John Knowles (1709-1775)

Dates

Birth: 1709 Calverley, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Abraham Knowles 1673/4-a1714
Mother: Unknown

Christening: 23 October 1709 St Wilfrid, Calverley, Yorkshire, UK

Marriage: 23 February 1733 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Susanna Park b1719-a1754

Death: 1775 Brandon, Yorkshire, UK
Buried: 20 July 1775 in All Saints, Harewood, Yorkshire, UK

Children

Mary Knowles 1734
Samuel Knowles (Knowls) 1737-a1777
Sarah Knowles 1741
William Knowles 1745
Gabriel Knowles 1751
Anthony Knowles 1754

Notes

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for John Knowles baptised on 23 October 1709 in Calverley, York, father Abraham Knowles.

Entry in Calverley Baptisms for John, father Abraham Knowles of Calverley, on 23 October 1709.

Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for for John Knowles baptised on 23 October 1709 in Calverley, St Wilfrid, father Abraham Knowles. "1709 [...] Oct 23 John ? of Abraham Knowles of Calverley Baptzd". Original almost illegible.

Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of John Knowles and Susanna Park on 26 February 1733 at Leeds, St Peter. "February 1733 John Knowles Susanna Park ? of Modon 26 Feb".

In the entries for the baptisms of his children he is a farmer of Brandon, Harewood, Yorkshire.

Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for John Knowles buried on 20 July 1775 in Harewood, All Saints. "Burials 1775 [...] John Knowles of Brandon Farmer July 20".

Calverley is 10 miles WNW of Leeds on A657. Harewood is some 8 miles north of Leeds on the A61 - Brandon is about 2 miles south of Harewood.

Relationship

John Knowles was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.

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