Knowlton - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Knowlton, Gilbert S., #4820?

winspeare — 2012-05-13 14:23:21Z

Hi, Marcia, I don't think you will mind my putting your direct response below as it gives valuable information about the Barnet S. Knowlton family and corrects some of Stocking and the ERRATA. I will continue to look for an 1880 census entry but feel that GSK or SGK may have been missed if "out west," as was my great grandfather in 1900. I DO feel that you have located Samuel Gilbert Knowlton on the 1900 census in Louisiana.
Do you have information about the first marriages of some of Barnet's wives as the surnames for the Marys given by Stocking are Bent and Bottom? Elizabeth

>Hi. Elizabeth.
Oh yes, I have Stocking data, and have corrected same.
We visited gravesite of George in Baton Rouge a few months before Hurricane Katrina.
John P., Elizabeth, George, Samuel and a son (b. and d. 1845) were children of 1st wife Elizabeth Pulcifer.
Albert W. as well as Asa A. and Sargent M. were children of 3rd wife Mary N. Dewick.
2nd wife Lucy and 4th wife Mary B. Patten did not have children.
I have lots on Samuel, except for 1880 and 1900 census. Just trying to fill in my blank spots.
Thanks for the response.
Marcia<

Re: Knowlton, Gilbert S., #4820?

winspeare — 2012-05-12 19:19:47Z

Marcia, Are you familiar with the HISTORY OF THE KNOWLTONS . . . . by Rev. Stocking, 1898? Barnet S. Knowlton appears in the book as #2295, married to Elizabeth Pulsifer. Their children are John P., Albert W., Elizabeth, George, and Samuel G. The last is listed as "Lumber Dealer in Knowlton, La." Also his brother George (#4819) died in 1863 in Louisiana at Baton Rouge. I have not located GS or SG in the 1880 census as yet. Elizabeth

Re: Knowlton, Gilbert S. or F.?

marcia29 — 2012-05-12 17:13:42Z

Hi Elizabeth
Thanks for the response re. Swampers.

I am trying to find out if there is any other info. out there on Gilbert S. Knowlton, age 60, wid. in 1900, living at that time in Iberville, La.

Because I have failed to find any other reference to this man, I believe he might be my Samuel G. Knowlton, b. 1840, son of Barnet Sargent Knowlton and his 1st wife Elizabeth Pulcifer.

After the Civil War, this Samuel is found in the 1870 census living in Green River, Wyoming with is wife Eliza.
In 1880 - I have not found him anywhere.
in 1890 he is found in the veteran's schedule living in La,
Plaquemines 3rd Ward.
1899 he applied for a pension, and was still in La.
1900 - I'm hoping the Gilbert S. in Iberville is he.
in 1908, he is listed as living with his nephew Nathaniel H. in Bourne, Mass. This Nathaniel also was in La. earlier.
He died in 1908, residence listed as Chelsea, Mass., but I think he actually was at Bourne with his nephew.

This family seemed to use their middle names often.
So, not knowing his middle name beginning with "G", I am hoping it is Gilbert and the Gilbert listed in 1900 census is our Samuel G. Knowlton, b. 1840, Mass.
Not finding anything else on Gilbert S., b. 1840 in Mass., I thought I would put it out to see if anyone has anything more, to prove me wrong.

I am connected through Barnet Sargent Knowlton and his 3rd wife Mary N.Dewick.
Marcia

Re: Knowlton, Gilbert S. or F.?

winspeare — 2012-05-12 13:00:20Z

Answering myself, no G F? Knowlton in Civil War draft records for Natick, MA, was George Alvin Knowlton who married Hannah Olmstead and is still living in Natick in 1900. So who is this Gilbert in Louisiana?

Re: Knowlton, Gilbert S. or F.?

winspeare — 2012-05-12 12:29:01Z

Do you know all about this Gilbert and want only information about his occupation? I suspect his middle initial could be F, misheard as S. A man of that name appears in the Civil War draft records in Mass., 23 in 1863, a married shoemaker.
"A swamper in occupational slang is an assistant worker, helper, maintenance man, or a person who performs odd jobs. The term has its origins circa 1857 in the southern United States to refer to a workman who cleared roads for a tree feller in a swamp, according to the Oxford English Dictionary[1]. It has since branched out into a variety of meanings, all of which denote some variation on an unskilled laborer working as an assistant to a skilled worker." This is from Wikipedia.

Re: Arthur Knowlton - Wenham

marcia29 — 2012-05-11 21:28:12Z

Penny
I've been trying to find out more on Jeanette.
I am connected through her uncle Samuel Everett.

I can be reached at Maclark39@aol.com.

Would love to hear from you.
Marcia

Knowlton/ Gilbert S.

marcia29 — 2012-05-11 20:47:34Z

I am trying to find out more for Gilbert S. Knowlton, found on 1900 census living in Iberville, La. He is listed as being born March 1840, 60, wid., b. Mass., parents also born Mass. He is Pres. of the Big Six R.R.
Also living under the same roof, one bookkeeper and 46 swampers.

Does anyone have info. on the Big Six R.R. and what did a swamper do?

Marcia29

MARJORIE KNOWLTON BROWN -- OBITUARY

GBaragona — 2012-04-27 06:54:58Z

Mrs. Brown's obituary was in the Foster Folly News (Online; Chipley, Florida). I am not related to Mrs. Brown, nor do I have addiitonal information. I am posting the obit for interested researchers.

*****

Mrs. Marjorie Estella Brown, age 96, of Bonifay, Florida passed away April 25, 2012 at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay. She was born January 1, 1916 in Albany, Ohio to the late Oscar Knowlton and Audra V. Nichols Knowlton. Mrs. Brown was initiated into The Order of the Eastern Star, Union Hill No. 246 on June 4, 1968 and was the Worthy Matron in 1972 at Union Hill. She joined The Order of the Eastern Star Bonifay No. 325 on December 2, 1997 where she currently was a member.

Mrs. Brown was survived by two daughters, Pat Hoisington of Oxnard, CA and Marlene McDaniel and husband Vaughn of Bonifay, FL; a son, David Perry and wife Patricia of Bonifay, FL; 11 grandchildren, Charlotte, Joey, Sheila, Tammy, Randy, Julie, James, Lesa, Willie, Kathy, Andrew; 24 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Brown is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Edison Brown and a son, Frank Perry.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Edward Barley officiating. Interment will follow in the Bonifay City Cemetery with Peel Funeral Home directing. Family will receive friends from 5-7 PM Friday at Peel Funeral Home

Re: Bethia(h) Knowlton Foster

winspeare — 2012-02-17 20:08:56Z

This marriage was to Andrew Foster in 1777. I see no obvious Bethia(h) Knowlton and suggest that she might have been the widow of a Knowlton who lived in Ipswich.

Bethiah (Knowlton) Foster

creanaugusta — 2012-02-17 16:27:57Z

I am searching for any and all information on the second wife of Andrew Foster (Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel, John), whose name was Bethiah Knowlton. According to Foster genealogy, part 2, p. 735, she was of Ipswich, Essex, MA, but can't seem to find her birth record in the Ipswich Vital Records at all, only her marriage to Andrew Foster. I would really appreciate any and all information on her. Any and all information can be sent to me by my Yahoo email address, crean.walter@yahoo.com; thanks.

Will P. Knowlton of Decorah, IA 1944

drbrownlee — 2012-02-14 06:12:04Z

Will is pictured in the 44-A class yearbook of Curtis Field, in Brady, Texas. He is an aviation cadet. I'm not kin but thought this might help someone researching the family.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

DarrellAMartin — 2012-02-08 03:06:06Z

Orleans County, Vermont, was settled much later than southern Vermont where most of my ancestors lived. I am not at all surprised that potash processing was still going on in the 1820s "up north". It is also true that wealthy people had more to lose by moving than those who were scraping out a living on the rocky hills; and more resources to make it through difficulties.

There is no "weather versus economics" distinction. For some people, the weather was the most important factor in personal economics. In other cases, it may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. In yet other situations, the weather may not have played much of a part at all.

Location, location, location. A river bottom farm with good soil and water will survive short term weather issues better than a hilltop farm every time. Well, not *every* time. There are flash floods. Ask valley farmers about Hurricane Irene. Location, location ...

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

fredchannell — 2012-02-08 02:37:13Z

My ancestors were on Lake Memphremagog and from what I have read survived by eating fish and hunting. None of them moved out until much later. I have seen potash sales receipts until the 1820's. During the War of 1812 Vermonters smuggled potash, spars and cattle into Lower Canada (Quebec, Montreal). They went to England from these ports. There is an old potash pot in from of the Brome County Historical Society in Knowlton I believe. Then it seems they switched to booze as I saw still repair receipts. The Temperance movement came along and things changed again!
My family's seemed to be pretty well established and so they stayed. This is why I tend to think it was more economic than a weather based migration.
All the Knowltons I have studied in Vermont were wealthy from the Newfane area. I have not been to the State archives in Middlesex for years (I drive by all the time, but if I remember right most Knowltons in Vermont at that time were from that extended family.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

darrell_a_martin — 2012-02-07 23:55:29Z

The reasons why 1816 had such a huge impact are twofold: First, some areas have shorter growing seasons and colder climate overall than others. Second, some areas are marginal for agriculture to begin with.

My home state of Vermont got both barrels. While other parts of the country (even as near as Massachusetts and Connecticut) had bad harvests, a lot of the Vermont hill farms grew *nothing at all* in 1816, in their thin topsoil over rocks. To make matters worse, the old growth forests, which provided a cash crop in the production of potash for the chemical industry, were mostly cut down and substitutes for potash were becoming available anyway. Another year, or a few years, of that and people would literally have starved. It was move or die, and fortunately for many there was plenty of very good farmland becoming available in the West.

So yes, it was a worldwide event, but absolutely no, its effects were not the same everywhere. Each locale would have its own story.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

fredchannell — 2012-02-07 20:43:38Z

Hello,
Yes I am aware of the year without a summer. It was a worldwide event however so I can't see it as a primary reason since it could be just as bad where they were going.

I definately agree with the movement west due to the end of hostilities in the War of 1812 etc... I see cheap and more fertile western land as one of the main reasons. Of course an ancestors uncle could have offered him a job or apprenticeship at a trade too.

John KNOWLTON of Burlington Co., New Jersey, 1840

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-07 16:28:26Z

What research has been done to date on John KNOWLTON, who resided in Northampton, Burlington Co., New Jersey in 1840? He was age 60-70 and living alone. His birthdate can be bracketed from this as between 1770-1780.

I'm looking for the parents of Mary KNOWLTON, who was "of Burlington Co." at the time of her 1820 marriage to Daniel HOPKINS in Trenton. Mary was born ca. 1801. John KNOWLTON was of the right age to have fathered Mary. But, was he her father?

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-07 16:02:46Z

My apologies. I didn't realize when you said you mailed your research to someone else that it meant you didn't have access to it.

I signed up for the KNOWLTON list out at Rootsweb today. I presume that's what you meant.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

winspeare — 2012-02-07 14:21:22Z

As I said, I mailed my research to someone doing research last winter on this bulletin board. I remember that the 1880 census showed the son's father born in Vermont. I remember that John Knowlton the immigrant was still alive for the extant NJ census (1830? 1840?). I made an attempt to look for him in Vermont; but our knowledge of him was so slight and his first name so common, that I came up with nothing sure. Checked out the Reuben connection too. There were at least three people researching this family--I wish you all were in better communication and that you would all join the Knowlton mailing list so that I did not have to keep going to the Internet to correspond. Thanks.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

winspeare — 2012-02-07 14:14:06Z

Re weather as a motive in migration from Vermont. Specifically for this family perhaps not because they may have migrated before 1805. However, the Year without a Summer is a well known reason for so many Vermont settlers from Massachusetts and other states leaving after 1816.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer
>The crop failures of the “Year without a Summer” may have helped shape the settling of the "American Heartland", as many thousands of people (particularly farm families who were wiped out by the event) left New England for what is now western and central New York and the Upper Midwest (then the Northwest Territory) in search of a more hospitable climate, richer soil, and better growing conditions.[19] According to historian L.D. Stillwell, Vermont alone experienced a drop of 10,000 to 15,000 people, erasing seven previous years of population growth.[5]<

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-07 07:20:53Z

The 1850 census shows a New Jersey place of birth for Mary (Knowlton) HOPKINS. At this time, I cannot definitively place her in Burlington Co., NJ before 1820, but I don't doubt that she probably grew up in the area.

It is possible that the names of the HOPKINS children come from the HOPKINS side of the family, although I know very little about Daniel HOPKINS. Son George named his own children Franklin, Georgeanne, Anna Mary, Amey and Ina (or Irma). George died young, too, age 52/53.

How much prior work has been done to place John KNOWLTON in either New Jersey or Vermont?

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

fredchannell — 2012-02-06 18:56:09Z

Hello,

Vermont for a very short time was a place where men went to who snuck out of Revolutionary service. After this people flocked there because it was a Republic and not hammered by high taxation to pay for the war like all the other states. Many profited by clearing land and then flipping it over at a profit. Staying for a short time. Farming was difficult there and was subsistence farming at best. The weather there for us is difficult in the modern day, but the snow made transportation and travel easier for those who travelled in sleighs across frozen rivers, swamps and lakes that were difficult to cross in the summer.
Later the turnpike system and later rail made travel easier.
Weather is not an issue I do not believe in their migration.
In any event that is the history major perspective.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

winspeare — 2012-02-05 16:55:23Z

Hi, yes, I would say this is a correct synopsis. I am still hoping you can be in touch with some of the other researchers. Mary is probably the sister of Reuben and John, but of course she could also be the widow of another Knowlton brother who died early on. (Or perhaps Mary and Reuben had one mother; and John, another.) Possible but not as probable as the first guess. Then again, Hiram, Charles, Jacob, and George do not repeat ANY of the male Knowlton names we know (John and Reuben). Sigh. Too bad she died so early as it is Reuben's 1880 census that tells us the VT birth of father. I take it she said she was born in NJ. Always possible that the VT birth is wrong. The migration pattern is strange; however, there was quite an exodus from Vermont because of weather patterns. But to New Jersey? (No slur intended; I was reared there.)

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-04 23:37:25Z

Hello,

Thank you for the pointer. Today, I reviewed the posts you referenced. From what I've gathered so far, it appears there were three KNOWLTON men in the area, John (the probable father), and then two younger men, Reuben, b. ca. 1803, and John, b. ca. 1810.

Reuben KNOWLTON appears to have married a woman named Mary, b. ca. 1805, and they removed to Gloucester, Camden Co., NJ before 1850. The couple can be found on census listings there in 1850-1880. Mary died in Gloucester, age 80, 28 Jun 1885. Reuben died there, too, age 88, 07 Dec 1891.

John KNOWLTON appears to have married a woman named Elizabeth, b. ca. 1810. They seem to have stayed in Burlington Co., NJ and can be found on several censuses in that locality. Elizabeth KNOWLTON was widowed by 1880 and lived in Chester Twp. She died in Cinnaminson Twp., Burlington, NJ 06 Mar 1889, age 79.

Would you say this is a correct synopis?

Then, we have my Mary KNOWLTON, b. ca. 1801, married in Trenton in 1820, "of Burlington Co.", lived with husband Daniel HOPKINS in Nottingham Twp., Burlington Co., NJ in 1830, and apparently widowed between 1843-1844. She had removed to Hamilton Twp., Mercer Co., NJ by 1850, where she lived with children: Hiram, Mary, Charles, Jacob, and adjacent to son George HOPKINS and his wife, Deborah. I have not located her after this date. She may have remarried, or died prior to the 1860 census.

All these individuals fall into a possible family group with Mary, Reuben and John being the possible children of John KNOWLTON, b. ca. 1775 in Vermont. If this is true, then the elder John likely married by 1800. I have not yet developed any specific information that ties her to any of these men, but then I've only known her maiden name for a week.

If any of this is contrary to your research, please advise.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

winspeare — 2012-02-03 12:32:37Z

Hi, if you do a search on Burlington within the Knowlton message board, you will find some discussion last January. Also, if you go to the Rootsweb Mailing list page and do an advanced search in the archives (List-Knowlton; Body-Burlington), you will find 18 messages on the topic dating back to 2003. Unfortunately the short answer is that Mary is probably the daughter of John Knowlton, b ca 1775 in Vermont, who came to NJ and married someone there, and died between 1840 and 1850. We had the marriage of Mary and Daniel Hopkins but never followed down that line. In all these years we have been unable to discover the identity of John from Vermont as no male Knowltons survived to take a Y-DNA test. I mailed all my research to someone in this line last year and hope she sees these messages. John had two sons, Reuben and John, born in the first decade of the 19th century in NJ.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-03 06:20:44Z

Yes, thank you. That is where I located the marriage reference.

Re: KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

ferrelldiana55 — 2012-02-03 03:18:24Z

did you try Family search.com Good info there

KNOWLTON & HOPKINS in Burlington Co., NJ - 1820

dbingaman15 — 2012-02-02 16:21:57Z

Hello,

I recently found that a marriage took place in Trenton, New Jersey in 1820 between Mary KNOWLTON and Daniel HOPKINS, both said to have been from Burlington Co., New Jersey.

Looking for candidate families for Mary KNOWLTON, as this is a new surname in my research.

Daniel HOPKINS was enumerated in Nottingham Twp. in 1830, age 30-40, with an apparent wife, age 20-30, and two apparent sons, one age 5-10, and one under 5. Unfortunately, there are no extant Federal census records prior to this.

Re: Wells and Virginia Knowlton of Ohio

ferrelldiana55 — 2012-01-25 03:44:07Z

My grandma Virginia divorced Wells in 1931.Marjorie was 25 and David was 16 and my dad was 3 at the time.Marjorie died in California.David I think died in Ohio.My Dad Bradford died in Dec. 1978 in Ohio.This info is on her divorce pages.Virginia died in 1970 in Ashtabula,Ohio

Wells and Virginia Knowlton of Ohio

winspeare — 2012-01-25 01:41:52Z

Diane, I looked carefully at those 1930 census pages and Virginia has only the one son, Bradford, just over three years old, and she is 45. Surely she did not have David and Marjorie after this. Where are they? Grown up already with 20 years between children? Elizabeth

Wells Knowlton family of Ohio

winspeare — 2012-01-24 23:48:17Z

Hi, Diana, Well, there are 7 David Knowltons in Ohio listed on whitepages.com You could certainly write or phone them. It would also help if you had estimated ages because I don't know whether you are 20 or 40 or 60 or 80 so it is hard to check things. I see on Ancestry that Bradford was born in 1926. He is even on the 1930 census twice as his family must have moved. So I assume you and the cousins are in your 40s or 50s. Some of the Davids in whitepages are in their 40s. Also, you might join the Knowlton mailing list in Rootsweb here. Click Mailing Lists at the top of the page, fill in Knowlton under List, and a page will come up with instructions. Then we can all reply to you quicker. I have changed the subject line (I hope) because Knowlton lineage is not much help on the Knowlton board. Hope to hear from you again.

Re: Knowlton lineage

ferrelldiana55 — 2012-01-24 21:12:50Z

I don't know if you can help me or not,but here goes. I am looking for my Knowlton cousins. Newton is my ggrandpa,Wells is my grandpa and Bradford Knowlton is my father. I am looking for my Dad's siblings children. the siblings are Marjorie and David Knowlton.Marjorie married a Crary and lived in Monterey,California,and had two children. Bruce and Barbara. David I think lived in Cinncinatti,Ohio.and had two sons,David and don't know the others name. If anyone can give me a lead .Please help. Thank You. Wells and Bradford lived in Ashtabula,Ohio.

Re: Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

winspeare — 2012-01-15 22:57:28Z

And part 3 of Marcia's message, partly written by me--we do feel that Thomas (21/38) is the son of John (5) and father of Ezekiel (129).

However, this morning I went through the Errata again and discovered that
Geo Knowlton's contention that Ezekiel 129 was the son of Thomas 21 comes
from Thomas' estate papers. Have you all dismissed this as incorrect
already? [I really do other things than Knowlton genealogy.] Joseph 125 was
administrator (Mary Coy Knowlton having declined), and Abraham 127 and Ezekiel
129 were bondsmen. The inventory mentions "ye Book of ye Dec'd" that
lists money Thomas had advanced to his children, and the last child listed is
"Ezekiole" who got about 13 pounds, now worth L32. These are Shrewsbury
probate records. Can someone check them and see if Geo Knowlton copied them
correctly and if his surmises seem correct?

Re: Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

winspeare — 2012-01-15 22:50:33Z

And now here is the rest of Marcia's message since whole thing would not go through:
IвЂ™m not sure if anything in the following can be of help.
Subj: Ezekiel Knowlton b abt 1706/7 Date: 7/4/01 2:18:31 PM
Eastern Daylight Time
From: Maclark39@aol.com Sender:
owner-knowlton@echo-on.net
To: knowlton@benetech.com CC:
mknowlto@uwo.ca
In response to message from Michelle.
Ezekiel b abt 1706 said to be son of Thomas (b. 1662 Ipswich, Ma. and said
to have died in Shrewsbury, Mass.) and 2nd wife Mary Coy (of Beverly at m.
m. at Beverly, Mass May 27, 1690 (Ipswich v.r. pg. 262 (K)) and said to
have one sister Rachel (who married Hezekiah Pratt of Westborough, Mass.)
I can only confirm that Ezekiel (#129 Stocking) married Susanna Morgan
about 1728 (m. int. Sept 29, 1728 Manchester v.r. pg 183 (K).
He died in Shrewsbury, Ma. Mar 14, 1774 , Deacon, age 66y 9 m 4 d (v.r.
pg 262).
She died Shrewsbury, Mass. Mar 17, 1794, wid. of Dea. Ezekiel, age 85 yr,
9m (v.r. pg 262). (she was pos dau. of Luke Morgan and Suanna Pitts _
ancestral chart #1678-11 Ct. Soc. of Genealogists).
Their children all listed in vital records as children of Ezekial and
Susanna:
Mary b. May 16, 1731, Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 64). married Sept 21, 1749
Joseph Knowlton, jr. Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 181 (K.m) + (K.j.jr.).
Susannah b. Apr 19, 1733 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 67)
Deborah b. Dc. 23, 1734 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 65), married Oct. 5, 1761
Jabez Bigelow in Shrewsbury (v.r. pg. 181 (K)). She died Feb. 22, 1816,
wid. of Jabez, ae 81 yr, in Westminster, Mass. (v.r. pg 213)
Ezekiel b. May 1, 1736 Shrewsbury, Worcester Cty, Mass. (v.r. pg 64).
Married abt. 1758 Anna Miles. M.int. Aug 18, 1759 (Shrewbury v.r. pg
180 (K)). He died Dec. 17, 1810, age 74 yr (Dec 24, ae 75 yr,
G.S.-1) Templeton, Mass. (v.r. pg 195)
Luke b. Oct 24, 1738 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 66), married July 1760 Sarah
Holland, in Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 181 (K)). He died in Newfane, Vt. per
Colonial Centennial newspaper cc. Jan 5, 1811 (Bos. Pub. Library)
William b. Apr 29, 1741 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 67). Married abt 1764 Hannah
Hastings , m. int. Aug 24, 1764 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 180 (K)). He died
Sept 13, 1820, Shrewsbury, Deacon, ae. 79 y, 4m.
Sarah b. Jan 28, 1744/5 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 66). Married May 19, 1766
James Simonds of Templeton in Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 180 (K).
Margery b. June 1 1747 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 66) married Feb 2, 1764 Joshua
Bigelow of Westminster, Mass. (v.r.), (m.int. Shrewsbury v.r. pg 180
(K))
Thomas b. Apr 27, 1750 Shrewsbury (v.r. pg 67). Married May 14, 1771
Elizabeth Batchelor of Grafton, Grafton (v.r. pg 239 (K)). He died Aug.
22, 1829, ae 79y, 3m, 26d in Shrewsbury, (v.r. pg 263)
If you ever succeed in confirming the parentage of Ezekiel and his father,
please share your sources.
Thanks Marcia

Re: Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

winspeare — 2012-01-15 22:47:45Z

Hi, Marcia, replied to my last post, but she sent it to the Knowlton mailing list, where you all will not see it unless you subscribe, hint hint. Here is her message:

Elizabeth and others
Found in the Mass. v.r. to 1850 via N.E.H.G.S. internet connection:
Birth: Coy, Mary, d. John and Elizabeth, Dec. 21, 1683, Beverly (v.r. pg.
91)
Marriage: Coye, Mary of Beverly and Thomas Knolton at Bevery, June 6,
1706.* (*= intentions also rec.) (recorded Ipswich v.r. pg. 115 (C )
There is not birth record found for Ezekiel or Rachel (his sister) under
the spellings of Knowlton, Knolton or Nolton all towns of Mass.
EzekielвЂ™s birth date has to be calculated from his death date and age: d.
1774, March 4 вЂ“ 66 y
9 m 4 d = born about June 10, 1708.

Re: Knowlton lineage Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

fredchannell — 2012-01-15 20:12:21Z

Captain Ezekiel Knowlton lived and died in Templeton, I have been to his grave. He guarded the cannon on Dorchester Heights that made the British evacuate Boston. He turned down a commission in the army (from Washington?) and was a State Representative during the Revolution in Massachusetts dealing with all the political problems of a Revolution. Some of his children went to Lower Canada (Eastern Townships area) and served in the militia agains the United States during the War of 1812. A tavern built by one of Captain Ezekiel's children still stands in the Townships, operated as a hotel. The Justus you speak of in Wardsboro was also involved in politics in Vermont. So far I have not found much on him. I know there were also ilegitimate children in this family, disputed in wills etc...
Knowlton's would not have left because of cold weather, only in pursuit of more inexpensive land to settle, improve and sell at a profit. This is what they did best.

Re: Knowlton lineage Jason Knowlton

caroljohnson1009 — 2012-01-15 17:34:21Z

Jason Knowlton (1827, Vermont) and his wife Caroline Knowlton (1828, New Hampshire)

They had four children: Flora, Wallace, Lilla, and Rosa. From what I found I'm Flora is my great grandmother who married Newton E Curtis (Jan 1861,Vermont)

Re: Knowlton lineage Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

winspeare — 2012-01-15 16:17:12Z

I am relieved that Justus (1417) is not the Justus Nolton of New York state whom we were pursuing last month as that is dead-ended for the moment. OK, back from Justus (1417): Justus was born in Templeton, MA, July 3, 1791, eldest child of Miles (562) and Tryphena Sprague Knowlton. They moved to Wardsboro, VT, in 1794.
Miles (562) was born Mar 27, 1766, in Templeton, MA, to Ezekiel (265) and Anna Miles Knowlton. His marriage date to Tryphena is given as Oct 30, 1794, which does not mesh with Justus' birth, so that needs checking. Miles died back in Gardner, MA, Sep 25, 1824. The move may have been caused by the cold summers in the early 19th c that drove many settlers out of Vermont.
Ezekiel (265) was a soldier of the Revolution, a captain in Col. Dyke's Worcester Co. Regt. He was born May 11, 1736, to Deacon Ezekiel (129) and Susannah Morgan Knowlton, and died Dec 1, 1810. The WARDSBORO HISTORY says he was born and died in Templeton, MA. He married Anna Miles Oct 4, 1759.
Deacon Ezekiel (129) was born either June 10, 1710(ERRATA) or Mar 5 (WARDSBORO HISTORY)to Thomas (21/38) and 2nd wife Mary Coy Knowlton, and died Mar 14, 1774, in Shrewsbury, MA. He married Susannah Morgan Jan 16, 1728, not clear to me whether in Manchester, MA, or Ipswich. Our Marcia Clark, researcher, wrote an email or post about this on July 4, 2001, but I do not have access to it right now. Marcia?
Thomas (21/38) was born May 19, 1662, to John (5) and Deborah [Grant?] of Ipswich, MA.
John (5) was supposedly born in 1633 in Ipswich, but no proof of this exists. His parents were probably John (2) and Marjery Wilson Knowlton of Ipswich. John (5) was a shoemaker and went blind in mid-life. He died Oct 1684, leaving a large family from whom many of us are descended.
John (2) is understood to have been in Ipswich by 1639 and became a freeman in 1641. He was also a shoemaker. There is no proof of where he was born or when (est. 1610) regardless of what you may read in Stocking or on the Internet. He is not the brother through a father of William (3) in Stocking, proved by Y-DNA testing of both lines. There is no proof that either had a father named William (1) who was a ship captain. John (2) supposedly had three children, but the other two left no descendants, so all of this line descends from John (5).
There is a great deal of interesting information from original records and secondary sources about this line and their occupations (shoemakers, carpenters, farmers, deacons)and their migration through New England.

Re: Knowlton lineage Jason S. Knowlton #3409 of Wardsboro, VT

winspeare — 2012-01-15 14:51:24Z

Let's change the Subject line of this discussion as Knowlton Lineage is not very helpful. Even better would be if you all joined the Rootsweb Knowlton Mailing list, to which this bulletin board is gatewayed, so that the posts would come directly to our mailboxes!
The HISTORY OF THE KNOWLTONS . . . by Chas. Stocking is full of errors but still better than most of the trees on Ancestry.com If you use the ERRATA AND ADDENDA to Stocking, you have the framework for good research. The WARDSBORO HISTORY also gives information about this family. Jason S. Knowlton, who married Cornelia or Carrie Thompson in May 1850, was born June 8, 1827, to Justus (1417) and Chloe Hanruven Knowlton. The numbers refer to Stocking's system and are useful in differentiating persons with the same names. I will continue the information in my next post. Elizabeth Knowlton, administrator of Rootsweb Knowlton mailing list.

Re: Knowlton lineage

saint_jen — 2012-01-15 14:30:21Z

Yes, and further back the line, there is the name "Tryphena" (female) which sounds Greek to me, though I could be completely wrong. At any rate, the family seemed to use lots of unusual names. I can give more information off of ancestry.com if the original poster would like to e-mail me (pmills at woh.rr.com)

Re: Knowlton lineage

darrell_a_martin — 2012-01-15 09:37:07Z

That Jason's mother was named Chloe adds credibility to the accuracy of his name, since, like Jason, it has its origin in Greek. It appears both in Classical literature and in the New Testament.

Re: Knowlton lineage

saint_jen — 2012-01-15 03:58:53Z

Jason S Knowlton married Caroline Thompson, 16 May 1850, according to New Hampshire marriage records. Have you got the 1850 and 1870 censuses?
Jason's father was Justus Knowlton, b. 1791 (according to a public family tree on ancestry.com); Jason's mother was Chloe Hanruven.

Re: Knowlton lineage Jason Knowlton

winspeare — 2012-01-15 01:22:10Z

Carol, would you give us some dates and places, please? Approximate is fine. Jason is an unusual name (outside of Greece) before 1970.

Knowlton lineage

caroljohnson1009 — 2012-01-15 00:11:51Z

I've gone back to Jason Knowlton married to Caroline Knowlton whose maiden name is unknown and parents to Rosa, Flora,Wallace, and Lilla. Can anyone trace any further back then this?

ENGLISH KNOWLTONS - begging you to join familytreedna Knowlton Y-DNA group

winspeare — 2011-12-19 20:20:15Z

It is hard to believe that no Knowlton in England is interested in seeing if he connects with the two lines here in USA or has a distinct line separate from the 1630s immigrants.
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/knowlton%20surname/
is the website, and Carlisle will be DELIGHTED to explain to anyone how it all works. His email is on that page, plus if you click on Y-DNA results, you will learn much more. Yes, it is an expense. Yes, we did find out several useful things with the 37 marker test and have gone on to expand on this. There is also a sale going on through 2011.

Re: Knowlton Linage

1_katie71 — 2011-11-09 21:54:12Z

My Knowlton line. I am still trying to prove some of this information so if you find any errors I would appreciate you letting me know.

Lillie Evelyn Knowlton b. 7 Feb 1873 Kansas d. 26 Mar 1955 Texas m. Robert S. Welch
David Brooks Knowlton b. 7 Oct 1829 Mass. d. 11 Mar 1897 Texas m. Julia Ann Stark
Ephraim Knowlton b. 7 Jun 1795 Mass. d. 1854 Illinois m. Sarah "Sally" Eldridge
Timothy Knowlton b. 7 Jan 1768 Rhode Island d. 24 Apr 1833 Mass. m. Eunice Rice
Timothy Knowlton b. 1745 Mass. d. 20 Jun 1815 Mass. m. Sarah Merrifield
Timothy Knowlton b. abt 1720 Mass d. ? Mass. m. Sarah b. abt 1724
Timothy Knowlton b. 1687 Mass. d. 5 Feb 1728 Mass. m. Hannah Story
John Knowlton b. 1656 Mass. d. 11 Sep 1719 Mass. m. Sarah Edwards
John Knowlton b. 1632 England d. 8 Oct 1684 Mass. m. Deborah Grant
John Knowlton b. 1610 England d. 8 Oct 1654 Mass. m. Margery Wilson
William Knowlton b. 1584 England d. 1632 Canada m. Ann. Elizabeth Smith.

Thanks
Kate Welch Denney
katie@gvtc.com

Knowlton Rootsweb mailing list - invitation to join

winspeare — 2011-10-23 14:36:39Z

Those of you who are reading this on the Knowlton message board have gotten there either through rootsweb.com (a free website supported by ancestry.com) or through ancestry.com (a subscription database). If you look at the url line at the top of your computer, you can tell which avenue was yours.
I want to issue all of you with an ongoing interest in the surname an invitation to join the rootsweb Knowlton mailing list. Although the message board posts are gatewayed to our list, it is much easier for us all to have lengthy chats with participants on the list (which comes as email). You will not be overwhelmed be emails as we are a small list, but many of us are experienced researchers.
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/k/knowlton.... is the url where you can sign up. Or go to the main rootsweb site at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
In addition, some of us will be in Albany, NY, in early November to look at the Geo H Knowlton Genealogical Papers at the state library. We cannot do individual lookups for people but are glad to exchange ideas and insights.

Re: Knowlton Lineage

winspeare — 2011-10-11 20:56:44Z

Once again, we on the Knowlton mailing list must state that there is no proof that John or William Knowlton came from Kent or the dates of their births. There is no proof of a Capt William who married an Ann E. Smith. And there is no connection to any Richard (probably Knowland) and Elizabeth Cantize. Furthermore, the two Knowlton men in Ipswich in the 1640s were not brothers through a common father.

Knowlton Lineage

nastily_1 — 2011-10-11 20:51:11Z

Richard born 1553 Kent County
Married Elizabeth Cantize 17 July 1557

William born 1584 Kent County died Hingham Mass 1639
Married Ann Elizabeth Smith

John born 1610 England died 8 Oct 1655 Ipswich Mass
Married Margery Wilson

John Born 1633 Hingham Mass, died 8 Oct 1664 Ipswich, Mass
Married Deborah

Thomas born 19 May 1662, died 4 Feb 1750 Shrewesbury Mass
Married Margery Goodhue 2 Dec 1692

I think our lineage has diverged at this point, but if not I can send more. Both Johns were shoemakers and Thomas was a housewright.

KNOWLTON Don G - Vietnam Wall section 2E

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-09-28 12:12:08Z

KNOWLTON Don G - Vietnam Wall section 2E

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Re: KNOWLTON

winspeare — 2011-09-01 00:49:53Z

Have you all joined the rootsweb Knowlton mailing list? We wish you would join us there. Not too many messages to overwhelm you, and it is much easier to contact you that way. To join:
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/k/knowlton....