FIFTH GENERATION

-127- NATHAN, b. 21 Oct. 1739; d. before 1790 census; m. in Falmouth, Me. 24 Dec. 1767 Deborah Babb b. 1734. They lived for a while in Gray, then Hallowell, finally in New Gloucester, Me. In the census of 1790 there appears the name of Phoebe Knight of New Gloucester, with a family of two males and 4 females under age 16. Evidently a mistake by the census taker, and the name should be Deborah. She m. (2) in New Gloucester 26 Feb. 1796 James Bishop, b. in Ipswich, Ma., as his 3rd wife. She seems to have outlived her 2nd husband and to have resumed the name of Knight. "Mrs. Deborah Knight died in Sumner, Me. June 1839. Had she lived until July 19, she would have completed her 105th year". Maine Farmer 1839.

1. Sarah ( 405) b. ca 1768 3. Lydia ( 407 b. ca 1775

2. Mary ( 406) b. ca 1770

ISSUE OF DANIEL (44) AND ANNA (HALE) KNIGHT - all were b. in Newbury, Ma.

-128- HEPSIBAH, b. 23 Dec. 1734; m. in Newbury 9 Nov. 1756 David Noyes, b. in Newbury 29 Oct. 1733. No other information at hand.

-129- PATIENCE, b. in Jan. 1736; m. 23 June 1757 Daniel Pettingall. They left Newbury and settled in Windham, Me.

1. Moses, b. 2 Dec. 1757; m. 12 Feb. 1783 Catherine Elliot.

2. Patience, b. 7 April 1759; m. 18 Dec. 1790 Stephen Hall.

3. Sarah W., b. 4 June 1761; m. 12 Dec. 1786 Jonathan Knight (251). They settled in Windham, Me.

4. Catherine, m. 6 Jan 1793 John Hussey.

5. Annie, bp. 27 May 1764; m. 15 Feb. 1787 Nicholas Anthoine.

6. Elizabeth.

7. Daniel, b. Feb 1784; 'died young'.

-130- JEREMIAH, b. 1 July 1740; d. in Haverhill, Ma. 30 Jan. 1828, ae 88, unm.?

-131- ANN, b. 6 Aug. 1742; d. in Newbury 26 Aug. 1815, ae 72; m. in Newbury 30 Oct. 1764 Ezra Hale, b. in Newbury 19 May 1737; d. 10 Oct. 1791, ae 54.

1. Ezra, b. in Newbury 23 Sept. 1771; d. 1846; m. 1800 Nancy Adams.

-132- KATHERINE, b. in Newbury 22 June 1744; d. in Newburyport, Ma. 4 June 1793, ae 49; m. in Newbury 5 April 1764 Capt. Nathan Poor, b. in Newbury 24 May 1741; d. in Newburyport 9 Feb. 1806 'suddenly while attending public worship', ae 65.

1. John, b. 24 June 1765; m. int. 16 Dec. 1809 with Mary Miner.

2. Dr. Daniel, b. 24 March 1767; d. 17 May 1840; m. 1796 Lydia Merrill, b. 1772.

3. Anna, b 15 June 1770; d. 1854; m. 1793 Benjamin Stickney, b. 1766; d. 1830.

4. Catherine, b 23 Jan. 1773; d. 1835; m. 1794 William Cook, b. 1762; d. 1843.

5. Nathan, b 4 May 1775; d. 1796; m. 1795 Mary Noyes, d. 1823.

6. Jeremiah, b. 16 Sept. 1777; d. 1801.

7. Isaac, b. 8 Sept. 1783; d. 1836; m. 1809 Elizabeth A. Spiller, b. in Amherst, NH in

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