Knowles
Connections
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Robert B. Noles
The CROCKETT - KNOWLES CONNECTIONS The series of relationships shown below demonstrate the connections among four prominent surnames (Crockett, Knowles, Montgomery and Skelton) from Indiana and Kentucky from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Knowles - Crockett connection is a little complicated and Davy Crockett is not really a Knowles descendant but some Knowles descendants are related to Davy. The connection is via the Knowles from Delaware who settled in Southern Indiana after first migrating to Greene Co., Georgia in the late 18th century. When some of these Greene Co., Georgia Knowles migrated to Indiana in the early 19th century, some stopped off in Kentucky for a few years before proceeding on to Indiana. Asa Knowles (1802-1898) married Matilda A. Montgomery (1809-1857). Asa Knowles was the great grandson of Edmund "Old Silverhead" Knowles, one of the main Knowles lines in the U.S. Matilda A. Montgomery was the daughter of Walter Crockett Montgomery, Sr. (1784-1856) and the granddaughter of Thomas Montgomery, Sr., R.S. (1745-1818) and Martha Ellen Crockett (1749-1803). Martha Ellen Crockett was the granddaughter of Joseph Louis Crockett, Sr. (b 1676). Davy Crockett (1786-1836) was the great great grandson of Joseph Louis Crockett, Sr. With me so far? Martha Ellen Crockett was therefore the 1st cousin of Davy Crockett, two generations removed. Martha Ellen Crockett was the grandmother of Matilda A. Montgomery who married Asa Knowles. Therefore, the descendants of Asa Knowles and Matilda A. Montgomery would be connected to Davy Crockett with Joseph Louis Crockett, Sr. as their common ancestor - you do the math. Here are the connections:
The POCAHONTAS - KNOWLES CONNECTION
Here are the connections:
PILGRIMS - KNOWLES CONNECTION by George
I. Knowles, BEGINNINGS
At age 6, I first heard of Pilgrims at Glenburn Grade School, just 27 steps from my Glenburn home, where I enjoyed the first two primary grades of my formal schooling, under the tutelage of Miss Anna Northrup. It was when the first graders pitiful efforts at producing art in the form of paper turkeys lined the blackboards, that we 1st and 2nd graders were impressed with a smattering of history during pre- and post Thanksgiving Holidays. But the First Citizens of Plymouth Colony were barely mentioned as I advanced thru 3rd and 4th grades, under Miss Anne Northrup (cousin of Anna), 5th and 6th grades guided by Miss Tugend, and 7th and 8th grades under our principal, Mrs. Puhl. After all it was the WWII years of 1939-1945. Our thoughts were turned to gathering scrap iron et al!!! By the time Clarks Summit / Clarks Green High School (now Abington HS), Pennsylvania got their hooks on me, 1945 through 1949, I never lent another waking moment to the thoughts of my forefathers. High School studies never revealed to me my ancestral heritage, although it provided the opportunity of a lifetime to meet, and later marry, my heart’s desire.
This revelation was not awe-inspiring, and did not reveal my relatives in any depth. The years rolled on, and in 1974, when the Navy assigned me an investigative job, with an office at the corner of Washington and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn, I then had enough time to develop my genealogical notions.
The MAYFLOWER PASSENGER CONNECTION
JOINING the FLORIDA STATE MAYFLOWER SOCIETY
For KKNFA members who are interested, there is a Society of Mayflower Descendants state organization in the 52 states of the U.S. and Canada.
George I. Knowles Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 12 February, 2007
Knowles - Fuller
s/o Irvin Foy KNOWLES (1890 - 1962) s/o Clarence Elwood KNOWLES (1855 - 1938) s/o Lewis Allison KNOWLES (1833 - 1907) s/o David KNOWLES (1786 - 1874)
s/o Simon KNOWLES, R.S. (1759 - 1834)
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s/o John KNOWLES, R.S. (1732 - 1777 s/o Amos KNOWLES (1689 - 1746) s/o John KNOWLES, Jr. (1661 - 1745)
s/o John KNOWLES (c1632 - 1705)
d/o Consider FULLER (1738 - 1828) s/o John FULLER (1697 - 1778) s/o Samuel FULLER, III (1658 - 1728) s/o Samuel FULLER, II (1624 - 1695)
s/o Samuel FULLER (1579 - 1676)
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Being related to a famous or infamous person
doesn't change who we are, but it's interesting none the less. On this
page, I will catalog the known connections between a person or persons with the
surname Knowles and persons that are well known for some reason. Should
you have suggestions concerning Knowles Connections, please let me know.
Richard
Pace married Rebecca Poythesis.
One
cannot remember too far back into our primary years, and even if we
manage to retain precious or infamous memories, it would rarely be
about our ancestors, their environs, and historical paths. The
oldest person I knew at that time was my grandfather, Clarence
Elwood Knowles, (1852-1937), an extraordinary clarinetist who played
with the Scranton Symphony. The Scranton Tribune of November
22, 1906 called him "one of the leading clarinetists of this city,
playing first clarinet in the Scranton Symphony under Professor
Theodore Hemberger". He also tuned pianos, and on occasion marched
up Lackawanna Avenue playing with the Baur Band. Even
when he lived at my house, during the last two years of his life,
1935-1937, he never mentioned Pilgrims, even on Turkey Day. (The
Scranton Historical Society of Pennsylvania provided the above
historical musical facts about Grandpa.)
holdings for proof in depth for a continuous Knowles / Fuller
connection. This procedure required me to provide DOB, DOD,
locations, plus copies of family Bible pages, marriage certificates,
death certificates, pension documents and narratives, and copies of
genealogy pages to the Society. Mayflower Headquarters in
Plymouth, Massachusetts then completed the connection by advising me
of their sources, chronologically from Mayflower Passenger Samuel
Fuller to my 3rd great grandfather, Simon Knowles. 
"I think that I shall never see a complete genealogy." Author Unknown
