An American Family History

Thomas Knight, Jr. was born about 1687.

He married Sarah Plumlee on October 26 1711 at the Abington Monthly Meeting. Sarah was the daughter of William Plumlee and Elizabeth Thompson.

On September 26, 1732, Thomas Knight was dropped from the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting rolls. At this meeting, Sarah Knight produced a certificate for herself and for her children-Johnathan, Soloman, Abel, and Thomas.

Thomas died in 1746.

After he died, Sarah moved to Philadelphia until 1751, at which time they went back to Buckingham, Pennsylvania.

Able Knight was born about 1715 in Byberry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Thomas Knight and Sarah Plumlee.

He married Rachel Head. Rachel was the daughter of Thomas Head, according to the minutes of the Abington Monthly Meeting. Abel "married out of unity" in May, 1740 Abel later condemned the marriage. His condemnation was acknowledged and accepted. 

Samuel Knight (1740),
Thomas Knight (1742, married Elizabeth Pitts),
Able Knight (1745, died young),
Solomon Knight (1746, married Sarah Simpson),
Sarah Knight (1749, married William Lomax),
Jonathan Knight (1752),
Able Knight, Jr. (1754, married Ann Smith), and
Ann Knight (1756, married Isaac Jones).

In 1742 they were in a part of Frederick County, Virginia that is now Berkeley County, West Virginia. They were members of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting.

In July, 1742 Abel was granted a certificate of removal to Orange County, Virginia.

In 1744, Abel received a grant of 485 acres on the north fork of Deep River.

In 1752, they moved to what is now Guilford County, North Carolina, where they were members of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting and later the New Garden Monthly Meeting.

In 1755, 1762, and 1766 Abel was on the tax lists in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Rachel's death was recorded on November 13, 1803 at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County.

Abel made his will in 1804 and it was was probated in May, 1804.