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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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
1699–1767 Male
1697–1774 Female
Children (9)
1723–1825 Female
1725–1726 Female
1726–1736 Female
1727–1821 Male
1729–1731 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1668–1737 Male
1673–1763 Female
Siblings (16)
1692–1777 Male
1694–1761 Male
1695– Male
1697–1774 Female
1699–1702 Male
+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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