Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Benjamin KNIGHT
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 25 Dec 1751 in Middletown, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 5 Jul 1827 in Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jonathan KNIGHT Birth: 4 May 1725 in Middletown, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Phebe PERKINS Birth: 3 Feb 1732 in Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mehitable KNIGHT Birth: 14 Sep 1782 in Antrim, New Hampshire Death: 25 Dec 1827

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66],
parents:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lydia LAKE
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p66]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin KNIGHT
 /-----Jonathan KNIGHT
Benjamin KNIGHT
|                                    /-----John PERKINS
|                           /-----Thomas PERKINS
|                          |         \-----Judith GATER
|                  /-----Thomas PERKINS
|                 |         \-----Phebe GOULD
|         /-----Robert PERKINS
|        |         \-----Sarah WALLIS
 \-----Phebe PERKINS
         |                           /-----William TOWNE
         |                  /-----Edmund TOWNE
         |                 |         \-----Joan BLESSING
         |         /-----Samuel TOWNE
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
         |        |         \-----Mary BROWNING
         |        |                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
          \-----Elizabeth TOWNE
                  |         /-----Philip KNIGHT
                   \-----Elizabeth KNIGHT
                            \-----Margery WILKINS



Descendants of Benjamin KNIGHT
1. Benjamin KNIGHT m. Lydia LAKE
m. Lydia LAKE father: Eleazer LAKE mother: Sarah PERKINS

2nd generation

2. Mehitable KNIGHT m. Ebenezer GOODHUE
m. Ebenezer GOODHUE father: Ebenezer GOODHUE mother: Sarah POTTER

3rd generation

3. Benjamin GOODHUE m. Caroline ANDREWS
m. Caroline ANDREWS father: Isaacher ANDREWS mother: Abigail MANNING

4th generation

4. Andrew Isaacher GOODHUE m. Lemira BARRETT
m. Lemira BARRETT father: Townsend BARRETT mother: Sarah WHEELER

5th generation

5. Grace Anna GOODHUE m. (John) Calvin COOLIDGE
m. (John) Calvin COOLIDGE father: John Calvin COOLIDGE mother: Victoria Josephine MOOR