Joseph Knight (1736-1808) and his second wife Jane Harvey have long been identified as the parents of Sally Knight (baptised 1798). I now believe that Sally’s parents are in fact Joseph Knight (1763-1837), the eldest son of Joseph Knight (1736-1808) and Elizabeth Mark (1842-1783), and Jane Moss* (1778- ).

Here’s why:

Both my father and myself have had our DNA analysed by Ancestry DNA. I thought I’d play DNA detective and see if I could narrow down who my father’s unknown great-grandfather could be. I grouped my father’s unattributed fourth cousins or closer into clusters and managed to identify a surname of interest. Of the 19 matches in the cluster that had a public tree, I was able to build a tree that connected 14 of them to a common ancestor couple. So I had a tree and a hypothesis that someone on it or connected to it was my father’s mystery great grandfather. Where to next? I decided to link my father, his parents and maternal grandmother to the tree though proxies and see what Ancestry DNA would throw up in terms of connections with shared matches.

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ANAHEIM—After I had a breakfast of eggs, sausage and potato and a glass of apple juice, the three of us walked the two blocks to the Annabelle to meet up with Alexe and Esmé. Alexe had yet to have breakfast so Gavin and I went on ahead to Disney Downtown before being joined there by the rest of the family around 11:00am.
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PALMERSTON NORTH—Was up at 6:00am for some last minute packing and house-keeping—like emptying the dishwasher and spraying the motion sensors with fly-spray. I was picked up by the Mum & Dad taxi service shortly before 11:00am for the trip to the airport.The flight to Auckland was uneventful and we touched down five minutes early. I found Gavin and Isla waiting for me and we decided to fill the long wait by taking a bus to the Manukau Shopping Centre. The original idea was to see a movie but we ended up wandering the mall instead before getting the bus back to the airport. We walked to the international terminal and found something to eat for tea before going through security.
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LONDON — Today I travelled south of the river to Lambeth to visit the Lambeth Palace Library. There was a document that I had found in their online catalogue that referenced San Hancock that I wanted to take a look at. To gain access you have to go to a door in the wall and push the button and request to enter. You are then requested to push the door open, step into the courtyard and wait until a librarian comes and escorts you inside. The traffic noise on Lambeth Palace Road made it very difficult to hear over the speaker.
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LONDON — Today I went to the London Metropolitan Archives. Started out inauspiciously by travelling the wrong way on the Circle Line so it took me longer to get there. LMA has changed considerably since I was there four years ago with a complete refurbishment—lots more computers and less microfilm machines as most of the data on microfilm can now be found on Ancestry. They still had my application for my History Card on their system but it hasn’t been completed, so I got that done but the card printer wouldn’t work the first couple of times!

Found one reference to Elizabeth Coles where a James Williams was bound over to keep the peace especially with respect to Elizabeth for the sum of £4. Not sure if it is my Elizabeth Coles or not but what drew my interest was the reference to James Williams being a tinman.

LONDON — The day started with a heavy downpour but by the time I left the hotel the clouds had cleared to reveal a lovely blue sky. Headed to Tower Hill to take a look at Royal Mint Street ( formerly Rosemary Lane) and Blue Anchor Yard where another of my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfathers was a proprietor of several houses. The houses are now long gone but it is nice to be able to say I’ve been there.
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LONDON — This morning I headed back north to Enfield to try and find a memorial to David and Jane Draper, my great-great-great-great-great-grandparents. Took the underground to Liverpool Street station and changed to a regional rail service to Enfield Town. Once in Enfield it was just a two-minute walk to St Andrews. It wasn’t long before I managed to locate the memorial.
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LONDON — This morning I embarked on a mission to Colindale and a visit to Hannants, a model shop. Unfortunately the item I was after had sold out and would probably be back in stock in a couple of weeks. Fortunately the shop is right next door (almost) to the RAF Museum so on the way back I stopped for a visit.
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LONDON — It was back to the British Library first thing this morning to get a photocopy of a document I forgot to get in 2009. The first surprise was that the catalogue said it was on open access which I thought quite strange considering its age and condition. On enquiring at the reference desk I was told that the catalogue was in error and that a manual request would need to be filled out. Once that was done the librarian went to the stacks to retrieve the volume but came back empty-handed—apparently another staff member had it out.
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LONDON — Today it was back to London for the last leg of my trip. I managed to effect my escape from the old prison/hotel just before noon and took a taxi to the railway station. I didn’t feel like a twenty minute walk through the rain and the fare was, I thought, very reasonable at £4.00. Waited at the station for about an hour for my train. It was less crowded than the one I took to Truro so long ago and there was plenty of room in the luggage rack this time round. It wasn’t raining on arrival in London so I walked to the hotel. Finally a hotel room on the ground floor!