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Thomas Knight 1560 – 1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1629

Death Location: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Knight

Mother: Frances Mayde

Spouse(s): Margery Thayer

Children(s): Margery Knights, Margaret Knight

The story of Thomas Knight began in 1560 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. Thomas Knight married Margery Thayer, and had children including Margery Knights, Margaret Margery Knight. Thomas Knight passed away in 1629 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Knight began in 1560 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • Thomas Knight married Margery Thayer, and had children including Margery Knights, Margaret Margery Knight.
  • Thomas Knight passed away in 1629 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Knight
1536 – 1612
Birth Location: Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
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Frances Mayde
1539 – 1622
Birth Location: Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margery Thayer
1562 – 1676
Birth Location: Limehouse, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margery Knights
1611 – 1676
Birth Location: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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Margaret Knight
– 1676
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Knight's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Knight
1560 – 1629
Birth Place: Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Knight
1536 – 1612
Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Frances Mayde
1539 – 1622
Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Kett
1500 – 1553
Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Leigh
1502 – 1573
Wymondham, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
Stephen Mayde
1514 –
Wymondham, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
Anna
1518 –
Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Giles Leigh
1491 – 1537
Katherine Bold
1478 – 1558
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Leigh
1444 – 1495
Margaret
1448 –

Thomas Knight's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Knight (1560 – 1629) m. Margery Thayer (1562 – 18 JUL 1676)
  1. 1. Margery Knights (12 AUG 1611 – 18 JUL 1676) m. William Hayward (FEB 1604 – 10 MAY 1659)
    1. 1. Jonathan Hayward (19 NOV 1634 – 21 NOV 1689) m. Sarah Thayer (12 MAY 1644 – 27 AUG 1690)
    2. 2. Hannah Hayward (1637 – 1637)
    3. 3. Sarah Hayward (1637 – 1637)
    4. 4. John Hayward (ABT 1645 – )
    5. 5. Mary Hayward (JUN 1654 – )
    6. 6. Sarah Hayward (DEC 1655 – )
    7. 7. Elizabeth Hayward (25 JUL 1658 – )
    8. 8. Samuel (Hayward) Howard (3 APR 1664 – 29 JUL 1713)
  2. 2. Margaret (Margery) Knight ( – 18 JUL 1676) m. William Hayward (3 MAY 1612 – 10 MAY 1659) m. William Hayward (FEB 1604 – 10 MAY 1659)
    1. 1. John Heywood (1634 – ABT 1705) m. Rebecca Atkinson (ABT 1627 – 5 AUG 1665)
    2. 2. John Hayward (13 NOV 1634 – 1724)
    3. 3. Mary Hayward (1635 – 1730)
    4. 4. Sarah Hayward (ABT 1636 – 1637)
    5. 5. Huldah Hayward (7 OCT 1636 – 1 SEP 1690) m. Ferdinando Thayer (18 APR 1625 – 28 MAR 1713)
      1. 1. Sarah Simmons (ABT 1649 – 17 JUN 1689) m. James Nash (1634 – 1695)
      2. 2. Sarah Thayer (3 FEB 1655 – 16 OCT 1677) m. Joseph Stevens (1 SEP 1642 – 19 JUN 1677)
      3. 3. Huldah (H) Thayer (16 JUN 1657 – 1725) m. Jacob Aldrich (28 FEB 1652 – 22 OCT 1695)
        1. 1. Seth (Aldrich) Sr (6 JUL 1679 – 15 OCT 1737) m. Mary Wood (ABT 1680 – AFT 17 OCT 1737)
      4. 4. Jonathan Thayer (18 JAN 1659 – 1690) m. Elisabeth French (29 JUL 1655 – 3 OCT 1703) m. Elizabeth Bullen (3 DEC 1646 – 3 OCT 1703)
      5. 5. Joseph Thayer (ABT 1660 – 1728) m. Margaret Fairbanks (21 JUN 1664 – 1714) m. Joseph Thayer (ABT 1664 – ) m. <Living>
      6. 6. David Thayer (20 JUN 1660 – 1 JUN 1674)
      7. 7. David Thayer (20 JUN 1660 – 1 AUG 1674)
      8. 8. Naomi Thayer (28 JAN 1663 – 1718) m. John Cooke (16 JUN 1654 – 1718)
      9. 9. Thomas Thayer (11 FEB 1664 – 1 MAY 1738) m. Mary Poole (20 NOV 1668 – 8 DEC 1745)
      10. 10. Thomas (John) Thayer (14 FEB 1664 – 1 MAY 1738) m. Mary Adams m. Adelia (Mae) Mathews
      11. 11. Samuel Thayer (15 NOV 1666 – 19 DEC 1721) m. Mercy (Hannah Sarah) Butterworth (22 JAN 1663 – 1714) m. Sarah Bass (28 OCT 1673 – BEF 6 JUN 1719) m. Margaret Holbrook (1668 – ) m. Mary Bass (20 APR 1672 – 1723)
      12. 12. Israel Thayer (1667 – 1755)
      13. 13. Josiah Thayer (14 JAN 1670 – 27 FEB 1727) m. Sarah Bass (28 OCT 1673 – BEF 6 JUN 1719)
        1. 1. Sarah Thayer (25 MAY 1691 – 20 JUN 1739) m. David Hill (15 JUN 1695 – 26 DEC 1747)
        2. 2. Josiah Thayer (4 JUN 1694 – 13 MAY 1741) m. Elizabeth Lewis (ABT 1694 – ) m. Elizabeth Keith (ABT 1696 – ) m. Esther Keith (9 APR 1707 – 14 AUG 1793) m. Elizabeth Lewis (ABT 1696 – )
        3. 3. Susannah Thayer (13 SEP 1696 – 1735) m. Jacob Aldridge m. Nathaniel Fairbanks
        4. 4. Miriam Thayer (3 JUN 1699 – BEF 1750) m. Isaac Thayer (ABT 1672 – DEC 1754) m. Isaac Thayer (24 SEP 1695 – 22 APR 1763)
        5. 5. Jonathan Thayer (28 FEB 1701 – 14 JAN 1746) m. Mary Wales m. Elizabeth Alden (ABT 1706 – AFT 12 MAY 1752) m. Elizabeth Sampson (1696 – 19 MAR 1762) m. Hannah Sampson (1689 – ) m. Sarah Neal (8 SEP 1689 – 20 NOV 1800) m. Rachel Wales (15 OCT 1701 – 23 MAY 1748) m. Elizabeth Sampson (22 DEC 1692 – 17 APR 1744)
        6. 6. Rebecca Thayer (29 JUL 1704 – AFT 16 JUN 1755) m. Charles Shearlock (1700 – ABT 1754) m. Nathaniel Millard (31 MAR 1672 – 16 MAR 1740)
        7. 7. Rebecca Thayer (29 JUL 1704 – )
        8. 8. Bathsheba Thayer (10 SEP 1706 – UNKNOWN) m. James Lindsley m. James Lindsay (1702 – )
        9. 9. David Thayer (6 MAR 1710 – 30 JUN 1780) m. Jane Keith (2 SEP 1709 – 1783) m. Rebekah Williams (20 APR 1735 – 16 APR 1816) m. Sarah Thayer (ABT 1757 – ) m. Margaret Fairbanks (1670 – )
      14. 14. Isaac Thayer (ABT 1672 – DEC 1754) m. Miriam Thayer (3 JUN 1699 – BEF 1750)
      15. 15. Ebenezer Thayer (1674 – 1723) m. Martha White (28 AUG 1675 – ABT 1720)
      16. 16. Benjamin Thayer (1674 – 1729) m. Sarah Hayward (2 MAR 1673 – 8 DEC 1711) m. Hannah Hayward (11 MAR 1689 – AFT 1715)
      17. 17. David Thayer (17 AUG 1677 – 29 AUG 1678) m. Hannah Parks (18 MAY 1704 – )
    6. 6. Hannah Hayward (1637 – 1637)
    7. 7. Samuel Hayward (4 JAN 1642 – 29 JUL 1713) m. Mehitable Thompson (1645 – 1700) m. Elizabeth Miller (5 FEB 1663 – 9 SEP 1741) m. Mehitable Dunham (1669 – 29 DEC 1755)
    8. 8. William (Hayward) III (1647 – 17 DEC 1717) m. Sarah Butterworth (18 MAY 1653 – 1708) m. Prissillah Tompkins (1650 – 17 DEC 1717) m. Sarah Butterworth (28 MAY 1653 – ABT 1703)
    9. 9. Sarah (I) Hayward (20 AUG 1647 – 10 MAY 1720) m. William Dye (1654 – 3 MAR 1729) m. William Weeden (ABT 1660 – 1711) m. James Weeden (1640 – 1711)
    10. 10. Robert Hayward (1652 – 1683) m. Mary (1653 – 1683)
    11. 11. John Hayward (16 NOV 1634 – 1635)
    12. 12. Robert Hayward (1638 – 1683)
    13. 13. Sarah Hayward (1639 – 1673)
    14. 14. Samuel Haywood (1639 – )
    15. 15. Jonathan Hayward (6 FEB 1641 – 21 NOV 1690) m. Sarah Thayer (12 MAR 1639 – 27 AUG 1695)
    16. 16. John (Hayward or) Heywood (1614 – 17 JAN 1701)
    17. 17. Samuel Hayward (ABT 1638 – 27 JUL 1713)
    18. 18. Samuel (Hayward (1643 - 1713)* Samuel Hayward (1643 -) 1713)* (1643 – 1713)
    19. 19. Hannah Hayward m. Joseph Bennett (ABT 1635 – )
    20. 20. Margery (Knight Hayward (1610 - 1676) Margery Knight Hayward (1610 -) 1676)

Thomas Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Thomas Knight in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1629
1629
Age 69
Death of Thomas Knight in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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