Person:Alexander Knowles (1)

Alexander Knowles
b.Bef 1607
  • HAlexander KnowlesBef 1607 - Bef 1663
  • WElizabeth JamesEst 1604 - Aft 1663
m. 24 Nov 1626
  1. Elizabeth Knowles1629 - Aft 1671
  2. Mary Knowles1631 - 1633
  3. John Knowles1632 - 1635
  4. Joshua Knowles1634 - 1711/12
  5. John KnowlesBef 1639 - 1673
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Alexander Knowles
Gender Male
Birth[2] Bef 1607 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage 24 Nov 1626 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, EnglandSt. Peter's Church
to Elizabeth James
Emigration[1] 1636
Other[2] 7 Dec 1636 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Death[2] Bef 8 Dec 1663 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 8 Dec 1663
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Alexander Knowles, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    199.

    Knowles, Alexander: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1636; [Resided] Concord, Fairfield [MBCR 1:372; FOOF 1:368-69; CN 38:542-63]."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Knowles, Alexander, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:368.

    Knowles, Alexander. Magistrate for Fairfield, May 1654, May 1661; Assistant, Conn. Col., 1658; war committee for Fairfield, Oct. 1654. Freeman, Mass., 7 Dec. 1636. Will (date gone); sons Joshua, John; gr. children John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, and Lydia Ford; gr. child John Knowles; "our dau. at Milford"—also called dau. Elizabeth; wife. Mr. Gold and John Burr, overseers. Witnessed by Philip Pinkney. Inv. 8 Dec. 1663.