Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 58

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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The surviving children of John ap Thomas and his wife Katharine Robert were: Thomas Jones, married at Merion, June 23, 1702, Anne, daughter of Grif- fith John ; Robert, of whom presently ; Evan John, died in 1697, unmarried; Kath- arine, married, May 3, 1696, Robert Roberts; Elizabeth, eldest daughter, married in Wales, Rees Evan. Sidney Rees, daughter of the last named couple, married Robert Roberts, son of John Roberts, of Pencoyd, and an account of her descend- ants is given elsewhere in these volumes.

By the will of John ap Thomas his one thousand two hundred and fifty acres were divided in equal shares of three hundred and twelve and one-half acres each between his four sons, Thomas, Robert, Evan and Cadwalder, with subdivision to the survivors in case of death of any under age. His personal estate, including an interest in the Free Society of Traders, was devised to his wife and daughters. His wife was named as sole executrix, and ten "dear trusty & well beloved friends" are named as trustees or overseers, among whom were his son-in-law, Rees Evan, of Pemaen, near Bala ; his colleague, Dr. Edward Jones, of Bala; Thomas Ellis, of Cyfenedd, emigrant before referred to; Dr. Thomas Wynn;

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John ap John ; Edward Moris, and Robert Owen ; all doubtless prospective settlers in the recently purchased "Welsh Tract" in Pennsylvania, all at least emigrating soon after.

Robert John, or Jones, son of John ap Thomas and Katharine Robert, born in Llaithgwm, Merionethshire, Wales, became a useful and prominent member of the Welsh Colony, and acquired considerable land in addition to what he had inherited from his father, devising at his death to his children about one thousand four hundred acres. He was commissioned a Justice, 1715-18-19-22-25; and a member of Provincial Assembly, 1706-07-11-12-13-14-15-17-18-19-20-21-22. His will, dated September 21, 1746, was proved October 17, 1746.

Robert Jones married, January 3, 1693-94, at Radnor Monthly Meeting, Ellen, sister of David Jones, of Blockley. She died May 8, 1745. They had ten children, the four eldest of whom died young and unmarried, as did one of later birth ; those who survived were Ann, born 1702; married James Paul; Catharine, born 1704; married Thomas Evans ; Gerrard, born 1705; married (first) Sarah Lloyd, 1729, and (second) 1742, Ann Humphrey ; Robert, of whom presently ; Elizabeth, born 1715; married, 1748, Daniel Lawrence.

ROBERT JONES, son of Robert and Ellen Jones, born in Merion township, Phila- delphia county, August 3, 1709, died there March 31, 1770. He was named as an executor of his father's will and inherited thereunder the homestead plantation of three hundred and twenty-five acres and one hundred acres in Goshen township, the former included the historic Gulph Mills in the present township of Upper Merion, Montgomery county. He married, 1734, Margaret, daughter of John Knowles, of Oxford township, Philadelphia county, who came from Berkshire, England, with his mother, Elizabeth Knowles, prior to 1700, and in 1705 married Ann, daughter of Joseph and Margaret Paull, who had emigrated from Ilminster, county Somerset, England, about 1685, and settled in Oxford township. Mar- garet (Knowles) Jones died January 17, 1777. Robert and Margaret (Knowles) Jones had ten children, of whom Nathan was the fourth.

NATHAN JONES, born March 14, 1739-40, died in Cumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, about 1807. He married, October 16, 1766, as above stated, Sarah, daugh- ter of David and Mary (Sellers) Gibson, at Darby Meeting House. In 1778 Nathan and Sarah Jones and five children took their certificate from Haverford to Darby Meeting, and in 1785 with wife and seven children he brought his certifi- cate back to Haverford, from whence they removed to Cumberland county. After her husband's death, Sarah (Gibson) Jones and her son Norris returned in 1807 to Darby. They had in all ten children, the eldest, Gibson Jones, married, 1794, Beulah, daughter of Azariah and Sarah (Lippincott) Shinn, of Gloucester county, New Jersey. He died November 27, 1804, at Darby, and his widow, December 17, 1804; they had three children: Sarah, born February 19, 1795; married John Gibson (his first wife) ; William, born October 15, 1797; Martha, born May 16, 1802 ; became second wife of John Gibson.

The children of John and Sarah (Jones) Gibson were: Samuel, born August 1, 1818; married, May 28, 1845, Hannah Serrill; Mary Beulah, died in infancy ; Martha, born August 31, 1824; married, November 3, 1842, Hugh McIlvain ; Ann, born August 22, 1827; married, May 6, 1846, Isaac Dixon ; Mary, born June 9,

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1833 ; married, May 11, 1854, Isaac Haldeman ; Emma, born November 30, 1837; married, August 28, 1862, Davis R. Pratt, M. D.

Issue of Hugh and Martha (Gibson) McIlvain:

Sarah Gibson McIlvain, b. Jan. 2, 1844, d. Jan. 22, 1891 ; m. Oct. 20, 1864, Charles Mc- Ilvaine, b. May 31, 1840, d. Aug. 4, 1909, son of Hon. Abraham R. McIlvain, above mentioned, by his wife, Anna G. Mulvaney; no issue;

John Gibson McIlvain, b. July 23, 1845; senior member of firm of J. Gibson McIlvain & Co., of Phila., lumber merchants; m. at "Springton," Chester co., Pa., Oct. 15, 1868, Elizabeth Mulvaney McIlvaine, dau. of Hon. Abraham McIlvain, of "Spring- ton," above mentioned, by his wife, Anna G. Mulvaney; they reside at East Down- ingtown, Pa .; issue :

Abram Robinson McIlvain, b. Aug. 20, 1869, d. Oct. 21, 1889;

Martha Gibson McIlvain, b. Nov. 4, 1877; m. April 18, 1906, Maurice Ostheimer, M. D .; issue :

Alfred James Ostheimer 3d, b. April 25, 1908.

John Gibson McIlvain, Jr., b. July 4, 1881; m. Dec. 14, 1904, Lily Cortelyou, dau. of Lowell M. Palmer;

Walter Biddle McIlvain, b. Sept. 8, 1884; m. Alida B., dau. of Thomas E. Baird. Hannah McIlvain, b. April 12, 1848, d. March 31, 1905, bur. at Westfield, N. J .; m. Nov. 19, 1868, Charles Miller Biddle, b. Feb. 3, 1844, son of Robert and Anna ( Miller) Biddle; member of Biddle Hardware Company, of Phila., treasurer of Swarthmore College, &c .; they resided at Riverton, N. J .; issue :

Anna Biddle, b. Nov. 24, 1869; m. Nov. 23, 1893, Joshua Woolston Atlee, b. Feb. 1, 1867; issue :

Clara Atlee, b. March 19, 1896;

Charles Biddle Atlee, b. July 27, 1898.

Martha McIlvain Biddle, b. March 28, 1871 ;

Helen Biddle, b. May 16, 1875;

Hannah McIlvain Biddle, b. Aug. 14, 1878;

Charles Miller Biddle, Jr., b. Aug. 14, 1878; m. Oct. 17, 1904, Anna H. Lippincott, b. Dec. 27, 1879; issue :

Anna Lippincott Biddle, b. Sept. 18, 1908.

Robert Biddle 2d, b. Feb. 19, 1880.

Anna Mary McIlvain, b. Sept. 14, 1850; m. Nov. 2, 1876, Henry C. Biddle, brother of Charles M. Biddle, who m. her sister, Hannah; he was a woolen and cloth merchant of Phila., and d. June 28, 1886, in his 41st year; bur. at Westfield, N. J .; issue :

Hugh McIlvain Biddle, b. Aug. 29, 1877; m. Oct. 19, 1904, Adelaide Elma Steele, b. May 10, 1876.

Mary Biddle, b. March 19, 1879: m. March 31, 1902, Nathan Myers Fitler, b. Nov. 2, 1878; issue :

N. Myers Fitler, Jr., b. June 26, 1903;

Henry Biddle Fitler, b. June 3, 1905.

Henry Canby Biddle, Jr., b. April 11, 1880; m. April 21, 1908, Margaret Seton Fleming, b. Oct. 26, 1887;

Lilian Biddle, b. July 11, 1881 ;

Robert Ralston Biddle, b. Jan. 18, 1885.

Martha McIlvain, b. Jan. 14, 1855; m. April 15, 1880, Andrew M. Eastwick, of Phila., b. Sept. 29, 1859, son of Andrew M. and Lydia A. Eastwick; they reside at Fifty- ninth street and Elmwood avenue, Phila .; issue:

Helen McIlvain Eastwick, b. June 3, 1881 ; m. John K. Harper; issue :

John Roberts Harper, b. Jan. 7, 1908.

Andrew Maurice Eastwick, b. Oct. 20, 1885.

Emma MeIlvain, b. Dec. 23, 1856; m. Oct. 5, 1893, William J. Cooper, of firm of Wm. J. Cooper & Co., hardware, &c., Camden, N. J., b. June 24, 1849; residence, 715 Cooper st., Camden; son of John and his wife, Mary M .;

Hugh McIlvain (3rd), b. June 7, 1862, member of firm of J. Gibson McIlvain & Co., lumber merchants; m. Nov. 26, 1885, Mary Hibbard Bunting, at the home of her par- ents, Spring Hill, now Secane, Delaware co., Pa .; her mother being the fifth genera- tion to own the old homestead known as "Greenbank;" Mary Hibbard Bunting was b. March 4. 1860, dau. of Samuel Sellers Bunting and his wife, Anne Hill Hibbard; Samuel Sellers Bunting, b. April 23, 1828, was a son of Josiah Bunting, of Darby, and

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his wife, Sarah Sellers; Anne Hill Hibbard, b. May 5, 1831, dau. of Isaac Hibbard, of Upper Darby township, and his wife, Susan Fairlamb; Hugh and Mary B. McIlvain built their home in 1885-86 at Sixtieth st. and Elmwood ave., Phila., on property pur- chased from his mother, it being part of the property owned by Nathan Gibson, who settled there in 1712, Hugh being the sixth generation to live thereon.

Issue of Hugh and Mary Bunting McIlvain :

Edna Bunting McIlvain, b. March 21, 1890;

Mary Bunting Mellvain, b. Jan. 28, 1891;

Hugh Mellvain, Jr., b. Dec. 4, 1892, d. Sept. I, 1893;

Hugh McIlvain, Jr., b. Dec. 17, 1895, d. Feb. 1, 1900;

Richard McIlvain, b. March 18, 1900, d. March 18, 1900;

Margaret Gibson McIlvain, b. Aug. 27, 1904, d. July II, 1905.

Helen McIlvain, b. Feb. 14, 1865; m. Oct. 18, 1887, Samuel J. Bunting, b. Nov. 27, 1862, son of Samuel J. and Susanna L. Bunting, of Sharon Hill, Delaware co., Pa .; issue:

Samuel J. Bunting, Jr., b. May 31, 1889;

J. Gibson McIlvain Bunting, b. Nov. 5, 1896.

Lucretia McIlvain, b. July 30, 1867; m. June 22, 1899, Lewis Foulke Shoemaker, b. July I, 1867, son of Charles B. Shoemaker, of Phila., by his wife, Anna M., dau. of William and Susanna Conard Foulke, and granddaughter of William Foulke, of Gwynedd, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of John and Lydia ( Barnard) McIlvain; he is senior mem- ber of firm of Lewis F. Shoemaker & Co., Phila .; issue :

Helen Shoemaker, b. April 16, 1900;

Lewis Foulke Shoemaker, Jr., b. April 24, 1902:

Anna McIlvain Shoemaker, b. April 6, 1906.

All the above children of Hugh and Martha (Gibson) McIlvain were born at the old McIlvain homestead at Market street and Lancaster road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except Lucretia, youngest, who was born at the new McIlvain homestead built on the Gibson estate, Fifty-ninth street and Elmwood avenue. All of them were birthright members of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadel- phia, held at Fifteenth and Race streets, and all were married by the Friends' ceremony.

Since James McIlvain and his wife, Jane Heaney, came to America with their children in 1740, the McIlvains have been found in various branches of trade. Their son, John, having apprenticed himself to Jacob Roman, miller, at Ridley, married his daughter, Mary, in 1755, becoming owner of the gristmill soon after Jacob's death, and later the stone quarries on Crum creek. Mary having died, he married, in 1761, Lydia Barnard. After John's death, Lydia continued running the gristmill and quarries ; raising her large family in strict accordance with the principles of the Society of Friends, and starting her boys in business as soon as they were old enough to assume the responsibilities. Her son, Jeremiah, had a sawmill and tanyard adjoining the gristmill, and his brother, John, a lumber yard nearby. It remained for their brother, Hugh, however, to start one trade which has been continuous and should be mentioned here.

Hugh McIlvain, in 1798, established at West Chester road and Old Lancaster road, West Philadelphia, the lumber business, with the assistance of his brother, John, which has since been the pride of the family and is now being continued by his descendants. He continued under the firm name of Hugh McIlvain until 1801, when his brother, Richard, was admitted into the partnership; they trading as Richard and Hugh McIlvain until 1832, when Richard retired. Hugh continued alone until 1835, when his son, James, entered into partnership with him, trading as Hugh McIlvain & Son until the death of Hugh, November 24, 1838.

The first of the following year, 1839, the three sons, John H., James and Hugh,

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2d, entered into partnership, continuing the business of their father. John soon withdrew, leaving James and Hugh, 2d, trading as James and Hugh McIlvain until 1854, when Hugh, 2d, having bought his brother's interest, continued as Hugh McIlvain until 1868, when his son, J. Gibson McIlvain, was taken into part- nership; they trading as Hugh McIlvain & Son until the death of Hugh, 2d, Feb- ruary 25, 1879. J. Gibson McIlvain continued alone until January 1, 1888, when his brother, Hugh McIlvain, 3rd, was admitted and the firm name changed to J. Gibson McIlvain & Company, which title has since been used, they having admitted J. Gibson McIlvain, Jr., into the firm, Ist Mo. Ist, 1903, and his brother, Walter B. McIlvain, Ist Mo. Ist, 1908; the members of the firm now being, J. Gibson Mc- Ilvain, Hugh McIlvain, 3rd, J. Gibson McIlvain, Jr., Walter B. McIlvain.

The business was established at the Junction of West Chester road and Old Lancaster turnpike, about the present location of the Pennsylvania Railroad sta- tion at Thirty-second street, north side of Market street. This at that time was the junction of the three main thoroughfares, Darby road, or King's highway, to Chester, now known as Woodland avenue; Old Lancaster turnpike to Lancaster, now Lancaster avenue; and the West Chester road, afterwards called Washington street, and later Market street, leading westwardly to West Chester and eastward- ly to Philadelphia, crossing the Schuylkill river over the Middle ferry at the loca- tion of the present Market street bridge.

This was an ideal site, being near the river, and at that time most of the lumber was received by boat, although some came from the country mills by team over the three highways mentioned above.

This site was occupied until the firm moved, in 1852, to the northwest corner of Thirty-fourth and Market streets. As the business increased later Hugh Mc- Ilvain, 2d, found it necessary to occupy, about 1872, another piece of ground at the northwest corner of Thirty-sixth and Market streets, which he had purchased.

Later, the business still increasing, J. Gibson McIlvain and Hugh McIlvain, 3rd, purchased, in 1892, the property comprising about fifteen acres, lying between Woodland avenue and Gray's avenue, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-eighth streets, belong- ing to the estate of Mark Devine, deceased, which he had originally purchased from John Gibson, their grandfather. This was considered the most suitable site on account of the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads crossing each other within it; also being within short hauling distance from the Schuylkill river. After making connections with both railroads, building their sheds, stocking them with selected hardwoods and building materials, they celebrated the centennial anniversary of the business established by their grandfather in 1798, by moving May 1, 1898, from their old office, 3401 Market street, to the new location at Fifty-eighth street and Woodland avenue.

As was published by the New York Trade Journal, in 1898: "We do not know but we are led to believe that this is the only instance of the kind in the United States of a lumber concern One Hundred Years old, at least by succession in a direct line in three generations."

Within a few years after this date, the business grew to such an extent that they soon had most of the fifteen acres well covered with lumber, carrying prob- ably the heaviest stock of any yard in the city. At 8:17, on the evening of March 27, 1906, fire was discovered, the origin of which is unknown, the center of the yard, including the sheds, or in all, about four acres, being completely destroyed.

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Ten million feet, or $335,000 worth, of as choice hardwoods as was ever accumu- lated in any one place was consumed by the flames in about seven hours.

This was probably the most spectacular fire that has ever occurred in Philadel- phia, the light from the flames being observed for many miles. The city of Cape May fearing a great conflagration, telephoned to the authorities at Philadel- phia for information. It was observed that flocks of all kinds of birds, including ducks and geese, were attracted by the light and flew into the flames.

On account of changing conditions, the property surrounding the yard building up as a residential section and the firm's wholesale business having increased, they did not rebuild their sheds, but continued to carry carload lots of hardwood, ex- pecting to sell the property for building purposes. In the meantime, they estab- lished new offices in the Crozer Building, 1420 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, where they have continued to push their growing wholesale hardwood trade in carload lots, shipping direct from stocks they now carry at the mills at various originating points.

At this date, it is a record that the three generations have continued the business successfully for one hundred and ten years, and two members of the fourth gen- eration have lately been admitted to the partnership, as before mentioned.

KNIGHT FAMILY.

Lower gives as the probable derivation of the surname Knight, the Anglo-Saxon Cniht, meaning a youthful warrior, or military follower. There are a number of English families of the name apparently not being in the slightest degree related to each other. The American branch of the family is descended from one of these families that appears in Worcestershire as early as 1346.

WILLIELMO KNYGHT, de Bradley, according to the Lay Subsidies of Worcester, 1346, paid eight shillings for the fifth part of a knight's fee, in the Hundred of Oswaldelow, formerly held by William de Bradley. He had issue :

RALPH KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Richard Knight, who on Nov. 29, 1385, appeared as prosecutor in an action against the community of Basford, Nottingham ;

Johannes Knight, who was enrolled as Burgess, June, 1395, of Nottingham.

RALPH KNIGHT, "filius Willielmo Knyght," appears in 1374 in a Pedes Finium, versus William Lee and Isabel, his wife, in Clapham, Surrey, having purchased of them lands in Clapham. He had issue :

WILLIAM KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Johannes Knight, who, with wife, Johanna, sold certain lands in Wandlesworth, Surrey, to John Lacey, Richard Forder, and Richard Danyell, 1418.

WILLIAM KNIGHT, "filius Ralph Knight," purchased land in Effyngham, Sur- rey, 1412, of Robert Blake, of London, and Constance, his wife, as shown by Surrey Fines, 14 Henry IV., No. 103. He had issue :

WILLIAM KNIGHT, of whom presently ;

Oliver Knight, who, in 1483, had of Richard Martyn and Alyce, his wife, lands at Sut- ton, Surrey;

Henry Knight, who had in 1500, land in Croydon, Surrey, of Matthew Mylshe and Alia- nor, his wife.

WILLIAM KNIGHT, son of William Knight, married Eleanor, daughter and co- heir of "Johannis Iwardly, of Buck ;" died in 1498, leaving issue :

JOHN KNIGHT, of whom presently;

William Knight, who leased lands of Thomas Sampson

JOHN KNIGHT, son of William and Eleanor Knight, married Margaret, daughter of George Wharton, and had issue :

Richard Knight, of All Saints, Worcestershire, who made his will March 20, 1571, and from whom descend the Worcestershire Knights;

JOHN KNIGHT, of whom presently.

JOHN KNIGHT, son of John and Margaret Knight, had property at Scowde, Worcestershire, is mentioned in the Churchwarden's account of St. Michael's parish in Bordswaine, Worcester, 1547; leased land in Berkshire in 1548; by his

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marriage with Elizabeth Smythes became possessed of the estate Smythes of Ling- field, county Surrey. By her he had one son,

JOHN KNIGHT, who inherited Smythes of Lingfield, county Surrey, from his mother, and at his death, 1581, it was inherited by his son,

GEORGE KNIGHT, a yeoman of Lingfield, county Surrey, who married Alice, daughter of Richard Brown, and had issue:

JOHN KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Mathew Knight who had wife, Agnes, and a son, John, to whom administration on his estate was granted Dec. 12, 1596, as of Lydd, Kent;

Robert Knight, b. 1533, became Rector of Wotton, Surrey, 1554;

Nicholas Knight, b. 1538, who with his brothers settled in county Gloucester, where he m. Feb. 9, 1560, Elyn Bradshaw;

Richard Knight, of Eastrington, Gloucester, to whom was granted, 1533, certain tithes anciently belonging to the Abbey of Gloucester, in Farley, near Amney; his son and heir, Robert Knight, had a living in the manor of Eastrington, 1572; another son, Richard Knight, is mentioned in the will of his cousin, Francis Knight, 1616.

JOHN KNIGHT, son of George Knight, of Lingfield, Surrey, by his wife, Alice Brown, was born in Lingfield, 1540; married, May 4, 1567, Isabel Saxbie. In 1577 an escheat was issued against his property in county Gloucester for con- tumacy. "John Knighte, 'ghostly counselor'," appears as a witness to the will of William Bodman, shipwright, Bristol, dated September 4, 1575, and proved De- cember 5, 1775. He was buried at Cowden, October 28, 1611. John Knight mar- ried (second) in Standish, county Gloucester, December 8, 1575, Silvester Berde. He had issue :

JOHN KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Alexander Knight, who with some of his relatives returned to Worcestershire;

Philip Knight, who also settled in Worcester;

James Knight, whose three daughters, Eleanor, Margaret and Mary, are mentioned in the will of his brother, Henry Knight, 1639;

Matthew Knight, who had a daughter, Frances, and a son, John;

Henry Knight, whose will, made at Gloucester, April 24, 1639, mentions Alice, late wife; sons, Robert (eldest), Henry (second son, who m. July 31, 1654, Sarah Taylor, and had issue), Richard (youngest son) ; daughters, Elizabeth, Susan, Margaret, Anne and Mary Knight; the three daughters of his brother, James, above mentioned; and devises "messuage and garden in parish of St. John the Baptist ;"

Francis Knight, an Alderman of city of Bristol, whose will, made Aug. 8, 1616, and proved Oct. 12, 1616, mentions son, Francis, his wife, Katharine, and son, John; son Edward's children, Bridget, Robert and John; daughter, Martha, wife of William Challoner, of Bristol, merchant, and their children, Robert, Francis, Martha, Joane, William and Thomas; "sister Bentley's children;" Frances, daughter of brother, Mat- thew; Thomas Knight, "and the rest of brother John's children;" cousin, Richard Knight; brother-in-law, Robert Aldworth; this Robert Aldworth, with Giles Elbridge, both merchants of Bristol, had a grant of 12,000 acres of land on the river Pemaquid, from the President and Council of New England, Feb. 29, 1631-2, and also 100 acres additional for every person transported thither by them.

JOHN KNIGHT, son of John and Isabel (Saxbie) Knight, married (first) a daughter of Jeremy Blanck, and (second) 1590, Elizabeth Willis, of Bretforton, county Worcester, of the Willis family of Fenny Compton, county Warwick, from whom descended Gov. George Wyllys, (born in Fenny Compton, 1580) whose will made at Hartford, Connecticut, December 14, 1644, and proved in London, February 9, 1647, devises to his son George certain property "provided he come over to New England." Of this family was also Francis Willis, of the parish of Ware river, county Gloucester, Virginia, progenitor of the prominent Virginia family of the name of Willis.

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John Knight, by his two wives, had issue :

EDWARD KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Stephen Knight, who gave a recognizance, dated at Stokes Prior, Gloucestershire, Dec. 20, 1620, for the appearance of William Christopher, but who a few years later settled as a mercer in the nearby parish of Bromsgrove;

Francis Knight, who settled in Honeybourne, county Gloucester; m. in Weston Subedge, 1626, Mary Winston, of Laburton;

Frances Knight, spinster;

Richard Knight, who in 1616 lived in Severn Stokes, Worcester, but m. in the Parish of Frampton on Severn, July 23, 1627, Margaret Hemmons, and had a son, Richard, who m. Nov. 23, 1663, Margaret Savage, and they in turn had a son, Richard, who m. July 29, 1711, Rebecca Gabb. On August 24, 1671, a grant of arms was given Richard Knight, and his nephew, Richard Knight: Gules, three bends or, on a canton sable a spur or; Crest, a spur or, between two wings sable;

Thomas Knight, m. Oct. 20, 1617, Alice Osborne, and had a son, Thomas, m. May 6, 1649, Elizabeth Hurne.

EDWARD KNIGHT, of Woodbury Hill, Worcester, married Alice Dimery, and had issue :

GILES KNIGHT, of whom presently;

Francis Knight, m. July 31, 1654, Elizabeth Jarat;

John Knight, settled in Southwark, Surrey;

William Knight, m. Sept. 26, 1653, Joane Davis, (second) July 4, 1664, Elizabeth Cooke; Richard Knight, of Cowden, who with his uncle, Richard Knight, before mentioned, was granted the arms and crest, before described, Aug. 24, 1671; m. Sept. 27, 1652, Agnes Cowley; issue :

Richard Knight, m. April 27, 1690, Mary Lippite.

GILES KNIGHT, son of Edward Knight, of Woodbury Hill, Worcester, and his wife, Alice Dimery, born May 9, 1614, married (first) Elizabeth Williams, a sister of Thomas Williams, of Whetenhurst, Gloucestershire, whose son, Richard Williams, was a settler in Taunton, Massachusetts, and was accompanied to America by a sister, Elizabeth Williams.

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 58

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978