Anna Knowles
Sex: F
AKA: Nancy Knowles
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Jun 1776 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
Baptism: 28 Jul 1776 - Truro, Massachusetts 2
Death: 1 Jun 1864 - Truro, Massachusetts 3
Burial: in Truro Congregational cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Paul Knowles (1728-1802) 4
Mother: Mary Atkins (1737-1824) 4
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Childs (13 Jul 1773 - 6 Jul 1844)
Marriage: 4 Jun 1795 - Truro, Massachusetts 5
Status:
Children:
1. Jonathan Wing Childs (1796-1799) 6
2. Anna Childs (1798-1869) 7
3. Thankful Childs (1800-1866)
4. Jonathan Wing Childs (1804-1877)
5. Thomas Childs (1805- )
6. Betsey Knowles Childs (1807-1901) 8
7. Rebecca Childs (1809- )
8. Caleb Knowles Childs (1812- )
9. Mary Knowles Childs (1815-1892) 9
10. Caroline Childs (1819-1876)
Anna D Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Aug 1777 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death: 22 Jun 1856 - Harvard, Massachusetts 11
Burial:
Cause of Death: dropsy 11
Parents
Father: Elijah Knowles Esq (1748-1795) 12
Mother: Rebecca Harding (1750-After 1830)
Spouses and Children
1. *Joseph Mayo (30 Nov 1770 - 20 Dec 1852) 11
Marriage: Cir 1795
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 78Marriage Notes (Joseph Mayo)
widow
She was listed on the census of 1850 in Groton, Ma; Anna appeared to be at a home for the elderly.
Anna Freeman Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Oct 1773 - Truro, Massachusetts 13
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Silas Knowles (1740-1833) 4
Mother: Mary Freeman (1741-1790) 14
Spouses and Children
1. *Judah Dyer (20 Apr 1772 - 1 Jun 1823) 15
Marriage:
Status: apparent broken engagement
Children:
1. Ezekiel Dyer (1799- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Judah Dyer)
Note that Judah's engagement to Ruth was filed 2 years before the results of his fling with Anna, and that he went back to her.
Anne Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Aug 1731 - Eastham, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death: 28 Dec 1810 - Packersfield, New Hampshire
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Deacon Thomas Knowles (1702-1759) 18
Mother: Elizabeth Snow (1702-1759)
Spouses and Children
1. *Dr Nathaniel Breed (22 Jul 1728 - 5 Nov 1810) 19
Marriage: 10 Jan 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Children:
1. Nathaniel Breed (1753-1831) 20
2. Deliverance Breed (1755- ) 20
3. Abigail Breed (1756-1759) 20
4. John Breed (1757-1831) 20
5. Thomas Knowles Breed (1761-1849)
6. Abigail Breed (1769- )
7. Anna Breed (1773-1816) 19
Arilla A Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Oct 1852 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 23 Oct 1878 - Orleans, Massachusetts 21
Burial:
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: William P Knowles (1828-1894)
Mother: Betsey C Atwood (1832-1865)
Spouses and Children
1. *Charles F Page (1851 - )
Marriage: 25 Jun 1872 - Woonsocket, Rhode Island 22
Status:
Notes
General:
1870 US census, WoonsocketMedical:
household of Joseph & Sophonia Hope
works in harness shop
age 25-11-23
A A Page
married
b Eastham, res Lowell, d Orleans
d/o William & Betsey Knowles, b Eastham 21
Arthur Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1883 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Herbert L Knowles (1855-1904) 23
Mother: Caroline K Baker (1858-1939) 23
Arthur C Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1842 - Maine
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Consider F Knowles (1810- )
Mother: Mary Spurr (1812- )
Arthur I Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1871 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1873 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ezra Knowles (1836-1900)
Mother: Thankful Lincoln (1841-1924)
Asa Mayo Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Aug 1830 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Aug 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Freeman Knowles (1779-1843) 25
Mother: Martha Mayo (1789-1851) 23
Asa Mayo Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1817 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 21 Sep 1829 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Freeman Knowles (1779-1843) 25
Mother: Martha Mayo (1789-1851) 23
Asa Mayo Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Nov 1839 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1883
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathan Smith Knowles (1804-1846) 23
Mother: Betsey L Mayo (1806-1894) 23
Augusta Tilton Knowles
Sex: F
AKA: Augusta Tilden Knowles 27
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Aug 1852 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
Baptism:
Death: 3 Nov 1889 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: tuberculosis 29
Parents
Father: Ephraim Thomas Knowles (1826-1903) 30
Mother: Joanna Hopkins (1826-1867) 30
Spouses and Children
1. *Oliver Herbert Linnell (28 Sep 1849 - 8 Dec 1932) 31
Marriage: 25 Nov 1873 - Orleans, Massachusetts 32
Status:
Children:
1. Ada Afton Linnell (1876-1893) 33
2. Florence Irving Linnell (1879-After 1930) 33
Notes
Marriage Notes (Oliver Herbert Linnell)
1880 Wellfleet census:
Oliver H Linell, self, 30, marble polisher, MA, MA, MA
Agusta T Linell, wife, 27, keeping house, MA, MA, MA
Ada A Linell, daughter, 4, MA, MA, MA
Florance I Linell, daughter, 1, MA, MA, MA
"Oliver H. Linnell, born in 1849 in Orleans, is a son of Oliver N. and Adaline G. (Rogers) Linnell, and grandson of Josiah, who was a son of Thomas Linnell. Mr. Linnel began to learn the trade of a marble worker in 1869, and in 1873 he opened a shop in Wellfleet, to which he has since added the undertaking business. He married Augusta T. daughter of Ephraim T. Knowles. She died leaving two daughters: Ada A. and Flora I." - Deyo, 1890, p 820 34
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1773
Baptism:
Death: 1833 - Hampden, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hatsel Knowles (1742-1778)
Mother: Mary Freeman (Est 1745-After 1792)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eliashib Delano (Est 1770 - )
Marriage: 8 Aug 1793 - Orrington, Maine 35
Status:
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Apr 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
Baptism:
Death: 13 Jun 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Knowles (1744-1825) 37
Mother: Thankful Crosby (Est 1747-1770)
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Feb 1809 - Eastham, Massachusetts 38
Baptism:
Death: 7 Oct 1846 - Orleans, Massachusetts 39
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 40
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Knowles (1771-Bef 1850)
Mother: Azuba Young (1769- ) 41
Spouses and Children
1. *Lincoln Rogers (19 Feb 1811 - 10 Mar 1892)
Marriage: 20 Mar 1834 - Orleans, Massachusetts 42
Status:
Children:
1. Susan M Rogers (1836-1836)
2. Susan Foster Rogers (1838-1905) 43
3. Abner L Rogers (1840-1917) 44
4. Knowles Rogers (1842-1865)
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Nov 1740 - Eastham, Massachusetts 45
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Samuel Knowles (1715-1769)
Mother: Hannah Freeman (1719- )
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Nov 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 46
Baptism:
Death: 16 Apr 1860
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth
Parents
Father: Henry Knowles (1729-After 1810) 47
Mother: Mary Knowles (1730-1772) 47
Spouses and Children
1. *Elkanah Higgins (16 Aug 1769 - 6 Jan 1847)
Marriage: 30 Dec 1787 - Eden, Maine
Status:
Children:
1. Nathan Higgins (1788- )
2. Henry Higgins (1798- )
2. Uriah Nickerson (1764 - 4 Apr 1849)
Marriage:
Status: apparent broken engagement
Azubah Knowles
Sex: F
AKA: Azuba Knowles
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Feb 1714 - Eastham, Massachusetts 49
Baptism:
Death: Mar 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 50
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Colonel Samuel Knowles (1682-1751) 48
Mother: Bethia Brown (1685-After 1751) 51
Spouses and Children
1. *Josiah Sears (25 Aug 1708 - Jan 1772) 48
Marriage: 30 Sep 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 50
Status:
Children:
1. Mercy Sears (1737- )
2. Jerusha Sears (1743- )
3. Josiah Sears (1745-1819)
4. Azubah Sears (1747-1839)
5. Bethia Sears (1750- )
6. David Sears (1753- )
7. Samuel Sears (1755-1773)
8. Martha Sears (Cir 1739-1823) 48
Notes
Marriage Notes (Josiah Sears)
Married by Joseph Doane, JP.
50
Bangs Knowles
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Mar 1789 - Eastham, Massachusetts 52
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simeon Knowles (Cir 1766-1823)
Mother: Priscilla Doane (1762-1839) 53
Barbara Knowles
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1655 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 54
Baptism:
Death: 23 Feb 1715 - Eastham, Massachusetts 55
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Knowles (1614-1675)
Mother: Ruth Bowers (Cir 1616-Cir 1686) 56
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Mayo (7 Dec 1650 - 23 Apr 1729)
Marriage: 13 Jun 1677 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 55
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas Mayo (1678-1769) 55
2. Theophilas Mayo (1680-1763) 55
3. Mary Mayo (1683-1777) 57
4. Mercie Mayo (1685-Bef 1765) 55
5. Ruth Mayo (1688-1720) 55
6. Judah Mayo (1691-1761) 55
7. Lydia Mayo (1694-Bef 1746) 55
8. Richard Mayo (1697-1744) 55
9. Infant Mayo (1699-1699) 55
10. Israel Mayo (1700-1760) 55
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