Descendants of John Knight
Jenks Lineage
Note two Thayer marriages in 4th generatiom.
1. John Knight married (?).
Children:
+2. i William Knight born Dec 15, 1570.
Second Generation
2. William Knight (1.John1) born Dec 15, 1570, England, married Apr 15, 1591, in England, Anne Ives. William died Mar 5, 1656.
Children:
+3. i Margery Knight born 1614.
Third Generation
3. Margery Knight (2.William2, 1.John1) born 1614, England, married Oct 10, 1633, in London, England, William Hayward, born Feb 6, 1617, England, (son of William (Samuel) (Haywood) Hayward and (?)) died May 10, 1659, At Sea. Margery died Jul 18, 1676, Braintree, Norfolk, MA.
Children:
+4. i Huldah Hayward born Oct 7, 1636/7.
Fourth Generation
4. Huldah Hayward (3.Margery3, 2.William2, 1.John1) born Oct 7, 1636/7, Stephney, London, England, married Jan 14, 1652/3, in Braintree, MA, Ferdinando Thayer, born Apr 18, 1625, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, (son of Thomas Thayer and Margery (Marjorie) Wheeler) died Mar 28, 1713, Mendon, Worcester, MA. Huldah died Sep 1, 1698/90, Mendon, MA.
Children:
5. i Josiah Thayer born Jan 14, 1669/70, Mendon, MA, married Jan 7, 1690, in (Briantree?) Mendon, Worcester, MA, Sarah Bass, born Feb 7, 1670, Medfield, Norfolk, MA, (daughter of Thomas Bass and Sarah Wood) died Mendon, Worcester, MA. Josiah died 1728.
6. ii Huldah Thayer born June 16, 1657, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, married (1) Nov 3, 1675, in Mendon, Worchester, MA, Jacob Aldrich, born Feb 28, 1652, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, (son of George Aldrich and Katherine Seald) died Oct 22, 1695, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, married (2) Samuel Wilkerson, married (3) Sep 15, 1699, in Mendon, Worcester, MA, Ebenezer Staples. Huldah died 1707.
7. iii Thomas Thayer born Feb 14, 1664/5, Braintree, MA, married (1) Oct 28, 1687, Mary (Pool) Poole, (daughter of Samuel Poole and Mary (Mercy) French) married (2) 1688, Mary Adams, born Mar 1, 1659/60, (daughter of Peter Adams and Rachel Newcombe). Thomas died May 1, 1738, Mendon, MA. Mary: One genealogy calls her Alice Poole
8. iv Isaac Thayer born Feb 14, 1663/4, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married (1) Jan 2, 1691/2, Mercy (Marcy) Rockwood, born c. 1672, Mendon, Worcester, MA, (daughter of John Rockwood and Joanna Ford) died Dec 18, 1700, Mendon, MA, married (2) 1703, in Mendon, MA, Mary Hayward, died 1730, married (3) Mercy Ward. Isaac died Dec 1754, at sea near Cape Ann, MA.
9. v Sarah Thayer born Mar 12, 1653/4, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, married (1) Jonathan Hayward, married (2) Joseph Stevens. Sarah died c. 1677.
10. vi David Thayer born 1660.
11. vii Jonathan Thayer born Jan 18, 1657/8, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, married Jun 22, 1679, in Braintree Norfolk, MA, Elizabeth French. Jonathan died 1690, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
12. viii Naomi Thayer born Jan 23, 1662, Braintree, MA, married Apr 16, 1684, in Mendon, Worcester, MA, John Cook. Naomi died 1718, Mendon, MA.
13. ix Samuel Thayer born Nov 15, 1666, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married 1690, in Mendon, Worcester, MA, Mary Bass, born Apr 20, 1672, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, (daughter of Thomas Bass and Sarah Wood). Samuel died Dec 19, 1721, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
14. x Israel Thayer born 1668, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
15. xi Ebenezer Thayer born 1672, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married Martha Thompson. Ebenezer died Mendon, Worcester, MA.
16. xii Benjamin Thayer born 1674, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married (1) Sarah Hayward, married (2) Hannah Hayward. Benjamin died 1728, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
17. xiii David Thayer born 1677, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, died Aug 29, 1678, Braintree, Norfolk, MA. some say b. Apr 20, 1660 d. Jun 1, 1674 both in Braintree, Norfolk, MA
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