Mary (English) Knight (1655 - 1732)

Born 1655 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Giles Knight Jr. — married 24 Apr 1679 in Nailsworth Monthly Meeting, Roadbarrow, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1732 at about age 77 in Byberry Twp., Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary English was born in 1655 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. She was the daughter of Joseph English Sr. by his second wife, Mary Chapman. At some point in the 1670s, Mary and her father were "convicted" of the new truths about Christianity that George Fox proposed. They joined the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers. Unfortunately, it does not seem that her mother, Mary (Chapman) English, joined with them. The Quakers were widely persecuted in England at this time. Some genealogists say that Mary Chapman died before 1682; others say she lived in England until 1708. She did not join Mary and her husband and father when they emigrated to Pennsylvania with William Penn in 1682 aboard HMS "Welcome".

When she was 24 years old, Mary married Giles Knight in a Quaker meeting wedding ceremony in Nailsworth, Gloustershire, England on April 24, 1679.^[1]

Timeline

1679: April 24 - Marriage to Giles Knight in Gloustershire, England.

1682: Mary arrived in Pennsylvania aboard the ship with her husband Giles Knight, son Joseph Knight and baby Mary Knight. Her father, Joseph English Sr., also sailed with them. This was the same ship that carried the colony's new Quaker proprietor, William Penn.

10 Children of Giles & Mary (English) Knight

1. Joseph Knight - born in England
2. Mary Knight - born in England
3. Thomas Knight - all others born in Pennsylvania
4. Daniel Knight
5. Jonathan Knight
6. Ann Knight
7. Giles Knight
8. Martha Knight
9. Simon Knight
10. Elizabeth Knight

Mary (English) Knight died July 24, 1732, at her home in Byberry Township, Philadelphia County, in the English province (colony) of Pennsylvania.

Mary was born in 1655. She passed away in 1732. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Note by Chet Snow, Jan. 28, 2014
2. ↑ A Genealogy of the English Family, 1972, by H.M. English

See also:

• import of NEWEST BACKUP_2011-10-12.ged on Oct 13, 2011 by Season McMillan.

• import of Conley - Dye,_2010-11-16.ged on 24 May 2011.

• A Genealogy of the English Family 1970

• James Patrick Williams - Mary English

England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8) - Name Mary English Event Type Baptism Christening Date 25 Nov 1716 Christening Place Cam, Gloucestershire Father's Name Joseph English Sr. Affiliate Publication Number RG8_0012B Citing this Record - "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JC-676 : 11 December 2014), Joseph English in entry for Mary English, 25 Nov 1716, Baptism; citing p. 28, Cam, Gloucestershire, record group RG8, Public Record Office, London.