Jeremiah Knight

Male 1789 - 1859  (70 years)

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  • Name Jeremiah Knight 
    Birth 1 Jan 1789  RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Mar 1859  [1] 
    Person ID I15570  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Darius Knight,   b. 12 Sep 1768   d. 26 Jun 1856 (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Hannah Stone,   b. Abt Nov 1768   d. 31 Aug 1828 (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1788 
    Family ID F06004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amey Waterman,   b. Abt 1788, Cranston, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1833 (Age < 44 years) 
    Marriage 1806  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Alfred Waterman Knight,   b. 18 Aug 1807, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1881, Willington, Tolland Co., CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F06003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Sarah Fulton,   b. Abt 1793, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1 Jun 1850 (Age > 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1830 
    Children 
     1. Jeremiah Knight,   b. Abt 1833, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joseph Knight,   b. Abt 1836, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F09939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • He may have had additional sons: Joseph T. and Jeremiah F.

      See Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series, Volume 4, p. 123; Winfield Scott Downs, American Historical Company; American Historical Society, 1935.

      According to notes from Dr. J. A. Remington, Jeremiah & Amey had another son who died in infancy. He also notes that Jeremiah married 2nd to Sally Fulton.

      In the Federal Census of 1850, Jeremiah Knight 60 and wife Sarah 57 are living in Scituate, RI. With them are Jeremiah 17, Joseph 14, and Darius 81.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013740] Email from Shirley M. Greene, dated 28 June 2009.