Ancestry of Sir
Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Francis Knollys

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Winston Churchill — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4932 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 1514 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jul 1596 
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Catherine Carey
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  Lettice Knollys

  Elizabeth Knollys

  Anne Knollys

  Catherine Knollys

  Thomas Knollys

  Richard Knollys

  Henry Knollys (Ahnentafel No:2466 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sir Francis Knolly was the treasurer of the household of Queen Elizabeth.

• Sources for Francis Knollys

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/19/2020).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 71.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 207.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1942, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 213-214.
  • ⁵ Collins, Arthur and Sir Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Vol. 5, London: F.C. and J. Rivington, et. al. (1812), 231.
  • ⁶ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 3, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 486.
  • ⁷ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. IV, p. 551.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 50.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 154.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 412.
  • ¹¹ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 4, Pelham - Avery - West . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2017), 1.
  • ¹² Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 27.
  • ¹³ Wikipedia, "Francis Knollys (the elder)", (accessed 04/30/2011).