The McKnight's of County Donegal Ireland and Cecil County Maryland
 
 
 
                      Alexander McKnight was born in County Donegal Ireland.  He came to the United States as a young man and went west for a time before settling in Cecil County, Maryland. On March 3, 1853 he married Sophia Lutton  in Cecil County, Maryland. Alexander was a hard working man and it is believed his hard work caused his death on July 19, 1880 in Elkton Maryland. Alexander was buried on July 22, 1880 in Cherry Hill United Methodist Cemetary. They had eight children together, all born in Cecil County. Their son Albert Franklin is my direct ancestor.
 
The Children of Sophia Lutton and Alexander McKnight
 
1) Mary Eliza (Liddie): Liddie was born in Cecil County Maryland December 1854. On December 14, 1871 she married E.W. Janney, then sheriff of Cecil County. Liddie had two known child Flora L. born February 1879 and Annetta born January 1884. Sometime after her husbands death in 1890 she moved to Virginia. Mary Eliza died before 1930.
 
2) Marcus Alexander: Marcus was born about 1855 in Cecil County, he died before 1860.
 
3) Albert Franklin (Frank): Frank was born in Elkton Maryland on June 17, 1858. He married Anna Louisa Janney. He is my direct ancestor.
 
4) Arthur Alexander: Arthur was born in Elkton in June 1861. On November 6, 1882  he married  Mary Jones and they had four children together, only three of which are known: Minnie S. (September 1883), Frances (October 1892), and Helen  (June 1897). Arthur was a foreman at the pulp mill. He also served as a committee clerk for the State Senate in 1892. Arthur died in 1942 at the age of eighty years.
 
5) Fannie: Fannie was born in 1865 and died July 16 1868
 
6) Leah Ellen: Leah was born in March 1868. On May 19,1887 she married Harry Giles, compostor of the Cecil County Whig. Harry and Leah lived in both Washington DC and Virigina. They had two children: Clinton A (1898) and one unknown.
 
7) Mable Sophia: Mable was born in 1871 in Elkton. About 1898 she married Lewis Ehlers. They had one child together, Margaret (1899). Mabel and Lewis lived out their lives in Cecil County.
 
8) William Allen: William was born in Elkton in 1875 and died on August 28, 1884. 
 
 
Last Update: June 6, 2005
 
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