She married a cousin and fellow Quaker, James Knight (1794–1820) of Southwark, but returned to Woodbridge after his early death.
She was a friend of the poet Bernard Barton, who lodged with her and her sisters,[1] and she is therefore mentioned several times in letters to him from Charles Lamb: "Your book... we cannot thank you for more sincerely than for the introduction you favoured us with to Anne Knight.
[5] They include School-Room Lyrics (1846), and probably Poetic Gleanings (1827), Mornings in the Library (London, c. 1828, with an introductory poem by Bernard Barton), Mary Gray.
[7] Knight's verses are well crafted and her stories well told, but they exhibit a didacticism that does not suit modern tastes[citation needed].
Their flesh is good to eat, and the soft grey fur, growing close to the skin, is made into hats, when mixed with the beautiful fine down of the beaver, a curious animal found in North America'" (Mary Gray, p. 11).