Background
Knight, Nehemiah was born on March 23, 1746 in “Knightsville,” Cranston (now part of Providence), Rhode Island, United States.
United States representative politician
Knight, Nehemiah was born on March 23, 1746 in “Knightsville,” Cranston (now part of Providence), Rhode Island, United States.
He attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was town clerk from 1773 to 1800.
Born in Knightsville (a village later named after him) within the town of Cranston, now a suburb of Providence. In 1783 and 1787 he was elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly, and was sheriff of Providence County in 1787. Knight was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death in Cranston in 1808.
Interment was in a small family cemetery now known as Cranston Historical Cemetery, number 21 in between 1757 and 1761 Cranston Street South of Phoenix Avenue in the center of "Knightsville," Cranston, which is named for the family. Nehemiah was married in 1762 to Eleanor Rice Hudson (1746–1823). Their son, Nehemiah Rice Knight (1780–1854), would later become the Governor of Rhode Island and even later a U.S. Senator.
Member General Assembly of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1783-1787. Member United States Ho.
Children include Nehemiah Rice.