Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Knight was born on 18 January 1764, in Pirton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Knight, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Wadley, was 22.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Margaret Knight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Parents and Siblings
1721–1773 Male
1741–1766 Female
Siblings (3)
1762– Female
1764– Female
1766–1767 Male
World Events (5)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 37
1815
Age 51
1830
Age 66
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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