SEVENTH GENERATION
ISSUE OF ADAM (279) AND BETSEY (CHASE) KNIGHT - all were b. in Peru, Me.
-700- NATHANIEL b. 7 Dec. 1816; d. 20 Oct. 1856, ae 39; m. 5 June 1842 Columbia Swett, b. 1823, d. at Red Bluff, Ca. in 1892, ae 69. He and his brother Merrill both taught school in town and served on the school board. They were prominent members of the Light Infantry, a company of the Home Militia, in the 1840's. Columbia had literary talent and was a poetess. After Nathaniel d. , his wife and children moved to Glencoe, Minn., then settled in Red Bluff in 1874.
Issue:
1. Aubrey M. (1452) b. 1843 3. Daniel (1454) b. 1853
2. Eveline A. (1453) b. 1845
-701- MERRILL, b. 6 Dec. 1818; d. at Sumner, Me. 13 June 1881, ae 62; m. (1) 1 May 1842 Angeline M. Ford; d. at Sumner 24 June 1848; he m. (2) 15 Jan. 1854 Esther W. Woodsum. b. at Sumner 2 July 1819; d. 12 May 1889, ae 64, a school teacher.
Issue:
1. Revillo (1455) b. 1856 3. Caroline H.(1457) b. 1870
2. Laura M. (1456) b. 1863
-702- SALOME, b. 26 Dec. 1820; m. 23 June 1850 Enoch Morrell of Sumner, Me.
-703- EVERLINE A., b. 23 Mar. 1824; d. 7 Mar. 1844, ae 19.
-704- CALISTA, b. 27 Mar. 1826; m. int. 19 Aug. 1848 Oliver Robbins of Woodstock, Me.
-705- DANIEL, b. 10 Mar. 1828; "went West" to Oregon; d. there 27 Mar. 1852, ae 24.
-706- JEMIMA , b. 23 Dec. 1831; m. Lucius Doble, b. 1831; d. at Gorham, Me. 23 Oct. 1877, ae
46.
-707- MARIA LOUISA, b. 27 Dec. 1837; m. Wesley Farnum.
ISSUE OF MERRILL (280) AND RACHEL (BUXTON) KNIGHT - all were b. at Peru, Me.
-708- EMELINE, b. 16 Mar. 1818; d. 16 July 1864, ae 46; m. 6 Feb. 1850 William Bailey of Windham, Me.
-709- CATHERINE, b 12 Mar. 1820; m. Oliver Brackett.
Issue:
1. Mary C., b. 1 Sept. 1852
2. Catherine, b. 16 Apr. 1854.
3. Frances J., b. 29 Apr. 1856.
4. Samuel H., b. 29 June 1858.
Issue:
1. Sarah J.. b. New Gloucester, Me. in 1849; d. at Livermore Falls, Me. 18 Feb. 1906.
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