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John Knowles 1641 – 1675 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1641

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1675

Death Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Richard Knowles

Mother: Ruth Bower

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

John Knowles was born in 1641 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA, the child of Richard Knowles and Ruth Bower. John Knowles passed away in 1675 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • John Knowles was born in 1641 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA, the child of Richard Knowles and Ruth Bower.
  • John Knowles passed away in 1675 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.

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John Knowles's Ancestors

Self
John Knowles
1641 – 1675
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Richard Knowles
1614 – 1672
England
Ruth Bower
1620 – 1687
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Grandparents
John Knowles
George Bower
1590 – 1656
Manby, Lincolnshire, England
Barbara Smith
1596 – 1644
Braithwell, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Knowles's Timeline

3 Records

1641
Abt. 1641
Birth of John Knowles in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA
1675
03 Jun 1675
Age 34
Death of John Knowles in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1675
1675
Age 34
Death of John Knowles in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1641
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Latter Day Saints Ancestral file, date only

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1670
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Descendants of Richard Knowles 1637-1973, pg 12
    [2] Latter Day Saints Ancestral file, date only

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Descendants of Richard Knowles 1637-1973, pg 12-13

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Anthropology Departmet, Univrsity of Illinois, Compiler, University of VA Plymouth Colony Archive Project; 27 June 1999

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Jun 1675
    Event Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1675
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: History of Barnstable County, MA 1620 - 1890, pg. 723

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