Discovering My Ancestors
Sarah Knowles
1732 - 1816 (83 years)
1. Sarah Knowles was born on 3 Jun 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Joshua Knowles and Sarah Paine); died on 16 May 1816 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah married Elkanah Higgins about 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Elkanah (son of Ebenezer Higgins and Abigail Cole) was born on 12 Nov 1729 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Nov 1815 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jedidah Higgins was born on 19 Jul 1765 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Mar 1847 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 6 Mar 1847 in Orleans Cemetery.
2. Joshua Knowles was born on 6 Jul 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (son of John Knowles and Mary Sears); died on 27 May 1786 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Joshua married Sarah Paine about 1722 in Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of John Paine and Bennet Freeman) was born on 14 Apr 1699 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jul 1772 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Paine was born on 14 Apr 1699 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Paine and Bennet Freeman); died on 11 Jul 1772 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- 1. Sarah Knowles was born on 3 Jun 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 May 1816 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
Generation: 3
4. John Knowles was born on 10 Jul 1673 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Nov 1757 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. John married Mary Sears on 28 Nov 1693. Mary (daughter of Paul Sears, I and Deborah Willard) was born on 24 Oct 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ; died on 7 Nov 1745 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary Sears was born on 24 Oct 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Paul Sears, I and Deborah Willard); died on 7 Nov 1745 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- 2. Joshua Knowles was born on 6 Jul 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 May 1786 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
6. John Paine was born on 14 Mar 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow); died on 26 Oct 1731 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Orleans Cemetery. John married Bennet Freeman on 14 Mar 1688 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Bennet (daughter of John Freeman and Mercy Prence) was born on 7 Mar 1671 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 May 1716 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Bennet Freeman was born on 7 Mar 1671 in Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Freeman and Mercy Prence); died on 30 May 1716 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. Children:
- 3. Sarah Paine was born on 14 Apr 1699 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jul 1772 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
- Mary Paine was born on 28 Jan 1692 in Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Mar 1770 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground.
Generation: 4
10. Paul Sears, I was born about 1637 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Richard Sears and Dorothy Thatcher); died on 20 Feb 1707 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA . Paul married Deborah Willard in 1658 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA . Deborah was born in 1645 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 May 1721 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Deborah Willard was born in 1645 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 May 1721 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA . Children:
- Paul Sears, II was born on 15 Jun 1669 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ; died on 17 Feb 1740 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Sears Cemetery.
- 5. Mary Sears was born on 24 Oct 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ; died on 7 Nov 1745 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
12. Thomas Paine was born on 18 Jan 1613 in Wrentham, Waveney, Suffolk, England; died on 16 Aug 1706 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. Thomas married Mary Snow in 1650 in Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins) was born in 1630 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Apr 1704 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary Snow was born in 1630 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Nicholas Snow and Constance Hopkins); died on 28 Apr 1704 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. Children:
- 6. John Paine was born on 14 Mar 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Oct 1731 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Orleans Cemetery.
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John Freeman was born in 1622 in England (son of Edmond Freeman and Bennett Hodsoll); died on 28 Oct 1719 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. John married Mercy Prence on 13 Feb 1650 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy (daughter of Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster) was born in 1631 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Sep 1711 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mercy Prence was born in 1631 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster); died on 28 Sep 1711 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground. Children:
- Thomas Freeman was born in 1653 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1715 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground.
- 7. Bennet Freeman was born on 7 Mar 1671 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 May 1716 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cove Burying Ground.