When John Knights was christened on 13 January 1753, in Hoveton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Knights, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Newham, was 25. He married Elizabeth about 1780, in Sutton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 27 March 1831, in Sutton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sutton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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English (East Anglia): variant of Knight , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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