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Richard Knowles 1688–1769 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 July 1688

Birth Location: Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 1769

Death Location: Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Samuel Sr

Mother: Mercy Freeman

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In 1688, Richard Knowles entered the world in Massachusetts, United States of America, born to Samuel Knowles Sr And Mercy Freeman. Richard Knowles passed away in 1769 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1688, Richard Knowles entered the world in Massachusetts, United States of America, born to Samuel Knowles Sr And Mercy Freeman.
  • Richard Knowles passed away in 1769 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Richard Knowles's Ancestors

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Richard Knowles
1688–1769
Birth Place: Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Samuel Knowles Sr
1651–1737
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Mercy Freeman
1659–1745
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
John Freeman
1627–1719
Pulborough, Horsham District, West Sussex, England
Marcy Freeman
1631–1711
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Freeman
1596–1682
Bennet Hodsoll
1600–1630
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund\Edmonde Yeoman
1572–1623
Edmund Freeman
1572–1623
John Hodsoll
1555–1617
Anne Maundy
1560–1613

Richard Knowles's Timeline

2 Records

1688
28 July 1688
Birth of Richard Knowles in Massachusetts, United States of America
Massachusetts, United States of America
1769
1769
Age 81
Death of Richard Knowles in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 July 1688
    Event Place: Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1769
    Event Place: Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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