Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - A mụrụ John Knight na Dundee na February 1747, nwa nke Rear-Admiral Joseph Knight na nwunye ya, Jean Hay. N'afọ 1758, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu, o sooro nna ya banye ọrụ na Royal Navy n'ụgbọ mmiri HMS "Tartar", na-esonye na Raid na Cherbourg
n'afọ ahụ n'oge Agha Afọ Asaa. Knight nọgidere na nna ya ruo afọ ise ọzọ, ruo mgbe ọ kwagara na njedebe nke agha na 1763 na HMS "Romney" na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri North America. Na mpụga North America, Knight sonyere n'ọrụ nyocha ma ọ bụ ezie na ọ laghachiri na Europe afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị, ọ laghachiri na North America na 1775 na mmalite nke American Revolutionary War.