Abigail Knight

Female15 April 1697–14 October 1774

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Knight was born on 15 April 1697, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Knight, was 28 and her mother, Abigail Jaques, was 24. She married Jonathan Pearson on 24 January 1722, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 14 October 1774, in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Pearson
1699–1767
Abigail Knight
1697–1774
Marriage: 24 January 1722
Abagail Pearsons
1723–1825
Hannah Pearson
1725–1726
Bethiah Pearson
1726–1736
Jonathan Pearson
1727–1821
Hannah Pearson
1729–1731
Mr. Pearson
1730–1731
Phebe Pearson
1732–1736
Paul Pearson
1733–1769
Anna Pearson
1738–1818

Sources (20)

  • Abigail Knight, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Abigail in entry for Bethia Pearson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Abigail Pearson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 January 1722Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (9)

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    Siblings (16)

    +11 More Children

    Name Meaning

    English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.

    Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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