When Richard Knight was born about 1620, in England, his father, Robert Knight, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Grimley, was 16. He married Mrs. Julian Knight in 1663, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died in 1689, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 70.
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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.
Possible Related NamesSuffolk County MA Probate Case #1110 Will dated February 22, 1678. Entered into the probate records August 21, 1679. Mentions: Son in Law Richard Knight & Johannah his wife Son in Law John Wing …
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