KNOWLES, Samuel Jr.

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Samuel married GRAY, Jane on 4 Oct 1783. Jane (daughter of GRAY, Andrew and BROWN, Lydia) was born on 1 Jan 1764 in Castine, ME; died on 29 Dec 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: a yeoman
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• Residence: Abt 1743, Falmouth, ME
• Milit-Beg: Between 1776 and 1778

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Samuel married ELWELL, Sarah on 29 Dec 1754 in Falmouth, ME. Sarah (daughter of ELWELL, David and MARINER, Sarah) was born in Jul 1730 in Gloucester, MA; died after 1784 in Addison, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: a mariner and sometime shopkeeper
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• Residence: 1717, Windham, CT

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From Libby’s Knowles genealogy:22     “As a boy Nathaniel Knowles evedently woud rather go to sea than to school; for, although he belonged to an educated family, he did not learn to write. After his marriage his father attempted to establish him by giving him a large quantity of land in the new settlement at Windham, Conn., in that part of the town which is not wht town of Scotland; but in a few years he had evidently run through with this, and in a Windham deed he is called ‘of Branford, Conn.,” 27 Mar 1724, when he sold the last of his land at Windham. At Branford he bargained for a house, a shop, and two acres of land, in an instrument dated 8 Aug. 1722, but he did not get his deed until 21 Aug. 1724. Two years from that time he quit claimed his equity in the house and a half acre of the land, an acre and a half having been already levied on by a creditor, 18 Mar. 1724/5. At Branford he attempted to keep a store, and also was licensed as an innkeeper, enterprises which only a keen man could carry on successfully without an elementary education. After his house was gone he continued to live at Branford, doubtless going back to his early choice as sailor. Suits for debts appear in the court, and he was also arrested for having in his possession a man’s purse containing a large sum, but on surrendering this and showing penitence he was discharged with a small fine. A lawsuit in Apr. 1730 gives us his last appearance at Branford, except what we may infer from the marriage of his daughter a few months later; and the only evidence that he removed to Provincetown is found in a military roll in which his youngest son gave his birthplace as ‘Cape Cod,’ an expression which at that time meant Provincetown, where all the inhabitants were squatters, a law of the Province prohibiting the purchase of lands from the Indians. Whether he died at Provincetown or in his father’s house we can only doubtfully infer from his father’s will, which was evidently prompted by his prodigal but beloved son’s lying at death’s door. In one part of the will the father speaks of his son Nathaniel as alive, and in another part he calls Elizabeth a widow.”

Nathaniel married BACON, Elizabeth on 25 Apr 1717 in Windham, CT. Elizabeth (daughter of BACON, Jacob and KNIGHT, Elizabeth) was born on 6 May 1692 in Roxbury, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1743, Cape Elizabeth, ME

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David married MARINER, Sarah on 28 Oct 1727 in Gloucester, MA. Sarah (daughter of MARINER, John Jr. and SAWYER, Sarah) was born on 7 Jan 1709 in Gloucester, MA; died in Mar 1732 in Gloucester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 1 Jun 1732

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owned a large quantity of land, evident by the number of documents pertaining to this fact SOUR: @S243@ PAGE: 79:296 "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass," by Charles Thornton Libby, Esq., of Portland, Me. This GEDCOM is generated by The Master Genealogist (TMG). Care must be e xercised in using these data; it is a "work in progress."

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Samuel married FREEMAN, Mercy on 16 Dec 1679 in Eastham, MA. Mercy (daughter of FREEMAN, Major John and PRENCE, Mary Mercy) was born on 23 Jun 1659 in Eastham, MA; died on 19 Jun 1737 in Eastham, MA; was buried in Barkhamsted, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jacob married KNIGHT, Elizabeth in CA 1676 in Newton, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of KNIGHT, John and JOHNSON, Ruhama Beulah) was born on 3 Jun 1656 in Charlestown, MA; died on 27 Jan 1713 in Roxbury, MA; was buried in West Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleazer married DENNING, Eme on 21 Jan 1696/7 in Gloucester, MA. Eme (daughter of DENNING, Nicholas Jr. and BROWNE, Eme) was born in 1678 in Bristol, ME; died in Aug 1714 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married SAWYER, Sarah on 1 Apr 1708 in Gloucester, MA. Sarah (daughter of SAWYER, James and BRAY, Sarah) was born on 19 Jun 1683 in Gloucester, MA; died on 26 Aug 1724 in Gloucester, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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