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John Knight 1710–1772 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710

Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 12 Mar 1772

Death Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Father: John Knight

Mother: Elizabeth Jordan

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Woodson

Children(s): Woodson Knight, William Knight, Joseph Knight, Lucy Knight, Judith Knight, John Knight, Mary Knight, Rachel Knight, Charles Knight, Mary Knight, Peter Knight, Jonathan Knight, Elizabeth Knight

In 1710, John Knight entered the world in Henrico, Virginia, USA, born to John Knight And Elizabeth Jordan. John Knight married Elizabeth Woodson, and had children including Charles Knight, Elizabeth Knight, John Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joseph Knight, Judith Knight, Lucy Knight, Mary Knight, Mary Woodson Knight, Peter Knight, Rachel Knight, William Knight, Woodson Knight. John Knight passed away in 1772 in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1710, John Knight entered the world in Henrico, Virginia, USA, born to John Knight And Elizabeth Jordan.
  • John Knight married Elizabeth Woodson, and had children including Charles Knight, Elizabeth Knight, John Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joseph Knight, Judith Knight, Lucy Knight, Mary Knight, Mary Woodson Knight, Peter Knight, Rachel Knight, William Knight, Woodson Knight.
  • John Knight passed away in 1772 in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Knight
1680–1762
Birth Location: Surry, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Jordan
1690–1755
Birth Location: Chuckatuck, New Kent, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Woodson
1713–1784
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Woodson Knight
1746–1831
Birth Location: Lunenberg, Virginia, USA
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William Knight
1735–1791
Birth Location: Goochland, Virginia, USA
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Joseph Knight
1744–1789
Birth Location: Luneburg, Virginia, USA
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Lucy Knight
1735–1771
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
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Judith Knight
1740–1798
Birth Location: Goochland, Virginia, USA
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John Knight
1747–1821
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Mary Knight
1749–1810
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
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Rachel Knight
1745–1771
Birth Location: Lunenberg, Virginia, USA
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Charles Knight
1761–1771
Birth Location: Virginia, GA, Louisiana, USA
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Mary Knight
1749–
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Peter Knight
1756–
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
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Jonathan Knight
1729–1809
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Knight
1746–1790
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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John Knight's Ancestors

Self
John Knight
1710–1772
Birth Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Knight
1680–1762
Surry, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Jordan
1690–1755
Chuckatuck, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Mary Basse
1662–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Knight's Descendants

1.
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John Knight (1710–12 Mar 1772) m. Elizabeth Woodson (1713–1784)
  1. 1. Woodson Knight 1746–1831
  2. 2. William Knight 1735–1791
  3. 3. Joseph Knight 1744–1789
  4. 4. Lucy Knight 1735–1771
  5. 5. Judith Knight 1740–1798
  6. 6. John Knight 1747–1821 m. Rachel Anderson 1753–1844
    1. 1. Rev (William Anderson) Knight 1778–1859 m. Sarah Cone 1780–1860
      1. 1. William (Cone) Knight 1805–1870 m. Rachel Carter 1806–1874
        1. 1. Molcy Knight 1826–1897 m. Ansel Parrish 1824–1891
        2. 2. Nancy Knight 1835–1897 m. William (J) Knight 1832–1908
        3. 3. Rachel Knight 1834–
        4. 4. Sarah Knight 1833– m. William (E.) Touchston 1836–1905
        5. 5. Mary (Cone) Knight 1843–1904 m. James (Scarborough) Roberts 1838–1922
        6. 6. Keziah Knight 1840–1882 m. Samuel Rentz 1838–1914 m. Frank Harrell –1862
        7. 7. Pvt (Jesse Carter) Knight 1831–1862 m. Mary Davis 1832–1902
        8. 8. John Knight 1828–1904 m. Dicy Staten 1826–1907
        9. 9. Elizabeth Knight 1838–1902 m. William (Washington) Williams 1834–1902
        10. 10. Aaron (W) Knight 1847– m. Margaret Walker 1841–1903
        11. 11. Thomas (Jefferson) Knight 1837–1876 m. Eliza Lee 1841–
        12. 12. William (J) Knight 1829– m. Susannah (Ann) Lightsey 1834–1905
        13. 13. Amanda Knight 1842–
        14. 14. Matthew (Albritton) Knight 1845– m. Elizabeth DeLoach 1849–
      2. 2. Jonathan Knight 1817–1886 m. Frances Staten 1818–1858
        1. 1. Keziah Knight 1841–1874
        2. 2. Elizabeth Knight 1843–1915
        3. 3. Catherine Knight 1840–1916
        4. 4. Sarah Knight 1838–1896
        5. 5. Cinderella Knight 1852–1929
        6. 6. Barzilla Knight 1836–1863
      3. 3. Sarah Knight 1808–1880 m. William (P) Roberts 1804–1852
        1. 1. William Roberts 1828–1903
        2. 2. Sarah (Matilda) Roberts 1841–
        3. 3. Martha Roberts 1838–
        4. 4. John Roberts 1826–1848
        5. 5. George (W) Roberts 1833–1863
        6. 6. Jasper (Marion) Roberts 1844–1864
      4. 4. Levi (J) Knight 1803–1870 m. Ann 1802–1857
        1. 1. William (W) Knight 1829–1863 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Carroll 1839–
        2. 2. Keziah (A) Knight 1843–1918
        3. 3. Jonathan (D) Knight 1840–1885
        4. 4. Levi Knight 1838–1856
        5. 5. Mary (A) Knight 1836–1853
        6. 6. John (Graham) Knight 1832–1908
        7. 7. Elizabeth Knight 1830–1912
        8. 8. Sarah Knight 1833–1903
      5. 5. Keziah Knight 1801–1861 m. Isbin Giddens 1788–1853
        1. 1. Matthew (O) Giddens 1844–1865
        2. 2. William (Moses) Giddens 1820–1899 m. Elizabeth Edmondson 1823–1881
        3. 3. Sarah Giddens 1828–1918 m. Matthew (A) Parrish 1829–1862
        4. 4. Matilda Giddens 1826–1887
        5. 5. Keziah (A) Giddens 1836–1904 m. William Touchston 1828–1905
        6. 6. Moses (H) Giddens 1821–1906 m. Mary (Polly) Mathis 1823–1916
        7. 7. Isbin (F) Giddens 1840–1862 m. Alice 1860–
      6. 6. John Knight 1807–1878 m. Sarah Moore 1810–1870
        1. 1. William (J) Knight 1832–1908 m. Nancy Knight 1835–1897
        2. 2. Levi (J) Knight 1833–1915
        3. 3. Keziah (Linnie) Knight 1849–1944
        4. 4. James (Aaron) Knight 1836–1885
        5. 5. Henry (H) Knight 1840–1898
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Knight 1838–1908
        7. 7. Sarah (Louisa) Knight 1845–1880
      7. 7. Thomas Knight 1799– m. Frances Mikell 1799–
        1. 1. Sophany Knight 1835–
      8. 8. Elizabeth Knight 1811–1890 m. John Carter 1809–1864
        1. 1. Martha Carter 1851–
        2. 2. Sylvanus (J) Carter 1852–
        3. 3. Moses Carter 1842–
        4. 4. Rachel Carter 1846–
        5. 5. Matthew (M) Carter 1839–
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Carter 1849–
        7. 7. Amanda Carter 1848–
        8. 8. Sarah Carter 1835–1878
        9. 9. Jesse (D) Carter 1834–1863
        10. 10. Clara Carter 1856–
        11. 11. Elizabeth Carter 1844–1892
        12. 12. John (C) Carter 1837–
        13. 13. Aaron Carter 1840–
        14. 14. Keziah Carter 1831–1896
      9. 9. Aaron Knight 1813–1887 m. Nancy (Ann) Sloan 1813–1852 m. Sarah (E) Sanders 1824–1890
        1. 1. Jonathan (N) Knight 1836–1864
        2. 2. Levi (D) Knight 1848–1901
        3. 3. Rachel Knight 1839–
        4. 4. John (W) Knight 1834–1890
        5. 5. Sarah (Ann) Knight 1841–1860
        6. 6. Oscar (V) Knight 1851–
        7. 7. Moses (D) Knight 1843–1889
        8. 8. C (Magdalena) Knight 1865–
        9. 9. Clarissa Knight 1860–1935
        10. 10. George (W) Knight 1845–1913
    2. 2. Levi Knight 1779– m. Ann (D) Herrin 1802–1857
    3. 3. Mary Knight 1776–1849 m. John Stewart 1776–1850 m. Miles Hunter 1762–1797
      1. 1. James (Thomas) Stewart 1807–1882
      2. 2. Israel (M) Stewart 1809–1876
      3. 3. David Stewart 1805–
      4. 4. Rachel Hunter 1791–
      5. 5. Samuel (W) Stewart 1811–
      6. 6. John (L) Steward 1800–1873
      7. 7. Matilda (D) Stewart 1818–1881
      8. 8. Jonathan (Knight) Stewart 1803–1850
      9. 9. Asa (Alexander) Stewart 1815–
      10. 10. Mary (Mariah) Stewart 1817–1895
      11. 11. John (L) Stewart 1800–1873
      12. 12. William (Miles) Hunter 1793–1855
    4. 4. John Knight 1794–1878 m. Martha (Patsy) Webb 1802–1865
      1. 1. William (M) Knight 1833–1865
      2. 2. Elisa (E) Knight 1824–1877
      3. 3. Martha Knight 1828–1910
      4. 4. Rebecca Knight 1834–1914
      5. 5. Hiram (Craton) Knight 1839–1918
      6. 6. Susanna Knight 1831–1909
      7. 7. John (W) Knight 1827–1863
      8. 8. Thomas Knight 1822–1856
      9. 9. Elizabeth Knight 1835–
      10. 10. James (W) Knight 1837–1910
      11. 11. Allen (Pinkney) Knight 1842–1864
    5. 5. Thomas Knight 1790–1850 m. Frances Mikell 1799–
      1. 1. Joseph Knight 1824–
      2. 2. Edward Knight 1833–
      3. 3. Thomas (J) Knight 1823–
      4. 4. Hophana Knight 1835–
      5. 5. Frances Knight 1839–1896
    6. 6. Jonathan Knight 1781–1852 m. Elizabeth Tucker 1788–1853
      1. 1. Thomas (Sumner) Knight 1820–1880
      2. 2. William Knight 1806–1850
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Lydia) Knight 1815–1885
      4. 4. Matthew (Albritton) Knight 1826–1910
      5. 5. Sarah Knight 1824–1895
      6. 6. James (Henry) Knight 1817–1888
      7. 7. Mary Knight 1805–1875
      8. 8. Jonathan Knight 1809–1871
    7. 7. Jemima Knight 1774– m. Andrew Tucker 1778–
    8. 8. James Knight 1780–1841 m. Elizabeth Valloton 1792–1868
      1. 1. Martha (Henrietta) Knight 1822–1890
      2. 2. Frances Knight 1819–
    9. 9. Jesse Knight 1777–
    10. 10. Abraham Knight 1789–1867 m. Sarah (Helen) Tucker 1796–1878
      1. 1. Eliza Knight 1838–1854
      2. 2. Elijah (Tucker) Knight 1828–1897
      3. 3. Erastus Knight 1844–1919
      4. 4. Andrew (J) Knight 1818–1893
      5. 5. Abraham (N) Knight 1826–1864
      6. 6. Samuel Knight 1817–
    11. 11. Samuel Knight 1793–1879 m. Mary Roberts 1793–1875
      1. 1. Martha Knight 1832–1912
      2. 2. Elizabeth Knight 1827–1912
      3. 3. Joel Knight 1823–1879
      4. 4. Jesse Knight 1817–1911
      5. 5. Frances Knight 1825–1896
      6. 6. Moses Knight 1813–1815
      7. 7. Fatima Knight 1811–1846
      8. 8. Mary Knight 1829–1894
      9. 9. Thomas Knight 1820–1828
      10. 10. Aaron Knight 1815–1842
  7. 7. Mary Knight 1749–1810
  8. 8. Rachel Knight 1745–1771
  9. 9. Charles Knight 1761–1771
  10. 10. Mary (Woodson) Knight 1749–
  11. 11. Peter Knight 1756–
  12. 12. Jonathan Knight 1729–1809
  13. 13. Elizabeth Knight 1746–1790

John Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710
Birth of John Knight in Henrico, Virginia, USA
Henrico, Virginia, USA
1772
12 Mar 1772
Age 62
Death of John Knight in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710
    Event Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: OneWorldTree, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1772
    Event Place: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: OneWorldTree, Database online.
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