James
Knowles
II
Born in Sussex, Delaware, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James D. Knowles I
and Patience (Marvel) Knowles
Brother of
Prettyman Marvel Knowles, Edmond John Knowles, Jesse Marvel Knowles I, Comfort Marvel (Knowles) Wilson, Nathan Knowles, Ephraim Knowles, Eli W Knowles, Asa Knowles, Prudence Knowles [half] and John Lowery Knowles [half]
Husband of
Anna (Reed) Knowles
— married
3 Jan 1806 in Greene, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Rhesa Knowles, Nancy (Knowles) Douglas, Albary Knowles, Patience (Knowles) Loeffler, Sarah (Knowles) Marvel, Comfort (Knowles) Spore, Katherine (Knowles) Boren, Martitia Matilda (Knowles) Montgomery and William Barnett Knowles
Died
at age 77
in Johnson, Gibson, Indiana, United States
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Biography
James Knowles, II is the second son of James Knowles, I and Patience Marvel Knowles. He was the second son cited and it is therefore assumed that this James was born after the eldest, Prettyman (b.1780) and before Eddy (b.1785). The 1783 birth year represents this assumption.
1806 Marriage
James married Amy Reed in Green Co, Georgia, 3 January 1806[1]
Children
- Barnett Knowles [Knowles-922] ( - )
- Keturah "Kittie" (Knowles) Boren [Knowles-923] ( - )
- Marticia "Matilda" (Knowles) Montgomery [Knowles-924] ( - )
- Rhesa Knowles [Knowles-493] ( 15 Nov 1806 - 16 Aug 1884)
- Nancy (Knowles) Douglas [Knowles-494] (1807 - )
- Patience Knowles [Knowles-495] (1808 - )
- Sarah (Knowles) Marvel [Knowles-441] (1811 - )
- William Alberry Knowles [Knowles-496] (1813 - )
- Comfort (Knowles) Spore [Knowles-437] (1822 - 13 Feb 1884)
1820 Census
James Noles is living in Gibson Co., Indiana - 243 - NO TWP L, p. 38[2]
1830 Census
James Knowles is living in Gibson Co., Indiana, page 157. [3]
1850 Census
James Knowles is living in Gibson Co., Indiana. He is living with daughter Salley Knowles and son William B Knowles. Also in the house is Sophia Leffler (14). It is believed that James's daughter Patience married a Joseph Leffler...is this their daughter?? The age is right. [4]
1860 Census
James Knowles is living with his daughter Nancy Knowles Douglass. Age: 77 Birth Year: abt 1783 Birth Place: Delaware Home in 1860: Johnson, Gibson, Indiana Family Number: 1138 Household Members: Jessie Douglass 59 Nancy Douglass 52 Jas W Douglass 15 Jasper Douglass 14 Johnethan E Douglass 9 Jas Knowles 77[5]
Death
James died 1 March 1861 in Johnson Township, Gibson Co, Indiana. It is most likely that James is buried in the Knowles Cemetery in Gibson County, Indiana. Much of his family is buried there, but many stones are missing.Ruth Montgomery
Sources
- ↑ History of Greene County, Georgia, "Early Marriage Records". Located in the Howard County Indiana Public Library and the New England Historical Genealogical Society Library in Boston, MA.
- ↑ 1820 Indiana Census, http://ancestry.com
- ↑ 1820 Indiana Census, http://ancestry.com
- ↑ 1850 Federal Census, http://ancestry.com, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.
- ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Johnson, Gibson, Indiana; Roll: M653_260; Page: 925; Image: 415; Family History Library Film: 803260, http://ancestry.com
- 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Virginia S. Wood, 1964, page 197, Virginia S. Wood, Howard County Indiana Public Library, Publisher Greenwood Press.
- History of Gibson Co., IN, pgs 1076 and 646
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Gary Knowles
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #974539 - Randy Noles :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #246337
-
~1.56%
Alberta (Huffman) Byrne :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjbtwa
-
~1.56%
Ruth Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A139137 [compare], Ancestry member newlife56
-
~1.56%
William Knowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UP5186481 [compare], Ancestry member spwildbill
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Adalene (Curtis) Rhodes :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T214327 [compare], FTDNA kit #219833
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Roberta (Haney) Gilbert :
23andMe, GEDmatch T983041 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T983041 [compare], FTDNA kit #N98691
-
~0.78%
Margaret Wright :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mokubabe20
-
~0.78%
Joseph Byrne :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjbtwa
-
~0.78%
Kie (Entrikin) Zelms :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YZ7277482 [compare], Ancestry member kzelms
-
~0.78%
Sierra (Brown) Scott :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sierradscott
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B859083
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BX2156204 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Beverly Frost :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A563894 [compare], Ancestry member rememberflowers
-
~0.78%
Lyn Entrikin :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
James Yount :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
James Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T278202 [compare], Ancestry member James_Cletus
-
~0.39%
Donna Brown :
AncestryDNA
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Neal Parker
Ruth Montgomery
Ruth Montgomery
Neal Parker
Knowles-3564 and Knowles-484 do not represent the same person because: Different parents, very different dates
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by Neal Parker
Ruth Montgomery
Knowles-487 and Knowles-484 do not represent the same person because: male and female
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by Ruth Montgomery
Ruth Montgomery
Knowles-487 and Knowles-484 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted
by Ruth Montgomery
Rejected matches › Jimm A. Knowles › Comfort Marvel (Knowles) Wilson (1790-1868) › James Knowles (abt.1616-abt.1677) › James Knowles › James Knowles › James Knowles (1831-1913) › James Knowles (abt.1782-) › Timothy James Knowles › James Hugh Knowles › Philip James Knowles
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