Birth Nathaniel Knowles, child of Samuel Knowles, was born 15 May 1686 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony[1] Samuel's wife, Nathaniel's mother was Mercy Freeman.[1]
Marriage(1)
Nathaniel Knowles and Mary Hunt married Feb 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[2]
Children
Nathaniel and Mary (Hunt) Knowles had the following (3) children:[3]
Rebecca, born 30 January 1710/11; married George Hubbard
Mary, b. September 1713[4].; married William Luddington
Mattatiah, born 4 January 1716/7; died after 13 March 1722, no children
Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Bacon) Knowles had the following (6) children:[5]
Note: From Libby's Knowles genealogy: �"As a boy Nathaniel Knowles evidently would 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 within the 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 quitclaimed 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 discharges with a small fine. A lawsuit in Apr. 1730 gives us his last appearance at Branford, except what we may infer form 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 espression which at that time meant Provincetown, where all the inhabitances were squatters, a low of the Province prohibiting the purchase of lands from the Indians. Whether he died at Province town 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."
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant,Vol. 6:204-5.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-CPG : 9 February 2018), Nathaniel Knowles and Mary Hunt, Feb 1706; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 779025.
↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 61
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SC-XM9 : 11 February 2018), Mary Knowles, Sep 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 62
Genealogies of Mayflower Families The Eastham Branch of the Sandwich Family - Major John Freeman
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