John Thomas Knowles (1803 - 1900)

Born 3 Aug 1803 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Elizabeth (Prance) Knowles — married 16 Jan 1836 in St. Matthew's Church, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1900 at age 97 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Thomas Knowles is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

John (aka Thomas) was born in 1803. He was the son of Alexander Knowles and Nancy Unknown. The Dolly Mae records states he was of Long Island, Bahamas, and that his parents were as well. He was christened on 16 Dec 1805 .^[1]

He married Hannah Elizabeth Prance.

John Thomas and Hannah were living in Monroe County in 1850, along with all five of their children. According to the census, John had a younger brother (whose name was illegible) and all children had been born in The Bahamas.^[2]

In 1860, they were still living in Monroe County, Florida.^{[3] [4]} They had four children, all born in the Bahamas:

• James Knowles M 21 Bahama Islands
• Sophia Knowles F 17 Bahama Islands
• Washington Knowles M 15 Bahama Islands
• Justin Knowles M 12 Bahama Islands

Hannah died in 1866.

Sources

Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm

DNA

Paternal Great Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 185852

1. ↑ The Wyannie Malone Hope Town Museum, Dolly Mae Genealogy Records Online Database (Internet site), at www.genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com [1]
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Key West, Monroe, Florida; Roll: M432_59; Page: 160A; Image: 316
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-VDT : 13 December 2017), Thomas Knowles, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6C9-VDT : accessed 14 September 2015), Thomas Knowles, The Settlement Of Cadjve'S Kez, Monroe, Florida, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 62, household ID 504, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,108.

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