Joshua
Knowles
Born in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Knowles
and Sarah (Paine) Knowles
Brother of
Jesse Knowles, Rebecca (Knowles) Sparrow, Sarah Knowles [half], Sarah (Knowles) Higgins, Josiah Knowles, Simeon Knowles and Susannah (Knowles) Smith
Husband of
Mary (Harding) Knowles
— married
23 May 1754 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Mehitable (Knowles) Lombard, Joshua Knowles, Nathaniel Knowles, Martha (Knowles) Dyer, Rebecca (Knowles) Lombard, Sarah Knowles, Hannah Knowles, Jesse Knowles, Mary Knowles and Susannah (Knowles) Walker
Died
at age 49
in North Truro, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2010
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Contents |
Biography
Joshua was either born or christened on 27 Apr 1730.[1] His parents are Joshua Knowles and Sarah (Paine) Knowles. Joshua married Mary (Harding) Knowles on 23 May 1754 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[2] They had ten children during their marriage.[3] In 1776, Joshua served as a private in Captain Isiah Higgins' company of Colonel Thomas Marshall's Massachusetts regiment.[4] He passed away in 1779.[5]
Research Notes
Susanna Knowles is listed as a daughter for Joshua and Mary at FamilySearch.[6] Her birth was not evidently recorded, but the baptism of a Susannah Knowles, daughter of Joshua Knowles, was recorded in April 1776 in Truro church records.[7]
Note
The profile was cleaned after the merge. The original sources were not linked to the location and have been replaced with hot links.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-BFZ : 15 January 2020), Joshua Knowls, .
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCQ-3JZ4 : 19 April 2021), Joshua Knowles and Mary Harding, 23 May 1754; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009744.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZZD-5RN
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26094786?h=c16846
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45012736/joshua-knowles : accessed 10 October 2021), memorial page for Joshua Knowles (27 Apr 1730–7 May 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #45012736, citing Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K8MJ-VLM
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Acknowledgements
From merge: This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 10 September 2010 and WikiTree profile Knowles-2096 created through the import of murray_10_12_2012.ged on Oct 12, 2012 by Robert Murray. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
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~0.78%
John Collins
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A615063 [compare], Ancestry member Collins_JohnR
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~0.78%
Patty Freeman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A035341 [compare], Ancestry member pattyfl
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~0.78%
Sandy Higgins :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Chris Hughes :
23andMe
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