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Joseph Knight, son of John Knight and Mary Chickering , was born December 10,1624 in Romsey, Hampshire, England. He married Hannah Lamb December 10, 1649 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died August 13, 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah Lamb, daughter of Edward Lamb and Margaret French , was born December 27, 1633 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She died 13 JAN 1693/94 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Children of Joseph Knight and Hannah Lamb are:
1. Joseph Knight, b. 1649 See Joseph Knight & Ruth Haygate 2. Elizabeth Knight, b. April 07, 1658 See Thomas Kinne & Elizabeth Knight 3. Sarah Knight, b. 8 MAR 1650/51 See Thomas Lepingwell & Sarah Knight 4. Hannah Knight, b. 2 MAR 1653/54 See Adam Gould & Hannah Knight 5. John Knight, b. 16 JAN 1655/56 See John Knight & Abigail Craggin 6. Mary Knight, b. June 06, 1660 7. Dinah Knight, b. July 04, 1661 See John Morse & Dinah Knight 8. Samuel Knight, b. September 08, 1651.

GRANDMOTHER HANNAH (1633-1695) a Housewife a Farmer was born on the twenty-seventh day of December 1633, at Watertown, Massachusetts. At the age of sixteen she married Joseph Knight on the tenth day of December 1649, at Woburn, Massachusetts.Hannah and John lived on their farm at Woburn. Woburn was settled about 1638-40, and in 1642, which was set off from Charlestown and incorporated as a town. The town was chartered as a city in 1888. In the burial ground are the graves of the ancestors of four presidents (Cleveland, Harrison, Pierce and Garfield).Hannah told her children they had to accept responsibility for where they were in life. She told them they could make changes in their life. She told them you're alive. If that doesn't make you happy, consider the alternative. If you often find yourself depressed or feeling hopeless, figure out why and work to correct it. Remember you have at least one person who loves you, Yourself. Your self concept is the combination of your sense of self esteem and self worth. If you keep a strong, positive self concept, making sure you have based it on actual accomplishments and consistency of action, and not ego. To do this start with small projects where you will have success. Then, build on those small steps to an increasingly stronger, positive self concept.Hannah would tell her children that their place in life has purpose and meaning. There are few pleasures in life greater than to feel that the work we do has purpose and meaning. Regardless of the role you play, it is probably more important that you currently believe. Most of us serve others in some way. Simple pleasures are free and they surround us. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets can give joy. Watching children play with wide-open imaginations, turning big boxes into forts, castles and ships can give joy. Seeing others helping others. Taking a walk with a friend. Sharing memories and experiences. Remember, the happier you are with the simple things, the simpler it is to be happy.Hannah would encourage her children by telling them you have a mind bounded only by your preconceptions and opinions. All invention and innovation, comes from the human mind. Everyone can be creative. Think big thoughts. Dream big dreams. Turn your world upside down. Turn it inside out. Rotate an idea 180 degrees, and look at every belief from a new perspective. The inner frontiers of your mind are boundless. Enjoy exploring it. Write a poem, Write a story. Invent a gadget that solves a problem that annoys you. You can do it. Give it a try.Hannah would remind her children, that we all decide what our perception will be. And through that decision, we decide whether or not we will be happy.Hannah at the age of sixty-two died on the thirteenth day of January 1695, at Woburn.

EDWARD LAMB ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1633 FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown REMOVES: Boston by 1648 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Either Edward or his wife Margaret (or perhaps both) held membership at Watertown, as noted in baptism at Boston. ESTATE: Edward Lamb received the full range of land grants in Watertown: a seven-acre houselot; twenty rods for a garden; three acres of plowland; four acres of meadow; twenty-five acres of upland in the Great Divident in the third division, lot #6; seven and a half acres of upland beyond the further plain, and a farm of sixty-five acres [WaBOP 4, 7, 9, 13, 41]. He added "one acre of meadow ... in Patch Meadow ... granted to him" [WaBOP 94]. On 15 March 1647/8 Edward Lamb of Watertown sold to Charles Stearns five of these parcels [SLR 1:101]. On 16 October 1650 the General Court granted administration on the estate of Edward Lamb to Samuel Allen, so that "a certain house" might be sold to Thomas Boyden; the petition for administration came from "Margrett Allen, late wife of Edward Lambe" [MBCR 3:216]. BIRTH: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Probably at Boston, between 27 June 1648 (baptism of daughter Elizabeth) and 1650 (widow's remarriage). MARRIAGE: By 1633 Margaret _____ (birth of first child in 1633). She survived him and married by 1650 Samuel Allen of Braintree [BrVR 635; MBCR 3:216]. CHILDREN: i HANNAH, b. Watertown 27 December 1633 [WaVR 1:3]; no further record. ii MARY, bur. Watertown 10 November 1635, aged 2 months [WaVR 1:4]. iii SAMUEL, b. Watertown 3 April 1637 [WaVR 1:5]; no further record. iv MARY, b. Watertown 30 April 1639 [WaVR 1:7]; no further record. v JOHN (twin) bur. Watertown 20 February 1639/40, seven days old [WaVR 1:7]. vi INCREASE (twin) bur. Watertown 20 February 1639/40, seven days old [WaVR 1:7]. vii (prob.) JOHN, b. say 1642; m. (1) by 1677 Mary (French) Poole [NEHGR 2:353; BrVR 663]; m. (2) by 1690 Lydia _____ [BrVR 669]. viii (poss.) SARAH, b. say 1644; m. Braintree 27 July 1664 Stephen Scott [BrVR 717]. ix ELIZABETH, b. about 16 June, bp. Boston 27 June 1648 (27 day, 6th month, 1648, "Elizabeth of Edward & Margaret Lambe member of Ch. of Watertowne aged about 11 days") [BVR 28]; no further record. COMMENTS: The grant of Beaverbrook Plowland on 28 February 1636/7 was for three acres, and of Remote Meadow on 26 June 1637 was four acres; since each of these grants is based on head count in the household, these grants accurately reflect the size of this family, and the birth of Samuel in the interval between the two grants. However, in the Inventory of Grants [WaBOP 94] and in the sale of land [SLR 101] the parcel in the Beaverbrook Plowlands is four acres, so all is not as clear as it might be. The sale of land in early 1648 probably signalled the move to Boston, and the request by the remarried widow to sell "a certain house" may reflect land held in Boston, which is not otherwise recorded in Boston or Suffolk County records. That there was a son John who survived, probably born in the late 1640s, is based on several pieces of circumstantial evidence. First, there was a John Lamb who married in Braintree about 1677 Mary (French) Poole, widow of Samuel Poole [NEHGR 12:353]. Second, the widow of Edward Lamb remarried to Samuel Allen of Braintree. Third, John Lamb had among his children a son Samuel and a daughter Margaret, possibly named for his mother and stepfather. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1990 Joan S. Guilford examined the family of Edward Lamb, arriving at some conclusions which are not always consistent with those given above [Guilford Anc 526-28]. The Great Migration Begins Sketches PRESERVED PURITAN.