Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Knight was born in 1774, in Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Jonathan Knight, was 39 and his mother, Mary Atkins, was 29. He married Martha Dyer about 1800, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 July 1840, in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Henry Knight, "Find A Grave Index"
- Henry Knight in entry for Sophia Ann Knight, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Henry Knight in entry for Sophia Ann Knight, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780
Historical Boundaries: 1780: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1790:Washington, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Washington, Maine, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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