Silas Knowles (1740 - 1833)

Born 31 Dec 1740 in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Freeman) Knowles — married 6 Apr 1761 in Truro, MA

Husband of Susanna (Cobb) Knowles — married 14 Nov 1791 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1833 at age 92 in Corinna, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Silas was born on 31 Dec 1740, at Truro, Massachusetts, the son of Paul Knowles and Phebe (Paine) Knowles.^[1] He married his first wife, Mary Freeman, at Truro, Massachusetts, on 6 Apr 1761.^[2]

Silas married his second wife, Susannah Cobb, at Truro, Massachusetts, on 14 Nov 1791.^[3] (See the Research Note on Susannah's profile.) Silas died on 1 Jan 1833 and is buried with his second wife at the Corinna Center Cemetery in Corinna, Maine, where his gravestone gives his age at his death as 92.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch, Silas Knowles, 31 Dec 1740; citing TRURO, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC3-V5YN : 19 April 2021), Silas Knowles and Mary Freeman, 6 Apr 1761; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009744.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,database, FamilySearch, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDC-N6B Silas Knowles and Susannah Cobb, 14 Nov 1791; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 779,027.
4. ↑ Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918, database with images, FamilySearch, King Philip's War to Spanish-American War > Cushman, T.-Young > image 1301 of 3452; State Archives, Augusta.
5. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Silas and Susannah Knowles (Find A Grave: Memorial #54402270)

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-88J : accessed 12 February 2023), Silas Knowles, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 66, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Robert Stafford for creating WikiTree profile Knowles-2179 through the import of Full.ged on Mar 3, 2013.

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