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Moses Knight was born in 1764 at Cranston, Rhode Island, a son of Caleb Knight and Patience Collins. His father died when he was about twelve years old in 1776. At the age of 17, in 1781, he joined the Rhode Island Militia during the Revolutionary War. He remained in the Militia through 1782 and perhaps beyond that. After the war in 1791, he married Sarah Stockwell. They moved north to Eastern New York State, to land that was opened by Treaty with the British and Indian Nations after the War and settled at the Town of Hartford, at Washington County, New York. Moses obtained a tract of land that was 44.25 acres. He was a weaver by trade and farmer. His wife, Sarah, passed away at the age of 35 years in 1806. They had ten children together. Moses married Rebecca Rexford Ryon later in 1806. They had three children together before she died at the age of 47 years in 1820. Moses was a widower until his death, May 20, 1822 at the age of 58 years, and was buried with both of his wives at the Old Hartford cemetery at Hartford, Washington, New York.
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