Elizabeth Carter
woolen cloth and clothing
05 Mar 1570 - 18 May 1625 ·Elizabeth Carter (5 March 1570–18 May 1625) married William Knight at Romsey, Hampshire, in 1588. Their recorded children included John, Thomasine, and Richard Knight. Her parentage has been proposed, but is not proven by the supplied material.
On 1 November 1588, Elizabeth married William Knight at St. Mary and Ethelfri, Romsey, Hampshire, England. Their children included John Knight, Thomasine Knight, and Richard Knight. Family-tree notes describe John and Richard as emigrant brothers, though no destination or date of emigration is provided.
A proposed identification in the notes suggests that Elizabeth may have been a daughter of William and Thomasine Carter, who had a daughter named Thomasine baptized at Romsey in 1571. This suggestion rests on the later use of the name Thomasine for Elizabeth and William Knight’s daughter and remains unproven.
Elizabeth died on 18 May 1625. William Knight died at Romsey on 10 January 1630, according to the supplied notes. Those notes distinguish him from another William Knight of Romsey, who married Joan Hill in September 1588 and died in 1622.
Historical context
Romsey was a market town about seven miles northwest of Southampton, in the valley of the River Test. Its parish registers began in 1569/70, and the Knight surname was already common there. The notes state that Romsey had a longstanding trade in woolen cloth and clothing and that Elizabeth’s sons John and Richard were tailors. They also discuss a separate armorial Knight family associated with nearby Timsbury, but any connection between that family and William Knight of Romsey was described as unproven.
Sources & research
Original Family Tree Maker Notes: Biographical notes for William Knight and Elizabeth Carter, including the 1 November 1588 marriage at St. Mary and Ethelfri, Romsey; the named children; the proposed Carter parentage; discussion of Romsey and the Knight families; and the distinction from William Knight who married Joan Hill on 1 September 1588.
Original Family Tree Maker Notes: Statement that another William Knight of Romsey left a will at his death in 1622 naming his wife Joan and only child William.