KNIGHT of Iddesleigh.
For a small village, Iddesleigh seems to have produced an enormous number of KNIGHTs - the churchyard is full of them, and there are still a few living there today. This is where I've got to so far. It's taken me about 30 years and, over that period of time, I've made contact with others researching the same name from the same village or from other villages within just a few miles. The big mystery is the person I'm calling "Big Cheese KNIGHT". I have no proof that he was the father of Richard and James, but someone must have been.
My line is in blue.
Descendants of Big Cheese Knight.
1 Big Cheese Knight
......
2 Richard Knight Born: Abt 1760 Died: 30 Oct 1800 Iddesleigh
.......... +Mary Lock Married: 7 May 1785 Dolton
.............. 3 John Knight Born: Bef 19 Jun 1786
Iddesleigh Died: 3 Sep 1866
.................. +Elizabeth
Alfold Born: 1790 Married: 15 Apr 1811 Iddesleigh Died: 19 Apr 1868 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Richard Knight Born: Bef 19 Jan 1812
Iddesleigh Died: 1 Jun 1900 Iddesleigh
.......................... +Mary x Born: 1820 Died: 18 Dec 1875
Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 James Knight Born:
1845 Winkleigh Died: 13 Jan 1928
.................................. +Elizabeth Woolacott Born: 1848
Iddesleigh Married: 27 Feb 1879 Iddesleigh Died: 8 Apr 1932
....................................... 6 Hannah Knight Born: 1
Jun 1879 Iddesleigh Died: 15 Jun 1921 Iddesleigh
....................................... 6 Ellen Knight Born: 15
Aug 1880 Iddesleigh Died: 21 Jun 1927
....................................... 6 John Knight Born: 13
Nov 1881 Died: 27 Apr 1918 Iddesleigh
........................................... +Ivy Ann Bird
Married: 17 Jul 1909
...............................................
7 Ellen Irene Knight Born: 30 Oct 1909
............................................... 7 Winifred
Violet Knight Born: 12 Dec 1912
............................................... 7 Francis James
Knight Born: 16 Oct 1914 Died: 7 Aug 1987 Lincs
....................................................... 8
Terence William Knight
....................................................... 8
Francis Michael John Knight
....................................................... 8 Colin
James Knight
.......................................................
8 Mary Elizabeth Knight
.......................................
6 Louise Knight Born: 8 Apr 1882
....................................... 6 William Knight Born:
24 Aug 1884
....................................... 6 Harry
Knight Born: 9 Jan 1887 Died: 15 Jun 1920 Iddesleigh
....................................... 6 Bessie Knight Born:
16 Sep 1888
.............................. 5 Grace A. Knight
Born: 1859 Winkleigh
.............................. 5 Hannah
Knight Born: 1862 Broadwood Kelly
..................................
+Albert Brook
...................... 4 John Knight Born: Bef 1
Jan 1814 Iddesleigh
.......................... +Thomasin Ware Born:
1816 Dolton Married: 27 Apr 1842 Iddesleigh Died: 22 Jan 1893 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 John Knight Born: 1842
Iddesleigh
.................................. +Anne Palmer Born: 1842
Married: 4 Feb 1863 Iddesleigh
.......................................
6 Thomas Knight Born: 15 Jun 1863 Iddesleigh
....................................... 6 Lucy Knight Born:
1866 Iddesleigh
....................................... 6 Mary
Ann Knight Born: 1867 Iddesleigh
.......................................
6 Ellen Knight Born: 1871 Iddesleigh
....................................... 6 Henry Knight Born:
1881 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 Ann Knight
Born: 1855 Iddesleigh
.................................. +William
Wollacott Born: 1853 Married: 6 Nov 1873 Iddesleigh
......................
4 Mary Knight Born: Bef 1 Jul 1816 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Simon Knight Born: Bef 10 Jan 1819
Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Jane Knight Born: Bef 24
Jun 1821 Iddesleigh
.......................... +William Heale
Married: 23 Nov 1854 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 James
Knight Born: Bef 3 Aug 1823 Iddesleigh
..........................
+unk
...................... *2nd Wife of James Knight:
.......................... +Elizabeth Allen Born: 1832 Married: 11
May 1854 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 William
Knight Born: 1855
.............................. 5 John Knight
Born: Bef 18 Apr 1858
.............................. 5 Anne
Knight Born: Bef 17 Mar 1861
.............................. 5
Thomas Knight Born: 7 Jun 1864
..................... 4 Henry
Knight Born: 27 Dec 1854 Iddesleigh
.........................+Emma Adams
Born: Abt. 1856
....................... ...... 5 Benjamin William Knight
Born: 27 Nov 1875 Plymouth Died: 5 Oct 1949 Plymouth
.....................
........... +Rose Rebecca Jones
......................................
6 William Charles Gilbert Knight Born: 1 May 1901 Died: 29 Jul
1967
.......................................... +x Died: 8 Jul
1977
.............................................. 7 Cyril
William Knight Born: 9 May 1926 Died: 2 Jan
1986
.................................................. +Ethel Lillian
Thomas
.............................................. 7 Dorothy
May Knight
..................................................+Alan John
Dowler
.............................................. 7 Phyllis
Maud Knight
................................................. +John David
Treleaven
....................................... 6 Harold Henry
Knight
....................................... 6 Winifred Rose
Knight
.............................. 5 Albert E. Knight Born:
1880 Plymouth
.............................. 5 Edwin H. Knight
Born: 1881 Plymouth
.............................. 5 Florence L.
Knight Born: 1884
.............................. 5 Beatrice A.
Knight Born: 1886
.............................. 5 Alfred Cecil
Knight Born: 1888
.............................. 5 John H.
Knight Born: 1891
.............................. 5 William Rich
Knight Born: 18 Feb 1853 Iddesleigh
...................... 4
Thomas Knight Born: Bef 10 Aug 1828 Iddesleigh Died: 28 Mar 1892
.......................... +Mary Stoneman Born: 1823 Married: 30 May
1854 Iddesleigh Died: 20 Mar 1882 Iddesleigh
......................
4 Elizabeth Knight Born: Bef 6 Feb 1831 Iddesleigh
.......................... +William Lott Married: 17 Oct 1855
Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Grace Knight Born: Bef 21
Jul 1833 Iddesleigh Died: 6 Aug 1872 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Anne Knight Born: Bef 14 May 1837
Iddesleigh
.............. 3 Richard Knight Born: 1 Jun 1788
Iddesleigh
.................. +Mary Weeks Married: 16 May 1810
Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Elizabeth Knight Born: Bef
4 Nov 1810 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Sarah Knight
Born: Bef 10 Jan 1813 Iddesleigh
...................... 4
Richard Knight Born: Bef 26 Mar 1816 Iddesleigh Died: 14 Apr 1842
Iddesleigh
.......................... +Wilmot x
.............................. 5 John Knight Born: Bef 16 Mar
1837 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 Richard Knight
Born: Bef 23 Dec 1838 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 John
Knight Born: Bef 25 Apr 1819 Iddesleigh Died: 1 Jan 1843 Iddesleigh
.............. 3 Betty Knight Born: 28 Dec 1791 Iddesleigh
.............. 3 Mary Knight Born: 17 Jul 1796
.............. 3 Anne Knight Born: 9 Jun 1799 Iddesleigh
...... 2 James Knight Born: Abt
1764
.......... +Elizabeth
Wellacott Married: 1789
..............
3 James Knight Born: Abt 1790 Died: Bef 1 May 1840
.................. +Sarah Weeks Married:
6 Apr 1815 Iddesleigh
...................... 4 Grace
Knight Born: 1816 Died: 10 Mar 1878 Iddesleigh
.......................... +Bartholomew Anstey Born: 1812 Married: 1
May 1840 Iddesleigh Died: 2 Sep 1896 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 Bartholomew Anstey Born: Abt
1841
.................................. +Sarah x
...................... 4 Mary Knight Born: Bef 21 Oct 1821
Iddesleigh
...................... 4 James Knight Born: Bef 27
Jun 1824 Iddesleigh, Devon
......................
4 Richard Knight Born: Bef 13 May 1827 Iddesleigh Died: 10
Sep 1908 Iddesleigh, Devon
.......................... +Johanna Weeks Born: 1825
Iddesleigh Married: 8 Apr 1852 Iddesleigh, Devon Died: 22 Feb 1887
Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 James Knight Born:
25 Feb 1853 Iddesleigh, Devon Died: 4 Apr 1936 Cardiff
.................................. +Eliza Laver Born: 22 Jan
1846 Queen Camel, Soms Married: 29 Mar 1879 Queen Camel, Soms Died: 18 Sep 1883
Queen Camel, Soms
....................................... 6 Amy
Elizabeth Knight Born: 11 Sep 1880 Queen Camel, Soms Died: Jan 1958 Bath
...........................................
+Edward Sidney Williams Born: 1 Apr 1883 25, North St., Abergavenny, Mon
Married: 11 Dec 1914 Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol Died: 1942 Bovey Tracey,
Devon
............................................... 7
Jack Williams Born: 11 May 1917 Died: 1 Oct 2007
...................................................
+Olive Leila Blake Born: 31 Jul 1913 Died: 28 Jun 2005
.......................................................
8 Richard Knight Williams
...........................................................
+Elizabeth Paula Dawson
..............................................................
9 Timothy Knight Williams
....................................................................
+Sarah Helen Compton
.....................................................................
10 Lucy Elizabeth Williams
.....................................................................
10 Samuel Knight Williams
............................................................. 9
Christopher Knight Williams
............................................... 7 Sheila Williams
Died: 11 Sep 2001
...................................................
+Ronald Lynn Dean Born: Dean St., Swindon Married: Abt 1944 Died: 27 May
1995
....................................................... 8
Cherie Lynn Dean Born: Jan 1952 Died: Jul 1992
........................................................... +Michael
Hiscox
.......................................................
8 Jill Isobel Dean
........................................................... +Richard
Ball
.............................. *2nd Wife of James Knight:
.................................. +Charlotte Brooks Born: 7 Aug 1854
Married: Aft 1883 Died: 3 Mar 1926 Cardiff
....................................... 6 Annie Knight Born: 28
Aug 1885 Died: 22 Aug 1983
........................................... +Hedley Hockey Born: 10
Dec 1888 Geulburn, NSW, Australia Died: 26 Aug 1971 Sydney, Australia
............................................... 7 Brenda Joan
Hockey Died 2002
....................................... 6 Joan
Knight Born: 27 Mar 1887 Died: 28 Feb 1957
....................................... 6 Horace John Knight
Born: 26 Nov 1888 Died: 26 Feb 1979 Cardiff
........................................... +Beatrice Eleanor Mallet
Born: 10 Sep 1890 Married: 26 Oct 1920 Died: 27 Dec 1948 Cardiff
............................................... 7 Ernest John
Knight
................................................... +Madeline
Boley
....................................... 6 Sidney James
Knight Born: 18 Feb 1891 Died: 6 Jul 1976 Guildford, Surrey
........................................... +Doris May Richardson
Born: 2 Aug 1899 Married: 20 Oct 1921 Church of the Martyrs, Leicester Died: 3
Feb 1985
............................................... 7
Derek Stainer Knight
................................................... +Valerie Anne
Theobald
.......................................................
8 Meryl Anne Knight
....................................................... 8 David
John Knight
.......................................................
8 Richard Stainer Knight
............................................... 7 Christine
Audrey Knight Born: 15 Apr 1925 Cardiff Died: 16 Apr 1925 Cardiff
............................................... 7 Patricia
Rosemary Knight
...................................................
+Roy Arthur Barns Died: 2008 Pyrford, Surrey
..............................
5 Emma Knight Born: 1857 Iddesleigh Died: Winkleigh, Devon
.................................. +William Mitchell Born: Abt 1865
Married: 26 Nov 1894 Littleham cum Exmouth, Devon
....................................... 6 May Mitchell Born:
1895
........................................... +John Horne
Married: 1925 Died: 1953
...............................................
7 Monica Horne
...............................................
7 Alec Horne
.......................................
6 Alice Mitchell Born: Abt 1896
....................................... 6 Albert Mitchell Born:
1896 Died: Abt 1975
.......................................
6 Ethel Joanna Mitchell Born: Abt 1899 Died: Abt 1948
........................................... +Cecil Francis
Married: Abt 1924
.............................. 5 Richard
Knight Born: 1855 Iddesleigh Died: 17 Feb 1893
.................................. +Annie Hancock Died:
25 Jan 1891
....................................... 6 William
Knight Born: 6 Oct 1880 Died: 1961
........................................... +Bess x
............................................... 7 Constance Amy
Knight Born: 1909 Died: 1961
............................................... 7 Cyril William
Knight Born: 23 Apr 1914 Died: 17 Feb 1936
....................................... 6 Ernest Thomas Knight
Born: 6 Oct 1885 Exeter Died: 18 Feb 1918
........................................... +Gladys Smith
Married: 19 Jan 1918 Cardiff
.......................................
6 Richard Knight Born: 21 Mar 1888 Died: 25 Jan 1964 Cardiff
........................................... +E May Toose
............................................... 7 Sheila Knight
................................................... +Jack C
Kearns Married: 23 Oct 1961 Died: 1999 Bridgend
....................................................... 8
Catherine Mary Kearns
....................................................... 8
Martin Richard Kearns
....................................................... 8 Anne
Elizabeth Kearns
.............................. 5 William Weeks
Knight Born: Apr 1859 Iddesleigh Died: 26 Dec 1869 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 John Knight Born: 1863
Died: 19 Feb 1902 Iddesleigh, Devon
.................................. +Sarah Ann Colston Born: Abt 1861
Married: 17 Aug 1893 Shepton Mallet Died: 3 Feb 1955 Chagford
....................................... 6 Constance Alice
Knight Born: 1 Jul 1897 Died: 9 Jan 1992
....................................... 6 Frederick Colston
Knight Born: 24 Dec 1891 Died: 5 Oct 1924 Chagford
........................................... +Lucy Painter
Married: 21 Mar Died: 14 Nov 1977
............................................... 7 Cynthia
Knight Born: 10 May 1922 Died: 1988
................................................... +John Shwenke
Born: 1916 Died: 1994
...............................................
7 Margaret Irene (Peggy) Knight
................................................... +William
Nordstrom
.......................................................
8 David Nordstrom
........................................................... +Cynthia
Watson
...............................................................9
Bonnie
Nordstrom
...............................................................9
Scott Nordstrom
.......................................................
8 Janice Nordstrom
........................................................... +Daniel
Lowney
...............................................................9 Anne
Catherine
Lowney
...............................................................9
Joseph Daniel
Lowney
...............................................................9 Tedi
Marie Lowney
.............................. 5 Mary Knight Born:
1864 Died: 13 Nov 1895 Jacobstowe, Devon
.................................. +George Hawking Married: 1
Oct 1893
....................................... 6 Samuel
George Hawking Born: Bef 1896
.............................. 5
Samuel Knight Born: 1867 Iddesleigh Died: 4 Feb 1894 Iddesleigh, Devon
...................... 4 Fanny Knight Born: Bef 25 Apr 1830
Iddesleigh
.............. 3 Henry Knight Born: 1796
Iddesleigh Died: Bef 1871 Monkokehampton
..................
+Mary x Born: 1807 Down St. Mary Died: 1893 Monkokehampton
...................... 4 Amelia Knight Born: 1834 Broadwood
Kelly
...................... 4 James Snell Knight Born: 1836
Broadwood Kelly Died: 1885 Monkokehampton
......................
4 William Snell Knight Born: 1838 Broadwood Kelly Died: 1924
Monkokehampton
.......................... +Elizabeth x Born:
1844 Died: 1882 Monkokehampton
..............................
5 Elizabeth Anne Knight Born: 1871 Broadwood Kelly
.................................. +Samuel Lendon Married: 10
Apr 1897 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 William
Henry Knight Born: 1872 Broadwood Kelly
....................................... 6 x Knight
.............................. 5 James Alfred Knight Born: 1874
Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 Susie Kate Knight
Born: 1876 Iddesleigh
.................................. +James Rouse
Hill Married: 6 Apr 1898 Iddesleigh
..............................
5 Amelia Knight Born: 1878 Iddesleigh
.................................. +George Thomas Brudden
Married: 19 Feb 1902 Iddesleigh
..............................
5 Ellen Knight Born: 1880 Iddesleigh
...................... *2nd Wife of William Snell Knight:
.......................... +Elizabeth y Born: 1850 Honeychurch
Died: 1924 Monkokehampton
.............................. 5
Louisa Knight Born: 1887 Iddesleigh
.................................. +George Henry Heard Married:
28 Jan 1914 Iddesleigh
.............................. 5 Henry
Knight Born: 22 Feb 1889 Bullhead Farm, Iddesleigh Died: 1962
Monkokehampton
.................................. +Elsie Elizabeth
Anne Morris Born: 1892 Died: 1973 Monkokehampton
....................................... 6 Betty Amelia Knight
Born: 10 Jun 1926
........................................... +x
Manley
.............................. 5 Mary May Knight Born:
Aft 1890
.................................. +x Braddon
...................... 4 Susan Ellen Knight Born: 1842
Broadwood Kelly Died: 1886 Monkokehampton
......................
4 Samuel Knight Born: 1844 Broadwood Kelly
...................... 4 Richard Henry Knight Born: 1847
Monkokehampton
...................... 4 Louisa Knight Born:
1850 Monkokehampton