Jacob Knight
- 1819
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Name Jacob Knight [1, 2, 3] Birth Pennsylvania 
Gender Male Census 1790 Bucks Co., Pennsylvania [4] Military Service A Jacob Knight appears on the payroll of Capt. Carnahan's company of the 8th Regiment in Jun 1778. [5] Will probated 1819 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Death 29 Nov 1819 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana [6, 7] Patriarch & Matriarch 
Philip Knight
d. Bef 1809 (Father)
Notes - Ganier records the name of his father.
He may have been in Bucks Co. in the 1790 census; there is one white male who is HOH, four other white males, and two white females, which would match his family (page 112).
Ganier notes that "the following appear in 1790 census records of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania: Jacob Knight, John Horner, Henry Knight, William Tomlinson, William Hamilton, Peter Hartman, Jacob Hartman - all names that occur in this area of Louisiana" (3). Jacob purchased land in Louisiana in 1790.
☞ I assume that these were mostly German descendants. Even if not, was it common to move from PA to LA around 1800? I have not seen or read of this migration pattern?
I cannot find him in the 1800 census. Lousiana would not have been recorded then.
Ganier names Jacob and Solomon as children of his first wife, Sarah Winn (or Wind). Solomon married Rachel Hamilton in St. Mary Parish in 1814. Ganier names Henry, William, Elizabeth, and Michel as children of his second wife Catherine. This concurs with Sanders and the information from his will. Joseph's name does not appear in his father's will.
Person ID I4342 Last Modified 12 Jan 2025
Father Philip Knight
d. Bef 1809Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner 1 Sarah Winn
d. Yes, date unknown, Pennsylvania
Children > 1 . Solomon Knight
b. ? Pennsylvania
d. Abt 1820└─ Marie Madeleine Rachel Hamilton m. 17 Feb 1814Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jun 2025
Spouse / Partner 2 Catherine Christiana Infeld
b. Abt 1760, Strasbourg, Grand Est, Bas-Rhin, France
d. Abt 1825, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (Age 65 years)
Other Partners:
└─John Horner
b. Abt 1771, New Jersey m. 1 Oct 1802 Children 4 sons and 1 daughter + 1 
. Elizabeth J. "Eliza" Knight
d. 21 Nov 1850, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana└─ Antoine Dubroqua (Age 50 years) m. 22 Nov 1796;
└─ John Brown;
└─ Patrick J. Reels m. 25 Jul 1820+ 2 . Henry Knight
b. Abt 1778, Fort Pitt [Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania
d. Mar 1847, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (Age 69 years)└─ Marie Madeleine Lacour (Age 90 years) m. 30 Jun 18043 . Joseph Knight
b. 12 Feb 1784, St. James Parish, Louisiana+ 4 . William Knight, Sr.
b. 27 Apr 1788, Kentucky
d. Bef Jan 1854 (Age < 65 years)└─ Catherine Russ (Age 77 years) m. 21 Sep 1804+ 5 . Michael Knight
b. 10 Jun 1790
d. 5 May 1831 (Age 40 years)└─ Charity Hamilton m. 1 Apr 1813Family Charts Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jun 2025
- Ganier records the name of his father.
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Event Map 
Birth - - Pennsylvania 
Census - 1790 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania 
Will probated - 1819 - St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Death - 29 Nov 1819 - St. Mary Parish, Louisiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Histories 
Louisiana and Texas Family Mysteries The Louisiana branches (most, but not all, from New Orleans) have not historically been as well researched as families on this website from Maryland and New England. Asahel McLellan, whose family moved from the northeast to New Orleans, has a fairly well documented family. Research on the other families on the site—the Pitards, Gamards, Courets, Maupays, DeGranges, and the rest—has required some rewarding research.
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Reference Pitard, D. "Jacob Knight". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I4342&tree=1sttree (accessed June 21, 2025).
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