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Jill
27-11-15, 20:55
Father of George Potterton or Knight (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=16156&highlight=potterton)
Husband of Jane Osborn

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
George Potterton or Knight
Date and place of birth
abt 1759, Cranleigh, Surrey
Names of parents
Sarah Potterton and probably Solomon Knight
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
15 Apr 1759 Cranleigh, Surrey, bastard son of Sarah Potterton
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
19 Nov 1789 Jane Osborn to George Potterton at Kirdford, witnesses Wm Wild & Wm Cooxall
Occupation(s) - if any
NK, was a pauper at his son’s bapt in 1794 and his own death in 1809
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK)
Cranleigh, Surrey and Kirdford, Sussex
Date, place and cause of death
Dec 1809, Kirdford, Sussex
Date and place of burial.
11 Dec 1809, Kirdford, Sussex George Knight, pauper age 48 (he was also known by this name, his descendants also went by Knight or Potterton/Pottington) His wife died a few days later.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None
Memorial inscription - if any
NK, unlikely given he was a pauper

Jill
01-12-15, 17:13
Following KiteRunner's help with Caleb Osborne I have looked over the border into Surrey for George's baptism.

I found a bapt for George Potterton, "bastard son of Sarah Potterton" at Cranleigh, Surrey, on 15 Apr 1759. Sarah married Solomon Knight at Cranleigh on 5th Sept of the same year. They had another son, William in 1761.