THIRD GENERATION
-11- DAUGHTER, twin of Sarah, b. 13 April 1660; d. 27 April 1660; age 2 wks.
-12- HANNAH b. 22 Mar. 1662; d. in Newbury 30 July 1664, ae 2.
-13- HANNAH, b. 30 Aug. 1664; m. in Newbury 31 Mar. 1684 Rev. James Noyes, b. in Newbury 16 May 1657. He was a Lt. Col. in the militia. He discovered In Newbury the first limestone found In the colony "this was said to have caused great excitement." In 1678 Gov. Andrus of Mass. Bay Colony had a census and inventory taken for tax purposes, and James was listed in the report. In 1701 he was executor of the will of his father, Cutting Noyes. No record has been found of the death of Hannah and James.
1. Rebecca, b. 12 Jan. 1685; m. 29 April 1708 a first cousin, Joseph Knight (22).
2. Joseph, b. 20 Sept. 1686; d. 1770, m. (1) 1710 Joanna Hale, b. Beverly, Ma. 1689; m. (2)1715 Martha Clark.
3. Hannah, b. 13 Mar. 1688; d. 1744; m. 1712 Benjamin Lunt, b. 1686.
4. Nicholas, b. 29 Feb. 1690; d. 1740; m. 1716 Judith Pike, b. 1695; d. 1754.
5. Nathan, b. 5 Feb. 1692; d. 1752; m. 1714 Sarah Clark b. 1690; d. 1725; he m. (2)
6. Ephraim, b. 20 Oct. 1694; d. 19 Dec. 1694, ae 2 months
7. Lydia, b. 30 Nov. 1695; d. 1775; m. 1717 Joseph Dole, b. 1689.
8. Ephraim, b. 25 Dec. 1698; d. 1779; m. (1) 1722 Prudence Stickney, b. 1698; d. 1730; m. (2) 1731 Mrs. Abigail B. Platts, b. 1704; d. 1783.
9. Benjamin, b. 22 Feb. 1702; d. ca 1773; m. (1) 1727 Mary Poor; m. (2) 1755 Mary Ring b. 1715; d. 1801.
10. Mary, b. 13 Mar. 1704; m. 1724 Abiel Somerby, b. 1702.
11. James, b. 19 Aug. 1705; d. 1745; m. 1729 Sarah Little, b. 1708; d. 1754.
NOTE: All four Knight sisters married brothers, sons of Nicholas and Mary Noyes, and their brother John married a Noyes cousin of the four Noyes brothers.
-14- CAPT. RICHARD b. 26 Jul. 1666; d. in Newbury 3 June 1723, ae 57; m. in Newbury ca 1695 Elizabeth Jaques, a second cousin and sister to his sister-in-law Abigail. she was b. in Newbury 28 Oct. 1669; d. In 1743, ae 74. Her will is filed at Essex Probate, #15966. He was a mariner.
Issue:
1. Richard, Jr. ( 36) b. 1695 4. Moses ( 39) b. 1710
2. Henry ( 37) b. 1697 5. Edmond ( 40) b. 1714
3. Elizabeth ( 38) b. 1702
-15- BENJAMIN, b. 21 Aug. 1668; d. in Newbury before 2 May 1737, m. in Newbury ca 1692 Abigail Jaques, a second cousin, daughter of Henry and Anne (Knight) Jaques and a sister of his sister-in-law Elizabeth. she was b. 11 Mar. 1673, and d. before 24 Jan. 1673 when administration of her estate was granted to her son Benjamin. Her husband's will was proved 2 May 1737, and showed an estate of 395 pounds, a sizable amount for those days.
Issue:
1. Benjamin ( 41) b. 1693 8. Stephen ( 48) b. 1707
2. Isaac ( 42) b. 1695 9. Enoch C 49) b. 1709
3. Abigail ( 43) b. 1697 10. Jacob ( 50) b. 1711
4. Daniel ( 44) b. 1699 11. William ( 51) b. 1713
5. George ( 45) b. 1702 12. Sarah ( 52) b. 1716
6. Ann ( 46) b. 1703 13. Elizabeth ( 53) b. 1718
7. Stephen ( 47) b. 1705
-16- ISAAC, b. 30 Aug. 1672; d. in Newbury 29 July 1690, ae 17.
-18-
Issue - all were b. In Newbury.
1725 Mary Greenleaf, b. 1699.
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