Elizabeth Knight

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 16 Apr 1615 - Salem, Massachusetts
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Parents

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         Father: Walter Knight (1585-After 1653)
         Mother: Elizabeth (1589-1634)

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Spouses and Children

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1. *John Fairfield (1610 - 22 Dec 1646)
       Marriage: 7 Jun 1632
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       Children:
                1. Walter Fairfield (1631-1723)

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Notes

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General:

very little is known about the origins of either John or Elizabeth, despite what is purported on many online and print records. The supposition that Elizabeth's maiden name was Knight and that she is the daughter of Dorchester Company adventurer Walter Knight is unsubstantiated. Likewise, the vague clues in Essex County, Mass., court records <../records/court%20documents/court_index.html> implying a sibling relationship between John Fairfield and either Frances (Fairfield) Edwards or Ellin (Fairfield) Hines raise more questions than provide answers. Recent research in Essex County, England, has provided few clues. A December 21, 1631, baptismal record for a Walter Fairfield <html/waltfbap.html> in Copford Parish, Essex County, England, provides the likeliest link to the past.