When John K. Knowles was born on 30 November 1794, in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, John Knowles, was 25 and his mother, Sally Pennoyer, was 18. He married Muri Cunningham on 7 May 1815. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 8 January 1870, in Whitewater Township, Winona, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Beaver Cemetery, Beaver, Winona, Minnesota, United States.
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Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
The original charter of the city of Troy was enacted 12 April 1816.
English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll, hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word, for example Knowle (Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent, Sussex).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ).
English: variant of Noel , often, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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