Henry Knowles (1654 - 1726)

Born 1654 in Rhode Island

Died 13 Jul 1726 at about age 72 in Rhode Island

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Biography

Henry Knowles Jr., son of Henry Knowles (abt.1620-bef.1671) was born about 1654.

His siblings were: ^[1][2]

1. William Knowles, b abt. 1645, d 1727; m Alice Fish, d/o Thomas and Mary Fish.
2. John Knowles, b abt. 1647; d unmarried 16 Sep 1716
3. Mary Knowles, b abt 1649, d 28 Dec 1719; m Moses Lippitt of Warwick.
4. Martha Knowles, b abt. 1651, of Kingstown in 1728, d bef. 14 Oct 1728; m Samuel Elred, s/o Samuel and Elizabeth Elred.

On 6 September 1687, he is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 2s 5d, which places him as an adult resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. ^[3] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. Therefore, this tax list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. ^[4] Also appearing on this tax roll with Henry are the following related persons: his brother, William Knowles Sr (1645-abt.1727), and his brother-in-law, Samuel Eldred II (1644-1728).

Sources

1. ↑ Bolton, Stanwood Knowles. (1933) "Henry Knowles of Rhode Island and Some of his Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 87, Pages 359-).
2. ↑ Moriarty, G. Andrews. (1943) "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island." The American Genealogist. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 20, Pages 223-, citing p 226).
3. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
4. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.