
1695 – 1732
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Martha (Lee (Mattie) Carter) Summers
1695 – 1742
Bertie, North Carolina
Great-Grandparents
Capt War
1672 – 1735
Arabella Williamson
1672 – 1733
Richard Summers
1670 – 1729
Mary Bryant
1673 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JAMES Knight's Descendants

1.
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JAMES (Moore) Knight (1730 – 2 Nov 1786) m. Priscilla Carter (Nov 1735 – Feb 1794)
  1. 1. Sarah Knight (1760 – 1794) m. Hartwell Hart (1750 – )
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth Betsy) Hart (1780 – 1 February 1878) m. Robert (Stephen) Coe (1775 – 1826)
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth 'Polly') Coe (1802 – 1870) m. SOLOMON (B.) Snow (1798 – 18 Mar 1852)
        1. 1. Ebenezer (B) (Ebb)Snow (14 Oct 1821 – 29 Sep 1892) m. Elizabeth (A.) Clift (11 JUL 1824 – 22 OCT 1870)

JAMES Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of JAMES Moore Knight in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
1786
2 Nov 1786
Age 56
Death of JAMES Moore Knight in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1786
    Event Place: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
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