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William J McKnight 1808 – 1867 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1808

Birth Location: Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1867

Death Location: Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA

Father: Thomas McKnight

Mother: Elizabeth McKnight

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Harbert

Children(s): Richard McKnight

William J McKnight LT was born in 1808 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas McKnight and Elizabeth Harbert McNite McKnight. William J McKnight LT married Elizabeth Sarah Harbert, and had children including Richard Herbert McKnight. William J McKnight LT passed away in 1867 in Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • William J McKnight LT was born in 1808 in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Thomas McKnight and Elizabeth Harbert McNite McKnight.
  • William J McKnight LT married Elizabeth Sarah Harbert, and had children including Richard Herbert McKnight.
  • William J McKnight LT passed away in 1867 in Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William McKnight's Ancestors

Self
William McKnight
1808 – 1867
Birth Place: Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Thomas McKnight
1770 – 1840
Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth (Harbert McNite) McKnight
1770 – 1820
Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Charles (F) McKnight
1760 – 1826
Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (E) Rush
1762 – 1880
Scott County, Virginia, USA
Thomas (Isaiah) Harbert
1734 – 1778
Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Isabelle (WRIGHT) Harbert
1738 – 1805
Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
James McKnight
1738 – 1827
Susannah Knox
1740 –
Elijah' Rush
1781 – 1851
Elizabeth Robertson
1780 – 1844
Daniel Harbert
1701 – 1747
Susannah Cooper
1712 – 1745
Edward Wright
1711 – 1738
Mary WATHEN
1713 – 1787
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Rush
1755 – 1859
Lt. Robertson
1748 – 1802
Margaret Robinson
1735 – 1846
Thomas Herbert
1657 – 1721
Mary ?
1671 – 1747
James Cooper
1661 – 1732
Hannah Daniels
– 1715
William Wright
1681 – 1735
Margaret Bayley
1670 – 1732
Joseph Wright
1685 – 1714
Mary Wright
1687 – 1745

William McKnight's Descendants

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William (J) McKnight (1808 – 1867) m. Elizabeth (Sarah) Harbert (1811 – Jun 1847)
  1. 1. Richard (Herbert) McKnight (30 Apr 1847 – May 12,1925) m. Louisa (Catherine) Miller (April 4, 1852 – December 10,1928)
    1. 1. Ada McKnight (10 Jan 1884 – 10 December 1951) m. Thomas (Valentine) Stanley (30 Mar 1873 – 18 Jun 1920)
      1. 1. Rose Stanley (7 Jul 1917 – 11 Nov 1970) m. Eugene (W) Walcutt (8 Dec 1901 – )
        1. 1. Bonnie (Lee) Walcutt (23 Aug 1943 – 13 Jun 1985) m. Roger (Lee) Turner (27 January 1941 – 15 Mar 2006)

William McKnight's Timeline

2 Records

1808
1808
Birth of William J McKnight LT in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
1867
1867
Age 59
Death of William J McKnight LT in Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA
Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1808
    Event Place: Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1867
    Event Place: Westwood, Boyd, Kentucky, USA

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