Born in Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of James D. Knowles I
and Patience (Marvel) Knowles
Sister of
Prettyman Marvel Knowles, James Knowles II, Edmond John Knowles, Jesse Marvel Knowles I, Nathan Knowles, Ephraim Knowles, Eli W Knowles, Asa Knowles, Prudence Knowles [half] and John Lowery Knowles [half]
Wife of
Joshua Wilson
— married
9 Apr 1807 in Greene County, Georgia
Descendants 
Mother of
Aseneath (Wilson) Knowles, James Wilson, Elizabeth Anna (Wilson) Knowles, Lewis Wilson, Nathan Wilson, Levin Wilson, Henrietta (Wilson) Montgomery and Amasa (Wilson) Palmer
Died
at age 78
in Gibson County, Indiana, USA
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Biography
Comfort Marvel Knowles was born in Sussex County, Delaware, in 1790, the daughter of James D. Knowles and Patience Marvel. At age 17, she became the wife of Joshua Wilson, Jr., and together they raised a large family. The first two children were born in Greene County, Georgia, but the rest were born in the Indiana Territory after the family migrated from Georgia to Indiana, about 1812.[1]
- Aseneath (Wilson) Knowles (1807-1837)
- Dr James Wilson (1809- )
- Rev. Lewis Wilson (1814-1890)
- Nathan Wilson (1817- )
- Malinda Smith Wilson (22 Nov 1819)[2]
- Rev. Levin Wilson (1820-1900)
- Anna (Wilson) McReynolds (7 Nov 1822)
- Henrietta (Wilson) Montgomery (1825-1844)
- Amasa Palmer (Wilson) Benson (1829-1869)
Comfort was left a widow in 1839, with the death of her husband, Joseph. In 1860, having raised her family, she was living with her youngest son and his family. She died in 1868, at age 78, and is buried with her husband at Wilson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana.
Sources
- ↑ Turman, 1981, p. 283. Information missing from Turman is complemented by information found at Comfort's Find a Grave memorial, without reference to source.
- ↑ Malinda is not mentioned by Turman.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #30162568 for Comfort Marvel Knowles Wilson (1790-1868).
- Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950. FamilySearch database with images. Green County Marriage Licenses (1786-1810), p. 32. Marriage of Joshua Willson and Cumfort Knowles, 9 Apr 1807.
- Turman, Robert E. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman. (Ed. by Bettie Anne Cummings Cook). Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society and Willard Library, 1981.
- US Census. FamilySearch database with images.
- 1850, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 61A (image 35), family 797, lines 11-13. Family members: Comfort Wilson (60 DE), Amasa (21 IN), Comfort Jr (5).
- 1860, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 33 (image 33), family 226, lines 15-23. Family Members: Amasa Wilson (31); Eloner Wilson (30); Arthineth Wilson (8); Amanda Wilson (6); Wm F Wilson (4); John B Wilson (2); John Wolf (17); C N Wilson (71 DE); Comfort Montgomery (15).
- Wilson, Levin. Reunion of the Knowles Family of the United States: Historical Address. Princeton, IN: Press of the Clarion, 1898.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Comfort by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Comfort:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Adalene (Curtis) Rhodes 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T214327 [compare], FTDNA kit #219833
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Roberta (Haney) Gilbert :
23andMe, GEDmatch T983041 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T983041 [compare], FTDNA kit #N98691
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~1.56%
Alberta (Huffman) Byrne :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjbtwa
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~1.56%
Ruth Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A139137 [compare], Ancestry member newlife56
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~1.56%
William Knowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UP5186481 [compare], Ancestry member spwildbill
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~0.78%
Margaret Wright :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mokubabe20
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~0.78%
Joseph Byrne :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jjbtwa
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~0.78%
Kie (Entrikin) Zelms :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YZ7277482 [compare], Ancestry member kzelms
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~0.78%
Sierra (Brown) Scott :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sierradscott
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B859083
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BX2156204 [compare]
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~0.78%
Beverly Frost :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A563894 [compare], Ancestry member rememberflowers
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~0.78%
Lyn Entrikin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
James Yount :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
James Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T278202 [compare], Ancestry member James_Cletus
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~0.39%
Donna Brown :
AncestryDNA
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Joseph Byrne Jr
Ruth Montgomery
Joseph Byrne Jr
This merge should be completed. The info is almost identical. The small differences should be decided in favor of the Knowles-4105 entry since it has the better source documentation.
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Ruth Montgomery
Knowles-4105 and Knowles-487 appear to represent the same person because: I believe these are the same person
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by Ruth Montgomery
Tom Knowles
to indiana 1811
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by Tom Knowles
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