Ancestry of
Phil Knight

Co-Founder, Nike Inc.

Eliza Beardsley

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Phil Knight — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 45 
  • Father:
  • Jehiel Beardsley 
  • Mother:
  • Jane White   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jan 1805 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Melancthon W. Travis
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1822 
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  Harry M. Travis

  Jane Travis

  Washington A. Travis (Ahnentafel No:22 )

  Jehiel Travis

  Charles Henry Travis

  Asher B. Travis

  Maria Travis

• Sources for Eliza Beardsley

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Clinton County, 1850, Peru, Image 67 of 88.
  • ² U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record for Melancton W and Eliza Travis.
  • ³ Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Death certificate for son Asher B Travis.
  • ⁴ Beardsley, Isaac Haight, Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America, Denver, Colorado: John Dove, Printer and Publisher (1902), 226.
  • ⁵ Holt, Nellie Beardsley and Charles Eleazer Holt, Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut, West Hartford, Connecticut: n. p. (1951), 105.

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