Just been starting a discussion on Hampshire L list about the common area of KNIGHT being Hampshire which was found a while ago by us on a shaded map. If anyone happens to find this again would they let us know the site please. Also stand up and be counted all you KNIGHTs let's see if we can connect up. Please don't hide cos it's us we aren't that bad honestly. Linda and Tony

Hello Linda & Tony, When you finished your message by suggesting that there might be KNIGHT connections about that would link with your family I thought I would give you my small link to the KNIGHT name. This proved more difficult than I expected, though I'm pleased that I looked at the name more thoroughly than I obviously had previously. I have a George KNIGHT born in Colmore, HAM in 1829 who married my Great Aunt, Sarah Ridge BALDWIN, in Lillingstone Lovell, BKM on the 30th November 1865. He was a gamekeeper. I had 3 children of the marriage recorded on my FH programme but saw that the first child, Sarah, was shown as being born in 1858. While this was possible I thought I'd probably mis typed one of the dates. Now that there are more census images on line I checked the 1861/71 sheets and found GK and a Sarah in both years. However Sarah's age and birthplace did not look right. Fortunately (?) Milton Keynes is quite close and has a good Local Studies Library. They didn't have the Lillingstone Lovell PRs for marriages but they did have the Banns register and this showed GK as a widower. To get to the point GK's history appears to be as follows: GK born c1829 Colmore, HAM, First marriage to Sarah TURNER ( bap 21 Aug 1836) in Heath & Reach, BDF on the 25th June (not 23rd as in IGI) 1856. Daughter Sarah baptised in Heath & Reach in 1858. Sarah senior dies in Q4 1861 (buried in H&R 6 Oct 1861). GK's second marriage to Sarah Ridge BALDWIN as above and their two children, Elizabeth, 1866, and Frances Lucy, 1868, born in Leckhampstead, BKM. I've realised as I type this that Frances Lucy KNIGHT married her cousin Henry Thomas BALDWIN. HTB was the first child of Sarah Ridge BALDWIN's brother Thomas and Elizabeth Esther SCOTT. Finally GK's parents were Thomas KNIGHT and Sarah ROTHWELL (this name appears as BOTHWELL and WROTHWELL etc.). Their marriage is probably the one in East Tisted on the 20 Oct 1821 (IGI). I would be interested to hear from anyone with connections to the KNIGHT name Best wishes. Peter Wood Flitwick, Bedfordshire