Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Knight was born on 21 December 1813, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Elijah Knight, was 33 and her mother, Eunice Lovell, was 37. She married Newell Moore on 3 October 1833. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died on 29 April 1878, at the age of 64, and was buried in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Eliza Moore, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elizabeth Knight, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Eliza Knight, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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Eliza Knight married Newell Moore in 1833. A few months before marriage, Newell had bought from his father a house and some land on the opposite side of the road. Here Newell and Eliza set up houseke …
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