Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Knight was born in 1763, in Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She married William Jarrett on 23 December 1784.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Elizabeth Knight, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Parish registers and poor law records for All Saints' Church, Hastings
Spouse and Children
1754– Male
1763– Female
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 38
1815
Age 52
1823
Age 60
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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