Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Knight was born on 23 September 1766, in Pirton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Francis Knight, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Wadley, was 25. He died on 24 September 1767, at the age of 1.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Thomas Knight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Tho. Knight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Birth record for Thomas Knight
Parents and Siblings
1721–1773 Male
1741–1766 Female
Siblings (3)
1762– Female
1764– Female
1766–1767 Male
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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