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Mercy (Mary) Knowles 1642–1692 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1642

Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1692

Death Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA

Father: Richard Knowles

Mother: Ruth Bower

Spouse(s): Ephraim Doane

Children(s): Thomas Doane, Patience Doane, Nehemiah Doane, Ezariah Doane

The story of Mercy (Mary) Knowles began in 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy (Mary) Knowles married Ephraim Doane, and had children including Ezariah Doane, Nehemiah Doane, Patience Doane, Thomas Doane. Mercy (Mary) Knowles passed away in 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA.

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Biography

  • The story of Mercy (Mary) Knowles began in 1642 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Mercy (Mary) Knowles married Ephraim Doane, and had children including Ezariah Doane, Nehemiah Doane, Patience Doane, Thomas Doane.
  • Mercy (Mary) Knowles passed away in 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Knowles
1614–1682
Birth Location: Lancashire, (Present UK), Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Ruth Bower
1620–1687
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, England
RB

Spouses(s)

Ephraim Doane
1642–1700
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
ED

Children(s)

Thomas Doane
1670–1756
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
TD
Patience Doane
1682–1746
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
PD
Nehemiah Doane
1670–1674
Birth Location: Cape Codd
ND
Ezariah Doane
1672–1752
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
ED

Mercy Knowles's Ancestors

Self
Mercy Knowles
1642–1692
Birth Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Richard Knowles
1614–1682
Lancashire, (Present UK), Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Ruth Bower
1620–1687
Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
John Knowles
1596–1685
Waltham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Jemima Aster
1580–
George ((George) Bower
1590–1656
Manly, Lincoln, England
Barbara ((Barbara) Smyth
1596–1644
Braithwell, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knollys
1566–1598
Grace Lady
1570–1598
Charles Bower
1550–1596
Jane Vincent
1554–
John Smith
1551–1625
Alice Walker
1560–1633
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William OXFORDSHIRE,
1547–1632
John Sir
1533–1609
Millicent Gifford
1545–1571
James Bowers
1528–1559
Martha Smith
1532–1636
John Vincent
1510–1554
Eleanor Crathorne
1526–1559
William Lord
1505–1560
William Stratford
1540–1577
Katherine GMEab
1533–1627

Mercy Knowles's Descendants

1.
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Mercy ((Mary)) Knowles (1642–1692) m. Ephraim Doane (1642–February 1700)
  1. 1. Thomas Doane 1670–1756 m. Patience Mulford 1674–1744
    1. 1. Ruhamah Doane 1712–1766 m. John Eldridge 1700–1768 m. Thomas Hamilton 1739–1800
      1. 1. Abigail Eldridge 1728–1761
      2. 2. Thomas Eldridge 1733–1783 m. Elizabeth Bearse 1737–1764 m. Sarah Gage 1745–1810
        1. 1. Bearse Eldridge 1774–1846
      3. 3. Patience Hamilton 1769–1854 m. Archelaus Smith 1766–1836
        1. 1. Anna Smith 1807–1859 m. James (L.) Ross 1802–1870
      4. 4. Bethiah Hamilton 1761–1846 m. John (Allen) Jr 1757–1804 m. Scotto Berry 1745–1832
        1. 1. Freeman Allen 1800–1805
        2. 2. Hannah Allen 1798–1821
        3. 3. John (Allen) II 1795–
        4. 4. Polly Allen 1793–
        5. 5. Rumaha Allen 1790–
        6. 6. Thomas Allen 1788–1871 m. Judith Allen 1798–1885 m. Lucy Gould 1787–1847
        7. 7. Watson Berry 1783–1860 m. Elizabeth (Betsey) Nickerson 1787–1873
        8. 8. Hannah Berry 1781–1879
        9. 9. Rebecca Berry 1773–1858
        10. 10. Willis Berry 1776–1857
        11. 11. Mehetable (“Hitty”) Berry 1774–1852 m. Jonathan Nickerson 1774–1862
        12. 12. Issachar Berry 1787–1867
        13. 13. Scotto Berry 1779–1864
      5. 5. Mary Hamilton 1759– m. Benjamin Bulson 1755–1831
      6. 6. Reliance Hamilton 1763–
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Betty) DOANE 1703–1783 m. Daniel (Howes) (DNA) 1701–1784
      1. 1. Patience Howes –1810 m. Samuel Collins 1705–1799
        1. 1. Mary Collins 1750–1820 m. Samuel Doane 1750–
        2. 2. John Collins 1768–1795 m. Basaway Nickerson 1768–
      2. 2. Daniel Howes 1731–1821 m. Sarah Taylor 1733–1821
        1. 1. Seth (Howes) Capt 1771–1819 m. Azubah Nickerson 1778–1850
        2. 2. Tamsin Howes 1753–1836 m. Seth Harding 1752–1807
    3. 3. Anna Doane 1715–1791 m. John Osborn 1714–1753
      1. 1. Joseph Osborn 1751–
      2. 2. Anna Osborn 1749–
      3. 3. Samuel Smith 1757–
      4. 4. Cheevers Osborn 1745–
      5. 5. Mary Osborn 1738–
      6. 6. John Osborn 1741–1825
      7. 7. Jedidah Osborn 1743–
    4. 4. Abigail Doane 1708– m. John Hawes 1708–1799
      1. 1. John Hawes 1740–1829
    5. 5. Thomas (Doane) II 1702–1747 m. Sarah Barnes 1709–1766
      1. 1. Elizabeth Doane 1744–1832 m. Isreal Nickerson 1741–1791
        1. 1. Jonathan Nickerson 1774–1862 m. Mehetable (“Hitty”) Berry 1774–1852
        2. 2. Mulford Nickerson 1782–1841
        3. 3. Sally Nickerson 1778–1791
        4. 4. Horace Nickerson 1787–1791
        5. 5. Bathsheba Nickerson 1780–1871
        6. 6. Thomas Nickerson 1789–1827
        7. 7. Polly Nickerson 1784–1867
        8. 8. Israel Nickerson 1769–1847
        9. 9. Hannah Nickerson 1776–1791
        10. 10. Nehemiah Nickerson 1772–1791
        11. 11. Betsy Nickerson 1770–1791
      2. 2. Thomas Doane 1737–1783
      3. 3. Nehemiah Doane 1730–1766
  2. 2. Patience Doane 1682–1746 m. Joshua Cook 1682–1746
    1. 1. Ephraim Cooke 1712–1778 m. Mary Cook 1717–1778
      1. 1. Moses Cook 1738–1810 m. Eunice Allen 1738–1796
        1. 1. John (B) Cook 1775–
        2. 2. Aaron Cook 1765–
        3. 3. James Cook 1762–1851 m. Eunice Loomis 1761–1820
        4. 4. Jemima Cook 1760–
        5. 5. Moses (Bassett) Cook 1762–1839 m. Phoebe Perkins 1759–1837
      2. 2. Nathan Cook 1754–1793 m. Mary Young 1755–
        1. 1. Fanny (E) Cook 1815–1875
    2. 2. Simeon Cooke 1715–
    3. 3. Joshua Cooke 1709–1801 m. Zilpah Brown 1708–1783 m. Zerviah Hatch 1707–1778
      1. 1. Martha Cooke 1731–
      2. 2. Josiah Cooke 1725–
      3. 3. Sarah Cooke 1735–1748
      4. 4. Elizabeth Cooke 1729–
      5. 5. Joshua Cooke 1725– m. Hannah Rogers 1725–
      6. 6. Elenthen Cooke 1727–
      7. 7. Joshua Cook 1745–1819 m. Mary Cook 1748–
        1. 1. Josiah (S) Cook 1775–1861
        2. 2. Jedediah Cook 1773–1843 m. Matthew (Wright) Earl 1756–1849
        3. 3. Levina Cook 1770–1836 m. Henry Haughton 1764–1845
    4. 4. Ruhama Cooke 1714–
    5. 5. Martha (Cook) 👼 1706–1707
    6. 6. Ebenezer Cook 1711–1793 m. Mercy Paine 1712–1774
      1. 1. Gideon Cook 1749–1806
      2. 2. Rebecca Cook 1743–1824
      3. 3. Ruth Cook 1736–
      4. 4. John Cook 1741–1762
      5. 5. Mary Cook 1750–1850
      6. 6. Ebenezer Cook 1746–1813
    7. 7. Moses Cooke 1717–
    8. 8. Mercy Cooke 1710–1800 m. Edmund Hodges 1709–1777
      1. 1. Edmund Hodges 1744–1787
      2. 2. Elizabeth Hodges 1749–1769
      3. 3. Hannah Hodges 1738–1778
      4. 4. Deliverance Hodges 1746–1801 m. Silas Cobb 1743–1833
        1. 1. Pliny Cobb 1775–
        2. 2. Silas Cobb 1768–1818
        3. 3. Deliverance Cobb 1782–1864
        4. 4. Sarah Cobb 1773–1807
        5. 5. Mary Cobb 1785–
        6. 6. Lyman Cobb 1771–
        7. 7. Infant (Cobb) 👼 1767–1767
        8. 8. Edmund Cobb 1779–
        9. 9. Miriam Cobb 1764–1852
      5. 5. Ebenezer Hodges 1759–1759
      6. 6. John Hodges 1756–
      7. 7. Sarah Hodges 1751–1742
      8. 8. Tisdale Hodges 1753–1754 m. Naomi Hodges 1754–1809
        1. 1. Jerry Hodges 1787–1858
        2. 2. Allen Hodges 1775–1826
        3. 3. Lemuel Hodges 1780–1859
      9. 9. Miriam Hodges 1742–1776 m. Daniel Tiffany 1739–
      10. 10. Daniel Hodges 1763–
    9. 9. Josiah Cooke 1707–1775 m. Hannah Sparrow 1711–1784
      1. 1. Elizabeth Cook 1733–1797 m. Ebenezer (Sears) II 1730–1814
        1. 1. Hannah Sears 1756–
        2. 2. David Sears 1758– m. Lucy Hall 1757–
        3. 3. Sarah Sears 1755–
        4. 4. Elizabeth Sears 1760–
      2. 2. Marcy Cook 1745–1819
      3. 3. Elijah Cook 1737–
      4. 4. Moses Cook 1742–1818 m. Elizabeth Cone 1744–1808
        1. 1. Selden Cook 1786–
        2. 2. Hannah Cook 1784–1853
        3. 3. Lydia Cook 1766–
        4. 4. Josiah Cook –1778
        5. 5. Susanna Cook 1776–1778
        6. 6. Selden Cook 1768–1769
        7. 7. Moses Cook 1772–
        8. 8. Susanna Cook 1779–1820 m. Daniel (Butler) Newton 1775–1799
        9. 9. Elizabeth Cook 1774–1851 m. Adonijah Strong 1773–1809
        10. 10. Selden Cook 1770–
        11. 11. Josiah Cook 1778–
      5. 5. Richard Cook 1753–1833 m. Mary Rowley 1758–1808
        1. 1. Alvan Cook 1786–1856
      6. 6. Josiah Cook 1735–
      7. 7. Hannah Cook 1748–1808 m. Isaac Kneeland 1741–1804
        1. 1. Isaac Kneeland 1767–1827
        2. 2. Russel Kneeland 1783–1799
      8. 8. Rhoda Cook 1750–
    10. 10. Zaccheus Cook 1719–1812 m. Mary Hubbard 1728–1784
      1. 1. Mary Cook 1748– m. Joshua Cook 1745–1819
      2. 2. Martha Cook 1755–1829 m. Josiah Purple 1750–1836
        1. 1. Nathaniel Purple 1790–1870
        2. 2. James Purple 1783–1821
        3. 3. Josiah Purple 1781–1852
        4. 4. Mahettabel Purple 1786–1823
        5. 5. Philia (Amanda) Purple 1798–1884
  3. 3. Nehemiah Doane 1670–1674
  4. 4. Ezariah Doane 1672–1752 m. Sarah Elkins 1674–1753 m. Hannah Snow 1670–1717
    1. 1. Elisha (Doane) COL 1699–1759 m. Hannah Cole 1693–1786
      1. 1. Hezekiah Doane 1730–1808 m. Elizabeth Crowell 1726–1799
        1. 1. Elizabeth Doane 1753–1793 m. James Atwood 1746–1777
        2. 2. Henry Doane 1761–1817
        3. 3. Margery Doane 1766–1779
        4. 4. Elisha Doane 1751–1764 m. Susanna Bassett 1769–1859
        5. 5. Hezekiah Doane 1757–1781
      2. 2. Joseph (Doane) I 1720–1778 m. Dorcas Eldredge 1721–1764
        1. 1. Lydia Doane 1741– m. Richard Godfrey 1735–1816
        2. 2. Ephraim Doane 1759–1804 m. Naomey Cole 1763–1843
    2. 2. Nehemia Doane 1692–1730 m. Jane Ela 1704–1762
      1. 1. Jane Doane 1724– m. Abner Paine 1722–

Mercy Knowles's Timeline

7 Records

1642
11 Dec 1642
Birth of Mercy (Mary) Knowles in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1642
1642
Birth of Mercy (Mary) Knowles in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1662
30, April, 1662
Age 20
Mercy (Mary) Knowles was married in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1667
5 Feb 1667
Age 25
Mercy (Mary) Knowles was married in Orleans, Massachusetts, USA
Orleans, Massachusetts, USA
1683
14 Jan 1683
Age 41
Mercy (Mary) Knowles was married in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1690
1690
Age 48
Death of Mercy (Mary) Knowles in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1692
1692
Age 50
Death of Mercy (Mary) Knowles in Eastham, Barnstable, MA
Eastham, Barnstable, MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1642
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1642
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 30, April, 1662
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1667
    Event Place: Orleans, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1683
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Orleans, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1692
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, MA
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