Person:Mercy Knowles (4)

Mercy Knowles
b.Abt 1645
m. 15 Aug 1639
  1. John Knowles1640 - 1675
  2. Mercy KnowlesAbt 1645 - Bef 1695
  3. James Knowles1648 - Bef 1678
  4. Ruth KnowlesAbt 1650 - 1714
  5. Samuel Knowles1651 - 1737
  6. Mehitable Knowles1653 - Aft 1721
  7. Barbara Knowles1656 - 1714/15
  • HEphraim Doane1638 - Bef 1699/00
  • WMercy KnowlesAbt 1645 - Bef 1695
m. 5 Feb 1667/68
  1. Patience Doane1668 - 1675
  2. Apphia Doane1670 -
  3. Hezekiah Doane, SrBef 1672 - Bef 1752
  4. Thomas Doane1674 - 1756
  5. Ebenzer Doane1676 - Bet 1677 & 1766
  6. Nehemiah Doane1680 - 1683
  7. Patience Doane1682 - Aft 1726
  8. Ruhama Doane1685 - Bet 1686 & 1779
Facts and Events
Name Mercy Knowles
Alt Name Mary Knowles
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1645
Marriage 5 Feb 1667/68 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ephraim Doane
Death[2] Bef 1695 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Estimated birth date of abt 1645 is based, first of all, on the assumption she was of legal age (18) at the time of her marriage in early 1668, and so born before 1650. Then, considering the sequence of sibling births, particularly the birth of her brother James recorded in late 1648, it seems quite probable that she was born before James, hence bef. 1648. Charles T. Libby, in "The Knowles Family of Eastham", NEHGR, p. 79:292, doesn't estimate a date, but places her between John and James. Given the parents' marriage in 1639, an estimate of about 1645 places in the middle of that range. It also seems reasonable considering her husband's second wife, who was born in 1647.
  2. Estimated death date of bef 1695 is based on her husband's remarriage to Mary (Small) Snow. The date of this remarriage is not known exactly, but the inventory of Mary's first husband was dated 2 Apr 1692.