When James Philander Knight was born on 29 April 1838, in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, Newel Knight, was 37 and his mother, Lydia Goldthwaite, was 25. He married Elizabeth Jones on 8 August 1860, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Aldrich, Wayne, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 14 June 1909, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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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