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James Absolom Knotts 1745–1835 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 DEC 1745

Birth Location: Kent, Delaware, USA

Death Date: 27 APR 1835

Death Location: Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Father: Robert Knotts

Mother: Esther Dawley

Spouse(s): Sarah Blackshire, Nancy MYERS

Children(s): Thomas Knotts, Robert Knotts, Ezekiel Knotts, Ursula Knotts, Absalom Knotts, Nancy Knotts, Benjamin Knotts, Nancy Knotts, Elizabeth Knotts, James Knotts, Ezekiel Knotts, Sarah Knotts, Absolom Knotts, Ezekiel Knotts, Ursula Knotts, Joseph Knotts, Hester Knotts, Edward Knotts, Absalom Knotts, Jonathan Knotts

In 1745, James Absolom Knotts entered the world in Kent, Delaware, USA, born to Robert Knotts And Esther Dawley. James Absolom Knotts married Nancy Ann Myers, Sarah Blackshire, and had children including Absalom Knotts, Absolom Knotts, Benjamin Knotts, Edward Knotts, Elizabeth Knotts, Ezekiel Knotts, Hester Knotts, Hursley Knotts, James Knotts, Jonathan Knotts, Joseph Knotts, Nancy Knotts, Robert Knotts, Sarah Knotts, Thomas Knotts, Ursula Knotts. James Absolom Knotts passed away in 1835 in Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1745, James Absolom Knotts entered the world in Kent, Delaware, USA, born to Robert Knotts And Esther Dawley.
  • James Absolom Knotts married Nancy Ann Myers, Sarah Blackshire, and had children including Absalom Knotts, Absolom Knotts, Benjamin Knotts, Edward Knotts, Elizabeth Knotts, Ezekiel Knotts, Hester Knotts, Hursley Knotts, James Knotts, Jonathan Knotts, Joseph Knotts, Nancy Knotts, Robert Knotts, Sarah Knotts, Thomas Knotts, Ursula Knotts.
  • James Absolom Knotts passed away in 1835 in Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Knotts
1725–1770
Birth Location: Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States
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Esther Dawley
1730–1772
Birth Location: Queen Anne, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Blackshire
1750–1790
Birth Location: Kent, Delaware, USA
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Nancy MYERS
1772–1835
Birth Location: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

Thomas Knotts
1777–1859
Birth Location: Kent Delaware
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Robert Knotts
1773–1858
Birth Location: Kent, Delaware, United States
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Ezekiel Knotts
1750–1768
Birth Location: –
EK
Ursula Knotts
1774–1856
Birth Location: Kent County, Delaware
UK
Absalom Knotts
1750–1768
Birth Location: Maryland
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Nancy Knotts
1799–1826
Birth Location: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
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Benjamin Knotts
1744–1812
Birth Location: Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, United States
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Nancy Knotts
1799–1826
Birth Location: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Knotts
1798–
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
EK
James Knotts
1796–1872
Birth Location: Knottsville, Taylor, West Virginia, United States
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Ezekiel Knotts
1787–1790
Birth Location: –
EK
Sarah Knotts
1797–1860
Birth Location: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
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Absolom Knotts
1811–1885
Birth Location: now, Taylor, West Virginia, United States
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Ezekiel Knotts
1787–1790
Birth Location: Gates, Gates, North Carolina, United States
EK
Ursula Knotts
1774–1801
Birth Location: Delaware, United States
UK
Joseph Knotts
1806–1853
Birth Location: Monongahela, Virginia, United States
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Hester Knotts
1809–1847
Birth Location: Monongalia, Virginia, United States
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Edward Knotts
1784–1864
Birth Location: Gates, Gates, North Carolina, United States
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Absalom Knotts
1799–1874
Birth Location: Preston, Virginia, United States
AK
Jonathan Knotts
1804–1887
Birth Location: Monongalia, Virginia, United States
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James Knotts's Ancestors

Self
James Knotts
1745–1835
Birth Place: Kent, Delaware, USA
Parents
Robert Knotts
1725–1770
Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States
Esther Dawley
1730–1772
Queen Anne, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
James Knotts
1695–1751
Kent, Maryland, United States
Anne (Ukm) Knotts
1710–1750
Kent, Maryland, Delaware, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Knotts
1649–1703
Rebecca Scott
1655–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Knotts's Descendants

1.
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James (Absolom) Knotts (8 DEC 1745–27 APR 1835) m. Sarah Blackshire (1750–JAN 1790) m. Nancy (Ann) MYERS (1772–27 APR 1835)
  1. 1. Thomas Knotts 1777–1859 m. Unity PATTON 1776–1853 m. Barbara (Ellen) Sykes 1769–1853 m. Barbara Six 1779–1853
    1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) Knotts 1819–1867 m. Mary Mowry 1822–1892
      1. 1. Sarah (Ellen) Knotts 1868–1943 m. Joseph (Story) LAMBERT 1864–1948
        1. 1. Grace (Leona) Lambert 1899–1986 m. Clarence (Lorenz) Mcnurlen 1899–1985
        2. 2. Arthur (W) Lambert 1890–1966
        3. 3. Myrtle (Mary) Lambert 1895–1972 m. Henry (Clayton) Funston 1892–1982
        4. 4. Della Knotts 1904–
        5. 5. Jesse (Knotts) Lambert 1887–
        6. 6. Alta (M) Lambert 1887–1967
        7. 7. Florence Lambert 1892–1987
        8. 8. Elta (May) Lambert 1887–1967
      2. 2. Alba (Ervin) Knotts 1859–1926
      3. 3. Amanda (Martha) Knotts 1850–1936
      4. 4. Nancy (Catherine) Knotts 1847–1913
      5. 5. John Knott 1943–1958
      6. 6. Thomas Knott 1945–1951
      7. 7. Thomas Knott 1863–1817
      8. 8. Louisa (Knotts) Laura 1845–
      9. 9. Charles (O) Knott 1852–1909
      10. 10. Albert Knotts 1859–
      11. 11. Allia (E) Knotts 1860–
      12. 12. Charles (W) Knott 1848–1902
      13. 13. Thomas (Jefferson) Knotts 1861–
        1. 1. Adah (May Knotts) Anderson 1892–1982
        2. 2. Adah (May Knotts) Anderson 1892–1982
      14. 14. Thomas Knott 1855–
      15. 15. Hannah Knotts 1856–
      16. 16. Hannah Knotts 1856–
      17. 17. Fletcher (Alkena) Knotts 1857–1919
        1. 1. Bessie (Louisa) Knotts 1887–1959
      18. 18. George (Wesley) Knotts 1851–1926
        1. 1. Charles (Wesley 'Dick') Knotts 1879–1958
        2. 2. Ollie (Mae) Knotts 1881–1959
        3. 3. Charles (Wesley 'Dick') Knotts 1879–1958
      19. 19. Alba (Ervin) Knotts 1859–1926
      20. 20. Nancy (Catherine) Knotts 1848–1913
        1. 1. Ross (Frank) Wilson 1885–1942
        2. 2. Selie Batterson 1869–1944
        3. 3. Ross (Frank) Wilson 1885–1942
        4. 4. Selie Batterson 1869–1944
        5. 5. Ross (Frank) Wilson 1885–1942
        6. 6. Selie Batterson 1869–1944
      21. 21. William (Edgar) Knotts 1865–1942 m. Hattie (Belle) Goodwin 1866–1937
        1. 1. Stella (Ethel) Knotts 1891–1937
        2. 2. George (Elery) Knotts 1893–1979
        3. 3. Walter (Ervin) Knotts 1888–1970
        4. 4. Ralph (Elcany) Knotts 1889–1955 m. Liberty (Yetta) Glider 1894–1977
        5. 5. Cora (Ellen) Knotts 1886–1961 m. Milton (Conrad) Dayton 1882–1956
      22. 22. Charles (W) Knotts 1852–1909
        1. 1. Susie (Mae) Knott 1878–1972 m. Orval (Glen) Fowler 1878–1929
        2. 2. Bunn (Wayne) Knotts 1898– m. Ida (Elmira) McKenzie 1904–1988
      23. 23. Laura (Louisa) Knotts 1845–
      24. 24. Amanda (Martha) Knotts 1850–1936
        1. 1. Ada (Jannette) Knox 1884–1903
      25. 25. Mary (Ann) Knotts 1863–1942
        1. 1. Velva (Eulalia) Henderson 1893–1934
        2. 2. Eury (Wyatt) Henderson 1889–
        3. 3. Velva (Eulalia) Henderson 1893–1934
        4. 4. Eury (Wyatt) Henderson 1889–
      26. 26. Thomas (J) Knotts 1861–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Knotts 1803–1857
    3. 3. Lewis Knotts 1800–
    4. 4. Thomas Knotts 1805–1879
    5. 5. Sarah Knotts 1802–1885
    6. 6. Robert (Korkle) KNOTTS 1818–1901
    7. 7. Mary Knotts 1798–
    8. 8. William Knotts 1811–
    9. 9. Absalom Knotts 1799–1874
    10. 10. Margaret Knotts 1806–
    11. 11. Elizabeth (Betsy) Knotts 1820–1885
    12. 12. Ursula Knotts 1808–1882
    13. 13. Rebecca Knotts 1810–1888
    14. 14. Celia Knotts 1809–1870
  2. 2. Robert Knotts 1773–1858
  3. 3. Ezekiel Knotts 1750–1768
  4. 4. Ursula Knotts 1774–1856
  5. 5. Absalom Knotts 1750–1768
  6. 6. Nancy Knotts 1799–1826
  7. 7. Benjamin Knotts 1744–1812
  8. 8. Nancy Knotts 1799–1826
  9. 9. Elizabeth Knotts 1798–
  10. 10. James Knotts 1796–1872
  11. 11. Ezekiel Knotts 1787–1790
  12. 12. Sarah Knotts 1797–1860
  13. 13. Absolom Knotts 1811–1885
  14. 14. Ezekiel Knotts 1787–1790
  15. 15. Ursula Knotts 1774–1801
  16. 16. Joseph Knotts 1806–1853
  17. 17. Hester Knotts 1809–1847
  18. 18. Edward Knotts 1784–1864
  19. 19. Absalom Knotts 1799–1874
  20. 20. Jonathan Knotts 1804–1887

James Knotts's Timeline

2 Records

1745
8 DEC 1745
Birth of James Absolom Knotts in Kent, Delaware, USA
Kent, Delaware, USA
1835
27 APR 1835
Age 90
Death of James Absolom Knotts in Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 DEC 1745
    Event Place: Kent, Delaware, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1790
    Record Source:
    [1] Maryland Revolutionary War Records
    [2] Age:
    44

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 APR 1835
    Event Place: Knottsville Twp, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Age at Death: 88
    Age:
    89
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