Knight Family Investigations

I trace my lineage from Knights who settled in the Northeastern United States in the 17th Century, and probably lived in Maine. My ancestors moved out of Maine to Ohio, and then their descendants moved to Indiana. My grandfather, Alva (or Alvah) Connor Knight, moved to Mississippi in the late 19th Century.

Just to give an impression of the moving ways of the Knights, my grandfather was born in Indiana; my father was born in Mississippi; I was born in Washington (the state, not the district); my son was born in North Carolina; and my grandson was born in Illinois.

I intend to use this blog as a clearing house for information about the Knight family, starting with the ones on whom I have already gathered some information. Knight is an occupational name, so it was a not-uncommon name in England. It is a fairly common name in the United States, and there are many wholly distinct families with the name of Knight.

Step 1. Me.

I am Glenn Alden Knight.

I was born 1 January 1947.

I was born in Seattle, Washington, in King County.

I graduated from Newport High School in Newport, Washington, in Pend Oreille County, in 1964.

I received the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Eastern Washington State College (now Eastern Washington University) in 1969.

I received the Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Calgary in 1971.

I now reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County.