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             Husband: Eleazur KNOWLES
                Born:
Married:
Died: 31 JAN 1731 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (1)
Father: Eleazer KNOWLES
Mother: unknown
Spouses:
                Wife: Mary PORTER (2)
                Born: 05 OCT 1654 in Farmington, Hartford, CT (3)
Died: 24 OCT 1732 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (4)
Father: Daniel PORTER
Mother: Mary
Spouses:
Children
01               (M): Thomas KNOWLES
Born: 26 DEC 1683 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (5)
Died:
Spouses:
02               (F): Mary KNOWLES
Born: 22 MAR 1688 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (6)
Died:
Spouses:
03               (F): Anna KNOWLES
Born: 15 JAN 1689 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (7)
Died: 10 FEB 1720 (8)
Spouses: Noah HINMAN
04               (M): Samuel KNOWLES (9)
Born: 30 APR 1691 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (10 11)
Died: 08 MAR 1772 (12 13)
Spouses: Huldah; Elizabeth; Mary HAWKINS
05               (M): Isaac KNOWLES (14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22)
Born: 29 JUL 1696 in Woodbury, Litchfield, CT (23 24)
Died:
Spouses: Martha
06               (F): Elizabeth KNOWLES
Born: 30 MAR 1698 (25)
Died:
Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.
  2. Ibid., vol 1, p 370.
    Mary ____.
  3. Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Farmington 1645-1850 (Baltimore, Maryland, Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., 1998), 312.
  4. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.
    Mary ____.
  5. Ibid., vol 1, p 370.
  6. Ibid., vol 1, p 370.
  7. Ibid., vol 1, p 370.
  8. Ibid., vol 1, p 286.
  9. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 600.
    .. of Southbury...
  10. Ibid., vol 3, p 600.
  11. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.
  12. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 600.
  13. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.
  14. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 11.
    Isaac Knowls & Martha his Wife, Eliphalet Bristol and Elizabeth the Wife of Cornelius Hull, and Peter, Negro Servant to sd Knowles, Received to Communion from ye Pastor & Chh of C. in Southbury, bairing Date Novr 27th, 1745.
  15. Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 6.
  16. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 19.
  17. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 219-20.
    ... the second ecclesiastical society in Woodbury was incorporated and called Southbury, May, 1731 ... The signers of this petition who lived in the new society were ... Isaac Knowles ...
  18. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 5.
    ... 1740 ... Isaac Knowles, Joseph Towner, Elipahalet Bristol, John Tift, and Aaron Bristol, dwelling in the southeast part of the township of Woodberry woods in the parish of Southberry ...
  19. Ibid., 6.
    ... Isaac Knowles' farm in the township of Woodbery ...
  20. Ibid., 6-7.
    "Att a meetting of the Parrish or society of oxford, in the Colony of Connecticut, on the thirtieth Day of June, 1741, being Lawfully warned and held att the house of mr Samuel Twitchels. Isaac Trowbridge, of said Parrish, by a major vote was chosen Clerk of the same, and the oath by Law provided for a society Clerk was to him administered in said meeting pr Samll Bassit, Esquir, Justice of peace.
    Att said meeting mr Isaac Knowles by a major vote was chosen medderator for said meeting.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr Caleb Perry, mr Ebenezer Riggs, mr John Lumm to be a committe for said society to take care of the prudentials of sd society.
    Voted and past in said meeting to hier a minister for this Present year.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner, mr Abial Fairchild and mr Samll Twitchel to be a minister committee for this Present year and to hier a minister upon probation.
    Voted and Past in said meetting that thear shall be a rate made of five pence upon the pound upon the list in the year 1740, in order to Defray the Charges in heiring mr Birdsey. this vote the inhabitants of Rock house hill are exempted from paying and charges thereof.
    Voted and past in said meeting that mr Ephraim Washband shall be a Collector and Treasurer and to collect and gather sd five peney rate by the first day of September next ensuing.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner and mr Samll Woster shall be in with the first committee in order to take care of the prudentials of said society.
    test per me
    Isaac Trowbridge
    Society Clerk."
  21. Ibid., 7.
    At a society meeting held Oct. 6th, 1741 ... voted that the places to post notices of society meetings should be at the houses of John Lum, Jonathan Griffin, Joseph Lewis, Isaac Knowles, Joseph Davis, and Joseph Wood ...
  22. Ibid., 11.
    Isaac Knowls & Martha his Wife, Eliphalet Bristol and Elizabeth the Wife of Cornelius Hull, and Peter, Negro Servant to sd Knowles, Received to Communion from ye Pastor & Chh of C. in Souhtbury, bairing Date Novr 27th, 1745.
  23. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.
  24. William Cothren, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), 605.
    July 28, 1696.
  25. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 370.

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