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Alexander Knowles

Also Known As: ""Magistrate of Fairfield""
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England
Death: December 08, 1663 (54-63)
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, BCA
Place of Burial: Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of NN Knowles
Father of Elizabeth Rogers; John Knowles, Sr.; Alexander Knowles and NN Knowles

Occupation: Magristrate for Fairfield May 1654 and May 1661
Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
Last Updated:

About Alexander Knowles

Freeman, Massachusetts October 1636. Magistrate for Fairfield May 1654 and May 1661; Assistant, Connecticut Colony 1658; War Committee for Fairfield 1654.

Wife's name is unknown.

Will (date gone) names sons Joshua, John; grandchildren John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, and Lydia Ford; grandchild John Knowles; "our daughter at Milford" -- also called daughter Elizabeth; and wife. Mr. Gold and John Burr overseers and witnessed by Philip Pinkney. Invoice 8 December 1663.



1. ALEXANDER1

KNOWLES, MAGISTRATE FOR FAIRFIELD was born c 1604 in of Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died December 1663 in Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. He married UNKFIRST UNKLAST, (SPOUSE OF KNOWLES, ALEXANDER) c 1628 in Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. She was born c 1608 in of Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died Deceased. Children of ALEXANDER KNOWLES and UNKFIRST UNKLAST are: 2. i. ELIZABETH2
KNOWLES, b. c 1630, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; d. Deceased. ii. ALEXANDER KNOWLES, b. c 1632, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; d. Deceased. iii. UNKFIRST KNOWLES, b. c 1634, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; d. Deceased. iv. JOSHUA KNOWLES, b. c 1647, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; d. June 26, 1712, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; m. JUDANNE WHEELER; b. c 1661; d. Aft. 1712. 3. v. JOHN KNOWLES, b. c 1650, Old Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; d. 1686.
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Alexander Knowles's Timeline

1604
1604
Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England
1629
September 20, 1629
Nottingham, England
1632
1632
Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut,
1634
1634
Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1635
1635
Milford, New Haven Co, Connecticut,
1663
December 8, 1663
Age 59
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, BCA
December 8, 1663
Age 59
Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1936
May 20, 1936
Age 59
August 18, 1936
Age 59