John Knight senior ~1765->1803 maybe 1757-1817 & Mary Wills 1765-1828
1750-1770. John Knight was born, likely around Stoke Damerel, to parents unknown. A plethora of births for such a name in Devon!
ONE OPTION
1780-1798. John Knight married Fanny Unknown . So far only marriages I have located- Ancestry - are that of a John Knight to Mary Wills 1790 or to Grace Barrett on 1/5/1798 Stoke Damerel - wrong names!!
Children of John & Fanny were: Jenny 1796 & Eliza 1803 &
1798. John Knight was baptised in Stoke Damerel on 5/8/1798 to John Knight & Fanny - FS
ALTERNATIVELY
1790. John Knight married Mary Wills on 8/1/1790 -FS- in Stoke Damerel & then
1794. . John Knight was baptised in Stoke Damerel on 13/1/1794 to John Knight & Mary - FS . and he, John 1794 does call his first daughter Mary- but then his second daughter Fanny!
This alternative option likely the correct one, since son John dies 1845, age given as 50
1817. A John Knight, born 1757, was buried Stoke Damerel
1828. A Mary Knight, born 1765, was buried Stoke Damerel