Detached as son of Sir John McNaught, Sr.. Evidence for parentage is lacking.

John McKnight's parentage is unconfirmed. I strongly advise everyone managing this page to not add back any parents until a source is confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McKnight-16

-Isaac McPherson, 2/1/2021

Due to lack of confirmation, I removed his parents.

-Isaac McPherson, 11/27/2020

Source not confirmed yet as of 07/05/2015. Same for spouse.

All of these families were active members of the Presbyterian community in the Manokin area. Several members of these families moved to the Elk River Area of Cecil County, Maryland. The McKnitt home in Cecil County was also called "Glasgow" and adjoined Samuel Alexander's properties called "Sligo" and "Bullens Range" and a tract called "High Spaniola." Their descendants went on to Rowan County, later Iredell County, in North Carolina and were very active in the Revolutionary war. (adapted from Jean Capps, 1997),

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John McKnight

• Born 1627 in Turnberry Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
• [sibling(s) unknown]
• Husband of Sarah Moore — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Father of Jane McKnight
• Died 1708 in Somerset, MD

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John McKnight

• Born 1627 in Turnberry Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Son of Joseph R. McKnitt and [mother unknown]
• [sibling%28s%29 unknown]
• Husband (1) of Sarah Moore — married Sep 1649 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Husband (2) of Elizabeth (Wallace) McKnight — married 1659 in
• Father of Jane McKnight, Jane Mcknight, Jane Mcknight, John (Mcknight) Mc Knitt Sr, Abigail (McKnight) McKnitt, Margaret Mcnitt and Ester Mcknight
• Died 1708 in Somerset County, Maryland
• LNAB, Birth date and place all disputed and need sources.
• On November 5th, 1665, John McKnitt "of Dublin" acquired 100 acres in Somerset County, Maryland.
• The family was of Scottish origin, a sept of the Clan MacNaughton.
• He married Elizabeth Wallace, sister of Matthew Wallace, both were on church records in 1708.
• Two of their children were Abigail McKnitt and John McKnitt, Jr.[1]

Sources

• 1. ↑ Morrison, William Mann. The Morrison-Williams Register: 4780 Full Names in Compact Display Showing Family Relationships By Generations, With Vital Statistics and Revolutionary Service Indicated Where Known .. Atlanta, Ga.: Morrison, 1991. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Page 14.
• 2. Morrison, William Mann. The Morrison-Williams Register: 4780 Full Names in Compact Display Showing Family Relationships By Generations, With Vital Statistics and Revolutionary Service Indicated Where Known .. Atlanta, Ga.: Morrison, 1991. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• 3.Find A Grave Index, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK1-Y3RW : 13 December 2015), John McKnitt-McKnight, ; Burial, Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, United States of America, Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 52846194, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Record added: May 25, 2010. Maintained by: Dee Mack; Originally Created by: Sue McDuffe:)

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John McKnight (b. 1627, d. 1708)

• John McKnight was
• born 1627 in Turnberry Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, and
• died 1708 in Somerset, Maryland, USA.
• He married Sarah Moore.

More About John McKnight:

• Date born 2: 1627, Turnberry Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.188
• Died 2: 1708, Somerset, , Maryland, USA.188
• Children of John McKnight and Sarah Moore are:
  • i. +Jane McKnight, b. 1650, Wigton, Scotland, d. 1744, Wigton, Scotland.

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John McKnight

• b.1627 Scotland
• d.
• The 1684 parish census of Wigtonshire identifies a John McKnight living in Torhouskie north of Wigton.
• His wife's name may have been Margaret, as a person listed immediately after him is shown as "Margaret McKnight".
  • Margaret, however, is probably not his wife, but a daughter as at this time in Scotland the wife typically retained her maiden name after marriage;
  • persons in the household bearing the same surname are probably children of the head of household.
  • The convention of a wife adopting her husband's surname began somewhat later than this. Also, while families seem to have been grouped together in the Parish Rolls separate households are not specifically identified.
  • Margaret McKnight, for example, might have been the head of a separate household from that of John McKnight.
  • The "Rutherford Bible" cited by White 1902, and apparently passed down through the family of Katherine Rutherford=John Walker II, son of John Walker I=Jane McKnight, bears the signature of John McKnight on its title page. John could plausibly the John McKnight of the 1684 Parish Roll, but we do not have any direct indication that he was the father of Jane McKnight, or was the John McKnight whose name appears in the Rutherford Bible.
  • While it's plausible to list John McKnight the father of Jane McKnight=John Walker I, this is conjectural, rather than a proven relationship. Q 16:45, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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2. Who were the parents of Jane McKnight? [see this site for info about John Walker I’s parents]

• With regard to Jane McKnight's parent's: Some have identified them as John McKnight and Sarah Moore.
  • The basis for identifying her father as John McKnight appears to be the inscription in the Walker Rutherford Bible, printed 1621, with the name John McKnight born 1627 "written in this book"--(White 1902:278).
  • Some have used this information to infer that John McKnight must be Jane's father. That interpretation is consistent with the likely DOM from John Walker=Jane McKnight (c. 1680---when John McKnight would have been about 50 years of age---appropriate for the marriage of a daughter of marriageable age).
  • Unfortunately, showing that these facts are consistent with identifying John as Jane's father, is not the same as showing it to be true. These same data would be consistent with him being an uncle, a cousin, or no relation at all.
• Paul Parker noted (personal communication) that someone had identified John McKnight's wife as Sarah Moore. There doesn't seem to be any information as to the basis for this.

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FindAGrave MEMORIAL ID 52846194

John McKnitt McKnight

• BIRTH 1630 Scotland
• DEATH 1708 Somerset County, Maryland, USA
• BURIAL Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland, USA
• Last name varies in spelling from McKnitt to MacKnight to McKnight, but eventually the majority of the later generation of this family to this very day keeps the surname McKnight.

Family Members

• Spouse: Elizabeth Wallace McKnight 1632–1708
• Children:
  • John McKnitt McKnight* 1660–1714
  • Abigail McKnitt Alexander* 1667–1714

Maintained by: Dee Mack; (Originally Created by: Sue McDuffe:) Record added: May 25, 2010

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 19 2018, 2:24:45 UTC

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John McNaught, born in Kelquahaniter, Scotland; married to Sara Margaret Gordon. Moved to Londonderry in 1686 with his 4 sons:

• Samuel,
• John,
• William, and
• Alexander B.

Changed his name to McNutt.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McKnitt-72

He was born about 13 Apr 1627 in Ulster, Ireland.

Immigrated from Ireland to America about 1670's. McKnitt invited young John Brevard in their emigration to America. Brevards along with the Wallaces, McKnitt s, Alexanders, and other Scotch Irish left Ireland for America.

John McKnitt married (c1652 or c1659 or 28 Mar 1693 ?) to Elizabeth Jane Wallace or Wallis (1632–1708). [1] [2]

John McKnitt married about 1660 in Manokin Hundred, Somerset, Maryland to Jane Alexander.

John McKnitt married about 1700 in New Munster (later Chester County, Pennsylvania) to Martha Dale.

He died about 1708 in Somerset County, Maryland and was buried at Manokin Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. [3] [4]

Children (list needs validation)

1. Jane=Jean (McKnitt) Alexander, b: 1680
2. Abigail (McKnitt) Alexander 1667–1714
3. John McKnitt, Jr., b: about April 1660 Ireland; d: 23 Dec 1714 Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland; buried: Newark, New Castle County, Delaware; m: c1684 Jane Alexander (sister of Elizabeth)
4. Robert McKnitt, b: 04 Jun 1685
5. John McKnitt, b: 08 Sep 1687 [5] [6] [7]
6. Mary Katherine McKnitt, b: 10 Aug 1689 [8]
7. Margaret McKnitt, b: 26 Dec 1693 [9] [10] [11] [12]
8. Daniel William McKnitt, b: 1696
9. Jean McKnitt b: 18 May 1698
10. Sarah McKnitt, b: c1701
11. Elizabeth McKnitt, b: c1703
12. Abigail McKnitt b: c1708

Research Notes

• After a merge this profile has info for both John McKnitt Sr. and Jr. mixed together.
• Not to be confused with John McNaught, b: c1625 Dalry Strathclyde Scotland; migration: c1714; d: c1714 Londonderry, Ireland; m: Florence Gordon; son Alexander McNaught & wife arrival: 1720 Boston, Massachusetts; res: Palmer, MA; last direct male heir to the MacNaucht estates, John McKnight, was lost at sea in 1738 on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.
• Not to be confused with John McKnight, b: c1627 Wigtown Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland; d: c1683 Scotland; m: Sarah Moore; daughter Jane McKnight, m: John Walker; grandson John Walker, b: 1676 Wigton, Scotland; immig: 1694 Woburn, MA > VA > NC; d: Sep 1734 Chester County Pennsylvania; m: Katherine Rutherford (1682-1702); Rutherford Bible cited by White in 1902 bears the signature of John McKnight on its title page; was passed down through the family - Katherine Rutherford > John Walker, Jr. > Jane McKnight.