John Knight

Male1712–

Brief Life History of John

John Knight was born in 1712, in Twyning, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Knight. He married Anne Barker on 4 October 1733, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

John Knight
1712–
Anne Barker
1713–1760
Marriage: 4 October 1733
Mary Knight
1734–1734
Neighbor Knight
1737–

Sources (1)

  • John Knight, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 October 1733Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (3)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 89

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 96

    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

    1815

    Age 103

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    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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