Brief Life History of Grace
When Grace Knight was born on 3 June 1795, in Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jonathan Knight, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Thomas, was 31. She married Samuel Smedley on 12 November 1828. She died on 24 June 1833, at the age of 38, and was buried in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Grace Knight, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Grace Knight, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Grace Smedley, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
Spouse and Children
1797–1878 Male
1795–1833 Female
Parents and Siblings
1755–1830 Male
1765–1803 Female
Siblings (8)
1789–1801 Female
1791–1858 Male
1792–1872 Male
1793– Male
1795–1833 Female
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803
Age 8
1808
Age 13
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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