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Sir Walter Mortimer Knight 1540 – 1634 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1540

Birth Location: Staplegrove, Somerset, England

Death Date: 19 Apr 1634

Death Location: Somersetshire, England

Father: ISAAC KNIGHT

Mother: Elizabeth (Kyrbye)

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Knight

Children(s): Sir Coffley

Sir Walter Mortimer Knight was born in 1540 in Staplegrove, Somerset, England, the child of ISAAC MORTIMER KNIGHT and Elizabeth Kirby (Kyrbye). Sir Walter Mortimer Knight married Elizabeth Knight, and had children including Sir William Knight Coffley. Sir Walter Mortimer Knight passed away in 1634 in Somersetshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Walter Mortimer Knight was born in 1540 in Staplegrove, Somerset, England, the child of ISAAC MORTIMER KNIGHT and Elizabeth Kirby (Kyrbye).
  • Sir Walter Mortimer Knight married Elizabeth Knight, and had children including Sir William Knight Coffley.
  • Sir Walter Mortimer Knight passed away in 1634 in Somersetshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

ISAAC KNIGHT
1520 – 1607
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
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Elizabeth (Kyrbye)
1520 – 1600
Birth Location: Wawe, Warwickshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Knight
1540 – 1634
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
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Children(s)

Sir Coffley
1568 – 1655
Birth Location: Romsey, Hampshire, England
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Sir Knight's Ancestors

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Sir Knight
1540 – 1634
Birth Place: Staplegrove, Somerset, England
Parents
ISAAC MORTIMER KNIGHT
1520 – 1607
Romsey, Hampshire, England
Elizabeth (Kirby) (Kyrbye)
1520 – 1600
Wawe, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
15 (Alice) Symes
1505 – 1585
Romsey, Hampshire, England
Sir (Thomas) Roberts
1529 – 1567
Glassenbury Manor, Cranbrooke, Kent, England
Catherine Trentham
1530 – 1571
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Knight's Descendants

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Sir (Walter Mortimer) Knight (Abt 1540 – 19 Apr 1634) m. Elizabeth Knight (1540 – 1634)
  1. 1. Sir (William Knight) Coffley (12 May 1568 – 28 Apr 1655) m. Elizabeth ((Carter)) Knight (06 Mar 1569 – 18 Apr 1625)
    1. 1. Richard (Vincent Knight) (Deacon) (14 Jan 1602 – 4 Aug 1683)
      1. 1. Mary (E) Knight\Knights (1645 – 1678) m. George Moore (1 Jan 1635 – 1 Jan 1694)
        1. 1. William (H) Moore (28 Apr 1661 – 1763) m. Sarah (Anne) Goodige\Gooddidge (1665 – )

Sir Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1540
Abt 1540
Birth of Sir Walter Mortimer Knight in Staplegrove, Somerset, England
Staplegrove, Somerset, England
1634
19 Apr 1634
Age 94
Death of Sir Walter Mortimer Knight in Somersetshire, England
Somersetshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1540
    Event Place: Staplegrove, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1634
    Event Place: Somersetshire, England
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