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The following is not intended as a full descendancy. It is a map showing how Featured Families and Modern Descendants fit into the overall Richard Knight descendancy. Click on one of the "Featured Families" to go to a page with more information about that specific family. Links to more families being added all the time. Families in bold are root families for modern day descendants. These root families are for consistency, all 2nd great grandchildren of Richard Knight. If you are a descendant of Richard Knight but don't fit any of these "Modern Lines" then let me know.
1) Richard Knight and Elizabeth Payne
2) Richard Knight and Elizabeth Powell
3) Thomas Johnes and Elizabeth Knight
4) Thomas Johnes of Hafod and Jane Johnes
4) Rev. Samuel Knight (Johnes) and Anna Maria Cuyler
2) Edward Baugh and Elizabeth Knight
3) Benjamin Baugh and Ann Biddulph
3) Rev. Edward Baugh and Margaret ????
2) Joseph Carless and Mary Knight
3) Joseph Carless and Anne Phillips
4) Thomas Carless and Jane Willis
5) Edward Freer and Mary Carless Freer Line
5) Rev.Thomas Bryer and Emma Carless Bryer Line
5) John Farmer and Charlotte Carless Farmer Line
4) Joseph Adams and Jane Carless
4) Rev. Thomas Griffiths and Martha Carless
5) John Champeny Swayne and Martha Christiana Griffiths Swayne Line
3) Thomas Pratchet and Elizabeth Carless
4) Rev.Mark Noble and Sarah Pratchet
5) Richard Henry Cresswell and Henrietta Noble Cresswell Line
5) Francis Buttanshaw and Christiana Noble Buttanshaw Line
4) William Carless and Mary Pratchet
5) Rev.Edward Carless
5) Thomas Attwood and Elizabeth Carless Attwood Line
5) John Freeman and Mary Ann Carless Freeman Line
3) Edward Carless and Elizabeth Tomkys
4) William Carless and Mary Pratchett (duplicate see above)
2) Rev. Thomas Knight and Ursula Nash
3) Richard Payne Knight
3) Thomas Andrew Knight and Frances Felton
4) Francis Walpole and Elizabeth Knight
5) Frederick Walpole and Laura Sophia Frances Walpole Walpole Line
6) Robert Horace Walpole and Louise Melissa Corbin
7) Arthur Frederick Hobart Mills and Dorothy Rachel Melissa Walpole
") Robert Horace Walpole and Emily Gladys Oakes
7) Joseph Eric Palmer and Anne Sophia Walpole
8) John Robert Palmer and Carolyn Atkinson-Clarke
8) Anthony Eric Fletcher Palmer and Nicola Mary Maude
4) William Edward Rouse-Boughton and Charlotte Knight
5) Charles Henry Rouse-Boughton and Mary Caroline Severne Rouse-Boughton Line
6) William St Andrew Rouse-Boughton and Eleanor Frances Hotham
7) Edward Hotham Rouse-Boughton and Dorothy Ayls Ismay
6) Offley Wakeman and Catherine Mary Rouse-Boughton
7) Offley Wakeman and Winifred Anne Prideaux-Brune
5) Andrew Johnes Rouse-Boughton-Knight and Eliza Severne Rouse-Boughton-Knight Line
6) William George Peareth Kincaid-Lennox and Anna Rouse-Boughton-Knight
7) William Mandeville Peareth Kincaid-Lennox and Eva St.Clair
6) Eliot George Bromley-Martin and Katharine Emily Rouse-Boughton-Knight
7) Peter Edward Bromley Martin and Diana Frances Townshend
7) Gerald Eliot Meysey Bromley Martin and Nesta Rosamund Bevan
6) Andrew Greville Rouse-Boughton-Knight and Isabel Harriet Heber-Percy
7) Guy Fife Earle and Isabel Bridget Rouse-Boughton-Knight
5) Herman Wayne and Theresa Louisa Catherine Rouse-Boughton Wayne Line
5) Rev. Michael Hopton and Mary Lucy Octavia Rouse-Boughton
5) Richard Orlebar and Frederica St John Rouse-Boughton Orlebar Line
6) Richard Rouse-Boughton Orlebar and Faith Harriet Bourne
2) Edward Knight and Elizabeth James
3) John Saunders Sebright and Sarah Knight
4) John Saunders Sebright and Harriet Croftes
5) Thomas Gage Saunders Sebright and Olivia Henry Sebright Line
4) Nicholas Lewis Fenwick and Mary Anne Saunders Sebright
5) Thomas Barwick Lloyd-Baker and Mary Fenwick Lloyd-Baker Line
4) Henry Lascelles and Henrietta Saunders Sebright
5) Henry Lascelles and Louisa Thynne Lascelles (Harewood) Line
5) William Saunders Sebright Lascelles and Caroline Georgiana Howard William Lascelles Line
5) George Augustus Frederick Charles Holroyd and Harriet Lascelles Holroyd Line
5) Arthur Lascelles and Caroline Frances Brooke Arthur Lascelles Line
5) Edward Berkeley Portman and Emma Lascelles Portman Line
5) George Henry Cavendish and Louisa Lascelles Cavendish Line
3) John Knight and Henrietta Cunyngham
4) John Knight and Jane Elizabeth Winn 
5) Sir Frederick Winn Knight and Maria Louisa E Couling Gibbs
5) Charles Allanson Knight and Jessie Ramsey De Polignac Line
6) Capt. Charles Lewis William Morley Knight
6) Camille de Polignac and Margaret E Knight
7) Thierry de Pierredon and Mabel C de Polignac
8) Geoffroy D'aspremont-Lynden and Ghislaine de Pierredon
5) Edward Lewis Knight and Henrietta Mary Sanford Wasbrough Line
6) William Butler Wasbrough and Isabella Dora Knight
7) Henry John Wasbrough and Alma Ingraham Maitland
6) Eric Ayshford Knight and Constance Ida Wilson
7) Richard Ayshford Knight and Hilda Gertrude Gibbons
4) Thomas Knight and Isabella Walker
5) James H E D Mansfield and Henrietta Knight Spedding Line
6) Rev. Francis Spedding and Isabella Mansfield
7) Charles Spedding and Bessie Phillips
5) Thomas Knight and Mary Anne Hobler Simpson Line
6) Thomas Simpson and Marianne Knight
6) Charles Simpson and Isabella Knight
5) John Knight and Catherine Leveson Kent Line
6) Rev. Charles Kent and Henrietta Knight
7) John Oakeley and Mary Catherine Kent
7) John Henry Kent and Edith Annie Robinson
5) Edward Knight and Emma Catherine Pemberton Jerram Geoghegan Line
6) Edward Frederic Knight and Emma Catherine Pemberton
6) Charles Samuel Jerram and Maria Florence Knight
7) Charles Frederic Jerram and Sybil Victoria G O'Neill
6) Thomas Patrick Geoghegan and Marion Knight
5) Humphrey Senhouse Knight and Margaret Hair Humphrey Knight Line
6) Thomas Humphrey Knight and Frances Elizabeth Douglas
7) Reginald Leslie Hittman and Marie Alice M (Marcie) Knight
7) Thomas Humphrey Knight and Barbara Henrietta Wells
8) Gregory Humphrey Knight and Ivy Beatrice Whittington
7) William James Knight and Ellen Chatterton
8) John Knight and Beatrice Anne Schuberg
8) Enid Knight
6) William Knight and Alice Hart
7) Francis Henry Hart and Florence Mary Alice Knight
8) Robert Marsh and Beryl Elizabeth Hart
7) William Victor Senhouse Knight and Alice Evelyn Slattery
8) Lionel Kenneth Shave and Phyllis Knight
8) Alf Farrington and Merle Knight
8) Ronald William Heal and Nancy Alice Knight
2) Ralph Knight and Mary Duppa
2) Thomas Rogers and Martha Knight
3) Thomas Rogers and Mary Radford
4) Daniel Rogers and Martha Bowles
4) Samuel Rogers
4) John Towgood and Martha Rogers
5) George Towgood and Caroline Rickards Towgood Line
4) Sutton Sharpe and Maria Rogers
2) Abraham Spooner and Anne Knight
3) Isaac Spooner and Barbara Gough
4) Abraham (Spooner) Lillingston and Elizabeth Mary Agnes Lillingston
5) Isaac William Lillingston and Katherine Innes Isaac Lillingston Line
5) Charles Spooner Lillingston and Harriet Louisa Fonnereau Charles Lillingston Line
5) Alfred Lillingston and Mary Grey Mason Alfred Lillingston Line
5) Rev. George Lillingston and Barbara Anne Spooner George Lillingston Line
5) Rev. Edward Lillingston and Elizabeth Marjory Gordon Edward Lillingston Line
4) William Wilberforce and Barbara Anne Spooner
5) William Wilberforce and Mary Frances Owen William Wilberforce Line
5) Ven. Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Agnes Everilda Frances Wrangham Robert Wilberforce Line
5) Rt Rev. Samuel Wilberforce and Emily Sargent Samuel Wilberforce Line
5) Rev. Henry William Wilberforce and Mary Sargent Henry Wilberforce Line
4) Isaac Spooner and Elizabeth Lucy Tyler
4) Capt. Henry Spooner and Anne Jane Johnson
5) Rev. George Lillingston and Barbara Anne Spooner (duplicate, see above) duplicate George Lillingston Line
4) Ven. William Spooner and Anna Maria Sidney O'Brien
5) William Spooner and Jane Lydia Watson William Spooner Line
5) Henry James Page Selfe and Anna Maria Spooner Selfe Line
5) Very Rev. Edward Bowles Knottesford Fortescue and Frances Anne Spooner Fortescue Line
5) Gerard Spooner and Mary Catherine Bowland Gerard Spooner Line
5) Charles Spooner and Frances Susan Trinder Charles Spooner Line
4) Rev. Edward Vansittart Neale and Ann Spooner
5) Edward Vansittart Neale and Frances Sarah Farrer Vansittart Neale Line
5) Charles Frere and Charlotte Vansittart Neale Vansittart Frere Line
4) Richard Spooner and Charlotte Wertherell
5) Rev. William Henry Galfridus Mann and Barbara Spooner Mann Line
2) Rev. James Baker and Eleanor Knight







THE THOMAS KNIGHT LINE
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1) Richard Knight (1659-1745) and Elizabeth Payne (1671-1754) (m. at ???? in 1692)

2) Edward Knight (1699-1780) and Elizabeth James (abt1701-1785) (m. Warwick, England in 1726)
       3) John Knight (1740-1795) and Henrietta Cunyngham (m. Shropshire, England in 1765) see Cunyngham Pages
          4) Thomas Knight (1775-1853) and Isabella Walker (m. Edinburgh, Scotland in 1797)
            5) Humphrey Senhouse Knight (1810-1886) and Margaret Hair (abt1814-1880) (m. Urr, Scotland in 1845)
               6) William Lewis and Mary Knight (1842-1888) (m. Collingwood, Vic., Australia in 1865), no children
               6) Robert Knight (1844-1888), never married, no children
               6) James Knight (1848-1861) died aged about 3 in Scotland
               6) Thomas Humphrey Knight (abt1849-1918) and Frances Elizabeth Douglas (1857-1923) (m. Sydney, Australia in 1877)
                  7) Samuel Chudleigh (1858-1938) and Elsie E (Elizabeth) Knight (abt1875-1948) (m. Sydney, NSW, Australia in 1899)
                  7) William J O'Halloran and Margaret Florence Knight (1878-1969) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1900)
                     8) Ernest A S Grant and Edna M E O'Halloran (1900-????) (m. North Sydney and/or Casino, NSW, Australia in 1925)
                     8) Arthur W O'Halloran (1902-????)
                     8) Marjorie E O'Halloran (1905-1906) died as infant
                  7) William H Walker and Mabel Maud Knight (1880-1943) (m. Sydney, NSW, Australia in 1900)
                     8) Ainslie William Walker (1901-1971) and Norma Rogers (m. NSW, Australia in 1928) no children
                  7) Reginald Leslie Hittmann (1883-1955) and Marie Alice M (Marcie) Knight (1882-1964) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1907)
                     8) James R Butler (????-) and Dorothy Mavis Hittmann (abt1909-) (m. North Sydney, NSW, Australia in 1935)
                     8) Frank Douglas Loiterton (????-) and June Shirley Hittman (????-) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1947)
                     8) Thomas Russell Fisher (????-) and Gwendoline Alice Hittmann (1913-) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1942)
                     8) Reginald Lloyd Clyde Hittmann (1918-1989) and Alma Jenny Nicol (1918-2001) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1944)
                        9) Ian Lloyd Hittman (1945-) and Robyn Timmins (????-) (m. ???? in 1968)
                        9) Geoffrey Bruce (1947-2007) and Dianne Muir (????-) (m. ???? in 1970)
                        9) Anthony James Hittmann (1950-) and Pauline Boyd (????-) (m. ???? in 1973)
                  7) Thomas Humphrey Knight (1884-1943) and Barbara Henrietta Wells (1884-1943) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1908)
                     8) Gregory Humphrey Knight (1909-1988)
                   7) Bertie Moore and Florence P Knight (1887-1910) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1905)
                  7) William James Knight (1895-1974) and Ellen Chatterton (1897-1969) (m. Newtown, NSW, Australia in 1917)
                     8) John Knight, born abt 1919
                     8) Enid Knight, born about 1922
                   7) Jack E Williams and Thelma E C Knight (1897-????) (m. Ashfield, NSW, Australia in 1916)
                     8) Neville John Williams (????-1968) and Elsie Louise Heath (????-1966) (m. at Marrickville, NSW, Australia in 1947)
               6) William Knight (1852-1914) and Alice Hart (1854-1913) (m. Collingwood, Vic., Australia in 1875) see Hart Pages
                  7) Francis Henry Hart (1870-1952) and Florence Mary Alice Knight (1876-1944) (m. Camberwell, Vic., Australia in 1900)
                     8) Dorothy Alice Hart (1901-2001) never married, no children
                     8) Clarence Howard and Hazel Florence Hart (1903-????) (m. Vic., Australia in ????)
                        9) Shirley Howard (1935-)
                     8) Robert Marsh (1907-1980) and Beryl Elizabeth Hart (1908-1974) (m. Camberwell, Vic., Australia in 1933) see Marsh pages
                        9) Daryl Robert Francis Marsh (1934-) and Patricia Ann Butcher (1937-) (m. Vic, Australia in 1961)
                        9) Michael Esmond Serisier (1933-) and Janice Mary Marsh (1937-) (m. Vic., Australia in 1958) see Serisier pages
                        9) John Andrew Frederick Williams and Faye Elizabeth Marsh (1944-) (m. Vic., Australia in 1965)
                  7) Robert Arthur Bunning and Elizabeth Margaret Knight (m. Vic., Australia in 1904), no children
                  7) William Edwin Freeman Webb and Ethel Louisa Knight (1879-????)  (m. Vic., Australia in 1899)
                     8) Alfred William Webb (1900-1958) and Doris Annie Collier (m. Fitzroy, Vic., Australia in ????) no children
                     8) Leonard Saunders Webb (1903-1979), never married, no children
                     8) Colin Wilton Judd (1912-) and Lorna Clara Webb (1913-)  (m. Vic., Australia in 1942)
                  7) Clara Evelyn Knight, never married, no children
                  7) Ruby May Knight, died age 1
                  7) Hilda Christina Knight, never married, no children
                  7) William Victor Stenhouse Knight (1887-1834) and Alice Evelyn Slattery (m. at Richmond, Vic., Australia in 1911)
                     8) Lionel Kenneth Osbourne Shave (1916) and Phyllis Evelyn Knight (1917-) (m. Vic., Australia in 1942)
                        9) Richard Aalders and Margaret Wendy Shave (1943-) (m. at ???? in ????)
                        9) John Sildever and Jillian Louise Shave (1947-) (m. at ???? in ????)
                     8) Alf Farrington and Merle Irene Knight (1919-????) (m. at ???? in ????)
                     8) ???? Crosby and Nancy Knight
                        9) Richard William Heal
                        9) Bruce Charles Heal
                        9) Pamela Rosalyn Heal
                        9) Andrew John Heal
                        9) Peter Ronald Heal
               6) James Cox and Isabella Knight (abt1854-????)  (m. Richmond, Vic., Australia in 1875)
                  7) Annie Margaret Ethel Cox (abt1876-1947) never married, no children
                   7) Frank Egan Cox (1883-1883) died as infant
               6) Harry Dickinson and Margaret Knight (abt1852-1924) (m. at Fitzroy, Vic., Australia in 1881) no children
               6) Andrew Hair Knight (1856-1897) never married, no children
               6) Janet Knight (1859-1860) died as infant

Descendants of Richard Knight include
 Rev. William Spooner (1884-1930) master of the Spoonerism
 William Temple (1881-1944) Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard Payne Knight (1750-1824) antiquarian,  philosopher
Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838) horticulture pioneer
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) poet and banker
 Elizabeth Manningham Buller (1948-) Director General of MI5
Jessie Lillingston (1889-1970) feminist and social activist
Alexander Macmillan (1943-) politician, publisher and Peer
 Rosemary  Murray (1913-2004) vice-chanc. of Cambridge Univ.
 Sarah Ferguson (1959-) Duchess of York
Thomas Johnes of Hafod (1748-1816)  landscape architect
Count For Each Generation
(as at 27 March 2007)
15 children
59 grandchildren
158 great grandchildren
120 2nd great grandchildren
221 3rd great grandchildren
322 4th great grandchildren
287 5th great grandchildren
323 6th great grandchildren
474 7th great grandchildren
320 8th great grandchildren
29 9th great grandchildren
2328 TOTAL