Madam Knight, as Sarah Kemble Knight is known, was a Boston
schoolteacher and businesswoman. In the autumn of 1704 she made a
business trip to New York by way of Rhode Island and Connecticut. On the
journey she kept a journal which gives a vivid account of her
experiences. You will find that this Boston woman writes about
Connecticut as though it were a foreign country. She had a good sense of
humor and a keen eye for detail. You learn in this report that not all
of your New England ancestors were cultivated people like governors
Winthrop and Bradford.