Ancestry of
Helen Louise Gower

(1910–1985)

Knowles Godfrey Jr.

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Helen Louise Gower — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 56 
  • Father:
  • Knowles Godfrey 
  • Mother:
  • Jerusha Rider   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Sep 1762 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 30 Aug 1794 
  • Death Location:
  • Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Ryder
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Oct 1786 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Benjamin Godfrey (Ahnentafel No:28 )

  • Notes: 

  • Knowles Godfrey died from yellow fever.

• Sources for Knowles Godfrey Jr.

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1973, Vol. 127, p. 48.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1973, Vol. 127, p. 99.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 148.