No, Janice, nothing I have quite fits what you describe. I do suspect that 'Jeannet Jordan' should be Janet Jardine, that her birth-place should be Thundergarth in what was Dumfries-shire, Scotland, and that her parents might be connected to:
ELIZABETH HENNESSY b. 13APR1850 (13APR1851 in 1901), m. JAMES KERR JARDINE (b. Napan/Neguac/Burnt Church, Northumberland Co., NB ca. 1831-3, d. New Westminster, BC 25APR1896.) In Cambridge, MA 1887-1890.
(Patricia Hennessy, Northumberland Co. board, Ancestry,com, 2JUN2002.)
An ELSPETH HENNESSY b. ca. 1800, m. JAMES JARDINE (b. Tundergarth, Dumfries-shire, Scotland ca. 1794, d. Napan?, NB 5JAN1846, bur. Chatham, NB. Robert Jardine gives James, Sr.’s parents as Joseph Jardine (b. Lochmaben?, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ca. 1767) and Janet Kerr, and that they were m. Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 16NOV1792; moving to NB in 1827.
(Donald Edge, Northumberland Co. board, Ancestry,com, 25MAR2002.) According to the IGI, these were James’ parents; so, perhaps, James Kerr Jardine and Elizabeth Hennessy were otherwise related.
between the McKnight's/MacKnight's and Jardine's there were connections. For example:
FRANCIS HALLIDAY MacKNIGHT b. (Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland?) 25JAN1801, d. Burnt Church, Northumberland Co., NB 20AUG1883, m. Chatham, Northumberland Co., NB (by the Rev. Samuel Bacon) 7JUL1827 JEAN JARDINE (b. Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland 3APR1810, d. 23JAN1878), d/o Alexander Jardine.
Barbara Mills wrote (e-mail, 17JAN2003):
Francis H and Jean (Jardine) McKnight.... my gggrandparents lived in Napan until c 1854 when he moved to New Jersey . The whole area was called Burnt Church at one time .The Taylor Family lived up the shore (of the Miramichi Bay) from the main Burnt Church community.
Their son was:
FRANCIS H. MacKNIGHT b. Alnwick Parish, Northumberland Co., NB 1MAY1830,
m. 1st JANE JARDINE (b. ca. 1828, d. 3JAN1887), d/o John (b. ca. 1793, d. 20JUL1856) and Jane (Bell) (b. ca. 1795) Jardine;
m. 2nd CATHERINE (“KATEâ€) SIMPSON (b. PEI 1857 (ca. 1858); m. 1st George Edmonds/Edmunds), d/o George (b. ca. 1811) and Flora Ellen (MacLean) (b. 1824) Simpson;
m. 3rd 15AUG1888 ELIZA TAYLOR (listed as a widow, age 24 years, in the marriage record) (b. Alnwick Parish, Northumberland Co., NB 14JUN1864 (1901 census) (or 1866 on headstone), d. Tabusintac 13FEB1928
and another son was:
WILLIAM K. MacKNIGHT b. 12NOV1844, d. 1928, m. Alnwick Parish, Northumberland Co., NB 5JUN1877 MARY C. LOGGIE (b. ca. 1848, d. 1891.)
Francis, Sr.'s brother was:
SAMUEL MacKNIGHT b. Escalfechan, Scotland 3SEP1803, d. Michigan 22 DEC1876, m. 10JUN1825 ELIZABETH JARDINE (b. Scotland 1805.) Said to have gone first to Ohio.
with Elizabeth Jardine possibly Jean's sister. Samuel's son was:
WILLIAM MacKNIGHT b. 1839, d. 1922
A third brother of Francis, Sr. and of Samuel was:
JAMES MacKNIGHT b. Scotland 1810, d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 5JUN1880, m. 1830 MARY DOBIE (b. 1810, d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 15MAY1878.)
who had a son:
WILLIAM S. J. MacKNIGHT b. 1832, d. 1916
The parents of Francis, Sr., James and Samuel were:
SAMUEL McKNIGHT/MacKNIGHT from Scotland 1816 (or 3OCT1818), Napan area of Northumberland Co., b. Dumfries-shire, Scotland ca. 1777, d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 1845 age 68 years, m. ELIZABETH (“BETSEYâ€) HALLIDAY (b. ca. 1761, d. 6MAY1862 aet. 100 years.)
See:
http://goodies.yi.org/~jack/genealogy/Godfrey/Godfrey_I143.h...part of a genealogical web site by Jack Godfrey, 5JUL2003, based on, Mabel‘s Remembrances, transcribed by Shirley Godfrey from a manuscript by Mabel McKnight (1879-1975), Black River, Northumberland Co., NB 1974. Part of this reads:
We would honour our Grand Pioneer Father Samuel McKnight and his good wife Elizabeth Halliday McKnight, who came to this country from Dumfries-shire, Scotland in 1818 with their four sons and two daughters.
We are told they intended going on to Upper Canada but a severe storm drove them up Miramichi Bay. So they landed Oct 3, 1818 at Tyrills Point below Chatham, NB, where they remained for a little time. They considered it to be a good place to make a home. They applied for a grant of land and were given it on the north side of Napan River, Chatham Parish.
They connected themselves with St. Andrews Church, Chatham NB. The older couples bodies were laid to rest in St. Andrews Church Cemetery, which is in the lower part of Chatham NB.
There is a great deal more at this web site which is not included here as it is very extensive. It should be consulted as a check to what is here. The closest I can find to a home page is at:
http://goodies.yi.org/Genealogy/called, Jack Godfrey’s Genealogy Information, and dated 23DEC2002; with the index at:
http://goodies.yi.org/Genealogy/Godfrey/index.htmlNow, here's the thing; much of what I have is based on hearsay and on-line material. Much of it may be incorrect. For example:
6. JAMES MacKNIGHT b. Scotland 1810, d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 5JUN1880, m. 1830 MARY DOBIE (b. 1810, d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 15MAY1878.)
Their children were:
61. WILLIAM S. J. MacKNIGHT b. 1832, d. 1916
How do I know James' wife was Mary Dobie? Well, the only clue I have is that their son was JAMES DOBIE MacKNIGHT b. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 1838 (29JAN1836), d. Napan, Northumberland Co., NB 14OCT1902, bur. Old St. John’s Church cemetery, Chatham Head, Northumberland Co., NB. So, much of the above may be incorrect.
Thomas