Ancestry of
Don Knotts

TV and Movie Actor

Joseph South

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Don Knotts — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 72 
  • Father:
  • Joseph South 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1735 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 2 May 1811 to 3 Jan 1813 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. East Windsor Township, Middlesex, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah -----
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  Elisha South

  Isaac South

  Elija South

  (probable) Benjamin South (Ahnentafel No:36 )

  Kesiah South

  Major South

  Charles South

  Joseph South

  Mary South

  Sarah South

• Sources for Joseph South

  • ¹ New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, 02 MAY 1811, Will of Joseph South.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #84468, Membership application for Furman South, III.
  • ³ Gee, Christine South, Genealogical Notes on the South Family: From the States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia . . ., Greenville, South Carolina: Keys Printing Company (1963), 26, 29, appears to give this Joseph's birth year of 1735 to his father.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 344, gives Joseph's grandfather as his father.