Brief Life History of Benajah
When Benajah Knight was born on 17 May 1830, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, John Knight, was 25 and his mother, Phebe Jessup, was 18. He married Delilah Maria Dennis on 25 November 1852, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Webster, Webster Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Washington Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 21 April 1901, in Lynn, Washington Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lynn MM, Randolph, Indiana, United States.
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- Renijah Knight, "United States Census, 1900"
- Knight, "Find A Grave Index"
- Benjamin Knight in entry for Albert Knight, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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World Events (8)
1831
Historical Boundaries 1831: Randolph, Indiana, United States
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.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Wayne, Indiana, United States
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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