Surname origin,
Old English cnight 'servant', 'knight', feudal tenant bound to serve as a mounted soldier', 'a common soldier'. Henry le Nyte 1327 Subsidy Roll Sussex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

James KNIGHT married Amy TERRY on the 11th October 1766.
They had children
• Thomas KNIGHT (1772 - 1853) = Jane WELLER (c.1773 - 1858)
  
  • Thomas  (1798 - 1882) = Mary JENNER (1803 - ?)
    
    • Rebecca (1826 - 1866) = George Samuel Grover (1838 - 1874)
      • //Fanny Sprinks (1856 - )
    • William (1827 - 1904) = (1) Eliza ELLIS (1826 - 1876) = (2) Phebe ELLIS (c.1836 - 1919)
      • (1) Jane (1851 - 1935) // (1) Frederick ONGLEY (c.1851 - ) = (2)  Alfred COX (1851 - 1914)
        • (1) Alice Jane KNIGHT (1872 - 1962) = William CLAYSON (1870 - 1945)
        • (2) Alfred John COX (1885 - 1954) = Annie Elizabeth WEST (1882 - 1961)
          • Alfred John William COX = Irene FITT
      • (1) William (1855 - 1872)
    • Thomas (1830 - )
    • Jane (1831 - 1866) = (1) Aaron NIGHTINGALE (c.1819 - 1855) = (2) Peter BURCHELL
    • Sarah (1836 - )
    • George (1837 - 1838)X
    • Mary (1838 - 1912) = Thomas COX (1838 - 1884)
    • James (1839 - ) liv. 1861
    • Henry (1842 - 1929) = Amelia HANKINS (c.1845 - 1908)
      • Maria (1864 - )
      • Emma Alice
      • Amelia (1869 - )
      • Mary (1869 - )
      • Harry (1871 - ) = Emily VALLER (c.1875 - )
        • Millie (1903 - ) = Charles DIX (c.1904 - )
      • Ellen (1872 - )
      • George (1875 - ) = Harriett GAUSDEN
      • Alfred (1875)X
      • Gregory (1875 - )
      • William (1878 - )
      • Mary Jane (1879 - )
      • Frederick Thomas (1880 - ) = Annie Mary HARDS
      • Kattie (1881 - )
      • Bessie Florence (1884 - )
  • Ann  (1800 - )
  • Jane(1803 - 1813)
  • Catherine (1805 - )
  • James (1808 - 1883) = Lydia BOXALL (c.1818 - 1902)
    • Emma (1839 - )
    • Henry (1841 - )
    • Edwin (1843 - )
    • Alexander (1846 - )
    • Jane (1848 - )
    • George (1849 - )
    • Mary Ann (1853- )
    • Caroline (1856 - )
    • Julia Tryphena (c.1859 - 1900) = Levi BALCHIN (c.1855 - 1926)
  • William (1811 - 1884) = Mary Ann HARBOUR ( - 1868)
    • George (1842 - )
    • Peter (1845 - )
    • Sarah (1845 - ) = Walter EAMES
  • Mary (1814 - )
• Amy (1774 - )
• Eliza (1777 - )
• Mary (1786 - )