Richard Knowles

- 1675

• Name	Richard Knowles  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1670 and 1675	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I20264	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TSW
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family	Ruth Bower
  Marriage	15 Aug 1639	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. John Knowles,   b. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 3 Jun 1675, near Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts + 2. Ruth Knowles   d. 28 Aug 1714, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts + 3. Samuel Knowles,   b. 17 Sep 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1737, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 85 years) + 4. Mehitable Knowles,   b. 20 May 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 1721, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age > 69 years)
  Family ID	F12270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was a shipmaster. In Plymouth colony as early as 2 Jan 1637, he is recorded in 1651 as a mariner of the town of Plymouth, but of Eastham by 1654. He was called Goodman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6049] Early Settlers of Eastham by Joseph Paine. Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy No. 32. Yarmouth, Massachusetts: C. W. Swift, 1916. [S2598] Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 79:286, 1925; 79:379, 1925; 80:6, 1926; 80:119, 1926. [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982. [S3586] Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant: Their Ancestors and Descendants by Charles Tenney Smith. Brattleboro, Vermont, 1938. [S2598] Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 79:286, 1925; 79:379, 1925; 80:6, 1926; 80:119, 1926., date only.