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Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent 1553–1632 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1553

Birth Location: Knowlton Manor, Kent, England

Death Date: 2 June 1632

Death Location: St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England

Father: Captain (Smythe)

Mother: Lady Griffith\Griffin-Smythes\Smythe\Smyth\Smithe\Smith

Spouse(s): Elizabeth CANTIZE

Children(s): Ann Smith

The story of Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent began in 1553 in Knowlton Manor, Kent, England. Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent married Elizabeth Cantize, and had children including Ann Elizabeth Smith. Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent passed away in 1632 in St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent began in 1553 in Knowlton Manor, Kent, England.
  • Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent married Elizabeth Cantize, and had children including Ann Elizabeth Smith.
  • Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent passed away in 1632 in St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England.

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Count Kent's Ancestors

Self
Count Kent
1553–1632
Birth Place: Knowlton Manor, Kent, England
Parents
Captain John Stourton Smith (Smythe)
1527–1607
Knowlton Manor, Kent, England
Lady (Hannah Mary Anne\Ann June\Joune\Jone) Griffith\Griffin-Smythes\Smythe\Smyth\Smithe\Smith
1520–1580
Wantage, Berkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Carrington Smythe Sir Lord of Corsham, Lord of Blackwell, Viscount of Strangford, Assistant to King Henry VIII, Surveyor to Joan) Seymour
1490–1538
Smyth Hall, Rivenhall, Essex, England
Lady (Joan Countess Blackwell Brouncker Viscountess of Strangford Lady Blackwell, Baroness Corsham &) Blackwelld
1496–1579
Melksham, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Count Kent's Descendants

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Count (Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of) Kent (1553–2 June 1632) m. Elizabeth CANTIZE (17 Apr 1550–1632)
  1. 1. Ann (Elizabeth) Smith 1586–1675 m. Capt. (John) Tucker 1616–1661 m. William ("Capt" Knowlton) Sr. 1584–1639
    1. 1. * (William) Knowlton 1615–1655 m. * (Elizabeth) Welch 1619–1688 m. Elizabeth Balch –1655
      1. 1. Joseph Knowlton 1651–1728 m. Mary Wilson 1657–1730
        1. 1. Elisha Knowlton* 1678–1757 m. Lydia Hawkins* 1682–1739
        2. 2. Abaham Knowlton 1678–1751
        3. 3. Joseph Knowlton 1680–1738
        4. 4. Elisha Knowlton 1682–1750
        5. 5. Adam Knowlton 1686–1693
        6. 6. Lydia Knowlton 1686–1741
        7. 7. Daniel Knowlton 1693–1693
        8. 8. Anna Knowlton 1698–1778
        9. 9. Joseph Knowlton 1680–1702
        10. 10. Lydia Knowlton 1686–1707
      2. 2. John Knowlton 1641–1654
      3. 3. William Knowlton 1642–1718
      4. 4. Mary Knowlton 1646–1699
      5. 5. Samuel Knowlton 1647–1696
      6. 6. Benjamin Knowlton 1649–1690
      7. 7. Thomas Knowlton 1662–1717
      8. 8. Thomas (Knowlton) Sr. 1641–1717
      9. 9. William (Knowlton) III 1615–1655
      10. 10. John Knowlton 1632–1684
      11. 11. Elizabeth Knowlton 1620–
      12. 12. Nathaniel Knowlton 1641–1662
      13. 13. John Knowlton 1651–1719
      14. 14. Thomas Knowlton 1662–1711
      15. 15. Samuel Knowlton 1675–
      16. 16. Elizabeth Knowlton 1681–1775
      17. 17. Joseph Knowlton 1651–1652
      18. 18. Mary Knowlton 1653–1701
      19. 19. Margery Knowlton 1645–
      20. 20. Nathaniel Knowlton 1641–1662
      21. 21. Joseph Knowlton 1651–1719
      22. 22. Elizabeth Knowlton 1640–
      23. 23. Benjamin Knowlton 1646–1733
    2. 2. Elizabeth (F.) Knowlton 1604–1679
    3. 3. John Knowlton 1633–1684
    4. 4. John Knowlton 1610–1653
    5. 5. Samuel Knowlton 1613–1614
    6. 6. Robert Knowlton 1613–1613
    7. 7. Susanna Knowlton 1624–1660
    8. 8. Samuel Knowlton 1611–1655
    9. 9. Robert Knowlton 1615–1703
    10. 10. Thomas Knowlton 1622–1692

Count Kent's Timeline

2 Records

1553
1553
Birth of Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent in Knowlton Manor, Kent, England
Knowlton Manor, Kent, England
1632
2 June 1632
Age 79
Death of Count Richard\Rycherd Knowlton, Earl of Kent in St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England
St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Knowlton Manor, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 June 1632
    Event Place: St Mary at Finchley, Hendon, Middlesex, England

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