Ancestry of
Helen Louise Gower

(1910–1985)

Samuel Knowles

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Helen Louise Gower — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 900 
  • Father:
  • Richard Knowles 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Bower   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Sep 1651 
  • Birth Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jun 1737 
  • Death Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Freeman
  • Marriage Date:
  • Dec 1679 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Richard Knowles (Ahnentafel No:450 )

  James Knowles

  Mercy Knowles

• Sources for Samuel Knowles

  • ¹ Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, 2017, Vol. 65, No. 1, p. 88.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1925, Vol. 79, pp. 293, 295-297.
  • ³ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1920, Vol. 51, p. 222.
  • ⁴ Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 11, Part 1, 2nd edition, Edward Doty, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2009), 39.
  • ⁵ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 3rd edition, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2000), 96.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 596.
  • ⁷ Smith, William C., A History of Chatham, Massachusetts: Formerly the Constablewick or Village of Monomoit, Part III, Hyannis, Massachusetts: F. B. and F. P. Goss, Publishers (1917), 247.