John Thomas Knowles (abt. 1807)

Born about 23 Jan 1807 in Eleuthera, Bahamas [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Thompson) Knowles — married about 28 Jan 1834 in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Descendants

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Thomas Knowles is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Thomas was born about 1807 in the Bahamas. His parents were reportedly William Edward Knowles, son of James Alexander Knowles, and Mary/Margaret Coomer.^[1] However, a pedigree chart on Family Search has his parents as Daniel and Harriet Knowles.^[2] No primary sources have yet been found to verify his parentage.

Thomas is listed as the husband of Mary (Thompson) Knowles and the father of Margaret (Knowles) Carey on Margaret's death certificate.^[3]

There is a marriage record in the Bahamas Christ Church records on the Dolly Mae CD and the Dolly Mae web site^[4] that has a John Knowles marrying Mary Thompson. Baptismal records indicate a daughter Margaret who later married William Carey. John and Thomas appear to be the same person. There were numerous John Thomas Knowles persons mentioned in the CD, so I think it is a safe assumption to view them as the same person.

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Sources

1. ↑ "Descendants of James Sr Knowles" posted in the Bahamas Genealogy Group
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LTFH-4X3
3. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPZY-DZ8 : 9 March 2018), Thomas Knowles in entry for Margaret Carey, 21 May 1917; citing Key West, Monroe, Florida, reference 6638; FHL microfilm 2,116,889.
4. ↑ The Wyannie Malone Hope Town Museum, Dolly Mae Genealogy Records Online Database (Internet site), at www.genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com[1]

See also"

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3C9Y-8GQ : accessed 18 October 2019), entry for Thomas /Knowles/; "Cash Family Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDL-SMC), submitted 28 February 2016 by acrylix
• Margaret (Knowles) Carey death certificate
• Dolly Mae CD, Bahamas, Christ Church records