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Richard Bowen Knight

BIRTH: 12 Sep 1814
DEATH: 27 Dec 1858, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery, Fairview Avenue, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
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Father: Richard Knight (ABT 1772 - 10 Apr 1863)
Mother: Rebecca Brayton (1775 - 15 Oct 1836)

Family 1: Eliza Abbey Hill (23 Aug 1820 - 9 Oct 1878)

+Mary Caroline Knight (27 Jan 1856 - 28 Mar 1940)

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                       _Stephen Knight _____|
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|--Richard Bowen Knight 
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Notes

!SOURCE: "Descendants of Mahala Pearce Angell," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 31 Oct 2012.

!SOURCE: "Direct Descendants of Stephen Knight," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 31 Oct 2012. Cites Rhode Island Cemeteries Database (birth); Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 (death); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (burial).

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