William Knight

[Indaloman]

I have tried before but without any luck.
My 3XGGfather William Knight married Racheal Chrisdee 12 October 1807 at Holy Trinity Church, Millbrook, Southampton. This is the only proven fact I have on them. 1841 census shows them living in Millbrook and William is a Last Maker, he is 65 she 55 years old. I can not find their births or deaths. There was a William baptised at St Faith's Havant, but this proved not to be my man. I live abroad so cannot get to Winchester Records Office until latr next June. Any help would be appreciated.

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[Milliepede]

Possible death in Sep 1844 for William - Southampton right district for St Mary where the 1841 parish was.

One death for Rachel and one for Rachael which is more likely as you spelled it differently to the norm.

Rachael death Dec 1846 Southampton. 

[SWar]

Hi,

You could possibly get some help here -
http://www.knightroots.co.uk/

Sue

[Christine53]

Rachel Crisdee 3 Apr 1785 Havant , William & Rachl

Does this fit ?

[Little Nell]

Did you check out either death mentioned on the previous thread to see if they were yours?

I seem to remember having a stab at this one after your previous post, but not found anything concrete.  Since Knight is such a common name  I thought I would look at Rachel and her origins to see if there might be clues there.

There is only one Crisdee baptsism in Havant.  I can't find a Crisdee marriage for William & Rachel (Rachel's parents) or any burials for the couple 

Have you looked at any marriages of the children of William & Rachel Knight to see if William is noted as deceased or note?  I realise it's no guarantee but it might help. 

Any wills?  Was William apprenticed to anyone?

Nell

[Christine53]

.  I can't find a Crisdee marriage for William & Rachel (Rachel's parents) or any burials for the couple 

William Cresdee and Rachel Liddell 9 May 1780 Portsea St Mary - looks possible

Rachel Cresdee widow and Harry King widower 24 Apr 1799 Ringwood

[Christine53]

These marriages may be of interest :

Ann Cresdee and Stephen Vinson 30 Mar 1801 Portsea St Mary
Elizabeth Cresdee and Samuel Beazley 17 Apr 1805 Portsea St Mary
Mary Cresdee and John Hawkins 3 Nov 1805 Portsea St Mary
Jane Cresdee and David Thompson 6 Oct 1815 Portsea St Mary

[Little Nell]

Oh well done  - I was still working on the 'i' sound but with 't' substituted for 'd' and working through those possibilities.

Nell

[Indaloman]

Thanks to all for the input
Millipede: I will chase this one up, thanks
SWar: Was my first port of call but thanks.
Little Nell I too found this entry at St Faith's but it is spelt Crisdell, I only noticed the difference 2 days ago. I also found William Knight (Oh Joy) at St Faith's, Somebody sent me a copy of his Will and that of his father. They were very wealthy landowners and in todays terms nearly millionaires. My poor William was a last maker. I made a search a couple of days ago at St Faith's and could not bright Racheal up at all, I only found her after searching Chris.

Again thanks to you all for you time and efforts Rootschats is a great fraternity