Brief Life History of Joseph Huntington
When Joseph Huntington Knight was born on 12 October 1814, in Sherburne, Sherburne, Chenango, New York, United States, his father, Rev Joshua Knight, was 43 and his mother, Ruth Talcott, was 40. He married Juliette Etta Butts on 5 October 1836, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Oneida, New York, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 8 June 1889, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Joseph Knight, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph H Knight, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Isaac N Williams in entry for Charles Marciel Williams, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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Death of Joseph Huntington Knight
Rome Semi-Weekly Citizen - Wednesday, June 12, 1889 J. H. Knight Dead The people of Rome were shocked to learn of the death of Joseph H. Knight at his home, 614 N. James street, Saturday morning. Hi …
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