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William Knowles 1732–1820 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1732

Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1 December 1820

Death Location: Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: John Knowles

Mother: Mehetabel Walker

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William Knowles was born in 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Knowles And Mehetabel Walker. William Knowles passed away in 1820 in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Knowles was born in 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Knowles And Mehetabel Walker.
  • William Knowles passed away in 1820 in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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William Knowles's Ancestors

Self
William Knowles
1732–1820
Birth Place: Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Knowles
1698–1752
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Mehetabel Walker
1699–1752
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
John Knowles
1673–1757
Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Sears
1672–1745
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Susanna Ring
1661–1700
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA
William Walker
1657–1744
Eastham, Plymouth Colony, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Knowles
1640–1675
Apphia Attwood
1651–1722
Paul Sears
1637–1707
Deborah Willard
1645–1721
Andrew Ring
1618–1693
Deborah Hopkins
1626–1674
William Walker
1620–1703
Sarah Snow
1632–1668
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Knowles
1614–1682
Ruth Bower
1620–1687
Edward *
1591–1678
Rebecca GGM)
1611–1655
Richard Sears
1590–1676
Dorothy Jones
1603–1678
George Willard
1614–1656
Dorothy Dunster
1615–1650
WILLIAM III
1581–1629
Mary Durant
1589–1631
Stephen Hopkins
1581–1644
Elizabeth Hopkins
1595–1644
John (Barnstable)
1590–1625
Margaret Marshfield
1592–1683
Nicholas Snow
1599–1676
Constance USA
1606–1677

William Knowles's Timeline

2 Records

1732
9 June 1732
Birth of William Knowles in Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
1820
1 December 1820
Age 88
Death of William Knowles in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1732
    Event Place: Eastham, Barnstable, MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 December 1820
    Event Place: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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

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