SHERBURNE, Henry

Other Events and Attributes:

• Gateway Ancestor: Yes, to Magna Carta
• Great Migration: Yes, arrived in 1632 on the James | https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/rd/12107/1666/235193562
• Web Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sherburne
• Web Address: https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mysterious-death-henry-sherburne/
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherburne-20
• Name: //
• Occupation: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Tavern Keeper & Ferryman
• Residence: York, Maine, USA
• Immigration: 1632; On the James/Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Religion: 15 May 1640, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Church Warden at Strawberry Bank
• Court Case: 8 Oct 1649, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Sued Thomas Wedge for slandering his wife (uncertain the reason)
• Public Service: 20 Oct 1651, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Signed petition in Boston asking that the Strawberry Bank township be laid out
• Public Service: Between 1652 and 1672, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Selectman

Notes:

Fr pg 212 - Ancestral Record & Portraits

In 1632, Henry Sherburne (bapt. 21 Mar 1611-Odiham Hampshire, England - died Portsmouth, NH 1680), came to Portsmouth, NH in the ship James. He was Associate Judge of the Court at Strawberry Bank, 1651-52; Town Clerk & Treasurer 1656; Commissioner 1658; and Deputy to the Massachsetts General Court in 1660. He married on Nov 13, 1637, one Rebecca, the only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons who came to Portsmouth in 1630; was Deputy Governor of NH in 1640; Selectman, Magistrate Commissioner 1641-46; Capt of Portsmouth Alarm 1643, and a factor of the Laconia Company, Piscataqua, 1657.

The son of Henry & Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne, Capt. John Sherburne, born April 3 1647, and died 1702, was King's Councillor 1699 and signer of test and association papers. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cowell. Their son, Capt. John Sherburne II, was born Jan 19, 1676, and died in Newcastle, NH 1747. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Hannah (Johnson) Jackson and grand-daughter of James Johnson and their daughter Catherine, married Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne.

Fr pg 22 - Maine Biographies

Mr Fred Sherburne was eighth in direct descent from the founder family of this name in America.... The first immigrand founder was Henry S. Sherburn, who with his wife Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne came from England and settled at Strawberry Banks (now Portsmouth), NH as early as 1638. The line was continued through their son, Capt. Samuel Sherburne, born at Portsmouth in 1638 and settled at Hampton, NH, where he kept the ordinary. He married Love Hutchins, at Haverhill, MA, and among their children was John, so named after an older brother who died young. John Sherburne born Feb 2 1688 at Portsmouth remove to Epping New Hampshire where he married Nov 12 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake...

Fr pg 31 - Genealogical Outline of Cram

Capt. Samuel Sherburne, b. 4 Aug 1638, (twin of Elizabeth Sherburne who married Jun 1656, Tobias Langdon), of Little Harbor, Portsmouth, and Hampton, was sole heir of his grandfather, Ambrose Gibbons. Portsmouth granted him sixty acres in 1650. His father deeded him a dwelling and large tract of land in Little Harbor in 1674. He removed to Hampton in 1675, and there bought the inn in 1678. He was killed at the head of his command fighting Indians, on Aug 4, 1691 (his 53rd birthday), at Maquoit, Casco Bay, Maine. He married, 15 Dec 1668, Love Hutchings of Haverhill, daughter of John and Frances. Among their eleven children: Elizabeth, married Capt Jonathan Sanborn of Kingston - Henry, Chief Justice of NH 1732-42 - Mary, b. 15 Feb 1678; d. 1717; m. 6 Dec 1698, Capt Joseph Tilton of Hampton - Sarah, m Joseph Fifield of Kingston - John, b 2 Feb 1688, Portsmouth

Fr: The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Before May 1692 (Orig Data: J Savage, 1862, Boston, Mass.)

SHERBURNE

GEORGE, Portsmouth 1650.

*HENRY, Portsmouth 1632, came in the James, arr. 12 June in 8 wks. from London, m. 13 Nov. 1637, as fam. rec. tells, Rebecca, only d. of Ambrose Gibbons, had Samuel and. Eliz. tw. b. 4 Aug. 1638; Mary, 20 Nov. 1640 (and fam. tradit. says these two ds. were bapt. by Rev. Mr. Gibson); Henry, 11 [p.78] Jan. 1642; John, 3 Apr. 1647; Ambrose, 3 Aug. 1649; Sarah, 10 Jan. 1652; Rebecca, 21 Apr. 1654; Rachel, 4 Apr. 1656, wh. d. Dec. foll.; Martha, 4 Dec. 1657, d. Nov. fll.; and Ruth, 3 June 1660; was rep. 1660, and his w. d. 3 June 1667. For sec. w. he had Sarah, wid. of Walter Abbot, and d. 1680. No account of any of the ch. exc. Samuel, John, Mary, and Eliz. can be obtain. Eliz. m. 10 June 1656, Tobias Langdon, and next, 11 Apr. 1667, Tobias Lear, had Eliz. b. 11 Feb. 1669; Mary m. 21 Oct. 1658 Richard Sloper. ‡HENRY, a counsell. of N. H. appoint. 1728, wh. d. 1757, aged 83, may have been neph. or more prob. gr.s. of the preced. JOHN, Portsmouth 1643, perhaps a bro. of the first Henry, of the gr. jury 1650, m. Eliz. d. of Robert Tuck of Hampton, had Henry, John, Mary, and Eliz. pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. 1653, and sw. alleg. 1656. JOHN, Portsmouth 1683, perhaps s. of the first Henry, sign. addr. to the k. against his Gov. Cranfield. SAMUEL, Hampton, prob. s. of the first Henry, m. 15 Dec. 1668, Love, d. of John Hutchins of Haverhill, had John, and, perhaps, other ch. beside d. Love; sw. alleg. 1678, and join. the petitn. against Cranfield in 1683; rem. to Portsmouth, and in 1691 was a capt. and k. 4 Aug. that yr. by the Ind. at Maquoit, near Brunswick. His wid. Love d. at Kingston 1739, aged 94. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1644.

Fr: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol 1-3, pg 881-Original data: Robert Charles Anderson

Henry Sherburne successfully sued Thomas Wedge at court 8 October 1649 for slandering his wife, Rebecca, but we are not told what Wedge said [NHPP 40:57]. On 26 June 1660 "Mr. Henry Sherburne" sued Stephen Ford and Peter Wallis for keeping his boat on Sherburne's mooring and staving in Sherburne's boat [NHPP 40:148]. "Hen: Sherb" of Portsmouth was ordered to lay out a way and mend it before next court 27 June 1661 [NHPP 40:158, 164].
At court 28 June 1664 Henry Sherburne sued the town of Portsmouth over several grants of land and arbiters were appointed [NHPP 40:195, 204].
On 30 June 1668 Henry Sherburne was presented for beating his wife "several times" to which he confessed and was fined. At the same court "the wife of Henry Sherburne" (Rebecca) was presented for "beating her husband & breaking his head". She also confessed and was fined and both were ordered to post bonds [NHPP 40:242]. At court 29 March 1670 "Mr. Henry Shurband" and John Kenniston were presented for fighting, and "Mr. Henry Shurband & his wife (2nd w. Sarah)" were presented for "disorderly living and fighting" [NHPP 40:253]. Aaron Ferris was presented for abusing "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" at the same court and was fined [NHPP 40:258]. At court 28 June 1671 "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" and John Keneston were presented for fighting, and were admonished. The same court, "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" were presented for disorderly living and fighting. He confessed that they lived "disorderly" and they were both to be fined 50s. or whipped ten stripes. They paid their fees [NHPP 40:271].
At court 27 June 1673 "Mr. Henry Sherburne and John Sherburne his son" were tried for opposing the whipping of David Cambell which had like to have made an insurrection among the people." The Sherburnes were fined and after humbly admitting their fault, the fines were partially remitted [NHPP 40:299].
At court 7 December 1680 "Henry Sherburne" sued Edward Bickford for damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, but the court found for Bickford [NHPP 40:370]. At the same court, "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" complained against Edward Bickford's children "stealing of pears" & being legally called & not appearing to prosecute, said Bickford" was discharged [NHPP 40:370]. Edward Bickford with his wife and children were summoned to appear before the court and "answer sundry objections about Mr. Sherburne's death" but no evidence of foul play was found and they were set at liberty 9 June 1681 [NHPP 40:378].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1949 Walter Goodwin Davis produced an excellent account of Henry Sherborn, including information on his parents and two of his brothers [Waterhouse Anc 93-103].

Henry Sherburne, born on March 28, 1611, in Odiham, Hampshire, England, was a figure of considerable wealth and influence in pre-independence colonial New Hampshire. His journey to the New World began when he landed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on June 12, 1632, from London. This marked the start of a life that would see him rise to prominence in the early American colonies.

Sherburne's lineage traced back to the illustrious Sherburne (or Shireburn) family of England, known for their ancestral home, Stonyhurst Hall in Lancashire. His great grandfather left Stonyhurst for Oxford, England, where he resided in Beam Hall, and his father, Joseph Sherburne, eventually moved to Odiham, where Henry was born.

In Portsmouth, Henry quickly utilized his classical education and mastery of court hand. By 1640, he had become a warden of the Church of England in Portsmouth. His skills and knowledge led to his selection as town clerk from 1656 to 1660, treasurer, and commissioner of Portsmouth. In 1644, he was appointed as a judge in Portsmouth, and later, the General Court of Massachusetts appointed him as an associate judge.

Henry Sherburne was a significant landowner in Portsmouth. He married twice, first to the daughter of New Hampshire pioneer Ambrose Gibbons, with whom he had several children who later spread throughout the New World. His descendants included notable figures such as Colonel Tobias Lear, George Washington's private secretary.

We are descended from Henry and his first wife, Rebecca Gibbons, who bore him several children, including a daughter, Mary, who married Richard Sloper. This union marked the beginning of a lineage that would spread throughout the New World. After Rebecca's death, Henry married Sarah (maiiden name unknown), the widow of Walter Abbott. Unusually, we are also descended through Sarah and Walter, through their sonThomas Abbott, who married Elizabeth Green, and also their daughter Mary Abbott, who married Thomas Guptail.

Henry's life in Portsmouth was marked by various civic roles, reflecting his commitment to the community's development and governance. He played a crucial role in shaping the early history of Portsmouth and the broader region of New Hampshire.

The end of Henry Sherburne's life was shrouded in mystery. In 1680, he was involved in a legal dispute with Edward Bickford and his wife Mary, who ran a licensed tavern and farm. The conflict began with Sherburne accusing the Bickfords of allowing their livestock to damage his property. Although cleared by a jury, Sherburne filed a second complaint, accusing the Bickford children of stealing pears. However, he never appeared in court for this case, as he died shortly before the scheduled date. The circumstances of his death, so closely timed with the legal proceedings, sparked rumors and speculation among the local community, but the true cause remained unknown.


Died:
Under suspicious circumstances; possibly murdered

Henry married GIBBONS, Rebecca after 1667 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Rebecca (daughter of GIBBONS, Ambrose and ELIZABETH, Rebecca) was born in 1617 in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England; died on 3 Jun 1667 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: STEWARD, Sarah. Sarah was born in 1617; died in 1681 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 20 Nov 1640, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Fr pg 212 - Ancestral Record & Portraits

In 1632, Henry Sherburne (bapt. 21 Mar 1611-Odiham Hampshire, England - died Portsmouth, NH 1680), came to Portsmouth, NH in the ship James. He was Associate Judge of the Court at Strawberry Bank, 1651-52; Town Clerk & Treasurer 1656; Commissioner 1658; and Deputy to the Massachsetts General Court in 1660. He married on Nov 13, 1637, one Rebecca, the only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons who came to Portsmouth in 1630; was Deputy Governor of NH in 1640; Selectman, Magistrate Commissioner 1641-46; Capt of Portsmouth Alarm 1643, and a factor of the Laconia Company, Piscataqua, 1657.

The son of Henry & Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne, Capt. John Sherburne, born April 3 1647, and died 1702, was King's Councillor 1699 and signer of test and association papers. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cowell. Their son, Capt. John Sherburne II, was born Jan 19, 1676, and died in Newcastle, NH 1747. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Hannah (Johnson) Jackson and grand-daughter of James Johnson and their daughter Catherine, married Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne.

Fr pg 22 - Maine Biographies

Mr Fred Sherburne was eighth in direct descent from the founder family of this name in America.... The first immigrand founder was Henry S. Sherburn, who with his wife Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne came from England and settled at Strawberry Banks (now Portsmouth), NH as early as 1638. The line was continued through their son, Capt. Samuel Sherburne, born at Portsmouth in 1638 and settled at Hampton, NH, where he kept the ordinary. He married Love Hutchins, at Haverhill, MA, and among their children was John, so named after an older brother who died young. John Sherburne born Feb 2 1688 at Portsmouth remove to Epping New Hampshire where he married Nov 12 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake...

Fr pg 31 - Genealogical Outline of Cram

Capt. Samuel Sherburne, b. 4 Aug 1638, (twin of Elizabeth Sherburne who married Jun 1656, Tobias Langdon), of Little Harbor, Portsmouth, and Hampton, was sole heir of his grandfather, Ambrose Gibbons. Portsmouth granted him sixty acres in 1650. His father deeded him a dwelling and large tract of land in Little Harbor in 1674. He removed to Hampton in 1675, and there bought the inn in 1678. He was killed at the head of his command fighting Indians, on Aug 4, 1691 (his 53rd birthday), at Maquoit, Casco Bay, Maine. He married, 15 Dec 1668, Love Hutchings of Haverhill, daughter of John and Frances. Among their eleven children: Elizabeth, married Capt Jonathan Sanborn of Kingston - Henry, Chief Justice of NH 1732-42 - Mary, b. 15 Feb 1678; d. 1717; m. 6 Dec 1698, Capt Joseph Tilton of Hampton - Sarah, m Joseph Fifield of Kingston - John, b 2 Feb 1688, Portsmouth

Fr: The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Before May 1692 (Orig Data: J Savage, 1862, Boston, Mass.)

SHERBURNE

GEORGE, Portsmouth 1650.

*HENRY, Portsmouth 1632, came in the James, arr. 12 June in 8 wks. from London, m. 13 Nov. 1637, as fam. rec. tells, Rebecca, only d. of Ambrose Gibbons, had Samuel and. Eliz. tw. b. 4 Aug. 1638; Mary, 20 Nov. 1640 (and fam. tradit. says these two ds. were bapt. by Rev. Mr. Gibson); Henry, 11 [p.78] Jan. 1642; John, 3 Apr. 1647; Ambrose, 3 Aug. 1649; Sarah, 10 Jan. 1652; Rebecca, 21 Apr. 1654; Rachel, 4 Apr. 1656, wh. d. Dec. foll.; Martha, 4 Dec. 1657, d. Nov. fll.; and Ruth, 3 June 1660; was rep. 1660, and his w. d. 3 June 1667. For sec. w. he had Sarah, wid. of Walter Abbot, and d. 1680. No account of any of the ch. exc. Samuel, John, Mary, and Eliz. can be obtain. Eliz. m. 10 June 1656, Tobias Langdon, and next, 11 Apr. 1667, Tobias Lear, had Eliz. b. 11 Feb. 1669; Mary m. 21 Oct. 1658 Richard Sloper. ‡HENRY, a counsell. of N. H. appoint. 1728, wh. d. 1757, aged 83, may have been neph. or more prob. gr.s. of the preced. JOHN, Portsmouth 1643, perhaps a bro. of the first Henry, of the gr. jury 1650, m. Eliz. d. of Robert Tuck of Hampton, had Henry, John, Mary, and Eliz. pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. 1653, and sw. alleg. 1656. JOHN, Portsmouth 1683, perhaps s. of the first Henry, sign. addr. to the k. against his Gov. Cranfield. SAMUEL, Hampton, prob. s. of the first Henry, m. 15 Dec. 1668, Love, d. of John Hutchins of Haverhill, had John, and, perhaps, other ch. beside d. Love; sw. alleg. 1678, and join. the petitn. against Cranfield in 1683; rem. to Portsmouth, and in 1691 was a capt. and k. 4 Aug. that yr. by the Ind. at Maquoit, near Brunswick. His wid. Love d. at Kingston 1739, aged 94. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1644.

Fr: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol 1-3, pg 881-Original data: Robert Charles Anderson

Henry Sherburne successfully sued Thomas Wedge at court 8 October 1649 for slandering his wife, Rebecca, but we are not told what Wedge said [NHPP 40:57]. On 26 June 1660 "Mr. Henry Sherburne" sued Stephen Ford and Peter Wallis for keeping his boat on Sherburne's mooring and staving in Sherburne's boat [NHPP 40:148]. "Hen: Sherb" of Portsmouth was ordered to lay out a way and mend it before next court 27 June 1661 [NHPP 40:158, 164].
At court 28 June 1664 Henry Sherburne sued the town of Portsmouth over several grants of land and arbiters were appointed [NHPP 40:195, 204].
On 30 June 1668 Henry Sherburne was presented for beating his wife "several times" to which he confessed and was fined. At the same court "the wife of Henry Sherburne" (Rebecca) was presented for "beating her husband & breaking his head". She also confessed and was fined and both were ordered to post bonds [NHPP 40:242]. At court 29 March 1670 "Mr. Henry Shurband" and John Kenniston were presented for fighting, and "Mr. Henry Shurband & his wife (2nd w. Sarah)" were presented for "disorderly living and fighting" [NHPP 40:253]. Aaron Ferris was presented for abusing "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" at the same court and was fined [NHPP 40:258]. At court 28 June 1671 "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" and John Keneston were presented for fighting, and were admonished. The same court, "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" were presented for disorderly living and fighting. He confessed that they lived "disorderly" and they were both to be fined 50s. or whipped ten stripes. They paid their fees [NHPP 40:271].
At court 27 June 1673 "Mr. Henry Sherburne and John Sherburne his son" were tried for opposing the whipping of David Cambell which had like to have made an insurrection among the people." The Sherburnes were fined and after humbly admitting their fault, the fines were partially remitted [NHPP 40:299].
At court 7 December 1680 "Henry Sherburne" sued Edward Bickford for damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, but the court found for Bickford [NHPP 40:370]. At the same court, "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" complained against Edward Bickford's children "stealing of pears" & being legally called & not appearing to prosecute, said Bickford" was discharged [NHPP 40:370]. Edward Bickford with his wife and children were summoned to appear before the court and "answer sundry objections about Mr. Sherburne's death" but no evidence of foul play was found and they were set at liberty 9 June 1681 [NHPP 40:378].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1949 Walter Goodwin Davis produced an excellent account of Henry Sherborn, including information on his parents and two of his brothers [Waterhouse Anc 93-103].

Mary married SLOPER, Richard I on 21 Oct 1658 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Richard was born on 20 Nov 1640 in Horton, Wiltshire, England; died on 16 Oct 1716 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: Abt 1650

John married LEACH, Elizabeth Mary on 20 Oct 1720 in New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of LEACH, James and TURPIN, Jane Muchmore) was born on 3 Jun 1660 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 9 Oct 1732 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Twin

Samuel married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Twin

Elizabeth married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 10 Jan 1651

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married MOSES, Lieutenant Aaron Sr on 1 Jun 1676 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Aaron (son of MOSES, Sergeant John and MOSHER, Alice) was born on 5 Jun 1650 in Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Jun 1713 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Bridget Sloper

Notes:

Ref: Genealogical Dictionary of Settlers in Maine & New Hampshire, pg 97

-- John (Chevalier) Knight, Jerseyman, b. 30 Aug 1659 (gr. st.), married 29 Mar 1684, in Portsmouth, Bridget Sloper (dau of Richard Sloper & Mary Sherburne). (It is worth noting that a John Chevalier from the Island of Jersey, a mariner of the Isles of Shoals and Boston, d. in Boston bef. 12 June 1686, when Abraham Gourdon, mariner, was named adm.) Taxed in Portsm. 1681; Gr. j. 1684. Lists 52, 57, 62, 329, 332a. Merchant and owner of much property in Portsm., he bought land in Newington, incl. owner of the Hilton Point-Kittery ferry, from Bickford, Downing and Trickey from 1702 to 1707, and there died 11 May 1721. Will 29 Nov. 1720--proved 7 June 1721. Their son Capt. John K. was app. adm. of Bridget K.'s est. 30 July 1740.

Children: John, b. 29 Jan. 1684-5. Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687, m. 1st 12 Sept. 1706, John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey, whose est. she adm. in 1720; 2d 10 Oct. 1720, Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington; d. bef. Dec. 1760. Her ch. John and Mary Janvrin were ment. in their gr. fa.'s will. William, sole exec. of his fa.'s will, m. 29 Nov. 1722, in North Church, Deborah Penhallow, who adm. his est. on his death, 16 Nov. 1730, ag. 37. In 1737 his heirs were sons William and Temple and dau. Deborah (m. Henry Carter, merchant, of Gosport). Mary, given [p.404] a house formerly Edward Polley's by her fa., m. Capt. John Cox, Boston merchant and vestryman of King's Chapel, whose est. she adm. in 1733. 2 daus. Temple, mariner, taxed in Portsm. 1722 and 1724, d. s. p., adm. being gr. 29 Apr. 1741 to his bro. Capt. John Knight.

Ref: Stackpole's Durham, Vol. II, pg 244

John Knight (alias Chevalier), of Portsmouth, merchant, b. 30 Aug. 1659, d. 11 May 1721, m. 29 Mar. 1684, Bridget SLOPER, dau. of Richard and Mary (Sherburn) Sloper, b. 1659 at Portsmouth. His Will dated 29 Nov. 1720, proved 7 June 1721, mentions his wife, Bridget;sons John, William and Temple; daughters Elizabeth Adams and Mary Knight; and grandchildren John, Nicolas and Mary Knight (children of his son, John) and John and Mary Janvrin (children of his daughter, Mary (Knight) Janvrin) (NH State pop., vol 3, Index 125.) Administration on the estate of Bridget Knight was granted 30 July 1740 to her son, Capt. John Knight. Children born at Portsmouth: Elizabeth, b 8 July 1685; John; William, b. about 1700; Temple, d. unm. (admin. on his estate granted 27 Apr. 1741 to brother, John Knight) (Supporting refr: New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century, by Mary Newington, website)

Ref: The Quiet Adventurers in North America, Ch: 1659, by Les Guille, Summerduck, VA

John KNIGHT, formerly John CHEVALIER, born 1659 in Jersey, married Bridget Sloper, daughter of Richard Sloper, in Portsmouth, NH in 1684. John may have been the same person as John CHEVALIER of Martinique, West Indies. He was taxed in Portsmouth, NH as a merchant in 1681, owning much property in Portsmouth and Newington, NH. He died in Newington in 1721. Bridget died about 1740. John and Bridget Sloper Knight had 5 children: John (b 1684), Elizabeth (b 1687), William (b 1693), Mary (b 1733), and Temple, who was entered on Portsmouth, NH tax rolls in 1722 and 1724--had no issue. John and Bridget's oldest son John married in 1743, Elizabeth Shapleigh. Capt. John lived in Portsmouth, where he served as Moderator and Selectman. John and Elizabeth had 13 children: 4 sons and 9 daughters. Capt. John and Elizabeth ShapleighKnight's oldest son John (also a Capt.) married Patience Smith of Durham, NH in 1743, and Temperance Pickering, who died about 1770.

[Note: John and Bridget Knight's second-oldest son, William, married Deborah Penhallow in 1722, and had 2 sons, William and Temple (about whom, no further info is found)]

[Supporting ref: Knight family history in The History of Windham, NH, by Leonard Morrison]

Bridget married KNIGHT, John on 29 Mar 1685 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. John (son of CHEVALIER, John and UNKNOWN) was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Jersey, Channel Islands; died on 11 May 1721 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: Abt 1673

Sarah married WENTWORTH, Lieutenant Governor John on 12 Oct 1693 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. John (son of WENTWORTH, Samuel and BENNING, Mary) was born on 16 Jan 1671 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 12 Dec 1730 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Relation to Me: 8 GGM
• Name: Elizabeth Janvin Knight
• Name: Elizabeth Knight
• Name: Elizabeth Sloper KNIGHT Janvrin
• Residence: USA
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Death: 10 Feb 1757, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Elizabeth married ADAMS, Reverend Joseph Bass on 13 Oct 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Joseph (son of ADAMS, Joseph Jr and BASS, Hannah) was born on 4 Jan 1688 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 May 1783 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married JANVRIN, Capt Jean on 13 Sep 1706 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Capt was born in 1680 in Jersey, Channel Islands; died in 1719 in Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Temple Knight

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• Residence: USA

Notes:

Elisha Webb, daughter of a free white woman and a Negro slave of Northampton, Virginia, was legally free from birth, due to her mother’s status. According to Virginia law, children born to white women were free, even if their father was a slave. A Virginia court bound out Elisha, like many other mulatto children, as an apprentice for eight years. Seven years into her apprenticeship, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sea captain, William Loud Jr., bought the remainder of her time, but treated her instead as a servant for life, or slave. Loud later sold her “forever” to Daniel Wentworth, one of Governor Benning Wentworth’s younger brothers. Wentworth retained a bill of sale to that effect. With the help of Judge Thomas Cable in Virginia, who had originally set up Elisha’s apprenticeship, and of an able Portsmouth attorney, Matthew Livermore, she was able to prove in 1741 to the satisfaction of the court in Portsmouth that she had been born free.

from https://www.nhhistory.org/Timeline

Daniel married FROST, Elizabeth on 21 Sep 1736 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth was born on 11 Aug 1714 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Jul 1794 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married MENDUM, Mary on 4 Dec 1746 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Mary was born on 18 Jun 1723 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Jun 1755 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: USA
• Residence: 1776, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Mark married RINDGE, Elizabeth in 1725 in USA. Elizabeth was born in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 20 Nov 1794 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: USA

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• Public Service: Berwick, York, Maine, USA
• Birth: 1703, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 1795, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Gov married RUCK, Abigall on 31 Dec 1719 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Abigall was born on 11 Sep 1699 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Nov 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gov married HILTON, Martha on 16 Mar 1760 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Martha was born in 1737 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 28 Dec 1805 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]