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Nathaniel Knowles 1686–1732 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 MAY 1686

Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Death Date: 1732

Death Location: prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Father: Samuel Knowles

Mother: Mercy Freeman

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Bacon, Mary Hunt

Children(s): Samuel Knowles, Rebecca Knowles, Mary Knowles, Malatiah Knowles, Ruth Knowles, Nathaniel Knowles, Mercy Knowles, Freeman Knowles, Elizabeth Knowles

Nathaniel Knowles was born in 1686 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Samuel Knowles And Mercy Freeman. Nathaniel Knowles married Elizabeth Bacon, Mary Hunt, and had children including Elizabeth Knowles, Freeman Knowles, Malatiah Knowles, Mary Knowles, Mercy Knowles, Nathaniel Knowles, Rebecca Knowles, Ruth Knowles, Samuel Knowles. Nathaniel Knowles passed away in 1732 in prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

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Biography

  • Nathaniel Knowles was born in 1686 in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable), the child of Samuel Knowles And Mercy Freeman.
  • Nathaniel Knowles married Elizabeth Bacon, Mary Hunt, and had children including Elizabeth Knowles, Freeman Knowles, Malatiah Knowles, Mary Knowles, Mercy Knowles, Nathaniel Knowles, Rebecca Knowles, Ruth Knowles, Samuel Knowles.
  • Nathaniel Knowles passed away in 1732 in prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable).

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Knowles
1651–1737
Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
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Mercy Freeman
1659–1744
Birth Location: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Bacon
1692–
Birth Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk)
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Mary Hunt
–1716
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Samuel Knowles
1733–1777
Birth Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
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Rebecca Knowles
1710–
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Mary Knowles
1713–1759
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Malatiah Knowles
1715–
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Ruth Knowles
1718–
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Nathaniel Knowles
1720–
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Mercy Knowles
1722–1816
Birth Location: Windham, Connecticut (Windham)
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Freeman Knowles
1723–
Birth Location: Branford, Connecticut (New Haven)
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Elizabeth Knowles
1727–
Birth Location: Branford, Connecticut (New Haven)
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Nathaniel Knowles's Ancestors

Self
Nathaniel Knowles
1686–1732
Birth Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Parents
Samuel Knowles
1651–1737
Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Mercy Freeman
1659–1744
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Grandparents
Richard Knowles
1614–1670
Lancashire, England
Ruth Bower
1620–1687
Braithwell, England
John Freeman
1625–1719
Pulborough, Sussex, England
Mercy Prence
1631–1711
Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth)
Great-Grandparents
John Knowles
1588–
George Bower
1590–1656
Barbara Smith
1596–1644
Edmond Freeman
1596–1682
Thomas Prence
1600–1673
Patience Brewster
1600–1634
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bower
1565–
Iwerner Minister
1570–
Thomas Prence
1576–1630
Elizabeth Tolderby
1577–
William Brewster
1565–1644
Mary Wentworth
1569–1627

Nathaniel Knowles's Descendants

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Nathaniel Knowles (15 MAY 1686–1732) m. Elizabeth Bacon (6 MAY 1692–) m. Mary Hunt (–10 JUN 1716)
  1. 1. Samuel Knowles 1733–1777 m. Sarah Elwell 1730–1784
    1. 1. Freeman Knowles 1763–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Knowles 1764–
    3. 3. Samuel Knowles 1765–
    4. 4. Amy Knowles 1765–
    5. 5. Sarah Knowles 1762– m. John McCausland 1757–1827
      1. 1. John McCaslin 1782–1829 m. Polly ("Mary") Nash 1791–1850
        1. 1. Isaac (Nash) McCaslin 1813–1888 m. Elizabeth (Ann "Lizzie") Doyle 1830–1904 m. Mercy (Elizabeth) Farley 1812–1850
        2. 2. Anna (Wass) McCaslin 1810–
        3. 3. Lucy (Nash) McCaslin 1811–
        4. 4. Amaziah (Nash) McCaslin 1815–1887 m. Hannah (W.) Libby 1826–
        5. 5. Emeline McCaslin 1817–
        6. 6. Nancy (Ann) McCaslin 1819–
        7. 7. Rebecca (T.) McCaslin 1823–
        8. 8. Alvin McCaslin 1821–
        9. 9. Warren (H.) McCaslin 1828–
      2. 2. James McCausland 1780–
        1. 1. Adaline McCausland 1811–
        2. 2. Emaline McCausland 1809–
        3. 3. Robert (L.) McCausland 1809–
        4. 4. Sarah McCausland 1813–
      3. 3. Hannah McCaslin 1783–1853 m. Jonathan Cushing 1778–1827
      4. 4. Alexander McCaslin 1784–1863 m. Thankful Knowles 1789–1814 m. Abigail (W.) Knowles 1787–1873
        1. 1. Delilah McCaslin 1809–1887 m. Shaw (W.) Nash 1805–1886
        2. 2. Stephen (Jones) McCaslin 1818– m. Louisa Knowles 1813–
        3. 3. Thankful (Knowles) McCaslin 1820–1888
        4. 4. James (Monroe) McCaslin 1821–1907 m. Mary (Jane) Leighton 1828–
        5. 5. Elijah (H.) McCaslin 1830– m. Louisa ((MNU)) McCaslin 1840–
      5. 5. Mary McCaslin 1787–1890 m. Edward Thompkins 1785–
        1. 1. Jane Thompkins 1808–1876 m. Thomas (Sylvester) Bishop 1806–1885
        2. 2. Thankful (Ruth) Thompkins 1816–1867 m. Thomas (Ruggles) Mitchell 1813–1890
        3. 3. Sarah Thompkins 1815–
        4. 4. Amelia Thompkins 1817–
      6. 6. Jane McCaslin 1789–1790
      7. 7. Freeman McCaslin 1790–1812
      8. 8. David McCaslin 1792–1872
      9. 9. Sheperd McCaslin 1795–1881 m. Rebecca Wass –1823 m. Catherine Brown –1824 m. Elvina (S.) Ingersoll 1809–1860
      10. 10. Sally McCaslin 1797–1864 m. Ephraim Libby 1794–1883
      11. 11. Anna (Wass) McCaslin 1804–1810
  2. 2. Rebecca Knowles 1710– m. George Hubbard 1717–1762
  3. 3. Mary Knowles 1713–1759 m. William Luddington 1702–
  4. 4. Malatiah Knowles 1715–
  5. 5. Ruth Knowles 1718–
  6. 6. Nathaniel Knowles 1720–
  7. 7. Mercy Knowles 1722–1816 m. Archibald Douglas –1790
  8. 8. Freeman Knowles 1723–
  9. 9. Elizabeth Knowles 1727–

Nathaniel Knowles's Timeline

2 Records

1686
15 MAY 1686
Birth of Nathaniel Knowles in Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
1732
1732
Age 46
Death of Nathaniel Knowles in prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 MAY 1686
    Event Place: Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] <i>Vital Records of Eastham & Orleans, Massachsuetts, vol. 06 - 1904<i> (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston)
    [2] CD #171, <i>Genelaogies of Mayflower Families, G-Pa, Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.<i>, Pg. 451

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1732
    Event Place: prob. Provincetown, Massachusetts (Barnstable)
    Record Source:
    [1] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R)
    [2] CD #171, <i>Genelaogies of Mayflower Families, G-Pa, Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.</i>, Pg. 451
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