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John Knight 1701 – 1781 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jun 1701

Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England

Death Date: 26 Aug 1781

Death Location: Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old)

Father: William Knight

Mother: Katherine (Jenkins)

Spouse(s): Dorothy Bray

Children(s): Wiiliam Knight, Joseph Knight, Elizabeth Knight, James Knight, John Knight

The story of John Knight began in 1701 in Roche, Cornwall, England. John Knight married Dorothy Bray, and had children including Wiiliam Knight, Joseph (snr) Knight, Elizabeth Knight, James Knight, John Knight. John Knight passed away in 1781 in Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old).

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Biography

  • The story of John Knight began in 1701 in Roche, Cornwall, England.
  • John Knight married Dorothy Bray, and had children including Wiiliam Knight, Joseph (snr) Knight, Elizabeth Knight, James Knight, John Knight.
  • John Knight passed away in 1781 in Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old).

Immediate Family

Parents

William Knight
1672 – 1710
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England
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Katherine (Jenkins)
1679 – 1755
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy Bray
1705 – 1767
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall
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Children(s)

Wiiliam Knight
1731 – 1800
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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Joseph Knight
1736 – 1808
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
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Elizabeth Knight
1744 –
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall
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James Knight
1746 – 1805
Birth Location: Roche, Cornwall, England
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John Knight
Birth Location: –
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John Knight's Ancestors

Self
John Knight
1701 – 1781
Birth Place: Roche, Cornwall, England
Parents
William Henry Knight
1672 – 1710
Roche, Cornwall, England
Katherine (Jenking) (Jenkins)
1679 – 1755
Roche, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Knight's Descendants

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John Knight (25 Jun 1701 – 26 Aug 1781) m. Dorothy Bray (Apr 1705 – Aug 1767)
  1. 1. Wiiliam Knight (10 November 1731 – February 1800) m. Sarah Treverton (1735 – 1794)
    1. 1. Grace (Mary) Knight (1757 – 25 December 1801)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Treverton) Knight (13 March 1758 – 10 September 1801)
  2. 2. Joseph ((snr)) Knight (Sep 1736 – 5 Sep 1808) m. Elizabeth Marke (December 1741 – February 1798) m. Jane (Jenifer) Harvey m. Mary Knight (1780 – 1783)
    1. 1. Joseph Knight (May 1763 – April 1837) m. Mary Pappin
      1. 1. Joseph (Knight) Jnr (1790 – November 1870) m. Betsy Merryfield
        1. 1. Joseph Knight (abt 1823 – )
        2. 2. Catherine (Kitty) Knight (1826 – 1884) m. Elias (Pinch) Snr (1819 – )
        3. 3. Christopher Knight (abt 1827 – )
        4. 4. Charlotte Knight (1832 – )
        5. 5. David Knight (March 1835 – 7 February 1917) m. Mary (A) Knight (1836 – )
    2. 2. James Knight (1768 – January 1822)
    3. 3. Joyce Knight (August 1769 – 9 January 1839)
    4. 4. Anthony Knight (May 1773 – 25 January 1855) m. Elizabeth Grouse
    5. 5. Robyn Knight (December 1773 – )
    6. 6. Elizebeth Knight (abt 1776 – June 1813) m. John (Trevail) (Treveale) (1772 – 1826)
      1. 1. John Trevail (1806 – June 1893) m. Christina Knight m. Mary (Ann Yelland) Varicoe
        1. 1. James (V) Trevail (abt 1837 – )
        2. 2. Rheumah (T) Trevail (abt 1840 – )
        3. 3. Rueben (Knight) Trevail (1842 – 1905) m. Francis (Ann) Hawkin (abt 1847 – )
        4. 4. Mary (A K) Trevail (abt 1845 – )
        5. 5. Ellen Trevail (1847 – )
        6. 6. Jenifer Trevail (1849 – )
        7. 7. Elizabeth Trevail (1852 – )
        8. 8. James Trevail
        9. 9. Joseph Trevail
    7. 7. Benjamin Knight (May 1779 – December 1845)
    8. 8. Mary Knight (1784 – ) m. Richard Brewer (29 August 1784 – 9 December 1867)
      1. 1. Martha Grigg (1813 – )
      2. 2. Francis Brewer (1817 – )
      3. 3. Mary Brewer (1822 – )
      4. 4. Biddy Brewer (abt 1825 – )
      5. 5. John Brewer
      6. 6. Nancy Brewer
    9. 9. Mary (Solomon) Knight (abt 1784 – April 1860) m. Richard Grigg (17 June 1781 – 5 May 1853)
      1. 1. John Grigg (1835 – )
        1. 1. Olivia Grigg (1869 – 1941)
    10. 10. Dorothy Knight (21 March 1785 – January 1861)
    11. 11. Joe Knight (19 October 1789 – 2 September 1793)
    12. 12. Jane Knight (28 July 1792 – October 1861) m. William Hore (30 May 1790 – Jul 1876)
      1. 1. Betsy Hore (1814 – 1881) m. Joseph Wedlake (1816 – )
        1. 1. Jane Wedlake (abt 1836 – )
        2. 2. Eliza (A) Wedlake (abt 1840 – )
        3. 3. Lavinia Wedlake (1843 – ) m. Phillip Matthews (abt 1846 – )
        4. 4. Miriam Wedlake (1846 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Wedlake (abt 1847 – )
        6. 6. Richard Wedlake (1850 – )
        7. 7. Joseph Wedlake (abt 1854 – 1886) m. Ann Cock\cox (25 April 1848 – 29 April 1915)
        8. 8. Charles Wedlake (1858 – )
        9. 9. Emma Wedlake (1859 – )
        10. 10. Annie Wedlake (1867 – )
        11. 11. James Hore (1847 – )
        12. 12. Daniel Hore (1849 – )
      2. 2. Jane Hore (1816 – )
      3. 3. William Hore (1819 – 1870)
      4. 4. Joseph (Percival) Hore (23 September 1821 – 26 May 1890) m. Ann Stoneman (1827 – 5 October 1888)
        1. 1. William (Henry) Hore (1846 – 29 November 1916) m. Mary (Celia) Hore (January 1856 – 1935)
        2. 2. Hezekiah Hore (1848 – 1927) m. Sarah (Hankel (nee)) Attwood (1862 – 1915) m. Anna ((hannah) Maria) Luxon (1957 – ) m. Drusilia Warne (1845 – 1901)
        3. 3. David Hore (1852 – ) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Kestell (October 1856 – 4 June 1912)
        4. 4. Jeremiah Hore (1855 – )
        5. 5. Emily Hore (22 June 1856 – ) m. William Chapman (1853 – 1899)
        6. 6. Albert Hore (1859 – )
        7. 7. Lucy Hore (Oct 1859 – 1894) m. John Rowe (Apr 1858 – 1935)
        8. 8. Luther Hore (1861 – 1940) m. Amelia Manley (1873 – )
        9. 9. John Hore (1864 – )
        10. 10. Martin Hore (1867 – 17 October 1901) m. Susan (Ann) Spry (1866 – 26 October 1942)
      5. 5. Simon Hore (abt 1827 – )
      6. 6. Reuben Hore (abt 1832 – 31 December 1906) m. Patience Common (1832 – 1869)
        1. 1. Ida Hore (1858 – 1914) m. Frederick (George) Cocking (27/11/1857 – 1908)
      7. 7. Daniel Hore (1833 – 1913) m. Charity Pooley (1839 – )
        1. 1. Clara (Jane) Hore (Abt 1866 – )
        2. 2. Bessie (Louisa) Hore
        3. 3. Cephas ((cyprian)) Hore ( – 1948)
    13. 13. William Knight (15 February 1796 – 9 May 1841)
    14. 14. John Knight (8 April 1799 – 1853)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Knight (Feb 1744 – Mar1793) m. Philip ((Treveale)) Trevail (1737 – 4 Mar 1796)
    1. 1. John (Trevail) (Treveale) (1772 – 1826) m. Elizebeth Knight (abt 1776 – June 1813)
  4. 4. James Knight (23 Mar 1746 – 13 Feb 1805) m. Blanch Robins (About 1746 – Jan 1831)
    1. 1. James Knight (Oct 1768 – 2 May 1838) m. Philippa Hooper (4 Jan 1767 – 14 Nov 1842)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Knight (December 1788 – 6 July 1813) m. Lancelot Hore (18 December 1785 – 11 March 1843)
        1. 1. Mary Hore (1813 – 1815)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Hore (1813 – 1867) m. Robert Knight (1811 – 1855)
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Knight (August 1794 – 24 October 1853)
      3. 3. Philippa Knight (August 1794 – 24 October 1853)
      4. 4. Phillip Knight (September 1794 – March 1856)
      5. 5. James Knight (December 1796 – October 1868)
      6. 6. Jane Knight (1799 – March 1859)
      7. 7. Nancy (Ann) Knight (15 March 1801 – 14 January 1879)
      8. 8. Anthony Knight (October 1802 – April 1852)
      9. 9. William Knight (23 August 1806 – 17 October 1867) m. Mary (Anne) Knight (2 August 1806 – 3 January 1871)
        1. 1. James (Penrose) Knight (3 January 1833 – 23 October 1904)
        2. 2. John Knight (16 June 1834 – 19 July 1911)
        3. 3. William (Henry) Knight (25 June 1837 – 8 July 1914)
        4. 4. Samuel Knight (19 March 1839 – 17 May 1862)
        5. 5. Thomas Knight (1844 – 14 April 1920)
        6. 6. Joseph Knight (11 October 1845 – 7 July 1906) m. Elizabeth Heayns (4 October 1849 – 24 November 1926)
        7. 7. Daniel Knight (18 July 1847 – 17 November 1902)
        8. 8. Phillipa (Jane) Barber (1849 – 28 July 1923)
        9. 9. David Knight (27 September 1851 – 24 December 1924)
    2. 2. William Knight (25 March 1770 – 1785)
    3. 3. Anthony Knight (5 June 1773 – 25 January 1855) m. Mary Hore
      1. 1. Elizabeth Knight (1796 – 1848) m. John (Henry) Chapman
        1. 1. John Chapman (1817 – 1851)
    4. 4. Agnes Knight (December 1775 – February 1787)
    5. 5. Dorothy Knight (December 1779 – 1785)
    6. 6. John Knight (March 1784 – 31 March 1853)
    7. 7. Benjamin Knight (April 1787 – December 1845)
    8. 8. John Knight (September 1791 – )
    9. 9. Elizabetha Knight (1795 – 1869)
    10. 10. William Knight
  5. 5. John Knight

John Knight's Timeline

6 Records

1701
25 June 1701
Birth of John Knight in Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
1701
25 Jun 1701
Birth of John Knight in Roche, Cornwall, England
Roche, Cornwall, England
1726
2 May 1726
Age 25
John Knight was married in St Stephen in Branne,l Cornwall, England, UK
St Stephen in Branne,l Cornwall, England, UK
1726
2 May 1726
Age 25
John Knight was married in St Stephens in Brannel Church, Cornwall, Middlesex, England, UK
St Stephens in Brannel Church, Cornwall, Middlesex, England, UK
1776
26 August 1776
Age 75
Death of John Knight in Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
1781
26 Aug 1781
Age 80
Death of John Knight in Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old)
Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 June 1701
    Event Place: Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1701
    Event Place: Roche, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 May 1726
    Event Place: St Stephen in Branne,l Cornwall, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 May 1726
    Event Place: St Stephens in Brannel Church, Cornwall, Middlesex, England, UK

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1776
    Event Place: Roche, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1781
    Event Place: Roche, Cornwall, England, UK (when aged at least 75 years old)
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