Silas married his second wife, Susannah Cobb, at Truro, Massachusetts, on 14 Nov 1791.[3] (See the Research Note on Susannah's profile.) Silas died on 1 Jan 1833 and is buried with his second wife at the Corinna Center Cemetery in Corinna, Maine, where his gravestone gives his age at his death as 92.[4][5]
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC3-V5YN : 19 April 2021), Silas Knowles and Mary Freeman, 6 Apr 1761; citing Marriage, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009744.
↑Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,database, FamilySearch, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDC-N6B Silas Knowles and Susannah Cobb, 14 Nov 1791; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 779,027.
↑ Photo of gravestone of Silas and Susannah Knowles (Find A Grave: Memorial #54402270)
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-88J : accessed 12 February 2023), Silas Knowles, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 66, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas 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 Silas: