Joan (Joanna) KNIGHT b. Abt 1625 York, York, Maine, d. 1698 York, York, Maine,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1625 - 1698 (~ 73 years)

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Name	Joan (Joanna) KNIGHT [1, 2]
Birth	Abt 1625	York, York, Maine, [3]
Gender	Female
_UID	06C6D405B60F486182445687A99986129059
Death	1698	York, York, Maine, [1]
Will	12 May 1698	York, York, Maine, [1, 4]
(proved 20 Jun 1698)
Probate Office, I, 57. In the name of God Amen I loan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at present of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testament as followeth. Imp^rs I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer y^e Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be coiSitted unto y^e dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for y^e Small Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth viz^t I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever. Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all y^e housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him y^e s^d Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up y^e Riuer & two sheep Item I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings. Item I doe giue and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattle and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And Lawfiill Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto y^e whole for y^e defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Execut^r of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esq^r & M^r James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to y^e due Execution and pformance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testaments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises : I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in y^e year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In y^e tenth year of his Majesties Reign. Signed sealed and Deliuered Joan X Young (her seal) in the presents of her mark Isaac Negus Daniel Smith Thomas X Baker his X mark Sworn to 20 June 1698. Kecorded 14 Febmary 1698-9.
Person ID	I3469	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

Father	Robert KNIGHT, b. 1585, , , , England d. 1676, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age 91 years)
Marriage	Abt 1619
Family ID	F392	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Rowland YOUNG, b. Abt 1618, , , Buckinghamshire, England d. Abt 1685, York, York, Maine, (Age ~ 67 years)

Marriage Abt 1648 York, York, Maine, [5]

Children

+	1. Deacon Rowland YOUNG, b. 1648, York, York, Maine, d. 28 Jun 1721, York, York, Maine, (Age 73 years)
	2. Richard YOUNG, b. Abt 1650, York, , Maine, d. Bef 18 Feb 1672/73 (Age ~ 23 years)
+	3. Mary YOUNG, b. 1653, York, York, Maine, d. 3 Jun 1723 (Age 70 years)
	4. Robert YOUNG, b. 1658, York, York, Maine, d. Bef Oct 1691, York, York, Maine, (Age 33 years)
+	5. Samuel YOUNG, b. 1662, York, York, Maine, d. 24 Jan 1691/92, York, York, Maine, (Age 30 years)
+	6. Job YOUNG, b. 1664, York, York, Maine, d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Lydia YOUNG, b. 1672, York, York, Maine, d. 3 Apr 1757 (Age 85 years)

Family ID F789 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Oct 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1625 - York, York, Maine,
	Marriage - Abt 1648 - York, York, Maine,
	Death - 1698 - York, York, Maine,
	Will - (proved 20 Jun 1698) - 12 May 1698 - York, York, Maine,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3469&tree=tree1: accessed 7 April 2025), "Joan (Joanna) KNIGHT."

Sources

[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 98. accessed 10 Feb 2015.
[S697] Noyes, Sybil and Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. 5 Vols. , (Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-39. Digital images. FamilySearch : https://www.familysearch.org: 2021), 5: 776. accessed 4 May 2023.
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 158. accessed 10 Feb 2015.
[S700] William M. Sargent, editor, Maine Wills, 1640-1760. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston & Co., 1887), (https://archive.org: 21 Nov 2009), 124-25. accessed 5 Nov 2021.
[S1309] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine, successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652). Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vol. (Vol. 1: Boston, Mass.: Calkins Press, 1931; Vol. 2: Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Company, 1935), (https://archive.org: 2019), 1: 98, 158. accessed 10 Feb 2015.