Ruth (Bower) Knowles (abt. 1616 - 1687)

Born about 1616 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Knowles — married 15 Aug 1639 in Plymouth

Descendants

Died 1687 at about age 71 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Ruth (Bower) Knowles immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Ruth Bowers was born about 1616, most likely in Yorkshire where her parents were married. She was the daughter of George and Barbara Bower, who emigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts circa 1635^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [3] [5]}

On August 15, 1639 she married Richard Knowles, another Puritan migrant in Plymouth^{[6][5] [3] [2] [7]}

Children:

1. John^[5], born in Plymouth, who married Apphia Bangs^{[3] [2]}
2. Mary (aka Mercy), born in Plymouth; who married Ephraim Doane^{[5] [3] [2] [8]}
3. James^[5], born in Cambridge 17 Nov. 1648; who died unmarried in Plymouth before 10 Oct. 1678^{[3] [2]}
4. Ruth, born probably at Plymouth; who married Joseph Collins^{[3] [2]}
5. Samuel, born at Plymouth 17 Sept. 1651^[5], who married Mercy Freeman^{[3] [2] [1]}
6. Mehitable, born probably at Eastham 20 May 1653^[5], who married George Brown^{[3] [2]}
7. Barbara, born at Eastham 28 Sept. 1656^[5], who married Thomas Mayo^{[3] [2]}

Ruth died in 1686/7 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Brewster, William (MPIF Patience), starting on page 78, several children of Mercy Freeman and Samuel Knowles are outlined, as 5th generation Mayflower descendants through their mother. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass by Charles Thorton Libby, published in Volume 79, page 286 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} The Knowles Family of Eastham Massachusetts: Charles Thornton Libby, Esq, Porltand, Maine by Libby, Charles Thornton, 1861-1948, compiler; Publication date 1926; Publisher [Boston]
4. ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs (Worcester County, MA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), 120.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Vol. I by Leonard H Smith; Publisher: Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., ©1992. Book 2, Early Settlers of Eastham by Josiah Paine of Harwich. See page 445 for Richard Knowles. Accessed at Ancestry.com June 24, 2019
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Plymouth - V1, Page 654 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states RICHARD KNOWLES and RUTH BOWER married 15 Aug. 1639
7. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, Volume 2, page 909. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states KNOWLES, Richard & Ruth BOWERS/BOWER; 15 Aug 1639; ?Plymouth {Smith-Bryant 123, 187; Reg. 6:168, 21:213, 79:288, 86:96; MD 5:23, 13:85; Hall-Baldwin 28; Linnell-Snow 13, 46; Newell Anc. 101; Cape Cod Lib. 32:1; Harris (,12) 17; Ludington-Saltus 93, 143; Treat 266; Brewster 23; Doane 30}
8. ↑ Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine; by Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe; Publication date 1909; Publisher New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co. See page 398 for Ephraim Doane

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