High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

John Gould Knight

20 Jan 1840 – 5 Mar 1909 · about 69 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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John Gould Knight lived from 20 Jan 1840 to 5 Mar 1909, a span of about 69 years.

Theirs is one of 2 markers bearing the name Knight in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
John Gould Knightm.Harriet Jane Gardner Knight1842–1906also here
Gardner Knight1871–1957George Whittaker Knight1875–1953

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date, found in the Marsh family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
Hing. and at Coh., — i. George Thomas, Feb. 12, 1837, d. 28 Sept. 1839. ii. George Thomas, Jan. 20, 1840. iii. Oliver Dyer, Apr. 12, 1844. m. March 12, 1871, Mary S. Nichols of Coh. iv. Sarah Elizabeth, Dec. 6, 1846, d. at Coh. 6 Sept. 1848. v. John Lyman, Aug. 14, 1851. vi. Isaac, Jau. 2, 1855. Jacob, bro. of the preceding, and b. at Reading, Mass., 1809. m. Nancy C, dau.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Togus, Kennebec County, Maine, USA.

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