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Thomas
worked3 as Baker.
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Email from Jeff Knight:
I have also discovered that
Thomas was the local baker and Ann looked after the shop. The sons worked in
the bakery as adolescent/young men before leaving to follow their own lives.
After Thomas’ death, the “baker” role was taken by their son Thomas Nelson
Knight (1799) and Ann lived with her son Thomas Nelson and his wife
Elizabeth. They actually lived in a village called LAUGHTON which is a few
miles north of Lubenham but still in Lubenham Parish, (despite it having its
own church). Laughton is literally next door to Gumley, (a couple of miles),
where the Jordan family originated. Thomas Nelson disappears in the 1840’s
and William Jordan, previously a Silk Weaver ....(which tended to be a
cottage industry undertaken on the basis of being paid for what you produce
at home), becomes the baker, I assume taking over the baker aspect of the
family concern previously undertaken by his brother. I did not find Thomas
Nelson’s grave at Lubenham but, living at Laughton, he may be buried in
Laughton churchyard?
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Thomas and Ann Knight
attended the church in Lubenham. Thomas was one of the first members to rent
a pew for his family when the new pews were added beteen 1810 and 1812. He
and Ann and several of their children are buried in the churchyard there.
1810 All Saints Church, Lubenham, Leicestershire, England
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This is a medieval status
name from the Olde English pre 7th Century "criht", meaning boy,
youth or serving lad, later extended to mean a tenant bound to serve his lord
as a mounted soldier and therefore a man of some importance and substance.
Later still, with the changes in the social structure of medieval England,
the term "knight", (Middle English "knyghte") meant an
honourable estate conferred by the king on men of noble birth who had served
him well. The "Knights" of today, however, are far more likely to
be descended from a servant in a knight's household or from someone who
played the part of a knight in a medieval pageant or won the title in some
contest of skill. Early recordings of the surname from this source include:
Walter le Knit (1200, Oxfordshire), William Knight (1221, Worcestershire),
and John Knyght (1275, Suffolk). Over fifty Coats of Arms have been granted
to this illustrious family, one of the earliest being that granted to Thomas
Knight of Hol, Northampton, in 1546. The Arms are on a silver shield, on a
fesse between three bulls' heads erased black, armed and ringed at the nose,
gold, a fret between two doves of the field. The Crest is a dexter arm
embowed, vested bendy wavy sinister of four gold and red supporting with the
hand a sword in pale, the point resting on the wreath, the pommel surmounting
a pair of spurs, all proper. The first recorded spelling of the family name
is shown to be that of Godefridus Niht, which was dated 1166, in the "Norfolk
Pipe Rolls", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The
Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when
governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll
Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to
"develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original
spelling.
Read more:
<http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/knight#ixzz2onxtZBPB>
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Thomas married (MRIN:125) Ann JORDAN1,3, daughter of William JORDAN and
Elizabeth (MRIN:829), about 1787. Ann was born3,4,5,6 in Dec 1765 in Lubenham, Leicester,
England. She was christened3,6 on 13
Dec 1765 in Lubenham, Leicester, England. She died on 7 Oct 1845. She was
buried6 in All Saints Churchyard,
Lubenham, Leicestershire, England.
Title: International Genealogy
Index_Abbrev: IGI_Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Title:
1841 English Census_Abbrev: 1841 English Census_Page: Ann Knight, 75,
Shopkeeper, resides with son, Thomas. Lubenham, pg. 20
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Email from Jeff Knight:
I have found evidence of Thomas
Knight’s wife Ann and she is Ann JORDAN as I thought, (99% sure but at these
dates in the UK there is little concrete evidence). She was born in December
1765 in Lubenham and was christened on 13 December 1765 at Lubenham Church.
Her parents were William and Elizabeth JORDAN of Lubenham, (not John of
Papillon Hall, Lubenham, as I had suspected ....probably his brother). The
fact that Thomas and Ann’s eldest daughter was called Elizabeth also supports
the mother’s name as this is very common in the family at the time.
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1The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright
(c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 25, 2006.
2Compiled by: Find A
Grave, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/), Find A Grave, PO Box
522107, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107.
3Jeff Knight, Jeff
Knight (<jeff.knight@sfr.fr> Email and written coorespondance.).
41841 English Census,
Ann Knight, 75, Shopkeeper, resides with son, Thomas. Lubenham, pg. 20.
5Compiled by The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, England, Births and Christenings,
1538-1975 (FamilySearch; (http://familysearch.org)), Family History
Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.
6Compiled by: Find A
Grave, Find A Grave.