Discovering My Ancestors
Joshua Knowles
1696 - 1786 (89 years)1. 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]
Children:- Sarah Knowles was born on 3 Jun 1732 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 16 May 1816 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
2. 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]
3. 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:
- 1. Joshua Knowles was born on 6 Jul 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 May 1786 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
Generation: 3
6. 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]
7. 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.
- 3. Mary Sears was born on 24 Oct 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA ; died on 7 Nov 1745 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
Generation: 4
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Richard Sears was born about 1590 in England; died on 26 Aug 1676 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA . Richard married Dorothy Thatcher in 1632 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Dorothy Thatcher Children:
- 6. Paul Sears, I was born about 1637 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Feb 1707 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA .