Family: Deacon Samuel Knowles / Mercy Freeman (F26963)

• Father | Male Deacon Samuel Knowles

  
  

  Born	17 Sep 1651	Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA
  Died	19 Jun 1737	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Married	15 Dec 1679  [1, 2, 3]	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Richard Knowles | F29003 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ruth Bowers | F29003 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mercy Freeman

  
  

  Born	15 Jul 1659	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	19 Jun 1744	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Father	Major John Freeman, Sr. | F20023 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mercy Prence | F20023 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male James Knowles

  
  

  Born	13 Aug 1680	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	23 Nov 1704	Billingsgate, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mercy Knowles

  
  

  Born	13 Sep 1681	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	Aft 23 Sep 1753	Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Rich | F156576
  Married	23 Jul 1702	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Samuel Knowles, Jr.

  
  

  Born	15 Jan 1683	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	30 Jan 1750/1751	Boston, Suffolk County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Bethiah Brown | F185070
  Married	7 Nov 1709	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Nathaniel Knowles

  
  

  Born	15 May 1686	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	Aft 1 Jun 1732	Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary Hunt | F185084
  Married	Feb 1706/1707	Chilmark, Dukes County, MA
  Spouse	Elizabeth Bacon | F185087
  Married	25 Apr 1717	Windham, Windham County, CT

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Lieutenant Richard Knowles

  
  

  Born	July 1688	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	Abt 1769	Chatham, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Martha Cobb | F138416
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Rebecca Knowles

  
  

  Born	15 Mar 1689/1690	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	Bef 8 Dec 1755	Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Witherell | F185093
  Married	Abt 1712

  
  

  Child 7 | Male Captain John Knowles

  
  

  Born	15 Apr 1692	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	12 Dec 1753	Hartford, Hartford County, CT
  Buried
  Spouse	Rachel Olcutt | F185102
  Married
  Spouse	Hannah Wells | F185109
  Married	Bef 1 Sep 1752

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Ruth Knowles

  
  

  Born	Nov 1694	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	1 Nov 1745	Truro, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried
  Spouse	Reverend John Avery | F185111
  Married	26 Jun 1733/1734	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Captain Cornelius Knowles

  
  

  Born	October 1695	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	28 Dec 1764
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Remick | F89475
  Married	23 Sep 1723	Chatham, Middlesex County, CT

  
  

  Child 10 | Male Amos Knowles

  
  

  Born	3 Apr 1702	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	9 Dec 1786	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Buried		Orleans, Barnstable County, MA
  Spouse	Rebecca Dillingham | F185122
  Married	29 Jan 1729/1730	Harwich, Barnstable County, MA

  
  

  Child 11 | Male + Captain James Knowles

  
  

  Born	10 Oct 1705	Eastham, Barnstable County, MA
  Died	10 Oct 1765	Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT
  Buried		Wethersfield Village cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT
  Spouse	Martha Allyn | F185136
  Married	Abt 1737	Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 205 (Reliability: 3). [S103] Ancestry.com. [S704] http://www.familysearch.org.