The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-10
THE KNIanTs..
Pioneer Families or Mason
Comfy Their Ancestors and
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Descendants.
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The lineagsofihe knight family,
lin both England and America, may
be traced witha tolerable degree d
certainty through hetaldic record.
far back into the Middle Ages
During the conquest b. the North.
msuOf Western and Southern En-.
rope, not only was Britain subdued
but a Danish colony was planted
around the mouth Of the river
Seine on The coast Of France. That
colony took the usne Of Normandy
the Norman's Land-of which
Rolf, a warlike Danish chienain,
became the frs! Duke, A. D., 9l2.
From him the Lineage Of this family
is traced. The writer in following
its line Of descent is guided by 4
Transcript genealogical chart found
amongthe papers ofAqaila Knight,
deceased, ana copied by a member
of the family in 1889, the original
being mislaid and los! soon after.
Rolf married a daughter Of the
French King CHARLES the Simple,
and had issue several sons, the
eldest of whom Guillamms (wil.
iism) by his Cousdtt olifa, born
about S95, had issue in the imme
diats line Of descent. About the
year 9l4, Rolf and three Of bis sons,
abjuring the Pagan gods, became
Christians and received baptism at
the hands Of the Archbishop Of
Rouen under the name Of Robert,
Rufus, Charles and William, the
lister a son by a second marriage.
Adolf, a son Of the first William
and olifa, still chung to The north.
ern mythology, and removing from
his fathers cour. in Rouen settled
at Bordeaux, the population Of
which, under the name Of Vikings
we're Of like faith with himself
From him descended Rudolf (05O),
William C0SO), ThorOlf (1OlO, the
latter Of whom became a Christian
under the baptismal name of Aqui
la, and repairing to Rouen was dec
Grated un cheraiisur de Normsnds
His son Georges, born in 1924, fol.
lowed the fortune Of William the
Conquersr, to England in 1865,
aud had a son, Aquila, born in
England in 1918, who succeeded to
his fathers titles and Knights
Fee; he in turn was succeeded by
his son, George, born in llO7. He
died without male tissue, and two.
thirds Of the estate escheated to the
Crown, the remaining ons.third
was Inherited by a female heir who
married a husband Of The same rank
and title as that of her father.
Their eldest daughter Matilda, born
ll40, married the eldest son Of Sir
Henry Jefiries; she named her old.
est son Aquila Rolf, born 1852, and
who was heir apparent to the 6efs
in Nomenclature. He enlisted
in the army, and with it, headed
by his Monarch, Richard Cour de
Lion, served four years in the wars
of the Crusade against the saracens
for the recovery Of the Holy Land.
He was made a Knight of St.
George ut Antioch, A. D. 1893, and
granted additional fees in York.
shire, and one hide in fee simple in
Essexshire, with the manor there.
to belonging with the ancient priv.
ileges Of his mothers family.
We have not space in an article
Of this character to follow the line
of descent down through the centu.
ries Of active chiyalry. Suffice IL
to say that George, alternating
with Aquila, (favOrite family name)
succeed each other in the inherit
ance Of the titles and estates, and
inIermarry with those Of equal
rank.
In l7G4, George, the second son
Of Sir George knight (brother to
Aquila, jain and Charles married
Junnet Ray, rplict Of Joseph Ray,
a daughter of Edgar Lynn of Loeb
Lynn, Scotland, and it is said a
niece of Margaret Lynn, the wife
of John Lewis the first European
settler within the limits of Angus.
10 county, Virginia, By her first
marriage she had two sons, James,
born in Ayeshire, Scotland, in
l7CO, and died near Elilabethiown,
New Jersey, in 1873, and Joseph,
born in 1853, ia said to be The an
ceStor Of Joseph Ray, the mathema.
tiCiau. George Knight continued
TO reside near Loeb Lynn until