Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Knight

Male 1691 -


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  • Name John Knight 
    Birth 30 Sep 1691  Cedar Point Neck, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11287  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father John Knight,   b. Bef 1667, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1697, Cedar Point Neck, Charles County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 30 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane Taylor,   b. Abt 1671, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1719, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1687  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah MNU Knight,   b. Abt 1695, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1711  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Catherine Phillips,   b. Bef 1699, Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Jun 1715  Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
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      1714-1715 Richmond County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Marriage Licenses; Part 1 [Antient Press]; Page 53-55;
      June 1715 JOHN KNIGHT of STAFFORD County & KATHERINE PHILLIPS
    Family ID F54245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Charles County Circuit Court, Birth, Deaths & Marriage Records, Liber Q
      Knight, John, s/o John and Jennett Knight of Cedar Point Neck, b. last day of Sep 1691
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      1710-1711 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#2 [TLC]; Page 72
      3 Mar 1713; Recorded at request of Wm. Brett:
      5 Nov 1713; Power of Attorney from John Knight and Sarah his wife of Stafford County, Virginia, to Wm. Brett; /s/ John Knight (mark), Sarah Knight (mark); wit. Ralph Skidmore (mark), James Tanner (mark)

      1710-1711 Charles County, Maryland Land Records; Liber D#2 [TLC]; Page 73
      5 Nov 1713; Recorded at request of Wm. Brett:
      ,5 Nov 1713; Indenture from John Knight of Stafford County, Virginia, and Sarah his wife, to William Brett, carpenter; for 2,000# tobacco; a parcel of land called CHOSEN on Chingamuxon Creek; containing 150 acres; /s/ John Knight (mark), Sarah Knight (mark); wit. Ralph Skidmore (mark), James Tanner (mark)
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 337-26: CHOSEN: 100 acres; Possession of - 100 Acres - Harris, Burr: Surveyed 16 June 1669 for Luke Green at a bound Red Oak the N.W. bound tree of the land formerly laid out for him and John Cable: Conveyance notes - 100 Acres - William Brett from Knight; 15 Nov 1713, 80 Acres - David William Jr & Priscilla Miria from George Bull; 14 Nov 1747,60 Acres - John Elgin from David William & Priscilla Maria; 15 March 1747,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland [Mike Marshall]; Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 342-61: FIND ONE: 150 acres; Possession of - 150 Acres - Harris, Burr: Surveyed 15 June 1682 for Edward Knight : Other Tracts Mentioned: BRETTS GOOD CHANCE; Conveyance notes - 150 Acres - William Brett from John Knight; 15 Nov 1713, Included in Resurvey of Bretts Good Chance; folio 416, 16 Nov 1729,

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