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Elinor (Butler) Knott (1595 - 1653)

Elinor Knott formerly Butler aka Collins [uncertain]
Born in Middlesex, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1620 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 58 in Province of Marylandmap
Profile last modified | Created 12 Dec 2014
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Biography

Middlesex (historic flag)
Elinor (Butler) Knott was born in Middlesex, England.
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Elinor (Butler) Knott migrated from England to United States.
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Elinor (Butler) Knott was a Maryland colonist.

Elinor Butler was born between 1595 and 1601 in Middlesex, England.

Elinor (24) married James Knott (25) (born about 1594 in Gloucestershire, England; son of Bernard Knott and Alice Longe) in 1620.

Their children were:

By 1635, the family was living in Accomack County, Virginia.

Elinor died in 1653 in Province of Maryland, aged 57.

Research Notes

Possibly married a COLLINS after the death of James Knott, her first husband.

Sources

  • Fleet, Beverley, Acchawmacke, 1632-1637, Virginia colonial abstracts; v. 18. Electronic copy of monograph available at FamilySearch.org. A[ccomack] page 39/image 185 [1]
Accomack Court session 16 June 1635
Interogatories – question “whether ‘’’Elinor the wife of James Knott’’’ dyd relate anything” regarding case of Thomas Evans & wife wealthy Evans’s baby who died.

Acknowledgement

  • WikiTree profile Collins-1869 created through the import of The-Direct-Lineage-of-Selby-Edward--Chip--Stokes--III-25-Aug-2011.ged on Aug 25, 2011 by Chip Stokes. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chip and others.
  • Butler-7196 was created by Kathy McGee through the import of McGee Family Tree.ged on Dec 1, 2014.




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Butler-13466 and Butler-7196 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse, sons are set for a merge.
posted by K. Stromsted
Unknown-420247 and Butler-13466 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious duplicate; same spouse, but with known LNAB
posted on Butler-13466 (merged) by Carole (Kirch) Bannes
What is the evidence that Elinor had the maiden name Butler?
posted by Stephen Freeman
What is the source that shows Elinor had the maiden name Collins? Adventurers of Purse and Person shows no maiden name.

I will remove unless someone can cite a better source.

posted on Unknown-420247 (merged) by Stephen Freeman

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