Col. Samuel Knowles

1682 - 1751  (69 years)

• Name	Samuel Knowles  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	15 Jan 1682	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Jan 1751	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Burial	1 Feb 1751	Old Granary Burial Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I20216	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel Knowles,   b. 17 Sep 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1737, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mercy Freeman,   b. Jul 1659, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1737, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1679	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F12139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bethia Brown,   b. 9 Sep 1685, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Aft 13 Jan 1751 (Age > 66 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1709	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Enos Knowles,   b. 30 Apr 1712, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 1784, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 71 years) + 2. Azuba Knowles,   b. 6 Feb 1714, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Mar 1762, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F12137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Eastham selectman, 1722-28, then moderator of the town meeting. Colonel of the Second Barnstable Regiment. Justice of the sessions court. Guardian of the native Americans in the lower part of Barnstable County. After his father retired, he was often a representative in the Massachusetts general court, and he died during a session of the court in Boston. "On Wednesday the 30th of January died at his Lodgings in this Town, Samuel Knowles, Esq; One of the Members of the Honourable House of Representatives, from the Town of Eastham; in the County of Barnstable; and on Friday was decently interr'd, attended by the Honourable House of Representatives, and others. A Gentleman who was greatly belov'd and respected, and will be much lamented: As one of His Majesty's Justices, Col. Knowles was strictly Impartial in the Administration of Justice; was always for making up of Differences between Man and Man as soon as possible, and with as little Charge as might be; and was remarkable both for preventing and healing of any long and uncomfortable Debates among his Neighbours and others; and his Judgment greatly sett by; and that which crown'd all, A Man of strict Piety and Integrity." [Boston Weekly News-Letter, 7 Feb 1751]

  
  

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