Rebecca Collings (1789-1867)

Mrs Rebecca (Collings) Knight

In her memory, Rebecca's successful son Edward (with his first cousin Richard T. Collings, the principal landowners in the area) donated 100-acres to the people of Collingswood that was named Knight Park and officially opened in 1888.

Parents (2)

Richard Collings

Richard Collins/Collings, of Gloucester County, New Jersey

d.1782

Esther Zane

Mrs "Hetty" (Zane) Collings

1730-1781

Spouse (1)

Jonathan Knight

Jonathan Knight, of Collingswood, New Jersey

1788-1823

Children (2)

Edward Collings Knight

Edward Collings Knight, Sugar Refiner, Inventor & Industrialist of Philadelphia

1813-1892

Sarah Knight

Mrs Sarah (Knight) Hurley

1819-1891

Collingswood (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), by Janet M. Spavlik