KNIGHT, John

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Chevalier
• Arrival: 1684, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Probate: 29 Nov 1720, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Ref: Genealogical Dictionary of Settlers in Maine & New Hampshire, pg 97

-- John (Chevalier) Knight, Jerseyman, b. 30 Aug 1659 (gr. st.), married 29 Mar 1684, in Portsmouth, Bridget Sloper (dau of Richard Sloper & Mary Sherburne). (It is worth noting that a John Chevalier from the Island of Jersey, a mariner of the Isles of Shoals and Boston, d. in Boston bef. 12 June 1686, when Abraham Gourdon, mariner, was named adm.) Taxed in Portsm. 1681; Gr. j. 1684. Lists 52, 57, 62, 329, 332a. Merchant and owner of much property in Portsm., he bought land in Newington, incl. owner of the Hilton Point-Kittery ferry, from Bickford, Downing and Trickey from 1702 to 1707, and there died 11 May 1721. Will 29 Nov. 1720--proved 7 June 1721. Their son Capt. John K. was app. adm. of Bridget K.'s est. 30 July 1740.

Children: John, b. 29 Jan. 1684-5. Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687, m. 1st 12 Sept. 1706, John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey, whose est. she adm. in 1720; 2d 10 Oct. 1720, Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington; d. bef. Dec. 1760. Her ch. John and Mary Janvrin were ment. in their gr. fa.'s will. William, sole exec. of his fa.'s will, m. 29 Nov. 1722, in North Church, Deborah Penhallow, who adm. his est. on his death, 16 Nov. 1730, ag. 37. In 1737 his heirs were sons William and Temple and dau. Deborah (m. Henry Carter, merchant, of Gosport). Mary, given [p.404] a house formerly Edward Polley's by her fa., m. Capt. John Cox, Boston merchant and vestryman of King's Chapel, whose est. she adm. in 1733. 2 daus. Temple, mariner, taxed in Portsm. 1722 and 1724, d. s. p., adm. being gr. 29 Apr. 1741 to his bro. Capt. John Knight.

Ref: Stackpole's Durham, Vol. II, pg 244

John Knight (alias Chevalier), of Portsmouth, merchant, b. 30 Aug. 1659, d. 11 May 1721, m. 29 Mar. 1684, Bridget SLOPER, dau. of Richard and Mary (Sherburn) Sloper, b. 1659 at Portsmouth. His Will dated 29 Nov. 1720, proved 7 June 1721, mentions his wife, Bridget;sons John, William and Temple; daughters Elizabeth Adams and Mary Knight; and grandchildren John, Nicolas and Mary Knight (children of his son, John) and John and Mary Janvrin (children of his daughter, Mary (Knight) Janvrin) (NH State pop., vol 3, Index 125.) Administration on the estate of Bridget Knight was granted 30 July 1740 to her son, Capt. John Knight. Children born at Portsmouth: Elizabeth, b 8 July 1685; John; William, b. about 1700; Temple, d. unm. (admin. on his estate granted 27 Apr. 1741 to brother, John Knight) (Supporting refr: New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century, by Mary Newington, website)

Ref: The Quiet Adventurers in North America, Ch: 1659, by Les Guille, Summerduck, VA

John KNIGHT, formerly John CHEVALIER, born 1659 in Jersey, married Bridget Sloper, daughter of Richard Sloper, in Portsmouth, NH in 1684. John may have been the same person as John CHEVALIER of Martinique, West Indies. He was taxed in Portsmouth, NH as a merchant in 1681, owning much property in Portsmouth and Newington, NH. He died in Newington in 1721. Bridget died about 1740. John and Bridget Sloper Knight had 5 children: John (b 1684), Elizabeth (b 1687), William (b 1693), Mary (b 1733), and Temple, who was entered on Portsmouth, NH tax rolls in 1722 and 1724--had no issue. John and Bridget's oldest son John married in 1743, Elizabeth Shapleigh. Capt. John lived in Portsmouth, where he served as Moderator and Selectman. John and Elizabeth had 13 children: 4 sons and 9 daughters. Capt. John and Elizabeth ShapleighKnight's oldest son John (also a Capt.) married Patience Smith of Durham, NH in 1743, and Temperance Pickering, who died about 1770.

[Note: John and Bridget Knight's second-oldest son, William, married Deborah Penhallow in 1722, and had 2 sons, William and Temple (about whom, no further info is found)]

[Supporting ref: Knight family history in The History of Windham, NH, by Leonard Morrison]

John married SLOPER, Bridget Sherburne on 29 Mar 1685 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Bridget (daughter of SLOPER, Richard I and SHERBURNE, Mary Gibbons) was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 30 Jul 1740 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. KNIGHT, Elizabeth was born on 8 Jul 1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1757 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
2. KNIGHT, Temple was born in 1681 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Apr 1741 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
3. KNIGHT, Captain John was born on 29 Jan 1685 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Nov 1765 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
4. KNIGHT, Mary was born in 1680 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1733 in USA.
5. KNIGHT, William was born in 1693 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was christened on 16 Dec 1822 in Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England; died on 16 Nov 1730 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

John married UNKNOWN in 1646. was born in 1630 in Jersey, Channel Islands; died in 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + CORBEL, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1605 in Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands; died in 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]