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Joseph KNOWLING
1647 - 1710 (~ 62 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Joseph KNOWLING Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 13 Sep 1647 St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England 
Gender Male Apprenticeship Exeter, Devon, England To George Knowling, Goldsmith - It is interesting that Joseph was apprentice to his uncle in Exeter, when his own father was a goldsmith in Dartmouth.
Maybe it was so that he could become a freeman of Exeter, perhaps prospects seemed better there, although he was to go on to be a goldsmith in Taunton, and when he married was described as 'of Dartmouth', not Exeter.
Freeman 3 Nov 1673 Exeter, Devon, England [1] Freedom of the City of Exeter Will 18 Jan 1709/10 Taunton, Somerset, England Written Died Between 18 Jan 1709/10 and 30 Jun 1710 Probate 30 Jun 1710 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Granted to his wife Mary Occupation Taunton, Somerset, England Goldsmith Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Stephen KNOWLING, b. Est 1580, d. Between 1632 and 1638 (Age ~ 52 years) (Grandfather)
Anstis NICHOLAS, b. Est 1618, bur. 17 Oct 1692, St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 74 years) (Mother) Notes - mentioned in his mother's will
Person ID I15843 All Last Modified 29 Jul 2017
Father Stephen KNOWLING, bap. 14 Jan 1615/16, St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England , bur. 19 Mar 1684/85, St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years) Mother Anstis NICHOLAS, b. Est 1618, bur. 17 Oct 1692, St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 74 years) Married 27 Feb 1636/37 St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England Family ID F6527 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary ROWLINS, d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: William PERRIAM m. 29 Jul 1710Married 3 Nov 1698 Bishops Hull, Somerset, England - Transcription on FMP, by Somerset and Dorset Family History Society
Shows bride's parish as St. Mary Magadalen's, Taunton, groom's as Dartmouth (which in Dartmouth not specified).
Also in Somerset marriage index (on FMP, viewed 29 July 2017)
Shows Joseph Knowling married Mary Rawlins
Children4 children Last Modified 29 Jul 2017 Family ID F6553 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- It is interesting that Joseph was apprentice to his uncle in Exeter, when his own father was a goldsmith in Dartmouth.
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Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Anstis Knowling nee Nichoals
Joseph was executor and main beneficiary named in his mother's willThe will of George Knowling (1617 - 1675)
George Knowling is an 11 x great uncle of mine
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Sources - [S319] Book - Freemen of Exeter, Rowe, Margery M. and Jackson, Andrew, M. Archivists in the Exeter City Record Office, editor, (Exeter: Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 1973.), 162. (Reliability: 3), 21 Aug 2014.
By his apprenticeship to George Knowling.
From the Mayor's Court Book, 1670-1677.
- [S319] Book - Freemen of Exeter, Rowe, Margery M. and Jackson, Andrew, M. Archivists in the Exeter City Record Office, editor, (Exeter: Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 1973.), 162. (Reliability: 3), 21 Aug 2014.