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Tirzah Knight's parents, married Simeon Williams

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Tirzah Knight's parents, married Simeon Williams

Posted: 23 Aug 2007 10:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Knight, Williams, Doolittle, Allyn
I am searching for the parents of Tirzah Knight who married Simeon Williams. Tirzah was born about 1763 in Connecticut and according to an old family letter, her brothers held high judicial office in CT. The Williams and Knight families lived in the "Valley" near the Connecticut River near Hartford and had a large estate called Meadow Lands. They died in Ripley Indiana before 1855.

Simeon might have been born in Stonington CT in 1763, in which case he was the son of Samuel Williams and Lois Allyn. Simeon and Tirzah had 9 children: John, Dyer, Dudley, Henry, Adin, Lois, Susan, Fanny and Sarah. I believe they lived in Hartland Vermont in 1790 and 1800, then Essex NY in 1810, then Butler Ohio in 1820 and 1830, then Ripley IN in 1840. Simeon supposedly died in 1847 and Tirzah around 1853, both in Ripley County, Indiana. Their children married into Indiana families named: Knapp, Doolittle, McLean, Burr, Strong, Cameron, Haven.

Does anyone recognize this Knight family?

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