Susanna first married John Chandler in 1770. After being widowed in 1778, she married Freeman Knowles c1779, a Revolutionary War hero. He, too, left her widowed, so Susanna, at 55, married Moses Worcester in 1805. Her death happened sometime after 1836. She lived in turbulent times.

MOTHER: Susanna Shaw, 1726 – 1790
(daughter of Joseph and Mary Blanchard Shaw)

FATHER: Joseph Nash, c1722 – 1790-1794
("a family letter written in 1798 suggests he died c1783")
(son of John and Mary Turbefield Nash)

1ST HUSBAND: John Chandler
m. 1770

2ND HUSBAND: Freeman Knowles
m. circa 1779

3RD HUSBAND: Moses Worcester
m. 1805

CHILDREN:
1. Susanna Knowles, c1780 – 1825-29
m. John McKenzie

2. Sarah Knowles, 1781 – 1842
m. Isaiah Nash

3. Abraham Knowles, 1783 – 1815
m. Prudence Hillman

4. Mary "Polly" Knowles, 1785 – 1856
m. Isaac Aaron Wass
m. James Curtis

5. Abigail W. Knowles, 1787 – 1873
m. Alexander McCaslin

6. Thankful M. Knowles, 1789 – 1814
m. Alexander McCaslin

7. Freeman Knowles, Jr., c1794 – 1800-1810

8. Amy Emma Knowles, 1797 – 1873
m. Levi Wass

3rd HUSBAND: Moses Worcester, c1739 - 181?
No known children

SOURCE: Leonard F. Tibbetts and Darryl B. Lamson's book, Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. 1997. Pages 77, 280, 388 and 646

FURTHER INFORMATION:
(begins page 488) [Samuel Knowles' (Freeman's father)] 200-acre grant now makes several homesteads. That of Mrs. Lawrence Goudet includes the southern third of it which was set off as the dower of Freeman Knowles's widow. The site of the original house is far inland, on a road not now used, on land (a blueberry pasture) now owned by E. K. Plummer. There are said to be illegible inscriptions there, on gravestones hidden in the brush. Stephen Jones McCausland, related to the Knowleses both by blood and by marriage, took down the original house and built a house nearer the road, which was afterwards occupied by the Hinckleys. Other owners are E. H. Preble, Alfred Norton, and A. W. Drisko, and a schoolhouse stands on the land next to the river.