Individual Details
George KNIGHT
(27 Dec 1806 - 28 Mar 1881)
Events
| Birth | 27 Dec 1806 | Petworth, Sussex, England, Great Britain |  | ||
| Baptism | 5 Mar 1807 | St Mary the Virgin, Petworth, Sussex, England, Great Britain | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Apr 1826 | St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - Mary Ann BASSETT | | ||
| Occupation | 1827 | carpenter | |||
| Living (fam) | Jun 1841 | Dorking, Surrey, England, Great Britain - Mary Ann BASSETT | | ||
| Marriage | 21 Nov 1842 | witnessed by James & Harriett Dearling - New Cross Church, Peckham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - Rebecca DEARLING | | ||
| Emigration (fam) | 26 Oct 1843 | on the 'Neptune' (Cpt Ferris) & arrived in Sydney 11 Feb 1844 with George's children from his 1st marriage: Joseph (16), Sarah (12), Kate (9) & George (4) plus Eliza Gregory (5) and William Gregory (3) from Rebecca's 1st marriage - Rebecca DEARLING | | ||
| Living (fam) | Mar 1844 | Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia - Rebecca DEARLING | |||
| Living (fam) | 1846 | Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia - Rebecca DEARLING | |||
| Note | 1846 | George features in a book on the history of the historic homestead of David Waugh, built in Jamberoo, it is stated that George Knight was the principal builder. In 1960 the original building was demolished and on one of the timber beams the following inscription was found "Knight, the builder of Wauchope House" | | ||
| Note (fam) | 1850 | In the 1850's the first white settlement occurred at Wandandian when the Walsh and Kerwick families took up land on the Wandandian Creek and settlement was made at Jerrawangala about 7-km further south by Andrew McKenzie, John Higgins and George Knight (probably about 1857 in George's case) - Rebecca DEARLING | | ||
| Note | 1 Dec 1854 | On the 1st & 2nd Dec 1854 George was involved in a very strange land transaction. On the 1st "Bryce, Adolphus William & Billyard, William Whaley & Bryce, Alexander & Bryce, William sold to Knight, George" the land "850a Jerrawangla c/o St Vincent, N by pt of 2nd Section Line S of WandandianVillage reserve, E by Wandandian Creek, being Lot 17 in advert 23/11/1839 & granted to Chas John Campbell 30/04/1840". On the following day "Knight, George sold to Young, Adolphus William" the same land. Very puzzling and as yet unexplained | |||
| Living (fam) | 1856 | Jerrawangala, New South Wales, Australia - Rebecca DEARLING | |||
| Note | 1858 | The Illawarra Mercury of 8 Jul 1858 reported that George spoke at a public meeting in Ulladulla for the Total Abstinence Society. He "gave a vivid outline of the evil effects intemperence had had on his life at one period. He had not put his hand to the cup of sin for many years" | | ||
| Note | 1859 | When George moved what became known as Milton it was called The Settlement. The Examiner (Kiama) of 17 Dec 1859 describes a petition, signed by 120 men, presented to the court in favour of George Knight's residence, which was called 'Milton', being selected as the site of the new Post Office. Although the court didn't rule in their favour on the day George did become Mitlon's first postmaster with the Post Office in his house. This lends substantial weight to the town subsequently being named after George's house | | ||
| Living (fam) | Dec 1859 | The Settlement which was soon to be renamed, Milton, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - Rebecca DEARLING | |||
| News Pub (ind) | 27 Sep 1861 | the following appeared in the Insolvency Court reports of the Sydney Morning Herald: "SURRENDER. George Knight, of Ulladulla, farmer. Liabilities, £900 8s. 4d. Assets-value of real property, £750 ; of personal property, £104 ; outstanding debts, £5 5s. : total, £949 5s. Deficit, £17 3s. 4s. Mr. Perry, official assignee" | | ||
| Living (fam) | 1862 | Sherbrooke, New South Wales, Australia - Rebecca DEARLING | |||
| News Pub (ind) | 14 Jun 1862 | the following ad appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald "In the Insolvent Estate of George Knight (the elder) now of Milton, Ulladulla. BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE. RICHARDSON and WRENCH have received instructions from the official assignee in the above estate to sell by public auction, at the Rooms, Pitt-street, Sydney, on MONDAY, 16th June, at 11 o'clock, All his right, title, and interest in about 82 acres of land at MILTON, ULLADULLA, together with a FLOUR MILL, BARN, DWELLING-HOUSE, and other erections thereon. This is a well-known and valuable property belonging to Mr. Knight. The land was an early selection by Captain A. W. Riley, when nearly the whole country in that locality was open. Plan on view at the Rooms, where also the full particulars of the interest may be obtained" | | ||
| Marriage | 19 Jun 1864 | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - Hannah "Anna" ADAMS | | ||
| Occupation | 1872 | carpenter living at Bulli Mountain, Bulli according to Greville's 1872 Post Office Directory | | ||
| Death | 28 Mar 1881 | peritonitis - Sherbrooke, New South Wales, Australian Colonies | | ||
| Burial | 30 Mar 1881 | Methodist Section, Wollongong Cemetery, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| Note | 1 Apr 1881 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann BASSETT (1805 - 1841) |
| Child | Joseph KNIGHT (1827 - 1862) |
| Child | Sarah Ann KNIGHT (1830 - 1900) |
| Child | Kate KNIGHT (1834 - 1870) |
| Child | George KNIGHT (1839 - 1881) |
| Child | Elizabeth KNIGHT (1840 - 1841) |
| Child | Harriet KNIGHT (1841 - 1841) |
| Spouse | Rebecca DEARLING (1819 - 1863) |
| Child | John KNIGHT (1844 - 1919) |
| Child | Thomas KNIGHT (1846 - 1925) |
| Child | Alfred KNIGHT (1848 - 1903) |
| Child | Franklin KNIGHT (1849 - 1922) |
| Child | Felix KNIGHT (1851 - 1932) |
| Child | Edwin KNIGHT (1853 - 1933) |
| Child | Walter KNIGHT (1855 - 1903) |
| Child | Rhoda KNIGHT (1857 - 1892) |
| Child | Lydia KNIGHT (1859 - 1931) |
| Child | David KNIGHT (1861 - 1951) |
| Spouse | Hannah "Anna" ADAMS (1808 - 1893) |
| Father | Joseph KNIGHT (1780 - 1846) |
| Mother | Ann MEACHEN (1777 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Antionette KNIGHT (1805 - 1805) |
Endnotes
1. , FamilySearch (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
3. Knight Family Bible (George)
4. , FamilySearch (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
6. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
7. Knight Family Bible (George)
8. UK Marriage Record
9. 1841 Census of England 1841
10. UK Marriage Record: Vol 4 page 33
11. NSW Assisted Migration, Neptune 1844
12. ancestry.com, Hereinafter cited as ancestry.com
13. Internet
14. The Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong), 8 Jul 1858
15. The Examiner (Kiama), 17 Dec 1859
16. The Cootamundra Herald, 17 Mar 1914 Page 4
17. The Sydney Morning Herald
18. The Sydney Morning Herald
19. NSW BMD Index: 3399/1864 under Phillips
20. Knight Family Bible (George)
21. Grevilles 1872 Post Office Directory, Bulli
22. NSW BMD Index: 8147/1881
23. Knight Family Bible (George)
24. Research by Sydney Ross Smith