Sophia (Hill) Knight (1784 - 1876)

Born 8 Jun 1784 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Brewer — married 20 May 1804 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Henry Knight — married 22 Apr 1821 in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States

Died 3 Jan 1876 at age 91 in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Sophia Hill was born at Machias, Maine, 9 Jun 1784, the daughter of Obadiah Hill and Sarah Harris; ^{[1] [2]} died at Calais, Maine, 3 Jan 1876, aged 92y 7m (g.s.), and is buried in the Calais Cemetery; ^{[3] [4] [2]} married (1) at Machias, 20 May 1804, Stephen Brewer, he of "Schoodras" and she of Machias, ^{[5] [6] [7] [2]} born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, 26 Feb 1771, the son of John Brewer and Joanna Aspinwall; ^[8] died at Calais, 16 Sep 1817, ^[2] and is buried in the Calais Cemetery. ^[9] Sophia married (2) at Calais, 22 Apr 1821, Henry Knight, as his second wife, ^{[10] [11] [2]} born at Machias, c1773, the son of Jonathan Knight and Mary Atkins; ^{[2] [12]} died at Calais, 30 Jul 1840, aged 66y, ^{[13] [2]} Henry Knight had married (1) at Calais, c1798, Martha "Patty" Dyer, ^[14] born, probably at Machias, Maine, say, c1775, the daughter of Jones Dyer and Hannah Harrington; ^{[15] [2]} died after 15 Aug 1820, when a child was born to her at Calais, Maine, on that date, ^{[16] [2]} and before her husband's second marriage, 22 Apr 1821.

About the same time, that is, about the beginning of the present century [1800], Stephen Brewer, Esq., of Boston became a citizen of Township No. 5, and was immediately and justly assigned to high rank in society. This intellectual, wealthy and influential man was the first resident that exported lumber, the first Justice and Postmaster in the place; and he presided at the first Town meeting, introduced the first wagon and fitted up the first Church. His home was near the corner of Maine and North Milltown streets. In 1804, he married Sophia Hill of Machias, who as Mrs. Knight is still living and to whom I am indebted for valuable information. They had but one child, Nancy A., who married Wm. Spring and moved to California. Mr. Brewer died in 1814 [sic]. The next year his widow received from friends in Boston, a Chaise, the first one that ever graced the streets of Calais.^[7]

Lived at Calais. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

Sources

1. ↑ Mrs. Beulah G. Jackman, Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 1. Cit. Date: 22 Mar 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Joseph Crook Anderson II, editor, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 42, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1988 -), Vol. 8, pp. 230, 293. Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Sophia Hill Knight (1783–3 Jan 1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #105355229, citing Calais Cemetery, Calais, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by SusanE (contributor 47098878).
4. ↑ George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 451. Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
5. ↑ Joseph W. Porter, editor and publisher, Machias Marriages (Bangor Historical Magazine (1885-1894), Benjamin A. Burr & Co., Printers, Bangor, Maine), Vol. 6 (1890-91), p. 145. Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
6. ↑ Jackman's Machias, p. 38, Brewer's surname here mis-transcribed as "Benner". Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} The Rev. I. C. Knowlton, Annals of Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Including the Village of Milltown, ME., and the Present Town of Milltown, N.B. (J. A. Sears, Printer, Calais, ME, 1875, 208 pages), p. 41. Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
8. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, 1925), Vol. 1, p. 40. Cit. Date: 24 Mar 2021.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 March 2021), memorial page for Stephen Brewer (1770–16 Sep 1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #105355887, citing Calais Cemetery, Calais, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by SusanE (contributor 47098878).
10. ↑ Sharon Howland, Vital Records of Calais, Maine (Picton Press, Rockland, Maine, 2001, 408 pages, ISBN: 0-89725-436-8), Vol. 2, p. 44. Cit. Date: 22 Mar 2021.
11. ↑ Kenneth L. Willey, editor, Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel of Eastport, Maine 1818-1900 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 24, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1996, 884 pages, ISBN: 0-89725-249-7), p. 25, citing the issue of 28 Apr 1821 (Vol. 3, #36), "Marriages: In Calais, no date, Henry KNIGHT to Mrs. Sophia BREWER." Cit. Date: 22 Mar 2021.
12. ↑ Annals of Calais, p. 36. Cit. Date: 25 Mar 2021.
13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 March 2021), memorial page for Henry Knight (1774–30 Jul 1840), Find A Grave: Memorial #105331638, citing Calais Cemetery, Calais, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by SusanE (contributor 47098878).
14. ↑ Annals of Calais, p. 201. Cit. Date: 20 Mar 2021.
15. ↑ Annals of Calais, loc. cit. Cit. Date: 29 Aug 2020.
16. ↑ Sharon Howland, Vital Records of Calais, Maine, Volume 2 (Picton Press, Rockland, Maine, 2001, 408 pages, ISBN: 0-89725-436-8), p. 14. Cit. Date: 22 Mar 2021
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT6-69K : 8 December 2020), Sophia Knight, Calais, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 39, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-3DC : 22 December 2020), Sophia Knight, Calais, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHL-Z13 : 18 February 2021), Sophia Knight, 1860.
20. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D7-C8L : 2 January 2021), Sophia Knight, 1870.