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BARNABAS C. KNOX (DIED 1806) PAPERS, 1806, 1837-1864
Collection Summary | |
| Repository: | The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516 |
| Creator: | Knox, Barnabas C., d. 1806 |
| Title: | Barnabas C. Knox (died 1806) Papers |
| Dates: | 1806, 1837/1864 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear feet (1 box, 1 flat file) |
| Abstract: | The Barnabas C. Knox papers contain ships papers from vessels on which Barnabas C. Knox (died 1806) and Joseph S. B. Knox worked and other papers. |
| Collection Number: | MH 139 |
Series List
SERIES I. Ships' Papers
SERIES II. Other
Scope and Content Note
The Barnabas C. Knox papers contain ships papers from vessels on which Barnabas C. Knox (died 1806) and Joseph S. B. Knox worked and other papers. This collection has been divided into two series.
Series I. Ships Papers contain papers from
individual vessels that Barnabas C. Knox (died 1806) and Joseph S. B. Knox worked
on. These papers include accounts, instructions, and related correspondence.
Series II. Other contains information on the Barnabas
C. Knox (1808-1894)s familys genealogy and papers about the estate of Mary Knoxs
estate, Barnabas (1808-1894) wife. This series also contains correspondence, most
of which is from Joseph S. B. Knox.
Biographical Sketch
Barnabas C. Knox was a sea captain. He died at sea on board the brig Orlando on September 28, 1806.
Joseph S. B. Knox was born to Robert Knox of
Charlestown, Massachusetts. Joseph was a ship master on the ships Charles, Inez, Morea, and Saracen. He was
active in the early to mid-nineteenth century. His relationship to Barnabas C. Knox
(died 1806) is unclear.
Barnabas C. Knox was born on September 8, 1808 to
Thomas Knox. He had three brothers: Thomas (1803-1858), Adam (born 1805), and John
H. (1811-1817). His wifes name was Mary; after her death, he became the
administrator of her estate. Barnabas was a farmer. His connection to Barnabas C.
Knox (died 1806) or Joseph S. B. Knox is not known. Barnabas died in 1894.
Index Terms
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Administrative Information
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Preferred Citation
Barnabas C. Knox (Died 1806) Papers, MH 139, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
Provenance
This material was donated by the estate of John and James Phelps (accession #11,920).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Hilary Streifer, July 2015.
Related Material
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Account book of Joseph S.B. Knox, 1848-1851. MSS
1598.1.
Account book of Joseph S.B. Knox, 1849. MSS
1598.2.