Olive R Knight

Female19 August 1790–3 September 1871

Brief Life History of Olive R

When Olive R Knight was born on 19 August 1790, in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, David Knight, was 28 and her mother, Abigail Wheeler, was 30. She married Joseph Hills on 22 November 1821. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 3 September 1871, in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hancock, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hills
1797–1881
Olive R Knight
1790–1871
Marriage: 22 November 1821
Joseph Laurise Hills
1824–1848
Olive Calista Hills
1826–1877
Harriet Letitia Hills
1829–1884
Loenza Levia Hills
1831–1859
John Peabody Hills
1833–1898

Sources (30)

  • Olive Hill in household of John P Hill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Olive Knight, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Olive Knights, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 November 1821
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1791

    Age 1

    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

    1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

    Age 18

    In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

    1812

    Age 22

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    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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