Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Knight, Edwin
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown A-L


EDWIN KNIGHT farmer, P.O. Doylestown, was born in 
Philadelphia county, Pa., November 18, 1821, and is a son of 
Jonathan and Elizabeth (Wilson) Knight.  He is of English 
and Welsh extraction.  His great-grandfather came from 
England about the time of Penn, and settled in Philadelphia 
county, where he took up and bought a large tract of land, 
on his death leaving each of his children a large farm.  His 
son, Jonathan, was also a wealthy farmer, who lived and died 
in Philadelphia county.  He was a member of the Society of 
Friends. The father of our subject was also a farmer.  He 
died of heart disease.  He was the father of nine children, 
six of whom now survive:  Amy, Edwin, Jesse W., Grace, 
Wilson J., and Amos W.  Edwin lived on the farm until 15 
years of age, when he entered the employ of Townsend 
Sharpless, where he remained two years.  He then returned to 
farm life until he was 21, when he went to milling, 
following that seven years.  After a subsequent stay in 
Philadelphia county of two years, he farmed in Northampton 
and Upper Makefield townships.  In 1875 he moved to his 
present farm, where he has since lived.  His father served 
three years in the legislature, and was associate judge of 
Philadelphia for a number of years.  He was also a justice 
of the peace, and a prominent and influential man in his 
day.  Edwin Knight was married May 11, 1848, to Anna L., 
daughter of John R. and Sarah (Lewis) Bodine.  They are the 
parents of four children:  Robert L., married to Josephine 
Roberts; Harry N., J. Thomas, and Carrie B.  In 1875 Mr. 
Knight was elected treasurer of Bucks county and served one 
term, and was the first man elected on the three years' 
term.  He is a member of the Society of Friends.