Ancestry of
Don Knotts

TV and Movie Actor

William Knotts

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• • Great-grandfather of Don Knotts — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Knotts 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jun 1828 
  • Birth Location:
  • Greene County, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Mar 1908 
  • Death Location:
  • Dunkard Township, Greene, Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
  • 15 Mar 1908 
  • Burial Location:
  • Highland Cemetery, Davistown, Greene, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ruth South
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Nov 1850 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Lewis E. Knotts (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for William Knotts

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A107282.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Fayette County, 1850, Springhill, Image 22 of 41.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/02/2020).
  • ⁴ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for William Knotts.
  • ⁵ 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.