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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Extractions:
A. Bicknor Church Records (FHL film 1851040, it. 6):
-5 Feb 1642/3, Richard, son of William Knight and [blank] his wife, bap.; 17 Jun 1643, Richard, s of William and Anne Knight, bur.
-8 Mar 1655, William, s of William and Anne Knight, bur. [This entry is written in the margin of a page containing a spread of ten years and there is no context of the dual year date.]
B. Bredgar Church Records (FHL film 2354623):
-27 Sep 1645, Ann, d of William and Ann Knight, bap.
-24 Jun 1647, Barbara, d of William and Anne Knight, bap.
-4 Sep 1649, William, s of William and Anne Knight, bap.
-28 Jun 1651, James, s of William and Ann Knight, bap.
-13 Jul 1653, Susanna, d of William and Anne Knight, bap.
-22 Sep 1655, Richard, s. of William and Ann Knight "was borne"; 10 Mar 1655/6, "Richard the Sonn of William Knight and Ann his wife was Buried at Becknar March 10th" 1655/6.
2. Mentioned in father's will:
Family Search's "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 28 July 2015, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Wills, 1636, A-Z, images 257-259 of 497:
Will: Knight, James; Bicknor; 1632; 1636; PRC/17/70/472; PRC/16/213 K/3
Website: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23160-48543-70?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-RMS:250713701,250719201,251319801#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fwaypoint%2FM68K-K38%3A250713701%2C250719201%3Fcc%3D1949814
Will written 31 May 1632
James Knight
- to be buried in churchyard of Bicknor
- eldest son William Knight, two parcells of land named Petscroft in the parish of Bicknor
- wife Anne Knight with rights to Petscroft for her natural life
- younger son Ritchard Knight under the full age of 24
- sons Robart Knight and James Knight
- wife Anne and son William named as executors
- daughters Anne Knight and Joan Knight under the full age 22
Witnessed by William Peckett [Beckett?] and Walter Bentley. James signed with a mark.
Probated 10 Nov 1636.
3. Extraction of Bicknor Parish Records (FHL film 1851040, it. 6), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1751589, it. 1), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1736525, it. 3); records start 1571:
Family Group:
-2 Nov 1573, William Knyghte an olde inhabitant was buryed.
-8 Dec 1609, Jone Knite widow, an olde inhabitant, bur.
Family Group -- James Knight and two wives Helen [Ellen] ___ and Anne Coullen. James Knight is named as churchwarden from 1611 to 1612:
-6 Jan 1605[/6?], Hellen wife of Jacobi [James] Knyte, bur.
-30 Jun 1605[1606?], "James Knyte and Anne Coullen weare also joygned togeither in Matrimonye"
-6 Oct 1636, James Knight, bur.
-14 Sep 1638, Anne Knight widow of James Knight, bur.
-Children of the above:
-25 Mar 1607, William s of Jacoby Knyte, bap.
-25 Mar 1610[/11?], Robert s of Jacobi Knite, bap.; 3 Oct 1678, Robert and James Knight, bur. [James was a widower and his burial record is not found in Stockbury with his wife. No other James Knights of Bicknor fit for a burial.]; many baptisms and burials starting 4 May 1646 found in this parish for children of Robert and Elizabeth Knight.
-28 Feb 1612/13, James son of James Knite, bap.; 3 Oct 1678, Robert and James Knight, bur. [James was a widower and his burial record is not found in Stockbury with his wife. No other James Knights of Bicknor fit for a burial.] [James was a widower and his burial record is not found in Stockbury with his wife.]
-[No record for the daughter Anne was found in the records.]
-4 Apr 1619, Joan d of James Knite, bap.; 25 May 1641, William Morgan and Joan Knight, marr. [The 1 at the end of 1641 has been transcribed by some as a 2, but it is definitely a 1.]
-4 Jan 1623/4, Richard s of James Knight, bap.; 11 Apr 1684, Rich Knight, bur.
Family Group:
-William Knight named as churchwarden 1616-1617. [No church records found for a William of this time period. Most likely the son William named in William Knight's will of 1573, which makes him the brother of James above.]
Family Group -- Ingeram was chr. 6 Mar 1597 in Hougham to William Knight. He becomes the progenitor of many Knights in Stockbury. He is the son of William the churchwarden above.
-25 Nov 1622, Ingeram Knight and Elizabeth Brenard, mar.
-19 Oct 1623, Marye d of Ingeram Knight, bap.
Family Group: This William is the one bapt. above in 1607 and who married Anne Knight in Hollingbourne in 1642.
-5 Feb 1642/3, Richard s of William Knight and [blank] his wife, bap.
Comments: The fact that William Knight, the churchwarden of 1616-17, was in Bicknor shows an association with the Knights of this parish, who are all closely related. We know from Ingeram's christening record in Hougham that his father was William Knight, which leads us to the conclusion that William the churchwarden is most likely his father since there was no known brother to Ingeram named William. William is most likely the brother of James of Bicknor and the son of the William and Jone as named in his father's will. Ingeram becomes the progenitor of many Knights in Stockbury.
DEATH:
1. Will -- William Knite, Hollingbourne,1677 1677 PRC/32/54/239PRC/31/146 K/11677:
England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881. Kent, Diocese of Canterbury; Wills: 1677, A-Z Image 81 of 132.
Internet link at Family Search accessed 27 Jul 2015: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23233-11096-88?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-9TL:250713801,250719201,251399001
[This will is hard to decipher]
Will written 8?[eate?] March 1677
Willam Knite of the parish of Holenborn, Kent husbandman
-land in Stockbury my son James Knite
-daughter Barebe Knite [Barbara]
-daughter Susane Knite
-son-in-law Thomas Doo [Thomas Doe; married an Anne Knight]
Will proved 20 August 1677
Repository: County Record Office, Maidstone.
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