Joseph
Knight
Born in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Giles Knight Jr.
and Mary (English) Knight
Brother of
Elizabeth Knight, Ann Knight, Giles Knight, Simon Knight, Thomas Knight, Martha (Knight) Rakestraw, Mary (Knight) Martin, Daniel Knight, Jonathan Knight and Ann Knight
Husband of
Abigail (Antill) Knight
— married
1 Dec 1715 in Philadelphia MM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Giles Antill Knight and Mary (Knight) Thornton
Died
at age 81
in Byberry, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania
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Biography
Joseph Knight migrated from England to Colonial America.
Joseph Knight was born in 1680 in Gloucestershire, England. He was the oldest child and oldest son of Giles Knight Jr. and his wife, Mary (English) Knight. The family were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and personally acquainted with William Penn, the Quaker founder and proprietor of the new English colony of Pennsylvania, in America, in the early 1680s.
Joseph Knight was a William Penn fleet passenger.
1682: Joseph arrived with his parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aboard HMS Society.[1]
1715: December 1: Married Abigail Antill in a Quaker ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Children:
Joseph passed away in 1762.
Sources
- ↑ "https://www.welcomesociety.org/ancestors-approved-memberships.html." William Penn Fleet ancestors approved for membership: The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania. Accessed 16 September 2018 Sj Baty.
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Knight-11035 and Knight-1681 appear to represent the same person because: part of duplicated family
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