Col. John Knowles

1673 - 1757  (84 years)

• Name	John Knowles  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	10 Jul 1673	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Nov 1757	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I19877	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Knowles,   b. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 3 Jun 1675, near Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Mother	Apphia Bangs,   b. 15 Oct 1651, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Aft 12 Jul 1722 (Age > 71 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1670	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F12142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sears,   b. 24 Oct 1672, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1745, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Children	+ 1. Paul Knowles,   b. 8 Aug 1702, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Bef 11 Apr 1775, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age < 72 years)
  Family ID	F12141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Orphaned in infancy, he was raised by Joshua Sparrow.

  
  

• Sources

  [S635] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 6, Third Edition, Family — Stephen Hopkins by John D. Austin. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001. [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. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.