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Col.  Thomas  Knowlton  of  the  Chatsworth  Rifles 

Darley  Dale,  England,  1758-1836. 


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THE  HISTORY  AND  GENEALOGY 


OF  THE 


KNOWLTONS  OF  ENGLAND 
AND  AMERICA 


v 


BY  THE 


REV.  CHARLES   HENRY  WRIGHT  STOCKING,  D.D. 

Principal  of  Freehold,  N.J.,  Ladies  Seminary 


"It  were,  indeed,  a  desirable  thing  to  be  well  descended,  but  the 
glory  of  it  belongs  to  our  ancestors." — Plutarch. 




NEW  YORK 

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Copyright,  1897,  by 
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DEDICATION 

IN  REVERENT  AND  LOVING  MEMORY 
OF 

%imU\mnt  gatiicX  gwowlttm 

OF  THE  CONTINENTAL  ARMY, 
THE  RESOLUTE  PATRIOT, 
THE  FEARLESS  SCOUT,  THE  INTREPID  SOLDIER, 
THE  UPRIGHT  MAN, 
WHOSE   EMINENT  SERVICES  TO  HIS 
IMPERILLED  STATE  AND  COUNTRY 
AMPLY  MERIT  THIS 
HIS  FIRST  PUBLIC  MEMORIAL, 
THIS  VOLUME  IS 
HUMBLY  DEDICATED,  BY 
THE  AUTHOR 


PREFACE. 


THE  extraordinary  stimulus  given  to  researches  in  the  genealogical 
field  by  the  various  patriotic  societies,  is  one  of  the  happy  signs  of 
the  times.  The  activities  of  commercial,  and  the  blandishments  of  social. 
life,  the  mad  race  for  wealth  and  the  pathetic  struggle  for  the  necessities 
of  daily  existence,  the  indifference  of  many  to  everything  outside  and 
beyond  their  own  personal  and  narrow  circle,  and  the  lack  of  opportunity 
in  others  have,  until  quite  recently,  made  the  work  of  the  genealogist 
an  exceptional  and  unappreciated  labor.  When  men  are  concerned  only 
about  their  present  condition  and  individual  interests,  caring  nothing 
for  ancestry  or  posterity,  they  live  in  a  very  small  world,  and,  like  the 
squirrel  playing  in  its  cage,  fancy  they  are  happy.  But  that  which  now 
is,  is  the  result  of  what  has  been.  "  No  man  liveth  unto  himself  and  no 
man  dieth  unto  himself  "  was  the  conclusion  of  an  ancient  and  revered 
philosopher,  and  he  who  cares  nothing  for  those  whose  transmitted  name 
he  bears,  and  who  have  written  that  name  high  up  among  the  records  of 
of  the  race,  is  lacking  in  the  essentials  of  a  self-respecting  manhood.  And 
the  world  has  too  many  of  this  sort  of  people. 

But  because  there  are  others  that  cherish  a  legitimate  pride  of  pedi- 
gree and  of  country,  this  history  has  been  written.  It  represents  the  con- 
tinuous labors  of  a  few  persons  for  about  forty  years,  supplemented  by 
the  work  of  the  historian  who  has  sufficiently  overcome  indifference  and 
discouragement  to  offer  to  the  members  of  a  large  and  honorable  family 
this  result  of  his  researches.  It  does  not  claim  to  be  a  perfect  and  ex- 
haustive record,  nor  is  it  likely  to  be  free  from  errors.  The  careless 
manner  in  which  some  family  records  are  prepared  and  kept,  the  tendency 
to  substitute  fiction  for  fact,  the  differences  in  names  and  dates  of  the 
same  persons  reported  by  different  branches  of  the  same  family,  and  the 
refusal  of  other  persons  to  answer  inquiries  at  all,  make  it  inevitable  that 
mistakes  will  creep  into  the  most  carefully  prepared  genealogy.  Accord- 
ingly, all  persons  interested  in  this  particular  history  are  invited  to  inform 

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vi  Preface 

the  author  of  any  authenticated  errors,  and  he  will  correct  them  in  a 
future  supplement,  adding  the  names,  dates,  and  pedigree  of  all  who  are 
not  herein  included.  He  now  submits  this  interesting  result  of  his  labors 
to  the  '"  lir  judgment  of  all  members  of  the  interesting  and  honored  fam- 
ily whose  distinguished  record  it  has  been  his  ambition  to  preserve,  in 
the  hope  that  it  will  meet  with  their  cordial  approbation. 

Freehold,  N.  J.,  October,  1897. 


CONTENTS. 

PACE 

The  Knowltons  of  England i 

The  Knowltons  of  New  England 18 

The  Canada  and  American  Knowltons 119 

Families  Unclassified 49S 

Royal  Descents  of  the  Griffiths 513 

The  Knowltons  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick       .  547 

Wills  and  Deeds 557 

Epitaphs 569 

The  Knowlton  Association 595 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Col.  Thomas  Knowlton  (England) 
Knowlton  Hali 

Thomas  Knowlton,  Antiquarian 
londesborough  house 
Elizabeth  Knowlton  Wilson    . 
Rev,  Charles  Knowlton     . 
The  River  Aire     . 
Keighley  Church  .... 

Edensor 

Lismore  Castle      .... 

Miss  Sarah  Knowlton 

Parley  House       .... 

Tombs  of  the  English  Knowltons 

Old  Ipswich    ..... 

John  Knowlton's  House     . 

Knowlton  Pond    .... 

William  Knowlton's  Grave 

Hon.  Luke  Knowlton  . 

Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton    . 

Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton's  House 

Revolutionary  Relics  of  Lieut.  Daniel 

&pot  where  Knowlton  heard  the  Lexi 

Grave  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton. 

Col.  Thomas  Knowlton  at  Bunker  Hii 

Battle  of  Bunker  Hill 

Statue  of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton 

Daniel  Knowlton 

Mrs.  Hannah  Knowlton 

Panorama  of  Knowlton,  Canada 

Manassah  Knowlton's  House    . 

Charles  Benjamin  Knowlton,  M.D. 

Capt.  Miner  Knowlton,  U.  S.  A. 


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List of  Illustrations 


Danforth  Knowlton    . 

Edwin  Knowlton  .... 
Jabez  Knowlton    .... 

Hon.  Paul  Holland  Knowlton 

Rev.  Isaac  C.  Knowlton,  D.D.    . 

Francis  P.  Knowlton  . 

Mark  D.  Knowlton 

Eliza  Knowlton  Coburn    . 

Hon.  William  Knowlton    . 

Rev.  Farnham  Knowlton    . 

Myron  Knowlton,  M.D. 

Nathaniel  Knowlton  . 

George  Washington  Knowlton 

Mat.  Gen.   Nathaniel  Lyon 

Gen.  Lyon's  Monument 

James  Russell  Knowlton  . 

Miss  Bertha  A.  Knowlton  . 

Danforth  Henry  Knowlton 

Miner  Rockwell  Knowlton 

Robert  R.  Knowlton  . 

Summer  Residence  of  Miner  R.  Know 

Mrs.  Sarah  Knowlton  Foster  . 

Julius  W.  Knowlton    . 

Hon.  Hosea  Morrill  Knowlton 

George  Cogswell  Knowlton     . 

Mr.  James  Knowlton  . 

Mr.  George  Knowlton 

George  Hartwell  Knowlton    . 

Major  William  Knowlton  . 

William  Allen  Andrews,  Jr. 

Charles  Perry  Lufkin 

Hon.  Ezra  Scolley  Stearns 

Mr.  Marcus  Stevens    . 

Miss  Edith  Knowlton 

Edwin  F.   Knowlton    . 

George  W.  Knowlton  . 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Knowlton  Bachelor 

Eden  J.  Knowlton 

Eben  B.  Knowlton 

Daniel  W.  Knowlton  . 


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List  of  Illustrations 


Majok  Miner  N.  Knowlton 

INGERSOLL   F.    KNOWLTON,    ENGINEER  CORI 

Mrs.  Mary  Louisa  Knowlton  Griffith 

Summer  Residence  of  Mrs.  Griffith 

George  Henry  Knowlton  . 

The  Knowlton  Homestead,  Sing  Sing 

Master  Edgar  C.  Knowlton      . 

Mr.  Albion  Knowlton 

Knowlton  Homestead,  Northwood,  N 

City  Residence  of  Albion  Knowlton, 

Norman  R.  Cornell,  M.D.  . 

The  Countess  Sierstoppff  . 
Eliza  Knowlton  Keith 

William  Herrick  Griffith 

Margaret  Frances  Griffith 

Master  Henry  Randolph  Knoy 

Charles  Sumner  Knowlton 

Nancy  Thorndyke  Knowlton  Froment 

Rev.  Chas.  H.  W.  Stocking,  D.D.      . 


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ERRATA   AND    ADDENDA 

For  the  "Knowlton  Ancestry"    verified  by  the 

latest  information  from  Correspondents. 


Page  21   (5)  it.  16511(14)  rem,  to  Windham.  Conn.,  and  iu.  2d  Abraham  Mit- 

'     cheli  after  1698.(14  A)  Joseph.  , 

Tage  22.  Mary  Kimball  was'niece  of  Lliehard  and  Mary.Ulo)  b.  1657. 

"     24  (gl  A)  Deborah  (81.  B)'  Susanah     (31.  C)   Hannah,  1072  m.   Benj. 
x     Baldwin.  (31  D)  Ezekiel. 
Page  27.  (62  A)  Elisba.  1679. 

l"     l>    (07)  ni.  Barzillai. 
Page  33.  Erase  (130),  (131). 
"      39.  (122) d.  1774. 

"      42.  For  130  and  131,  read  (63  A),  (C    ' 

"      43.  (800)  Res.  Northwood,  N.H.  „.,,.     -*-      * 

Va2e  44   [331]  Ebenezer  and  Ruth  Snialiey  hud  Ebenezer,  in.  Fiddia  Need- 
*        '  ham,  1814,  and  bad  Charles  M.  Res.  Cazenoria,  N.  \.   L. 

Mary  A.  res,  Cazenoria.  N.  V. 

Annie  11.  in. Crandall,  of  Whitewater,  Wis. 

11     45.  (364)  111.  June  16,  1776    (308)  m.   July    19,    1784. 

For  (182)  read  (142).  Sarah  and  Barzillai   Lamb.  (405)   Israel,    1737, 
d.  Mar.  £6,  1820. 
Page48.  (406)  Samuel,  1741,  111.  Cozzens.  in.   wJn    . 

«       "   (408)  b,  Sept.  10,  1747.    (408  A)  Isaac,  Sept,  12,  1740,  d.  young. 
"  '  40.  (427)  in.  1708.  .         ,  _  „ 

"     01    (222)  Stephen  m.  Abigail.    (453),   (454)  twins,   b.     Sept.     15,    1705. 
(455)  b.  Sept.  20,  1707. 
pace  55.  Abraham  res.  in  Hardwick. 

"     04  (660)  Erase  Mrs. 
Pace  70  (782)  b.  1763.     (702)    m.  Durgin     (794)  m.  Durgin 
T  71   (700')  in.  Nathan  Masters  of  Deerneld,  N.  H.  Mar.  12.   1707. 

(707)  m.  Daniel  Hoiit  (Hovt)  1802. 
"  (800)  Res.  in  Northwood  also. 

(802)  in.  Dame  He  d.  Nov.  14.  1851.    She  d.  May  5,  1S54. 

(803)  b   Sept,  3.    (804)  111.  2d  Dame.    (805)  m.  Dame,     (364)  Thomas 
sett,  near  Lucas  Pond.     (812)  b.  1787.    (813)  b.  March  19. 

Page  72.  (814)  b.  Sept,  5, 1705. 
"  74.  (857)  m.  Lieut.  Amos. 
"      81.  (1019)  b.  1772. 

"      82   (1035)  m.  Elizabeth  Noonan,  of  Pomfert,  Conn. 
Page  82'.  [1035]  William  and  Elizabeth  Noonan  had  William, 
Laura, 

Anna.  m.  Rev.  Thompson  Bird,  DesMoines,  la. 
William   served  in  the  Rev.  War  for  one  vear  from    Aug.    9, 
1782  and  d.  at   White    River   Junction.    Vt.,    Jan.    20,    1820. 
Shed.  April  25,    1854. 
"     83.  (1038)  For  Hill,  read  Capt,  Roswell  Preston,  Oct  18,  1798,    d.   Nov. 
27,  1854. 
Pa«-e  83   Mehitab'e  (423)  in.  2d  Capt,  Robert  J.  Preston,  of  Hampton,  Conn. 

'"  and  d.  March  20,  1826. 
Page  83.  (1041)  Capt,  of  Militia. 
"      ••    (1044)  He  d.  Aug.    5,  1821. 
"  (1048)m.  Nov.  24,  1803. 

'     (1040)  m   2d  Rhoda  Gage,  of   Monson,  Mass.  May  10,  1820. 
"      80  (1051)  d.  Oct.  0,  1851.  .        . 

"     94  '         Col.  Thomas  fell  in  1776.  After  '•Remember1'  insert  "friends. 
"     98  (1150)  Sett,  in  1835. 
Page  08.  [1154]  Lyman. 

"     90.  [1155]  Ruth  M,  111.  Stephen  White. 


The  American  Knowltons. 

Page  99     [1155  A]  Read  Juliana. 
*•   104    (1237)  Hersey  in.  Barker. 

"   103  Nathan  d.  at  Auburn, Maps. 

"  117       (570)  m.  Daniel.  (1460)  m.  Eliva. 
"   ISO     (1474)  Erase.  U.  S.  Senator. 
Page  129.  (1615)  m.  Jas.  Young  and  had  dau.  Caro.  m.    2d  Win.    Young,    in 

3rd  Chas.  H.  Dow,  and  had  dau.  Frank  Belle. 
Page  132  (1680)  m.  Cornelia  A  Backus. 

'«      150.  (2010)  b.  Jan.  31,  1701  (791)  erase  B. 

(201:)  in.  Jan.  4.  1804    (2013).  b.  Jan.  31,  d.  Julv,  20,  1853 
(2016)  b.  May.  24,  in.  Apr.  28,  1824. 
(2019)  b.  Jan.  23. 
Page  151.  (704)  read  Durgin.  (2020)  in.  Sept.  20. 

(2030)  in.  July  4,  1824.     (2032)  in.  Harvey  1825. 
(2034)  Res.  North  wood,  N.  H. 
Page  152.  (802)  in.  Dame.     (2056)  b.  Jan.  9,  1808,  d,  Nov.  29,  1897,  Abigail     d 
May  5,  1854.  "      '      ' 

"      153.  (2099)  res.  also  in  North  wood,  N.  H. 
154  (2083)  Res.  Deerfield,  N.  H. 

(2193)  m.  Lainpson. 
164.  (2288)  Lewis  A.  in.  1st  Caroline  Pendleton.  Me  d.  1898. 
(2201 )  d.  young.    (2292)  m.  Jeannette  Wylie. 
Page  109  (2380)  Aaron  B.  b.  Dec,  14,  1835,  ni.    Martha    Cline,    Oct.    20,  18G4. 

(2303)  m.  Julia  Piper. 
Page  169.  [2393]  Dexter  Derby    and  Julia    Piper   ha  1     [1]   Samuel    Carroll 
Mar.  3,  1842,  in.  Eunice  H.  Ransom  Aug.  29,  1872 
(2)Eiuily  Elizabeth,  Nov.  2ii,   1840. 
Samuel  C.  and  Eunice    H  .    Ransom  had 
Florence    Harlow,  No\  .  8,1873. 
Alice  Greenwood,  Get,  24,  1878. 

Eunice  d.  Nov.  4,  1881,  and  Samuel  C.  in.  2d  Frances  G.  Jan- 
nev,  Dec.  27,  1883,  and   had 
[1]  Walter  Janney,  Get,  23,  1884. 
[2]  Dorothy  Frances,  May  2,    1889. 

Samuel  C.  Derby  is  Prof,  of  Latin,  and  Dean  of  the  College 
of  Arts,  Philosophy  and  Science  in  the  Ohio  State    Univer- 
sity at  Columbus. 
Page  172,  (2405)  Res.  Dublin,  N.  H. 
"      18J.  Carl  was  grandson  of  Joshua. 
•'      182.  (2662)  in.  Philip  Staats. 
"      192  (2*40  A.)  Amos. 

(2851)  b.  Jan.  (2853;  b.  1823.  (2854)  b.  April  1823.   Daniel  m.  2d  Mrs. 
Judith  Knowlton  Smith,  d.  1800. 
Pao-e  194.  (2864  A)  Lucina,  m.  Frederick    Hodgman. 
11      195.  Robert  H,  in.  Mary  A.  Butler. 

George  Gay  b.  1825,  in,  Isabelle  Kelsey. 

Robert  W.  and  Miriam  had  also  .Mary."  b.  Jan  20,  1835,  d.  1812. 
For  Fairfield  N.  Y.,  read  Esperance,  Schoharie  Co. 
202.  (3015)  in.  Luman  Eno.  (3017)  m.  Extei 


Page  200.  (3089)  m.  Chaffee. 
"      208.  {3007)  m.  Geraldine  Sunderland,  of  Willin« 
41      218.  (1343)  in.  Manila.    (3234)  m.  Grant, 


ton,  Conn,  June  25,  1801 


221.  (3282)  in.  Lora  Nason 
234  (3558)  in.  Hon.  Wm.   Burnhain   Woods. 
"     (3558  A.)  Willard  Jr.  m.    Eliza   W.    Woods,    U.    S.    Senator    from 
Alabama. 
(3508  B  )  Helen,  in.  J.  L.  Robbins,  Newark,  O. 
267  (4008)  Elijah  W.  (4100)  m.  Dr.  Harwood  Wakeman. 
285*  (4424)  Ma'vhew  P.  (4425)  d.  Dec.  13,  1801.  (4431 )  March  26.  (4434)  d. 
Dec".  18.  1358. 
(4435)  b.  Sept.  21,  1822,  d.  1807.     (4433)  1).  Aug.  30,  Nancy   d      1839. 


The  American  Knowltons. 

Page  2SG.  Erase  (4447—4450)  (4450.)  b.  Mar.  15.  (4461)  b.  1848.  (4402)    b,     1841, 

Res.  Northwood,  Kathakiiel  d.  Dec.  G,  1886. 
Page  289.  [451 7]  b.  June  19. 
"     291.  Read  lineally  connected  with   [4543]   Edith   A.   and    Ethel 

8.     [454-1) a Iric  Res.  Gloucester. 
Page  209.  Amos  in.  2d  Mrs.  Rhoda  A.  Bull  and  d  ■  May  21. 
"      300.  Read  Louis-ianna  Lainpson. 

"  305.  [4800]  |4S01]  child,  of  Lewis  A.  and  Lizzie  Pendleton,  2d  wife,  in. 
June8,  1859,  Rep.  Belfast  Me.  He  in. 1st,  Caroline  Pendleton. 
For  [2091]  read  [2292]  Abina  and  Jeanette.  They  hud  also 
Rita,  Alinatia,  Eva,  Cyrus  and  Roy,  Erase  line  Jeannettc 
d.  &e. 
Page  812.  [4944]  b.  Oct,  14.  [4945]  b.  April  20, 1809.        [4940]  William  b.  Feb. 

22,  A.  B.  rem.  to  Wilbraham,  Mass. 
Page  316.  (2408)  Moore  d,  after  1855,  and  Ehnira  m.  2d  Coggesball  1858,  and 

had  (5012),  (HOI 3). 
Page  329.  (5242),  (5247)  Soldiers  in   Civil  War. 
41      330.  (5254)  d.  1871. 

"      331.  (5267)  in.  Dec.  31,  1857.  (5271  A)  Mvron  N.  July  7,  1847,    TJnm.  Na- 
thaniel d.  Dec.  19,  1897. 
Page  332.  (5282)  in.  2d  Isaac  Reid,  of  Cincinnati. 

"      338.  (5^04)  ,„.  David  A.  Briscoe,  of  Duxbury,  Mass.,  Aug.  25,  1895. 
(Page  342.  (5378)  Chas.    8.  Chaffee  and  Martha  B.  George  had 

(1)  Hattie  M.  July  20,  18(10,  m.  Emil  A.  Danielson    July  0,  1887. 

(2)  Frank  8.  July  19,  1870,  in.  Kittie  Whitnev  Oct.  1887. 
"      340.  (5430)  Res.  St.  Augustine,  Fla. 

(2850)  Sarah  d,  Nov.  1805. 
Page  347.  (5448)  m.  Chrisler  (5451)  b.  1854. 
"      357.  Read  Orson  Moulton. 
"      358.  Read  Chas.  L.  when  twenty-one  years. 
"      300.  She  d.  April  4.  1885. 

"      302.  (5020  B)  Oct,  14.  1861,  (5020  C)  Jan.  23,  1805. 
"      304.  [5045]  m.  Comee.      [5051]  in.  Dec.  29,  1892. 
"  [3152J  Res.    Andover,  Mass., 

Page  305.  (3178)  in.  Rev.  Kumler.     T5058]  m.  Win.  M. 
""     309.  [5728]  b.  May. 

"      370.  [5742 J  Unm.    [5743]  m.  J.  M.  Anthony. 
"      380.  [5919  A]  Frank. 

"      387.  Nathaniel  Pettea,  bro.  of  J.  C.  presented  the  Library  Building. 
"      414  [0349]  William.  Res.  Portland,  Me.  " 

11      422  [6451]  b.  Oct.  11,  1805,  d.  Sept.  17,  1896. 

"    [0452]  Lillian  F.  b.  Mar.  8,  1871. 

11    [0453]  b.  Feb.  27,  1873. 

11   [0454]  b.  Mar.  9,  1877. 

"   There  were  also  children,  Richard  W.,  Horace,  Arthur  and  Grace 
Page  423.  fust  line,  Sept.  1802. 

li      42G.  Erase  (6508).  (0510)  Junie.  (0511)  Bertha  in. 
"      444.  (4721  A.)  read  Worthby. 

"      445.  Freeman  and  Jennie  had  a'so  Effie,  Bessie,  and  Francis  P 
"      452.  Edwin  F.  d.  Oct  25,  1898. 

"     459.  Phineas   has   been   Deacon    of  First   Church,  Wilbraham,  Mass 
since  1878. 
Page  401.  (7080)  d.  Dec  5.  1897,  Unm. 

"      403.  (7101)  d.  July  5,  1863.  (7105)  in.  George  Pratt. 
"       "     (7108)  He  d.  at  North  Adams.  Mass,  Aug.  1897. 

"     (711U)  in.  Alfred  Johnson,  Feb.  20,  1805.  Shed.  July  7,  1897 
"       "     (7111)  in.  Chas.  Fowler,  Apr  9,  1868. 

"     [5278]  in.  2d.  Sophia  M;  m.  3d  Sarah  Dan 
"      404.  (7120)  in.  Bessie  L..  Howerv. 
"       •'     (7127)  m.  Clara  Watson.  July  3,  1894. 
"      408  Erase  "After  Dr.  Pierce's  death.'' 
'•       "     (7140)  Surgeon,  U.  S.  N. 


The  American  Knowltons. 

Page  403  [7147]  m.  A.  May  Angell,  Feb,  10,  1891,  and  had  John  Angell,  Feb, 
1,  18!»2. 
"      "  Dorothia  DeWolf.  Oct.  16,  1893. 

'  '  Margaret  Knowlton,  July  26,  1891 

"       "  Ernest  H.  was  graduated  from     Brown  University   in    1888, 

and  from  the  Boston  Institute  of   Technology  in  1890.   Res. 
Providence,  R.  I. 
[7148]      Edward  Ibara,  m.  Fannie  D.  Gladding,  Pec.  27,  1897,  and 
and  had    Roger.  Kes.  in    Providence,  R.    i.    A    lawyer. 
Henrietta  Knowlton,  Angell  Brownell  d. 
Oct.  15.  1897. 
Page  474.  [7210]  m.  Ella  L.  Gilligan,  of  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  and  had  J.  Russell 
Jr.,  Elsie  L..  Waiter  E.,  Res.  Ridgewood,  N.  J. 
[7218]  m.  Carrie   Huff   Anderson,    1884,    and    had      Grace  Edna, 
William  Howard,  d.  young.  Hem.  2d  Mary  Hopppr  of  Ridge- 
wood, N.   J.,  and  had  George  E.  Jr.  I8i.i7.     Kes.  Ridgewood, 
K.  J. 
Page  470.  [5G58]  read,  Ella  L.  Kamler  and  Win.  M.  McElvey  had    [7230  D.] 

Jeremiah  Dwight. 
Pago  501.  [10]  Nellie. 

"     500.  [8]  m.  Chas.  Barton,  m.  2d  Benjamin  Johnson,  [12]  b.  Oct.  10,  m. 
Osborn. 
Page  508.  See  [2143]  for  Betsev  and  Amasa. 

See  [10-J2]  for  Elr/«b:th  and  Frank. 
Page  503.  See  [3247]  for  Frederick  and  Ida. 

See  [3833]  for  John  C.  and  Frances. 

[5962]  for  Sophia  Knowlton  Kic^  and  J.  II.  Hess. 
Page  512.  See  (2832  E.)  for  Edwin  C.  and  Mary. 
"    [3649]  for  Arthur  R.  and  Etta. 
"       •'       ,;    [4207J  for  Isaac  and  Georgiaaa  Brackett. 
"        "       "    [404]  for  Silas  B.  and  Mehitable. 
"    [1524]  for  William  and  Elida. 
Page  513.      "    Li]  Chester  S.  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Gould. 


XV 


ERRATA. 

Owing  to  the  reception  of  sundry  family  records  after  the  body  of  this  work 
was  in  type,  and  individuals  numbered,  it  became  necessary  to  indicate  supple- 
mental nanus  alphabetically,  and,  in  a  few  cases,  out  of  their  numerical  order. 

(45)  Benjamin  was  killed  in  1745. 

(247)  d.  young.     His  brother  (250)  m.  Comfort  Holman. 

(477)  Miriam,     m.  Tames  Lockhart. 

(1600)   Edward,     m.  Cornelia  Backus. 

(1683}  Remove  Dorcas  Monahan  to  1684. 

(1897)   Erase  Timothy  from  children  of  Moses. 

(1911)  Read  Anstice  instead  of  Austice. 

(2093  c)  Read  Mehitable  True. 

(3303)  S.  B.  Slater. 

(3554)  Erase  death  date. 

(3089)  Chaffee,  not  Chaffer. 

(3090)  Erase  from  Miriam's  children. 
(5614)   March  20. 

(6237)  Froment  family  misnumbered.     See  Supplement. 


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THE  KNOWLTON  FAMILY  GENEALOGY 

CHAPTER  i 

The  Knowltons  of  England 


A  MONG  the  stories  of  tl 
J"  \     enlisting  in  the  servici 


the  Middle  Ages,  there  is  a  tradition  of  two  brothers 
;e  of  William  the  Conqueror,  and  fighting  so  bravely 
during  his  invasion  of  Wales  that  they  readily  won  their  spurs.  Having  ob- 
served that  they  resided,  the  one  on  a  hill  and  the  other  on  a  knoll,  or  lesser 
hill,  the  king,  on  investing  them  with  the  honors  and  insignia  of  knighthood, 
dubbed  them  Hill-ton  and  Knoll-ton.  Whatevei  of  truth  may  attach  to  this 
tradition,  it  is  certain  that  the  name  is  an  ancient  one.  lorn  out  of  its  own 
native  soil,  A  large  proportion  of  English  proper  names  has  been  su  gesf 
by  local  situations  and  associations,  and  of  these  the  name  I  nowlton  is  one  of 
the  most  striking,  as  it  is  one  of  the  most  ancient.  The  suffix  ion  is  the  old 
Saxon  /////,  town,  so  that  in  its  primary  use  it  meant  the  people,  or  town,  on  the 
knoll,  but  in  process  of  time  it  lost  this  collective  force,  and  was  applied  to  the 
chief  family,  or  personage,  resident  thereon.  For  the  purpose  both  of  govern- 
ment and  revenue,  the  English  people  were  grouped  in  Hundreds,  so  called 
because  cue  hundred  families  were  made  to  comprise  one  district,  or  borough. 
In  Domesday  Book,  that  curious  and  quaint  record  of  estates  and  surveys 
which  the  Conqueror  ordered  in  1083,  that  he  might  know  the  extent  of  his 
realm  and  provide  for  the  royal  revenues,  there  was  a  Knowlton  Hundred, 
originally  but  a  mere  hamlet  in  Dorsetshire,  which  became  by  royal  appointment 
a  Fair  Town,  and  a  rural  centre  of  considerable  importance.  The  original  ham- 
let and  manor  have  long  since  passed  away,  but  the  name  survives,  and  its 
present  boundaries  include  Knowlhill,  Long  Crichel,  Crichel-Govis,  Crichel-Lucy, 
All  Saints,  Roreson,  Week  Farm,  Phillipston,  and  Woodlands.  This  estate  was 
■■'  eiently  held  by  Ansgar,  and  in  Domesday  Rook  the  name  is  Chenoltone, 
•  •■  in  subsequent  books  it  is  indifferently  spelled  Cnolton,  Knolton,  Knollton, 
Iton,  Knoulton,  Knowton,  Knowlden,*  Nowton,  Noulton,  and  Nolton. 

*  Knowlden  means,  "  at  the  foot  of  the  knoll." 


2  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

careful  inspection  of  the  Wills  and  Administrations  in  the  Prerogative  Courts  of 
Canterbury  and  York  reveals  these  varied  spellings  of  the  one  and  same  name, 
for  it  is  differently  spelled  in  the  same  document,  and  by  the  same  person.  When 
the  reader  remembers  that  proper  names  were  until  a  very'recent  date  spelled 
phonetically,  or  according  to  their  sound,  he  will  find  a  ready  explanation  of 
these  singular  orthographies. 

Knowlton  Parish  and  Knowlton  Hall  still  designate  a  Manor  and  Baronial 
Residence  in  Kent  County,  six  miles  from  the  archiepiscopal  city  of  Canterbury. 
It  originally  belonged  to  Odo,  Bishop  of  Baieux,  who  was  subsequently  disgraced. 
and  his  property  confiscated  to  the  Crown.  In  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  Con- 
queror, xpq  estate  was  surveyed,  and  given  to  one  of  his  followers,  from  whom  it 
passed  by  Knight's  seivice  to  Beret,  and  thence  to  other  owners.  In  the 
thirty-third  year  of  Edward  the  First,  Perot  assumed  the  title  of  Lord  Knollton, 
an  early  example  of  the  transfer  of  a  proper  name  from  the  soil  to  its  owner. 
Lord  Knowlton  left  the  estate  to  his  daughter  Christian,  who  married  William 
de  Langley,  High  Sheriff  under  Edward  111.  (1327-77).  His  son  called  him- 
self William  Knollton,  Esq.,  during  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.  (1429-71).  In  the 
twentieth  year  of  Henry  VII.  (1505),  William's  son  John  (whose  son  and  suc- 
cessor, Edward,  married  Elizabeth  Peyton,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Peyton,  who  was 
the  next  owner)  came  into  possession,  and  he  married  Dorothy  Tyndal,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  John  Tyndal,  Governor  of  the  Tower  of  London.  His  grandson  and 
heir,  Thomas,  had  children,  Dorothy,  Catherine,  William,  and  Thomas.  From 
the  time  when  Sir  Perot  adopted  the  title  Lord  Knollton,  down  io  the  day  of 
Sir  D'Aetb,  it  is  matter  of  history  that  the  lords  of  this  manor  were  known  in- 
differently both  by  their  surnames  and  by  their  adopted  titles,  and  the  Parish 
and  Hall  now  perpetuate  that  historic  fact.  Knowlton  Hall  is  a  fine  residence 
situated  on  a  knoll  in  a  beautiful  park  of  two  hundred  acres,  which  are  kept  in 
a  high  state  of  cultivation,  and  adorned  with  the  choicest  creations  of  the  garden- 
er's artistic  genius.  The  land  is  gently  rolling,  affording  an  agreeable  diversity 
of  hill  and  dale,  and  beautiful  walks  and  paths  entice  one  into  the  shade  of 
grand  old  trees  that  have  delighted  for  ages  the  eyes  that  faded  out  of  human 
life  centuries  ago. 

An  examination  of  the  fragmentary  histories  and  ecclesiastical  records  of 
the  sixteenth  century  discloses  the  fact  that  the  names  of  these  Kentish  Knowl- 
tons  are  precisely  those  that  appear  and  reappear,  again  and  again,  among  the 
families  of  the  Knowltons  of  at  least  five  succeeding  generations.  Every  Knowl- 
ton of  this  period  was  found  within,  or  near,  the  county  of  Kent,  and  the 
conclusion  would  appear  to  be  irresistible  that  the  surname  itself  came  from 
this  particular  estate.  Indeed,  the  name  could  never  have  been  used  1  ere  in 
its  original  and  wider  significance,  for  there  is  not  at  present,  nor  has  there  ever 
been,  even  a  village  settlement  here.  Besides  the  Hall,  there  arc  only  the 
Rectory  and  two  farm-houses  on  the  estate,  and  the  whole  parish  reports  but 
twenty-six  souls. 


The  Knowltons  of  England  3 

Thomas  Knowlton,  the  antiquarian  hereafter  mentioned,  was  fond  of  telling 
of  the  distinction  enjoyed  by  one  of  his  ancestors,  a  retainer  of  the  Earl  of 
Warwick,  who  always  appeared  in  Court  dress,  with  a  siivei  and  jewelled 
at  his  belt,  and  other  insignia  of  rank,  arid  who  stood  high  with  the  King  lie 
had  charge  of  one  of  the  Earl's  castle?  in  Ken1,  and  was  a  descendant  of  the 
Knowltons  above  referred  to.  A  granddaughter  (Mrs.  H.  S.  Perkins,  now  Jiv- 
ing) has  often  heard  the  above  and  many  other  interesting  facts  told  by  the 
Knowltons  concerning  the  position  of  their  ancestors. 

There  were  Knowltons  in  Canterbury,  and  in  the  City  of  London  as  early  as 
1550,  and  the  published  "  Visitations  and  Allegations  of  the  Provinces  of- York 
and  Canterbury  "  clearly  show  that  they  were  never  a  numerous  or  a  scattered 
family,  but  that  until  the  year  1728  they  were  confined  entirely  to  the  counties 
of  Middlesex  and  Kent.  They  invariably  married  by  license  instead  of  by 
banns,  which  as  invariably  indicates  a  recognized  social  position  and  condition 
of  comfort,  for  such  license  could  be  obtained  only  from  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  and  at  considerable  expense — about  £$c  In  these  old  r< 
the  titles  of  Mr.  2nd  Esq.  are  frequently  used,  indicating  a  social  statu 
that  of  the  common  people. 

The  identity  of  location,  the  dates  of  birth,  and  the  constant  repetiti 
the  names  of  children — and  the  very  names  which  were  given  to  the  children  in 
the  New  World — would  seem  to  fix  beyond  any  reasonable  doubt  the  ancestry 
of  the  first  emigrants  to  America,  and  to  derive  their  descent  from  the  Knowl- 
tons of  the  oM  Kentish  Manor.  It  is  sufficiently  clear  that  the  English  pro- 
genitors were  people  of  substance,  and  their  occupations  were  by  no  means 
menial.  Captain  William,  the  first  emigrant,  sailed  his  own  ship,  and  Ge<  rge, 
his  probable  brother,  was  a  subscriber  in  1624  to  a  fund  for  repairing  the  parish 
church  at  Chiswick,  which  Cromwell's  troops  had  desecrated  by  converting  it 
into  a  barrack  and  stable  for  his  men  and  their  horses. 


i   Richard  of  Kent,  b.    1553,  m.   Elizabeth  Cantize,  July 
17,  1577,  and  had  : 

(2)  George,  May  6,  1578.     He  res.  in -Chiswick. 

(3)  Stephen,  May  1,  1580.     d.  young. 

(4)  Thomas,  1582.     m. 

(5)  William,  1584.     m.  Ann  Elizabeth  Smith. 

The  first  two  children  were  b.  in  the  parish  of  Canterbury,  Kent.  The  great 
Cathedral  is  but  six  miles  from  Knowlton  Manor,  and  the  parish  boundaries  in- 
cluded at  that  time  the  latter.  The  Manor  is  now  in  the  parochial  boundaries 
of  neighboring  Sandwich. 


The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

4  Thomas  and had : 

(6)  John,  1620,     in.  Dorothy ,  1643. 

(7)  Robert,  1622.     m.  Susan ;  m.  2d  Sarah 

(8)  Mary,  1628.     m.  John  Wilson,  April  26,  1651. 

(9)  Sarah,  1630.     m.  Augustine  Ellis,  February  23,  1656. 


( 

5  William  and^Bfrzabeth  had  : 

(10)   John,  1670.  ^  t  . 

■  ■- '.  ■ ' 

(n)  Samuel,  161 1.  -7  (.'- 

(12)  Robert,  1613.     Remained  in  England.     Saidto  have "d.  J\  imj 

(13)  William,  1615. 

(14)  Mary,  16 r 7.     d.  young. 

(15)  Thomas,  1620-2. 

■-/     Captain  William  emigrated  to  America  about  1632-4. 


6  John  and  Dorothy  ■ had : 

(16)  Elizabeth,  May  26,  1644. 

(]/)  John,  January  14,  1649. 

(18)  James,  September  26,  1650. 

(19)  Mary,  December  18,  1652. 

John  d.  in  London  1664,  and  was  buried  from  St.  James  Church,  Clerken- 
wells.     He  is  styled  a  householder. 


7  Robert  and  Susan  had  : 

(20)  Ann,  January  24,  1644.     m.  Marcus  Gilmanothe,  April  11,  1768. 

(21)  John.     d.  September  30,  1649. 

(22)  Dorothy,     d.  January  7,  1650. 

(23)  William,  1652.     m.  Maria • 

Susan    d.   February    10,    1653,   and   Robert   m.    2d   S 
and  had  : 

(24)  Sara,  October  2,  1655. 
Robert  d.  December  30,  1655. 


The  Knowltons  of  England  5 

23  William  and  Maria  had: 

(25)  John,  1688.     m.  Elizabeth,  1731. 

(26)  Thomas,    1690.     m.    Elizabeth    Rice,    1726.      m.    2d  Mrs.    Elizabeth 

Stephenson,  November  17,  1744. 

William  was  a  West  India  merchant.     He  d.  in  17 13,  and  Letters  of  Admin- 
istration were  granted  to  — —  Chadwell,  a  creditor,  by  consent  of  Widow  Maria. 


25  John  and  Elizabeth  had: 

(27)  John,  1732.     m.     d,  at  Londesboro,  Yorkshire,  October  21,  1S13. 

(28)  Mary.     m.  Edward  Hare. 

(29)  William,     m.     Had  chil.,  John,  William  and  Elizabeth. 
(30}  Ann  Gilmanothe. 

John's  will  was  probated  September  30,  1781,  and  the  following  extract  shows 
him  to  have  been  a  man  of  substance. 

"I,  John  Knowlton,  Quilton,  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  Gar- 
dener to  the  Right  Hon.  Earl  Fitzwilliam,  do  make  this  my  last  will  and 
testament  in  manner  &  form  following  :  L  e.  I  give  unto  my  dear  wife 
Elizabeth  Knowlton  .£500  to  be  paid  to  her  within  one  month  after  my 
decease,  also  during  her  natural  life  the  Interest  &  Dividends  from 
^500  in  stock  of  South  Sea  Annuits  also  £200  to  be  invested  in  Lands 
&  Securities.  .  .  .  And  whereas,  I  have  before  given  my  oldest  Son 
John  ^300,  and  to  my  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Edward  Hare  ^300,  and 
to  my  youngest  Son  William  .£100  and  to  Ann  G.  my  daughter  ^80,  and 
in  order  that  they  may  now  have  equality  in  my  Substance,  it  is  my  wish 
that  William  should  be  paid  ^200,  and  my  daughter  Ann  G.  .£220.  .  .  . 
I  give  and  bequeath  the  Interest  of  ^500  to  my  son  William's  children, 
John  and  Elizabeth,  until  John  shall  be  15  years  old  and  be  apprenticed, 
but  after  that  time  one  half  of  the  income  to  be  given  to  William's  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth  until  she  is  17  years  of  age." 

A  special  bequest  was  made  to  Edward  Hare  who  was  one  of  the  executors, 
John  and  William,  sons  of  the  testator,  being  the  other  two. 

John  and  his  brother  Thomas  early  developed  a  remarkable  gift  for  landscape 
gardening,  and  their  genius  soon  attracted  the  attention  and  secured  the  liberal 
encouragement  of  noble  patrons.  John  entered  the  service  of  the  Earl  Fitz- 
william of  Northumberland.  The  magnificent  estates  of  the  Earl  gave  ample 
scope  for  John's  talents,  and  he  spent  there  the  years  of  a  long  and  successful 
life,  which  ended  in  the  summer  of  17S1.  He  was  93  years  old,  and  was  buried 
in  Londesboro  churchyard,  Yorkshire. 


6  The  Know] ton  Genealogy 

JOHN'S  DESCENDANTS 
2/  John  and had  : 

(31)  Charles,  1765.     m.  jane  Who  had  : 

(32)  Frances  Hare  Knowlton,   1807.     m.    Clarke  Morris,    May    ?.S,    1833. 

They  had  : 

(33)  Mary  Jane,  May  20,  1834.     m.  Rev.  R.  Nutt. 

(34)  John,  August  25,  1835.     m.  Hannah  F.  Rooke.     d.  June  1880. 

(35)  Frances,  January  4,  1837.      m.  W.  Keal.     M.  R.  C.  S.  W. 

(36)  William  Clarke,  Jan.  23,  1838.     d.  March  25.  1895. 

(37)  Charles  Knowlton,  March  8,  rS^T.     Res.  Oakham. 

(38)  Susan  Elizabeth,  June  22,  1844.     m.  Rev.  W.  J.  Stobart. 

Residence,  Oakham. 

Charles  Knowlton  (31)  d.  August  26,  1848.  Jane  d.  May  17,  1848.  They 
were  buried  in  Branston  churchyard,  Oakham,  England. 

Frances  H.  (32)  d.  April   22,  1878.     Aged  7r  years. 
Clarke  Morris  d.  August   11,   1857.     Aged  61  years. 

Thomas  (1690)  had  a  more  conspicuous  position,  and,  consequently,  a  more 
public  record.  At  a  very  early  age  he  entered  the  service  of  Dr.  Wm.  Sherard 
at  Eitharn,  a  suburb  of  London,  where  he  at  once  and  for  a  long  time  after, 
left  the  impress  of  his  genius.  This  country  seat  was  owned  by  a  graduate  and 
Fellow  of  Oxford  University,  whose  remarkable  devotion  to  the  science  of  bot- 
any amounted  to  a  passion.  He  had  been  an  extensive  traveller  in  foreign 
countries,  while  tutor  to  Lord  Howland,  subsequently  the  Earl  of  Bedford,  and, 
later  on,  British  Consul  to  Smyrna,  and  had,  therefore,  exceptional  opportuni- 
ties of  collecting  the  rarest  plants  of  the  Orient.  He  founded  a  large  herbarium 
in  Smyrna,  enriching  it  with  a  marvellous  variety  of  floral  and  botanical  wealth, 
and  his  reputation  soon  admitted  him  to  the  intimate  friendship  of  Boerhaave, 
Hermann,  Tournefort,  Vaillant,  and  Micheli.  So  assiduous  was  he,  so  fearless 
and  adventurous  along  the  lines  of  his  favorite  researches,  that  he  was  at  one 
time  nearly  shot,  having  been  mistaken  for  a  wolf.  In  the  year  1700  he  returned 
to  England,  and  with  his  brother,  a  noted  physician  of  London,  settled  at  Ei- 
tharn, bringing  to  their  charming  home  the  fruits  of  his  exhaustive  researches 
in  the  East. 

It  is  no  small  tribute  to  Thomas  Knowlton  that  he  was  selected  by  two  such 
gentlemen  to  become  their  landscape  gardener  when  still  a  very' young  man. 
The  Earl  of  Burlington  owned,  as  Duke  of  Devonshire,  large  estates  in  this  vi- 
cinity, and  the  gardens  of  Eltham  could  not  have  failed  to  arrest  bis  admiring 
attention,  for  in  1728  he  offered  Mr.  Knowlton  the  charge  of  his  country  seat  at 
Londesboro,  Yorkshire.     Whoever  has  had  the  good  fortune  to  visit  this  delight- 


The  Knowltons  of  England  7 

ful  spot  will  readily  understand  the  inspiration  which  the  natural  topography  of 
the  country  would  furnish  to  a  mind  keenly  appreciative  of  the  beautiful.  The 
estate  is  situated  in  a  fine  roiling  country,  two  and  a  half  miles  from  the  quaint 
old  Fair  Town  of  Market  Weighton,  whose  smooth  white  roads,  hard  as  ada- 
mant, wind  over  hill  and  through  dale,  past  greenest  pastures  where  sleek  cattle 
feed,  arnoiij:  groups  of  white  cottages  whose  clustering  vines  are  not  a  whit  more 
attractive  than  the  unpretentious  comfort  within,  and  by  the  inevitable  and  pict- 
uresque churches,  such  as  the  faith  and  liberality  of  past  generations  have  planted 
here  and  all  over  Mother  England.  Arrived  at  Londesborough  one  sees  a 
charming  foreground,  than  which  there  is  none  in  all  the  Yorkshire  Wolds  more 
v.-orth  lingering  over.  Great  stretches  of  crisp  lawn,  avenues  of  stately  yews, 
flowers  o^  every  tint  and  species  massed  in  banks  on  which  raindrops  are  glis- 
tening, and  flanked  by  grand  old  groves  in  which  the  woodman's  axe  has  not 
been  heard  for  many  a  century,  delight  the  eye. 

Londesborough  House  stands  on  the  summit  of  a  terrace,  at  the  foot  of 
which  is  a  lovely  lake,  into  which  the  bending  trees  dip  their  branches;  and  the 
passing  clouds  are  mirrored. 

The  colossal  towers  of  York  Minster,  and  the  graceful  spires  of  Seiby,  How- 
den  and  Goole  are  ail  in  sight,  and  at  evening  one  can  turn  the  pages  of  Gray 
and  read  back  into  the  poetic  past  as  he  hears  "the  curfew  toll  the  knell  of 
parting  day."  Not  long  before  Thomas  Knowlton  came  here  the  plain  around 
wps  but  a  marsh,  and  the  hand  of  philanthropy  found  no  better  or  more  impera- 
tive work  than  that  of  building  a  cell  for  two  pious  monks  who  should  serve  as 
guides  to  strangers.  If  the  author  pauses  to  indulge  in  this  retrospective  revere, 
it  is  because  the  life  and  character  of  men  are  so  largely  the  product  of  their 
surroundings.  In  a  less  poetic  spot  Thomas  Knowlton  might  never  have  oeen 
known  beyond  the  sound  of  his  village  bells.  But  Londesborough  had  been 
the  theatre  of  tragic  events.  Romans,  Angles,  and  Saxons,  the  Bloody  Clif- 
ford and  his  chastened  son,  the  "  Shepherd  Lord,"  the  Burlingtons  and  their  con- 
genial friends,  Pope,  Garrick,  Sydney  Smith,  Wyatt,  and  Violette,  the  Viennese 
champion  danseuse  of  the  world,  were  all  here.  The  villa  of  Edwin  the  Saxon 
was  also  here  on  the  Derwent,  and,  being  converted  to  Christianity,  he  is  said  to 
have  destroyed  a  pagan  temple,  and  on  its  ruins  to  have  erected  the  parish  church 
where,  centuries  after,  the  Knowltons  found  their  spiritual  home,  and  under  the 
shadow  of  which  they  were  buried.  Here  for  twenty-four  years  the  "  Shepherd 
Lord  "  lived  in  concealment,  he  having  inherited  the  estate  from  his  mother,  the 
Baroness  de  Vesoi,  of  Bromfieet.  After  his  death  the  estate  passed  to  Richard 
Boyle,  third  Earl  of  Burlington,  in  whose  service  and  in  that  of  his  successors 
the  Knowltons  lived  for  115  years.  Burlington  having  died  without  male  issue, 
the  estate  passed  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  who  had  married  his  daughter. 
This  powerful  family,  then  and  since  the  richest  in  all  England,  had  magnifi- 
cent estates  all  over  the  British  dominion,  and  the  Knowltons  had  ample  scope 
for  the  exercise  of  their  gifts. 


8  The  Knowlton  Genealopv 

Under  the  skilful  hand  of  Thomas  Knowlton,  the  Londesborough  estate 
became  famous  among  its  English  rivals.  He  was  a  diligent  student  for  those 
times,  and  Frederic  the  Great  was  so  much  his  military  ideal  that  he  arranged 
the  gardens  in  the  form  of  Prussian  battalions. 

His  love  for  his  favorite  science  created  a  spirit  of  discovery  and  adventure 
that  introduced  him  to  the  Savons  of  the  Royal  Society,  and  be  became  a 
valued  correspondent  of  Da  Costa,  Mark  Catesby,  and  others.  He  was  ac- 
customed to  wade  for  hours  in  ponds  of  cold  water  in  his  search  for  rare  species 
of  aquatic  plants,  and  on  one  of  these  expeditions  he  discovered  the  "moor 
ball,"  a  species  of  the  fresh-water  algae  of  the  Conferva  family,  called  by 
Lmnffius  "  Egagropila,"  from  its  resemblance  to  the  hairy  balls  found  in  the 
stomachs  of  goats.  A  botanic  genus  of  the  Ranunculacea,  comprising  five  or 
six  species  of  plants  indigenous  to  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  has  been  named  after 
him.  Mr.  Knowlton  also  discovered  the  site  of  Delgovicia,  a  long  buried  camp 
and  temple  of  the  Romans  under  Septimius  Severus.  In  the  "  Philosophical 
Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society  "  are  found  extracts  of  letters  written  in 
1767.     He  says  : 

"  We  dug  in  several  places,  and  discovered  a  circular  foundation  5  ft;. 
wide,  and  the  place  within  45  ft.  in  diameter,  which,  it  seems,  was  a 
temple  to  Diana,  said  to  have  been  at  Goodmanham,  but  no  appearance 
of  it  there  was  ever  found.  There  were  many  other  foundations  which 
had  Roman  pavements  within  them,  by  which,  after  the  dissolution  of 
the  Temple,  it  became  a  Roman  station,  then  called  Delgovicia.  In  this 
just  discovered  the  ruins  and  foundations  are  a  demonstration  of  the 
once  grandeur  of  the  place." 

He  also  discovered  the  site  of  a  great  battle-field  in  which 

"vast  numbers  fell,  and  were  so  laid  in  heaps,  and  covered  with  the 
chalky  soil  in  little  tumuli  of  the  space  of  2  or  3  square  yards,  in  which 
were  found  great  quantities  of  human  bones.  And  now  there  is  an  acre 
covered  over  with  them  lying  close  to  each  other,  and  it  is  one  of  the 
greatest  curiosities  ever  seen." 

Among  the  curious  treasures  of  the  Museum  of  the  Royal  Society  of  London 
are  two  pairs  of  deer's  horns,  unearthed  by  Mr.  Knowlton  after  they  had  been 
buried  for  eight  hundred  years  in  the  river  Rye,  a  tributary  of  the  Derwent. 
One  measured  from  the  nose  to  the  top  of  the  skull  22  inches,  and  to  the  tip 
of  the  horn  24  ft.  and  both  skull  and  horns  weighed  6S  lbs.  The  horns  of  the 
other  are  shorter,  but  the  space  between  them  measures  six  feet  ;  another  breadth 
of  the  palm  or  web  is  25  inches  ;  enormous  as  they  are,  they  were  not  of  full 
growth,  as  they  were  covered  with  "  velvet."     They  were  found  buried  6  ft.  deep. 


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Mr.  Knowlton  made  voluminous  contributions  to  botanical  and  antiquarian 
literature,  and  his  taste  and  judgment  were  in  constant  request  fiom  other 
estates  than  Londesborough .  His  son  Charles  entered  Cambridge  University, 
being  matriculated  in  St.  John's  College  in  1746,  and  while  on  a  visit  thru, 
Thomas  Knowlton  wrote,  with  discriminating  eye  and  characteristic  vigor,  to 
Prof.   Da  Costa  : 

"  I  received  your  most  valuable  present,  which  I  find  abounding  in 
plates,  and  that  he  (the  author)  has  copied  most  of  '  Rumphus  on  Shells  ' 
in  every  plate,  and  well  copied  they  are,  and  that  without  taking  any  notice 
from  whence  so  taken.  I  hope  ere  long  to  make  you  some  returns.  It  is 
said  by  most  people  that  Yorkshire  hams  are  very  much  admired,  and  if 
you  should  think  so  I  will  send  some  up  if  you  will  let  me  know  whether 
they  will  he  agreeable. 

"  I  was  at  Cambridge,  but  was  greatly  disappointed  in  the  design  of 
the  Physic  Garden  which  is  laid  out  so  preposterously  that  instead  of 
pleasing  gives  a  disgust  designed  to  please  the  ignorant  rather  then  the 
curious,  and  Miller  is  not  often  seen  in  the  garden,  having  a  salary  for 
walking  about.  Of  all  the  gardens  I  ever  saw,  it  is  the  worst  furnished. 
I  will  say  no  more,  truly  lamenting  that  the  design  is  so  erroneously 
conducted." 

Mr.  Knowlton's  home  was  a  favorite  resort  of  Dr.  Johnson,  Drake  the  his- 
torian, Dr.  Fothergill,  and  the  great  Garrick,  and  a  stone  bench  is  still  .shown 
which  was  the  chosen  seat  of  Pope.  The  integrity  of  this  remarkable  man  is 
illustrated  by  the  following  incident  : 

A  young  lady  of  high  position  had  married  against  her  parents'  will,  and  her 
father  promptly  disinherited  her,  and  bequeathed  his  large  estates  to  Thomas 
Knowlton.  On  learning  the  facts  in  the  case,  Mr.  Knowlton  made  search  for 
the  lady,  found  her  in  London,  and  conveyed  to  her  all  that  he  had  received 
from  her  father.  The  grateful  lady  made  the  long  journey  from  London  to 
Londesboro  in  her  private  carriage — a  long  journey  in  those  days — to  express 
in  person  her  unspeakable  gratitude  for  this  noble  act  of  Knowlton.  "  Madam," 
replied  Thomas,  "  I  deserve  no  thanks.  The  property  was  yours,  not  mine.  I 
could  never  have  kept  it." 

His  devotion  to  his  favorite  science  was  so  intense  and  his  idiosyncrasies  so 
marked,  that  he  requested  to  be  buried  in  the  pleasure  grounds  which  he  had 
beautified,  and  for  this  purpose  he  selected  his  own  burial  plot.  But  in  later 
years  the  Parish  Wardens  enlarged  the  boundaries  of  the  churchyard,  and  so 
took  Thomas  in. 


1 6  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

THOMAS  KNOWLTON'S  DESCENDANTS. 
26  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Rice  had  : 

(39)  Charles,  bap.  December  9,  172-/.     m.  Sarah   Fowler,  of  Keighley,  De- 

cember 19,  1755. 

Elizabeth  dying,  Thomas  m.  2d  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stephen- 
son, November  17,  1744,  and  had  : 

(40)  Elizabeth,  1745.     m.  Robert  Wilson,  July  19.  1769. 

Thomas  d.  November  28,  1781,  aged  91.  His  2d  wife,  Elizabeth,  d.  April 
12,  1797,  aged  83.  They  are  both  buried  in  Londesboro  churchyard.  York- 
shire.   

39   Rev.  Charles  and  Sarah.  Fowler  had  : 

(41)  Thomas,  June   10,  1758.     d.  1836. 

(42)  Elizabeth,  March  21,  1760.     m.  Robert  Dawson,  August  1,  1793. 

(43)  Charles  S.,  bap.  December  14,  1761.     d.  December  18,  1761. 

(44)  Charles,  July  6,  1764.     m. 

(45)  Sarah,  bap.  January  22,  1767.     d.  June  9,  1845. 

Rev.  Charles  d.  January  28,  1814,  aged  87. 


40  Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Robert  Wilson  had  : 

(46)  Elizabeth,  August  9,  1770.     m.  Samuel  Stavles. 

(47)  Mary,  August  17,  1772.     m.  Seth  Stavles. 

(48)  Thomas  Knowlton,  December  23,  1774.     m.  Elizabeth  Lawson. 

(49)  Robert,  October  6,  1777. 

Elizabeth  d.  December  23,  182 1,  aged  77.  Robert  Wilson  owned  and 
operated  a  tannery  in  Pocklington,  England,  and  one  of  his  sons  became  a 
reputable  physician. 

42   Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Robert  Dawson  had  : 

(50)  Thomas. 

(51)  Beckett 

(52)  Charles  Knowlton.     Graduated  at  Oxford  University. 

(53)  A  daughter,     m. Gerforth,  of  Steeton,  Eng.     She  was  a  famous 

beauty. 

Robert  Dawson  dying,  Elizabeth  m.  2d Duckitt,  of   Bardford,  England. 

Both  of  Elizabeth's  husbands  were  wine  merchants.  The  Duel; lit  family  num- 
bered one  son  and  two  daughters,  one  of  Avhom  still  resides  'n  Scarboro,  Eng- 
land, unm. 


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44  Charles  and had  : 

(54)  Charles.     Who  m.  and  had  a  daughter  and  son  : 

(55)  Helen. 

(56)  Arthur. 

The  former  resides  at  Sydenham,  Upper  Level,  England,  where  she  is  a 
partner  in  a  fancy  goods  f»rm.  Her  fathei.  Charles,  was  a  merchant,  and  d 
in  London,  1857. 


48  Thomas  Knowlton  Wilson  and  Elizabeth  Lawson  had  : 
(57)  Elizabeth,     m.  Thomas  Hopper.     He  d. 
{58)  Thomas  K.     d.  young. 
(59}  Margaret. 
(60)  Charles  Knowlton.     d.  in  the  India  Mutiny. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hopper  has  two  daughters.  They  all  reside  in  Princess 
Crescent,  Scarboro,  England's  most  delightful  watering-place,  where  they  dis- 
pense a  gracious  hospitality,  and  both  honor,  and  are  honored  by,  the  Knowlton 
blood. 

Rev.  Charles  Knowlton  (39),  son  of  Thomas,  graduated  from  Cambridge  Uni- 
versity in  175 r,  and,  on  taking  Holy  Orders  in  1753,  was  presented  by  the  Earl 
of  Burlington  to  the  living  of  Keighley,  Yorkshire.  This  was  one  of  the  oldest 
rectories  in  England,  its  first  minister  having  been  settled  there  in  1245. 
Keighley  is  an  old  Saxon  proper  name,  meaning  the  field  of  Kihel.  In  Domes 
day  Book  it  is  surveyed  as  the  property  of  Ralph  de  Kighley,  Knight,  whose 
son  Richard  bestowed  it  on  the  prior  and  canons  of  the  neighboring  monastery 
of  Bolton,  After  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries,  the  parish  and  ecclesiastical 
patronage  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Earl  of  Cumberland,  and  subsequently 
to  the  Earls  of  Burlington,  the  third  of  whom,  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Richard  Boyle, 
was  the  owner  of  Londesborough  Manor,  and  other  enormous  estates,  and  the 
patron  of  Thomas  Knowlton.  Eive  priors  had  successively  been  at  the  head 
of  this  ancient  parish,  and  Charles  Knowlton  was  the  twenty-first  rector.  He 
found  here  a  famous  agricultural  district,  with  a  widely  scattered  people,  who 
were  more  thrifty  than  cultured.  An  examination  of  the  parish  registers  written 
up  by  him  during  his  unprecedentedly  long  rectorship  of  sixty-one  years,  reveals 
the  average  literary  attainment  of  his  people,  for,  of  the  great  numbers  whom  he 
officially  admitted  to  the  holy  estate  of  matrimony,  only  a  very  few  could  write 
their  own  names,  the  most  of  them  simply  making  their  mark.  Mr.  Knowlton 
ministered  in  a  rude  age,  and  to  a  rude  people,  who  were  the  natural  product  of 
the  country  itself.  Keighley  is  situated  in  a  mountainous  district,  on  the  side 
of  hills,  to  climb  which  habitually  both  requires  and  develops  a  sturdy  physique. 


i2  I  he  Know!  to  a  Genealogy 

The  visitor,  however,  is  well  repaid  for  the  effort,  foa  a  splendid  panoram  i  is 
then  unfolded  to  the  delighted  eye,  and  the  beaut)'  of  the  encircling  hills  as  they 
retreat  towards  the  horizon,  standing  sentry  ovei  the  rich  pastures  between, 
is  enhanced  by  the  waters  of  the  sylvan  Aire,  that  flows  through  and  among 
them.  The  character  of  the  people  in  Air.  Knowlton's  time  is  set  forth  in  the 
following  lines  of  a  poet  of  that  day. 

"Thence  to  Keighley  where  are  mountains 
Sleepy,  threatening,  livel)  fountains, 
Rising  hills  and  pleasant  valleys, 
Hon  Socias  and  good  fellows, 
Jovial,  jocund,  jolly  bowlers, 
As  if  they  were  the  world's  controller! ." 

There  is  here  an  allusion  to  a  prevailing  passion  ror  b  »v  ling  and  other  rude 
sports,  in  which  Mr.  Knowlton  is  said  to  have  participated  freely,  and 
made  himself  exceedingly  popular  among  the  lusty  Yorkshiremen.    Bull-baiting 
was  a  local  amusement  which  was  long  fostered  by  a  strange  superstition.     The 
bull  was  fastened  to  a  ring  in  a  huge  .stone,  directly  in  front  of  the  chur<   . 
worried  by  dogs,  under  the  pretence  that  only  thus  could  the  beef  be  i  i 
for  use,  and. candles  were  burned  before  it  clay  and  night   as  long  as  it  wai   t  \- 
posed  for  sale.     Before  Mr.  Knowlton's  death  the  brutal  sport  had  beer: 
tinned,  not  unlikely  through  his  influence,  for   his   reputation  was  thai  of  a 
generous  and  kind-hearted  pastor,  who  was  not  in  sympathy  with  any  f< 
cruelty.     He  was  as  great  a  favorite  with  the  female  poition  of  hisfiocl 
the  male,  being  handsome  in  person  and  courtly  in  m  m 

He  married  Miss  Sarah  Fowler  of  Keighley,  Dec.  19,  1755,  by  whom  I      h 

(41)  Thomas,  June  2,  1758. 

(42)  Elizabeth,  March  13,  1760. 

(•13)  Charles,  December  7,  1761.     d.  in  infancy. 

(44}  Charles,  June  29,  1764. 

(45)  Sarah,  January  14,  1767. 

During  the  rectorship  of  Mr.  Knowlton,  Keighley  became  a  manufacturing 
town,  large  quantities  of  woollen  goods  being  made  for  the  London  market,  and 
it  was  probably  the  loss  of  a  part   of  its  rural  beauty  that  caused  a  en 
historian  to   write  : 

"  This  parish  lyeth  immediately  North  of  Bingley  in  the  course  of  the 
Arc,  without  one  feature  or  one  fact  belonging  to  it  which  can  intc  rest  the 
eye,  the  memory,  or  the  imagination.  I  may  then  be  excused  if  1  betray 
some  anxiety  to  reach  pleasanter  scenes,  lor  hard  is  the  bite  o''  a  Topo- 
grapher while  he  respires  the  smoak  of  manufactories,  and  is  stunned  by 
the  din  of  recent  populations." 


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Mr.  Knowlton  was  appointed  one  of  the  Canons  of  York  Minster,  and  wis 
widely  known  and  honored.  He  died  June  28,  1814,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  87, 
and  was  buried  under  the  chancel  of  his  venerable  parish  church,  which"  still 
remains  the  one  conspicuous  architectural  feature  of  old  Keighley.  His  name 
is  cast  in  the  door  of  an  iron  safe  where  the  parish  registers  are  kept,  and  a 
wooden  tablet  in  black  and  gold  marks  the  date  of  his  rectorship. 

Of  his  three  remaining  children,  but  one  married.  Elizabeth  Knowlton  be- 
came the  wife  of  Mr.  Robert  Dawson,  August  1,  1793. 

'Thomas  Knowlton  (41),  son  of  Rev.  Charles,  inherited  the  genius  and  fol- 
lowed the  profession  of  his  grandfather.  At  an  early  age  he  entered  the  service 
of  the  Earl  of  Burlington,  and  by  a  diligent  use  of  his  opportunities  became  not 
only  a  famous  landscape  gardener,  but  also  a  man  of  affairs,  and  the  agent  of  the 
Earl  of  Burlington  and  of  his  heir  the  Duke  of  Devonshire.  Sarah,  his  sister, 
had  charge  of  Burlington  House  at  Londesborough,  and  as  such  she  appears  in 
the  letters  of  Lady  Granville.  When  twenty-four  years  of  age,  she  was  con- 
sidered by  all  the  great  people  of  Burlington  House  as  a  remarkable  beauty. 
Even  in  middle  life,  she  was  declared  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  to  be  the 
handsomest  woman  in  Derbyshire. 

CKATS\VORTH. 

All  travelled  Americans  know  something  of  "Beautiful  Chatsv.orth,"  the 
favorite  residence  and  estate  of  the  Dukes  of  Devonshire.  Their  ancestors 
weic  lineal  descendants  from  Robert  de  Gernon  of  Suffolk,  who  married  the 
daughter  of  Lord  Cavendish,  and  whose  children,  according  to  the  custom  of 
that  time,  took  the  name  of  Cavendish,  out  of  compliment  to  the  mother. 
Chatsworth  was  bought  by  Sir  William  Cavendish,  Privy  Councillor  to  Henry 
VIII.,  Edward  VI.,  and  Queen  Mary,  early  in  the  sixteenth  century,  and  on  his 
death  his  son  William,  Baron  Cavendish  and  Duke  of  Devonshire,  succeeded  to 
his  father's  enormous  estates.  He  was  a  famous  man  both  in  statesmanship 
and  letters,  and  a  munificent  patron  of  art.  His  mother,  the  celebrated  "  Bess 
of  Hardwicke,"  began  the  building  of  Chatsworth,  and  devoted  all  her  life  to 
the  work,  under  the  influence  of  a  prophecy  that  her  life  would  be  preserved  as 
long  as  she  should  continue  that  work.  A  severe  frost  stopped  the  workmen, 
and  the  mortar  was  dissolved  first  in  hot  water  and  then  in  hot  ale,  but  all  to  no 
purpose.  The  building  ceased,  and  she  died  in  1607.  Her  son  enlarged  and 
improved  what  she  had  begun,  under  the  supervision  of  Sir  Christopher  Wren, 
and  Sir  William  Spencer,  the  ninth  Duke  of  Devonshire,  completed  the  work, 
making  Chatsworth  the  most  magnificent  residence  in  the  United  Kingdom. 
The  park  is  twelve  miles  in  circuit,  and  is  laid  out  with  consummate  and  lavish 
beauty,  and  includes  an  orangery,  conservatories  covering  one  acre,  an  arbore- 
tum one  hundred  acres  in  extent,  a  French  and  a  kitchen  garden.  Chatsworth 
House  itself  is  a  palace  of  art  where  have  been  brought  the  best  creations  of  the 


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sculptor's    and  the   painter's   genius,  and    through   the  liberality  of  its  lordly 
owner  a  large  part  of  it  is  open  to  tourists. 

Here  lived  Thomas  and  Sarah  Knowlton,  the  former  being  the  agent  of  the 
eighth  and  ninth  Dukes  in  the  management  of  their  vast  possessions.  The 
fact  that  Sir  Joseph  Paxton  was  his  immediate  successor  sufficiently  indicates 
the  importance  of  the  position  and  the  great  responsibility  of  its  occupant.  So 
large  was  the  number  of  officials  connected  with  the  care  and  administration  of 
Chatsworth  that  the  "  Great  Duke,"  as  he  was  called,  decided  to  build  a  model 
village  for  their  special  use,  and  the  result  of  that  determination  was 

EDENSOR. 

This  is  the  most  unique  spot  in  all  England,  and  it  comprises  a  village,  a 
parish,  and  a  shire.  There  are  thirty-six  houses  built  in  the  form  of  Anglo-Swiss 
and  Italian  Gothic  villas,  each  being  different  from  all  the  others.  The  equip- 
ment is  complete,  there  being  besides  the  pretty  residences  a  handsome  church, 
post-  and  telegraph-offices,  a  school,  and  offices  of  the  agent,  or  steward  as 
his  title  is,  and  whose  beautiful  residence  is  the  most  pleasing  architectural  feat- 
ure of  Edensor,  except  the  church.  The  latter  is  a  modern  structure  built  on 
the  foundations  of  the  old  church  in  which  the  Knowltons  worshipped,  and  pre- 
serving a  portion  of  the  original.  The  lords  of  the  Manor  are  buried  here,  and 
in  the  adjacent  churchyard,  the  most  interesting  of  whose  monumental  tablets 
is  the  one  erected  to  Lord  Cavendish  who  was  cruelly  murdered  in  Phoenix 
Park,  Dublin.  This  tablet  bears  a  touching  inscription,  and  the  following 
verses  of  Holy  Scripture  : 

"Blessed  Are  The  Peacemakers,  For  Theirs  Is  The  Kingdom  Of  Heaven." 
"Blessed  Are  The  Pure  In  Heart,  For  They  Shall  See  God." 
The  training  which  Thomas  Knowlton  had  received  from  his  grandfather, 
and  the  experience* gained  in  the  service  of  his  noble  patron,  naturally  made  him 
the  Duke's  choice  when  he  concluded  to  build  his  pet  and  model  village.  Mr. 
Knowlton  therefore  left  Londesboro  with  his  sister  Sarah,  and  the  two  took  up 
their  residence  at  Chatsworth,  the  sister  being  his  housekeeper,  and  having  no 
other  relation  to  the  Duke  and  his  family  than  that  of  a  neighbor  and  friend. 
Her  beauty  and  accomplishments  had  early  attracted  ardent  suitors,  one  of  whom 
had  been  accepted,  and  arrangements  were  made  for  the  marriage,  but  a  brief 
illness  hurried  her  lover  to  his  grave.  '  Miss  Knowlton  resolutely  shut,  with  her 
own  hand,  the  golden  gates  of  matrimonial  affection,  and  never  after  permitted 
the  addresses  of  admiring  suitors. 

LTSMORE. 

Among  the  Devonshire  estates  was  Lismore  with  its  famous  castle.  The  abo- 
riginal toparchs  had  selected  this  spot  on  account  of  its  scenic  attractions,  call- 
ing  it    Magh-Sgiath,   the  "  Chosen   Field,"    and    the   earthworks  around  their 


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dwellings  were  of  such  extent  that  the  sit  i  was  named  Lios-mor,  the  "  Great 
Fortified  Habitation."  The  pagan  Lis,  or  Fort,  was  the  abode  of  the  old  Irish 
chieftains.  Saint  Carthagh,  a  refugee  monk  of  noble  birth,  built  a  great  abbey 
here  in  655,  and  in  1185  Prince  John  began  the  erection  of  the  magnificent 
castle  which  now  stands  above  the  stream  of  the  beautiful  Blackwater,  lifting 
i<s  lofty  towers  two  hundred  feel  above  the  deep  moat  and  the  murmuring  river, 
one  of  the  grandest  fortresses  ever  devoted  to  the  genius  of  beauty,  and  to  the 
security  of  man  in  troublous  times.  Lismore  and  its  castle  were  for  centuries 
considered  so  choice  a  possession  that  the  old  Irish  chieftains  kept  the  red 
tide  of  war  rolling  through  and  around  it  for  hundreds  of  years.  'Die  old 
chronicles  say  : 

"  Lis  Mor  is  a  famous  and  holye  Citie,  half  of  which  is  an  asylum  into 
which  no  woman  ever  dare  enter :  but  it  is  full  of  cells  and  holy  monas- 
teries ;  and  religious  men  in  great  numbers  abide  there :  and  holy  men 
flock  there  from  all  Ireland  and  Britain,  beeing  desyrous  of  going  from 
thence  to  Christ." 

Of  the  twenty  churches  once  here,  but  two  remain,  one  of  them  being  the 
old  Cathedral  which  was  evolved  from  the  Abbey  of  St.  Carthagh.  Alfred  the 
Great  was  educated  here,  and  here  he  gained  that  fame  as  a  harpist  that  made 
him  successful  in  gaining  the  ear  of  the  Danish  Prince.  Queen  Elizabeth  be- 
stowed this  great  property  on  Sir  Waiter  Raleigh,  who  planted  here  the  first 
potatoes  Ireland  ever  had,  and  in  these  lordly  apartments  he  enjoyed  the  first 
tobacco  brought  as  a  fragrant  offering  from  the  New  World  to  the  Old.  Sir 
Walter  sold  this  property  to  the  same  Sir  Richard  Boyle,  Earl  of  Cork  and  Bur- 
lington, who  became  the  patron  of  the  English  Knowltons,  and  thus  its  history 
is  more  or  less  identified  with  them.  His  duties  as  agent  and  steward  of  the 
Dukes  of  Devonshire  called  Thomas  frequently  to  Lismore,  and  his  office  was 
at  the  arch  in  the  great  quadrangle  shaded  by  a  venerable  beech  of  gigantic 
dimensions.  Sir  William  Spencer,  the  ninth  Duke,  offered  the  permanent 
charge  of  the  castle  and  estate  to  Thomas  Knowlton,  who  had  already  had 
charge  for  18  years,  but  as  the  family  of  His  Grace  resided  there  but  a  small 
portion  of  the  year,  and  as  Chatsworth  afforded  more  scope  for  his  abilities,  and 
more  congenial  surroundings,  Mr.  Knowlton  declined  to  hold  the  position 
longer.  His  work  at  Lismore  survives,  however,  for  Sir  William  interested 
himself  in  making  Lismore  something  of  an  ideal  village.  He  built  long  streets 
of  stone  and  adobe  cottages  for  the  peasants  and  laborers,  enclosing  the  high- 
ways in  high  stone  walls,  and  building  the  cottages  flush  to  the  street.  Many 
of  them  are  but  one  story  high,  white  or  of  neutral  tints,  and  ornamented  with 
flowers  and  shrubs,  and  presenting  a  tidy  and  extremely  pleasing  appearance. 
To  the  taste  and  energy  of  Thomas  Knowlton,  Lismore  owes  not  a  little  of  its 
quaint  and  picturesque  beauty.  His  declination  of  the  Duke's  appointment  led 
to  his  eventual  retirement  from  active  duty,  and  he  retired  to  Darky  Dale,  in 


16  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

the  famous  Peak  of  Derbyshire,  purchasing  the  estate  of  Darley  House,  now 
owned  by  the  Pagets,  where  he  resided  with  his  sister  until  his  dead),  in  '1836. 
He  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  regiment  of  Chatsworth  Rifles,  and  though 
living  the  life  of  a  civilian  he  always  wore  his  sword  and  epaulettes  even  in  the 
privacy  of  his  home.  He  had  a  singular  aversion  to  driving  in  a  carriage,  and 
his  sister  was  obliged  to  enjoy  without  his  company  the  elegant  establishment 
of  which  a.  few  remaining  old  people  talk  with  admiring  recollection.  His  time 
was  spent  in  the  field  and  gardens  of  Darley  House,  directing  his  laborers  in 
beautifying  his  estate  and  in  producing  fruitful  harvests/"  He  received  an  ample 
salary  from  the  Duke  until  his  death,  and  after  making  some  special  bequests, 
one  of  which  was  a  perpetual  dole  of  bread  to  the  poor  of  Londesborough  par' 
ish  from  Christmas  to  Easter,  he  left  all  his  estate  to  his  sister  Sarah.  He  was 
buried  at  his  own  request  with  his  grandparents,  his  uncle  Tohn,  and  his  cousin 
John  in  Londesborough  churchyard.  He  had  served  the  Devonshire  Dukes 
for  about  50  years. 

His  sister  survived  him  nine  years.  She  is  still  remembered  by  a  few  old 
residents  as  a  remarkably  beautiful  woman  even  in  hci  old  age,  a  lady  of  be- 
nevolent spirit,  but  very  exclusive  in  social  life.  Her  relations' with  the  great 
people  of  Chatsworth  House  were  of  the  most  intimate  character  as  appears 
from  her  correspondence,  for  she  writes,  New  Year's  Day,  1S43  : 

"The  Duke  of  Devonshire  returned  to  Chatsworth  on  the  21st  Inst, 
and  the  day  following  honored  me  with  a  call.  I  was  at  dinner,  having 
only  taken  my  Soup,  and  His  Grace  would  leave  the  Drawing  Room  and 
come  into  the  Dining  Room  where  lie  carved  for  me.  He  is  everything 
that  is  good  and  amiable." 

Under  date  of  July  6th,  1841,  she  writes  to  Hon.  Paul  Holland,  of  Knowl- 
ton, Quebec  : 

"  I  find  you  arc  a  true  Knowlton,  never  having  sought  for  the  arms 
of  the  family  in  the  Herald's  College.  .  .  My  brother  and  I  had  them  from 
Mrs  Adams  who,  you  will  recollect,  was  descended  from  my  grandfather's 
brother,  her  maiden  name  being  Knowlton.  She  got  them  from  the 
Herald's  Office  in  order  to  have  them  quartered  with  her  husband's  Arms 
to  paint  on  their  carriage.  Thus  we  became  possessed  of  them.  My 
brother  afterwards  ascertained  from  the  College  that  they  were  right 
As  Ladies  have  no  right  to  the  crest,  I  have  only  the  Arms  cut  on  a 
Lozenge  on  my  seal  which  I  will  seal  this  letter  with  for  you  to  see. 
I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  a  letter  with  your  seal  when  you  have  it  cut. 
You  may  safely  adopt  them.      My  great  grandfather's  name  was  William, 

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my  grandfather's  Thomas,  and  your  relations  having  kept  up  those  names 
shows  that  we  are  descended  from  the  same  source. "' 

Among  her  personal  effects  were  found  a  Prayer  Book  formerly  belonging  to 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  Knowlton  (1690),  and  a  paper  signed,  J.  Knowlton, 

1582,.  the  only  possible  inference  from  which,  even  were  there  no  other  testi- 
mony, is  that  these  Knowltons  were  the  kinsfolk  of  the  founder  of  the  Ameri- 
can family. 

The  Darley  Dale  Knowltons  were  members  of  the  old  parish,  whose  church 
is  still  one  of  the  most  venerable  and  picturesque  structures  in  the  land  :  Its 
exterior  is  unaltered,  bu;  the  interior  is  modernized,  and  beautifully  treated  by 
ecclesiastical  art.  It  originally  had  four  galleries,  to  accommodate  the  parish- 
ioners of  four  different  towns,  each  being  assigned  its  own  gallery.  During  the 
latter  part  of  his  life,  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton  had  a  falling  out  with  the  parish 
officers,  and  thereafter  he  read  prayers  and  a  sermon  twice  a  day  to  his  own 
household  with  pious  persistency. 

Miss  Knowlton  had  also  a  marked  personal  peculiarity.  Her  affections, 
which  were  blighted  by  the  untimely  death  of  her  lover,  turned  to  cats,  of  which 
she  had  numerous  and  remarkable  specimens.  A  room  in  Darley  House  was 
set  apart  for  their  exclusive  use,  and  they  accompanied  her  by  turns,  when 
she  went  to  drive.  It  would  appear  that  she  thought  herself  the  last  of  her 
family,  or  that  between  her  sister,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dawson,  and  herselr  some 
alienation  had  occurred,  for  she  left  her  entire  estate  to  Hon.  Paul  Holland 
Knowlton,  of  Knowlton,  Province  of  Quebec,  the  romantic  circumstances  of 
which  will  be  narrated  in  the  Canadian  chapter.  He  visited  Darley  Dale  and 
was  entertained  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  who  declared  to  him  that  the 
Knowltons  were  the  best  agents  Chatsworth  and  Lismore  had  ever  had.  Miss 
Knowlton  died  June  9,  1845,  aged  nearly  79  years,  and  was  buried  by  her  brother's 
side  in  Londesborough.     With  her,  the  English  Knowltons  virtually  disappear. 


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CHAPTER   II 

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The  Knowltons  of  New   England 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  KNOWLTON  sailed  from  the  port  of  London  for 
Nova  Scotia  in  1632-4,  as  is  usually  believed,  although  this  date  is  only 
approximate.  A  record  is  kept  of  those  emigrants  only  who,  on  leaving  Eng- 
land, took  the  oath  of  loyalty  to  the  English  Crown,  and  promised  conformity  tc 
the  Doctrine,  Discipline,  and  Worship  oi  the  Established  Church,  iud  who  also 
swore  that  they  were  "no  subsidy  men." 

Asa  large  number  desired  to  avoid  this  enforced  allegiance,  and  to  enter 
the  land  of  their  adoption  free  to  follow  their  own  political  and  religious  incli- 
nations, they  took  no  legal  departure,  but  sailed  away  with  more  or  less  secrecy, 
and  were  therefore  not  enrolled  in  the  official  records  of  the  government.  A? 
no  record  of  Knowlton  appears  in  the  Customs  Department  al  London,  if  must 
be  inferred  that  William  was  independent  in  political  action,  and  a  non-con- 
formist in  religion.  As  every  resident  within  the  geographical  boundaries  of 
an  English  parish  was  enrolled  in  its  records,  no  matter  what  his  faith  rnighl  be, 
Capt.  Knowlton  and  family  were  undoubtedly  so  enrolled  al  Chiswick.  Un- 
fortunately, the  old  parish  church  was  seized  by  Cromwell  and  his  troopers  in 
1645,  and  used  as  a  garrison.  His  horses  were  stalled  in  its  chancel,  the  men 
were  quartered  in  the  nave,  and  all  the  early  parochial  recotus  were  burned, 
except  a  small  account  book  of  the  church  wardens.  In  this  book  the  name  of 
George  Nolleton  appears  as  one  of  a  number  obligated  to  pay  for  repairs  or.  die 
church  from  1619-1622.  Of  the  children  of  Capt.  William  already  mentioned, 
John,  William,  Dea  Thomas,  and,  probably,  Samuel,  accompanied  him  in  his 
voyage  to  America,  for  one- of  this  name  was  found  in  Hingham  soon  after  the 
others  appeared  in  Ipswich,  and  he  died  in  1655,  leaving  a  will,  probated  Sep 
tember  1655,  in  which  his  "brother  John"  is  named  as  executor.  As  John, 
son  of  Capt.  William,  is  the  only  one  answering  to  this  relation  and  date, 
Samuel  must  have  been  the  son  of  Capt.  William,  following  the  famil)  to  this 
country  at  a  later  date,  perhaps. 

Capt.  William  died  on  the  westward  voyage,  and  his  widow  and  chil  lr« 
proceeded  to  Nova  Scotia,  where  they  remained  but  a  short  time.     The  next 
we  hear  of  them  is  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  where   John  became  a  r-il  ..•  v..    :•    .■ ; 

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William  and  Thomas  following  him  in  1642.  This  old  town  had  been  organized 
only  the  year  Before  John  Knowlton  selected  it  for  his  home.  Musconnornet, 
the  Sagamore  of  the  Agawams,  deeded  to  Mr.  John  Winthrop  foi  a  considera- 
tion of  twenty  pounds  sterling  a  tract  of  land  containing  several  thousand  acres, 
with  exclusive  right  to  all  timber,  game,  and  fisheries  therein  comprised.  The 
deed  "was  executed  January  28,  1638.  Winthrop  had  begun  a  settlement  here 
in  1633,  and  had  met  with  armed  interference  by  the  neighboring  Indians. 
For  the  purpose  of  securing  a  well-ordered  and  godly  community,  it  was  pro- 
vided that  no  one  could  become  an  inhabitant  without  consent  of  the  freemen, 
nor  could  one  become  a  member  of  this  corporate  body  unless  he  were  a  mem- 
ber of  sonic  church,  or  could  furnish  from  his  minister  a  certificate  of  sound- 
ness in  the  faith  and  godliness  of  life. 

To  each  freeman  was  alloted  from  the  town  lands  a  farm  of  fifty  acres.,  be- 
sides a  house  lot,  and  no  householder  could  build  his  dwelling'moie  than  half  a 
mile  distant  from  the  meeting  house.  This  provision  had  in  view  a  surer 
defence  against  the  savages,  and  a  compulsory  attendance  on  divine  service, 
and  when  a  householder  excused  himself  from  such  attendance  on  the  ground 
of  living  too  far  to  attend  in  stormy  weather,  the  town  promptly  sold  him  out, 
and  transferred  him  to  a  nearer  location.  Bachelors  were  required  to  place 
themselves  under  the  domestic  protection  and  moral  influence  of  their  married 
neighbors.  Every  inhabitant  must  have  some  industrial  occupation,  and  be- 
cause the  chief  dependence  for  daily  bread  was  the  farm,  mechanics  were 
required  to  leave  their  work  and  assist  the  farmer  whenever  the  safe  housing  of 
the  crops  was  threatened.  The  Indians  gave  these  early  settlers  such  trouble 
by  their  thievish  habits  that  every  man  was  required  to  choose  an  ear  mark  for 
his  cattle  and  swine,  while  the  Indians  were  forbidden  to  mark  theirs,  and 
when  beef  and  pork  were  offered  for  sale  by  them,  they  were  required  to  pro- 
duce the  ears  as  proof  of  their  rightful  ownership.  For  money  they  used  bul- 
lets and  wampum,  each  of  the  former  being  equivalent  to  a  farthing,  and  of 
the  latter,  six,  four  white  and  two  blue,  for  a  penny.  This  paternal  government 
extended  to  the  private  affairs  of  the  household,  regulating  diet,  parental  dis- 
cipline, and  personal  manners.  No  buns  or  cakes  could  be  eaten  except  at 
weddings  and  funerals.  Not  until  1753  was  a  carriage  owned  or  used  by  these 
hardy  people.  They  were  mostly  farmers,  and  in  order  to  keep  their  farms 
intact  the  law  of  entail  from  the  father  to  the  son  was  enforced.  If  one  died 
childless,  the  law  required  the  devise  of  his  estate  to  his  nearest  male  kinsman. 
Not  until  1792  did  the  General  Court  permit  the  free  disposal  of  property. 
Every  freeman  who  was  a  military  or  sea  captain,  minister,  doctor,  lawyer, 
teacher,  merchant,  or  graduate  of  some  college,  was  called  Mr.  and  his  wife 
Mistress,  while  all  others  were  called  by  the  inferior  titles  of  goodman  and  good- 
wife.  The  thrift  of  these  Ipswich  settlers  attracted  so  many  prospecting  inhabi- 
tants that  in  1650  no  further  grant  of  farms  was  possible,  there  being  at  this 
date  one  hundred  and  forty-six  families  in  residence. 


20  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

The  first  church  in  Ipswich,  1646,  was  the  "Church  of  Christ,"  and  it  em- 
braced one  hundred  and  sixty  souls. 

"The  Church,  of  Christ,  here,  consists  of  160  souls,  being  pure  in 
their  conversation,  and  fiee  from  epidemical!  views  of  all  Reforming 
Churches,  which  under  Christ  is  secured  by  theii   pious  and   ortl 

rr!;i:istl')■.', 

3?atriotic  devotion  to  their  new  country  was  a  marked  feature  of  these  early 
settlers.    Four  of  the  Knowltons,  John,  Benjamin,  Abraham,  and  William,  served 

in  King  Philip's  war  ;  several  of  them  participated  in  the  siege  and  capture  cf 
Loui  1  urg  ;  the  rosters  of  the  Revolutionary  troops  frequently  hear  the  Knowl- 
ton name,  and  in  'he  subsequent  wars  of  1812  and  of  the  Rebellion,  this  same 
patriotic  stock  is  still  at  the  front.  Old  Ipswich  gave  an  extraordinary  proof 
of  this  devotion  to  country  on  June  9  1788,  when  all  the  commoners,  including 
many  Knowltons,  surrendered  all  tl  ir  lands  to  pay  the  town  debts  incur/ed 
during  the  War  of  Independence. 

Amid  such  surroundings  and  influences  the  Knowltons  began  their  career 
in  America.  

I   Captain  William  and  Ann  Elfzabeth  Smith  had  : 

(2}  John,  16 jo.     m.  Marjery  Wilson. 
<  -  (3)  William.  1615.  m.  Elizabeth. 

(4)  Dea.  Thomas,  1622.  m.  Susannah  ;  rn.  2d  Mary  Kimball. 
(4 a)  Samuel. 

Capt.  William  was  at  least  part  owner  of  the  vessel  in  which  he  sailed  foi 
America.  He  died  on  the  voyage,  .probably  not  far  from  Nova  Scotia,  for  a 
land  surveyor,  Alphonso  Wells  by  name,  in  the  employ  of  the  Canadian  Gov- 
ernment, brought  word  to  the  Canadian  Knowltons  that,  when  surveying  land 
in  Shelburne  in  1839,  he  had  found  an  ancient  head-stone  there  bean 
name  of  William  Knowlton,  1632.  Anneapolis  was  the  first  settlement  made 
in  Nova  Scotia,  in  1604.  This  was  captured  by  the  English  in  1620,  end 
retaken  by  the  original  settlers  the  following  year.  In  1632,  the  French  were 
in  possession  of  portions  of  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  and  there  were 
here  a  few  families  from  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  It  was  probably 
here  that  Capt.  William's  remains  were  landed  and  buried.  Tradition  also  says 
that  his  ship  was  sold  here,  and  that  his  widow  and  children  proceeded  to 
Massachusetts,  probably  to  Hingham,  the  following  year,  where  his  widow  is 
said  to  have  remarried, 

The  English  tradition  is  that  her  name  was  Ann  Elizabeth  Smith.  On 
June  9,  1668  one  Anne,  widow  of  William  Knollton,  petitioned  for  an  appr;  i  .  i 
of  land  in    Hingham,  and   she  has  been  thought  by  some  to  have  been  the 


._J^U=== 


JOHN    KNOWLTON'S   HOUSE. 

Old  Ipswich,  Mass. 


Fhe  Knowltons  of  New  England  21 


id<  ■  I  Capt.  Wiliiam,  an  opinion  which  is  strengthened  by  a  will  of  Deacon 
as,  her  son,  dated  "12th  month,  14th  day,  1653,"  in  which  he  makes 
1  bequests  to  his  bro'.l. or  John,  to  Marjory  Wilson,  and  to  his  nephew 
Abiai  *m  and  his  niece  Elizabeth,  and  "the  resl  for  my  mother's  use  during 
her  life."  Although  this  makes  it  certain  that  his  mother  was  then  living,  the 
petitioner  Anne  may  have  been  the  widow  of  William  (1615)  also  named 
Ann  Elizabeth. 


2    John  and  Marjory  Wilson  had  : 

'■''..•  . 

"'  (s)  John,  1633.  in.  Safah  Whipple,  July  3,  .1661. 

(6)  Abraham,  1635.  d.     unm. 
(?)  Elizabeth,  1639. 

John  was  a  shoemaker,  residing  in  Ipswich,  "lie  became  a  citizen  there  in 
1639,  and  a  freeman  June  9,  1641.  On  December  19,  1648,  lie  subscribed  to  a 
fui  ■]  for  the  pay  of  Major  Denison  to  whom  had  been  entrusted  the  defence 
lof  the  townships  against  the  assaults  of  Indian  and  other  enemies.  From  the 
records  of  sales  and  transfers  of  property  in  Ipswich,  it  would  appear  that  John 
ihad  accumulated  a  considerable  property  at  the  time  of  his  death,  October 
8,  1654/5. 

Marjery  Wilson  was  from  England  ;  she  survived  him  but  a  few  months. 
(See  Appendix  for  their  wills,  and  for  the  inventory  of  the  property.)  The 
following  preamble  expresses  the  sentiments  of  the  afore-mentioned  subscribers. 

''  Whereas,  the  inhabytaynts  of  this  Towne  have  engaged  themselves  to 

paye  yearly  on  ye  10  day  of  December  unto  Major  Denison  soe  long  cs 

he  shall  be  their  Leader  the  sum  of  four  pounds  seven  shillings  in  way 

f  gratuitye  as  under  their  hands   may  appear,  and  because  it  is  most 

manifest  this  Sayd  Sum  will  not  be  raysed  unlesse  some  better  order  be 

taken  for  the  same   espechally  in  respect  of  the  (Al and)  change  of 

the  Inhabytaynts  &c." 


3  William  and  Elizabeth  had  : 

(8)  Thomas, -1 64^.     m.  Hannah  Green,  November  24,  1668. 
...  (9)  Nathaniel,  1641.     m.  Deborah  Grant,  May  3,  1662.    - 

^10)  William,  16^2.     m.  Susannah .    . 

In)  John,  1644.    "m.  Bertha  (Bethia)  Carter,     f 

(12)  Benjamin,  1646.     m.  Hannah  Mirick,  November  30,  1676. 

(13)  Samuel,  1647.     m.  Elizabeth  Witt,  1669. 

(14) 'Mary,  1649.     m.  Samuel  Abbe,  October  12,  1672.      Had  s.  Johnathan. 
Res.  Wenharn.    "*■ 


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22  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

William  was  a  bricklayer,  and  resided  in  Ipswich.  He  wo?  a  in.  mbei  of  the 
First  Church  of  Christ  (Congregational),  and  a  freeman  in  1641/2.  He  was  given 
commonage,  with  pasturage  for  one  cow,  and  a  share  In  Plum  Island.  On  Decem- 
ber 12,  16.13,  he  conveyed  to  Edward  Bragg  of  Ipswich  a  house  and  lot  which  he 
had  purchased  of  John  Andrews.  He  died  in  1655,  ids  estate  being  inveptoried 
July  17,  ?nd  estimated  al  ^37-2-2.  His  debts  amounted  to  ^27-14-1.  ]f 
his  widow's  name  was' A  r,  a  Elizabeth,  she  must  have  been  living  in  166S. 


4  Deacon  Thomas,  m.  Susannah ,  who  d.   Nov,  20, 

1680.      And  m.  2d  Mary  Kimball,  May  \'h  1682. 

He  was  a  cordwainer  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and  also  shoemaker,  for  he  is  so 
called  in  a  deed  in  which  John  Knowlton,  his  brother,  and  John  Baker  join  him 
as  grantors.  He  was  in  Ipswich  in  1642,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  civil 
affairs  of  the  town,  and  was  Deacon  .  the  old  First  (Congregational)  Church. 
Having  no  children,  he  sent  Will'iao  .  "boys  to  scool  from  the  age  of  5  <o  8, 
and  a  girl  iron;  \\  till  she  was  married,"  and  he  also  too!:  Nathaniel,  his  nephew, 
to  live  with  him.  Bis  nephew  Thomas  (  ,),  styled  "Thomas,  Jr.,"  was  given  a 
bequest  December  3,  16SS,  and  he  conveyed  the  bulk  of  his  remaining  pi  13  g 
to  his  nephew,' Nathaniel,  by  a  deed  of  gift,  dated  December  5,  1688,  for  which 
the  said  Nathaniel  executed  a  bond  of  even  date  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  trust.  As  this  will  and  bond  expressly  declare  the  legatees  to  be  the  children 
of  his  brother  William?  this  evidently  settles  in  the  negative  the  disputed  ques- 
tion as  to  whether  Dea.  Thomas  had  children.  He  left  a  silver  vessel  to  the 
church,  and  the  rest  of  his  property  as  mentioned  in  the  .Appendix.  Deacon 
Thomas  d.  April  £3,  1692.  - 

Mary  Kimball,  b.  in  England  in  1625,  was  the  dau,  of  Richard  and  Wary 
(Scott)  Kimball,  who  sailed  from  Ipswich,  Eng.,  in  the  ship  Elizabeth,  .-'•  pril  10. 
1634.  He  became  an  inhabitant  of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  on  February  23,  1637.  He 
was  a  wheelwright,  and  he  became  one  of  the  representative  men  of  iiie  town. 
Mary  d.  November  20,  1688. 

Samuel  (4A)  was  a  mariner.     He  is  commonly  supposed  to  have  remained 
in  England,  but  he  certainly  was  in  Hingham  prior  to  September  22,  1655,  on 
which  date  the  inventory  of  his  property  was  taken  by  his  brother  John,  as 
administrator,  and  who  died  the  following  October.         _- 
•    ■  «/._      

&   \     5  John  and  Sarah  -Whipple  had  : ,    ,       -  ,  /   ,      ' , 

.'     (15)  Joseph,  165 1.     m.  Mary  Wilson,  August  14,  1677. 

(16)  Samuel,  1653.     m.  Mary  Witt,  August  16,  16G9.  . 

« — ={17)  Daniel,  1655.     m. .     R.es.  in  Holliston,  Mass. 

•     (18)  John,  1656.     mi.  Sarah . 


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The  Knowltons  of  New  England  23 

., 

(19)  Nathaniel,  Jttty  a*,  1658/9,     m.  Deborah  Jewett,  May  §,  1682. 

(20"!  Elizabeth,  March  \,  1 639.     m.  Timothy  Donnar:,  Noven  ber       .  16    i 

She  d.  September  22,  17^8.     Res.  Ipswich. 

(21)  Thomas,  May  19,  1662.     m.  Hamrah  Carter,  168, 

(    •;  Wiiliarr,,  1664.     m,  Lydia ,  March  16,  1688.     Sett,  in  Werihan? 

(23)  Johnathan,  1665.     in.  Elizabeth   .     Settled  in  Maiden. 

{24)  Susannah',  August  15,  167;,. 

John  sri'S  a  shoemaker.     He  took  the  freeman's  oath  Octobei  16,  1680.     On 
Novembci  30,  167c,  lie  was  drafted  into  the  Narragan sett  Expedition.     Sarah 
Kits  fcrre  daugl  I -r  of  ^ohn  and  Sarah  Whipple,  her  father  being  ••  feoffee  of  tl 
GraminaT  School*1  in  Ipsv  ich;  1  Deputy  to  the  General  Gour!  in  r 640,  and  for  a 
time  thereafte"  :■  Deacon  and  Ruling  Elder  in  the  Congregational  Church. 

John's  e-    sight  began  to  fail  him  at  forty-two  years  of  age.  as  appears  from 
the  followr    ,  refer,  April  5,  1675. 

To  my  Lovcing  frejnd,  Samll 

Sayward  liveing  at  Yorke  this  Deliver. 

Loveing  and  kind  freynd,  myhaerty  love  remembered,vnto  you,  &  my 
respects  to  your  Ouncle  &  Aunt,  &  so  vnto  the  Selectmen  of  ye  T  \\  n  . 
with  the  rest  of  my  Loveing  frends  for  whose  love:,  sakes  T  am  obleigded 
to  rendr  vnfayned  &  haerty  thankefulnes/  The  Occasion  of  my 
writeing  is  such,  \vch  I  take  little  pleasure  in,  or  once  Conceiud  of,  wu  I 
was  last  with  you,  which  is  to  let  you  vnderstand  y'  It  is  best  in  my  opin- 
ion for  mee  not  to  remoue  to  you:  If  I  should  goe  thither  seekeing  to 
follow  other  Imploym'5  then  my  Trade,  will  not  Ix  e  to  my  Comfort,  neither 
redoun  to  yr  Contents  /  &  as  for  my  Trade,  for  the  sake  of  wch  you  were 
pleased  Lyberrally  to  accomodate  mee,  God  by  his  prouidence  hath  much 
vnfitted  mee  the  same  to  follow  by  reason  of  an  Impediment  In  my  sight, 
wch  doth  Inforce  mee  in  great  part  to  leauc  it  off  /  Now  my  real!  desire 
is  that  Neither  your  selfe,  nor  any  other  Prson,  should  bee  wronged,  so  I 
hope  you  Samll,  &  the  rest  of  my  frejnds  there,  will  with  such  prudence 
Mannage  affayrs  there,  that  I  may  not  bee  two  much  damnifyd  in  the 
house  /  I  know  not  vnto  whom  to  surrend'  It  better  than  vnto  you  selfe, 
&  Dadiver :  Yet  sit  standing  vpon  the  Land  my  much  respect  frejnd 
Cap1  Davess  gaue  tc  mee  vpon  my  settleing  there,  I  thinke  it  most  Con- 
venjent  to  Conferr  with  him  of  this  matter,  whose  Assistance  &  advise  I 
question  not  will  bee  most  aduantagious,  both  to  you  &  alsoe  to  me  / 
w1  Cap1  Davees  his  Accop1  cometh  to  I  purpose  to  giue  in  w"  hee  comes 
to  this  town  /  I  pray  you  ordr  the  rest  with  as  much  discretion  as  may 
bee,  for  the  content  of  all  men  concerned  herein,  oncly  ice  mee  not  lo< 
all  /  so  at  P'sent  I  rest  yor  Loueing  frejnd  /  T  T. 

'  '  John  Knoulton. 


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■  thing  more  I  did  forget  /  Two  fforks  wch  I  deliven  d 

to  Mis  Say  word  wch  came  to  --  00:07:6  I  also  left  wn  I  was  there  at 
Thorn*  Symsons,  one  spade  yv  Cost  mee  —  o  :  08  :  C  one  shone!!  5s  6\  one 
Mattocke  8s,  these  things  I  know  in  my  worke  —  13:6  were  little  the 
worse  t  ike  y'n  yorselfe  if  you  do  good  they  cost  me  in  good  pay  all  22s  / 
Alsoe  the  nayls  I  sent  about  the  house  were  Two  thousand  one  hundred 
/  onm  Thousand  2s  6''  V  C  the  rest  Is  4d  P  C  ye  Hinges  3'  o'1  / 

vera  copia  of  this  letter  transcribed  &  compared  with  y"  original!  this 
nth  of  Octob'  79:  P  Edw:  Rishworth  Re/Cor: 

John's  name  is  connected  with  so  many  real  estate  transactions  that  he  was 
evidently  a  man  of  substance.  He  was,  moreover,  a  public  official,  for  in  Janu- 
ary, 167 1, 

""Yc  Selectmen  having  called  John  Brown  before  them,  &  having  had 
comp'  that  ye  sd  John  doth  neglect  his  occasions,  &  spend  much  time  and. 
expense  in  ordinaries,  doe  now  forewarn  him  the  st;  John  Brown  that  he 
doe  not  frequent  any  of  the  ordinaries  upon  penalty  of  the  law." 

John  Knouli 

lie  removed  to  Wrentham,  before  1679,  and  d.  October,  1684. 
Sarah  d.  February  4,  1678. 

Abraham  Knowlton  (6)  was  born  in  Ipswich.  He  was  drafted  into  the 
Narragansett  Expedition  November  30,  1672,  receiving  -£2-i^s  for  his  services. 
He  removed  from  Ipswich  to  Salisbury  in  1677,  where  he 

"  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  &  fidelity  before  Tho.  Bradbury,  Capt  of  Yc 
Military  Company  of  Salisbury,  Dec  5,  1677." 

He  was  never  married.  His  name  is  spelt  "  Noulton."  He  lived  ici  som;* 
time  with  his  uncle  Dea.  Thomas. 


8  Thomas  and  Hannah  Green  had  : 

(25)  Thomas,  May  n,  1670.     m.  Mercy ■ ;    m.  2d  Susannah 

(26)  Robert,  1672.     d.  unm.     See    Appendix  for  his  will.     He   served   in 

the  colonial  wars  under  Col.  Appleton,  and   in   the   Canada 
Expedition. 

(27)  Ebenezer,  1674. 

(28)  Ephraim,  1676. 

(29)  Zerubbabel,  d.  September  23,  1684. 

(30)  Mary,  March  29,  1681.     m.  John  Williams,  June  26,  1707. 

(31)  Patience,  December  2,  1686.     m.  William  Rollo,  March  13.  1706. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  25 

.'Hannali  was  the  second  child  of  William  and   Hannah  (Carter)  Green,  of 
ishire.  England.     He  was  a  freeman  in  1640.     She  d.  at  Norwich,  Conn,, 
.  >ctober  24,  1708. 

Thomas,  J]  .  was  b.  in  Ipswich.     He  was  a  cordwainer  and  the  jailor  of  the 

i'  vvn,  its  jail  being  the  second  one  erected  in  the  Colony.     In   iCZ^  lie  is  men- 

:  tioned  as  having  carried  to  Boston  for  trial  one  Goody  Morse  who  had  murdered 

f  Good  Wife  Grdway's  child.     There  lias  been  not  a  little  conflict  of   opinion 

i  about  the  movements  of  Thomas,  some  having  supposed  that  he    lived   and, 

I   died    in    Ipswich,  and    others   insisting   that    he    removed    to    Norwich,  Conn. 

1  his  latter  view  is  undoubtedly  correct,  for  on  June  4,  1702,  Samuel  Bliss  and 

;  Ann,  his  wife,  residents  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  conveyed  to  Thomas  Knowlton, 

;    cordwainer,  of  Ipswich,  and  Benjamin  Baldwin,  of  Osborn,  Mass.,  550  acres  of 

I  land  lying  between  the  Shetucket  and  Quinnebaug  rivers  in  Norwich.     This 

'   same  property  was  subsequently  sold  to  John  Andrus,  Jr.,  carpenter,  of  Ipswich, 

/    the  deed  being  signed  by  Thomas,  Jr.,  and  the  signatures  being  also  witnessed 

by  Patience,  a?id  by  Thomas  Knowlton,  Senior.     The  appearance  of  Thomas,  Jr., 

the  jailor,  in  both  Ipswich  and  Norwich  is  readily  explained  by  the  fact  lhat  ins 

investments  in  real  estate  would  oblige  him  to  pass  a  portion  of  his  time  in  each 

town.     The  Ipswich  records  do  not  show  him  to  have  been  the  jaiioi  there  at 

the  lime  of  his  death  in  1 7 1 7 ,  while  the  Connecticut  records  do  show  that  at  'east 

three  cf  his  children,  "Thomas  ye  3d,"  Patience,  and  Mary,  were  living  in  the 

latter  city,  and  with  whom  he  undoubtedly  spent  a  part  of  his  time. 

Thomas  d.  February  28,  1717,  in  Ipswich.  Hannah  d.  in  Norwich,  Conn., 
October  24,  1708. 

9  Nathaniel  and  Deborah  Grant  had  : 

(32)  Samuel,  November  9,  1672. 

{^^)  Ebenezer,  1674.     m.  Sarah  Towle,  February  14,  1699. 

(34)  Sarah,  1677.     m.  William  Maxey,  March  G,  1697. 

(35)  Abraham,  February  27,  1679.  m-  Sarah  Fuller,  1701. 
{$6)  Abigail,  1680.  m.  Charles  Crow,  February  17,  1706. 
(37)  Nathaniel,  1682.     m.  Reform  Jewett,  April  15,  1717. 

Nathaniel  became  the  legatee  of  his  uncle  Deacon  Thomas'  property  by 
virtue  of  a  deed  of  gift,  in  return  for  which  said  Nathaniel  gave  his  uncle  his 
bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  trust.     See  Appendix. 


10  William  and  Susannah had  : 

(38)  Thomas,  1667.     m.  Marjery  Goodhue,  December  9,  1692  ;  in.  2d  Mar 

jery  Carter.  , 

(39)  Sarah,  December  1,  167 1.      Ui 

(40)  Joseph,  1677.     m.  Lucy  Whipple. 


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William  was  a  tailor  in  Ipswich.     He  was  fined  for  having  a  paok  ol   - 

in  Ins  house.     He  took  the  freeman's  oath  in   1669.     It  is  probable  that   I 
moved  to  New  York  in  167S  and  thence  to  Norwich  in  1682,  in  compan)  1  v. 
one  Thomas  Clark. 

1 1    John  and  Bertha  Carter  had  :  I 

U41)  John,  1670.     m.  Abigail  Bachelor  (or  Batchelder),  December  20,  169 

(42)  Robert,  1672.     m.     Had  5  children. 

(43)  Ezekiel,  1679.     m.  Sarah  Leach,  January  29,  1698. 

John   resided   in   Ipswich,  from   which  place  he  removed   to   Mancl 
Mass.,  about  1679.     He  was  a  captain  of  the  local  militia.     He  was  made  a  free 
man  in  1669,  and  took  the  oath  in  Manchester  in  16S0.     He  was  a  carpenter,  a 
very  enterprising  man,  and  dealt  largely  in  real  estate. 


i?.   Benjamin  and  Hannah  Mi  rick  had 


(44)  Mary,  September  17,  1677.     m.  Increase  Licks,  October  28,  1697. 

(45)  Benjamin,  December  9,  1679.     m.  Elizabeth  Phelps,  May  27,  1708. 

(46)  Sarah,  August  31,  1682.     m.  Johnathan  Taylor,  July  26,  1712  ;    m.  2d 

Abner  Hitchcock,  1748. 
Mercy,  May  19,  1685.     d.  young. 

(47)  Joseph,  January  3,  1686.     Accidentally  killed  in  Norwich,  Conn.  171S, 

leaving  an  estate  of  2  cows. 

(48)  Mercy,  November  n,  1690.     m.  Win.  Stebbins,  March  15,  17;?., 

Benjamin   was  born  in  Ipswich.     He  served   in  King  Philip's   V  ar,  being 
stationed   for  a  time  at  the  Springfield  Garrison.     He  was  paid  ,£16.12.* 
services  (September  23,  1676.)     He   took  the  freeman's  oath   January    ;,  .?:; 
and   received  grants  of  land  in   Springfield   in   1684  and   1717,!"   which    -.vcs 
added  another  grant  in  Brookfield  1718.     He  and  Miriam  were  received 
members  of  the  First  Cong.  Church  in  1736. 

He  removed  to   Springfield,  Mass.,  where   on   February    10,    1678,  he 
Joseph  Stebbins  were 


''ordered  to  see  that  swine  were  rung  &  yoked  if  found  on  ye  /  March 
to  ye  end  of  Oct.  on  streets  or  commons,  in  or  about  town,  or  in  field; , 
lands,  gardens,  &  meadows." 

Benjamin  d.  at  Springfield,  August  19,  1690.     His  widow  in.    2d   Matthe 
Crowfoot  (Crofut),  December  17,  1702. 


^t^ 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  27 

13  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Wilt  (or  Witt)  had  : 

(+9)  Catherine,  1668. 

(50)  Elizabeth,  June  26,  1669.     d.  young. 

(51 )  Sarah,  June  16,  T670.     m.  Joseph  Allen,  January  re  1712. 

(52)  Samuel,  November  2.  167^.     m.  Sarah  Fellows,  June  26,  1736. 

(53)  Benjamin,  1674.     no, 

(54)  fohnathan,  March  16,  1677/8. 

(55)  Nathaniel. 

(56)  Ebenezer,  June  r8,  1684.     ra.  Elizabeth  "Poland,  January  11,  1715. 

(57)  Elizabeth,  April  18,  1685/6. 

(58)  Thomas,  i638.     m.  Ruin  Lord,  January  n,  1714. 

Samuel  resided  in  Ipswich.  He  was  a  shoemaker,  and  being  lame  he  was 
specially  remembered  in  his  uncle's,  Dea.  Thomas's  will.  His  own  will  is  dated 
January  :G,  1695. 


5  Joseph  and  Mary  Wilson  bad: 


(rg)  Abraham,  1678.     m.  Sarah  Lord,  1099. 

(60)  Joseph,  February  1,  1680. 

...,    (61)  A  dau.,  April  30,  1686.     d.  1693, 

(62)  Daniel,  April  1,  1693.     d.  young. 


16  Samuel  and  Mary  Witt  had  : 

(67,)  Elizabeth,  May,  1669/70. 

(64)  John,  1673. 

(65)-  Rice,  1676.     m.  Mary  Dodge,  January  2,  1699. 

(66)  Susannah,  1678.     m.  John  Dennis,  July  24,  1702. 

Samuel  took  the  freeman's  oath  in  Wenham,  October  13,  1680. 


17  Daniel  and  — —  had  : 

(67)  Daniel,  1688.     m.  -BoTpIlk1  Lamb. 

(68)  Johnathan,  1690.     m.  Rebecca  ' . 

Residence,  Holliston,  Mass. 


18  John  and  Sarah had  : 

\6g)  Sarah',  September  19,  1685.     m.  Daniel  Ringe,  March  22,  1711. 

(70)  John,  t686.     m.  Rebecca  Young,  May  29,  1704. 

(71)  Timothy,  1687.     m.  Hannah  Storey,  August  10,  1713. 

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28  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

-     (72)  Thomas,  May  13,    1&89;     m.  Martha  Conant,  March  io,  1 
Ipswich. 
(73)  Abigail,  1693;     m.   Isaac  Giddings ;  m.  2d  Lieut.  Wm.  Dodge. 

John  removed  from  Ipswich  to  Wenham,  and  on  the 

"  10th  of  ii  month  1669,  John  Nowlton  Vpon  the  condition  he 
eth  4s  pr  yeere  Contributor]  to  ye  Ministry,  shJ  have  liberty  to  Joy 
pternership   in   a  galiry  &  in  the  meantime  to  have  liberty  of  a  Sa^^t 
beiowe  in  witness  whereof  he  have  set  to  his  hand 

John  knowlton." 

John  d.  September  ir,  1720.     Sarah  d.  January  24,  1712. 


19  Nathaniel  and  Deborah  Jewett  had  : 

(74)  Nathaniel,  May  3,  16S3.     m.  Mary  Bennett,  pub.,  February  13,  1703. 

(75)  John,  December  7,  1685.     m.  Susannah  Mutton. 

(76)  Joseph,  April,  1687.     d.  young. 

(77)  Thomas,  November  8,  1692. 

(7S)  Abraham,  February   27,  169s,     m.  Mary  Smith   Kiw  lion,  September 
20,  1722. 

(79)  Elizabeth,  September  15,  1702. 

(80)  David,  May  15,  1707.     m.  Esther  Howard,  February  25,  1731. 

Nathaniel  "was  a  man  of  consequence"  in  Ipswich.  He  was  a  Commoner, 
February  18,  167S,  Deacon  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  it)  1097,  for 
many  years  its  treasurer,  and  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Conn  in  1700,  '02,  '03, 
'05,  '09,  '14,  '15  and  '20.  His  record  is  thus  laconically  and  eloquently  ex] 
by  an  old  historian,  "Though  honored  by  men  he  did  not  forget  to  honor  his 
God."  Deborah  was  from  Rowley,  Mass.  Her  father  Benj.  Jewett  conveyed 
land  to  his  son-in-law,  December  26,  1684.  Nathaniel  d.  September  1",  1726. 
Deborah  d.  1743. 


20  Elizabeth  and  Timothy  Dorman  had  : 

(81)  Timothy,  September  18,  1689.     d.  i7r2. 

(82)  Elizabeth,  December  7,  1691.     m.  John  Daggett,  November  30,  1721. 

(83)  Mary,  October  28,  1693.     m.  Joseph  Stavely,  March  29,  17 16. 

(84)  John,  February  9,  1696.     m.  Rebecca  Smith,  June  r;.c>,  1730. 

(85)  Hannah,  December  22,  1698.     m.  Israel  Daggett,  April  25,  1724. 

Residence,  Ipswich,  Mass.,  where  she  d   Septembei  22.  1738. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  29 

21   Thomas  and  Hannah  Carter  had  : 
(86)  Thomas,  1684.     m.  Mary 


22  William  and  Lydia  (2d  Wife)  had  : 
(Sy)  William,  March  7,  1706. 

Win.   son.,  resided  in  Wenham,  where  he  d.,  March  16,  17 18 


23   Johnathan  and  Sarah  E. had  : 

(88)  Elizabeth,  April  22,  1688.     d.  young. 

Sarah  dying,  he  m.  2d  Elizabeth and  had 


>>' 


(89)  Elizabeth,  February  4,  1702.     in.  Nathan  Brown,  August  15,  T737. 

(90)  Johnathan,  June  9,    1705.     m.   Mary  Maxwell,  April  15,  1731.     She  is 
iryled,  "  An  Anciente  Mayde."     Res.,  Maiden,  Mass. 

(91)  Isaac,     m.  Mary  Dear,  pub.,  October  12,  1723. 


25  Thomas  and  Mercy ■  had  : 

(92)  Mercy,  August  7,  1694.     m.  John  Bates,  November  30,  17 J4. 

Mercy  d.  August    23,   1694,  and  Thos.  m.   2d  Susannah 

,  and  had  :  .>..•'' 


(93)  Susannah,  March  14,  1698.  -  v^* 

(94)  Thomas,  March  31,  1699.  '  m.  Susannah  Cone,  December  24,  1724. 

(95)  Lucy,  bap.  December  n,  1705.     m.  Thomas  Holmes,  June  9,  1732. 

Susannah  d.   1708,  and  Thomas  m.   3d   Sarah  Benjamin, 
of  Norwich,  Conn.,  December  31,  1708,  and  had: 

(95 a)  Hannah,  bap.  December  7,  1712.     d.  young. 

(95 p.)  Hannah,  bap.  September  4,  17 15. 

Thomas,  3d,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  removed  to  Norwich,  Conn.,  after 
Mercy's  death,  and  bought  a  farm  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  March  20,  1  705,  in 
the  deed  of  which  he  is  designated  as  Thomas  Knowlton,  Junr.,  of  Norwich. 
At  the  General  Assembly  holden  at  Hartford,  May  9,  1706.  he  was  commissioned 
lieutenant  of  the  Train  Band  in  East  Haddam,  "on  the  east  side  of  the  great 
river."     This  Thomas  has.-. frequently  been  supposed  to  have  been  the  son  of 


3<>  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

William  (3),  and  the  Thomas  who  married  Marjery  Goodhue  has  been  consid- 
ered the  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Gieen.  This  joint  the  historian  has 
settled  by  finding  a  document  of  which  the  following  is  an  extract  (Saleir 
Records)  : 

"July  2,  1692.  Thomas  Knowlton,  son  of  William  Knowlton  to  hi: 
son  Thomas,  Shoemaker,  gives  his  parlor  new  chamber,  a  part  of  hi: 
cellar,  and  the  privilege  of  using  water  from  the  well  pump. 

May  26,  1698.  "*  *  *  that  yc  sd  Thomas  Knowlton  Senr  & 
Thomas  Knowlton  Junr.  his  Sonne,  and  33enjamin  Baldwin  of  Woburru 
and  Mary  Knowlton  of  sd  Ipswich,  children  of  sd  Thomas  Sent  and  ye  sc 
Thomas  Senr  as  Guardian  to  his  two  other  children,  viz  Ebenezei  &.  Pa^ 
tience,  for  &  in  consideration  of  ye  summe  of   14.7  pounds  to  them  payc 

and  Secured  by  ( )  by  Joseph  Cliffe  of  sd.  Ipswich  clothier  yc  receipt 

whereof  they  ye  sd  Thomas  Senr  &  Thomas  Junr  &  Mary  &  Thomas 
Senr  as  Guardian  aforesd  doth  acknowledge  themselves  therewith  fully 
satisfied  therewith  S:  doe  therefore  hereby  fully  acquit  ye  sd  Cliffe  for  evi 
haue  withe  ye  consent  of  their  now  wives  viz,  Hannah  y"  now  wife  of  sc 
Thomas  Senr  and  Susanna  ye  now  wife  of  sd  Thomas,  Junr,  and  Hannat 
ye  now  wife  of  ye  sd  Benjamin  "  &c. 

This,  then,  settles  the  parentage  of  Thomas,  who  m.  Mercy  and  Susannah,  anc 
a!so  the  parentage  of  his  sisters,  Mary  and  Patience.  Thomas  3d  d.  Septem- 
ber 20,  1730. 

Robert  (26)  was  in  the  Canada  Expedition,  and 

"  being  by  God's  providence  in  an  Exposition  against  a  potent  enemy 
whose  eminent  danger  " 

etc.,  might  make  his  return  uncertain,  he  made  his  will  April  30,  1690  (see  Appen- 
dix).    His  company  was  commanded  by  Major  Samuel  Appleton. 


28  Ephraim  and had  : 

(96)  Ephraim,  1700. 

(97)  Thomas,  1702. 

(98)  Hannah  and  eight  others,  history  unknown.    Hannah,     m. Storey 

Ephraim  rem.  to  Norwich,  Conn.  Samuel  Storey,  win.,  left  Ipswich  in  .7:6, 
removed  to  Norwich,  and  left  his  entire  estate  to  Ephraim's  children,  one  o! 
whom,  Hannah,  married  his  son.     Ephraim  had  then  deceased. 


The  Koowitons  of  New  England  31 

30  Mary  Knowlton  and  John  Williams  had  : 
(99)  Mary,  February  17,  1714.     m.  Nathaniel  Giddings  of  Norwich,  Ct.  ;  2 

children. 
(ico)  Benjamin,  July  4,  T715.     d.  July  15,  1732. 

(101)  Joseph,  January  22,  i}i8.     d.  young. 

(102)  Zipporah,  July  28.  1720.     m.  James  Geer,  of  Groton,  Conn.  ;  1  child. 

(103)  Joseph,  April  23,  1723.     in.  Hannah  Lathrop  ;  m.  2d  Eunice  Wheeler, 

1746. 

Mary  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and  was  married  in  Norwich,  whither  her 
father  Thomas  had  removed.  Capt.  John  Williams  was  of  Welsh  descent,  b. 
in  Haverhill,  Mars.,  February  17,  1679,  and  removed  to  Poquetannock,  then  a 
part  of  the  township  cf  Norwich,  Conn.  He  d.  in  1742,  leaving  an  estate  of 
five  negroes  valued  at  ^COoo,  and  real  and  personal  property  valued  at  ,-£21,727. 
Mary  made  benevolent  use  of  her  wealth  for  in  addition  to  her  more  private 
charities,  she  supported  and  endowed  the  chapel  at  "  bong  Society  "  which  she 
and  her  husband  had  built  for  the  convenience  of  many  who  lived  too  remotely 
from  die  parent  church  to  attend  its  services  with  regularity.  Mary  died  March 
9,  1749,  and  her  many  virtues  are  recited  in  an  "  Elegy"  or  funeral  lamentation 
very  common  in  those  days.  It  w  .;  probably  composed  by  her  pastor,  and  it 
comprises  fifty-six  four-line  verses  printed  in  heavy  black  type.  This  worthy 
couple  are  buried  in  the  cemetery  hard  by,  and  their  epitaphs  are  still  perfectly 
legible.  Mary's  will  was  probated  August  1,  1749,  in  which  she  bequeathed  to 
Nathaniel  Giddings  £2.10,  James  Geer  of  Groton,  ^"2.10,  to  her  granddaugh- 
ters, Mary  and  Sarah  Giddings,  and  Zipporah  Geer,  ^100  each,  and  to  her  be- 
loved son  Joseph  the  residue  of  her  property. 

\  The  mother  of  John  Williams  was  Mary  Fuller,  dau.  of  Samuel  W-i31m«j«  of 
the  Mayflower.  Among  the  distinguished  descendants  of  this  worthy  couple 
were  Gen.  Joseph  Williams  of  the  Revolution,  Hon.  James  H.  Phelps  of  Brat- 
tleboro,  Vt.,  Gen.Chas.  Edward  Phelps,  Baltimore,  Hon.  Fred.  Nichols  or  Brat- 
tleboro,  Vt.,  and  T.  D wight  Williams,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


31    Patience  Knowlton  and  William  Rollo  had  : 

(104)  Zerubbabel.  January  ir,  1707, 

(105)  Elizabeth,  March,  7,  1709. 

(106)  Alexander,  April  26,  171 1. 
•  (707)  Hannah,  March  5,  17 13. 

(10S)   Mary,  April  25,  17 15. 

(109)  Ebenezer,  February  26,  1 7 1 7. 

(no)  John,  February  26,  1720. 

Patience  and  William  removed  to  East  Haddam,  Coon..,  being  "  adi 
full  communion  "  in  the  First  Congregational  Church  there,  August  .' ; 


32  The  Kifowfion  Genealogy 

33  Ebenezer 

Married  and  had  children,    of  whom  no  account  can  be    found.     A   strip  of 
land  was  given  him  by  the  town  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  for  setting  up  a  tannery. 

35  Abraham  and  Sarah  Fuller  had  : 
(in)  Abraham,  1702.     m.  Mary  Fuller,  1722. 
Sarah  d,  July  29,  1724. 


37   Nathaniel  and  Reform  Jewett  had  : 
(<iz)   Mar>',  May  10,  7719. 
(113)  Margaret.  March  17,  1720.     d.  1730. 
(11.1l   Elizabeth,  July  15,  1722.     d.  young 

(115)  Elizabeth,  August  23,  1725.     d,  young. 

(116)  Anna,  February,  23,  172?:.     a.  young. 

(117)  Thomas,  December,  13,  1730.     d.  1730. 

(118)  Ebenezer,  January  25,  1732.     d.  1736. 

(119)  Sarah,  May  30,  7735.     d.  young. 

(120)  Thomas,  October  30,  1737. 

(121)  Samuel,  June  26,  1726. 

Reform  was  the  dau.  of  Benj.  and  Reform  (Prescott)   jewett    of  Milton 
Mass.  ' 

38  Thomas  and  Marjery  Goodhue  had  : 

-  (122)  Fobert,  September  7,  1693.  m.  Hannah  Robinson,  November  21   1717 

(123)  Marjery,  August  27,  1694.     d.  same  day. 

(124)  Marjery,  March  25,  1695.     m.  Jabez  Dodge,  November  25,  17 18 
U25)  Joseph,  March  9,  1696/7.     m.  Abigail  Bird,  November  25,  1718. 

(126)  Deborah  December  31,  1697/8. 

Marjery  d.  August  23,  1698/9,  and  Thomas  m.  2d  Marjery 
Carter,  1702,  and  had  : 

(127)  Abraham,  April  30,  ^703.     m.  Martha  Lamson,  January  16,  1734. 

(128)  Sarah,  March  5,  1705.     m.  John  Woodbury,  April  2,  1723. 

(129)  Ezekiel,  March  5,  1707.     m.  Susannah  Morgan,  1720. 

Marjery  Goodhue  was  a  granddaughter  of  Deacon  William  Goodhue  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Ipswich,  and  one  of  its  earliest  settlers.  He  was  Repre- 
sentative in  the  Golonia!  Assembly  in  1666,  '67,  '73,  '76,  '77.  *8o,'8i    and  'S3  '  For 


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resisting  illegal  taxation  he  was  imprisoned  by  Governor  Andres.  Marjory's 
father  was  Joseph,  who  m.  Sarah  Whipple,  daughter  of  Elder  John  Whipple,  why 
d.  ir.  Ipswich  16S3.  leaving  an  estate  of  ,63000.  Marjery's  grandfather  was  a 
captain  in  the  colonial  wars,  and  bis  descendant,  Wm.  Whipple,  was  a  signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  a  brigadier-general  at  the  capture  of 
General  Burgoyne. 

40  Joseph  and  Lucy  Whipple  had  : 

(j3o)  Elisha,  iGp. 

(131)  Joseph,  December  1,  i6?f3. 

Joseph  resided  in  Ipswich. 


41  John  and  Abigail  Batchelder  had  : 

(13a)  John,  April  30,  1699.     m.  Elizabeth  Hilton,  October  18,  1720. 

(133)  Joseph,  December  20,  3701.     m.  Emma . 

(134)  Abigail,  May  2,  1705.     m.  Solomon  Farsons,  April  7,  :73c 

(135)  Churchill,  March  5,  1707. 

(136)  Marion,  September  17,  1711,     )\\_..\  '  (  a '.'•• 

(?3/)  Lucy,  February  28,  1714.     m.  Joseph  Knight,  November  4,  1787. 

(138)  Prudence,  April  15,  1718.     m.  Joseph  Giddings,  December  ?8,  1737. 

(139)  Andrew,  March  5,  1720.     m.  IjkCf  Stone,  174  1.     ,/ 

(140)  Hannah,  March  13,  1723.     m.  Daniel  Lufkin,  August  b;'.}j4j. 
John  was  a  carpenter.     Residence,  Manchester,  Mass. 


42  Robert  and had  : 

(141)  Lydia. 

(r42)  Sarah,     m.  Borzillai  Lamb. 

(143)  Mary.     m.  Abijah  Foster,  December  13,  1733.     Rem.  to  New  Ips 
N.  H.,  in  1734. 


43  Ezekiel  and  Sarah  Leach  had  : 

(144)  Deborah,  October  29,  1699.     m.  Thos.  Adams,  April  17,  17"*. 

(145)  Robert,  July  r7,  170T.     m.  Lydia  Bishop,  December  24,  1724. 

(146)  Ezekiel,  February  7,  1703.     m.  Emma  Foster,  December  23,  1724, 

(147)  Sarah,  October  24,  1704.     m.  John  Woodbury,  February  2,  1722. 
Ezekiel  was  a  weaver,  res.  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  and  d.  1706,     His  wide* 

was  appointed  administratrix  of  his  estate,  November  4,  1706. 


34  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

45  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Phelps  had  : 

(148)  Mary,  April  4,  1709.     m.  Samuel  Stebbins,  Jr.,  May  20   1734 

(149)  Elizabeth,  September  15,  ljxlm     m.  Hugh  Evans,  January  9/1742 

USo)  Miriam,  May  12,  1716.  pub.  to  Moses  Bartlett,  -April  11  i7« 
(15))  Ebenezer,  j7i8.  '    '**' 

(15?)  Benjamin,  December  8,  1720.     m.  Sarah  Mann,  June  9,  1743  •  m    -d 

wid.  Joanna  Taylor,  March  7,   1746  ;  m.  3d  Rebecca  Brooks, 

January  30,  1749. 

Benjamin  was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Louisburg,  1750.     Residence,  Spring- 
field,  Mass.  . 


51   Sarah  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Allen  had  : 

0'53)  Catherine,  December  27,  1713. 

(154)  Moses,  October  7,  17 15. 

(155)  Sarah  K.,  December  8,  1717. 

(156)  Elizabeth,  February  24,  1719.     m.  Stephen  Cross. 


52  Samuel  and  Sarah  Fellows  had  : 

(157)  Samuel,  1737.     m.  Esther  Dane,  July  9,  1759. 

(158)  Nathaniel,     m.  Elizabeth  Dane,  December  25,  1742. 


53   Benjamin  and had  : 

(159)  Benjamin,  17 18.     m.  Abigail  Dodge  ;  m.  2d  Abigail  Dean. 

(160)  Susannah,     m.  - — —  "Brown,  of  Ipswich. 


56  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Poland  had  : 
(161)  Abraham,  1716. 
Ebenezer  d.  March  n,  1743. 


58  Thomas  and  Ruth  Lord  had  : 

(162)  Thomas,  August  3,  1718. 

Thomas  d.  and  Ruth  m.  2d Medes,  as  appears  from  her  mother's  will 

dated  December  4,  1738.  ' 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  35 

59  Abraham  and  Sarah  had  : 

(163)  Abraham,  1700.     m   Sarah  Caldwell,  December  9,  1721  ;  m.  2d  Sarah 

Lull 

(164)  Susannah,  170:?. 

*  Abraham  was  a  capt.  of  militia.     He  d.  in  Ipswich,  May  21,  1751.     Sarah 
d.  July  29,  1724.  

60  j  oseph  and had  : 

(165)  Elizabeth,  February  14,  1702.     m.  Nathan  Browne,  August  17,  1737. 

(166)  Isaac,  170.4. 

(167}  Johnathan,  June  9,  1705. 

1528452 

64  John  and had  : 

(16S)  Margaret,    1700.      m.  Moses  Mitchell,    December    10,    1723.      Res.' 
Wenharn. 

(169)  Thomas,  January  6,  170S.     m.  Amy  Chase. 

(170)  Ebenezer,  1710.     m.  Jane  Philbrick,  1736. 
.      (171)  Benjamin,  17 12. 

~-(T72)-Miriam,  17 14.     m.  Joseph  Day,  March  26,  1733. 

John  resided  in   Hampton,  N.  H.     His  sons  were  noted  for  their  extra- 
,      ordinary  height,  being,  on  the  average,  about  6  ft.  4  in.  tall. 


65   Rice  and  Mary  Dodge  had  : 

(173)  Paul,  September  11,  1704.     d.  young. 

(174)  Rice,  Jr.,  January  27,  1705.     m.  Lydia  Woodbury,  December  12,  1727  ; 

m.  2d Adams  ;  m.  3d  Elizabeth  Smith,  1750.   •«* 

(175)  Bethia,  September  12,  1709.    m.  Robert  Annable,  November  27,  1729: 

in.  2d  Andrew  Foster.     Res.,  Ipswich. 

(176)  Nancy"  M.,  April  3,  1716.     m.  Paul  Knowlton.     Res.  in  N.  H. 

(177)  Churchill,  February  16,  1720.     m.  Jane  Rogers,  July  4,  1741. 
(578)  Deborah,  January  10,  1723.     m.  John  Austin,  September  24,  1754. 
(179)  Abraham,  February  8,  1725.     m.  Miriam  Cole,  December  6,  1745. 

Rice  rem.  from  Ipswich  to  Wenharn.  He  and  the  Dodges  signed  an  agree- 
ment February  24.  1731,  to  build  a  stone  wall  around  the  cemetery,  and  to 
keep  the  latter  in  order.  The  Dodges  were  a  very  prominent  family  of  Ipswich 
and  Wenharn,  and  owned  contiguous  estates.  Rice  d.  November  15,  1,66, 
aged  90. 


36  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

67  Daniel  and  Borguilla  Lamb  had  : 

(1S0)  Ruth,  1715.     m,  Edward  Carlyle,  September  27,  1733. 
(181)  Daniel,  1777.     m.  Abigail  Almy,  February  37.  1 ;.;.-./ 

(282)  Sarah,     m. Knowlton. 

Residence,  Hopkinton.  Mass. 


i    ,  6S  Johnathan  and  Rebecca  had  : 

(183)  Johnathan,  1739. 

(184)  John.     m.     2  children.  ,>>      ■..-.- 

(185)  Rebecca.  "' 

Residence,  Holliston,  Mass. 


70  John  and  Rebecca  Young  had  : 

(1S6)  Elizabeth,  September  22,  1704.    m.  Thomas  Hurd. 

(187)  Mary,  December  17,  1706.     m.  Robert  Butler, 

(188)  George,  May  22,  1711. 

(189)  john.  January  24,  171 7. 

{190}  Ruth,  1713.     pub.  to  John  Mead  of  Strathan,  X.  JL,  July  23,  17, 
Residence,  Ipswich  and  Belchertown,  Mass. 


>  -71  -Timothy  and  Hannah  Storey  had  : 

(191)  Silas,  1712.     m.     Res.,  in  Belchertown,  Mass. 

(192)  Paul,  1 7 14.     m.  Mary  Knowlton  of  Wenham,  March,  1744. 

(193)  Benjamin,  17 16. 

'-(194)  Timothy,  1720,  in  Medway.     rn.  in  1744. 
(195)  Rosel,  1722.  HoA 

Timothy  res.  in  Plantation  No.  5,  now  Hopkinton,  N.  II.  He  served  in  the 
Port  Royal  Expedition,  June  17,  1707,  in  Col.  F.  Wainwright's  Regt.  In  1739, 
and  for  many  years  thereafter,  the  town  meetings  were  held  at  his  house.  He 
was  one  of  a  committee  to  lay  out  the  township  in  lots,  and  to  construct  high- 
ways. 

y$  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Isaac  Giddings  had  : 

(x95  A)  Joseph,     m.  Prudence,  dau.  of  John  and  Abiga;'  Knowlton,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1738. 

"*  Isaac  d.  March  26,  1737,  and  Abigail  m.  2d  Lieut.  Wrn.  Dodge,     She  d,  in 
1756. 


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74  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Bennett  had  : 

(196)  Mary,  Tune  3,  1704. 

{197)  William,  February  S,   1706.     pub.   to   Martha   Finder,  of   Boxford, 
February  13,  1728. 

(198)  Nathaniel,  June  30,  1708.     m.  Mary  Fuller. 

(199)  Jeremiah,  July  13,  1712.     d.  young. 

(200)  Jeremiah,   August  2,   1713.     m.   Sarah  Allen,  of  Sudbury,  July   24, 

173-).     Rem.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

(201)  Martha,     m.  Dr.  Flint. 

Residence,  Ipswich. 


/7S  Jonn  and  Susannah  Hutton  had : 
•(•202) "'Susannah,     m.  Josiah  Dodge,  March  30,  1739. 
Residence,  Wenham. 


78  Abraham  and  Mary  Smith  Knowlton  had  : 

{203)  Mary,  May  13,  1723.     m.  John  Hart,  August  10,  i > .|0. 

(204)  Paul,  January  17,  1724. 

(205)  Ruth,  March  12,  1726.     d.  young. 
{206)  Elizabeth,  July  20,  1729. 

(207)  Ebenezer,  October  20,  1731. 

(208)  Abraham,  October  24,  1732. 
{209)  John,  August  9,  1734.     d.  young. 

(210)  Nathaniel,  December  15,  1740.     m.  Mary . 

Mary  was  from  Woburn,  Mass.     Abraham  was  ensign  of  militia. 


80  David  and  Esther  Howard  had  : 

(21  r)  David,  1732.     d.  young. 

(212)  Esther,  June  16,  1734.     d.  1739. 

(213)  David,  July  16,  1735. 

(214)  John,  August  28,  1737. 

David  was  drowned  with  six  other  fishermen  ott  the  Ceado  Banks,  April  7, 
1737,  and  Esther  m.  2d  David  Rose,  January  29,  1741. 


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86  Thomas  and  Mary  had  : 

(215)  Thomas. 

(216)  Joseph. 

(217)  Hannah. 


91   Isaac  and  Mary  Dear  had  : 

(218)  Mary,  December  18,  1726.     d.  October  16,  1727. 

(219)  Isaac,  bap.  July  13,  1729.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Maiden,  Mass. 

Isaac  d.  and  his  wid.  m.  Capt.  Robert  Choate,  a  lineal  descendant  of  the 
family  of  that  name,  emigrating  from  England  in  1643  and  settling  in  Cbe- 
basco,  Ipswich,  Mass.  Capt.  Robert  purchased  of  Widow  Mary  Dear 
Knovlton  the  house  left  her  by  her  husband  Isaac,  and  it  stood  for  many  years 
on  the  present  site  of  the  town  house. 

Capt  Robert  and  Widow  Mary  Knowlton  had  : 

Unit}',  May  4,  1799.     m.  Timothy  Knowlton,  February  10,  1826. 


94  Thomas  and  Susannah  Cone  had  : 

(220)  Jared,  July  18,  1726. 

(221)  Thomas,  September  30,  1728. 

(222)  Stephen,  August  26,  1730.     m.  2d  Rebecca ;  m.  3d  Mary  Purple. 

(223)  Lucy,  March  6,  1733. 

(224)  Rosel,  July  15,  1735.     m- 

(225)  Hannah,  November  19,  1737.     m. Gates,  of  Gates  Mills,  Ohio. 

(226)  Joseph,      bap.  July  7,  1749.      m.  Ruth  Dodge;  m.  2d  Reliance  Cole, 

1779. 

(227)  Susannah,  bap.  July  7,  1749.     m. Potter. 

(228)  Mary,  bap.  July  7,  1749.     m.  Sheldon  Potter.     Sett,  in  Maine. 

(229)  Alexander,     unm.     d.  in  Marietta,  Ohio. 

Thomas  d.  June  14, 1781.      Susannah  d.  August  14,  1787.     Residence,  Easi 
Haddam,  Conn. 

96  Ephraim  and  Charity had  : 

(229  a)  Thomas,  1726.     m.  Jane  Carter,  1746; 
(229  b)  Ephraim,  1728.     m.  Elizabeth  Butler. 

Removed  to  Conn,  and  thence  to  N.  Y.  State. 


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The  Knowltons  of  New  England  39 

97  Thomas  and bad  : 

(^29  c)  William,  17 p. 2. 
(229  i>)  Thomas,  1724. 


iti   Abraham  and  Mary  Fuller  had: 

(229  e)  Mary,  March  26,  1723.     m.  Francis  Sawyer,  October  26,  1751. 
(229  r)  Ruth,  March,  1727. 
(229  g)   Elizabeth,  July  20,  1729. 

(229  h)  Abraham,  October  24,   1731.     m.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wise,  January  8, 
*75°. 

(230)  John,  August  16,  173.1.     d.  young. 

(231)  Jacob,  June  10,  1744. 

Residence,  Ipswich. 


122   Robert  and  Hannah  Robinson  had  : 

(232)  Daniel,  1726.     m.  Zerviah  Wadkins,  November  7,  1745. 

{233)  Esther,  November  25,  1727.     d.  young. 

(234)  Sarah,  August  17,  1751.     d.  October  28,  1739. 

'-  (235)  Thomas,  April  26,  1733.     m.  Bridget  Bosworth,  December  8,  1756. 

(236)  Robert,  May  27,  1735"     d.  1739. 

(237)  Abraham,  April  3,  1740.     m.  Molly  Knox,  March  21,  1763. 

Robert  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  removed  to  Sutton  N.  H.,  and  from  there  to  Ash- 
ford,  Conn.,  in  1725,  being  the  first  Knowlton  to  settle  there.  He  bought  a  large 
farm  and  engaged  also  in  the  manufacture  of  salt.  He  was  Representative  in 
the  Colonial  Assembly  of  Conn,  from  1739  to  1755. 

He  and  his  wife  Hannah  were  received  into  the  Ashford  church  from  that 
at  Sutton,  December  n,  1726,  and  he  became  a  prominent  leader  in  ecclesiasri- 
cal  affairs. 

On  January  7,  1762  he  was  chosen  deacon  (the  duties  of  which  office  he  had 
for  many  years  discharged),  but 

"  he  offered  such  reasons  for  being  dropped,  as  age,  inability  for  the  serv- 
ice, etc.,  that  he  was  excused." 

He  was  repeatedly  chosen  as  a  committee  to  examine  candidates  for  the 
pulpit  "  as  to  their  principles  and  discipline,"  and  his  strong  religious  feeling 
and  patriotic  ardor  seem  to  have  been  inherited  by  his  descendants,  who  were 
firm  supporters  and  loyal  members  of  the  Ashford  church,  and  among  the  first 
to  respond  to  the  call  to  arms. 

Robert  d.  December  29,  1794.     Hannah  d.  December  7,  1777. 


4°  The  Knowiton  Genealogy 

124  Marjery  Knowiton  and  Jabez  Dodge  had  : 

(238)  Anne  Dodge,  February  26,  1720.    m.  Ebenezer  Maynard,  of  Westboro, 

February  15,  1743. 

(239)  Ezekiel,  April  21,  1723.     m.  Mary  Goddard,  of  Sutton. 

(240)  Deborah.,  August  26,  1725.     m.  Solomon  Rund,  September  25,  1741- 

Res.,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

(241)  Anna,  April  27,  1730.     d.  young. 

(24?)  Mary,  April  27,  1735.     m. Knowiton. 

Res.,  Ipswich. 

Jabez  and  Marjery  removed  from  Ipswich  to  Manchester,  and  thence  to 
Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

125  Joseph  and  Abigail  Bird  had  : 

(243)  Marjery,  April  30,  1720.     d.  February  5,  1740,  in  Shrewsbury. 

(244)  Abigail,  September  17,  1722.     d.  at  Hardwich,  Mass.,  March  4,  1807, 

unm. 

(245)  Thomas,  November   10,   1724.      Killed  at   Hoosac   Fort,  August  17, 

1745- 

(246)  Joseph,  October  18,  1726.     m.  Mary  Knowiton,  September  21,  1749. 

(247)  Abraham,  November,  1727.      m.  Comfort  Holman  ;  m.  2d  Susannah 

Jordan. 

(248)  Jacob,  October  29,  1729.     m.  Sarah  Pratt,  November  21,  1759  ;    m.  2d 

Sarah  Smith. 

(249)  Nathan,  June  28,  1733.    Mentioned  in  his  father's  will,  April  17,  1756. 

(250)  Abraham,  January,  1731,  in  Shrewsbury. 

(251)  Samuel,  January  21,  1737.     Rem.  West. 

(252)  Nathaniel,  January,  21,  1737.     Rem.  West. 

(253)  Israel,  January,  28,  1740. 

Joseph  was  born  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  from  which  place  he  removed  to  Shrews- 
bury, in  1733.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Church  there,  with  Abigail,  that  year. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  weaver,  and  it  marks  the  superstitious  spirit  of  that  day 
that  he  was  ploughing  in  the  field,  when  Molly  G.,  a  reputed  witch,  came  to  him 
soliciting  some  special  favor.  This  being  denied,  she  left  him  in  a  towering 
rage;  and  for  the  rest  of  the  day  the  oxen  stood  still  in  the  furrows,  refusing  to 
move,  a  circumstance  which  confirmed  prevailing  superstition?. 

In  his  will  probated  September  2,  1760,  he  leaves  to  each  of  his  children  ex- 
cept Joseph,  ^28  : 

11  To  my  son  Joseph  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  lands,  meadows  and 
buildings  in  said  town  and  elsewhere,  and  all  my  stock  and  husbandry 
tools  and  tackling.     Furthermore,  my  will  is  that  .     .     .     my  daughter 


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Abigail  shall  have  a  good  comfortable  room  and  fire  wood,  either  in  my 
own  dwelling  or  my  son  Joseph's,  so  long  as  she  shall  live  a  single  woman." 
Abigail  d.  July  3,  1748,  and  Joseph  m.  2d  Anna .     He  d.  1760. 

. / 

127  Abraham  and  Martha  Lamson  had  : 

(254)  Paul,  April  17,  1736.     m.  Lucy  Forbush,  1769 
{255)  Silas,  September  9,  1737. 

(256)  Sarah,  March  6,  1740.     d.  young. 

(257)  Abraham,  September  19,  1742.     d.  young. 

(258)  Robert,  March  18,  1744.     d.  young. 

(259)  Saiah,  January  24,  1746.     m.  David  Drury,  1765. 
(?6o)  Martha,  January  24,  1748.     m.  Thomas  Drury,  1769. 

(261)  Abraham,  November  25,  1750.     m.  Lydia  Batchelder. 

Martha  was  from  Ipswich  ;  Abraham  was  b.  in  Marlboro,  Mass.,  rem.  to 
Shrewsbury,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church  there  in  1735.  He  d.  November  3, 
1768. 

129  Dea.  Ezekiel  and  Susannah  Morgan  bad  : 

(262)  Mary,  May  16,  1731.     m.  Joseph  Knowlton,  Jr.,  1749.     Res.  Wards- 

boro,  Vt. 

(263)  Susannah,  April  19,  1733.     m.  Gershom  Wheelock,  1757. 

(264)  Deborah,  December  23,  1734.  m.  Jabez  Bigelow,  October  5,  176 1.  Sett." 

in  Westminster,  Mass. 

(265)  Ezekiel,  May  11,  1736.    m.  Anna  Miles,  October  4,  1759.     Res.,  West- 

minster. 

(266)  Luke,  October  28,  1738.     m.  Sarah  Holland,  July  29,  1760. 

(267)  William,  April  29,  1741.     ra.  Hannah  Hastings,  October  26,  1764. 

(268)  Sarah,  January  28,    1745.     m.  James  Simonds,  May  19,  1766.     Res., 

Templeton,  Mass. 

(269)  Marjery,  June  1,   1747.     m.  Joshua  Bigelow,  April  11,  1764.     Res.. 

Westminster,  Mass. 

(270)  Capt.  Thomas,  April  27,  1750.     m.  Elizabeth  Batchelder,  April,  177 1. 

Susannah  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Morgan  and  Susannah  Pitts,  his  wife. 
who  came  from  England.  Captain  Morgan  died  on  the  voyage.  Deacon 
Ezekiel  and  Susannah  were  dismissed  from  the  church  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  to 
that  in  Shrewsbury,  in  1731.  He  was  Deacon  of  the  Shrewsbury  church  frcm 
1743-74.  At  a  church  meeting  called  to  settle  a  pastor,  March  2,  1762,  Ezekiel 
was  made  chairman  of  a  committee  to  extend  a  call  to  Rev.  Joseph  Sumner,  and 
on  May  19th  following  he  prepared  Articles  of  Discipline  to  bind  pastor  and 
people.  He  was  Selectman  from  1743-49.  He  d.  March  4,  1774  ;  Susannah  d. 
March  17,  1784. 


42  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

130  Elisha 

settled  in  Providence,  K.  I.,  before  1720.  He  was  lieutenant  in  the  local 
militia  at  that  date,  a  surveyor  in  1728,  and  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  .734. 
He  was  made  a  freeman  there  in  October,  1720,  and  a  deputy  from  Providence 
to  the  General  Court  in  1719,  '21,  '24,  '29,  '31,  and  '33. 


131   Joseph, 
brother  of  Elisha,  resided  in  Providence,  Newport,  and  Gloucester,  R.  I 


132  John  and  Elizabeth  Hilton  had  : 

(271)  John,  June  29,  1723.     m.  Lucy 

(272)  Anna,  June  14,  1725.     m.  John  Glover,  November  14,  1742. 

(273)  Mary,  December  17,  1726.     m.  Solomon  Lufkin,  January  18,  1745. 

(274)  Elizabeth,  August  28,  1728.  m.  Lieut.  Wm.  Dodge  of  Wenham,  April 

24,  1754.     He  died,  October  20,  1763,  aged  87. 
Residence,  Manchester,  Mass. 

John  removed  to  Wenham,  and  died  there  in  1738.  He  contributed  towards 
the  erection  of  a  schoolhouse,  and  he  is  styled  Capt.  John  Knolton.  Kis 
widow  Elizabeth  m.  2d  John  Hassen.  She  d.  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  1692, 
aged  90. 

134  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Solomon  Parsons  had  : 

(275)  Abigail,  February  21,  1731. 

(276)  Marion,  November  16,  1732. 

(277)  Sarah,  August  5,  1734. 

(278)  Lucy,  September  20,  1736. 

(279)  Solomon,  July  10,  1739. 


138  Prudence  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Giddings  had 

(280)  Hannah. 

(281)  Joseph. 

(282)  Isaac. 

(283)  Abigail. 
Joseph  d.  1752. 

139  Andrew  and  Lucy  Stone  had  : 

(284)  Robert,  May  26,  1743.     m. Perry  ;   m.  2d Piatt. 

(285)  Jeremiah,  1745.     m.  Ann  Pierce. 


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(286}  Andrew,  1742.     in*  Ruth  Ridlow.     Soldier  in  Revolutionary  War. 

(287)  Johnathan,  July  28,  1750.     m.  Widow  Mary  Blunt  Oakes,  1777. 

(288)  Betsey,     m. Preble. 

(289)  Molly,     m. Jameson. 

(790)  Rachel,     m. Chapman.  ' 

(291)  Lydia.     m. Hall. 

(292)  Abigail,     m. Linscott. 

(293)  Sally,     m.    — —  Cothlene, 

(294)  Anna,  August  21,  1759.     m.  Thomas  Hitchcock,  1779.  *^ 

Residence,  Machias,  Maine. 


145   Robert  and  Lydia  Bishop  had  : 

(295)  Lydia,  July  24,  1725.  m.  Jeremiah  Andros  of  Chebasco,  May  n,  1750. 

(300)  Sarah,  May  11,  1726.     m.  Abraham  Masters,  April  14,  1754. 

(30?)  Anna,  September  22,  1728.     m.  Zebulon  Foster,  April  7,  1750. 

(302)  Rachel,  Feb.  23.  1730.     m.  Andrew  Low,  November  9,  1752. 

(303)  Robert,  April  22,  1733. 

(304)  Mary,  April  2r,  1735.     ln-  Johnathan  Masters,  February  17,  1757. 

(305)  Ezekiel,  April  1,  7740.     m.  Elizabeth  Woodbury,  February  5,  1762. 

(306)  John,  July  22,  1742.     d.  1748. 

Robert  was  a  carpenter.     Residence,  Manchester,  Mass.     He  d.  1775. 


146  Ezekiel  and  Emma  Foster  had  : 

(307)  Emma,  June  25,  1725.     m.  Benjamin  Leach. 

(308)  Ezekiel,  December  2,  1726.     d.  1734. 

(309)  Anna,  August  8,  1728.     m.  Edmund  Jumper,  August  25,  1753. 

(310)  John,  November  29,  1730.     m.  Mary  Herrick,  May,  1753. 

(311)  Elizabeth,  June  25,  1732.     m.  Nathaniel  Lee. 

(312)  Margaret,  Novembers,  1734.     m.  Edward  Hovey. 

Ezekiel  resided  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  and  was  probably  shipwrecked  ofl 
Sable  Island,  March  18,  1734.  Emma  was  a  celebrated  doctress.  She  d. 
178S. 

149  Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Hugh  Evans  had: 

(313)  John,  June  2,  1743. 

(314)  Robert,  July  3,  1744. 

(315)  Elizabeth,  August  5,  1746. 

Residence.  Gloucester,  Mars. 


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152  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Mann  had: 
(316)  Benjamin,  June  9,  1743. 

{31?)  Elizabeth,  February  18,  1745.  m.  Daniel  Murphey,  November  r7,  176 1 
Residence,  Springfield,  Mass. 


157  Samuel  and  Esther  Dane  had: 

(318)  Esther,  September,  1 761.     m.  William  Kinsman. 

(319)  Samuel,  1764.     m.  Jane  Linscott. 

(320)  Joseph,  May  17,  1767.     m.  Fannie  Stevens,  September  14,  1794. 

(321)  Ebenezer,  August  5,  1770.     m.  Ruth  Smalley. 

(322)  Mary.     m.  Michael  Kinsman,  pub.,  September  27,  1783. 

(323)  Martha,  July  29,  1772.     m.  Isaac  Moore,  179S. 

Residence  removed  to  Farmington,  Maine. 


158  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Dean  had  :   -        t''    '' 
(324)  Nathaniel,     m.  Lucy  Chapman. 
(3'-'5)  Joseph,     m.  Martha  Dean  ;  m.  2d  Martha  Wheeler. 

(326)  Nathan,     m.  Eliza  Dodge,  April  18,  1829. 

(327)  Lucy.     m.  Joseph  Cummings,  June  21,  1790.    Topsfield,  m.  2d   D 

iel  Cummings. 

(328)  Lydia.     m.  James  Burnham,  November  6,  1798. 

(329)  John,  1750.     m.  Mary  A.  Dodge  of  Beverly,  June  28,  1776, 

(330)  Isaac,     m.  Patty  Woodbury,  1800. 
(33i) 

Nathaniel  d.  181 1.     Elizabeth  d.  September  14,  179S. 


.in- 


159  Benjamin  and  Abigail  Dodge  had  : 

(332)  Ezra.     m.  Abigail  Dodge,  February  n,  1762. 

(333)  Edmund,     m.  Mary  Austin,  September  7,  1784. 

(334)  Benjamin,     d.  young. 

(335)  Neamiah.     m.  Elizabeth  Potter,  November  14,  1769. 

(336)  Susan. 

(337)  Moses,     m.  Cummings. 

(338)  James.     Deputy  to  General  Court  of  New  Hampshire,  1777. 

Abigail  d.,  and  Benj.  m.  2d  Abigail  Dane,  April  22,  1756. 
They  had  : 

(339)  Malachi.     m.  Abigail  Patch,  May  19,  1782. 
<34o)   Ephraim.     m.  Mary  Murphy,  September  4,  1780. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  45 

(341)  Hannah,     m.  Oliver  Norton,  October  22,  1792. 

(342)  Esther,     m. Rush  of  Ipswich.     Ten  children. 

(343)  Betsey,    m. Woodbury  ;  m.  2d  D.  Cummings,  January  16,  1804. 

(344)  Hepsibah.     m.  Thomas  Cummings,  August  25,  17S7. 

(345)  Abigail,     m.  Benjamin  Larcom. 

(346)  Benjamin,     m.  Abigail  Larcom  (or  Lawrence),  December  1,  1789. 

(347)  Annie,     m.  Wm.  Foster,  May  29,  1797. 

Benjamin  lived  on  the  Ayres  farm  in   Hamilton,  Mass.,  in  Salem,  and  in 
Ipswich,  where  he  d.  April  3,  1781.     Abigail  d.  May  20,  1790. 


163  Abraham  and  Sarah  Caldwell  had  : 

(348)  John,  October  23,  1722.     m. 

(349)  Priscilla,  January  24,  1724.     m.  Joseph  Smith,  January  20,  1744.    y 

Sarah  dying-,  Abraham  m.  2d  Sarah  Lull,  and  had  : 

(350)  Abraham,  August    26,   1726.     m.    Sarah  Lord,  November   29,   1754. 

Res.  in  Ipswich,     d.  October  2,  1797. 

(351)  Thomas,  February  4,  1728.     d.  1729. 

(352)  Sarah,  August  30,  1730.     d.  1731. 

(353)  Thomas,  May  28,  1732.     m.  Sarah  Stacey,  August  16,  1755. 

(354)  Sarah,  November  24,  1734.     d.  1750. 

(355)  Isaac,  September  26,  1736.     d.  1737. 

Residence,  Ipswich. 


169  Thomas  and  Amy  Chase  had  : 

(356)  Sarah,  August  18,  1735.     d.  young. 

(357)  Ebenezer,  June  24,  1737.     d.  1749. 

(358)  Johnathan,  June  16,  1739.     m.  Ruth  Page,  April  29,  1762. 

(359)  Sarah,  1741.     m.  David  Shaw. 

(360)  Molly,  1742.     in.  John  Shaw. 

(361)  Nathan,  October  29,  1743.     d.  young. 

(362)  William,  April  19,  1746.     m. 

(363)  John  S.,  May  10,  1748.     d.  young. 

(364)  Thomas,  May  10,  1749.     m.  Betsey  Giles. 
.(365)  Anna,  July  13,  1753.     m.  Andrew  Baker. 

(366)  Ebenezer,  August  14,  1759.     m.  Elizabeth  Rawlings. 


46  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Thomas  was  b.  in  Hampton,  and  rem.  to  Kensington,  where  he  m. 
Ruth.  Ke  rem.  to  Northwood,  N.  H.,  in  1759,  where  he  d.  March  23. 
j  7 74.  Amy  d.  there  October  6,  1791.  Thomas  was  a  very  large  and  pow- 
erful man,  six  feet  four  and  a  half  inches  in  height,  and  of  corresponding 
weight.  His  sons  resembled  him,  for  they  were  over  six  feet  tail,  and  their 
average  weight  was  225  pounds.  Northwood  was  incorporated  October  5, 
J773>  an(*  Thomas  was  elected  surveyor.  He  was  active  in  establishing  schools, 
and  his  name,  with  that  of  his  son  Johnathan,  is  signed  to  the  following  reso- 
lution : 

"  We  the  subscribers,  do  solemnly  engage  and  promise  that  we  will  to 
the  extent  of  our  power  at  the  risque  of  our  lives  and  fortune  with  arms 
oppose  the  hostile  proceedings  of  th  [so  in  the  original]  British  fleets  and 
armies  against  the  United  American  Colonies." 


170  Ebenezer  and  Jane  Philbrick  had  : 

(367)  Marian,  July  30,  1737. 

(368)  Johnathan.     He   served   in  Captain  Marston's  company  during  the    ;' 

French  and  Indian  War,  was  allowed  pay  for  doctor's  bill  at 
Albany  Flats  in  1759. 

(369)  Peter.     Soldier  in  the  colonial  wars.    Was  paid  ,£7  to  s.  for  military 

service,  on  June  26,  i76r. 

Ebenezer  was  a  blacksmith.     Residence,  Hampton,  N.  H. 


171   Benjamin  and had  : 

(370)  David,  November  14,  1740.     m.  Mary  A.  Green. 


174  Rice,  Jr.,  and  Lydia  Woodbury  had  : 

(371)  Benjamin,  December  10,  1728.     m.  Phoebe  Wright,  1750. 

(37?)  Francis,  May  4,  1732.     m.  Hannah  Trewlett. 

(373)  Joseph,  April  22,  1734.     m.  Elizabeth  Carbery,  September  30,  1772. 

(374)  John,  November  20,  1737.     d.  1763. 

(375)  Rice  3d,  August  27,  1740.     m.  Sarah  Coey, "January  28,  1757  ;  in.  :5d 

Judith  Lane,  1763. 

(376)  Ezra,  1744. 


TheKnowltons  of  New  England  47 

Lydia  dying,  Rice  m.  2d Adams  in  1745,  and  had  : 

(377)  Charles  A.,  1747.     m.  Eunice  Pickard,  17C9. 

(378)  Lydia  YV\,  1749.     m.  Elkanah  Babbitt. 

This  wife, Adams,  d.  1749,  and  Ricem.  3d  Elizabeth  Smith, November 

26,  1750.     Residence,  Wenham,  Mass. 


177  Churchill  and  Jane  Rogers  had  : 

(379)  Reuben,  July,  1744.     m.  Mary  Morse,  April  19,  1765. 

(380)  Joseph,  August  n,  1742.     m.  Rachel  Patch,  November  4,  1762. 

(381)  Amos,    July  6,    1746.     m.  Mary  Warren,  December  30,   1765.     He 

was  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

(382)  Lucy,  June  4,  1748.     m.  John  Osment,  March  31,  1768. 

{^)  Abraham,  September  1,  1750.    m.  Rhoda  Tennant,  December  17,  1771, 
(384)  John,  August  18,  1752.     m.     Res.  in  Wenham,  Mass.     He  d.  1797. 
(3S5)  William,  September  12,  1754.     m.  Elizabeth  Smith.   "Rem.  to  North- 
port,  Me.,  and  thence  to  Isle  of  Haute. 

(386)  Robert,  June  28,   1757.     Changed  his  name  to  Rogers,     m.  Betsey 

Dane.     Rev.  soldier.     Rem.  to  Maine. 

(387)  Thomas,  January  28,   1760.     m.  Joanna  Martin,  January  29.    T782. 

Rem.  to  Northport,  Me.     d.  October  10,  1827.     A  colonel. 

(388)  Parker,  March  8,  1762.     Disappeared. 

(389)  Benjamin,    June    18,    1766.     m.  Susanna  Woodbury,    December   21, 

1786.     Rem.  to  Beverly,  Mass.     d.  August  5,  1822.     A  captain. 
She  d.  December  20,  1824. 

Churchill  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  and  removed  to  Maine,  in,  or  near,  Belfast. 


179  Abraham  and  Miriam  Cole,  of  Beverly,  Mass. 


had : 


(39°)  Caleb,  February  24,  1752.     m.  Elizabeth  Bailey.     Rem.  to  Canad; 
(391)  Johnathan,  December  19,  1755.     m.  Hannah  Morgan. 
Residence,  Wenham,  Mass. 


180  Ruth  Knowlton  and  Edward  Carlyle  had 

(392)  Amos. 

(393)  Louisa. 

(394)  Lucy. 

Residence,  Hopkinton,  Mass. 


48  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

j8i   Daniel  and  Abigail  Alrny  had  : 

(395)  William,     in.  Julia . 

(396)  Mary. 

(397)  Asa.     m.  Sarah  Hadley. 

(39S)  Elias,  1744.     m.  Elizabeth  Jennings      Res.  in  Kopkinton.     d.  1837. 

(399)  Anna.     m.  Phillip  Metcalf,  1790. 

(400)  Daniel,     rn.  Abigail  Marshall,  1781. 

(401)  Nathan,     m.  Patience  Miller  ;  m.  2d Jennings. 

(402)  John,  January  24,  1745.     m.  Martha  Jennings,  April  20,  1769. 

Daniel  d.  September  15,  1782.     P»esidence,  Framingham,  Mass. 


182  Sarah  Knowlton  and Knowlton  had  : 

(403)  Borguilla. 

(404)  John,  September  23,  1734. 

(405)  Isaac,     in.  Lucy  Wheeler  ;  m.  2d  Hannah  Sawyer. 

(406)  Samuel,     m.  Rebecca  Coggins,  March  18,  1762. 

(407)  Joshua. 

(40S)  Joseph,     m.  Relief  Cobleigh. 

Residence,  Hopkinton,  Mr.ss. 


184  "John  and had  : 

(409)  John,  February  28,  1763.     m.  Susannah  Jennings,  17S9. 

(410)  Isaiah,  May  22,  1767.    m.  Jemima  Johnson,  May  25,  1796. 

Residence,  Holliston,  Mass. 


189  John  and had  : 

(411)  John,  1740. 


191   Silas  and had  : 

(412)  Rosel,  ra.  Ann  Dutton  ;    m.  2d  Sophia  Goodall. 

(413)  Gideon,  1739. 

(414)  Jared.     m.  Lydia. 

(415)  Asenath.     m.  Asa  Wilson. 

(416)  Anna.     m.  Nathan  Wilson.     She  d.  insane. 

(417)  Dorothy,     m.  Joshua  Whitney,  )nauj.iy  14,  1781  ;  m,  ?.d. Harts 

horn. 


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Ash  ford,  Conn. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  49 

(418)  Joshua,  1772.     m.  Elizabeth  Shattuck. 
Alice,     m.  Thomas  Squires, 

Residence,  Belchertown,  Mass. 


192   Paul  and  Mary  Knowlton,  of  Wenham,  had  : 

(419)  Amy. 

Residence,  Wenham,  Mass. 


ig4  Timothy  and had  : 

(450)  Timothy,  1745.     m.  Sarah  Mansfield  ;  mf&a  Eunk-e--= 
(420  a)  Ebenezer,    175&?   m.  Mary  Barber,  August  28,  1765. 
Residence,  Medway  and  Rowe,  Mass. 


197 


William  and  Martha  Pinder  had  : 


(421)  Lucy.     d.  young.  v 

(42?)  Lucy,  February  20,  1736. ,  m.  Dea.  Abijah  Brooks,  of  Ashford. 
(423)  William,  December  23,  1738.    m.  Mehitable  Eaton,  of  Ashford,  Conn. 
(424):  Daniel,  December  23,  1738.  m.  Elizabeth  Farnham,  December  3,  1763  ; 
m.  2d  Rebecca  Fenton,  April  24,  1788. 

■..^(425)  Thomas,  November  30,  1740.     m.  Anna  Keyes,  April  5,  1759.    - 

(426).  Nathaniel,  May  9,  1746.     d.  young. 

(427)  Mary,  May  9,  1746.  m.  Ezekiel  Tiffany  of  Ashford,  March  9,  1743/9. 

(428)  Sarah,     m.  Joshua  Kendall  of  Ashford. 

(429)  Priscilla.     unm.      ,.-,...       ,  .^ 

William  was  a  "  housewright."  He  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  whence  he 
removed  to  West  Boxford,  where  he  m.  Martha  Pinder,  and  from  there  he 
went  to  Ashford,  Conn.,  late  in  the^ear  1748.  He  purchased  a  farm  of  four 
hundred  acres  which  he  divided  among  his  sons.  Martha  was  admitted  to  the 
church  by  letter,  January  24,  1749,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  William  ever 
became  a  member,  though  he  liberally  sustained  the  local  institutions  of  religion. 
Martha  was  a  granddaughter  of  John  Pynder,  of  Pynder,  England,  "a  Soldier 
in  y'  Ccunirie's  Service."  and  a  subscriber  to  the  futd  for  the  services  of  Major 
Dennison  in  King  Philip's  War.  She  was  the  great-granddaughter  of  Henry 
Pynder,  who  with  his  wife  Mary  sailed  for  America  from  London  in  the  ship 
Susan  and  Ellen,  1635.  Said  Henry  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Pynders  oC 
Lincoln  County,  England,  to  whom  the  following  arms  were  granted  in  153.?, 
as  registered  in  the  Herald's  College,  London  : 


5° 

( 
"Azure,  a  chevron  between  three  lions'  heads,  erased  argent,  guttae 

de  po'x,  ducally  crowned  or.     Crest,  a  lion's   head    erased    or,  ducally 

crowned  azure." 

William  d.  in  Ashford,  March  13,  1753.  and  Martha  m.  2d  Colonel  Dean  of 
Taunton,  and  removed  there. 


198  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Fuller  had  : 

(430)  Nathaniel,  1730.     ra.  Elizabeth  Parks,  February  15,  1762. 

(431)  Mary,  September  15,  1733.     m.  Thomas  Messer,  January  20,  175S. 

(432)  Ebenezer,  September  15,  1733. 

(433)  LVdia>  ^717- 

Residence,  Sudbury,  Mass. 


i^    ?2<32  Susannah  Knowlton  and  Josiah  Dodge  had  : 

(434)  Josiah,  September  8,  17/10.     m.  Hannah  Conant,  November,  1761. 

(435)  Susannah,  1742.     m.  Israel  Fellows,  March  29,  1762. 

(436)  Rhoda,  August  25,  1744.     m.  Benjamin  Hinds,  1762. 

(437)  Sarah,  May  24,  1749.     m.  Johnathan  Leonard,  November  1,  1764. 

(438)  Asahel,  August  26,  1752.     m.  Ada  Walker,  1773. 

(439)  Benjamin,  May  1,  1754.     m.  Tabitha  Perkins,  December  26,  1776. 

(440)  Phoebe,  September  23,  1759. 

Susannah  and  Josiah  were  m.  in  Ipswich.  Their  parents  resided  in  Wen- 
ham,  from  which  place  they  removed  to  Nova  Scotia,  where  they  0.  in  1S05 
at  or  near,  Annapolis. 


207  Ebenezer  and had 

(441)  Gideon,  1754.     m.  Mary  Gibson,  1796. 

(442)  Abner,  1756.     m.  Elizabeth  Knowlton,  January  20,  1780. 

(443)  Antipas,  1758.     d.  in  Ipswich,  May  20,  1785. 

Ebenezer  was  a  soldier  in  the  Colonial  War  of  1755,  and  his  powder-horn, 
marked  "Sargent  Ebenezer  Nolton,  Fort  William  Henry,  Nov.  17,  1775,"  is 
in  the  possession  of  a  descendant,  Mr.  Abner  Knowlton,  of  Chico,  Cal.  His 
sons  Abner  and  Antipas  served  in  Capt.  Richard  Dodge's  company,  Colonel 
Baldwin's  regiment,  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Ebenezer  d.  in  Ipswich,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1777- 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  51 

210  Nathaniel  and  Mary had  : 

(444)  Nathaniel,  m,  Mary .     Res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

(aAS)  Jeremiah,  m.  Susan  Whitney.     Res.  Brattleboro,  Vt. 


221   Thomas  and had  : 

(446)  Thomas,  1760.     in.  Susannah  Hollis,  1783. 


222  Stephen  and had  : 

(447)  Stephen,  July  15.  1753.     m.  Diodema  Chubb,  February  1. 
(44.8)  Abigail,     m   Ebenezer  Rowley,  1776. 
(449)  Azubah. 
(45c)   Susannah. 
{4;,  1)  Deborah. 

(452)  Lev  in  a. 

(453)  Mary. 
(451)  Hannah. 
(455)  Joshua. 

Stephen's  first  wife  dying,  he  m.  2d  Rebecca 

(^56)  Sarah. 

Rebecca  d.  September  8,  1795,  and  he  m.  3d  Mary  Purple,  widow  of  Edward 
Purple,  December  31,  1795,  and  d.  January  29,  1814,  aged  84.  Res.  East  Had- 
dam,  Conn. 

226  Joseph  m.  istRuth  Dodge.     He  m.  2d  Reliance  Cole, 
17S6,  and  had  : 

(456  a)  Joseph,  March  1,  j  787.     m.  Ruth  Richardson,  January  2,  1808.    m. 

2d  Jemima  Holden.     m.  3d  Sarah  Richardson. 
(456  b)  Benjamin,  September  23,  1792.    m.  Olive  Pillsbury,  April  3,  1809.   m. 

2d  Polly  Ketcham,  January  11,  1816. 

(456  c)  Reliance,     m. Clarke.     Res.  Sudbury,  Vt. 

(456  p)  Thomas,     m.  Susan  Oney.     7  children. 

Joseph  m.  3d  Thankful  Gates  and  had  : 

(456  l)  Thankful,   7796.      m.  Ivery  Bragdon,  January,  i3r 9.     ra,  2d  Wm. 

Tucker,  1832.     She  d.  October  22,  1839. 
(456  f)  Betsey,  July,  1800.     m.  Benj.  Tupper,  1822. 
(45^  «)  Ruth.     m.  John  Wiiloughby,  November  15.  iSo7.     She  d.  1S32. 


52  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Joseph  was  bom  at  East  Haddam,  Conn.  He  served  in  the  Havana  Expedi- 
tion in  1762,  and  also  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  d.  at  Pillar  Point,  N.  Y. 
May  r,  1834,  aged  95. 


229  a  Thomas  and  jane  Carter  had  : 

(457)  John,  August  17,  1747.     m.  Mary  Manning. 

(458)  Thomas. 

(459)  Daniel,  1750. 

(460)  Ephraim,  1756.     m.  Elizabeth  Butler. 

(461)  Sarah,  1758.     m. Talcott. 

(462)  Robert,  February  10,  1759.     m.  Mary  Gay,  February  3,  1787 

(463)  Enoch,  1760. 

(464)  Silas  B.,  1762.     m.  Mehitable  Kendrick. 

(465)  Caroline,     m. Collins. 

(466)  Ruth.     ra. Duff. 

(467)  Jerusha.     m  Lyon. 

Thomas  removed  from  Sharon  Springs,  Conn.,  to  Bethlehem,  N.  Y. 


229  b  Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  Butler  had  : 

(468)  Robert,  1745.     m. 

(469)  Stephen,  1749. 

(470)  Elizabeth,  1749.     m.  John  Woolsley,  1772.     She  d.  18x5. 
Ephraim  settled  in  Bedford,  N.  Y.     He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 

and  fought  at  White  Plains,  the  battle-field  being  a  portion  of  his  estate.  Eliza- 
beth d.  1 80 1. 


229  h  Abraham  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Wise  had  : 

(471)  Sarah,  December  8,  1751.     m.  Wm.  Longfellow,  April  7,  1781. 

(472)  Elizabeth,  October  27,  1753. 

(473)  Abraham,  September  12,  1756.     m.  Mrs.  Esther  Russell,  August   2.-?, 

1777  ;  m.  2d  Sarah  Fitts  ;  m.  3d  Hannah  Fills. 

(474)  Mary,  September  5,  1758.' 

Residence,  Ipswich,  Mass. 
After  Abraham's  death,  his  widow  Elizabeth  m.  2d  Daniel  Heard,  June  22 
1762,  by  whom  she  had  several  children.     She  d.  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  ard 
at  the  residence  of  her  son,  William   Heard    East  Concord,  N.   H.,  in   1S19. 
Abraham  was  a  Minute-man  in  the  Revolution,  enlisting  January  24,  1775. 


The  Knowlions  of  New  England  53 

232  Daniel  and  Zerviah  Wadkins  had  : 

(475)  Stephen,  July  8,  1746,     m.  Anna  Fletcher,  September  20,  1783. 

(476)  Robert,  February  6,  1748. 

(477)  Miriam,  1750.     m. Tupper. 

(478)  Eleanor,  1752.     m. Upharn, 

(479)  Esther,  1754.     m. Marsh. 

(480)  Daniel,  1757.     m.  Rachel  Olney. 

(481)  Mehitable.     m.  John  Hall,  1772,  v 

Daniel  lived  in  Ashford,  Conn.  He  was  a  soldier,  and  served  at  the  siege 
of  Louisburg.  His  subsequent  career  is  narrated  in  the  Nova  Scotia  chapter. 
Zerviah  was  the  daughter  of  Capt  William  Watkins  (or  Wadkins)  of  the  Colo- 
nial Army,  who  also  was  a  Representative  from  Ashford,  in  the  Connecticut 
General  Assembly.     She  is  buried  at  Fort  Belcher,  Nova  Scotia. 


235  Thomas  and  Bridget  Bosworth  had: 

(482)  Mary,  June  15,  1758.     m.  Nathaniel  BoswoUh,  of  Mansfield,  Conn. 

{483)  Jemima,  April  22,  1759.     m.  Isaac  Abbey. 

(484)  Ezra,  December  21,  1760.     m.  Abigail  Bostwick. 

(485)  John,  April  17,  1762.     m.  Jemima  Barrow.  t  .  \ 

(486)  Hannah,  February  13,  1764.  m.  James  Perkins.  —  ~~  &JU&J&  "i, 
(4S7)  Daniel,  February  8,  1766.  d.  young.  6  ^_^'.-.\'  i  J  ' 
{48S)  Keziah,  August  21,  1768.     d.  September  6,  1777.           ft    O       \ 


Bridget  d.  in  Ashford,  Conn.,  June  9,  1777,  and  Thomas 
m.  2d  Hepsibah  Peak,  of  Ashford,  September  24, 
1778,  and  had : 


6:.. 


(489)  Johnathan,  June  27,  1779.     m.  Zerviah  Sanger,  April  4,  1802.  ^ 

{490)  Thomas,  June  18,  i78r.     Lost  at  sea  when  young.  / 

(491)  Jesse,  October  12,  1784.     m.  Joanna  Hale.     Sett,  in  N.  Y.  State.  ~    . 

(492)  Chester,  October  12,  1787.     m.  Priscilla  Sanger,  July  1,  1807. 


2.    "3 


237  Abraham  and  Molly  Knox  bad  : 

(-193)  Amasa,  February  26,  1764.     m.  Margaret  Topliff,  1834, 

(494)  Sarah,  June  20,  1765.     d.  1775. 

{495)  Miriam,  December  15,  1766.     m.  Abner  Woodward,  April  15,  1790. 

{496)  Stephen,  September  7,  1768.     m.  Hannah  Heath,  January  8,  1795. 

{497)  Persis,  April  2,  1770. 

(49s)  Abel,  April  gy  1772,     m.  Barbara  Dimock. 


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(499)  Abraham,  December  17,  1774.     d.  young. 

(500)  Abraham,  July  n,  1776.     d.  young. 

(501)  Nathan,  August  n,  1778.     m.  Lydia  Leonard. 

(502)  Daniel,  March  17,  17S1.     m.  Hannah  Knowlton,  November  24,  1S03. 

(503)  Amos,  March  20,  1783.     m.  Nancy  Webb,  September  13/1804. 

"Abraham,  Sen's  mark  for  his  creatures  was  a  crop  on  right  car,  a 
half  penny  crop  on  back  side  of  left  car." 

He  d.  in  Ashford,  Ct.,  June  14,  i82r.     Molly  d.  July  8,  1819. 


246  Joseph  and  Mary  Knowlton  had  : 

(504)  Abigail,  June  29,  1750. 

(505)  Asa,  September  21,  1752.     m.     Had  s.  Jesse. 

(506)  Anna,  October  7,  1754- 

(507)  Grace,  July  23,  1756.     m.  Josiah  Goulding,  of  Grafton,  Mass.,  1777. 
(50S)  Nathan,  May  15,  1760.     m.  Abigail  Maynard,  January  8,  1782. 
(509)  Joseph,  May  4,  1761.     m.  Priscilla  Howe,  May  11,  17S4. 

(5ro)  Mary,  August   23,   1763.     m.   Joseph  Boyden,   December    15,    1785, 
Res.,  Guilford. 

(511)  Rachel,  March  15,  1765.     m.  Jasper  Rand,  17S3. 

(512)  Samuel,  July  6,  1769.     Res.,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

(513)  Asahel,  November  23,  1773.     Res.,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Mary  d.  August  21,  1796,  and  Josephm.  2d  Miss  Cheney,  of  Ward  (Auburn), 
Mass.  Mary  was  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Ezekiel  Knowlton.  Joseph  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  in  Shrewsbury,  1774,  and  to  that  in  Ward  in  1790.  He 
conveyed  his  farm  to  Josiah  Goulding,  his  son-in-law  "to  see  him  through," 
his  daughter,  Grace,  returning  his  considerate  provision  for  her  by  making  a 
happy  home  for  him  in  her  own  house,  where  she  ministered  to  his  needs  with 
loving  fidelity  until  his  death,  August  22,  1816.  y 


247  Abraham  and  Comfort  Holman  had  : 

(514)  Comfort,  1761.     m.  George  Haskell,  April  25,  1782.     She  d.  1837. 

Comfort  d.  in  1 76 1 ,  and  Abraham  m.  2d  Susannah  Jordan, 
May,  1 764.     They  had  : 

(515)  Sarah,  June  13,  1765.     m.  Elijah  Bangs,  April  21,  1791.     She  d.  1831. 

(516)  Israel,  January  11,  1767.     m.  Abigail  Carter,  1794. 

(517)  Thomas,  January  23,  1769.     d.  September  8,  1777. 

(518)  Lucy,  December  21,  1770.     m.  Nathan  Haskell,  June  2,  1795. 


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(519)  Abraham,  May  6,  1774.     d.  young. 

(520)  Phillip,  July  30,  1776.     d.  young. 

(521)  Thomas,  February  9,  1782.     m.  Susan  Heywood,  December  6,  1806. 

Abraham  was  a  tanner,  residing  on  the  old  Petersham  road,  in  Templeton. 
He  was  a  lieutenant  of  the  10th  Company,  Worcester  County  Regiment,  his 
commission  dating  May  3,  1776.  In  his  old  age  his  appearance  was  most 
striking,  for  his  long  white  hair  falling  to  his  shoulders  gave  him  a  very  vener- 
able appearance.  Susannah  d.  April  27,  1816.  He  rem.  to  Hardwick  and  m. 
2d  there,  and  d.  June  9,  18 12.  He  was  a  Selectman  and  on  Committee  of 
Correspondence. 


248  Jacob  and  Sarah  Pratt  had  : 

(522)  Joseph,  November  20,  1760.  m.  Huldah  Warren,  December  25, 
17S4;  m.  2d  B.elief  Stratton,  December  21,  1797. 

Sarah  dying,  Jacob  m.  2d  Sarah  Smith,  November,  1762, 

and  had  : 

(523)  Sarah,  September  29,  1763.     m.  Ebenezer  Rich.     Rem.  to  Ohio. 
(52.1)  Jacob,  June  16,  1764.     d.  young. 

(525)  Elizabeth,  June  16,  1765. 

(526)  Elijah,  March  2,  1767.     Drowned  December  2,  1790. 

(527)  Anna,  July  17,  1769. 

(528)  Abigail,  June  26,  1771.     m. Mills.     Sett,  in  N.  Y.  State. 

(529)  Jacob,  October  6,  1776.     m.  Rhoda  Smith,  June  10,  1800.     ** 

Jacob  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  He  rem.  to  Hardwick,  Mass.,  in  1752, 
and  served  during  two  campaigns  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  with  rank  of 
corporal,  in  Capt.  Samuel  Robinson's  company.  He  d.  not  later  than  1788,  for 
his  widow  m.  2d  Deacon  Joseph  Allen,  August  6,  1789. 


249  Nathan  and had  : 

(53°)  James,  July,  1774.     m.  Betsey  Tracey. 

(531)  Samuel,  November  13,  1778.     m.  Aurilla  Coates. 


254  Paul  and  Lucy  Forbush  had  : 

(53?)  Paul,  October  23,  1770.     m.  Lovie  Whipple,  1S01. 
(533)  Lucy,  February  28,  1772.     m.   Elijah  Hale,  of  Grafton,  February  14, 
1799. 


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(534)  Robert,  December  7,  1773.     m.  Lydia  Thurston,  of  Westboro,  Mass., 

1807. 
(535}  Daniel,  December  9,  1775.     m.  Mary  Hemmingway,  1803. 

(536)  Sarah,    November  11,    1777.     m.   Samuel    Thurston,  June  24,    1802. 

Res.,  Westboro,  Mass. 

(537)  John.  January  6,  1780.     m.  Diodemia  Duncan. 

(538)  Marjery,  October  25,   1781.     m.  Zarun  Perkins,   February   18,  r8xo. 

Res.,  Wallingford,  Vt. 

(539)  Joel,  November  1,  1783.     m.  Mary  Brooks. 

(540)  Beulah,  September  25,  1785.     in.  Jonas  Baker. 

(541)  Ruth,  January  5,  1788.     m.  Isaac  Cutler,  April  8,  1823. 

(542)  Anna,  September  9,  1789.      m.  Jona  Newton,  February  22,  1818  ;  m. 

2d  Zarun  Perkins. 

(543)  Jacob,  May  17,  1791. 

(544)  Levi,  June  9,  1797.     m.  Louisa  Divoll,  1822. 

Paul  was  Selectman  in  Shrewsbury  four  years,  and  d.  there  June  27,  1799. 
Lucy  d.  May  18,  1837. 

261   Abraham  and  Lydia  Batchelder  had: 

(545)  Silas,  June  3,  1773.     m.  Mercy  Wakefield. 

(546)  Martha,  June  1,  1775.     m-  Nathan  Munroe,  March  31,  1805. 

(547)  Sarah,  July  24,  1777.     m.  John  White,  1798. 

(548)  David,  November  14,  1779.     m.  Lucy  Brigham. 

(549)  Lydia,  October  21,  1781.     d.  June  28,  1808. 

(550)  Abraham,  August  4,  1784.     m.  Lucy  Faulkner. 

(551)  Thankful,  October  25,  1789.     d.  January,  1872. 

Lydia  was  from  Upton,  Mass.  She  d.  September  28,  1803,  and  Abraham  m. 
2d  Lucy  Whitney,  of  Upton,  1805.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  in  Capt. 
Thomas  Baker's  company,  Col.  Nathaniel  Tyler's  regiment,  in  the  Rhode  Island 
Alarm,  July,  1780.     He  d.  September  12,  1807.     Res.,  Shrewsbury. 


263  Susannah  Knowlton  and  Gershom  Wheelock  had  : 

(552)  Asa,  June  10,  1758. 

(553)  Gershom,  February  7,  1761. 

(554)  Susannah,  November  17,  1762.     m.  Barlow  Carpenter,  1803. 

(555)  Abigail,  September  30,  1765.     m.  David  Harris,  February  24,  1788. 

(556)  Elizabeth,     m.  Capt.  John  Rice,  November  16,  1790. 

(557)  Martha,     d.  August  28,  1840. 

(558)  Alice,     d.  young. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 


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265  Ezekiel  and  Anna  Miles  had  : 

(559)  Joseph,  June  27,  1760.     m.  Betsey  Sprague. 

(560)  Stephen,  May  28,  1762.     m.  Comfort  White,  January  24,  1796.     He 

d.  January  r6,  1853. 

(561)  Ezekiel,  1764.     in.     Had  s.  Geo.  W.      d.  October  5,  1823. 

(562)  Miles,  March   27,  1766.     m.   Tryphena  Sprague.     He  d.  September 

25,  1824. 

(563)  Jemima,  1768.     m.  Thomas  Wright,  February  7,  1791  ;  m.  2d  Batch- 

elder  Bcwker,  February  1,  1798. 

(564)  Levi,  1769.     m.  Polly  Morse,  1801  ;  m.  2d  Mrs.   Butterfield.     He  d. 

1842. 

(565)  Lucy,  May  27,  1776.     m.  Amasa  Clymer  or  Elmer.     No  chil.     She 

d.  1850. 

(566)  Anna,  April  7,   1778.     m.  John   Brill.     No  chil.     She   d.  April  3c, 

i860. 

(567)  Asaph,  September  1,  1781.     m.  Betsey  Sawyer,  December  23,   1806. 

He  d.  February  12,  1844. 

(56S)  Lyman,  January,  1774.  m.  Lepha  Whitcomb,  1795.  He  d.  July  28, 
1832. 

Ezekiel  and  Anna  lived  in  Templeton,  Mass.  Joseph  rem.  to  Gardner, 
Mass.,  Stephen  to  West  Gardner,  Jemima  to  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  Levi,  Lyman, 
Lucy,  Anna,  and  Asaph  to  Canada.  v,The  history  of  the  last  five  is  included  in 
the  Canadian  chapter. 

Ezekiel  Knowlton,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  men  of  his  day  and 
State.  He  was  commissioned  Captain,  April  6,  1776,  Colonel  Dyke's  Worcester 
County  regiment,  and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  until  March  1,  177?. 
Hed.  December  1,  1S10.     Anna  d.  April  8,  1826.     Res.,  Templeton,  Mass. 


266  Luke  and  Sarah  Holland  had  : 

(569)  Calvin,  January  22,  1761.     m.  Sophia  Willard. 

(570)  Patty,  December  5,  1762.     m.  Daniel  Warner. 

(571)  Silas,  December  9,  1764.     m.  Sarah  Holbrook. 

(572)  Sarah,  May  2,  1767.     m.  John  Holbrook. 

(573)  Alice,  July  22,  1769.     m.  Nathan  A.  Stone,  April  24,  1788. 

(574)  Lucinda,  August  8,  17  71.     m.  Samuel  Willard. 

(575)  Luke,  Jr.,  May  24,  1775.     m.  Charlotte  Kenny. 

HON.  LUKE  KNOWLTON, 

the  fifth  child  and  second  son  of  Deacon  Ezekiel,  was  born  in   Shrewsbury, 
November  4,  1738.     From  his  youth  up  he  displayed  those  traits  of  character 


5$  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

thai  made  him  so  conspicuous  a  figure  years  afterwards  in  his  adopted  Slate. 

Ambitious  and  enterprising  by  nature,  he  early  fitted  himself  to  become  by 
education  and  observation  a  leader  of  men  in  the  stirring  events  that  lay  before 
him.  When  but  twenty-one  years  old  he  enlisted  in  the  regular  service  of 
the  Continental  Army,  and  in  Captain  Fay's  company,  of  Shrewsbury,  and 
served  during  the  French  and  Indian  War  in  1759  at  Crown  Point,  Fort  Ticon- 
deroga,  and  other  points.  From  a  journal  of  each  day's  events  kept  by  him  with 
pathetic  simplicity  of  style  we  get  a  graphic  picture  of  the  sufferings  and  priva- 
tions to  which  the  patriotic  soldiers  of  that  troublous  time  were  subjected.  The 
cover  of  his  journal  bears  the  following  inscription. 

"  Luke  Knowlton 
His  Book 
Bought  att  Bostown,  May  25 
Anno  Domini  1759. 


Luke  Knowlton,  His  Hand 
wrote  at  the  Landing  Place, 

Near  Ticonderoga  Fort 

July  26th  Anno  Domini,  1759. 


Luke  Knowlton 

His   Book 

Shrewsbury  June  3, 

I759-" 

This  journal  covers  a  period  from  June  4th,  to  November  iSth,  the  last  entry 

of  which  is  : 

"  Lord's  Day.  I  travelled  to  Shrewsbury,  home  to  my  father's  and 
found  my  honored  parents  well." 

Knowlton  Avrites  of  the  avidity  with  which  they  ate  raw  turnips  and,  when  they 
could  get  it,  raw  pork,  and  at  one  time  they  were  in  such  extremities  that  they 
killed  and  ate  one  of  their  pack  horses.  When  their  time  of  enlistment  had  ex- 
pired, the  officers  refused  to  give  the  men  their  discharge,  whereupon  Luke 
Knowlton  gathered  two  hundred  of  them  on  the  parade  ground,  armed  and  loaded 
with  their  personal  effects,  determined  to  assert  their  rights.  The  officers  threat- 
ened to  fire  upon  them,  but  the  men  were  calmly  resolute,  and  the  officers  were 
obliged  to  yield.  Knowlton's  sense  of  personal  rights  and  his  firmness  in  de- 
fending those  rights,  were  made  the  more  effective  by  a  quiet  dignity  and  ju- 
dicious reserve  that  marked  his  subsequent  career  in  public  life. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  and  a  few  associates  petitioned  the  Government 
for  a  grant  of  20,000  acres  of  land,  and  subsequently  for  37,000  more,  in  what 


Hon.  Luke  Knowlton, 

Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
Newfane,  Vt.,  1738-1810. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  59 

was  then  known  as  Goncester,  now  Brookfield  and  Fairfield,  beginning  at  a  line 
twenty-three  miles  cast  of  Lake  Champlain,  on  the  northwest  bank  of  the  river 
Le  Moyle.  The  petition  was  granted,  the  tract  was  named  Knowlton's  Gore, 
and  thus  was  laid  the  foundation  of  Knowlton's  subsequent  prosperity. 

He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Holland,  of  Shrewsbury,  January 
5,  1760,  and  removed  to  Newfane,  Vt.,  February,  1773,  where  thirteen  families 
had  already  settled.  At  the  organization  of  the  town  in  the  following  year,  he 
was  chosen  Town  Clerk,  holding  the  position  for  fourteen  years.  Knowlton  was 
from  the  day  of  his  removal  to  Newfane  facile  princcps,  for  he  represented  the 
town  in  the  State  Legislature  during  seven  terms,  was  a  member  of  the  Old 
Council  from  1787  to  1793,  Judge  of  the  Windham  County  Court,  and  was 
elected  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  17S6.  In  published  sketches  and  his- 
tories of  Newfane  it  is  freely  admitted  that  the  town  owed  its  original  prosperity 
and  subsequent  importance  chiefly  to  the  sagacity,  enterprise,  and  ability  of 
Judge  Knowlton.  His  rare  perception  gave  him  an  intuitive  knowledge  of  men, 
and  his  liberality  to  the  poor,  gravity  of  deportment,  suavity  of  manner,  and 
personal  godliness  won  for  him  the  general  appellation  of  "  Saint  Luke."  *  He 
gave  the  land  for  a  public  Common,  and  contributed  largely  towards  the  erection 
of  the  first  court-house  and  jail  in  Newfane. 

As  Judge  Knowlton  had  been  a  staunch  Loyalist  during  the  ante-revolution- 
ary period,  he  received  from  the  British  Government  a  liberal  grant  of  land  in 
Lower  Canada,  upon  a  portion  of  which  is  now  located  the  town  of  Sherbrooke. 
This, 'with  the  other  fact  of  his  well-known  Tory  sentiments,  placed  him  under 
the  ban  of  suspicion,  even  after  he  had  given  in  his  adherence,  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  Vermont,  and  he  was  so  fiercely  threatened  by  his  neighbors  that  he 
fled  from  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  then  living,  to  Vermont.  On  his  return  he 
had  an  experience  of  which  the  records  of  the  Supreme  Court  held  at  Westmin- 
ster, February  term  1784,  are  the  evidence.  The  case  is  known  as  that  of 
Freeman  vs.  Prouty  :  an  indictment  for  burglary. 

Although  Knowlton  had  abundantly  proved  his  loyalty  to  the  new  Govern- 
ment and  order  of  things,  the  "Yorkers"  believed  him  to  be  still  secretly  nego- 
tiating with  the  British  Government,  and  in  its  pay.  So  stoutly  did  they 
continue  their  charge  of  treason  that  Congress  in  secret  session,  November  27, 
1 782,  ordered  his  arrest,  and,  as  already  stated,  he  fled  for  safety.  Returning  the 
following  year,  he  was  kidnapped  one  November  night  by  Francis  Prouty, 
Thomas  Whipple,  Johnathan  Dunkely,  John  and  Darwin  Wheeler,  and  others, 

"  armed  with  pistols,  clubs,  guns,  swords  and  bayonets," 
and  conveyed  beyond  the  border.      General  Fletcher  under  whom  Knowlton 
had  fought  in  1759  ordered  the  militia  to  assemble  to  the  rescue,  but  the  fearless 
return  of  Knowlton  made  further  operations  unnecessary.     The  rioters  were 

*  His  piety  is  evidenced  in  every  page  of  his  war  journal,  for  lie  has  carefully  recorded  the 
•  "!i  \).c  Lord's  Day,  giving  always  the  text  and  name  of  the  preacher. 


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subsequently  tried,  and  convicted,  and  Prouty  as  ringleader  was  fined  £3of  with 
costs  and  forty  days'  imprisonment. 

It  would  appear  that  his  traducers  left  no  stain  upon  his  reputation,  for  he 
was  chosen  Deacon  of  his  church,  and  it  fell  to  him  to  "set  the  psalm,"  reading 
off  two  lines  at  a  time  for  the  congregation  to  sing.  He  died  December  12, 
1810.     Kis  wife  died  September  1,  1797. 


267  William  and  Hannah  Hastings  had  : 

(576)  Hannah,  1765.     m.  Capt.  Thomas  Harrington,  October  14,  1784. 

(577)  Asa,  1767.     m.  Olive  Waite,  February  2,  1789. 

(578)  Susannah,  177L     m.  John  S.  Whitney,  May  4,  1799. 

(579)  Aftemus,  1774.     m.  Kuldah  Lyon,  1798.     m.  2d  Rhoda  Smith.  ^ 

(580)  William,  June  20,  1777.     m.  Clorinda  Smith,  1802.    v 

(581)  Seth,  May  11,  178 r.     m.  Relief  Howe. 

(582)  Joseph  H.,  March  22,  1785.     m.  Chloe  Forbush,  1806. 

William  was  a  Deacon  in  the  Shrewsbury  church  17 84-1 820,  where  he  rem. 
from  Templeton  in  1776.  He  was  a  Selectman  1785-7,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
church  in  Shrewsbury,  with  his  wife,  June  1778.  He  d.  there  September  13, 
1820.  Hannah  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Capt.  Thomas  and  Susannah  Hast- 
ings, members  of  the  old  English  family  of  that  name,  who  sailed  to  America 
from  Ipswich,  Eng.,  in  the  ship  Elizabeth,  April  10,  1636.  They  settled  m 
Watertown,  Mass.,  where  Hannah  d.  October  25,  1832. 


270  Capt.  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Batchelder  had  : 

(583)  Susannah,  March  22,  1772.     d.  1776. 

(584)  Cynthia,  July  9,  1773.     d.  1776. 

(585)  Elizabeth,  September  26,  1775.     m.  Noyes.     d.  1848. 

(586)  Dea.  Ezekiel,  April  28,  1777.     m.  Eleanor  Brown,  1828. 

(587)  Susannah,  May  2,  1779.     m.  Thomas  Witherbee,  Jr.,  1800. 

(588)  Luke,  July  30,  1782.     m.  Hetty  Rand,  September  3,  1804. 

(589)  Thomas,  November  17,  1784.  m.  Rebecca  Whitney,  November,  1809. 

(590)  Amasa,  March  10,  1787.     m.  Sarah  Parks,  1816. 

(591)  Cynthia,  March  19,  1789.     d.  October  19,  1861.     unm. 

(592)  Mark  B.,  October  9,  1791. 

(593)  Hannah  \V.,  February  10,  1795.     m-  Daniel  G.  Noyes,  1817. 

Capt.  Thomas  was  elected  Selectman  of  Shrewsbury  twenty-one  times,  and 
Town  Clerk  ten  times.  In  1777  the  expediency  of  having  a  bass-viol  to  assist 
in  the  music  was  solemnly  discussed  by  the  congregation,  and  Capt.  Thomas 


The  Knowltoris  of  New  England  61 

was  selected  to  "sett  the  psalm,"  an  office  which  he  held  for  six  years.  He 
served  in  the  P. evolutionary  War,  his  commission  as  2d  Lieut,  dating  December 
6  1777.  He  was  promoted  December  3,  1778,  and  was  Capt.  of  the  6th  Com- 
pany,  Worcester  Co.  Regiment.  He  received  pay  for  the  loss  of  personal 
effects  at  the  evacuation  of  New  York,  September,  14,  1776,  and  was  probably 
a*  the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights,  where  his  kinsman  and  namesake,  Col.  Thomas, 
fell      He  d.  August  22,  1829,  and  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  d.  January  7,  1S33. 


271  John  and  Lucy had  : 

(504)  Abraham,  1756.     m.  Anna  Taylor. 


2SA 


Robert  and Perry  and  2d ■  Pratt  had 


(595)  Chauncey.     m.  Annie  Phillips. 

(596)  Levi. 

(597)  Lydia.     m. Mc'George. 

(598)  Daniel,     m.  Ruth  Meritt. 

(599)  William,     m.  Barbara  Ritz. 

(600)  Sophia. 

(601)  Lottie. 

Robert  was  a  sailor.  He  removed  from  Machias,  Me.,  to  Vermont,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  in  Captain  Allin's  corn- 
pany,  Colonel  Bradford's  regiment,  having  enlisted  for  the  whole  war.  He  also 
served  in  the  War  of  181 2.  He  married  at,  or  near,  Sackett's  Harbor,  N.  Y., 
and  removed  west. 


2S5  Jeremiah  and  Anna  Pierce  had  : 

(602)  Ezekiel,  1765.     m.  Mary  Knowlton,  1795. 

(603)  Mehitable,  1779.     d.  1869. 

(604)  Anna. 

(605)  John.     m.  Sally  Knowlton,  1804. 
(6c6)  Johnathan.     d.  1858. 

(607)  Samuel,     m.  Lucy  Knowlton.    to.  2d  Mercy  Knowlton. 

(608)  Andrew. 

(609)  Sally,     m. Williams.     She  d.  1870 

(610)  Betsey,     m.  James  Cupps. 

(611)  Jeremiah,     m.  Deborah  Stetson,  December,  1820. 

(612)  Fellows,     d.  at  sea,  1825. 
(6 « 3)  David. 


6?  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

286  Andrew  and  Ruth  Ridlow  had  : 

(614)  John,  1799.     m.  Lydia  Hall.     m.  2d  Mary  Mescroe. 

(615)  Joseph,     m.  Susan  Redlaw. 

(6)6)  Andrew,  1796.     m.  Mary  Maddocks. 
(617)  Sarah,     in.  E.  Johnson.  <s 

(61S)  Susan,     ra.  Samuel  Rice,  soldier  in  "War  of  1812. 
(619)  Anna,  1792.     d.  1872. 

Andrew  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  He  served  with  the  rank  of  corporal 
at  the  defense  of  Machias,  Me.,  in  Capt.  Jacob  Ludwig's  company  ;  re-enlisted 
in  Colonel  Jones'  Third  Regiment,  Maine  Militia,  to  assist  Colonels  Wade  and 
Ludwig  in  the  operations  around  Providence,  R.  I.    He  d.  aged  95. 


2S7  Johnathan  and  Mary  Blunt  Oakes  had  : 

(620)  Sarah,  May  25,  1778.     m.  Jeremiah  Butler,  November  25,  1802. 

(621)  Johnathan,  December  4,  1780.     m.  Deborah  Tufts,  August  20,  1801. 

(622)  Samuel,  January  4,  1783.     m.  Olive  Butler,  March  6,  r8o6. 

(623)  Gilbert,  January  26,  1785.     pub.  to  Sarah  Odell,  November  27.  1806. 

(624)  Lydia  A.,  October  17,  1787.     m.  Thomas  Wellman  ;   12  chil. 

(625)  Francis,     m.    Lovie   Butler,  November   26,    1812.     m.    2d    Rosann^ 

Hunter,  November  17,  1841. 

(626)  Katherine.     m.  Joseph  Dennett,  September  3,  1832.     They   rem.  to 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

(627)  Hannah,  March  25,  1795.     d.  young. 

Johnathan  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  and  resided  for  a  time  in  Walpole  (Maiden) 
Mass.,  from  which  place  they  removed  to  Damariscotta,  Me.,  in  1787.  Aft  1  a 
brief  stay  here,  Johnathan  pushed  on  to  the  Sandy  River,  a  tributary  of  the 
Kennebec,  and  effected  a  settlement  on  Lot  17,  where  he  built  a  log  house 
There  being  no  mills  on  the  river  at  this  early  date,  Johnathan  was  obliged 
to  shoulder  his  bag  of  corn,  and  carry  it  through  an  unbroken  wilderness  to  'be 
mill  at  Winthrop,  a  round  trip  of  fifty-two  miles,  with  only  a  pocket  compass,  or 
spotted  trees,  as  a  guide,  and  involving  an  absence  of  a  week  from  the  isolated 
log  house  in  which  his  wife  remained  entirely  alone  with  her  infant  sor  Jona- 
than, Jr.  The  great  freshet  of  October  22,  1785,  drove  the  family  from  theii 
rude  quarters,  and  tbey  were  with  difficulty  rescued,  being  taken  out  of  the  top 
window,  and  ferried  across  the  river  to  the  house  of  his  brother- in-law.  He 
subsequently  erected  mills  at  Farmington  Falls,  and,  although  they  wer 
away  by  floods,  his  indomitable  energy  and  perseverance  revived  his  fortunes, 
and  at  his  death,  November  5,  1819,  he  was  a  principal  owner  of  real  estate  and 
milling  property.  His  humane  and  generous  disposition  endeared  him  to  all 
classes,  and  he  passed  the  latter  years  of  his  life  in  the  serene  enjoyment  of 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  63 

public  confidence  and  neighborly  regard.  He  was  an  ardent  Methodist,  and, 
with  Stephen  Titcomb,  he  was  mainly  instrumental  in  building  the  first  meeting- 
house at  Farramgtqn  Fails. 

His  widow,  Mary,  d.  October  2,  1825. 


:Q4 


Anna  Knowlton  aud  Thomas  Hitchcock  had 


(628)  Joseph,  December  9.  1780. 

(629)  Martha,  March  21,  1782.     d.  1788. 

(C30)  Hannah,  August  12,  1785.     m.     12  child.     Shed.  1834. 
(631)  Martha,    May    14,    1788.     m.    Zacharias   Butterfield. 
(652)  Mary,  August  17,  1789.     m.  Isaac  Butterfield. 

(633)  Anna,  October  16,  1791.     m.  William  Adams. 

(634)  Thomas,  April  2,  1795.     m.  Sally  Parker  ;  m.  2d  Ruth  Thomas. 

(635)  Samuel,  December  19,  1796. 

(636)  Sarah,  June  10,  1801.     m.  Ebenezer  Knowlton,  December  28,  1818. 


305     Ezekiel  and  Elizabeth  Woodbury  had  : 

(637)  Robert,  1761.     m.  Jemima  Smith. 

(638)  Sarah,  April  15,  1763.     m.  Moses  Trussell,  December  18,  1786. 

(639)  Ezekiel,   May  9,  1768.     m.   Susan  Smith,  November,  i793^nrm2cC 

(640)  Elizabeth,  October  9,  1770.     a  at  Hopkinton,  Mass.    vunm. 

(641)  John,  December  8,  1773.     d.  at  Hopkinton.        fiJ(J[ 

(642)  Mary,  October  3,  1775.     d.  at  Hopkinton.     unm. 

(643)  Levi,  October  7,  1777.     d.  at  Hopkinton. 

(644)  Nathaniel,  1780.     m.  Susan  Greely  ;  m.  2d.  Mary  Connor. 

(645)  James,  March  17,  1782.     d.  in  Hopkinton.     School  teacher. 

(646)  Lydia,  February  20,  1784.     m.  Wm.  K.  Storey. 

Ezekiel  enlisted  in  the  Colonial  Army  when  but  eighteen  years  old,  served 
in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  endured  great  privations  and  sufferings. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned,  and  m.  his  cousin  Elizabeth.  He  d.  Janu- 
ary 6,  1818.     Elizabeth  d.  May  6,  1S26. 


309     Anna  Knowlton  and  Edward  Jumper  had 

(647)  John,  August  16,  1757. 

(648)  Elizabeth,  September  2,  1758. 

(649)  Rebecca,  August  12,  1761. 

(650)  Abigail,  January  10,  1762. 


64  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

310     John  and  Mary  Merrick  had  : 

(651)  John,  Jr.,  November  29,  1755. 

(652)  Ezekicl,  1757.     m.  Mehitable  Fisk.     He  d.  1806. 

(653)  Robert,  February  24,  1759.     m.  Eda  Allen,  November  12,  17  So. 

(654)  Mary,  July  11,  1761.     m.  Moses  Hill. 

(655)  Sarah,  June  17,  1763.     m.  Benjamin  Leach,  September  1,  17S4. 

(656)  Anna,  December  31,  1765.      m.  Daniel  Trussell. 

(657)  Daniel,  August  25,  1768.     m.  Mary  Stocker,  January  13,  1793. 

Residence,  Manchester  and  Gloucester,  Mass.  John,  Jr.,  sailed  from  New- 
buryport,  as  Prize  Master  on  the  ship  Bennington,  sent  home  one  prize,  and  was- 
never^heard  of  afterwards. 


317     Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Daniel  Murphey  had  : 

(658)  Daniel. 

(659)  Sarah. 

(660)  Elijah,     m.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bliss. 

Daniel  was  a  corporal  in  Captain  Colton's  company,  Colonel  David  Brewer's 
and  Colonel  Rufus  Putnam's  regiments.  He  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  served 
for  three  years  and  eight  months  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 


319  Samuel  and  Jane  Linscott  had  : 

(661)  Samuel,  August  9,  1788.     m.  Betsey  Butler,  February  20,  1812. 

(662)  John,  December  7,  1789.     m.  Sally  Green  ;  m.  2d  Sarah  Butler. 

(663)  Betsey,  February  6,  1791.     m.  James  Cummings,  October  28,  1813. 

(664)  Joseph,  September  20,  1792.     m.  Mary  Tufts  of  Indiana,  January  22, 

1818.     3  chil. 

(665)  Ebenezer,  October  10,  1794.     m.  Sally  Hiscock,  December  28,  1818.    • 

(666)  Esther,  March  25,  1796.     m.  Richard  Maddock,  March  27,  1819.    She 

d.  May  30,  1832.     He  d.  1863. 

(667)  Joshua,  September  8,  1797.     m.  Lydia  Lowell,  November  16,  1820. 

(668)  Jane,   April   23,    1799.     m.    Oliver    Lowell,  April  30,  1820.     She   d. 

December  5,  1821. 

(669)  Benjamin,  January  15,  iSor.     d.  Decembers,  1827.     unm. 

(670)  Martha,  July  5,  1802.     m   Ebenezer  Stowers,  December  22,  1823.     d. 

June,  1859. 

(671)  Sally,  September  3,  1804.     d.  young. 

(672)  Dean,  July   23,   1S07.     m.    Mehitable    Graves,    November    17..    183^ 

Shoemaker. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  65 

Samuel  rem.  from  Ipswich  to  Sandy  River  Township,  Maine,  in  1786,  where 
by  farming  in  summer  and  shoemaking  in  winter  lie  acquired  a  considerable 
fortune.  He  was  noted  for  his  geniality  and  benevolence,  and' many  of  the  old 
settlers  recall  with  a  delight  which  age  has  not  diminished  the  old  red  wagon  of 
"  Uncle  Sam  "  which  he  always  filled  with  fruit  for  freo  distribution  among 
them  in  their  boyhood  days.  He  d.  February  17,  1844.  She  d.  May  2?,  1857, 
aged  93.  

320  Joseph  and  Fanny  Stevens  had  : 

(673)  Fanny,  August  19,  1795.     rn-  Francis  Lynch,  April,  1^15.       Ten  chil. 

(67 4)  Nancy,  December  29,  1796.     d.  unm. 

(675)  Samuel  D.,  January  5,  1800.     m.  Nancy  Shattuck,  April  j,  1824. 

(676)  Eliza,  April  4,   1801.     m.  William  Ames,  August  20,   1832.     She'd. 

February  29,  1872.     Fie  d.  1S68. 

(677)  Maria  B.,  April   1,  1806.     m.  Joseph  Clark.  October  11,  1825.     She 

d.  October  6,  1892. 
(578)  Hannah  E.,  June   1,  1807.     m.  Geo.  W.   Came.     She  d.  January  5, 
18S5. 

(679)  Elizabeth  A.,  November  5,  1809.     d.  young. 

(680)  Emeline  K.,  December  29,  1811.    m.  Joshua  Burns.    Three  chil.    She 

d.  March  19,  1884. 

Joseph  was  a  shoemaker.  He  rem.  from  Ipswich,  Mass.,  to  Amherst,  N.  II., 
where  he  d.  March  7,  1842.  Fanny  was  from  Amherst,  N.  H.,  and  d.  Novem- 
ber 25,  1834. 


321   Ebenezer  and  Ruth  Smalley  had  : 

(6S1)  Edmund,  October  1,  1800.    m.  Caroline  Parsons,  December  17,  182?. 
•  (6S2)  Mary  A.,  June  13,  1808. 
(683)   Dean  O.,  June  16,  1812.     m.  Marilla  Wood,  September  6,  1836. 

(654)  Ebenezer,  June  1817.     d.  young. 

(655)  Ebenezer," August,  1822.     m.  Fidelia  Needham,  April  16,  1844. 

Ebenezer  settled  in  Hanover,  N.   H.       He  rem.   from  there   in    1806,  to 
Caicnovia,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  February  22,  1842.     Ruth  d.  March  21,  i86t. 


323  Martha  and  Isaac  Moore  had  : 

(686)  Mary  B.,  January  n,  1800.     m. Woolson,  1826. 

(6S7)  Joseph,  March  3,  1803.     m.  Mrs.  Lovie  B.  Cram.  May  20,  1832. 
(688)  Dean,  February  8,  1805. 


66  ine  jrvnowiton  ucneaiogy 

(689)  Esther  D.,  January  18,  1808.     d.  October  30,  183 1. 

(690)  Isabel,  May  10,  18 10.     m.  Joseph  Crosby,  September  7,  1S35. 

(691)  Christiana,  July  28,  1815. 

Residence,  Milford,  N.  H. 
Martha  d.  July  23,  1871,  aged  99. 


318  Esther  and  William  Kinsman  had: 

(692)  Samuel,  October  22,  1785.     m.  Rachel  Carter. 

(693)  Mary,  October  2,  1787.     m.  Ephraim  Annable. 

(694)  Thomas,  June  19,  1789.     m.  Sally . 

(695)  William,  December  13,  1 791 .     m.  Hannah  Shotwell. 

(696)  Esther,  July  1,  1793.     m.  Moses  Sanborn. 

(697)  Ebenezer,  October  21,  1799.     d.  July  6,  1816. 

(698)  Martha,  October  22,  180 1.     d.  young. 

(699)  Elmira,  December  28,  1804.     m.  Ezekiel  Roberts. 

Esther  d.  May  31,  1807.     William  d.  July  17,   1806.     Residence,  Ipswich. 


324  Nathaniel  and  Lucy  Chapman  had  : 

(700)  Martha,     m.  James  Thompson. 

(701)  Polly,     m.  Ezekiel  Knowlton. 

(702)  Eunice,     m.  Jonah  Folsom,  Jefferson,  Maine. 

(703)  Joseph.    Sett,  in  Daramiscotta. 

(704)  Ezra. 

325  Joseph  and  Martha  Dean  had: 

(705)  Martha,     m.  Nathaniel  Thompson. 

(706)  Sally,  1754.     m.  John  Knowlton. 

(707)  Lucy.     m.  Samuel  Knowkon. 

(708)  Benjamin. 

(709)  Mercy,     m.  Samuel  Knowlton. 

(710)  Joseph  W.,  August  18,  1780.     m.  Nancy . 

(711)  Priscilla.     m.  Chas.  Hilton. 

(712)  George  W.     m.  Susan ;  m.  2d  Martha  Wheeler,  March  n,  1832. 


329  John  and  Mary  Dodge  had  : 

(713)  Mary.     m. 

(714)  John,  1781.     m.  Mary  Dodge,  December  26,  1818.     He  d.  March  lI 

1834. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  67 

(715)  Elizabeth,  1783.     d.  October  28,  1861. 
{716)  Joseph,  1 7S7.     m.  Lucretia  H.  Brigham. 

John,  Sen.,  d.  March  25,  1834.     Mary  d.  March  23,  1824. 


330  Isaac  and  Patty  Woodbury  had  : 

(717)  Isaac,  June  15,  1801.   in.  Nancy  Dodge  Knowlton,  December  1,  1836. 

(718)  Martha,  June  18,  1802.     m.  Epps  Farr,  November  27,  1823.     She  d. 

August  23,  1876.     One  dau.,  Martha. 
{719)  Eliza,  February  19,  1807.     m.  Isaac  Patch,  December  8,  1827. 

(720)  Esther,.  June  24,  1812.     m.  Joseph  Knowlton. 

(721)  Lucinda,   September    26,   1816.     m.   Francis   Allen,   March    3,   1842. 

Had  s.  Albert. 

Isaac  d.  July  28,  1843.     Patty  d.  September  20,  1870. 


332   Ezra  and  Abigail  Dodge  had  : 

(722)  Susannah,  April  18,  1763. 

(723)  Ezra,  November  5,  1768. 

(724)  Levi,  May  5,  1782.     m.  Margaret  Woodbury,  March  4,  1809. 

(725)  Susan,     m.  Timothy  Higgins. 

(726)  Nancy. 

(7*7)  Emma.     m. Topliff. 

(7*S)   Fanny. 

(7*9)  Abigail,     m.     6  chil. 

(73s)  Joseph,  January  23,  1780.     d.  at  sea.,  1820. 

Abigail  d.  October  25,  1812. 


^^^  Edmund  and  Mary  Austin  had  : 

(;.u)  Moses,  July  22,  1779.     m.  Eunice  Cummings,  October  20,  1805. 
(73*)  James,  June  2,  1785.     m.  Nancy  Allen,  May  22,  1813. 
(733)   Edmund,  December  31,  1790.     m.  Lydia  Patch,  December  10,  1818. 
W34l   Mary.     m.  Benjamin  Burnham,  February  11,  1799. 

5.  Imund  d.  November  24,   1827.     Mary  d.  October  12,  1841.     Residence, 
Ipswich,  Mass. 


63  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

335   Neamiah  and  Martha  Tilton  had  : 

(735)  Neamiah,  August  10,  1775.     m.  Patience  Parsons,  July  26,  1797. 

(736)  Asa,  May  5,  1777.     m.  Anna  D.  Fair,   1802.      He  d.   November  27, 

1859.     She  d.  November  r,  1859. 

(737)  Martha,  November  9,  1779.     d.  October  7,  185 1. 

(738)  Josiah,  August  12,  1783.     m.  Elizabeth  Woodbury,  March  ir,  1815. 

(739)  Benjamin,  November  6,  1784. 

(740)  Charles,  October  5,  1789.     d.  January  22,  1867. 

Neamiah  m.  1st  Elizabeth  Pott,  and  2d  Susannah  Fellows,  October  11,  1771, 
having  no  issue  by  either. 

Ke  m.  3d  Martha  Tilton,  November  22,  1774,  who  d.  August  10, 1832.  He 
d.  at  Boylston,  Mass.,  August  13,  1834. 


337  Moses  and  — —  Cummings  had  : 

(741)  Moses,  1784.     m.  Abigail  Lufkin. 

(742)  Elizabeth,  m.  Curtis. 

(743)  David,     m. 

(744)  Benjamin,     d.     unm. 

(745)  Esther,     m. Bugby. 

(746)  Susan,     m. Foster. 

(747)  Mary.     m. Hoyt. 

Residence,  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  whence  Moses  and  his  family  removed 
to  Essex,  Mass. 


339  Malachi  and  Abigail  Patch  had  : 

(748)  Michael,  July  7,  1782.     m.  Margaret  Boyd,  pub.,  April  6,  1805. 

(749)  Azor,  February  15,  1787.     m.  Lois  Chamberlain,  December  27,  1810. 

(750)  Ivers,  February  15,  1790.     m.  Sarah  Patch,  October  15,  1814. 

(751)  Lavinia,  bap.  August  28,  1785.     m.  Thomas  Moore. 

(752)  Mercy,  November  12,  1800.     m.  Aaron  Dodge,  September  22,  1827. 

(753)  Anna,  February,  1802.     m.  Andrew  Woodley,  April  13,  1830.     She  d. 

December  24,  1874. 

Residence,  Salem,  Mass. 

Malachi  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  as  a  Fifcr,  from  September  4,  1776, 
to  November,  1777.  He  enlisted  at  Beverly,  Mass.,  and  in  October,  1777,  was 
under  General  Gates.  He  was  run  over  by  his  wagon,  and  died  from  his  injuries 
at  Ipswich,  September  14,  1830.     Abigail  d.  August  22,  1839. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  69 

340  Ephraim  and  Mary  Murphy  had  : 

(754)  Temple,  May  12,  1793.     d.   1811. 

(755)  Fannie,  May  12, 1798.     m.  Antonio  Ferrandero,  May  20,  182 1.     4  chil. 

(756)  Katie,     m. Richardson.     3  chil. 

(757)  Mary  A.     m.      1  dau.  Susan. 

(758)  Brackett. 

(759)  George. 

(760)  Eunice,  August  12,  1787.     m.  Jona  Smith.     3  chil. 

(761)  Polly,  October  14,  1781. 
{762)  Ephraim,  June  26,  1785.     m.  Mrs.  Hannah  Barrett,  May  17,  1806. 

(763)  Lucy,     m,     6  chil. 

(764)  Sarah,     m.     6  chil. 
(765}  Benjamin. 
(766)  Enos,  January  1,  1791. 

Removed  from  Ipswich,  and  settled  in  Thomaston,  Me. 


345  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Benjamin  Larcom  had  : 

(I)  Sally,  September  2^,  1795.     m.  Sheldon   Dodge,  February  23,  1819. 

(II)  Abigail,  September  3,  1797. 

(III)  Benjamin,  December  31,  1799. 

(IV)  Theresa,  November  5,  1801. 

(V)  Joseph,  December  3,  1803. 

(VI)  Neamiah,  September  9,  1806. 

(VII)  Ezra,  December  19,  1808. 

(VIII)  Catherine,  December  25,  1815. 

Abigail  d.  February  21,  1870. 


346  Benjamin  and  Abigail  Larcom  had  : 

(766  a)  David,  October  n,  1790. 
(766  b)  Abigail,  December  17,  1792. 

(767)  Ira,  January  8,  1797.     m.  Molly- ;  m.  2d  Elizabeth  Perry.    lie 

committed  suicide. 

(768)  Hezekiah,  March  15,  1801. 

(769)  Hannah,  August  19,  1803. 

Benjamin  d.  May  28,  1839.     Abigail  d.  December  18,  1824. 


70  The  Know)  ton  Genealogy 

347  Annie  Knowlton  and  William  Foster  had 

(770)  William,  August  25,  1798. 

(771)  Ives,  August  24,  1800. 

(772)  Cynthia,  March  3,  1804.     m.  Gibbs. 

(773)  A  son>  1809. 

(774)  Abigail,  August  28,  18 14.     m. Witham. 


348  John  and had  : 

(775)  Thomas,  1756. 


350  Abraham  and  Sarah  Lord  had  : 

(776)  Abraham,  January  25,  1756. 

(777)  Mary,  August  16,  1758.     m.  Abraham  Wyatt,  1782. 

(778)  Nathaniel,  February  22,  1761. 

(779)  Elizabeth,  March  17,  1764.     m.  Daniel  Stearns.  September  17,  1783. 
(7S0)  Ebenezer,  June  18,  1767.     He  built  the  pulpit  in  the  Ipswich  church. 

(781)  Lucy,  July  13,  1771.     m. Oliver. 

(782)  John,  January  1774.     m.  Dorcas  Shapleigh,  August  4,  1790. 

(783)  Cyrus,  June  4,  1780. 


353  Thomas  and  Sarah  Stacey  had  : 

(784)  Sarah,  February  27,  1757.     d.  young. 

(785)  Dea.  Thomas,  October  26,  1760. 

(786)  Jacob,  August  14,  1766.     m.  Abigail  Hodgkin. 

(787)  Sarah,  January  10,  1768.     m.  James  Lord. 

(788)  Mary,  August  15,  1775.     m.  Thomas  Lord,  September  29,  1795. 

chil.     She  d.  March   15,  1855.     He  d.  February  21.  1S5S. 

(789)  Rebecca,     m.  Thomas  Lane.     8  chil. 


358  Johnathan  and. Ruth  Page  had: 

(790)  Susannah,  February  16,  1763. 

(791)  William  B.,  August  25,  1764.     m.  Mary  Wallace,  July  19,  1784. 

(792)  Sarah,  May  22,  1766.     m.  Ebenezer  Dustin.     6  chil. 

(793)  Betty,  April  12,  1768. 

(794)  David,  September  10,  1770.     m.  Drusilla  Deague. 

(795)  Lydia,  January  10,  1772. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  7* 

(796)  Patience,  April  12,  i776- 

(797)  Dolly,  December  12,  1778. 

(798)  Johnathan,  May  10,  17 81. 

(799)  Polly,  September  15,  1784. 

Johnathan  was  b.  in  Kensington.  In  1767,  he  bought  fifty  acres  of  land  in 
the  Province  of  Nottingham  for  which  he  paid  thirty  pounds,  lawful  money. 
Jn  the  summer  of  1768,  he  built  him  a  log  house.  He  bought  fifty  acres  more 
in  1774,  and  in  i777  he  and  his  brother  Thomas  added  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  more,  paying  for  the  tract  only  twelve  shillings.  He  was  one  of  ton- 
ers to  a  protest  against  the  hostility  of  Great  Britain,  and  one  of  a l  CommitUe 
of  Safety  in  1777.  He  lived  in  Northwood,  N.  H.,  many  years,  and  d.  there  m 
June,  1814.     Ruth  d.  October,  1825. 

364  Thomas  and  Betsey  Giles  had  : 

(800)  Asa,  February  2,  x777.     m.  Ruth  Knowlton  ;  m.  2d  Sally  Knowlton, 

1812      He  d.  October  10,  1861.     Res,  Danbury,  N.  H. 

(801)  Sally  G.,  April  14,   W*     m.  Samuel   Gerrish.     She  d.   September, 

1849. 

(802)  Nathan,  April  8,  1780.     m.  Abigail  Dane. 

(803)  Stephen  C,  September  9,  1782.     m.  Mary  Greene 

8o4    Sherburne,    October   29,    1784.     m.  Sally  Knowlton;  m.   .d ^  Betsey 
Dane,  September  ai,  1831  ;  m.  3d  and  4* ;  and  d.  January, 
1875. 
(805)  Hannah,  April  24,  1787-     m.  Samuel  Dane.     She  d.  1881. 
(S06)   Nancy  Ann,  April  22,  1789.     d.  April,  1876. 
(867)  Jeremiah,  July  17,  1791.     Drowned  July  9,  1810. 

(808)  Joseph,  January  25,  1794.     m.  Susan  Dearborn,  September  8,  1819. 

(809)  Ebenczer,  September  17,  1796.     m.  Lydia  Harris. 

Thomas  was  born  in  Kensington,  Mass.,  and  rem.  to  Northwood  when 
young,  and  eventually  settled  on  land  formerly-  called  Lucas  Pond.  He  d. 
March  7,  1832.  Thomas  served  in  various  companies  during  the  Revolution, 
and  was  promoted  from  a  private  to  sergeant,  ensign,  and  lieutenant.  See  Ap- 
pendix. 

366  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Rawlings  had  : 

(810)  Charlotte,  August  3,  1785.     m.  Nathan  Holt.     7  chil. 

(8u)  James,  October  16,  1788.     m.  Sally  Demerritt,  April  30,   1S15.     He 

d.  1824. 
(8u)  Shuah,  March  19,  1790.     m.  Dominicus  Griffin.     3  chil. 
(813)  Sally  B.,  May  19,  1793.     m.  Asa  Knowlton. 


72  The  Knowiton  Genealogy 

(814)  Nancy,  September  13,  1794. 

(815)  Betsey,  October  18,  1797. 

(Si 6)  Hosea  C,  March  31.  1799.     m.  Betsey  Scavey,   1825.     Res.  in  Chi- 
chester, N.  II. 

(817)  Ruth,  October  12,  1801.     m.  Ezra  Baxter.     2  chil. 

(818)  Lydia,  April  18,  1803.     m.  J.  C.  Johnson.     1  chil. 

Ebene/.er  settled  in  Nottingham,  at  the  foot  of  Saddleback  Mountain.     Like 
his  father  and  brothers  he  was  over  six  feet  tall. 


370  Rev.  David  and  Mary  A.  Green  had  : 

(S19)  Jane,  September  17,  1768.     m.  Capt.  E.  Brown. 

(820)  Betsey,  July  27,  1770. 

(821)  Mary,  March  15,  1773.     m.  Thomas  Blake.     3  chil. 
(S22)  Johnathan,  April  1,  1776. 

(823)  Jemima,  June  23,  1777. 

(824)  (Rev.)  David,  October  9,  178c.     m.  Hannah  True.     Res.,  Pittsfeld, 

N.  H.     He  d.  March  11,  1817. 

(825)  Ebenezer,  April  6,  1782.     m.  Abigail  True,  November  28,  1802.     d. 

November  18,  1891. 

(826)  Nathan,  December,  1783. 

David  was  a  clergyman.  He  m.  Mary  A.  in  Seabrook,  Mass.,  and  rein,  to 
Fairfield,  N.  H.,  March,  1770.  He  d.  March  n,  1815.  Mary  d.  November  nj, 
1817. 


3 J)    Benjamin  and  Phoebe  Wright- had  : 

(827)  Phoebe,  June  21,  1751.     d.  young. 

(82S)  Benjamin.  September  26,  1753.     m.  Abigail  Wright,  1776. 

(829)  Henry,  April  16,  1756.     m.  Sybil . 

(830)  Lydia,  October  31,  175S.     m.  Ephraim  Adams. 

(831)  Esther,  August  10,  1761.     d.  in  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  April  16,  1777. 

(832)  Sarah,  August  26,  1764.     m.  Obadiah  Coolidge. 

(833)  John,  January  18,  1766.     m.  Sally  Holden. 

(834)  Eunice,  January  28,  1769,     m.  Luke  Ripe.     2  chil. 

(835)  Bertha,  April  8,  1771.     d.  young. 

(836)  Hannah,  September  18,  1776.     m.  Ishmael  Holcomh.     5  chil. 

Benjamin  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  and  rem.  to  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  about  t 7 5 : , 
for  in  the  following  year  he  was  a  proprietor  of  that  town.-and  included  in  the 
tax  list,  being  rated  as  the  seventh  out  of  ninety-five  in  point  of  wealth.  There 
is  scarcely  a  record   of  public  enterprise,  patriotic  spirit,  or  private  worth  with 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  73 

which  his  name  is  not  prominently  associated.  He  was  tithing-man  of  the  first 
council  meeting  in  1762,  and  at  the  last  town  meeting  held  under  the  rule  of 
George  III.  he  was  chosen  a 

"Committee  of  Correspondence  and  Inspection  to  Promote  the  General 
Safety." 

Largely  through  his  energy  a  company  of  militia  was  formed,  of  which  he  was 
first  lieutenant,  Capt.  Thomas  Fletcher  commanding,  in  1771,  and  he  served  in 
this  rank  in  the  Lexington  Alarm.  He  d.  July  21,  1809.  Phoebe,  his  wife,  d. 
January,  1813.  

375   Pvice  3d  and  Sarah  Coey  had  : 

(837)  Judith,  January  9,  1766.     m. Dodd. 

(83S)  Lydia,  May  1,  1768. 

(839)  Lucy,  October  n,  1769.     in.  John  Gott,  Jr. 

(840)  John,  November  20,  1771.     m.  Mary  Gott,  August  18,  1793.     He  d. 

1325.     She  d.  1827. 
(S41)  Ruth,  June  30,  1774.     m.  William  Pierce,  1799. 

Rice  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  from  Gloucester,  Mass.,  though  xc- 
siding  in  Wenham. 

376  Ezra  and  ■ had  : 

(S.;r)   Susannah. 


377  Charles  A.  and  Emma  Pickard  had  : 

(843)  Johnathan,  May  28,  1770.     m.  Dolly  Prouty,  1790. 

(844)  Mary,  December  30,  1771.     m.  Josiah  Bush,  December  n,  1792. 
(S45)  Francis.  August  13,  1775.     d.   at   No.  Brookfield,  Mass.,  August  26, 

1838. 
(846)  Eunice,  February  10.  1778.     d.  March  n,  1798. 
(S47)  Hannah,  1780.     d.  May  22,  1789. 

(848)  Judith,  May  26,  17S2.     m.  Pela  C.  Stoddard,  June  12,  1812. 

(849)  Capernium,'  December  11,  1787.     m.  Marshall  P.  Wilder,  of  Sterling, 

Mass. 
>  Charles,  October  10,  1790.     d.  July  ir,  1826. 

Charles  A.  was  a  farmer.    He  and  his  sister  Lydia,  b.  in  Ipswich,  were  taken 
when  'juite  young  to  the  home  of  their  uncle  Chas.  Adams,  in  North  Brookfield, 
*fl«  whose  death  Charles  A.  inherited  the  farm.     He  was  a  Minute-man  of  the 
■  .-..•nary  Army.     He  d.  August  r,  1820.     Eunice  d.  December  20,  1826. 


74  The  Knowllon  Genealogy 

379  Reuben  and  Mary  (Mercy)  Morse  had  : 

(851)  John.     m.  Mary  Curtis.     He  d.  April  4,  1844.     She  d.  May  12,  1853. 

(852)  Andrew,     m.  Olive  Curtis. 

(853)  Stephen,     m.  Betsey  Curtis,  1795. 

(854)  Lucy.     m. Harney. 

(855)  Jane.     ra.  Moses  Kenney. 

(856)  Annie,     m.  William  Flanders.     8  chil. 

Reuben  removed  from  Beverly,  Mass.,  to  Maine. 


380  Joseph  and  Rachel  Patch  had  : 

(857)  Anna,  October  9,  1764.     m.  Lieut.  Wm.  Atkinson. 

(858)  John,  October  29,  1766.     m.  Elizabeth  Parker  of  Accomac,  Va.  ;  m. 

2d  Martha  Parker. 

(859)  Mark.     m.  2d  Nancy  Lovett.     m.  3d. 

(860)  William,  1773.     m.  Lucy  Woodley,  September  28,  1799  ;  m!  2d  Sally 

Woodley,  1S02. 

Residence,  Wenham,  Mass. 


38 1   Amos  and  Mary  Warren  had  : 

(861)  Daniel,  December  8,  1767.     m.  Lucy  Freeman. 

(862)  Eunice,     m.  James  Woodbury,  October  13,  1791. 

(863)  Mary.     m.  Powers. 

(864)  Robert,     m. Loomis. 

(865)  Polly,   1774.     m.   Ebenezer  Moulton  of   Wenham.     8  chil.     She   d. 

May  30,  1858.  He  d.  May  13,  1847. 
Mary  Warren  was  the  sister  of  Gen.  Warren  of  Bunker  Hill  fame.  Amos 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  enlisted  in  1775,  in  Capt.  Richard  Dodge's 
company,  Col.  Baldwin's  regiment,  and  on  December  8,  received  pay  and 
subsistence,  being  then  at  Chelsea.  He  also  received  pay  for  losses  at  the 
evacuation  of  New  York.  On  February  14,  1777,  he  re-enlisted  for  three  years 
in  Col.  Benj.  Tupper's  regiment,  being  credited  to  Wenham.  He  held  the  rank 
of  private  at  Bunker  Hill,  being  subsequently  promoted  to  be  a  sergeant,  and 
dying  in  the  war,  June  30,  1778. 


383  Abraham  and  Rhoda  Tennant  had 

(S66)  Abraham,  November  21,  1773. 
(867)  Caleb,  June  29,  1777. 

Abraham  dying,  his  widow  m.  John  West,  1788. 
Residence.  Wenham,  Mass. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  75 

384  John  and had  : 

(868)  John,  December  3,  1780.     Res.  in  Ipswich. 

(869)  Elizabeth,  June  29,  1783. 

(870)  Joseph,  March  19,  1786. 

Residence,  Ipswich. 


385  William  and  Elizabeth  Smith  had  : 

(871)  Robert,     m.  Sarah  Buckmaster  (or  Buckminster). 

(872)  Benjamin,     m.  Esther  Lindsay. 

(873)  Joseph,  April  6,  1799.     m.  Rhoda  Buckmaster. 

(874)  Elizabeth,     m.  Samuel  Hamilton.     She  died  at  the  age  of  100  years. 

(875)  Nancy,     m.  Aaron  Matthews  ;  8  chil. 

(876)  Jane.     m.  Joseph  Curtis  ;  4  chil. 

(877)  Sarah,     ra.  George  Smith  ;  7  chil. 

William  removed  to  Northport,  Me.,  and  thence  to  the  Isle  of  Haute. 


384  John  and had  : 

(877  a)  John,  1773.     m.  Isabella  Bailey,  1796. 

(877  b)  Mark,  1774.     m.  3  times  ;  3d  Nancy  Thorndyke. 

John  d.  1797. 

386  Robert  and  Betsey  Davis  had  : 

(878)  Robert,     d.  young.     Res.  in  Maine. 

(879)  Lucy.     m.  Joseph  Savage.     Res.  in  Maine. 

(880)  William,     res.  in  Maine. 
(S81)  Mercy,     m. 

(882)  Sarah,     m.  Asa  Parlin. 

(8S3)  Cyrus,  October  25,  1799.     m-  Celia  Bostwick. 

(884)  Anna,  1802.     m.  Daniel  Savage. 

(SS5)  David  P.,  1802.     m.  Susannah  Knowlton. 


387  Thomas  and  Joanna  Martin  had  : 

I    &)  Thomas,  October  23,  1783.     Lost  at  sea. 

('•7)  Parker,  January   18,   1785.     Disappeared.     Last  seen  in   a  southern 
port 
I  Jerereiafc,  February  24,  1788.     m.  Betsey  Rhodes,  1813. 


7-6  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(S89)  Amos.  April  25,  1789.     m.  Betsey  Knowlton,  1820. 

(890)  Harriett,  May  9,  1791.     m.  Daniel  Collins  ;  m.  2d  Robert  Moore. 

(891)  Lewis,  Jane  10,  1793.     Killed  in  War  of  1812. 

(892)  George,  November  15,  1795.     m-  Rutn  Holmes,  September  20,  1816. 

(893 )  Susannah,  July  22,  1798.     m.  Daniel  F.  Rogers. 

(894)  Nathaniel,  February  23,  1805.     m.  Rachel  Pottle,  August  18,  1834. 

(895)  Abraham,  February  4,  1803.     m.  Lucinda  Billings  May  21,  1824. 

Col.  Thomas  served  in  the  Maine  Militia  during  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
being  promoted  rapidly  from  the  rank  of  lieutenant  through  the  various  grades 
to  that  of  colonel.       Pie  resided  in  Northport  Me. 

While  on  a  visit  to  Great  Britain  at  the  close  of  the  war,  he  was  presented 
with  what  was  then  believed  to  be  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  Knowltons  em- 
broidered on  a  household  ornament.  His  patriotic  ardor  expressed  itself  in 
such  antipathy  to  England  that  he  removed  the  lion  which  formed  the  crest, 
and  substituted  an  American  flag.     He  d.  October  10,  1827. 


389  Capt.  Benjamin  and  Susanna  Woodbury  had : 

(896)  Bernard,     m.  Betsey  Sargent,  August  10,  18 10. 

(897)  Benjamin,  April  25,  1787.     m-  Lydia  Haskell. 

(898)  Susannah,  September  12,  1788. 

(899)  Ebenezer,  December  9,  1789. 

(900)  Issachar,  January  1,  1792. 

(901)  Joanna,     m.  Thomas  Preston.    v 

Residence,  Beverly. 

Capt.  Benjamin  d.  August  5,  1822.     Susannah  d.  December  20,  1824. 


391   Jonathan  and  Hannah  Morgan,  of  Beverly,  had 

(902)  Jonathan,  1777.     m.  Mollie  Knowlton. 

(903)  Hannah,  1780.     m.  John  Cleaves  ;  m.  2d Barnet. 

(904)  Barnet,  June  19,  1788.     m.  Betsey  Sargent,  October  13,  1814. 

Residence,  Ipswich,  Mass. 


395  William  and  Julia  ■ had  : 

(905)  Josiah,  1770.     m.  Miriam  Draper. 

(906)  Kate,  November  30,  1773. 

(907)  Oliver,  July  8,  1779.     m.  Mary  Dodd,  April  20,  1802. 

Residence,  Holliston.  Mass. 


Fhe  Knowltons  of  New  England  77 

397  Asa  and  Sarah  Hadley  had  : 

(90S)  Asa,  Jr.,  1765.     m.  Alice  Divoli. 

(909)  Sarah,     m.  Joel  Johnson.     She  d.  180S. 

(910)  Deborah,     in. Thiers.     She  d.  1809. 


398  EHas  and  Elizabeth  Jennings  had  : 

(9)?)  Rebecca,  October  3.  1765.     m.  David  Morse,  June  29,  1790.     Rem, 
to  Holland  Purchase.     He  d.  1843.     She  d.  1840. 

(912)  Elisha,   June    5,    1767.     m.   Polly  Chamberlain,   of    Dublin,   N.   H., 

January  1,  1795  ;  m.  2d  Hannah  Chamberlain.  t 

(913)  Elias,  May  14,  1769.     m.  Lydia  Fisk,  August  2,  1789  ;  m.  2d  Hannah 

Fislc.     Sett,  in  Warwick,  Mass. 

(914)  Daniel,     m.  Lucinda  Blake,  September  9,  1S03. 

(915)  Jesse,     m.  Polly  Blake,  May  7,  1794. 

(916)  Luther,  February  14,  1773.     in.  Prudence  Dadman,  1800. 

(917)  Elizabeth,  April  19,  1776. 

(918)  Gilbert,  March  6,  1778. 

(919)  Simeon,  October  31,  1779.     m.  "Hannah  Wrisley,  November  26,  1829. 

(920)  Jason. 

(921)  James,  June  6,  1791. 

(922)  Sally,  February  27,  1795. 

(923)  Leonard,  1796.     m.  Angeline  Coleman,  1823. 

(924)  Lucinda,  1798. 


399  Anna  and  Philip  Metcalf  had  : 


(925)  Philip 

(926)  Daniel. 

(927)  Anna. 

(928)  Mary. 


401    Nathan  and  Patience  Miller  had  : 

(929)  Micah,  July  8,  1782. 
(93°)  Susannah,  May  4,  1784. 

(931)  Rebecca,  March  12,  1786. 

(932)  Philena,  May  20,  1788.     m.  Solomon  Hopkins. 

(933)  Sophia,  October  6,  1790. 

<93-0  Nancy,  1792.     m.  Ebenezer  Knowlton. 

•935)  Nathan,  July  16,  1794.     m.  Eunice  Randall,  February  18,  1816.      He 
d.  1873.     She  d.  1864. 


78  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

402  John  and  Martha  Jennings  had  : 

(036)  Martha,    August    16,    1769.     m.   Isaac   Hunt,   of    Hancock.    Res.  in 

Hancock,  N.  H. 
(937)  J°]in>  October  7,  1771.     m.  Polly  Rowell.     Rem.  to  Dunnerton,  Vt. 

He  d.  November  14,  1875. 
(93S)   Elizabeth,  January  n,  1774.     d.  young. 

(939)  James,  July  25,  1776.     d.  1778. 

(940)  Abigail,  December  18,  1778.     m.  Samuel  Moore,  November  16,  1815. 

(941)  Betsey,  May  14,  17 Si.     m.  Samuel  Derby,  February  23,  1806. 

(942)  Thaddeus,  December  6,   1783.     m.  Rebecca  Bishop,  Dublin,  N.  H., 

February  23,  r8o6.     He  d.  January  14,  1826.     She  d.  March  28, 
i833. 

(943)  Simeon,  August  3,  1786.     d.  August  2,  1813. 

(944)  Henry,  March  5,  1789.     m.  Polly  Learned,  October  14,  1829. 

(945)  James,  November  25,  1791.     m.  Sally  Adams,  of  Richland,  N.  Y. 
Martha  d.  April  7,  1797,  and 

John  m.  2d  Elizabeth  Wright,  February  19,  1 798,  and  had  : 

(946)  Eliza,  February  28,  1799.    m.  Barzillai  Davis.    Rem.  to  Nelson,  N.  II. 

(947)  Luke,  August  1,  1S01.     m.  Mercy  Bemis,  December  28,  1826. 

(948)  Ira,  March  30,   1803.     m.  Eliza    Lovekin.     Rem.  to  Worcester,     d. 

October  25,  1845. 

(949)  Mary,  July  2,  1804.     m.  Cornelius  Towne.     She  d.  May  19,  1836. 

(950)  Levi,  March  31,  1S06.     d.  1854.     m.  Mrs.  Lucy  Hadley,  Worcester, 

'   Mass. 

Residence,  Dublin,  N.  H. 


410  Isaiah  and  Jemima  Johnson  had  : 

(951)  Isaiah,  July  20,   1797.     m.  Clarissa  Spooner  ;  m.  2d  Lydia  Polland. 

He  d.  March  5,  1875. 

(952)  Leonard,  September  '22,  1799.     m.  Lauretta  Low. 

(953)  William,  December  12,  1800.     m.  Jeanette  Waterman,  November  26, 

1829. 

(954)  Nancy,  June  18,  1803.     m.  Asa  Jackson,  March  28,  1830. 

(955)  Henry,  October  9,  1805.     m.  Hannah  Downs,  1831. 

(956)  Mary,  March  1,  180S.     m.  Wm.  Burgess,  May  2,  1830. 

(957)  Jemima,  April  2,  1810.     m.  Daniel  Spooner. 

(958)  Royal,  April  18,  1812.     d.  1815. 


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(959)  Jared>  April   15,  1814.     m.  Hannah  G.  Upton  ;  m.  2d  Ada  Jackson. 

(960)  Julia,  August  8,  1816.     m.  Paul  Dcmerritt. 

Residence,  Holliston,  Mass. 

Isaiah  d.  November  24,  1842.     She  d.  March  6,  1854. 


409  John  and  Susannah  Jennings  had  : 

(961)  Ebenezer,  June  26,  1790.     m.  Nancy  Knowlton.    Res.  in  Kopkinton, 

N.  H.     d.  July  20,  1871. 

(962)  Jesse,  July  22,  1791.     m.  Sarah  Wight,  1816. 

(963)  Silas,  August  1,   1793.     m.  Susannah  Nutting,  April  6,  181 7  ;  m.  2d 

Elizabeth  Hardy. 

(964)  John,  September  30,  1795.     m.  Lois  Bemis.     Rem.  to  Sandy  Creek, 

N.  Y.     d.  January,  1832. 

(965)  Jeremy,  March   15,   1798.     m.  Elizabeth  Farnham,  of  Marlborough, 

N.  Y.,  May,  1819. 

(966)  Eunice,  April  3,  1S00.     m.  James  Upton,  1S27.     3  chil. 
(o(;7)   Mary,  September  3,  1803.     d.  July  18,  1826. 

John  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and  served  in  Capt.  Joseph  Lealand's 
company,  Col.  Abner  Perry's  regiment,  in  the  Rhode  Island  Alarm,  July,  1780, 
and  (or  three  years  previous. 

Susannah  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Cozzens)  Jennings. 

m  was  b.  in  Dublin,  N.  H.,  and  d.  there  April,  1835. 


411    John  m. Tarbox.    m.  2d  Hannah  Flanders,  and 

had : 

•  1765. 
'    Philip,  April  9,  1769.     Rem.  to  Wentworth,  N    H. 
{9:0}  Benjamin,  February  12,  1771.     m.  Polly  Jackman. 
■    ft)         ■-}'•'.  June  4,  1773.     m.  Lois  Flanders,  December  29,  1796. 
Residence,  Hancock,  N.  H. 


4  5  3   Rose!  and  Sophia  Goodali  had  : 

:vl.  October  20,  1788.     m.  Prudence  Cocklin,  1809.       Res.  in  Pel- 
ham,  Mass. 
barren,  September  4,  1790.     m.  Mary  A.  Dunbar. 
•  -;  »i  Nancy,  March  10,  1793.     m.  James  Bartlett,  November  11,  1816.     10 
chil. 


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(975)  Elisha,  July  23,  1796.     m.  Nancy  Hubbard,  April  28,  1817. 

(976)  Susannah,  June  9,  1798.     m.  Josiah  Dunbar,  October  25,  1815. 

(977)  Dutton,  December  5,  1800.     Res.,  Belchertown,  Mass. 

Rosel  d.  in  Belchertown,  Mass.,  )8o6. 


413  Gideon  and had  : 

(978)  Rev.  Gideon  K.,  1759.     m.  Tolly  Hayden.     d.  August  15,  1810.     Sh 

d.  August  29,  1822. 

(979)  Lydia. 

414  fared  and  Lydia had  : 

(980)  Roswell,  1 771.     m.  Lydia  Stone,  1795. 

(981)  Jane.     m. Coon,  Troy,  N.  Y. 


415  Asenath  and  Asa  Wilson  had  : 

(982)  Roswell,  July  29,  1781. 

(983)  Phineas,  August  15,  1785. 

(984)  Sylvester,  April  9,  1787. 

(985)  Sophia,  May  3,  1789. 

(986)  Susan,  April  27,  1794. 

(987)  Asenath,  August  29,  1796. 

(988)  Asa  \V.,  September  4,  1798. 

(989)  Clarissa,  July  4,  1800 

(990)  Peter,  June  22,  1802. 

Residence,  Belchertown,  Mass. 


416  Anna  Knowlton  and  Nathan  Wilson  had  : 

(991)  Estes,  May  14,  1796. 

(992)  Horace,  January  15,  1798. 

(993)  Violet,  January  20,  1799. 

(994)  Russell,  March  16,  1800. 


418  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Shattuck  had: 

(995)  Joshua. 

(996)  Isaac. 


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(997)  Welcome. 

,'.  ,.•,;  Friend,  January  26,  1794.     m.  Alice  Hammen.     d.  April  27,  1868. 

(999)  Betsey,     m.  Martin  Wheelock.     d.  1874. 

(1000)  John,  1802.     m.  Roxana  Wheeler. 

(1001)  Sylvia,  1805.     m.  Samuel  Bradford. 

(1002)  Chen,  1807.     m.  Jane  Fuller. 

(1003)  Madison,  March  7,  1809.     m.  Anna  Berne. 

(1004)  Sally,     m.  Joshua  Shumway.     6  ehil. 

(1005)  Polly,     m.  John  Bidwell.     4  chil. 

(1006)  Elijah,     m.  Sally  Brown. 

Residence,  Belchertown,  Mass. 


420  Timothy  and  Sarah  Mansfield  had  : 

(1007)  Ebenezer,  1770.     m.  Mehitable  Welch,  of  Boston,  Janua-vy  3,  1799. 

(1008)  Joseph,  1771.     m.  Betsey  Johnson,  December  6,  1804. 

(1009)  Benjamin,  1773.     m.  Betsey  Grant,  June  3,  1798. 

(1010)  Mary,  February  28,  1776.     m.  James  Clark.     Rem.  to  Mich.  6  chil. 
(ion)  Rachel,  1777. 

(1012)  Hannah,  1779.     m-  Keyes. 

(1013)  Paul,  June  2,   1780.     m.   Eunice  Shaw,  February  22,  1802.     m.  2d 

Esther  Anthony. 

(1014)  Rhoda,  March  3,  1782.     m.  Ebenezer  Fisher,  1802. 

(1015)  Huldah,  July  12,  1783.     m.  Robert  Bratton.     6  chil. 

(1016)  Sarah,  1784.     m. Kentefield. 

(1017)  Ephraim.     d.  young,  1786. 

(1018)  Aaron,  September  30,  1787.     d.  1800. 

(1019)  Timothy,  17^2.     m.  Eunice  Rice.     Res.  Buxton. 

Timothy  removed  from  Medway,  to  Rowe,  Mass.,  before  1770,  for  foui 
children  were  born  there  between  that  year  and  1776. 

He  bought  a  small  farm  in  a  very  rugged  spot,  the  cultivation  of  which  was 
so  difficult  that  he  left  it,  and  removed  to  Belchertown,  where  the  rest  of  his 
children  were  born.  He  suffered  from  a  sunstroke  which  clouded  his  mind  ex- 
actly one  year  to  a  day,  after  which  he  recovered  his  usual  mental  powers. 

He  d.  June  20,  1815.     Sarah  d.  March  20,  1820. 


420  a  Ebenezer  Knowltown 
Served  in  the  Rhode  Island  Alarm  from  December  8,  1776-December  29,  at 
■--■  of  4j.  Gd.  per  day.     The  following  receipt  is  on  file  at  the  Archives  of 
Commonwealth  of  Mass. 


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"  We,  the  subscribers,  have  recd  of  Capt.  Lovell,  of  Medway  in 
full  of  our  Wages,  Travelling  Fees,  and  Back  Allowances  of  Provisions 
and  Sarse  which  was  due  to  us  upon  the  Alarm,  when  in  ye  State  of  Rhode 
Island  Stationed  at  Warwick,  Dec"1  ye  8th  1776.  We  say  rec''  by  us  in 
full,  as  Witness  our  Hands." 

Signed  by  EBENEZER  KNOWLTON. 

"  Marching  Orders,  Dec.  ye  26,  1776. 

"  To  Joshua  Partridge,  One  of  ye  Selectmen  of  medway. 

"  I  have  recd  Orders  from  Capt.  Fairbank  to  march  with  all  ye  men  draughted 
in  medway,  and  to  be  at  David  Man's,  Innholder,  in  wrentham  on  Monday, 
ye  30th  day  of  this  Instant  at  Nine  o'clock  in  the  morning.  There  is  a  Carrage 
Provided  to  Carry  the  Soldiers'  Packs  to  David  Man's  and  it  is  to  be  at  your 
house  tomorrow  at  12  o'clock  at  noon  and  you  are  hereby  Desired  to  Notifie 
the  men  Draughted  in  the  East  Company  in  Medway  to  appear  at  your  house 
at  the  time  above  mentioned. 

"  Moses  Thompson." 

Ebenczer  served  eight  years,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Bennington,  Rutland, 
Yt.,  and  many  other  engagements. 


422   Lucy  Knowlton  and  Dea.  Abijah  Brooks  had  : 

(1020)  Samuel,    m.  Eunice  Bass.    „. 

(1021)  Patty,  January  5,  1755. 

(1022)  Lucy,  September  1,  1756. 

(1023)  Esther,  May  29,  1758. 

(1024)  Nathaniel,  March  18,  1760. 

(1025)  Abijah,  November  22,  1761. 

(1026)  Roxalena,  December  3,  1763. 

(1027)  Theophilus,  January  24,  1766. 

(1028)  Simon,  December  22,  1767.     d.  June  4,  1844.' 

(1029)  Joseph,  March  6,  1770. 

(1030)  Thomas,  April  19,  1775. 
{1031)  Lemuel,  April  19,  1775. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


423  William  and  Mehitable  Eaton  had  : 

(1032)  Joshua,  October  21,  1760. 

(1033)  Harney,  November  12,  1762.     m. Wheeler. 

(1034)  Fanelia,  February  2,  1765.     m. Wheeler,  of-Nv-Y.     ^chil. 

{1035)  William,  January  1,  1767.  ^tfhen  £tl ,  . 


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(1036)  Stephen,  November   10,   176S.      m.  Eunice  Swan.     Res.,  Stoning- 

ton,  Conn. 

(1037)  Achsah,  August  29,  1772. 

(1033)  Mehitable,  April  27,  1774.     m. Hill,  of  N.  Y.     S  chil.       t 

(1039)  Ephraim,  April  27,  1774.     d.  April  6,  1797. 

(1040)  Ann.     m. Delamater.    Lived  in  N.  Y. 

William  and  wife  were  admitted  into  the  church   in  Ash  ford  on  "  confes- 
sion," August  5,  1770.     He  committed  suicide  when  insane,  January  9,  1784. 


424  Lieut.  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Farnham  had  : 

(1041)  Daniel,  December  17,  5765.     m.  Betsey  Burchard,  April  4,  1793.    d. 

February,  1834. 
{104?)  Elizabeth,  March  24,  1768.     m.  Fred.  Chaffee,  of  Ashford,  Conn. 

(1043)  Nathaniel,  December  24,  1770.    m.  Sarah  Leach,  November  25,  179S. 

(1044)  Manassah,  December  24,  1770.     m.  Lydia  Burton,  b.  March  19,  1773, 

She  d.  January  15,  t8o6  ;  m.  2d  Elizabeth  Card,  August  5,  1821  ; 
m.  3d  Clarissa  Cogswell,  She  d.  November  23,  1841. 

(1045)  Ephraim,  October  3,  1773.     m.  Jemima  Farnham,  of  Ashford,  Conn. 

(1046)  Martha,  February  24,  1777.     m.  Chas.  W.  Brandon,  of  Ashford. 

(1047)  Keziah,  February  9,  1781.     m.  Amasa  Lyon,  January  3,  1805. 
(:04s)  Hannah,  April  19,  1783.     m.  Daniel  Knowlton. 

Elizabeth  d.  June  1,  1786,  and   Lieut.   Daniel  m.    2d  Re- 
becca Fenton,  and  had : 

(1049)  Erastus   Fenton,   January  29,   1790.     m.  Waite  Windsor,  February 

20,  1814. 

(1050)  Marvin,  September  3,  1794.     m.  Calista  Leonard,  April  19,  1820. 

LIEUT.  DANIEL  KNOWLTON  was  baptized  in  the  West  Parish  of  Box- 
tord,  Mass.,  December  31,  1738.  He  was  but  two  years  old  when  his  father  re- 
moved to  Ashford,  Conn.  Daniel's  early  training  was  calculated  to  have  a 
powerful  influence  upon  his  military  career  afterwards,  and  it  probably  laid  the 
foundation  for  some  of  those  deeds  of  heroism  which  have  made  his  name 
revered  among  his  descendants.  When  only  nineteen  years  old  he  enlisted  in 
■"«■.  colonial  regiments  for  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  together  with 
tus  brother  Thomas.  From  the  very  first  he  distinguished  himself  for  bravery 
and  daring,  particularly  as  a  scout,  being  often  sent  in  command  of  small  parties 
'•■'-■•  reconnoitre  in  the  forests.  No  duty  connected  with  the  long  and  bloody 
■  upon  the  frontiers  required  more  skill,  or  tact,  than  that  of  scouting,  where 


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the  slightest  indiscretion  might  betray  the  venturesome  explorer  to  the  cruelty 
of  the  savage.  On  one  of  these  occasions,  while  serving  in  Capt.  John  Slapp's 
company,  Phineas  Lyman's  ist  Connecticut  regiment,  in  Lord  Loudon's  ex- 
pedition to  Fort  Edward,  between  the  15th  of  March  and  the  17th  of  October, 
1757,  Daniel  saved  the  life  of  his  companion  and  friend,  Israel  Putnam,  who,  in 
venturing  into  the  dense  forest  outside  the  ramparts  of  Fort  Edward,  was 
attached  by  an  Indian  who  was  about  to  tomahawk  him.  Knowlton  came  to 
his  friend's  relief,  and  brought  down  the  redskin  by  a  timely  shot  from  his 
musket.  This  incident  explains  the  life-long  friendship  which  existed  between 
Putnam  and  Daniel  Knowlton.  The  bravest  troopers  and  fiercest  fighters  in 
the  bloody  encounters  of  the  French  and  Indian  War  within  New  York  State, 
were  men  of  Connecticut  regiments.  Knowlton  did  most  of  his  fighting  in 
this  campaign  in  Northern  New  York,  in  and  around  the  ramparts  and  forts 
of  Fort  Edward,  Ticonderoga,  and  that  vicinity. 

In  June,  175S,  he  served  in  Col.  Eleazer  Fitch's  3d  Connecticut  regiment, 
and  Cant.  Jedediah  Fay's  company,  at  Crown  Point.  About  this  time  Knowlton 
captured  three  men  belonging  to  a  gang  of  bloodthirsty  desperadoes,  whose  nu- 
merous atrocities  had  made  them  as  odious  as  they  were  terrible.  With  a  small 
force  on  hostile  territory,  it  was  unsafe  either  to  retain  or  dismiss  the  prisoners, 
and  the  captors  decided  that  the  crimes  of  the  offenders  entitled  them  to  halt- 
ers, and  that  there  must  be  no  delay.  Halters  were  accordingly  made  from  the 
bark  of  hickory  saplings,  by  Knowlton 's  orders,  from  which  the  culprits  were 
soon  dangling  between  heaven  and  earth.  From  May  7,  1761,  to  December  30, 
1 761,  Daniel  served  as  a  sergeant  in  Capt.  Robert  Durkee's  company,  Phineas 
Lyman's  Connecticut  regiment,  and  from  March  17,  1762,  to  December  4,  1762, 
in  Capt.  Hugh  Ledlie's  company,  Lyman's  regiment,  the  above  companies  being 
mustered  and  serving  in  the  Crown  Point  Expedition.  The  original  muster- 
rolls,  showing  his  services  in  these  campaigns,  are  on  file  in  the  State  I  ibrary. 
at  Hartford,  Conn.  It  is  not  known  positively  that  Daniel  rendered  service  in 
the  Havana  expedition,  as  most  of  the  muster-rolls  of  these  regiments  were  lost, 
or  destroyed.  We  have  very  good  reasons,  however,  for  believing  that  he  did, 
as  we  have  proof  of  his  brother  Thomas's  service  there,  and  also  proof  that 
they  served  side  by  side  in  nearly  every  campaign  of  the  French  and  Indian 
War. 

Upon  returning  to  Connecticut,  and  to  Ashford,  in  1763,  he  m.  November 
3d,  Elizabeth  Farnham,  the  daughter  of  Manassah  Farnham,  of  Windham. 
Elizabeth  was  b.  at  Windham,  March  jo,  1742.  Her  mother  was  Keziah  Ford 
daughter  of  Joseph  Ford,  a  brave  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War.  Daniel's  wife, 
Elizabeth,  was  the  granddaughter  of  Henry  Farnham  and  Phebe  (Russell)  Farn- 
ham, and  great-granddaughter  of  Ralph  Farnham  and  Sarah  Sterling.  Ralph, 
father  of  said  Ralph,  m.  Elizabeth  Holt,  and  was  sixth  son  of  Sir  John  Farnham 
of  Quorndam,  County  Leicester,  England,  who  lived  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I. 
His  arms  are  registered  in  the  Heralds'  College. 


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: ■■;  now  enjoyed  a  brief  respite  from  the  hardships  of  war,  and  turned 
his  attention  to  the" affairs  of  his  home  and  family.  His  appearance  at  this 
time  is  said  to  have  been  that  of  a  very  tall,  wiry  man,  slightly  stooping  shoul- 
ders,  high  brow,  prominent  nose,  serious,  though  gentle  features,  and  blue  eyes, 
in  one  of  which  there  was  a  slight  cast,  the  result  of  a  laceration  in  the 
French  vVai  while  chasing  a  band  of  savages.  A  projecting  bramble,  or  prickly 
branch,  tore  the  eye  partially  out  of  the  socket,  but  the  indomitable  will  of  the 
soldier  paid  little  heed  to  the  annoyance,  and  he  pushed  on,  disregarding  the 
pain.  His  light  brown  hair  was  powdered  and  dressed  after  the  fashion  of  the 
period.  The  gentleness  and  humanity  of  the  man  are  illustrated  by  the  follow- 
ing incident,  which  has  erroneously  been  ascribed  by  some  to  his  younger 
brother  Thomas.  One  day,  as  Daniel  was  riding  past  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Ashford,  he  noticed  a  large  crowd  congregated  about  the  whipping-post, 
.•In  led  in  the  vicinity  according  to  the  harsh  custom  of  the  day.  Upon  in- 
quiry, he  learned  that  a  culprit  was  to  be  flogged  for  non-attendance  at  church 
and  non-payment  of  dues.  When  the  sentence  was  read  preparatory  to  laying 
on  the  stripes,  observing  that  the  usual  clause  was  omitted  requiring  the  stripes 
*.v  be  applied  to  the  bare  back,  he  jumped  from  his  horse  and  threw  his  own 
coat  over  the  shoulders  of  the  culprit,  thus  mitigating  the  force  of  the  blows. 

Four  sons  and  a  daughter  were  born  to  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  during  this 
temporary  period  of  domestic  peace  and  happiness  at  Ashford,  but  the  clouds 
of  devolution  were  gathering  in  the  Colonies,  and  at  the  first  call  to  arms  Knowl- 
ton  promptly  responded. 

It  is  related  that  the  night  before  the  Putnam  men  marched  to  the  relief  of 
Boston,  "  Old  Put,"  as  he  was  called,  was  noticed  to  leave  his  house  and  silently 
walk  over  to  a  field  adjacent,  and  there  look  towards  Ashford  for  some  little 
time,  shading  his  eyes  with  his  hand.  Being  followed  by  a  neighbor,  and  being 
asked  for  whom  he  was  looking,  the  old  General  ejaculated,  "  Gad,  Zounds,  had 
1  only  Daniel  Knowlton  to  take  with  me,  I  'd  lick  Hell  itself."  To  this  "  Lex- 
ington Alarm  "  Daniel  responded  by  leaving  his  plough  in  the  furrow,  like  Cin- 
cinnatus  of  old,  though  he  was,  probably,  not  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and 
the  precise  nature  of  his  service  at  this  date  is  matter  of  tradition  rather  than 
of  history.  He  was,  however,  one  of  the  very  first  in  the  field,  and  was  commis- 
sioned Ensign  of  Col.  John  Chester's  Connecticut  regiment,  Sixth  Battalion, 
Wadsworth  brigade,  Capt.  Reuben  Marcy's  company,  in  June,  1776.  Stationed 
with  this  regiment  at  Flatbush  Pass,  August  26th,  he  participated  in  the  memo- 
rable battle  of  Long  Island,  August  27,  1776,  where  his  entire  regiment  nar- 
t-^caped  capture.* 

':  iic  "  Espadata,"  or  ensign's  staff,  which  was  carried  by  Knowlton,  is  in.  the  possession  at 

be  {.resent  time  of   one  of  his  great-grandsons,  Mr.  Miner  Knowlton,  of  1'onghkeepsie,  N.  Y., 

•;  the  musket  which  Sergeant  Knowlton  carried  during  the  French  and  Indian  War  and  the 

r-'  year  of  the  Revolution,  and  which  saved  the   life   of  Putnam,  is  now   in  possession  of  his 

l«- great-grandson,  Mr.  William  Herrick  Griffith,  of  Albany,  N.  Y. 


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"  In  passing  through  fields  of  grain,  Sir,  I  have  notieed  that  the  vah, 
sta'^d  erec"'     3dS  ^  ^  "*  earth'  °"'>'  "^  «**  and  worthlt 

ifead  ^h",  'hereUT  5h°Wed  aPPredati°»  °f  the  answer  by  bowing  his  own    ' 
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Bureau,  Musket,  Ensign,  Battle-Axe,  and 

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when  the  minister  gave  our  a  hymn  having  for  its  refrain  "  Give  Britain  praise," 
Lieutenant  Knowiton  immediately  rose  up  in  his  seat,  and  requested  that  this 
hymn  should  be  omitted,  and  another  sung  in  its  stead  ;  but  the  minister  pay- 
ing no  attention  to  his  request,  and  the  choir  beginning  to  sing,  the  old  soldier 
marched  deliberately  out  of  church,  saying  that  he  could  not  worship  with  a 
congregation  that  "  gave  Britain  praise  for  anything."  And  he  never  entered 
that  church  again. 

While  imprisoned  by  the  British,  in  an  old  meeting-house  on  Long  Island, 
for  the  space  of  four  days  he  was  allowed  neither  food  nor  drink.  At  length 
a  compassionate  woman,  hearing  of  his  condition,  concealed  food  and  a  bottle 
of  water  in  her  clothing,  and  prevailed  upon  the  guard  to  allow  her  to  visit  the 
meeting-house.  She  found  Knowiton  almost  in  a  dying  condition,  and  but  for 
her  timely  relief  he  would  soon  have  perished.  It  was  about  this  time  that 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Selah  Hart,  of  Farmington,  presented  a  petition  to  the  Con- 
necticut Assembly  for  aid  in  behalf  of  Ethan  Allen,  Daniel  Knowiton,  and  a 
few  others,  which  was  granted. 

This  quaint  old  document,  alluding  to  our  men  as  "  captivated  by  their 
enemies,"  is  preserved  in  the  Archives  of  Connecticut  to  this  day.  The  peti- 
tion reads  as  follows  : 

"  Whereas  Lieut.  Colonel  Selah  Hart  of  Farmington  hath  preferred 
his  memorial  to  this  Assembly,  for  himself  and  about  thirty-eight  other 
continental  officers  captivated  by  the  enemies  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  and  confined  by  them  on  Long  Island,  showing  to  this  Assem- 
bly that  said  officers  and  their  families  are  reduced  to  great  distress  by 
means  of  said  officers  being  held  in  captivity,  the  most  of  them  ever  since 
the  15th  of  September  last,  since  which  they  have  received  no  wages  or 
allowances  from  the  United  States  or  either  of  them,  and  that  they  have 
spent  all  their  money,  are  considerably  in  debt,  and  have  no  means  of 
subsistence  ;  that  they  are  unable  to  procure  hard  money  ;  that  paper 
money  or  bills  will  not  pay  them ;  praying  for  relief  etc.  as  per  memorial 
and  a  list  of  said  officers'  names  lodged  in  the  files  of  this  Assembly 
appears. 

"  Resolved  by  this  Assembly.  That  the  Committee  of  the  Pay- 
Table  be  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  adjust  and  settle  said  officers' 
accounts,  when  produced  to  them,  and  to  allow  to  them,  the  same  waged 
since  their  captivity  as  was  allowed  to  officers  of  their  rank  in  the  conti- 
nental army  at  the  time  they  were  captured  ;  and  that  the  committee 
pay  to  them,  or  to  said  Selah  Hart  for  their  use,  the  balance  due  to 
each  of  said  officers  or  such  part  thereof  as  on  consideration  of 
their  case  may  appear  necessary  for  their  relief :  Provided  such  evi- 
dence shall   be  produced  as  shall  satisfy  said  committee  that  said  offi- 


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cers  have  not  received  their  wages  already.  And  said  committee  are 
directed  if  possible  to  make  said  payment,  or  considerable  part  thereof, 
in  hard  money,  and  for  that  purpose  to  draw  on  the  Treasurer  of  this 
State  for  the  same,  or  bills  of  credit  to  exchange  for  the  same,  and  the 
Treasurer  is  directed  to  pay  the  same  accordingly  ;  and  said  committee 
are  to  charge  the  sum  so  paid  to  the  United  States,  and  transmit  an  ac- 
count thereof  to  General  Washington  with  the  names  and  offices  of  the 
persons  to  whom,  or  for  whom,  the  same  is  paid,  and  the  Battalion  and 
Company  to  which  they  belonged,  as  soon  as  they  can  ascertain  the  same, 
and  request  the  General  to  give  orders  that  said  sum  may  be  ordered 
and  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State  for  the  use  of  this  State." 

Upon  being  exchanged  with  other  prisoners,  Daniel  was  assigned  as  Lieuten- 
ant to  Capt.  Joshua  Bottom's  company,  Lieutenant-Col.  Levi  Well's  regiment, 
and  participated  with  them  in  the  battle  of  Horseneck,  9th  December,  1780, 
where  he  was  again  taken  prisoner.  Upon  being  released  he  was  given  brief 
leave  of  absence  to  visit  his  home  in  Ashford,  soon  after  which  he  enlisted  again, 
being  commissioned  First  Lieutenant. 

He  served  with  that  rank  in  Capt.  Benjamin  Durkee's  company  of  Matrosses 
in  the  Provisional  Regiment  stationed  at  Fort  Trumbull,  New  London,  Ct.,  from 
July  16,  1782,  until  the  war  was  ended  and  the  army  disbanded.  lie  was  given 
occasional  leave  of  absence. 

That  Knowlton  did  not  receive  the  military  rank  which  was  his  due  was 
owing  to  the  fact  that  he  was  a  prisoner  of  war  much  of  the  time,  and  chiefly 
because  he  refused  advancement  on  one  or  two  occasions,  preferring  to  serve 
in  that  station  where  he  could  serve  his  country  best.  Bold,  stern,  and  intrepid 
as  a  lion  in  the  battle-field,  he  was  retiring,  non-assertive,  in  private  life,  and  in- 
clined to  belittle  his  achievements.  Nothing  was  more  distasteful  to  his  mind 
than  display  or  ostentation. 

When  a  descendant  had  read  the  simple  inscription  on  his  grave-stone  in  the 
Westford  Hill  cemetery  ("A  Patriot  of  the  Revolution"),  he  turned  to  one  of 
Knowlton's  oldest  kinsmen  and  inquired  why  a  more  fitting  monument  had  not 
been  erected  over  the  grave  of  the  hero.  The  answer  was  characteristic  of  the 
Knowltons  : 

"  The  best  acknowledgement  of  a  man's  services  to  his  race  is  rendered 
when  his  countrymen  demand  with  surprise  and  wonderment  why  his 
deeds  are  not  more  publicly  appreciated." 

After  the  war  was  over  he  retired  to  private  life  at  Ashford,  and  occupied 
himself  with  the  humble  pursuits  of  his  farm  life.  He  met  with  a  severe  afflic- 
tion in  the  death  of  his  wife  Elizabeth,  on  June  1,  1786.      He  married  a  second 


Colonel  Thomas  Knowlton, 
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time,  24th  April,  1788,  Rebecca  Fenlon  of  Wellington,  by  whom  he  had  two 
..  ns,  Erastus  Fenton  and  Marvin.  He  is  also  said  to  have  performed  military 
service  in  the  war  of  181 2.  He  met  his  death  from  the  effects  of  a  fall  in  the 
barn  attached  to  his  farm  at  Ashford,  31st  May,  1825.  His  grave-stone  in  the 
cemetery  at  Westford  bears  the  following  inscription  : 

"  Lieutenant  Daniel  Knowlton 
A  Patriot  of  the  Revolution 

Died  May  31st  1825  aged  86  years." 


425  Col.  Thomas  and  Anna  Keyes  had  : 

(1051)  Frederick,  December  4,  1760. 

(1C52)  Sally,    November    23,    1763.      m.    Samuel    Utley,  of    Ashford,    Ct., 
December  16,  17S1. 

(1053)  Thomas,   July   13,    1764/5.     m.    Martha  Marcy,  of  Wellington,  Ct., 

1807. 

(1054)  Polly,  January   n,  1767.     m.  Stephen  Fitts  of  Ashford,  January  r, 

1/93- 
.  (1055)  Abigail,  June  20,  1768.     m.  Thomas  Chaffee,  of  Ashford,  November 
21,1781. 

(1056)  Sampson,  February  8,  1770.     d.  September  10,  1777. 

(1057)  Anna,  June  8,  1771.     d.  young. 

(1058)  Anna,  March  19,  1773.     ra.  Dr.  John  Kittredge,  January  1,  1S04. 

(1059)  Lucinda,  November  10,  1776.     d.  February  16,  1805. 
Wife  Anna  d.  May  22,  180S. 

COLONEL  THOMAS  KNOWLTON, 

the  seventh  child  of  William  and  Martha  Pinder  Knowlton,  was  born  in  Box- 
ford,  Mass.,  about  November  22,  1740.  Like  his  elder  brother  Daniel,  the  songs 
to  which  his  cradle  was  rocked  were  the  patriotic  hymns  of  a  people  called 
daily  to  defend  their  liberties,  and  the  staple  of  current  conversation  was  fur- 
nished by  personal  adventure  and  military  exploits.  The  various  French  and 
Indian  wars  had  left  the  colonies  but  brief  intervals  of  repose  for  many  years, 
and  the  New  England  farmer  was  as  skilful  with  the  musket  as  with  the  plough. 
When  scarcely  sixteen  years  of  age,  Thomas  Knowlton  had  accompanied  his 
elder  brother  Daniel,  the  famous  scout,  in  the  campaigns  which  were  terminated 
by  the  conquest  of  Canada,  and  in  August,  175S,  he  fought  in  the  battle  of 
Wood  Creek,  in  which  he  had  hair-breadth  escapes,  now  outwitting  the  cun- 
ning of  his  savage  foe,  and  again,  by  strength  and  agility,  making  him  bite  the 
dust.  Nature  had  cast  him,  like  his  elder  brother,  in  a  military  mould,  and  se! 
"    ;>rophetic   seal  on  him  from  birth.     More  than  six  feet  in  height,  sinewy, 


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erect,  handsome  as  an  Apollo,  he  was  a  veritable  Anakim  in  physical  presence, 
and  commanded  the  admiration  of  all  who  knew  him.  Trumbull,  the  great 
painter,  who  enlisted  in  the  War  of  Independence  for  the  express  purpose  of 
leaving  on  his  glowing  canvas  the  accurate  features  of  its  heroes,  caught  the 
gleam  of  patriotic  inspiration  that  lighted  up  Knowlton's  face  at.  Bunker  Hill, 
and  from  that  faithful  portraiture  we  can  readily  construct  the  actual  soldier. 

In  the  capture  of  Ticonderoga,  July,   1759,  several  Knowltons    had    their 
honorable  share,  Luke,  Ezekiel,  and  Benjamin  of  Massachusetts,  and  Thomas 
of  Ashford  with  them,  and  when  the  siege  of  Havana  was  ended  by  the  surren- 
der of  the  city,  Thomas  was  one  of  the  victors  whom  neither  war  nor  d: 
had  mastered. 

He  had  married,  three  years  before,  Anna,  daughter  of  Sampson  Keyes  of 
Ashford,  with  whom,  after  the  capture  of  Havana,  he  settled  down  into  the  un- 
eventful life  of  an  average  Connecticut  farmer.  As  David  was  fitted  for  the 
leadership  of  Israel  amid  the  solitude  of  the  Judsean  hills,  so  was  Thomas 
Knowlton  the  better  prepared  for  the  struggle  of  '75  and  '76  by  that  contest 
with  the  untamed  forces  of  nature  which  an  Ashford  farm  necessitated.  Who- 
ever visits  the  old  town  to-day  will  be  as  much  impressed  by  its  comparative 
sterility  as  he  will  be  captivated  by  its  rugged  beauty.  Unless  this  region  ha\  e 
degenerated  since  William  of  Boxford  transplanted  here  his  domestic  vine  and 
fig-tree,  the  Knowltons  must  have  found  but  a  stubborn  soil,  fruitful  in  rock, 
sand,  and  straggling  vine,  but  yielding  slowly  to  persistent  cultivation.  That 
they  supported  families  of  generous  numbers  here  is  presumptive  proof  that 
they  owned  both  fair  and  fertile  acres,  but  the  general  appearance  of  the  old 
town  is  that  of  a  hard  field  in  which  to  earn  one's  bread  by  farming.  Thomas 
Knowlton  spent  here  sixteen  years  of  quiet  domestic  joy  and  useful  industry. 
His  taste  for  arms,  however,  had  been  whetted  in  the  four  campaigns  of  his 
earlier  life,  and  when  a  local  militia  force  was  formed  he  was  naturally  elected 
ensign,  3d  Company,  1st  Regiment.  In  1761  he  joined  the  10th  Company,  Capt. 
Robert  Durkee,  and  in  the  following  year  was  made  its  2d  lieutenant,  Capt. 
Hugh  Ledlie,  commanding.  In  civil  affairs  he  was  equally  and  early  prominent, 
being  made  a  Selectman  of  the  town  at  the  unprecedented  age  of  thirty-three. 
and  stories  have  been  related,  again  and  again,  illustrative  of  a  walk  and  con- 
versation that  made  him  honored  for  his  integrity,  admired  for  his  personality, 
and  beloved  for  his  humanity. 

A  false  rumor  of  British  insolence  brought  him  and  his  company  promptly 
to  arms  in  September,  1774,  and  when  the  touch  of  fate  gave  immortality  to 
Lexington  and  Concord  the  following  year,  Knowlton  was  in  his  element.  The 
captaincy  of  the  Ashford  company  was  vacant,  and  he  was  chosen  by  acclama- 
tion. So  spontaneous  was  the  patriotic  uprising  that,  when  the  volunteers 
poured  into  the  camp  at  Pomfret,  only  one  fifth  were  considered  necessary, 
and  the  Ashford  company  being  at  once  recognized  as  superior  in  material  and 
tactics,  it  was  promptly  drafted  into  the  5th  Regiment,  and  before  night  was  on 


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its  way  to  Cambridge.  Subsequently,  this  company  was  reorganized  and  in- 
creased to  two  hundred  men  by  members  from  other  companies,  with  Capt. 
Knowlton  in  command,  and  on  June  16,  1775,  tne)r  marched  to  Breed's  Hill  for 
their  first  baptism  oi  blood.  Against  Knowlton's  remonstrance,  and  in  the 
face  of  his  more  intelligent  judgment,  Gen.  Israel  Putnam  had  decided  to 
occupy  an  untenable  position  exposed  to  the  enemy's  batteries,  and  that 
could  readily  be  captured  by  the  land  and  naval  forces  which  the  British  would 
inevitably  combine.  Knowlton  was  so  much  a  soldier  that  he  obeyed  even  a 
suicidal  order  of  his  superior,  and  occupied  a  small  redoubt  near  the  Mystic 
River.  Anticipating  the  tactics  of  the  British  General  Howe,  he  constructed 
a  stone  and  rail  fence  parallel  with  an  already  existing  one  a  little  back  of  the 
redoubt,  filled  the  space  between  the  two  with  hay,  and  thus  prepared  for  the 
onset  of  the  red-coats.  Behind  this  extemporized  breastwork  over  which  the 
British  made  merry,  less  than  one  thousand  raw,  imperfectly  disciplined,  and 
scantily  equipped  Americans  awaited  the  very  flower  of  British  soldiery  several 
times  their  own  numbers.  When  the  fight  was  over,  the  British  had  lost  1054 
killed  and  wounded,  the  Americans  but  449.  Knowlton  commanded  the  Con- 
necticut forces,  handling  them  with  such  skill  that  only  three  of  the  Ashford 
troops  were  killed.  He  saved  the  retreat  from  becoming  a  rout,  and  his  heroic 
valor  was  the  more  to  be  praised  because  he  fought  against  what  he  saw  from 
the  first  were  overwhelming  odds.  A  ball  striking  his  gun  curved  it  into  the 
form  of  a  semi-circle,  but  he  grasped  another,  and  without  hat  or  coat  led  on  his 
men  to  desperate  deeds  of  valor.  For  his  part  in  this  memorable  and  initial 
battle  in  open  field  for  independence,  Knowlton  was  presented  by  an  admiring 
friend  with  a  gold-laced  hat,  a  sash,  and  a  gorget,  the  last  being  now  in  the 
possession  of  a  relative,  Mr.  Geo.  T.  Chaffee,  Rutland,  Vt. 

Knowlton's  record  at  Bunker  Hill  commended  him  at  once  to  the  regard  of 
Washington,  with  whom  he  was  ever  after  a  great  favorite.  As  evidence  of  this, 
the  first  countersign  given  by  Washington  to  the  army  after  Bunker  Hill  was 
"  Knowlton,"  and  the  Ashford  company  became  virtually  the  bodyguard  of  the 
Commander-in-chief.  A  night  march  to  Charlestown  and  the  capture  of  five 
English  officers  under  the  very  eyes  of  the  enemy,  gave  Knowlton  both  diversion 
and  reputation.  When  the  20th  Regiment  of  the  line  was  organized,  Knowlton 
became  its  major  and,  immediately  after,  its  acting  colonel  and  paymaster. 
He  was  appointed  Lieut.-Colonel,  August  12,  1776,  and  fifteen  days  later,  at  the 
disastrous  battle  of  Long  Island,  he  saved,  by  a  timely  and  masterly  retreat,  his 
regiment  from  capture.  Soon  after,  the  famous  corps  known  as  "  Knowlton's 
Rangers  "  was  formed  from  picked  men  of  five  Connecticut,  one  Rhode  Island, 
and  two  Massachusetts  regiments,  for  special,  delicate,  and  hazardous  duty. 

This  corps  was  attached  to  the  person  of  General  Washington,  receiving  its 
orders  directly  from  him,  and  appealing  to  those  only  who  found  satisfaction  in 
"  leading  a  forlorn  hope." 

On  September  16,  1776,  the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights  was  fought,  and  the 


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first  victory  in  the  open  field  was  won  by  the  Americans,  despite  the  overwhelm- 
ing numbers  of  the  British..  In  the  thick  of  the  fight  Knowlton  fell,  mortallj 
wounded. 

The  force  under  his  command  had  mistaken  the  order  of  their  commander, 
at  which  it  is  said  Knowlton  turned  pale,  fearing  the  day  was  lost.  The  splen- 
did courage  of  our  troops,  however,  retrieved  the  disaster,  though  at  a  terrible 
price.  A  ball  pierced  the  brave  Colonel,  and  he  lived  just  long  enough  to  give 
to  his  son  Frederic,  who  was  a  private  in  his  father's  corps,  the  last  benediction, 
and  to  his  country  and  the  world  the  assurance  that  he  died  content  to  bay, 
even  with  his  life,  the  precious  treasure  of  human  freedom. 

It  is  one  of  the  compensations  in  human  life  that,  sooner  or  later,  posterity 
will  do  the  honored  dead  justice.  In  the  General  Orders  of  the  following  day, 
Washington  declared  that  "  the  brave  and  gallant  Colonel  Knowlton  was  an 
honor  to  any  country."     General  Reed  wrote  : 

"  Our  greatest  loss  was  a  brave  officer  from  Connecticut,  whose  name 
and  spirit  ought  to  be  immortalized,  one  Colonel  Knowlton.  I  assisted 
him  off,  and  when  gasping  in  the  agonies  of  death  all  his  inquiry  was  if 
we  had  drove  the  enemy." 

Capt.  Stephen  Brown,  his  successor,  adds  more  explicitly  : 

"  I  took  hold  of  him  and  asked  if  he  were  badly  wounded.  He  told 
me  he  was,  but,  says  he,  '  I  do  not  value  my  life  if  we  do  but  get  the  day.' 
He  desired  me  by  all  means  to  keep  up  this  flank.  He  seemed  as  uncon- 
cerned and  calm  as  though  nothing  had  happened  to  him." 

And  history,  calmly  writing  out  this  verdict,  pronounces  him  one  of  the  noblest 
soldiers  ever  claimed  by  any  country,  and  whose  death  cut  off  a  man  otherwise  des- 
tined to  be  a  great  general.  Original  letters  now  in  possession  of  the  Hon.  P.  H. 
Woodward,  Hartford,  Conn.,  express  the  sober  convictions  of  such  eminent  men 
as  Colonel  Burr,  General  Dearborn,  and  others,  all  of  whom  paid  high  tribute  to 
the  worth  and  virtues  of  the  dead  hero.  In  his  own  town  there  Avas  a  great  la- 
mentation, for  the  whole  community  joined  their  tears  to  those  of  the  disconso- 
late widow  and  eight  fatherless  children.  Colonel  Knowlton  was  buried  with 
military  honors  on  the  field  of  battle,  143d  Street,  N.  Y.  Not  until  September. 
1893,  did  even  a  mural  tablet  indicate  that  the  great  metropolis,  for  whose  safety 
he  had  given  his  life,  remembered  and  honored  him.  On  November  13,  1895, 
his  native  State  paid  formal  tribute  to  the  memory  of  one  of  her  greatest  sons. 
A.  superb  bronze  statue  was  then  unveiled  in  the  Capitol  grounds  at  Hartford, 
to  tell  the  citizen  of  the  present  and  the  future  what  a  modest  headstone  in  old 
Ashford  has  long  been  repeating, — the  glory  of  self-sacrifice  for  God  and 
Country.  .  The  statue  was  erected  by  the  State  of  Connecticut,  largely  through 
the  efforts  of  the   Hon.  P.  H.  Woodward,  of  Hartford,  and  Dr.    J.   Knowlton 


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Statue  of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton, 

Capitol  Grounds,  Hartford,  Conn. 


The  Knowltbris  of  New  England  93 

Marcy,  of  Windsor,  Conn.  At  the  ceremony  of  unveiling,  the  Hon.  Charles 
Dudley  Warner,  Chairman  of  the  Commission  of  Sculpture,  delivered  an  appro- 
priate and  eloquent  address,  in  which  he  declared  that  "  Colonel  Knowlton  was 
a  great  man.  Judged  by  what  he  did,  and  by  what  his  rare  talents  promised, 
I  doubt  if  the  Slate  has  produced  a  greater  military  genius,  or  a  more  unselfish 
patriot.  The  official  recognition  of  his  services  and  of  his  great  qualities  comes 
late  ;  but  his  fame  is  permanent,  and  it  will  increase,  for  it  is  of  the  sort  of 
heroism  that  the  people  take  to  heart  long  after  '  the  flags  are  folded  and  the 
drums  silent.'  "  The  historic  address — a  notable  one — was  delivered  by  the 
Hon.  P.  H.  Woodward,  and  was  printed  and  widely  circulated. 

The  inscription  on  the  modest  tombstone  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Warren- 
ville,  Conn.,  reads  thus  : 

THIS  MONUMENT 

IS  ERECTED  IN  MEMORY  OF 

COLONEL  THOMAS  KNOWLTON  AND  HIS  WIFE. 

That  brave  Colonel,  in  defense  of  his  Country,  fell  in  battle  Septem- 
ber 16,  1766,  at  Harlem  Heights,  Island  of  New  York.  Age  36  years. 
Mrs.  Anna,  the  amiable  Consort  of  Colonel  Knowlton,  died  May  22,  1808. 
Age  64,  and  is  buried  beneath  this  Monument. 

"  Remember  God  did  us  part  ; 
Accept  it  with  a  willing  heart." 


430  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Parks  had  : 

(1060)  Betty,  March  17,  1764. 

(1061)  Sarah,  September  7,  1765. 

(1062)  John,  January  18,  1767. 

(1063)  William,  July  30,  1769.     d.  young. 

Nathaniel  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  rem.  to  Sudbury,  m.,  and  d.  there. 


441    Gideon  and  Mary  Gibson  had: 

(1064)  Gideon,  November  18,  179S.     d.  1800. 

(1065)  Gideon,  December  16,  jSoo.     m.  Mildred  Curtis.     He  d.  June,  1863. 

(1066)  Ruel,  January  8,  1S03. 

(1067)  Abner,  May  7,  1807.     m.  Nancy  Sweet. 

(1068)  Ann,  June  14,  1S08.     m.  Ira  Moulton. 

(1069)  Louisa,  April  23,  1809.     m.  George  Ring.     6  chil. 

(1070)  Franklin,  September  14,  181 1.     in.  Persis  Stacey. 


94  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(107 1)  A  daughter,  September  17,  1813.     d.  young. 

(1072)  Sophronia,  November  19,  1815.     m.  Gordon  Ring.     4  chil. 

(1073)  Ira,  February  17,  1818. 

(1074)  Harriet,  July  26,  1820.     m.  Nathaniel  Mitchell. 

Gideon' res.  in  New  Boston,  Windsor,  and  Stoddard,  Mass.     He  d.  May 
1S59.     Mary  d.  June  12,  1S60. 


442  Abner  and  Elizabeth  Knowlton  of  Wenham  had  : 

(1075)  Betsey,  September  16,  1781. 

(1076)  Olive,  August  4,  1782. 

(1077)  Abner,  March  27,  1785. 

Abner  res.  in  Ipswich.  He  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  May  g, 
1775,  and  served  in  the  East  and  at  the  battle  of  Trenton.  He  d.  at  sea  No- 
vember 3,  1784. 


443  Antipas 


res.  in  Ipswich^  and  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  served  in  the  Lex- 
ington Alarm,  April  19,  1775,  and  from  that  date  until  the  close  of  1776.  His 
company  was  in  the  military  operations  in  New  England,  and  in  those  for  the 
defense  of  the  Hudson  River. 


444  Nathaniel  and  Mary had  : 

(1078)  Moses,  1806.     m.  Caroline  Whitaker.     He  d.  1858.     She  d.  1877. 


445  Jeremiah  and  Susan  Whitney  had  : 

(1079)  Abraham,  July  5,  1801.     m.  Lucy  Hildreth. 

(1080)  Mary.     m.  Ira  Robbins. 

(1081)  Anna.     m. Staniels. 

(1082)  Eliza. 

(1083)  Sallie.     m.  ■ Oliver. 

Residence,  Brattleboro,  Yt. 

Jeremiah  d.  1805. 

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446  Thomas  and  Susannah  Hollis  had  : 

(1084)  Joshua,  1785. 
(10S5)  Susan,  178S. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  95 

{1086)  John,  1789.    in.  Charlotte  Holmes. 

(1087)  Sarah,  1790. 

(1088)  Alvin,  1796. 

(1089)  Polly. 

(1090)  Warren. 


Thomas  rem.  to  Maine. 


447  Stephen  and  Diodemia  Chubb  had  : 

(1091)  Rachel,  March  3,  17S1.     m.  Cephas  Case. 

(1092)  Calvin,  May  23,  1783.     m.  Betsey  S.  Peck,  of  New  Lyme,  O. 

(1093)  Diodemia,  October  6,  1785.     m.  Moses  Camp  of  Winsted,  Conn. 

(1094)  Laura,  September  21,  1788.     m.  David  Wright,  June  1,  1810. 

(1095)  Stephen,  August  25,  1791.     m.  Lydia  Dudley,  of  Austin,  O. 

(1096)  Samuel,  June  6,  1793.     m.  Fanny  Beach,  November  15,  1814. 

(1097)  Deborah,  1795.     m.  Caleb  Chapman. 

(1098)  Harriet,     m.  Isaac  Cutler. 

STEPHEN  KNOWLTON 

resided  in  Chatham,  Conn.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  from 
May  8  to  December  18,  1775,  as  a  private  in  the  5th  Company,  Colonel  Spen- 
cer's 3d.  Regiment  Connecticut  Militia.  Plis  widow  received  a  pension  in  1844. 
In  1804  Stephen  and  his  family  removed  to  Morgan,  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio, 
making  the  long  journey  in  an  ox-cart.  His  daughter,  Diodemia,  was  followed 
by  her  ardent  lover,  Moses  Camp,  overtaken  at  Albany,  and  married  and  settled 
in  Winsted,  Conn.  Stephen  built  the  first  frame  house  in  Morgan,  and  lived  in 
it  to  a  good  old  age,  He  d.  May  30,  1S30.  Diodemia  was  of  Huguenot  descent 
and  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Conn.  She  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  energy 
of  body  and  mind,  and  she  imparted  her  force  of  character  to  her  children. 
The  latter  portion  of  her  life  was  passed  in  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Wright,  where  she  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  94. 

Their  son  Calvin  located  near  them,  and  his  house  was  the  favorite  stopping- 
place  for  travellers  on  their  way  to  the  lake  to  procure  salt. 

Stephen,  Jr.,  lived  near  them  on  lot  125,  where  he  made  a  clearing  and 
planted  an  orchard,  removing  subsequently  to  lot  417,  where  he  lived  for  the  rest 
of  his  life. 

Samuel  was  unfortunate  in  his  domestic  relations,  a  fact  which  seemed  to 
interfere  with  the  permanence  and  prosperity  of  the  rest  of  the  family,  for  he 
removed  not  long  after  marriage,  and  his  record  is  unknown. 

Deborah's  husband,  Caleb  Chapman,  came  to  Morgan,  Ohio,  in  1804,  bought 
land  of  Stephen  Knowlton,  and  paid  for  it  by  "  chopping  "  and  by  clearing  cer- 
tain acres  of  land.     He  built  for  himself  a  dwelling-house,  barn,  and  cider-mill, 


96  The  Kn  Gen 

rd  forhemloc 

ess  in   t:;  and  at  his  death  he 

ildren  in  affluent  circumsts 


448  Abigail  and  Ebenez  -y  had  : 

(1099)  Re  ary  10,  j  7 7 7.     m.  Polly . 

(1100)  Abi  -  5j  r779.     ..  .  Hazael  T  .      | 
(hot)  Erastus,  April   17,  1782.     d.  ; 

(fI':  "       -    :  '        .R.  Bull,  A]  - 

Wrested,   Conn.     Served  in    8th  Conn.  Reg  lSl2. 

(1103)   Ada,   June   26,    1786. 
(1104I  Flora,  April  15,  1789.     m.  j 
(1105)    :    tsey,  June  ic,  17c 
( 1  icO  :  Adna,  1793. 

(1107)  Alpheus,  1795.     m.  Lydia  Rawson. 

(1108)  Almira,  179-.     m.  Halse;    I 

Benjamin  Fowler,  May  27.  1829. 
Residence,  Winsted,  C 

Ebenezer  was  a  soldier  of  the  R 
Regiment  Connecticut:;;::-.     He  d.  August  25,  1834.     He 
and  thrifty  man,  and  a  great  favoril 

fond  of  practical  jokes.     He  d.  August  2^.  1834. 


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456  a  Joseph  and  Ruth  Richardson  had  : 

(mo)   Monroe,  November  15,  1811.     rn.  Susan  Bryan,  1835^-—' — 
(mi)  Maria,  October  30,  1814.    m.  David  H.  Weller.    3  chil.    He  c 
(11 12)  Perry,  March  14,  181 7.     m.  Caroline  H.  Weller,  Xoverr. 
(n  13)  Asa,  August  19,  1S19.     m.  Rachel  Adams,  1845 

Ruth  d.  August  10,  i8ig,,and  Joseph  m.  2d  Jemima  H< 
December  18,  1819  They  had  : 

(11 14)  Ruth  A.,  February  19,  1S22.     m.  Edwin  -       - 

(11 15)  Henry  A.,  January  12,  1828.     m.  Vastali  849. 

Joseph  ra.  3d.  Sarah  Richardson.  .'   ..  .s56.     She  d.  June,  1864. 

d.  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  X.  V..  April  26,  1869. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  97 

456(15)   Benjamin  and  Olive  Pillsbury  had  : 
(1116)  Benjamin,  July  13.  1S10.     in.  Eliza  Smith,  April  18,  1833. 

Benj.,  Sen.,  m.  2d  Polly  Ketchum,  January  11,  1816,  and 
had: 

1 117)  Harriet  E.,  October  23,  1856.     m.  Charles  Weller,  August  16,  1S76. 

11 18)  Margaret,  October  23,  1816.     m.  Hiram  Blackm an. 

1 1 19)  Rosetta,  January  17,  18 18.     d.  March  17,  1 835. 

1 1 20)  Polly,  November  15,  1820.     d.  January  1850. 

1 1 21)  Darwin,  January  17,  1S23. 

1122)  Bernard  K.  January  10,  1S25.     m.  Amanda 

Residence,  Clarendon  Vt.  and  West  Stockholm,  N.  Y. 

Benj.  d.  February  17,  1827. 


456(E)   Thankful  Knowlton  and  Ivory  Bragdon  had  : 

(1123)  Laura  S.,  April  9,  1820.     m.  Lamb  Willoughby.  ••/ 

(1124)  George  VV.,  June  23,  1823.     d.  1829. 

(1125)  Baron  D.,  December  14,  1826.     m.  Rhoda  Powell. 

(1126)  Philander,  December  14,  182S.     m.  Lucy  Snow,  1852. 

(1127)  Albert. 


456(F)   Betsey  Knowlton  and  Benjamin  Tapper  had  : 

(11 28)  Dolphus. 

(1129)  Julia,     m.  Ezekiel  Smith. 

(1130)  Pitt,  1S30.     m.  Marinda  Bostwitch  (Bostwick). 

Benjainin  d.  in  Parishville,  N.  Y.,  1876. 


456(G)   Ruth  Knowlton  and  John  Willouohby  had 

(1131)  Sarah. 

(1132)  Olive. 

(1133)  Douglass. 
(1134.)  Ruth. 

Ruth  d.  1832.     John  d.11834. 
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9$  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

457  John  and  Mary  Manning-  had  : 

(1135)  Ephraim,  March  19,  1777.     m.  Louisa  Rexford.     He  d.  May,  1871. 

6  chil. 

(1136)  Robert,  February  9,  1779.     m.  Sally  Brown. 

(1137)  .Sally,  August  12,  17S1.     m.  Neal  Gow,     She  d.  1830. 

(1138)  John,  May  26,  1783.     m.  Louisa  Evans. 

(1139)  Daniel,   July   26,    1786.     m.  Susannah  Vedder  ;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Judith 

Knowlton,  March  27,  1830. 

(1140)  Elizabeth,  February  24,  1788.     m.  Daniel  Shepard  ;  ra.  2d  Elijah  Fer- 

guson ;  ra.  3d  Isaac  Lewis.     7  chil. 

(1141)  Lucretia,  February  23,  1792.     m.  Thomas  Peters. 

(1142}  Esther,  July  17,  1794.      ra.  John  Evans.      She  d.  August  1878.      6 
chil. 
Residence  Clifton  Park,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

John  d.  July  19,  1838.     Mary  d.  October  7,  1836.     John  was  ensign  in  Cap- 
tain Rawling's  company, ■  Regiment  N.  Y.  State  Militia,  serving  in  the  War  of 

the  Revolution.     He  was  buried  in  Vale  Cemetery,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 


460  Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  Butler  had  : 

(1143)  Mary,  December  31,  1776.     m.  John  Townsend. 

(1144)  John  B.,  March  21,  1781.     m.  Polly  Rexford. 

(1145)  David,  May  7,  1783.     m.  Achsah  Barnes,  1S04. 

(1146)  Ephraim,  June  26,  1785.     m.     Rem.  to  Jamesville,  Wis. 

(1147)  William,  February  15,  1789.     m.  Almira  Parkhurst. 
.    (1148)  Betsey,  April  15,  1792. 

(1149)  Dyer,  March   16,  1795.     nl- 

(1150)  Alvah.     Settled  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  1855. 

Ephraim  was  b.  in  Bethlehem,  Albany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  rem.  to  Rexford  Flats, 
Saratoga  Co.,  where  he  d. 


462   Robert  and  Mary  Gay  had  : 

(1151)  Judge  Hiram,  March  25,  1788.     d.  September  6,  1863.     Res.,  Little 

Falls,  N.  Y. 

(1152)  Robert  W.,  November  27,  1792.     Carriage  maker  and  salt  inspector. 

m.  Miriam  Gaylord,  November  17,  1816.     Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
(ri53)   Dr.   Josiah,    December   17,    1794.     Res.,   Cazenovia  and  Rochester, 

N.  Y.     d.  March  26,  1858. 
(IJ54)  Lymon,  December  19,  1797.     Res.,  Syracuse.     Carriage  maker,     d. 

March  17,  1882. 


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(1155)  Ruth  M.,     September  30,  1799.     m. Smith,     d.  December  10, 

.       1882. 
(1155  a)  Julian,  June  29,  1802.     d.  young. 

(1156)  Daniel,  May  29,  T804.     m.  Catherine  Bui  roll,  of  Little  Falls,  N.  Y. 

d.  February  2,  1890. 
( j  157)  Jerusha  Caroline,  February  16,  1807.     m.  Henry  Graves,     d.  May 
27,  iS9t. 

Robert  was  born  at  Sharon  Springs,  Conn.,  February  10,  1759.  When  but 
seventeen  years  old  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  serving  during  most  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  He  was  at  Fort  Edward  and  witnessed  the  massacre  of  Jane 
McCrea,  in  the  battles  of  Stillwater  and  Saratoga,  and  at  Valley  Forge  with 
Washington.  His  son  changed  the  name  to  Nolton,  a  change  suggested,  per- 
haps, by  a  spelling  of  the  name  which  was  at  one  time  adopted  by  his  English 
ancestors.  His  descendants  resumed  the  former  spelling  a  few  years  since. 
Robert  removed  to  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  either  to  Greenfield  or  Milton,  as  is 
shown  by  a  deed  dated  October  28,  1793,  in  which  he  spells  his  name  Knowlton. 
He  also  lived  in  Fairfield,  N.  Y.     He  d.  in  Boonville,  N.  Y.,  December  10,  185 1. 


468   Robert  and had  : 

(1158)  Stephen,  1776.     m.  Phoebe  Russell,  1796. 

(1159)  Abijah,  July  26,  1782.     m.  Abigail  Ann  Russell. 

(1160)  Phoebe. 

(1161)  Elizabeth. 

Robert  owned  a  large  farm  of  1600  acres  in  Bedford,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y., 
the  original  deed  of  which  was  given  by  Queen  Anne.  He  was  a  signer  to  the 
following  petition.     Dated  North  Castle,  N.  Y. 

"  To  the  Right  Honorable  George  Clarke  Esq  Commander  in  Chief 
of  the  Province  of  New  York,  &c. 

The  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  North  Castle  and  bordering  neigh- 
bors Hunibly  Sheweth,  That  your  poore  petitioners  are  greivously  oprest 
by  francies  pellem  Esqr  Justice  of  the  peach  for  this  county  for  that  the 
said  Justice  Is  a  man  that  is  given  to  Drinking  and  for  the  most  part 
apears  a  party  and  Is  very  Rash  In  way  of  Speaking  in  Liccor  that  If  it 
Was  not  for  the  Law  of  man  he  would  kill  a  man  before  night,  and  he 
will  have  Special  warrants  and  Send  for  poore  men  and  then  perswade 
them  it  Will  be  Charge  to  them  and  If  they  would  not  give  him  some 
money  In  pocket  and  treat  him  with  punch  which  Is  his  usal  drink,  and 
ye  s'1  compleaner  was  forsd  so  to  do  and  when  money  has  been  paid  and  a 
Receit  given  he  has  given  Judgment  again  for  some  of  that  money  by 


ioo  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

• 

these  and  many  other  Like  actions  wee  are  much  oprest  therefore  wee 
your  Honours  poore  petione's  pray  you  would  Suspend  him  from  acting 
as  a  Justice  any  Longer  that  we  may  Injoy  peace  and  wee  shall  Ever  pray 
for  your  long  administration  ouer  us,  and  In  the  main  time  beg  Leive  to 
subscribe  our  Selves  your  Honours  most  obedient  Humble  Servants. 

William  DusinbeRre, 
Ryciiard  Wooley, 
Reuben  Hallam, 
Dauid  Febe, 
Robert  Knoulton, 
Jacob  Forman, 
Robert  Carpenter, 
Joseph  Sarls, 
Joseph  fowler, 
Richard  Honeywell, 
henery  Dusinberre." 


471    Sarah  Knowlton  and  Win.  Longfellow  had  : 

(1162)  Elizabeth,  June  10,   17S5.     m.  Stephen  Williams,  December  181 2. 

(1163)  William. 

(1164)  Susan. 

(1165)  Abraham. 

William  Longfellow  had  a  most  honorable  Revolutionary  record.  He  was 
of  that  New  England  family  to  which  the  American  Poet  Laureate  belonged. 
At  the  age  of  twenty,  he  enlisted  in  a  company  of  Minute-men  under  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Wade,  Col.  Moses  Little's  regiment,  May,  1775,  marched  to  Cam- 
bridge, and  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  served  during  the  whole  of 
that  year,  and  reinlisted  the  next  year,  having  the  rank  of  Sergeant.  His  health 
being  impaired  he  returned  home  to  Canaan,  N.  H.,  in  1777,  and  after  recovery 
he  enlisted  on  the  Privateer  Fancy,  Captain  Lee,  commanding.  The  Fancy  was 
captured  by  the  English  man-of-war  Fordroyant,  and  Longfellow  was  taken  to 
England  where  he  was  ;mprisoned  until  the  end  of  the  war,  when  he  returned 
home. 

473   Abraham  and  Sarah  Fitts  had  : 

(1166)  Ebenezer  K.  m.  Margaret  Pass,  December  16,  1802. 

(j  j 67)  Lucy,  1772.     m.  Richard  Lakeman,  December  3,  1796. 
(1168)  Plannah.      m. 

Abraham  and  Mrs.  Esther  Russell  had  no  children.  He  was  for  several 
years  a  shoemaker  in  Boston.     He  enlisted  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  fought 


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at  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill,  and  served  on  the  sloop  Republic,  a  privateer. 
He  was  captured  and  impressed  into  the  British  service.  When  his  release 
was  secured,  he  returned  from  England,  and  in  1805  bought  a  farm  near  Canaan 
N.  H.  His  wife,  Esther,  died  in  1812.  In  1S19  Abraham  went  to  Allentown 
Pa.,  where  he  d.  of  cancer  July  25  of  that  year.  He  was  subsequently  rein- 
terred  at  Enfield,  N.  H.,  by  his  grand-nephew,  Abraham  L.  Williams,  Esq. 
Sarah  Fitts  was  the  dau.  of  Abraham  Eitts  (or  Fitch)  and  Mary  Rose  of  Salis- 
bury, b.  March  15,  1697. 


475  Stephen  and  Anna  Fletcher  had  : 

(n6y)   Seth,  August  6,   1784.  m.    Jerusha  Lewis,  March  20,  181 8.     Sett,  in 
Malone  N.  Y.     He  d.  September  24,  1857. 

(11 70)  Daniel,  May  19,  1786.     m. 

(1171)  Sylvia,  January  31,  1788.     m.  Caleb  E.  Maxham,  April  20,  1826. 
(1x72)  Thomas,  November  12,  1790.     m.  Jerusha  Newell,  February,  1826. 

Stephen  was  a  carpenter  and  farmer.  He  was  b.  in  Ashford,  Conn,  and  rem. 
to  Eridgewater  Vt..,  in  1803.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He 
made  all  the  hand  looms  for  the  domestic  weavers  of  the  town,  many  of  which 
are  in  good  preservation  at  the  present  time.  He  d.  November  28,  1816. 
Anna  d.  December  2,  1826. 


480  Daniel  and  Rachel  Olney  had  : 
(1172  a)  Zerviah,  1787. 


482   Mary  and  Nathaniel  Bostwick  had 

(1173)  John. 

(1174)  Nathaniel. 


484  Ezra  and  Abigail  Bostwick  had  : 

(n 75)  Reuben. 

(1176)  Ezra.      m.  Anna  Loomis  ;  m.  2d  Abigail  Hoar. 

(1177)  Roxana. 


485  John  and  Jemima  Barrow  had  : 

(ir 78)  Achsah,  January  2,  1789.     m.  Jesse  Marsh.      2  chil 
(1/79)  Jemima,  May  12,  J  792. 


io2  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1180)  John,  j 795.     ra.  Almira  Chaffee,  November  30,  1815.     m.  2d  Polly 

Crab. 
(11S1)  Guerdon,  June  2,  1797.     m.  Laura  Pickett. 

(1x82)  Tamsen,  July  16,  1800.     m.  Ezra  \V.  Crawford,  November  18.  1828 
(1183)  Laura,  1804.     m.  Washington  Blackley,  1827. 
Jemima  d.  1856  aged  89. 

Residence  Ashford,  Conn. 


4S9  Johnathan  and  Zerviah  Sanger  had  : 

(1184)  Johnathan,  January  21,  1S03.     d.  young. 

(1185)  Armanda,  August  27,  1805.     m.  D.  B.  Reed,  March  27,  1825. 

(1186)  Palmer,  December  29,  1807.  m.  Harriet  Conant,  December  29,  1S24. 

(1187)  Almena,  September  7,  181 1.     m.  L.  P.  Rowley.  She  d.  September  6, 

1895. 
(it 88)  Johnathan  W.  November  1,  1817.     m.  Harriet  M.  Bottom,  April  3, 
1842. 

Res.  West  Ashford,  Conn. 


49 t   Jesse  and  Joanna  Hale  had  : 

(1189)  John.     m.  Had  son  Edward,    d.  in  Michigan,  1855. 

(1190)  Jesse  L.,  October  12,  1819.     Res.  in  Peoria,  111. 

(1191)  Albert,    m.  and  res.   in    Ida,  Kansas. 

(1192)  Laura  M.    m.  Rev.  A.  W.  Baker,  June  2,  1837. 


492  Chester  and  Priscilla  Sanger  had  : 

(1193)  Philcna,  M.,  September  25,  1808.     m.  W.  A.  Locke,  March  16,  1835. 

7  chil. 

(1194)  Minerva,    January   17,    181 1.     m.   Harry   C.  Locke,  November  29, 

1834.    2  chil. 

(1195)  Sophronia,   May   29,  1813.     m.  J.   C.  Laubson,  March   15,  1839.     2 

chil.      She  d.  March  9,  1S71. 

(1196)  Alvina,  November  17,  1815:     d.  young. 

(1197)  Orissa,  June  7,  1818.     m.  Chas.  Torry,  June  5,  1844.      3  chil. 

(1198)  Jane,  April  19,  182 1.     m.  Dorester  Torry,  May  3,  1845.     3  cn'^- 

(1199)  James,  April  19,  1821.     m.  Clarinda  Wheat,  March  it,  1845. 

(1200)  Adelia,  December  10,  1826.     m.  Isaac  Torry,  June  3,  184S.      2  chil. 

(1201)  Elizabeth,  June   21,  1829.     m.  Wra.    H.   Ashley,  May    17,  1862. 

Residence,  Centreville,  N.  Y. 
Chester  d.  April  30,  1871.     Priscilla  d.  November  17,  1877. 


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493  Amasa  and  Margaret  Topliff  had  : 

(1202)  Persis,  April  12,  17SS.     d.  February  25,  1794. 

(1203)  Polly,  March  12,  1793.     d.  February  12,  1821.     unra. 

(1204)  Peggy,  September  13,  1796.     d.  September  26,  181S.     unm. 

(1205)  Amasa,  July  5,  1798.     d.  September  28,  1828.     unm. 

(1206)  Lucinda,  November,  6,  1800.     d.   February  12,  1820.     unm. 

(1207)  Merrick,  August  29,  1802.     m.  Fatima  Pen  in. 

(1208)  Persis,  March  2^,  1S05.     m.  Mace  Moulton,  1S24. 

Residence,  Monson,  Mass. 
Amasa  d.  April   19,  1825.     Margaret  d.  March  27,  1834. 


495   Miriam  Kriowlton  and  Abner  Woodward  bad  : 

(1209)  Hid,.  September  20,  1791.     m.  Anna  H.  Andrews. 
(121c)  Joseph,  December  30,  1792.     d. young. 
(3  21  j)  Tahmel,  1 793. 

Abner  Woodward  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  serving  during 
several  campaigns.  He  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  original  Woodward 
family  who  sailed  from  Ipswich,  England,  on  the  ship  Elizabeth^  William 
Andrews,  master,  April  10,  1634.  The  family  consisted  of  Richard  Woodward 
(b.  1589),  his  wife  Rose,  and  two  sons,  and  it  is  a  curious  fact  that  among  their 
fellow  passengers  were  other  families  who  also  intermarried  with  the  Knowltons 
in  various  parts  of  New  England. 

Abner  resided  in  Willington  (now  Enfield),  and  Ashford,  Conn.,  and  was 
the  ancestor  of  Dr.  Ashbel  Woodward  the  biographer  of  Gen.  Nathaniel  Lyon, 
son  of  Amasa  Lyon  and  Keziah  Knowlton,  and  to  the  son  of  Dr.  Ashbel,  the 
Hon.  P.  K.  Woodward  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  were  assigned  the  honor  and  the 
privilege  of  delivering  the  oration  at  the  unveiling  of  the  statue  of  Col.  Thomas 
Knowlton,  in  the  Capitol  grounds  in  Hartford,  November  13,  1895. 

Miriam  Knowlton  Woodward  d.  in  Willington,  Conn.,  August  24,  1793. 


496  Stephen  and  Hannah  Heath  had  : 

(1212)  Stephen,  April   17,  1797.     m.   Cassandra  Hester,   August    17,    1821. 

Rem.  to  N.  York. 

(1213)  Arnon,  January  28,  1S00.     m.  Susan  Wentworth,  March  11,  1830. 

(1214)  Orson,  November,  10,  1803.     d.  1807. 

(1215)  Marcus,  February  26,  1806.     d.  May  30,  1843. 

(1216)  Luke,  March  22,  1808.     d.  October  12,  1846. 

(1237)  Ebenezer,  April  2,  1810.     m.  Elizabeth  Lyon,  Apiil  3,  1838. 


xo4  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1218)  Samuel,  November  3,  1813.     m.  E.  Fay  Woodward,  October  5,  1839. 

(1219)  Hannah  Minerva,  September  15,1816.     m.  John  S.  Dean    May  16 

1838. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Ct. 
Stephen  d.  September  15,  1849. 


498  Abe!  and  Barbara  Dimock  had  : 

(1220)  Abraham,  February  25,  1795.     m.  Huldah  Hastings,  September  16, 

1829. 

(1221)  Lucinda,  January,  1797.     m.  David  Muff ord.     3  chil. 

(1222)  Giles,  1798.     d.  1822. 

(1223)  Laura,  1800.     d.  young. 

(1224)  Miles,  1802.     m.  Mrs.  Tucker. 

(1225)  Cephas,  1804.     m.  Julia  E.  Ludlow,  1S50. 

(1226)  Mary,  1806. 

(1227)  Eliza,  1 80S.     m.  Dr.  Reuben  Mufford.     6  chil. 

(1228)  Abel,  1810.     d.  April  20,  1866. 

(1229)  Stephen,  1812.     d.   1847. 

(1230)  Melissa,  1815.     d.  1847. 

Abel  m.  2d  Eunice  Fuller  of  Mansfied,  Conn.     They  had  : 

(1231)  Joseph. 

(1232)  Jerusha. 

(1233)  Johnathan. 

(1234)  Jelina. 

Abel  removed  to  Arkansas,  and  d.,1844. 


501    Nathan  and  Lydia  Leonard  had  : 

(1235)  Permelia,  March  17,  1801.     m.   Lysander  C.   Frost,   March  8,  1831. 

(1236)  Dennis,  September  8,  1802.     pub.  to  Eliza  Weatherby,  February  29, 

1828.     Res.,  Wilbraham,  Mass. 

(1237)  Hessey,  June  6,  1804.     m.  William  S.  Baker. 

(1238)  Nathan,  August  6,  1806.     m.  Lucy  Murdock,  June  8,  1840.     No  chil. 

He  ivas  a  jeweller,  and  d.  September  2,  1864.     Thorndike,  Mass. 

(1239)  Lydia,  April  29,  1S0S.     m.  Thomas  Glover,  December  1,  1831. 

(1240)  James,  June  29,  1814.     d.  young. 

(1241)  Abraham,  April  5,  1816.     m.  Emily  Wilt. 

Residence,  Wilbraham,  Mass. 
Nathan  d.  May  13,  1862.     Lydia  d.  December  3,  1859. 


Deacon  Daniel  Knowlton, 

Ashford,  Conn.,  17S1-1852. 


The  Knowltohs  of  Hew  England  105 

502   Daniel  and  Hannah  Knowlton  had  : 

(1242)  Miner,  September  25,  1804.     d.  December  23,  1S70.     unm. 

(1243)  Amanda,  June  24,   1807.     m.   Lewis  Topliff,  July  20,  1836.     She  d. 

July  20,  1836. 

(1244)  Miriam,  March  16,  1809.  m.  Hiram  Cady,  November  24,  1831.4ch.il. 

(1245)  Danforth,  May  5,   1811.     in.  Miranda  H.  Rockwell,  September   26, 

1S37. 

(1246)  Elvira,  September  14,  1816.     m.  Asher  Knowlton,  her  cousin,  March 

25,  1840. 

(1247)  Edwin,  June  24,  1825.     m.  Mary  F.  Woodward. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 

DANIEL   KNOWLTON. 

Daniel  Knowlton  (Daniel  Knowlton  2d  as  he  was  known  until  the  death  of 
Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton,  and  in  later  years  known  by  his  neighbors  as  Deacon 
Knowlton)  was  the  son  of  Abraham  Knowlton  and  Molly  Knox,  and  was  born 
in  Ashford,  Conn.,  March  17,  17S1,  on  premises  long  owned  and  occupied  by 
his  father,  and  previous  thereto  by  his  grandfather  Robert  Knowlton.  His  early 
educational  facilities  were  meagre,  being  such  as  were  afforded  by  the  district 
school  which  he  attended  during  the  winter  months,  assisting  in  the  labor  of  the 
farm  in  summer.  On  November  24,  1803,  he  married  Hannah  Knowlton, 
daughter  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton,  and  settled  down  as  a  farmer  on  premises 
adjoining  his  father's  farm,  where  all  of  his  children  were  born,  and  where  he 
lived  until  his  death  in  1852.  The  title  and  occupancy  of  this  large  and  produc- 
tive farm  have  continued  in  certain  descendants  to  the  present  time. 

From  early  manhood  he  took  a  lively  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  town,  and 
was  often  elected  to  office,  always  serving  with  credit.  He  served  on  Board  of 
Relief  seven  times  ;  Selectman,  three  times  ;  "  Agent  of  t  >wn  to  commence  and 
defend  suits,"  twice  ;  Member  of  the  General  Assembly,  three  times  ;  Judge  of 
Probate,  seven  times  ;  beside  filling  several  minor  offices. 

He  early  became  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  located  in  the  west  part 
of  the  town,  organized  in  1775  largely  through  his  father's  efforts,  and  in  which 
he  took  a  decided  interest ;  giving  it  liberal  financial  support  ;  serving  on  the 
Society  Committee  eighteen  times,  and  as  Deacon  for  thirty  years,  or  more. 

He  was  an  earnest  and  exemplary  member  of  this  church,  and  a  man  of 
genial  disposition,  sound  judgment,  and  sterling  traits  of  character.  The  chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Hannah  were  all  of  marked  ability  and  character,  and  while 
the  women  naturally  took  a  less  conspicuous  part  in  life  they  inherited  the  ster- 
ling qualities  of  their  parents. 

HANNAH    KNOWLTON,  WIFE    OF   DANIEL, 
was  the  daughter  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton,  a  Revolutionary  hero,  by  his  first 
wife  Elizabeth  Farnham,  and  she  was  a  niece  of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton,  and  an 


106  The  Kn  owl  ton  Genealogy 

aunt  of  Gen'l  Nathaniel  Lyon,  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Wilson's  Creek,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

She  was  born  at  Ash  ford,  Conn.,  April  19,  1783,  and  married  Daniel  Knowl- 
ton, Esq.,  November  26,  1S03.     She  died  December  24,  1S54. 

It  is  said  by  her  descendants  that  her  early  life  was  severe,  as  the  father, 
Lieut.  Daniel,  was  fighting,  or  a  prisoner,  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  the 
farm  was  consequently  neglected.  The  women  of  those  days  had  much  to  do 
caring  for  the  family,  and  beside  the  household  labor,  did  spinning,  weaving,  and 
making  of  silk  to  provide  for  daily  needs,  and  to  exchange  for  the  necessaries 
that  could  not  be  raised  on  the  farm. 

They  found  their  highest  glory  in  the  /107/ie,  and  in  the  training  of  the  sturdy 
race  of  men  to  whom  they  gave  birth.  Hannah's  life  was  quiet  and  unassuming, 
and  full  of  love  and  devotion  to  her  family  and  friends. 

She  was  a  woman  of  a  keen  and  bright  mind,  affectionate  disposition,  and 
generous  to  the  poor,  as  far  as  her  means  would  allow,  always  feeding  some  un- 
fortunate outcast.  "Aunt  Hannah  "  as  she  was  always  called  by  neighbors,  was 
very  fond  of  their  children  as  well  as  of  her  own,  and  beloved  by  them  in  return. 
The  children  called  her  "  Grandma  Deacon,"  and  were  fond  of  her  sweetmeats, 
which  she  freely  dispensed. 


503   Amos  and  Nancy  Webb  had  : 

(1248)  Sally,  April  23,   1805.     m.   Chauncey  Warren,  April  9,  1823.     4  chil. 

she  d.  February  9,  1874. 

(1249)  Asher,  January  3,  1807.     m.  Elvira  Knowlton,  March  25,  1840. 

(1250)  Jabez,  January,  16,  1809.     m.  Susan  Bickford,  June  1839. 

(1251)  Mary  Ann,  February  26,  1811.     d.  1821. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 
Amos  d.  February  23,  1864.     Nancy  d.  April  25,  1864. 


507  Grace  Knowlton  and  Josiah  Goulding  had  : 

(1252)  Joseph,     m.  Sally  Dalrymple,  1850.     Rem.  to  Maine. 

(1253)  Justus,     d.  young. 

(1254)  Relief,     m.  Joseph  Henshaw,  of  Auburn.     8  s. 

(1255)  Polly,     m.  Ebenezer  Dunbar.     3  dan. 

(1256)  Sally,     m.  Warren:     6  s.  and  1  dau. 

Residence  in  Ward,  now  Auburn,  Mass. 
Grace  d.  1824. 

508  Nathan  and  Abigail  Maynard  had  : 

(1257)  Sarah,  July  16,  1783.     m.  ■ Gleason  ;  m.  2d  Aaron  Sibley.     Sh< 

d.  April  10,  187 1.     Had  s.  Freeman.     Res.,  Waltham,  Mass. 


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Ashford,  Conn.,  1783-1S54. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  107 

(1258)  Benjamin,  August  3,   1782.     m.  Olive  Stone,  December,    1807.     d. 

August  23,  1865,  at  Jamaica,  Vt. 

(1259)  Nathan,  January  23,  1785.     m.  Sail)--  Gates,     d.  March  12,  1848. 
(1260}  Maynard,  October  20,  1787.     m.  Susannah  Gates,     d.  July  iS,  1868. 

(1261)  Abigail,  March   13,  1790.     m.  Johnathan  Slonc,  of  Auburn.     7  chil. 

She  d.  February  15,  1874. 

(1262)  Lucretia.  March  3,  1792.     d.  young. 

Abigail   d.   December    21,    1790,    and   Nathan    m.    Olive 
Pomeroy,  of  Warwick,  Mass.     They  had  : 

(1263)  Joanna,   July    23,    1793.     m.    David   Rockwood.     11    chil.     She    d. 

August  16,  1857.     Res.,  Bennington,  Vt. 

(1264)  Pomeroy,  August  1,  J794.     m.  Marcia  Palmer.     1  dau.     He  d.  June 

1,  1874. 

(1265)  Lucinda,  February  3,  1796.     d.  young. 

(1266)  Olive,  February  1,  1797.     m.  C.  Fay,  April  2,  1824.     6  chil.     She  d. 

March  3,  1886.     Res.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

(1267)  Arad,   December  29,    1798.      m.    Sophia  Wilkinson,  October,   1825. 

(1268)  Mary,    February   16,   1S00.     m.  Luther  Waters.     She  d.  September 

13,1866. 

(1269)  Lucy,  December  10,  1801.     m.  N.  S.  Clark,  of  Auburn. 

(1270)  Asahel,  February  22,   1803.     m.  Sophronia  C.   Cummings,  January 

19,  1832. 

(1271)  Swan,  April  21,  1804.     m.  Mrs.  Sarah  Eddy  Baird,  January  24,  1799. 

d.  November  27,  1883. 

(1272)  Luthera,  July  31,  1808.    m.  Ezra  Rice,  of  Auburn,  Mass.,  November 

14,  1832. 

NATHAN  KNOWLTON 

was  b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  and  rem.  to  Newfane,  Vt.  In  November^  1776, 
he  enlisted  in  Capt.  Moses  Harrington's  company,  Colonel  Dyke's  regiment, 
and  was  stationed  at  Dorchester  from  December  until  the  following  May. 
Re-enlisting  in  Captain  Inglesbury's  company,  Col.  Job  Cushing's  regiment,  he 
served  as  corporal  and  musician  in  the  campaign  against  General  Burgoyne. 
He  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  that  General,  and  heard  him  insultingly  call 
General  Gates  "  Granny  Gates,"  to  which  the  latter  replied  : 
"I  will  own  the  title,  for  I  have  just  delivered  Great  Britain  of  ten 
thousand  men." 

Knowlton  again  enlisted  and  marched  to  Rutland,  to  Enfield,  Conn.,  and  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  with  several  divisions  of  prisoners,  after  which  he  was  honorably 


10S  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

discharged.  Nathan  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  in  the  ist  Company,  3d 
Regiment,  2d  Brigade,  Vermont  State  troops,  by  Gov.  Thos.  Chittenden, 
August  29,  1792,  and  for  his  Revolutionary  service  he  received  a  pension  at 
the  age  of  96.     He  d.  from  a  fall  on  the  ice,  March  24,  1856,  at  Newfane,  Vt. 


509  Joseph  and  Priscilla  Howe  had  : 

(1273)  Relief,  March  17,  1785. 

(1274)  Mary  J.,  June  11,  1787. 

(1275)  Samuel,  May  1,  1791. 

(1276)  Hollis,  June  18,  1793. 

(1277)  Sarah,  August  26,  1795. 

(1278)  Samuel,  January  14,  179S. 

(1279)  Walter  H.,  August  10,  1S00. 
(12S0)  Caroline,  May  20,  1803. 
(1281)  William,  July  2,  1S05. 

Joseph  owned  and  operated  mills  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  from  which  place 
he  rem.  to  Ohio. 


511    Rachel  Knowlton  and  Jasper  Rand  had  : 

(1282)  Anna,  February  14,  1784.      m.  Lyman  Converse,  February  20,  1810. 

Res.,  Bridport,  Vt. 

(1283)  Mehitable,  January   28,   1787.     m.  Luke  Knowlton,   September   23, 

1804. 

(1284)  Candace,  August  8,   1788.     m.  Johnathan  Rice,  April  26,  1815.     2 

chil.     Res.,  Amherst,  Mass. 

(1285)  Elizabeth,  October  21,  1789.     m.  Abisha  Larned,  February  27,  1816. 

(1286)  Mary,  June  24,  1751.     d.  young. 

(1287)  Mary,  October  18,  1794. 

(1288)  Wareham  D.,  June  22,   1796.     m.   Hannah  Underwood.     Rem.  to 

Galena,  111.     She  d.  August  22,  1836. 

(1289)  Jasper  R.,  June  6,  1801.     Sett,  in  Westfield,  Mass. 

Rachel  d.  March  7,  1802. 


514  Comfort  Knowlton  and  George  Haskell  had  : 

(1290)  Abraham. 

(1291)  Charles. 

(1292)  Mark. 

(1293)  Franklin. 


The  Knowltons  of  New  England  109 

(1294)  BelaB. 

(1295)  Comfort. 

(1296)  Deborah,     m.  Whipple. 

Residence,  Winchendon,  Mass. 


516  Israel  and  Abigail  Carter  had  : 

(1297)  Israel,  March  12,  1795.     d.  young. 

(1298)  Calvin,  September  2,  1797.     m.  Abigail  Powers,  September  20,  1822. 

d.  January  30,  1878  Res.,  in  Rye,  N.  H. 

(1299)  Israel,  December  22,  1799.     d.  young. 

(1300)  Abraham,  March  5,  1S02.     d.  young. 

(1301)  Maria,  June  8,  1804.     m.  Wm.  Dexter,  June  3,  1828. 

(1302)  Abraham,    June    12,    1807.     unm.     Res.  in    Cambridge,    Mass.      A 

mason. 

(1303)  Timothy  C,  August  14,  1810.     m.  Susan  Locke,  February  18,  1836. 

(1304)  Lucy,  July  25,  1S15.     unm.     She  d.    September    1,   187S,   at   Cam- 

bridge. •    ■ 

Israel  d.  in  Brighton,  Mass.,  October  12,  1842. 

Abigail  d.  in  Cambridgeport,  Mass.,  October  9,  1851.     Their  dau.  Lucy  was 
struck  by  lightning,  and  was  made  deaf  and  dumb  for  life. 


521   Thomas  and  Susan  Heywood  had: 

(1305)  Mary  FL,  August  31,  1807.     unm. 

(1306)  Elizabeth,    July  8,  1S09.     unm. 

(1307)  Lucy,    August  20,  1811.     unm. 

(1308)  Thomas,  May  20,  7813.     m.  Eliza  A.  Brand,  December  10,  1845. 

(1309)  Amos,    April  27,   1815.     m.  Mary  J.  Hodge,  1842;  m.  2d  Ann   M. 

Stone. 

(1310)  Susan,  June  24,  1821.     m.  Francis  Gerald,  November  10,  1844. 

(131 1 )  Charles  G.  December  24,  1824.     d.  young. 

(1312)  Charles  H.,    June  4,  1830.     m.  Annie  C.  Root. 

Residence,  Winchendon,  Mass.  Thomas  d.  there  September  1,  1835. 


522  Joseph  and  Huldah  Warren  had  : 
(13T3)   Polly,  August  13,  1793.     m.  Artemus  Mann,  November  7,  1816. 

'     Huldah  d.  July  25,  1  796,  and  Joseph  m.  2d  Relief  Stratton, 
December  20,  1797.     They  had  : 
(1314)  Relief,  October  13,  1798.     d.  July  3,  1807. 


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(1315)  Cynthia,  November  28,  1799.     m.  Jason  Goulding,  March  3,  1829. 

(1316)  Rosanna,  June  24,  1802.     d.  young. 

(X3T7)  Joseph,  September  6,  1804.     m.  Abigail  Canuth,  May  20,  iS —  ;  m. 

2d  Harriet  Bovvker,  June  16,  1S30. 
(1318)  Frances  E.,  November  24,  1808.     m.  Rev.  J.  W.  Chickering,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1S30. 

Residence,  Gerry  and  Templeton,  Mass. 
Joseph  was  a  physician  and  a  man  of  deserved  prominence.     He  was  Deacon 
of  the  Congregational  Church  for  many  years,  Town  Clerk  for  seven  years,  and 
Selectman  for  fourteen  years.     Relief  d.  March  6,  1840. 


529  Jacob  and  Rhoda  Smith  had  : 

(1319)  Stephen  S.,  November  22,  1800.     m.  Sally  Atwood. 

Rhoda  dying,  Jacob  m.  2d  Rosetta  Robinson  and  had.; 

(1320)  Rhoda,  1809.     d.  at  Stockbridge,  Vt.,  August  6,  1829. 

(1321)  Jonas,  July  30,  1811.     m.  Eliza  Finney.     2  chil. 

(1322)  Rosetta,  May  24,  1814.     m. 

(1323)  Emmons,  August  4,    1S16.     m.    Abigail    Taggart  ;    m.    2d    Harnie 

Taggart. 

Jacob  m.  3d  Nabby  Taggart,  and  had  : 

(1324)  Agnes,  1818.     d.  September  15,  1842. 

(1325)  Phoebe, September  3,  1822.     m.  Joseph  Taggart  of  Stockbridge. 

(1326)  Abigail,  December  5,  1826.     m.  Alonzo  Keyes. 

Jacob  was  a  corporal  in  Capt.  Samuel  Robinson's  Company,  serving  March.  13- 
December  2,  1757,  also  in  the  Crown  Point  Expedition  and  in  the  Eastern  Prov- 
inces. He  m.  2d  Rosetta  Robinson.  He  held  the  office  of  Deacon  in  the 
Congregational  Church  at  Hardwick,  Mass.,  and  Stockbridge,  Vt.,  whither  he 
removed.     He  d.  April  29,  1861. 


530  James  and  Betsey  Tracy  had : 

(1327)  George,     m.  Betsey  E.  Brummell,  1840. 

(1328)  John,  1796.     m.  Rebecca  Sperry. 

(1329)  Julius. 

(1330)  Betsey,     m.  Joel  Finch. 

(1331)  Polly,     m.  John  Sanford. 

(1332)  Laura. 

(1333)  Rebecca. 


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531   Samuel  and  Aurilla  Coates  had  : 
(1334}  Roxana,  February  21,  1802.     d.  young. 

(1335)  Erastus,  March  7,  1804.     m.  Mary  Moore. 

(1336)  Sewell,  Februaiy  13,  1806.     m.  Maria  Quance,  January  22,  1834. 

(1337)  Roxana,  November  22,  180S.     m.  W.   H.  Day.     Res.,  Huntington, 

Mass.     Had  s.  William.     Res.,  Topsfield,  Mass. 

(1338)  Myron,  March  31,  181 1.     d.  November  20,  1815. 

(1339)  Orlando,  May  30,  1813.     d.  September  17,  1820. 

(1340)  Fannie,  May  7,  rSi 5.     d.  young. 

(1341)  Fannie,  September  7,  1S16.     m.  A.  B.  Jones,  March  21,  1838.    Res., 

Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 

(1342)  James   M.,  November  21,   1819.     m.    Nancy   Kendall,   October   15, 

1846  ;    m.    2d    Susan    A.    Lincoln,    October    7,    i860.      Res., 
Noblesboro,  Mass. 

(1343)  Samuel  H.,  December  4,  1822.     m.  Marietta  Howard,  April  6,  1843. 

(1344)  John  H.,  April  22,  1727.     d.  young. 

Samuel  d.  June  10,  1831.     Aurilla  d.  December  12,  1869. 


532   Paul  and  Lucy  (Lovie)  Whipple  had  : 

(1345)  Catherine,  May  29,  1802.     m.  Levi  Whitcomb,  May  31,  1827.     Res., 

Marion,  la.     She  d.  July  8,  1876.     4  chil. 

(1346)  Levi  W.,  June    n,    1803.    m.  Amanda  Hollister,   March   18,    1832. 

Res.,  VJtica,  Ohio. 

(1347)  Joel,  April  25,  1805.     d.  August  3,  1839,  at  Albany,  111. 

(1348)  Elijah,  February  7,  1807.    d.  November  S,  1838,  at  Chatham  Centre, 

Ohio. 

(1349)  Lucy,   November   2,  1810.     m.  Thomas  Carter,    October    13,    1845. 

She  d.  October  24,  1865,  Fairfield  Co.,  Ohio. 

(1350)  Orilla,  December  27,  181 1.     m.  John  Lusk,  1840.     She  d.  October 

22,  1842  at  Marion,  la.     1  dau. 

(1351)  Robert,  January  5,  1814.     d.  at  Crawford,  Neb.,  February  16,  188S. 

(1352)  Edward,   December   28,    1815.     m.   Abigail  Williams,  February    18, 

1845.     He  d.  July  6,  1891,  at  Marion,  la. 

(1353)  Francis  P.,  February  16,  1818.     ra.  Nancy  Wilson,  October  31,  1848. 

d.  May  n,  187 1. 

Residence,  Hoosac  Falls  (now  Florida),  Mass. 
Paul  d.  August  31,  1847.     Lucy  d.  April  11,  1845. 


534  Robert  and  Lydia  Thurston  of  Westboro 

removed  from  Shrewsbury,  to  North  Brookfield,  Mass.,  where,  on  November  18, 
i8i8,  he  was  found  dead  by  the  roadside.     He  had  been  in  the  woods  to  cut  a 


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well-pole,  and  was  probably  the  victim   of  heart    disease.     His  widow  m.   ;d 
Josiah  Rush,  October  2,  iS  1 9,  and  returned  to  Westboro. 


535  Daniel  and  Mary  Hemmingway  had  : 

(1354)  Mary,  July  5,    1804.     m.   Edward  Wright,  October  16,  1825.     Res. 

Bethany,  N.  Y. 

(1355)  Permelia,  November  9,  1805.     m.  Chauncey  Barry,  1829. 

(1356)  Adaline,  September  22,  1S07.     m.  Apollos  Kenny,  1834. 
(i357)  Venus,  1809. 

(1358)  Daniel,  September  12,  181 1.     m.  Chlorine  Bowker,  March  2,  1850. 

(1359)  Hepsabeth,  September  27,  1813.     m.  Edward  Wright,  May,  1,  1836. 

(1360)  Thaddeus,    March  31,   1S22.     m.  Mary  Stewart  (or  Stevens,)    May 

28,  1845. 

(1361)  Levi  P.,  May  9,  1824.     m.  Alicia  Dickerson,  January  26,  1852.     Res., 

Wisconsin. 
Daniel  and  family  removed  from  Shrewsbury,  Worcester  Co.,  Mass.,  to  N.  Y. 
in  1808,  and  settled  in  Pavillion,  1S16.     He  d.  at  Bethany  N.  Y.,  July  4,  1847. 
Mary  d.  October  8,  1874. 


537  John  and  Diodcma  Duncan  had  : 

(1362)  Elbridge  G.,   May  19,  1806.     m.  Artelissa  Robinson,   November  15, 

1831. 

(1363)  Diodema,  July  12,  1809.     m.  Elijah  Wyman,  November  19,  1831. 

(1364)  Sarah  D.,  November  14,  181  r.     m.  Franklin  Dortt,  1833. 

(1365)  Lucy  A.,  June  19,  1815.     d.  February,  1842. 

John  d.  in  Rochester,  Vt.,  August  5,  1848.     D;odema  d.  there  May  12,  1842. 


539  Joel  and  Mary  Brooks,  of  Grafton,  Mass.,  had  : 

(1366)  Ruel  F.,  January  10,  1810.     m.  Sarah  Luther,  April  9,  1838. 

(1367)  Laura,  January  10,  1810.     m.  Isaac  Crosby,  December  2,  1830. 

(1368)  John  C,  December  6,   181 2.     m.  Louisa  Goddard,    September    18, 

1839. 

(1369)  Daniel  H.,  July  31,  1817.'     m.  Aurilla  Pinkham,  January,  1845. 

(1370)  Elijah  B.,  January  31,  1S15.     m.  Mehitable  Hall,  March  31,  1S43. 

(1371)  Chas.  H.,  October  9,  1S19.     m.  Martha  Boyden,  April  14,  1844. 

(1372)  Harriet,  August  13,  1826. 

(1373)  Samuel,  June  27,  1824.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 
Joel  d.  August  14,  1839. 


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545   Silas  and  Mercy  Wakefield  had  : 

(1374)  Irene,  January  20,  1799.     m.  Washington  Wakefield. 

(1375)  Perrin,  August  22,  1801.     m.  Elizabeth  Carter,  May  2,  1826. 

(1376)  Newell,  April  27,  1803.     m.  Sophia  Wallace,  January  1,  1827. 
C1 3 7 7)   Dexter,  February  22,  1805. 

(1378)  LycHa  B.,  March  7,  1807.     m.  Elisha  A.  Briggs.     3  chil. 

(1379)  Mary  D.,  March  7,  1807.     d.  in  Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio. 

(1380)  Calvin  F.,  February  11,  1810. 

Silas  was  b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  Mt.  Vernon,  Ohio, 
where  he  d.  about  1798. 

Mercy  was  from  Sutton,  Mass.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Wakefield, 
who  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  Capt.  John  Putnam's  company, 
Col.  Ebenezer  Larned's  regiment,  which  served  in  the  Lexington  Alarm. 


6  Martha  Knowlton  and  Nathan  Munroe  had : 


54' 

(1381)  Luther. 
(13S2)  Caroline. 
(1383)  Eliza. 


547  Sarah  Knowlton  and  John  White  had 


(1384)  Asa. 

(1385)  John. 

(1386)  Moses. 


548  David  and  Lucy  Brigham  had  : 

(1387)  Julia  Ann,  December  4,  1800.     m.  Seth  Baker,  March  10,  1816. 

(1388)  Eli,  October  28,  1802. 

(1389)  Artemus,  September  n,  1804.      m.  Fanny  Spencer,  March  20,  1824. 

(1390)  Elbridge  G.,  October  6,  1806. 

(1391)  Abraham,  December  8,  1S08.     m. 

(1392)  Lucy,  September  3,  1S11. 

(T393)  David,  August  2,  i8r6.     m.  Harriet  Hamilton,  August  2,  1843. 

(1394)  Marietta,    Dec.  3,   1S17.     m.  Chester  Keyes,  Sept.   2,  1S37.     Shed. 

March  27,  1849. 

(1395)  Harriet,     d.  young. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury.     Rem.  to  N.  York  City. 

Lucy  was  from  Northboro,  Mass.     David  d.  September  6,  1823. 


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550  Abraham  and  Lucy  Faulkner  had  : 
(1396)  Mary  E.,  December  18,  180S.     m.  Lewis  Brown,  April  29,  1829. 
(i397)  James  F.,  November  r,  1S10.     m.  Olive  Brown,  September  30,  183: 
m.  2d  Margaret  Dickey,  September  27,  183S. 

(1398)  Nancy  F.,  August  19,  1812.     m.  Chas.  H.  Ide,  October  6,  1834. 

(1399)  Sarah  W.,  March  15,  1815.     m.  John  Brown,  November  20  18  jo 

chil,  ' 

(1400)  Thankful,  July  9,  1817.     d.  1855. 

(1401)  Charles  A.,  July  ^^,  1819.     m.  Sarah  Crouch,  December  18,  184: 

m.  2d  Caroline  Crouch  ;  m.  3d  Nancy  Cooper. 

(1402)  Charlotte,  July  31,  1819.     m.  Williamson  D.  Vanoter,  November  1 

1852.     Res.,  Santa  Monica,  Cal. 

(1403)  Henry  G.,  November  r6,  1822.     m.  Martha  Miller,  February,  1846 
Lucy  was  from  Grafton,  Mass.     Rem.  from  Shrewsbury  to  Brownsville,  lnrj 

1838,  where  Abraham  d.  October,  1843,  and  Lucy  in  1867. 


559  Joseph  and  Betsey  Sprague  had  : 
(1404)  Elmer,  March  4,  1792.     d.  July  3,  1867.     unm. 
(7405)  Melinda,  July  4,  1794.     m.  Simon  Flint. 

(1406)  Lucy,  June  23,  1796.     m.  Moses  Haskell,  April  15,  1817. 

(1407)  Mary,  1798. 

(1408)  Stillman,  March    17,   1802.     m.  Lydia  Cheney,  1828  ;  m.  2d  Emily 

Thorpe,  December  29,  1831. 

(1409)  Cynthia,  June  28,  1805. 

(1410)  Clarissa,  March  8,  1810.     m.  Geo.  W.  Hatch  ;  m.  2d  Calvin  Childs. 

(141 1)  Elizabeth,  January  13,  1813.     m.  Joseph  Blood. 

Residence,  Templeton,  Mass. 
Joseph  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  serving  in  his  father's,  Captain  Ezekiel's, 
company,  Colonel  Dyke's  regiment.     He  is  mentioned  in  the  roster  of  Massa- 
chusetts militia  as  having  received  a  gun,  blanket,  and  soldier's  pay  at  Dorches- 
ter, Mass.,  March  31,  1777.     He  d.  March  28,  1836.     Betsey  d.  April  20,  1854. 


560  Stephen  and  Comfort  White  had : 

(1412)  Montgomery,  October  31,  1796.     d.  young.         y 

(1413)  Emery,  September  8,    1798.     m.   Polly   Fisher.     He  d.  Januarv    i, 

1857. 

(1414)  Charles,  May  10,  i  800.     m.  Tabitha  F.  Stuart,  1821. 

(1415)  Augustus,  October  19,  1S03.      m.  Anna  Murray  Sims,  November  26, 

1835.     d.  1S62. 

Residence,  Templeton,  Mass. 


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Stephen  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  served  in  his  father's  company 

from  December  4,  1776,  to  March  1,  1777.      He  d.  January  16,  1853.     Comfort 

d.  Febmary  8,  1831. 



561    Ezekiel  and had  : 

(1416)  George  W.,  November  10,  1802.     d.  April  3,  1S67. 
Ezekiel  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 


562   Miles  and  Tryphena  Sprague  had  : 

(1417)  Justus,  July  3,  1791.     in.  Chloe  Hanruven,  December  it,  1815. 

(1418)  Sullivan,  June  23,  1793.     m.  Isabel  Bezold,  January  30,  1817. 

(1419)  Chester,  February  6,  1796.      m,  Sally  Bixby,  March  9,  1818  ;  m.  2d 

Susan  Underwood,  June  5,  1842. 

(1420)  Samantha,  January  20,  179S.     m.  Luther  Johnson. 

(1421)  Miles  J.,   January   17,   1800.     m.   Lemyra  Bartlett ;  m.   2d   Abigail 

Howard  ;  m.  3d  Betsey  Jones. 

(1422)  Tryphena,  June  3,   1S01.     m.  Nathaniel  Kidder,  January  ir,  1820. 

14  chil.     Rem.  to  Warren,  Pa. 

(1423)  Roxanna,  July  8,  1S03.     m.  Simeon  Hungerford,  April  7,  1838.     He 

d.  February  20,  1877. 

(1424)  William,  December  7,  1807.     Rem.  to  Kentucky,  1837. 

Miles  Rem.  from  Templeton  to  Wardsboro,  Vt.  and  d.  in  Gardner,  Mass., 
September  25,  1824.      Tryphena  d.  October  14,  1S24. 


563  Jemima  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Wright  had  : 

(1425)  Lyman,  March  8,  1793. 

(1426)  Betsey,  December  28,  1795.     m.  Dexter  Whittemore. 

Thomas  d.    June  8,  1796,  and  Jemima  m.   2d  Batchelder 
Bowker.     They  had  : 

(1427)  Wright,  November  1,  1798.     d.  December  29,  1831. 

(1428)  Luke,  October  28,  1S00. 

(1429)  Elijah,  January  28,  1S03.     Res.,  Keene,  N.  H. 

(1430)  Lucy,  November  3,  1804.     d.  October  13,  1827. 

(1431)  Cynthia,  February  12,  1807. 

(1432)  Roxana,  July  28,  1809. 

(1433)  Hannah,  March  25,  1815. 

Residence,  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 


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564  Levi  and  Polly  Morse  had : 

(1434)  Polly,  1802.    m. Coolidge.     No  chil. 

Levi  m.  2d  Mrs.  Butterfield.     They  had  : 

(1435)  Miles  E->  lSo9-     m-  Belena  Ellis>  l83I- 

(1436)  Ephraim,  1S12.     d.  young. 

(1437)  Eliza,  1816.     d.  1827. 

Levi  rem.   to   Potion,   Province  of   Quebec,   in   1800,   and    d.  in   1842    at 
Knowltcn  Landing,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 


567  Asaph  and  Betsey  Sawyer  had  : 

(1438)  Hannah  A.,  May  2,  180S.     m.  Amasa  Lewis,  January  24,  1830. 

(1439)  Amasa  E.,  September  10,    1810.     m.   Harriet   Lewis,  February  14, 

1836. 

(1440)  Mary,  March  5,  181 2.     d.  young. 

(1441)  Harriet  A.,  March  27,  1813.     m.  Hial  Curtis. 

(1442)  Asaph  A.,  April  7,  1815.     m.  Mary  Peaseley,  February  3,  1845. 

(1443)  Luke  Holland,  August  7,  1816.      m.  Elizabeth  Spinney,  October  15, 

1840. 

(1444)  Cynthia  Holbrook,  July  5,   1818.     m.   Roswell   Sargent,  December 

29,  1836. 

(1445)  Ezekiel  L.,  June  20,  1820.     m.  Nancy  Bryan,  January  6,  1841. 

(1446)  Lucy  E.,  April  24,  1822. 

Asaph  rem.  to  So.  Stukely,  P.  Q.,  where  he  d.  February  12,  1844. 


568   Lyman  and  Relief  Whitcomb  had  : 

(1447)  Czarina,  March  22,  1796.     m.  Stephen  Parker,  July  18,  18 15. 

(1448)  Rosetta,  July  n,  1799.     m.  Aaron  Frost,  1820. 

(1449)  Lee,  April  16,  1801.     m.  Maria  Sargent,  February  3,  1S28. 

(1450)  Stephen   P.,  June  8,  1807.     m.  Elizabeth  Halliker,  March   18,  1833. 

(1451)  Jane,  June  27,  1809.     m.  Jacob  Shephard,  February  28,  1825. 

(1452)  Whitcomb,  July  14,  1S14.     d.  August  23,  1843. 

(1453)  Newton,  September  8,  1S15.     m.  Laura  Turner. 

(1454)  Anna,  June  21,  1818.     m.  Luther  Libby,  October  9,  1835. 

Lyman  rem.  from  Templeton,  Mass.,  to  South  Stukely,  P.  Q.,  Canada. 
He  served  in  the  militia  from  1806  as  captain  and  major,  was  for  many  years 
a  magistrate,  and  was   the  first   member  of   Parliament  elected  from  Shefford 


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County,  November  4,  1829.  He  gave  an  extraordinary  impulse  to  educational 
matters,  and  his  public  and  private  charities  were  numerous.  His  death  in 
1832  was  an  irreparable  loss. 


569  Cah'in  and  Sophia  Willard  had  : 

(1455)  George  Willard,  June  19,  1795.     m.  Elizabeth  Carroll. 

(1456)  John  Calvin,  March  9,  1799. 

Calvin  was  b.  in  Newfane,  Vt.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in 
1788,  and  studied  law  with  his  father,  Hon.  Luke.  He  became  a  distinguished 
lawyer. 


570  Martha  (Patty)  Knowlton  and  David  Warner  had  : 

(1457)  Sally  K.,  April  1,  1788.     m.  James  Miller. 

(1458)  Lyman,  April  24,  1790. 

(1459)  Harriet,  October  27,  1794. 

(1460)  Willard,  June  24,  1797.     m.  Elvira  Williams. 

(1461)  George,  May  29,  1799. 

(1462)  Calvin,   1801. 

(1463)  Daniel,  May  15,  1803. 

(1464)  Luke,  1805. 


CHAPTER    III. 

The    Canada    Knowltons 

SOON  after  the  cessation  of  hostilities  between  the  American  Colonies  ond 
the  mother  country,  and  the  establishment  of  the  United  States  as  a  sepa- 
rate and  independent  nation,  the  government  of  Great  Britain  offered  by  public 
proclamation  a  free  grant  of  land  to  all  who  remained  of  the  Tory  party,  if  they 
would  leave  the  States  and  settle  in  Canada.  This  offer  was  prompted  by  the 
evident  belief  that  the  new  and  infant  nation  was  but  one  of  those  numerous 
political  experiments  which  have  ambitiously  struggled  into  life,  and  almost  as 
quickly  died  out  of  it.  Among  the  considerable  numbers  who  shared  in  this 
sober  conviction  of  the  English  Government,  was  Judge  Luke  Knowlton,  of 
Newfane,  Vt.  His  Tory  sentiments  will  excite  less  surprised  comment  when  it 
is  remembered  that  he  lived  near  the  northern  boundary  line,  and  that  contigu- 
ity to  one's  neighbors  effaces,  more  or  less,  sharp  lines  of  distinction  and  sepa- 
ration. The  American  nation  was  not  only  an  experiment,  it  was  doubly  so  for 
being  a  republican  one.  Judge  Knowlton  was  too  sensible  and  too  honorable  a 
man  not  to  accept  the  logic  of  arms,  even  though  results  might  not  be  perma- 
nent. Moreover,  he  was  no  longer  a  young  man,  and  he  felt  unequal  to  a  stout 
grapple  with  the  untamed  forces  of  the  great  northern  wilderness,  in  a  desperate 
effort  to  found  a  new  home.  His  children,  however,  he  encouraged  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  offer  of  the  English  Government,  and  thus  secure  a  permanent 
home  and  influence.  Silas,  the  second  son  and  third  child,  was  the  first  to  ac- 
cept the  parental  advice.  He  had  married,  in  1786,  Sarah  Holbrook,  the  sister 
of  his  brother-in-law,  John  Holbrook,  by  whom  he  had  born  to  him  Paul,  then 
but  nine  years  old,  and  Luke,  an  infant.  He  "  took  up  "  a  section  of  land  in 
the  County  of  Brome,  Province  of  Quebec,  the  tract  now  known  as  the  town- 
ship of  Stukely,  and  then  returned  to  Newfane  for  his  family.  Through  his  in- 
fluence, a  neighbor,  one  Whitney,  with  wife  and  infant  daughter,  accompanied 
the  Knowltons  on  their  trying  journey  to  Canada. 

When  the  little  band  of  emigrants  reached  the  boundary  line  of  Stukely,  the 
two  women  engaged  in  an  amicable  dispute  as  to  which  should  have  the  honor 
of  being  the  first  white  female  to  settle  in  the  new  township.  Mr.  Whitney  set- 
tled the  matter  by  suddenly  lifting  his  child  in  his  arms,  and  depositing  her  on 
the  farther  side  of  the  line.     The  formation  of  a  township  in  Canada  at  this  par- 


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ticular  time  was  regulated  by  somewhat  peculiar  provisions.  The  area  was  one 
hundred  square  miles,  and  forty  settlers,  called  "Associates"  were  required, 
their  names  to  be  entered  in  the  "  Letters  Patent"  from  the  Crown,  and  all  of 
them  to  go  into  actual  residence. 

There  was  something  of  Greek  flavor  in  the  policy  which  conferred  peculiar 
privileges  on  the  fathers  of  male  children,  and  Quebec  imitated  Athens  in  its 
prudent  forecast  of  its  civil  and  military  welfare.  Eastern  Canada  was  fortunate 
in  having  among  its  pioneers  such  people  as  these  Knowltons.  Silas  came  of 
a  sturdy  Gtock  that  had  rounded  and  hardened  its  muscle  and  sharpened  its 
mental  faculties  in  frontier  life  and  border  warfare.  The  boy  had  sung,  many 
a  time,  the  battle  songs  that  stirred  the  father's  blood,  and  the  tales  in  which  he 
had  revelled  were  those  of  daring  exploit  and  Indian  foe  during  the  troubled 
years  between  1740  and  1764.  But,  as  every  emigrant  to  the  wild  North  learned 
to  his  cost,  a  calmer  and  sturdier  courage  was  required  in  the  harder  battle  of 
civilization.  Canada  was  a  wild  and  trackless  forest,  and  the  victory  to  be  won 
there  was  a  victory  over  unutterable  hardships  and  almost  insurmountable  ob- 
stacles. Enormous  forests  fdled  with  fierce  beasts  and  pestilent  insects  had  to 
be  cleared.  Not  a  single  road  invited  communication  between  widely  separated 
hamlets,  and  the  making  of  one  to  the  French  settlements  was  nn  era.  The  ac- 
cumulated snow  and  ice  of  a  very  long  winter  left  but  a  short  season  for  agricul- 
ture, and  when  famine  threatened  it  was  no  unusual  thing  for  the  "  Associates  " 
to  tramp  twenty,  thirty,  even  forty  miles,  each  in  his  turn,  carrying  a  bag  of 
corn  to  the  mill,  that  he  and  his  neighbors  might  have  bread.  When  Silas 
Knowlton  took  two  barrels  of  potash  to  Montreal,  it  required  two  sleds  with  two 
yoke  of  oxen  for  each,  and  a  journey  of  eighteen  days,  and  although  the  profits 
were  one  hundred  dollars,  invested  in  household  necessities,  the  money  was  well 
earned. 

Their  meal  was  prepared  in  "  plumping  mills,"  a  rude  contrivance  of  an  up- 
right log  bored  out,  and  a  pestle  attached  to  a  spring  pole.  One  quart  only 
could  be  pounded  at  a  time,  and  the  meal  was  eaten  mixed  with  pumpkin. 

The  life  of  Silas  Knowlton  and  his  brave  wife  is,  as  yet,  an  unwritten  story 
of  heroic  courage  and  splendid  self-sacrifice,  out  of  which  have  come,  long 
years  ago,  thrift  and  happiness  to  many  who  have  "entered  into  their  labors." 

Going  to  market  was  the  one  great  event  of  the  year,  and  this,  too,  over  a 
road  constructed  through  bogs  and  swamps,  because  that  was  the  shorter  and 
the  only  feasible  way.  The  Knowltons  were  their  own  architects  and  cabinet 
makers,  and  their  original  homes  were  rude  in  construction  and  appointment. 
Good  digestion  must  have  waited  on  appetite,  for  they  were  a  healthy  and  sturdy 
race,  and  during  the  long  absences  of  their  husbands  and  brothers  the  women 
reared  and  defended  their  children  with  consummate  courage. 

These  Knowltons  were  not  altogether  at  an  advantage  over  their  fellow  set- 
tlers, for  of  the  latter  all  who  had  remained  loyal  to  the  Crown  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary struggle,  and  who  had  professed  fidelity  to  "  the  United  Empire  of 


120  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Great  Britain,"  were  styled  the  U.  E.,  and  to  them  and  to  each  descendant 
forever  was  to  be  given  a  grant  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  free  from  expense 
of  survey,  and  of  tax.  Under  this  act  of  Parliament,  or  royal  proclamation,  the 
public  lands  of  the  Province  are  still  granted  to  all  who  can  prove  their  descent 
from  a  U.  E.  The  Knowltons  soon  became,  as  they  still  remain,  quite  as  loyal 
to  the  British,  as  they  had  been  to  the  American,  flag. 


571   Silas  and  Sally  Holbrook  had  : 

(1465)  Paul  Holland,  September  17,  1787.     m.  Laura  Moss. 

(1466)  Luke,  April  26,  1795.     m-  Mary  Ware. 

(1467)  Samantha,  1797.     m.  Samuel  Stone. 

(1468)  Samuel  W.,  1798.     m.  Amanda  Loomis. 

Silas  rem.  from   Newfane,  Vt.,  in   February,  1798,  to  Stukely,  P.  Q.,  where 
Sally  d.  in  1800.     He  d.  November  18,  1843  or  1S44. 


572  Sarah  Knowlton  and  John  Holbrook  had  : 

(1469)  Patty,  March  22,  1788.     m.  William  Fessenden. 

(1470)  Franklin,  February  27,  1792. 

(1471)  Sybil,  June  15,  1794. 

(1472)  Sally,  March  28,   1796.     m.  Geo.  W.  Hall  ;    m.  2d  Isaac   Coale   of 

Baltimore.     8  chil. 

(1473)  Sophia,  March  15,  1798.     d.  young. 

(1474)  Lucinda,  March  25,  1800.     m.  Hon.  Willard  Warner,  U.  S.  Senator 

from  Alabama. 

(1475)  Eliza,  April  15,  1S04.     d.  1853.     unm. 

(1476)  Rev.  John  C,  January  7,  1808.     m.  Cynthia  Tuttle. 

(1477)  William,  April  20,  ,rSio.     d.  young. 

(1478)  Frederick,  February  15,  1S13.     m.  Harriet . 

Sarah  was  a  woman  of  uncommon  beauty  and  grace,  and  one  of  the  most 
prominent  figures  in  Brattleboro  society.  Her  early  home  was  in  Newfane,  Vt., 
where  she  became  so  familiar  with  the  privations  and  simplicity  of  pioneer  life 
that  she  was  intimidated  by  no  subsequent  perils.  Indians  and  wild  beasts  were 
the  familiar  enemies  of  her  childhood,  and  she  became  as  courageous  as  she  was 
handsome.  She  married  John  Holbrook,  a  country  merchant,  who  carried  his 
produce  and  goods  for  barter  on  a  pack-horse  through  West  River  Valley,  from 
Newfane  to  Greenfield,  Mass.,  returning  with  other  goods  gotten  by  exchange. 
Their  daughter,  afterwards  Mrs.  Fessenden,  was  the  first  woman  to  ride  in  a 
wheeled  conveyance  in  that  part  of  the  country. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holbrook  removed  to  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  and  bought  the  dwell- 


The  Canada  Knowltons  121 

ing-house  now  known  as  the  "  American  House,"  a  public  inn,  a  portion  of 
which  was  used  for  a  country  store.  To  secure  a  proper  depot  for  his  produce 
and  a  convenient  place  for  exchange,  Mr.  Holbrook  formed  a  partnership  with 
David  Portei,  a  leading  merchant  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  the  firm  thereafter 
conducted,  the  two  stores  as  branches  of  the  same  house.  Mr.  Holbrook  be- 
came a  director  of  the  old  Phoenix  Bank,  Hartford,  and  brought  the  first  bank 
notes  ever  circulated  in  Brattleboro. 

He  also  built  a  large  slaughter  house,  where  he  cured  large  quantities  of 
beef,  pork,  hams,  and  tongue  for  the  West  Indian  market,  transporting  these  to 
the  seaboard  on  a  line  of  flat  boats  which  he  had  established  on  the  Connecti- 
cut River. 

In  1809  he  sold  out  all  his  property  and  removed  to  Warehouse  Point,  Ct. 
His  commanding  figure,  positive  manner,  and  sonorous  voice  gave  him  so  pow- 
erful an  influence  ovei  his  fellow-men,  that  it  was  said  that  a  request  or  com- 
mand from  him  was  likely  to  be  obeyed  as  quickly  as  if  shot  from  a  gun.  He 
was  by  faith  a  Congregationalist,  and  a  Deacon  of  the  church,  though  not  a 
predestinarian.  On  one  occasion,  his  pastor,  having  called  on  him,  engaged  him 
in  an  earnest  argument,  in  which  the  spiritual  guide  asserted  the  truth  of  infant 
damnation.  The  worthy  Deacon  rose,  opened  the  door,  and  drove  the  parson 
into  the  street,  declaring  that  any  one  who  held  such  "  damnable  "  doctrines 
could  not  stay  under  his  roof. 

Mr.  Holbrook  was  postmaster  of  Brattleboro,  1 794-1 804,  and  the  second 
original  member  of  the  Vermont  Asylum  under  the  Marsh  bequest.  He  died 
1838.     Sarah  d.  March  22,  1851. 


573  Alice  Knowlton  and  Dr.  Nathan  A.  Stone  had  : 

(1479)  Edson  S.,  August  2,  1789. 

(1480)  Jasper,  April  20,  1791. 

(1481)  Benjamin,  April  23,  1793.     d.  young. 

(1483)  Benjamin,  August  28,  1795. 

(1484)  Lucinda,  November  19,  1797. 

(1485)  Alice  K.,  August  ro,  1800. 
(i486)   Sophia  K.,  January  24,  1S02. 

(1487)  Sarah,  May  15,  1804. 

(1488)  Nathan  F.,  January  28,  1806. 

Alice  d.  in  Newfane,  Vt.,  November  14,  1865,  aged  96. 


574  Lucinda  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Willard  had  : 

(1489)  David,  1797. 

(1490)  Lucinda,  1799. 

vX   Samuel   was  from  Petersham,   Mass.     They  removed  to  Canada,  Prov.   of 
Quebec.     Lucinda  d.  there  in  jSoo. 


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575   Luke  and  Charlotte  Kenney  had  : 

(1491)  Seleucia,  May  21,  1S00.     m.  Hezekiah  Robinson,  June  3,  1S17. 

(1492)  Marcia,  October  2,  1801.     m.  Clarke  Fisher,  June  24,  1820. 

(1493)  Sally,  July  9,  1S03.     m.  Daniel  W.Sanborn,  January  2,  1820.      m.  2d 

Dr.  Rotus  Parmalee. 

(1494)  Infant,  1805. 

(1495)  Charlotte  S.,  April  14,  1806.  in.  Austin  Wheeler,  December  18,  1825. 

(1496)  Luke  M.,  February  5,  1S0S.     m.  Laura  A.  Wheeler,  October  6,  1S32. 

(1497)  Abigail,  December  16,  1809.     d.  January  25,  1834.     unm. 

(1498)  Rosetta,  August  20,  181 1.     d.  young. 

(1499)  Katherine  A.,  September  18,  1S12.     m.  Merrick  Cummings,  January 

21,    I838. 

(1500)  Hanson,  September  14,  1814.     m.  Mary  Soles,  March  18,  1839. 

(1501)  Patty  W.,  September  it,  i8j6.     m.  John  Jackson,  September  1,  1848. 

(1502)  Merab  A.,  October  7,  1818.     m.  Wm.  Willard,  July  12,  1842. 

(1503)  Goodloe  H.,  April  14,  1S21.     m.  Julia  Duboise. 

(1504)  Almus  A.,  November  8,  1827.     m.  Lucy  Newton. 

Residence,  Waterloo,  P.  Q. 

LUKE    KNOWLTON,   Jr., 

seventh  child  of  Hon.  Luke,  was  born  in  Newfane,  March  24,  1775.,  where 
he  resided  for  more  than  forty  years.  He  received  his  education  at  West- 
minster, Vt.,  and  Chesterfield,  N.  H.,  after  which  he  entered  the  office  of  his 
brother  Calvin  as  a  law  student.  His  subsequent  career  was  that  of  a  very  suc- 
cessful and  eminent  lawyer.  He  married,  in  1799,  Miss  Charlotte  Kenney  of  the 
same  town.  An  incident  connected  with  this  marriage  illustrates  the  character 
of  this  extraordinary  man.  Miss  Kenny  was  little  more  than  a  child,  being  un- 
der sixteen  years  of  age.  Her  father,  an  active  ;  nd  enterprising  man,  owned  a 
large  estate  of  one  thousand  acres,  six  hundred  and  fifty  of  which  were  under 
careful  cultivation,  and  he  passed  for  a  rich  man  in  those  earlier  and  simpler 
times.  When  young  Knowlton  asked  him  for  his  daughter  there  was  a  stormy 
interview.  The  father  formulated  his  objections  in  true  business  style  by  three 
propositions:  (1)  She  was  too  young;  (2)  he  could  not  spare  her;  (3)  she 
would  have  no  dower,  there  being  eleven  other  children  to  share  his  property. 
To  these  the  ardent  young  advocate  promptly  replied,  (1)  that  Charlotte  would 
grow  older  every  day,  and  as  rapidlyin  his  hands  as  in  those  of  her  father  ;  (2) 
that  her  father  had  a  wife  and  other  daughters,  while  he  (Luke)  had  none,  and 
that  Kenny  could  therefore  do  without  her  better  than  he  could  ;  (3)  that  he 
wanted  the  daughter,  and  not  the  dowry.  The  young  lawyer  won  his  case,  and 
it  was  not  long  before  the  objections  of  the  father  disappeared,  for  Luke  was 
soon  and  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  Assistant 
Judge  of  Windham  County  Court.     His  ability  won  the  business  confidence  of 


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his  father-in-law,  and  the  two  became  investors  in  wild  lands,  out  of  which  they 
made  handsome  fortunes.  Luke  Knowlton  often  rode  on  horseback  five  hun- 
dred miles  on  tours  of  purchase  and  inspection,  enduring  fatigue  and  privation 
with  characteristic  perseverance.  In  1S21  lie  removed  from  Newfane  to  Stukely, 
P.  Q..  where  he  settled  on  the  same  farm  that  his  brother  Calvin  had  purchased 
and  improved  in  179S.     He  d.  September  17,  1S55.     She  d.  1843. 


576  Hannah  Knowlton  and  Capt.  Thomas  Harrington  had  : 
I.  Capt  Thomas,  March  13,  1785.     m.  Relief  Mixer,  1805. 
II.  Hannah,  May  2,  17S6.     m.  Lewis  Pratt,  1S02. 
III.  Grace,  September  18,  1789.     m.  Asa  Mixer,  Jr.,  1804. 

Captain  Thomas  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Robert  Harrington,  of  the  an- 
cient family  of  Errington,  Arlington,  Harrington,  of  England,  and  who  was  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  as  early  as  1642,  owning  an  estate  pre- 
sented to  him  by  his  kinsman,  Deacon  Thomas  Hastings.  Captain  Thomas 
served  in  the  Indian  wars  as  captain  of  the  Shrewsbury  militia.  He  d.  Decem- 
ber 20,  1834.     Hannah  d.  March  8,  1793. 


577  Asa  and  Olive  Waite  had  : 

(1505)  William,  1790.     Rem.  to  Illinois. 

(1506)  Asa,  Jr.,  1792.     m.  Damaris  Howe,  1819. 

Asa  d.      Widow  Olive  m.  Lewis  Smith  in  1826. 


578  Susannah  Knowlton  and  John  S.  Whitney  had  : 

(1508)  William,  April  3,  1795. 

(1509)  Art  emus,  January  4,  1797. 

(1510)  Joseph  H.,  December  25,  1799. 


579  Artemus  and  Huldah  Lyon  had  : 

(1511)  Seth,  August  29,  1799.     m.  Volma  Shepard  ;  m.  2d Palmer. 

(1512)  Deborah,  February  25,  1804.      ,m.  Chas.  Dix.      Res.,  Holden,  Mass. 

2  chil. 
(15x3)   Huldah.     m.  John  Hart.     Res.,  Sutton,  Mass.     6  chil. 

(15 14)  Rhoda.     d.  young. 

(15 15)  Tamsen.     d.  young. 

(1516)  Artemus,  February  15,  1809.     m.  Maria  Kenny,  September  27,  1836. 

Artemus  rem.  to  Charlton,  Mass.  He  m.  2d  Rhoda  Lathe,  and  d.  May  16,  1834. 


i24  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

580  Dea.  William  and  Clorinda  Smith  had  : 

(1517)  Julia,  September,  1799.     m.  Jesse  Pirkcs,  March  3,  1S21. 

(1518)  Harriet,  March  26,  iSor.     m. Foster,  February  27,  18 17. 

(15 19)  Freeman,  June  12,  1803.     m.  Hannah  Murphy,  October  9,  1825. 

(1520)  Joseph  E.,  February  19.  1805.     m.  Sarah  Fitts. 

(1521)  Martha.  January  26,  1S07.     m.  Seth  Follett,  April  3,  1826. 

(1522)  Abigail,  April  9,  1809, 

(1523)  Clorinda,  November  5,  1S1 1. 

(1524)  William,  September  26,  TS14.    m.  Elida  P.  Ramsdell,  August  13,  1850. 

Deacon  William  res.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Clorinda  d.  November  1,  i860. 


581    Dr.  Seth  and  Relief  Howe  had  : 

(1525)  Darwin,  August  8,  1802.     m.  Sarah  Harrington. 

(1526)  Charles,  November  4,  1S03.     Drowned,  December,  1822. 

(1527)  Eunice,  April  4,  1806.      d.  young. 

(1528)  Artemus,  February  19,  1809.     m.  Emeline  Smith,  1835. 

(1520)  William  S.,  September   28,    1810.      m.  Hannah   Harrington  ;  m.  2d 
Miriam  Dresser. 

(1530)  Eunice,  January  6,  1813.     m.  E.  G.  Putnam,  April  26,  183 1. 

(1531)  Nancy,  November  23,  i8r4.     m.  Horace  Stowe  ;   m.  2d  E.  B.  Rice  ; 

m.  3d  C.  C.  Felton. 

(1532)  Calvin,  January  2,  1817.     m.  Mary  Warren,  January  25,  1837. 

(1533)  Dolly,  December  2,  1818.     m.  Jos.  P.  Leland,  January  30,  1837. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Dr.  Seth  was  a  physician,  and  is  still  quoted  as  one  of  the  celebrities  of  Old 
Shrewsbury.  He  was  an  original  character,  and  his  personal  eccentricities  seem 
to  have  contributed  to  his  professional  success.  Among  his  materia  medica 
were  such  singular  ingredients  as  pulverized  toads,  beetles,  and  other  unmen- 
tionable matter,  not  uncommon  among  the  practitioners  of  that  early  day.  The 
surprising  cures  with  which  he  is  credited  are  a  curious  illustration  of  the  subtle 
influence  of  the  mental  on  the  physical  condition,  for  the  faith  of  his  patients  in 
his  skill  was  absolute.     He  d.  April  12,  1832. 


582  Joseph  H.  and  Chloe  Forbush  had  : 

(1534)  Wm.  H.,  March  8,  1S07.     m.  Susan  Brigham,  March  3,  1828. 

(1535)  Hannah  W.,  September  16,  1808.     m.  S.  Haven,  August  24,  1829. 

(1536)  Mary  A.  B.,  May  12,  1810.     m.  J.  Newton,  1832. 


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(1537)  Joseph  F.,  August  20,  1811.     m.  Huldah  Newton,  June  2,  1833.     m. 

2d  Sarah  E.  Johnson,  November  26,  1840. 
(153S)  Susan  \VM  February  20,  1814.     m.  John  Rice,  1837. 

(1539)  Relief  M.,  February  7,  1816. 

(1540)  Lorenzo  C,  April  23,  1818. 

(1541)  Caroline  E.,  September  3,  1820. 

(1542)  Francis  A.,  June  26,  1823. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Joseph  was  Deacon  of  the  Congregational  Church. 


586  Dea.  lizekiel  and  Eleanor  Brown  had  : 

(1543)  Lincoln  B.,  December  15,  1805.      m.  Charlotte  Spooner  ;  m.  2d  Lu- 

cretia  Wolcott. 

(1544)  William  A.,  April,  1809.     m.  Nancy . 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Ezekiel  d.  November  29,  1828. 


587  Susannah  Knowlton  and  Thos.  Witherbee,  Jr.,  had: 

(1546)  Calvin  K.,  December  9,  1800. 

(1547)  Thomas  H.,  June  25,  1802.     m. 

(1548)  Elizabeth,  March  3,  1804.     m.  Elijah  A.  Brigham. 

(1549)  Luke,  December  19,  1809. 

(1550)  Josie  C,  November  n,  1815. 

(1551)  Susan  P.,  November  26,  1818. 


588  Luke  and  Hetty  Rand  had  : 

(1552)  Charles  L.,  February  15,  1809.      m.  Alma  A.  Damon,  November  27, 
1S34. 

Removed  from  Shrewsbury  to  Bridport,  Vt.,  where  Luke  d.  September  9, 
1809. 

589  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Whiting  had  : 

(x553)  Rebecca  W.,  October  9,  1810.     m.  Dr.  A.  Brigham,  June  15,  J832. 

(1554)  Nancy  F.,  April  12,  1812.     m.  Asa  Davis. 

(1555)  Harriet  A.,  September  3,  1S18.   m.  John  Hatton,  August  17,  1841.  m. 

2d  Robert  Slade.      14  chil. 

(1556)  Calvin  W.,  October  22,  1820.     d.  young. 


i26  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1557)  Thomas  W.,  May  1,  1823.     d.  December  31,  1854. 

(1558)  George  L.,  October  1,  1S24.     m.  Olive  Haskins. 

(1559)  Charles  L.,  March  25,  1S32.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Rebecca  d.  May  17,  1S12.     Thomas  m.  2d  Martha  Giles,  December  if,  1S17, 
and  d.  in  Detroit.  Mich.,  August,  1832. 


590  Amasa  and  Sarah  Parks  had  : 

(1560)  Sarah  E.,  May  19,  1817.     m.  Rufus  A.  Blood. 

(1561)  Catherine,  March   iS,  1818.     m.  Osman  S.  Rice,  January  27,  1848. 

m.  2d  Moses  Swain,  January  19,  1859. 

(1562)  Asa  B.,  April  17,  1S25.     m.  Adeline  Sturges,  October  18,  1855. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Amasa  d.  March  30,  1876. 


592   Mark  B.  and  Elizabeth  Smith  had  : 

(1563)  Sarah,  February  25,  1824. 

(1564)  Caroline,  February  25,  1S24.     m.  Geo.  Stebbins,  December  12,  1848. 

3  chil. 

(1565)  Thomas  H.,  August  28,  1833.     m-  Susan  Hall,  March  3,  1863. 

(1566)  Nancy   M.,  October  29,  1836.     m.   Horace  Nichols,  June,   1,  1859. 

2  chil. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Mark  d.  March  28,  1S60. 


593   Hannah  Knowlton  and  Daniel  G.  Noyes  had  : 

(1567)  Cynthia,  April  21,  1818. 

(1568)  Sarah  M.,  July  12,  1820. 

(1569)  Calvin  W.,  November   13,  1827. 

(1570)  Susan  A.,  January  21,  1832. 


594  Abraham  and  Anna  Taylor  had  : 

(1571)  Molly,    1776.     m.  Jonathan  Knowlton. 

(1572)  Caleb,  January  15,  17 78.     m.  Anna  Sargent. 

(1573)  William,  December  1,  1779.     m.  Betsey  Andrews. 


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(1574)  John,  April  21,  1781.     d.  young. 

(1575)  Anna,  May  30,  1784.     m.  Mark  Sexberry. 

( r57^)  Abigail,  May  30.  1784.     m.  William  Young,  v 

(1577)  Abraham,  February  9,  1790. 

(1578)  Charity,  November  20,  1787.     m.  Neamiah  Stanley,  November  26, 

1807.     Res.,  Jamesville,  N.  II. 
( x 5 7 9)  Jorin>  November,  13,    1796.      m.  Betsey  Buckley  Andrews,  Septem- 
ber, 1826. 

Residence,  Manchester  and  Beverly. 

Abraham   was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.     Served  as  Minute-man,  April   19, 
775,  commissioned  2d  lieut.,  May  7,  1776.     Paid  for  losses  at  Bunker  Hill. 
Re  d.  February  13,  1S29.     Anna  d.  March  18,  1836. 


595   Chauncey  and  Annie  Phillips  had  : 

(1580)  Amasa.     m.  Anna  Tuttle. 

(1581)  Levi.     m.  Amy  Tuttle. 

(1582)  Hannah,     m.  D.  W.  Harper.     Res.,  Panora,  la. 

(1583)  Perry,     m.  Melinda  Mapes. 

(1584)  Rosanna.     m.  John  Grames,  Dundee,  Oregon. 

(1585)  Frederick,     m.  Susan  Powers.     Res.,  Panora. 

(1586)  Sophronia.     m.  John  Odell,  Vandalia,  Mich. 

(1587)  Chauncey.     m.  Kate  Carmichael. 

(1588)  Robert. 

(1589)  Electa,     m.  Nathan  Odell. 

(1590)  Lydia.     m.  YVm.  Allen,  Linden,  la. 

Chauncey  and  Annie  d.  in  Shanesville,  Ohio,  and  were  buried  in  Mishawa- 
ka,  Ind. 

599  William  and  Barbara  Ritz  had  : 

(1591)  Francis  M.,  1857.     m.  Etta  Morrison,  October  24,  1886. 

(1592)  Elias,  i860,     m.  Ida  E.  Vail,  June  18,  1882. 

(1593)  Charles,  1864.     m.  Alice  Hyatt,  February  10,  1891. 

(1594)  Cora,  1871. 

(1595)  Lovina  M.,  1874.     unm. 

(1596)  Lovena  M.   d    1874. 


602   Ezekiel  and  Polly  Knowlton  had  : 

(1597)  Abigail,  March  21,  1795.     d.  1883.     unm. 

(1598)  Polly,  May  29,  1797.     m.  Asa  Fogg.     She  d.  1S77.     7  chil. 


128  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1599)  Sally,  August  23,  1799.     m.  Henry  Erskinc. 

(1600)  Hiram,  November  14,  1803.     m.  Lorena  Hunt.     He  d.  1889. 

(1601)  Amy,  January  30,  1806.     m.  Edward  Stevens,  1S25.     8  chil. 

(1602)  Joseph  W.,  August  2,  180S.     m.  Julia  Davis. 

(1603)  Lucinda,  January  13,  181 1.     m.  Daniel  Carey.     She  d.,  1S60. 

(1604)  Lovina,  January  7,  18)4.     d.  June  20,  1S94.     iinm. 

(1605)  Isaac  C,  September  6,  1819.     m.  Mary  S.  Wellington. 

EZEKIEL    KNOWLTON 

was  a  foster  child  of  an  English  naval  officer,  named  Eastman,  who  died  at 
sea. 

Polly  was  the  sister  of  Joseph  Knowlton,  who  fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  and  who  died  July  7,  1845,  aged  ninety-six. 

The  following  letter  will  show  that  Ezekiel  was  eminently  practical,  and, 
withal,  not  wanting  in  facetiousness. 

Davistown,  April  14th,  1795. 

Dear  Polly:— 

I  embrace  the  present  opportunity  to  inform  you,  if  in  the  land  of 
the  living,  that  I,  through  the  infinite  goodness  of  a  merciful  God,  am  in 
good  health,  and  am  making  shooger,  and  hope  these  lines  will  find  you 
enjoying  the  same  blessing. 

I  expect  to  come  down  before  planting,  and  if  you  and  your  babe  arc- 
able  to  come  up  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  you  be  ready  in  about  three 
weeks.  Its  tedious  living  here  alone.  It  is  a  great  time  of  scarcity  here, 
and.  I  must  go  down  after  seed  corn,  for  there  is  neither  corn  or  grain  to 
be  had  here  in  this  place.  It  will  be  very  difficult  getting  Bread  here, 
but  it  is  very  difficult  and  costly  living  alone,  and  maintaining  two 
families — so  I  think  "  of  the  two  evils,"  as  the  saying  is,  "  it  is  best  to 
choose  the  least,"  and  as  we  shall  both  enjoy  more  satisfaction  by  living 
together  than  apart,  I  think  it  best  to  move  you  up  as  soon  as  posablc. 
I  suppose  you  will  be  loth  to  leave  your  friends,  but  you  may  remember 
what  I  have  often  told  you— that  I  am  the  only  friend  that  you  have  on 
earth's  world  according  to  the  laws  of  matrimony,  and  if  there  is  any 
other  that  you  set  more  by  than  you  set  by  me  I  must  look  out  for 
another  housekeeper,  for  I  cannot  live  alone.  I  don't  write  this  to  grieve 
you,  my  Dear,  but  because  I  would  wish  to  be  just.     I  look  very  plain. 

But  being  in  haste  I  must  close  by  subscribing  myself  your  loving 
friend  and  partner  till  death. 

Ezekiel  Knowlton. 


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605  John  and  Sally  Knowlton  had  : 

(1606)  George,  November  4,  1S06.     m.  Louisa  Bowker  (or  P.ollcs). 

(1607)  Rosanna,  June  30,  1S0S.     m.  James  Grant  ;  in.  2d Hatch. 

(160S)  Freeman,  April  26,  1S09.     m.  Abbie  Bowker. 

(1609)  Martha,  January  7,  1811.     m. Prince;  m.  2d Johnson;  m. 

3d  John  Safford.     Res.,  Towner. 

(1610)  John  C,  February  2,  1814.     m.  Eveline  Bacon  ;  m.  2d  Lucy  Tanner. 

(161 1)  Ann,  September  5,  1816.     m.  J.  Kendall  Brown. 

(1612)  David,  Tune  8,  1819.     m.  Susan  M.  French. 

(1613)  Sally,  April  5,  1822. 

(1614)  Charles  IL,  April  ir,  1825.     m.  Delincla  Davis,  December  26,  1847  I 

m.  2d  Victoria  Speer. 

(1615)  Caroline,  November  15,  1S28.     m.  Jas.  Terry;  m.  2d  Thos.  Young; 

ra.  3d  Chas.  Davis.     No  chil. 

Residence,  Liberty,  Maine. 
John  d.  1853. 

607  Samuel  and  Lucy  Knowlton  had  : 

(1616)  Lucy,  August  3,  1S12. 

(161 7)  Joseph  F.,  August  3,  1812. 

Lucy  d.  at  the  birth  of  her  twins,  and  Samuel  m.  2d  Mercy 
Knowlton.     They  had  : 

(1618)  Clarissa,  March  5,  1 S 14.     m.  William  Sanborn.     Sett,  in  Liberty,  Mc. 

(1619)  Alfred,  April  2,  1816.     ra. 

(1620)  Benjamin. 

(1621)  Mary  J.,  August  12,  1S18. 

(1622)  William  A.,  August,  1819. 

Mercy  d.    1820.    and  Samuel   m.   3d   Esther    Kenniston. 
They  had  : 

(1623)  Samuel,  January  14,  1823.     m.  Hannah  B.  Lewis,  July,  1846. 

(1624)  Jeremiah,  February   22,  1828. 

(1625)  Sarah,  June  3,  1829. 

(1626)  Lot  M.,  November  6,  1832.     m.  Alice  Dolen. 

(1627)  Bainbridge,  March  2,  1834.     m.  Augusta  Ozier,  1S66. 

Esther  d.  1834,  and  Samuel  m.  4th  Julia  Howard.      They 
had: 

(1628)  Andrew  J.,  March  2,  1835. 

(1629)  Henry,  January  10,  1837.     m.  Mary  A.  Semms,  April  5,  1S61. 


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(1630)  George  F.,  September  2,  1838. 

(1631)  Julia  A.,  November  3,  1840.     m. Davis. 

(1632)  Angeronia,  April  22,  1842.     m. Cotton. 

(1633)  Carrie  B.,  March  28,  1844.     m.  A.  A.  Brown. 

(1634)  Amijah,  September  28,  1846. 

Residence.  Maine. 


611   Jeremiah  and  Deborah  Stetson  had: 

(1635)  David,  November  12,  1822.     d.  1833. 

(1636)  Susan  F.,  August   27,  1824.     m.  Joseph   F.  Knowlton,  July  3,  1842. 

(1637)  Sarah  A.,  August  5,  1S26.     m.  Everett  Stetson. 

(1638)  Martha,  September  9,  1828.     m.  Abner  Robinson,  December  2,  1852. 

(1639)  Henry  S.,  March  8,  1831. 

(1640)  Jeremiah,  November  27,  1833. 

(1641)  Mary  H.,  August  20,  1836.     m.  Captain  Martin  Tukey. 

(1642)  Melissa,  January  11,  1S37.     m.  Henry  Tukey. 

(1643)  Lucy  S.,  June  7,  1844.     m.  Mercy  S.  Gammons. 

Residence,  Nobleboro,  Me. 

Jeremiah  d.  March  1,  1871.     Deborah  d.  November  4,  1871. 


614  John  and  Lydia  Hall  had  : 

(1644)  Magnus,    m.  Olive  Grover,  1875. 

(1645)  Jane,  1823.     m.  Thomas  Ailing,  1849  ;  m.  2d  Abraham  Hart,  1861. 

Thomas  was  lost  at  sea. 

(1646)  Sarah. 

(1647)  Samuel,     m.  Roxana  Burtsell. 

(1648)  Susan,     m.  James  Endres. 

John  d.,  1856.     Lydia  d.,  1845,  and  he  m.  Mary  Meseroe. 


615   Joseph  and  Susan  Redlaw  had  : 

(1649)  Joseph,     m.  Matilda  Clark. 

(1650)  Mary.     m.  David  Hodgkins. 

(165 1)  Ephraim.     d.  young. 

(1652)  Jackson. 

(1653)  Adoniram.     m.  Susan  Barstow. 

Joseph  d.  aged  70. 


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616  Andrew  and  Mary  Maddocks  had  ; 

(1654)  Ruth.     d.  young. 

(1655)  Sally  R..  m.  Benj.  B.  Barstow,  1848.     4  chil. 
.(1656)  Mary  A.     d.  young. 

(1657)  Rufus  M.,  182S.     m.  Mary  A.  Hodgkin. 

(1658)  Edwin  W.,  1832.     Res.,  California. 

(1659)  Martin,  1835.     in.  Nancy  A.  Dunbar,  1857. 

(1660)  Mary  M.,  1S38.     m.  Nelson  C.  Glidden. 
Andrew  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  181 2. 


131 


617  Sarah  Knowlton  and  E.  Johnston  had 

(1661)  Ephraim. 

(1662)  Reuben. 

(1663)  Warren.  


618  Susan  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Rice  had  : 

(1664)  Sally,     m.  Zaccheus  Hodgkin. 

(1665)  Samuel,     m.  Sally  Hodgkin. 

(1666)  Andrew,     m. Noyes. 

(1667)  David,     m. Stubbs. 

Samuel  Rice  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  181 2.     Susan  d.  at  the  age  of  94. 


620  Sarah  Knowlton  and  Jeremiah  Butler  had  : 

(1668)  Ephraim. 

(1669)  Jeremiah. 

(1670)  Francis. 

(1671)  Olive. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

621  Johnathan  and  Deborah  Tufts  had  : 

(1672)  Josiah  B.,  September  29,   1802.     m.  Deborah  Weeks,  of  New  York 

City,  May  28,  1828. 

(1673)  Rebecca,  March  18,  1S04.     m.  Francis  Butler,  January  19,  1826. 

(1674)  Caroline,  October  30,  1805.     m.  E.  S.  Butler,  February  16,  1830. 

(1675)  Sophronia,  July  14,  1808.     m.  Solomon  Luce,  June  10,  1844. 

(1676)  Sumner,  May  11,  1S10.     m.  Marianna  Gilbert,  November  4,  1831. 
{1677)  John  Adams,  February  5,  1812.     m.  Sylvia  Brown,  October  28,  1S41. 

Res.,  Chesterville,  Me. 


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(1678)  Jason,  September  15,  1S13.     m.   Rachel  R.   Preston,  July  10,  1842. 

Res.,  Fairbanks,  Me. 

(1679)  Selden,  May  2,   181 5.     m.  Abigail  Hodgkins,   December  12,    1842. 

m.  Cordelia  Backus,  1856. 

(1680)  Edward  A.,  August  n,  18)9.     m.  Joanna  Wright. 

Residence  in  Industry,  Me.,  from  which  place  they  rem.  to  the  old  home- 
stead in  Farmington,  Me. 

Johnathan  served  as  a  private  in  the  War  of  1S12,  and  at  its  close  he  received 
a  land  warrant  as  bounty  for  such  service.  This  he  sold  for  $170.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  teamster  between  Farmington  and  Hallowell,  and  by  the  judicious 
investment  of  the  profits  of  this  business  he  became  an  extensive  operator  in 
lumber. 

Deborah  was  born  in  Lee,  N.  H.,  in  1782,  and  d.  October,  1871.  Johnathan 
d,  May  1,  1864. 


622   Samuel  and  Olive  Butler  had  : 

(1681)  Francis  H.,  April  20,  1807.     m.  Frances  J.  Foster,  December  18, 

(1682)  Hiram,  November  6,   1809.     m.   Mary  Stephenson,  September    10, 

1835. 

(1683)  Parmelia,  September  9,  1812.     m.  Benjamin  Tufts,  October  17,  1833. 

m.  Dorcas  Monahan,  May  13,  1848. 

(1684)  Sherman,  August  20,  1820.     m.  Martha  Stevens,  August  23,  1850. 

(1685)  Samuel,  August  28,  1822.     m.  Julia  Hadley,  August,   1845.     m.  2d 

Harriet  Ellis. 

(1686)  Sarah  Ann,  July  27,  1826.     m.  Temple  Fouche,  May  10,  1849.     Res., 

Fosters,  O. 

(1687)  George  YV\,  December  9,  1829.      m.  Nancy  Hunter,  September  9. 

1858. 

Samuel  was  the  second  male  child  born  in  the  township  of  Farmington,  Me. 
He  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and  operated  mills  at  Farmington  Falls  for  sev- 
eral years  in  company  with  his  father,  Johnathan.  In  1823  he  removed  to 
Phillips,  on  the  Sandy  River,  where  he  united  the  occupation  of  farming  with 
that  of  milling.  In  September,  1S31,  he  started  for  the  west,  taking  his  wife  and 
five  children  in  covered  wagons,  and  arrived  after  a  six-weeks  journey  at  a  point 
thirty  miles  from  Cincinnati,  in  a  wild  country.  Their  only  possessions  now 
were  four  worn-out  horses,  two  wagons,  and  fifty  cents  in  money.  Out  of  such 
adverse  circumstances  Samuel  and  his  brave  wife  conquered  a  subsistence, 
built  up  a  comfortable  and  thrifty  home,  and  left  to  their  family  a  respectable 
fortune.  The  place  of  their  residence  is  now  known  as  Mainville,  Ohio 
Samuel  d.  January  4,  1857. 


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624  Lydia  A.  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Wellman  had  : 

(1658)  Lydia  \V.,  September,  1804. 

(1659)  Mary  W.,  October,  1806. 

(1690)  Hannah,  October,  1808. 

(1691)  Emeline,  August,  1810. 

(1692)  Susan,  October,  1812. 

(1693)  Thomas  B.,  August,  1814. 

(1694)  John  K.,  March,  1816. 

(1695)  Sarah  B.,  July,  1818. 

(1696)  Lovie,  May,  1820. 

(1697)  Samuel,  June,  1822. 

(1698)  Gilbert,  August,  1824. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

Lydia  d.  December  23,  1834. 


625   Francis  and  Lovie  Butler  had  : 

(1699)  William  B.,  August  16,  1813.     d.  young. 

(1700)  Mary  B.,  July  28,  1817. 

(1701)  Lovie  B.,  December  13,  1821.     d.  young. 

(1702)  Martha,  January  20,  1824.     d.  September  9,  1838. 

(^os)  Jeremiah,  April  9,  1826.     m.  Sarah  A.  Fassett,  November  21,  1851. 

(1704)  William  F.,  July  20,  1830.     m.  Irene  Carrick,  October  24,  1862. 

(1705)  Rev.  Francis  B.  January  12,  1832.     m.  Mrs.  Louisa  Butterfield. 

Lovie  d.   October  6,   1840,  and   Francis  m.   2d  Rosanna 
Hunter,  November  17,  1841.     They  had  : 

(1706)  David  H.,  December  21,  1844.     m.  Clara  Hinckley,  March  17,  1875. 

(1707)  Mary  B.,  July  6,   1847.     m.  Henry  C.  Johnson,  February  3,  1869. 

Res.,  Chicago. 

Francis  inherited  a  portion  of  his  father's  estate,  which  he  greatly  enlarged 
'by  purchases  of  neighboring  land,  and  by  skilful  management  he  became  wealthy. 
He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs,  and  Treasurer  of  Franklin  County  in  1855. 
He  d.  at  Farmington  Centre,  March  9,  187 1.     Rosanna  d.  1894. 


637   Robert  and  Jemima  Smith  had  : 

(17 1 2)  Robert,     m.  Betsey  Bixby. 

(1713)  Samuel,     m.  Elizabeth  Pike. 

(17 14)  Josiah  S.,  March  12,  1796.     m.  Sarah  Smith  ;  m.  2d  Rosanna  Wil- 

cox. 


*34  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1715)  Sophronia,  January  6,  1803.     m.  Josiah  Flanders. 

(17 16)  John. 

(1717)  Julia. 

(17 18)  Sally. 

(1719)  Eliza. 

(1720)  Sophia. 

(1721)  Daniel. 

Robert  was  a  sergeant  in  the  War  of  1812.     He  rem.  to  Vevay,  Ind. 


638  Sarah  Knowlton  and  Moses  Trussell  had  : 

{1722)  Moses  T.,  August  25,  1788.     d.  young  at  Dumbarton,  N.  H. 

(1723)  Sarah,  March   24,   1790.     d.  October   1,  1855.     lies.,  New  London, 

N.  H. 

(1724)  Ezekiel,  September  27,  1795.     m.  Emily  Colburn,  February  9,  1823. 

(1725)  Luther,  November  9,  1S02.     m.  Eliza  Story,  October  14,  1840. 
Residence,  Manchester,  Hopkinton,  and  Dumbarton,  N.  H. 

Moses  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  lost  a  hand  by  a  cannon-ball  which  struck 
him  when  carrying  off  the  wounded.     Sarah  d.  April  20,  1841. 


639  Ezekiel  and  Susan  Smith  had  : 

(1725  a)   Nathaniel  W.,  September  23,  1794.     m.  Ruth  Herrick. 
(1725  b)  Samuel  S.,  February  22,  1796.     m.  Martha  Witherspoon,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1822. 
(1725  c)  Susannah,  May  14,  179S.     d.  1806. 
(1725  d)  Mary,  May  22,  1800.     m.  John  Hastings  of  Newburg.     v 

(1726)  Rachel,  May  25,  1807.     m.  Gideon  Wilkins,  May  15,  1839.     She  d. 

Mansfield,  Mass.,  October  25,  1893. 

(1727)  Belinda,  December  14,  181 1.     m.  Stephen  Gordon,  August  18,  1831. 

He  d.  September  24,  1879,  at  Lawrence,  Mass. 

EZEKIEL  KNOWLTON 

was  a  man  of  indomitable  perseverance  and  resolution.  He  rem.  to  Hopkin- 
ton, N.  H.,  when  ten  years  old,  working  on  his  father's  farm,  for  which  he 
received  a  lot  of  land  in  Wendell,  now  Sunapee.  By  his  industry  he  gradually 
bought  other  and  larger  farms,  the  buildings  and  woods  of  which  were  destroyed 
by  a  great  whirlwind  which  swept  over  the  town  in  182 1. 

He  paid  great  attention  to  the  raising  and  sale  of  "  neat-stock,"  furnishing, 
with  characteristic  unselfishness,  his  less  fortunate  neighbors  with  what  they 


The  Canada  Knowltons  135 

needed,  and  waiting  patiently  for  his  pay.  His  sterling  character  and  pro- 
verbial honesty  were  such  that,  in  a  certain  lawsuit  in  which  he  was  the  defend- 
ant, tb  ;  witness  for  the  plaintiff  was  adjudged  by  the  court  to  be  a  perjurer, 
and  the  decree  and  record  were  ordered  to  be  so  entered.  When  his  father 
was  dying  of  a  fever,  and  had  been  given  up  by  three  physicians,  he  killed  sev- 
eral sheep,  wrapped  the  patient  in  their  pelts,  and  the  father  recovered. 

Susan  Smith,  wife  of  Ezekiel,  came  from  Manchester,  Mass.,  being  brought 
on  horseback  when  very  young  in  her  mother's  arms.  Her  father,  Samuel,  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  nnd  left  his  widow  with  two  small  children.  Susan 
went  out  at  service  when  but  seven  years  old,  and  being  compelled  to  go  into 
the  fields  barefoot  on  a  frosty  morning  she  took  refuge  with  her  grandparents 
until  nineteen  years  of  age,  when  she  married  Ezekiel  Knowlton,  her  wedding- 
dress  being  of  homespun  flannel. 

Ezekiel  d.  at  New  London,  N.  H.,  January  16,  1850.     Susan  d.  March  27,  1S69. 


644  Nathaniel  and  Susan  Greely  had  no  children.  She 
d.  September  12,  1S13,  and  Nathaniel  m.  2d  Mary 
Connor,  September  17,  18 16.     They  had  : 

(1728)  Susan  G.,  April  13,  1819.     d.  young. 

(1729)  Nathaniel  W.,  June  24,  1820. 

(1730)  Susan  G.,  July  27,  1822.     d.  June  14,  1841. 

(1731)  Elizabeth,  April  19,  1825.      I  f\    Itory  t 

(1732)  Mary  C,  April  S,  1827.     m.  ErG,  -Starr, '  ■■  V  *  >'  ■' 

(1733)  Sarah  T.,  April  5,  1830.     d.  young.  v 

(1734)  Sarah  T.,  September  5,  1832.     d.  October  1  r,  1850. 

HON.  NATHANIEL  KNOWLTON 

was  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influential  citizens  of  Hopkinton,  N.  II. 
He  was  Captain  in  the  militia,  a  Selectman  for  twelve  years,  Moderator  of  the 
town  meeting  in  1S15  and  '16,  Representative  to  the  General  Court  in  1821,  '24, 
'25, '27, '28,  and  State  Senator  in  1831  and '32.  The  "Reminiscences  of  Hop- 
kinton," says  of  him  : 

"About  1809  he  built  a  house,  such  as  an  Englishman  said  all  Yan- 
kees built,  'a  great  bouse  to  look  at,  and  a  little  one  behind  to  live  in.' 
He  was  a  man  of  great  influence  in  town  and  State,  and  had  the  confi- 
dence of  all  who  knew  him." 


646  Lydia  Knowlton  and  Wm.  K.  Story  had  : 

(1735)  Eliza,  April  19,    1812.     m.  Luther  M.  Trussed,  October  14,    1S40. 
She  d.  September  8,  JS77. 


136  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

('735  A)  James,  August  17,  18 14.  in.  Sarah  Story,  October,  1835. 
(1736)  Sarah,  June  2,  1S20.  m.  Daniel  A.  Gale,  October  14,  1840. 
(i737)  William,  October  15,  1824.     m.  Mary  Bartlett. 


651   John  Knowlton 

was  a  Prize  Master  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  sailed  from  Newburyport 
in  the  ship  Bennington,  and  sent  home  one  prize  captured  from  the  British. 
Having  never  returned  home,  he  is  supposed  to  have  died  at  sea. 


652   Ezekiel  and  Mehitable  Fisk 

resided  in  New  London,  N.  H.,  where  he  d.  September,  1806.     Mehitable 
d.  there,  182S. 


653   Robert  and  Eda  Allen  had  : 

(173S)  Samuel,  January  6,  1785.     m.  Sarah  Dimond,  February  17,  1808. 

(1739)  John,  August  27,  1786.     m.  Experience  Hardy.     He  d.  Nov.  4,  1840. 

(1740)  Robert,  August  27,  1786.     m.  Hannah  Dimond. 

(1741)  Benjamin,  April  13,  1792.     m.  Lucinda  Allen. 

(1742)  Allen,  June  5,  1793.     m. French. 

(1743)  Daniel,  January  14,  1795.     m.  Rhoda  Abbott. 

(1744)  Hazen,  March  16,  1797.     m.  Anna  Clough. 

(1745)  Nathaniel,  February  12,  1798.     m.  Ruth  Sargent,  December  28,  1820. 

(1746)  Gilman,  May  6,  1802.     m.  Sarah  Sargent. 

Eda  d.  January  17,  1812,  and  Robert  m.  2d.  Judith  Hoyt,  August  22,  1813. 
He  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  in  Captain  Jabez  Cottle's  company.  Served 
from  April  21,  1775-1778.     He  d.  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  July  2,  1836. 


654  Mary  Knowlton  and  Moses  Hill  had  : 

(1747)  John. 

(1748)  Samuel. 

(1749)  Rosannah. 

(1750)  Samuel. 

(1751)  Mary. 

(1752)  Franklin. 
(i753)  Hannah. 

(1754)  Ruth. 

(1755)  Moses. 


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(1756)  Jefferson. 

(1757)  Sally. 
(7758)  Huldah. 

Residence,  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 

Moses  d.  in  Canaan,  N.  II.,  1836. 


655   Sarah  Knowlton  and  Benj.  Leach  had  : 

(1759)  Benjamin,  December  11,  1785.  m.  Susan  Cheever,  February  21,  181 1  ; 

m.  2d  Lucy  Allen,  January  7,  1830. 

(1760)  Sarah,  August  24,  1789.     m.  Amos  H.  Mills,  March  9,  1803.    She  d. 

March  31,  1882. 

(1761)  Mary,  June  18,  1794.     d.  March  30,  1873.     Unm. 

(1762)  Richard,  September  18,  1798.     d.  December  14,  1817. 

Residence,  Manchester,  Mass. 

Sarah  d.  September  18,  1798.     Benj.  d.  December  20,  1S38. 


656  Anna  Knowlton  and  David  Trussell  had 

(1763)  Mary.     d. 

(1764)  William. 

(1765)  Mary. 

(1766)  Nancy. 

(1767)  Benjamin. 

(1768)  John. 

Family  residence,  Hopkinton,  N.  Ff. 

Anna  d.  in  Oxford,  N.  H. 


657  Daniel  and  Mary  Stocker  had  : 

(1769)  Nancy,  March  4,  1794. 

(1770)  Ariel  P.,  February  27,  1795.     m-  Abigail  Lee,  December  19,  1820. 

(1771)  Sarah  L.,  March  2,  1797. 

(1772)  John  S.  C,  December  n,  1798.     m.  Anna  W.  Hartwell,  September 

27,  1829. 
(7773)  Emma,  October  29,  1800.     d.  1803. 

(1774)  Daniel  H.,  August  26,  1806.     m.  Ann  Billings,  April  25,  1832. 

(1775)  Lucy  P.,  March  20,  1808.     m.  John  M.  Bailey,  April  9,  1829. 

(1776)  William  M.,  July  25,  1810.     m.  Mary  Ferguson. 

(1777)  Francis  P.,  December  1,  181 1.     m.  Mary  Hartwell,  October  25,  1838. 

Daniel  d.  September  13,  1842.     Mary  d.  January  10,  1S50. 


138  The  Kn  owl  ton  Genealogy 

660  Elijah  Murphey  and  Elizabeth  Bliss  had  : 

(1778)  Ann. 

(1779)  Hector,     m.  Helen \     2  chil. 

(17S0)  Susan,     m.  Enos  Howland.     7  chil. 
(1781)  Coolidge  B.     m.  Mary  Ann  Atkins. 


661   Samuel  and  Betsy  Butler  had: 

(1782)  Elizabeth,  January  14,  1813.     m.  S.  E.  Jannings,  January  23,  1833. 

(1783)  Jane  L.,  January  14,  1815.     m.  Moses  Tufts. 

(1784)  Lucy  P.,  May  15,  1S17.     m.  David  Mitchell,  February  3,  1847.    She 

d.  October  22,  1874. 

Residence,  New  Sharon,  Me. 
Samuel  d.  January  25,  1825.     His  widow  m.  Ebenezer  Weltman. 


662  John  and  Sally  Green  had: 

(1785)  Sarah,  August  23,  1813.     m.  John  Lowell,  January  9,  1829. 

(1786)  John  L.,  August  17,  18 18.     d.  young. 

(17S7)  John,  June  16,  1820.     m.  Lucy  Vaughn,  November,  1841. 
(1788)  Joseph,  June   13,    1822.     m.  Sarah  Pratt,   1S50.     He  d.  November 
17,  1857. 

Residence,  "  Knowlton's  Corners,"  Me. 

Sally  d.  May  12,  1854,  and  John  m.  2d  Sarah  Butler,  July  22,  1855.  He 
was  by  trade  a  carriage  maker,  but  he  also  acted  as  a  Methodist  local  preacher. 
He  d.  July  16,  1S62.     Sally  d.  July  15,  1872. 


664  Joseph  and  Mary  J.  Tufts  had  : 

(1789)  John  Morrison,  1836.     m.  Angeline  Tufts,  at  Maineville,  Ohio,  i860. 

He  was  a  soldier' in  Company  D.,  2d  Regiment,  U.  S.  Sharp- 
shooters, and  after  serving  two  years,  re-enlisted  in  Company  I, 
4th  Regiment,  August  21,  1863,  serving  during  the  entire  War 
of  the  Rebellion.     Res.,  Battle  Ground,  Ind. 

(1790)  Mary.     m. Eastman. 

Joseph  rem.  from  Maine  to  Lafayette,  Ind.,  1845,  and  died  there  in  1S78. 
Mary  J.  d.  1852. 


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665   Ebenezer  and  Sally  Hiscock  had  : 

(1791)  Sarah.  September  28,  1819.     d.  young. 

(1792)  Samuel,  December  29,  1S21.     m.  Hepsie  Mitchell,  July  12,  1857. 

(1793)  Jane,  November  9,  1S23.     d.  1827. 

(1794)  Ebenezer,  July  26,  1825.     m.  Emily  Perry,  September  8,  t S55. 

(1795)  Joseph,  September  14,  1S27.     d.  young. 

(1796)  Sally,  February  21,  1S29.     m.  John  R.  Adams,  December  6,  1849. 

(1797)  Nancy,  May  29,  1832.     m.  John  R.  Adams,  September  24,  1857. 

Ebenezer  was  a  farmer  and  carriage  maker.     He  resided  in  Farmington 
Me.,  where  he  d.  July  1,  1852. 


667  Joshua  and  Lydia  Lowell  had  : 

(1798)  Joshua,  May,  182 1.     m.  Anlacia  Colby. 

(1799)  Russell,  April  1,  T823.     m.  Clarinda  Blaisdell.     She  d.  October  14, 

1859.     He  d.  April  5,  1861. 

(1800)  Sylvanus,  March  17,  1827.     m.  Rebecca  Colburn,  January  23,  1851. 

Lydia  d.  November  5,  1843,  and  Joshua  m.  2d  Belinda  Pillsbury,  May  23, 
1844.  He  was  a  harness  maker,  and  lived  on  a  part  of  the  family  estate  in 
Farmington,  Me.     He  d.  April   15,  1873. 


672   Dean  and  Mehitable  Graves  had: 

(iSor)  Samuel  D.,  September  19,  1832.     m.  Irene  Reed,  February  23,  1S51  ; 
m.  2d  Martha  Tyler,  September  20,  1S64. 

(1802)  Esther  J.,  August  23,  1834.     m.  Leander  Eurbank. 

(1803)  Clarissa  B.,  November  8,   1839.     m.  Aaron  Taylor,  November  27, 

i857. 

(1804)  Mary,  September  23,  1842.     d.  young. 

(1805)  Martha,  September  23,  1842.     d.  young. 

(1806)  Martha,  January  14,  1845.     m.  Henry  W.  Bailey. 

(1807)  John,  August  10,  1848.     d.  young. 

(1808)  Joshua,  August  10,  1848.     d.  young. 

Dean  lived  on  a  part  of  the  old  family  estate  in  Farmington,  Me.     He  d. 
October  17,  1S49.     Mehitable  d.  September  25,  1848. 


675.  Samuel  D.  and  Nancy  Shattuck  had  : 

(1809)  Harriet,  December  24,  1824.     d.  young. 
(t8io)  Samuel,  January  20,  1826.     d.  young. 


140  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(r8ii)  Caroline,  October  20,  1827.     m.  John  Bass,  January  23,  1852. 

(1812)  Nancy  J.,  September  7,  1829.     m.  Elnathan  Brewer,  August  20,  185 1. 

(1813)  William,  January  4,  1832.     m.  S.  J.  Brown,  October  i,  1854. 

(1814)  Alonzo,  November  iS,  1834.     d.  young. 

(1815)  Harriet  A.,  October  23,  183S.     m.  Andrew  Fuller,  June  6,  1858. 

(1516)  Mark  D.,  October  5,  1840.     m.  Abbie  E.  Currier,  October  5,  1863. 

(1517)  George  P.,  August  n,  1844.     m.  Helen  B.  Gibbs,  March  12,  1868. 

SAMUEL  D.  KNOWLTON 

was  b.  at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  all  his  life,  excepting  eighteen 
months  spent  in  Salem,  Mass.  He  was  a  boot-  and  shoe-maker,  his  shop  being 
the  original  porch  of  the  old  Congregational  Church,  subsequently  converted 
into  a  Town  House.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of  militia  in  the  Milford  Light  In- 
fantry. During  the  turbulent  days  of  the  old  Anti-Slavery  movement,  his  house 
was  one  of  the  termini  of  the  "underground  railroad,"  where  runaway  slaves 
found  refuge.  He  was  a  very  intelligent  man,  an  omnivorous  reader,  and  up- 
right citizenship  and  humane  disposition  made  him  beloved  by  all.  He  d. 
December  23,  1877.  Nancy  d.  June  4,  1870  (another  date  given  is  January  3, 
1869). 

673   Fanny  Knowlton  and  Francis  Lynch  had  : 

.     (1818)  Agnes,  October  28,  1815.     m.  D.  C.  Rich,  August  15,  1S38. 
(1S19)  Alfred,  July  31,  1818.     m.  Ann  H.  Hewes. 

(1820)  Eliza,  September  22,  1820.     m.  Wm.  H.  Osgood. 

(1821)  Henry,  June  24,  1823.     m.  E.  G.  Vanderbilt. 

(1822)  Alice,  May  15,  1825.     d.  young. 
(1823)-  Samuel,  June  6,  1S27. 

(1824)  Martha,  August  1,  1S29.     m.  Geo.  P.  Kimball. 

(1825)  Nancy,  May  9,  1833.     m.  Albert  Chamberlain. 

(1826)  Alonzo,  March  3,  1836.     m.  S.  B.  Le  Sure  ;  m.  2d  Minnie  Fisk. 

(1827)  Herbert,  May  3,  1838.     m.  Mary  Rowell. 


678   Hannah  Knowlton  and  Geo.  W.  Carne  had  : 

(1828)  Sarah  E.,  May  3,  1833.     m.  S.  G.  Putnam. 

(1829)  Adaline,  June  8,  1837.     d.  1853. 

(1830)  Edward  G.,  March  21,  1851. 


680  Emeline  Knowlton  and  Joshua  Burns  had 

(1831)  Fannie  E.,  June  3,  1S36.     d.  1859. 

(1832)  Clifford,  February  25,  1838.     m.  Susie  P.  Harvey. 

(1833)  Sophronia,  February  12,  1840. 


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68 1    Edmund  and  Caroline  Parsons  had  : 

(1834)  Esther,  May  3,  1824.     d.  August  23,  1846. 

(1835)  Daniel,  May  28,  1827.     d.  young. 

(1836)  Mary,  March   12,  1830.     d.  February  3,  1845. 

(1837)  Daniel  C,  February  6,  1840.     Killed  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion, 

October  17,  1864. 

Residence.  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 


683   Dean  Owen  and  Manila  Wood  had  : 

(1838)  William,  November  4,  1842.     d.  young. 

Marilla  d.  May  4,  1843,  anc^  Dean  m.  2d  Hannah  B.  Ehle, 
June  6,  1846.     They  had  : 

(1839)  Willis,  August  7,  1S47.     m.  Ida  L.  Orr,  August  25,  1885. 

Residence,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 


685   Ebenezer  B.  and  Fidelia  Needham  had  : 

(1840)  Charles  M.,  November  30,   1849.     m.  Martha  J.  Bradley,  June   29, 

1868. 

(1841)  Annie  R.,  April  17,  1856.     m.   E.  Bowen   Crandall,  September  17, 

1874- 

(1842)  Mary  A.,  April  15,  1858.     m.  Walter  C.  Jackson,  September  26,  1877. 

Residence,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 


710  Capt,  Joseph  W.  and  Nancy  had: 

(1843)  Alice,  February  18,  1S02.     d.  1825. 

(1844)  William,  July  1,  1804.  m.  Mary  Chapman. 
.(1845)  Joseph,  July  14,  1806.     m,  Hannah  Sanborn. 

(1846)  Isaac,  May  20,  1808.     m.  Ruth  Butts,  April  15,  1835. 

(1847)  John,  February  15,  1809.     m.  Caroline  Churchill,  October  10,  1842. 

(1848)  Martha,  February  it,  1810.     m.  George  Howes. 

(1849)  Mary,  April  n,  1812.  m.  Mark  Lichenns. 
(3S50)  Sarah,  July  24,  1814.  m.  David  McKenny. 
(1851)   Nancy,  April  19,  1816.     d.  1820. 

Residence,  Strong,  Me. 

Joseph  was  a  captain  in  the  militia.     He  d.  January   17,  1862.     Nancy  d. 
March  31,  18 18. 


r42  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 


712   George  W.  and  Martha  Wheeler  had  : 

(1852)  Albion,  1822.     m.  Ellen  Poland,  May  5,  1S44. 

(1853)  Thomas,  1825.     d.  1851. 

(1854)  Daniel,  1829.     m.  Vienna  Holbrook,  January  28,  1852. 
(1S55)  Sarah,  March  14,  1S34.     m.  Thomas  Mann,  February  5,  1854. 

George  m.   1st  Susan .    He  m.  2d  Martha  Wheeler,  who  d.  August  14, 

1S58.    He  d.  December  3,  1S41. 


716  Joseph  and  Lucretia  Brigham  had  : 

(1856)  John  D.,  October  29,   1822.     m.  Adelaide  Marshall,  December  20 

1846. 

(1857)  Joseph  L.,  January  26,  1824.     d.  young. 

(1858)  Joseph,  June  26,  1S26.     m.  Adaline  C.  Preston,  October  8,  1854. 

(1859)  Mary  E,,  June  27,  1828. 
(i860)  Lucretia,  June  12,  1830. 

(1861)  George  K.,  July  8,  1840.     m.  Irene  M.  Pullins,  October  6,  1861. 
Joseph  d.  January  12,  1859.     Lucretia  d.  December  22,  1855. 


717  Isaac  and  Mrs.  Nancy  Dodge  Knowlton  had  : 

(1862)  Belinda,  June  24,  1837.     d.  young. 

(1863)  Isaac  F.,  February  3,  1839.      m.  Sarah  W.  Dodge,  February  2,  1865. 

(1864)  Augusta,  June  27,  1840.     d.  young. 

(1865)  John  H.     m.  Sarah  A.  Knowlton,  April  13,  1S71. 


724  Levi  and  Margaret  Woodbury  had  : 

(1866)  Joseph,  May  29,  1810.     m.  Esther  Knowlton,  May  25,  1S36. 

(1867)  Edmund,  October  12,  iSn.     m.  Amanda  Saunders,  July  2,  1836. 

(1868)  Abigail,  October  9,  1S13. 

(1869)  Margaret,  June  7,  1816.     m.  Josiah  Woodbury,  June  25,  1846. 

(1870)  Eliza,  December  10,  1820.     d.  October  23,  1840. 
(1S71)  Sarah,  November  2,  1822.     d.  young. 

(1872)   Jacob,  June  7,  1S24.    '  d.  young. 
(1S73)   Nancy,     in.  Jeremiah  Woodbury. 

(1874)  Emma.     m.  Abraham  Hobbs. 

(1875)  Fanny,     m.  Richard  Dorloff. 

(1876)  Abigail,     m.  Benj.  Preston. 

Margaret  d.  August  3,  1832,  and   Levi  m.  2d  Bethiah  Poland,  August  21, 
1853.     He  d.  May  26,  1S71. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  143 

729  Abigail  Knowllon  and had  : 

(1877)  Benjamin. 

(1878)  Nehemiah. 

(1879)  Joseph. 

(1880)  Ezra. 

(1881)  Abigail. 

(1882)  Sally. 


731    Moses  and  Eunice  Cummings  had  : 

(1SS.3)  Perrnelia,  May,  1810. 

(1584)  Eunice,  May  5,  1816.     d.  October  17,  1841. 

(1585)  Aaron,  December  27, 1819.     m.  Laura  M.  Brown. 

Moses  d.  1829.     Eunice  d.  August  21,  1831. 


732  James  and  Nancy  Allen  had  : 

(1886)  Harriet,  January  6,  1815.     m.  Brainerd  Stanwood,  April  24,  1840. 

(1887)  Nancy,   October  22,  1816.     m.  E.  B.   Phelps.     She  d.   Tanuary   n, 

1838. 

(1888)  Mary,  October  9,  1818.     m.     4  chil. 

(1889)  James  A.,  February  3,  182 1.     m.  Clarissa  Fuller,  March  8,  1847. 

(1890)  Allen,  October  25,  1827.     m.  Frances  Farr,  186S. 

James  d.  April  9,  1861.     Nancy  d.  September  26,  1S74. 


733   Edmund  and  Lydia  Patch  had  : 

(1892)  Ira  P.,  May  23,  1819.     m.  Esther  Appleton.  August  8,  1846. 

(1893)  Enoch  F.,  May  2,  1821.     m.  Elizabeth  M.  Patch,  May  14,  1842. 

(1894)  Richard  D.,  January  29,   1822.     m.  Mary  A.  Means,  September  3, 

1851. 

Edmund  d.  November  18,  1867. 


735   Neamiah  and  Patience  Parsons  had  : 

(1895)  Walter,  April  7,  1798. 

(1896)  Charles,  June  1,  1800.     m.  Mary  \V.  Tuttle. 

(1897)  Timothy,  March  2,  1802.     m.  Hannah  Farr. 


i44  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1898)  Harvey,  August  6,  1803.     m.  Lucy  Davis,  November  12,  1824. 

(1899)  Nehemiah,  January  18,  1805.     m.  L.  G.   Fair,  December  18,  1828; 

m.  2d  Harriet  Coley,  November  5,  1S36. 

Patience  d.  May  2,  1846,  and  Nehemiah  m.  2d  Widow  N.  Colby,  September 
13,  1846.  He  was  prominent  in  civil  and  political  life,  taking  an  active  part  in 
local  matters,  and  was  a  Representative  to  the  General  Court  in  1831.  He  d. 
November  25,  1847. 


736  Asa  and  Annie  D.  Farr  had  : 

(1900)  Louisa,  October  14,  1S03.     m.  George  Foster,  December  20,  1826. 

(1901)  Asa,  Jr.,  June  22,  1806.     m.  Eliza  Porter  ;  m.  2d  Anna  E.  Trask, 

1842.     He  d.  June  25,  1857. 

(1902)  Susannah,  March  28,  181 1. 

Residence,  Gloucester,  Mass. 

Asa  d.  November  27,  1859.     Annie  d.  August  28,  1856. 


738  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Woodbury  had  : 

(1903)  Thomas  W.     m.  Mary  Giles,  February  9,  1848. 
Residence,  Gloucester,  Mass. 

There  were  six  other  children  whose  names  and  records  are  unknown. 


740  Charles  and had  : 

(1904)  Charles,  Jr.,  1819. 

Charles,  Sen.,  d.  in  Rockport,  Mass.,  January  22,  1867. 


741    Moses  and  Abigail  Lufkin  had  : 

(1905)  Hannah,  July  25,  1806.     m.  Joseph  Andrews,  March  28,  182 1. 

(1906)  Abigail,  January  20,  1808.     m.  Noah  Story,  June  10,  1S37. 

(1907)  Susan,  January  29,  1S10.     m.  Jeremiah  Henderson. 

(1908)  Moses,  August  1,  1S12.     m.  Mary  Lufkin. 

(1909)  Esther,  June  27,  1814.     m.  William  Allen  Andrews. 

(1910)  Mary  L.,  October  7,  18 16.     m.  Luke  Boswell  Burnham,  December 

25,  i860. 

(1911)  David,  June  30,  1819,     m.  Austice  C.  Norton. 


The  Canada  Kri  owl  tons  145 

(19 1 2)  Aaron,  March  4,  1821.     m.  Harriet  Choate  Norton,  January  3,  1854. 

(1913)  Elizabeth,  August  12,  1822.     m.  John  P.  Lufkin  ;  m.  2d  Jessie  Burn- 

ham. 

(1914)  Minerva,  July  27,  1824.  m.  Jonathan  M.  Richardson,  March  26,  1851. 

(1915)  Perry,  March  4.  1829.     m.  in  Canada. 

(1916)  Cassandra,  February   17,  1831.      m.  Chas.  T.  Littlefield,  January  6, 

1856. 

MOSES    KNOWLTON 

was  born  in  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  and  removed  to  Essex,  Mass.,  when  a  boy,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life,  on  what  is  known  as  Hog  Island.  He  was  a 
very  successful  farmer,  and  owned  one  of  the  four  farms  into  which  the  island 
is  divided.  The  Hon.  Rufus  Choate  was  born  on  one  of  these  farms,  a  lawyer 
of  national  celebrity,  whose  extraordinary  career  added  lustre  to  the  fame  of 
the  Old  Pay  State. 

Moses  Knowlton  removed  from  Hog  Island  to  the  town  proper  where  he  con- 
tinued actively  in  farming  until  extreme  old  age  obliged  him  to  retire.  His 
physical  strength  was  phenomenal,  and  he  was  often  seen  to  lift  a  barrel  of  cider 
over  the  tail  board  of  his  farm  wagon  with  perfect  ease.  His  mental  activity 
was  no  less  remarkable,  and  only  the  lack  of  early  educational  advantages  pre- 
vented him  from  occupying  the  prominent  public  position  for  which  he  was  by 
nature  eminently  fitted. 

He  was  a  Director  in  the  Cape  Ann  National  Bank  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  and 
a  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  Essex. 


748  Michael  and  Margaret  Boyd  had  : 

(191 7)  Louisa,  September  26,  1806.  m.  George  Norwood,  December  20,  1826. 

(1918)  Margaret,  September  16,  1809.     m.     d.  October  4,  1828. 

(1919)  Michael,  September  16,  1809.     m.  Louisa  Hodgkins,  November  15, 

1849. 

(1920)  Clementia,  January  3,  181 1.     m.  Philander  Currier. 

(192 1)  Huldah,  February  22,  1813.     m.  Jonah  Patten. 

(1922)  Mercy,  August  27,  181 2.     m.  Ebenezer  Cleaves.     1  dan. 

(1923)  Addison,  March  4,  1815.     m.  Mercy  Willey. 

(1924)  Mary  A.,  March  12,  1817.     m.  Wm.  Lane,  Jr.,  October  14,  1S38. 

(1925)  Desire  Ann,  May  20,  1824. 

Residence,  Salem,  Mass. 
Michael  d.  February  n,  1865.     Margaret  d.  February  22,  1834. 


146  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

749  Azor  and  Lois  Chamberlain  had  : 

(1926)  George,  December  18,  1811.     m.  Mary  Dodge,  June  1,  1835. 

(1927)  William  H.,  April  2,  1814.     m.  Mary  Clarkson,  May  21,  1845. 

(1928)  Andrew,  October  24,  1816.     m.  Mary  O.  Fulton,  April  17,  1838. 

(1929)  Azor,  January  iS,  1819.     m.  Martha  Turner,  May  4,  1845. 

(1930)  Ivers,  April  1,  1821.     d.  young. 

(1931)  Eben,  May  3,  1823.     m.  Elizabeth  Mathews,  August  12,  1850. 

(1932)  Lois  J.,  August  21,  1825.     m.  Reuben  Farr,  March,  1843. 

(1933)  Jane  H.,  February  21,  1827.  m.  Ezekiel  Andrews,  December  7, 1851. 

(1934)  Abbie  S.,  May  28,  1829.     m.  D.  G.  Gott,  May  13,  1855. 

(1935)  Laura,  September  15,  1833.     m.  Alvin  Hale,  November  1,  1857. 

Lois  d.  June  12,  1835,  and  Azor  m.  2d  Amelia  Hale,  April 
19,  1836.     They  had  : 

(1936)  Frank  P.,  May  19,  1837.     m.  Phoebe 

Residence,  Salem,  Mass. 
Azor  d.  February  24,  1876.     Amelia  d.  August  26,  1856. 


750  Ivers  and  Sarah  Patch  had  : 

(1937)  Martha  L.,  August  20,  1S15.     m.  Augustus  Dodge,  March  22,  1834. 

(1938)  Sarah    D.,   January   10,   1819.      m.  Zebulon  Burnham,  February  21, 

1837.     He  d.  October  15,  1848. 

Sarah  d.  April  5,  1838,  and  Ivers  m.  2d  Sarah  Shepard,  September  24,  1842. 
He  d.  December  31,  1842. 


755   Fannie  Knowlton  and  Antonio  Ferrando  had 


(1939)  Daniel. 

(1940)  A  dau. 

(1941)  Henry. 

(1942)  Jane. 


756  Katie  Knowlton  and Richardson  had  : 

(1943)  Mary. 

(1944)  Cynthia. 

(1945)  James. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  i47 

760  Eunice  Knowlton  and  Johnathan  Smith  had: 

{1946)  Mary  B. 
(1947)  William. 
(194S)   Henry. 


762   Ephraim  and  Mrs.  Hannah  Barrett  had  : 

-(1949)  Ephraim,  1814.     m.  Catherine  Holmes,  April  1854. 

(1950)  Benjamin/ 1817.     m.  Margaret  Spaulding,  November  n,  1835;  m. 

2d  Caroline  McMullen,  October  5,  1S51. 

(1951)  Hannah,  1819.     m.  Benjamin  Stone,  July  22,  1844. 

(1952)  Lucy.     m.  William  Spaulding. 

(1953)  Sarah,     m.  Mark  Dodge  of  Isleborough,  Me.  ;  m.  2d  Sumner  Allen  ; 

m.  3d  Moses  Nickerson. 

Ephraim   rem.  from  Salem,  Mass.  to  Rockland,  Me.,  in  1805.     He  was  a 
cooper. 

775  Thomas  and had  : 

(1954)  James,  1788.     Res.,  Columbus,  O. 

(1955)  Thomas,  1791.     m.  Lucy  Blanchard  ;  m.  2d  Almira . 

{1956)     John,  1793. 

(1957)  William,  June   15,   1795.     m-   Maria  Barney,   December   2,    1818. 

She  d.  February  n,  1874. 

(1958)  Sewell,  1800.     Res.  in  Belviderc,  111. 


776  Abraham  and had  : 

(1959)     Mary.     m.  Ira  Robbins. 


779  Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Daniel  Stearns  had  : 

(i960)     Isaac,  October  11,  1784.     m.  Lucinda  Rice  1804.     He  d.  April  12, 
1S58.     Res.,  Vt. 

(1961)  Sally,  August    17,   17S6.     m.   Darius   Norcross,   February   1,   1S04. 

She  d.  November   1,  1863.     He  d.  December  27,  1838.     Res., 
Lockport,  N.  Y. 

(1962)  Abigail,  December  27,  1787.     m.  Stephen   Norcross   of  Lockport, 

N.  Y.     She  d.  April  7,  1873.     He  d.  June  17,  1850.     8  chil. 
{1963)     Daniel,  November   12,  1789.     m.  Mary  Benson,  February  14,  1811. 
4  chil.     He  d.  March  20,  1872. 


H8  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(1964)  Lydia,  September  30,  1791.     m.  Wm.  S.  Marsh,  December  18,  1810. 

She  d.  May  5,  1814.     He  d.  August  18,  1867. 

(1965)  Betsey,  January  30,  1793.     m.  Isaac  Barker,  September    12,    1816. 

She  d.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  November  7,  1874.     He  d.  March  io, 
1867. 
(i960)     Lucy,  June  29,   1796.     m.  Joel  Brown,  April   7,  1818.     She  d.  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  September  3,  1868.     He  d.  September  20,  1870. 

(1967)  Charles,  July  17,   1800.     m.  Almira  Bancroft,  July  2,  1829.     Res., 

Lowell,  Mass. 

(1968)  Charlotte,  July  17,  1800.     m.  Leavitt  H.  Gibbs,  June  13,  1824. 

(1969)  Samuel,  August  27,  1802.     m.  Mary  F.  Moore. 

(1970)  Selinda,  November    8,    1805.     m.  Luther  Streeter,  December    23, 

1834.     7  chil. 

(1971)  Harriet,  February  25,  1808.     m.  Moses  Seavey,  June  4,  1833.     Res., 

Springfield,  Mass.     4  chil. 

(1972)  Daniel,  February  14,  181 1 

Elizabeth  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  and  after  her  marriage  rem.  to  Dimmerston, 
Vt.,  in  1795,  and  thence  to  Brattleboro  in  1809,  where  she  d.  August  6,  1820. 
She  was  a  woman  of  resolute  character,  in  which  strong  convictions  were  tem- 
pered by  a  cheerful  and  happy  temperament. 

"^  Daniel  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  was  the  son  of  Isaiah  and 
Elizabeth  Stearns  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Stearnses  of 
Watertown  who  were  the  first  of  that  name  to  emigrate  to  America  in  1636. 
He  enlisted  June  12,  1777,  in  Capt.  Thomas  Barnes's  Light  Infantry,  Col. 
Nixon's  regiment,  and  was  subsequently  transferred  to  Capt.  Holdcn's  com- 
pany. Although  severely  wounded  at  Stony  Point,  he  remained  in  the  service 
until  1781,  or  later,  and  subsequently  received  a  pension.  He  died  at  Brattle- 
boro, Vt.  June  19,  1824. 


782  John  and  Dorcas  Shapleigh  had  : 

(1973)  Nathaniel,  May  26,  1791.     m.  Rosanna  Goodwin,  January  1,  1817. 

(1974)  James,  January  16,  1793.     m.  Isabel  Tobey,  February  24,  182?. 
(J975)     Jorm>  December  8,  1794.     m.  Nancy  Frye,  June  28,  1833. 

(1976)  Lucy,  September  6,  1796.     m.  James  Bartlett. 

(1977)  Hannah,    February  4,   1799.     m.  Joshua  W   Kenny,  November  St 

1825.     She  d.  April  23,  1870. 

John  was  born  in  Ipswich,  and  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  When  but  a  youth 
he  enlisted  in  the  army,  in  the  year  1780,  and  for  the  full  term  of  three  years, 
serving  in  Col.  John  Yeaton's  3d  Mass.  Regiment.  The  following  is  a  copy  of 
his  discharge  at  Albany,  N.  Y. : 


The  Canada  Knowltons  149 

"  John  Knowlton,  Soldier  in  the  Third  Massachusetts  Regiment,  being 
enlisted  for  three  years,  is  hereby  honorably  discharged  from  the  Service 
of  the  United  States. 

Given  in  the  State  of  New  York,  the  22?  day  of  Dec.  1783.  H. 
Knox,  M.  Genl. 

By  the  General  Command. 

Registered  in  the  books  of  the  Regiment 

John  C.  Strafford,  Adjt." 

Knowlton  removed  to  Kittery,  Me.,  in  1788,  and  two  years  later  married 
Dorcas  Shapleigh  of  Eliot,  Me.  and  of  a  prominent  family,  after  whom  one  of 
the  townships  of  the  State  was  named. 

She  received  a  pension  for  John's  services,  and  a  bounty  of  $50  from  the 
State  of  Maine,  Jul)',  1837.  John  d.  October  18,  1798.  Dorcas  d.  October  16, 
1842. 


786  Jacob  and  Abigail  Hodgkin  had  : 

(1978)  Mary,  September  17,  1799. 

(1979)  Abigail,  March  14,  1801.     m.  Joseph  G.  True. 

(1980)  Thomas,  August  31,  1802.     m.  Cynthia  Savage. 

(1981)  David,  March   14,  1804. 

(1982)  Joseph,     m.  Rachel  Lowe.     Res.,  Watsonville,  Cal. 

(1983)  Jacob,  August  18,  1807.     m.  Mary  Rogers,  December  ir,  1834. 

(1984)  Caroline,  November  6,  1810. 

(1985)  Francis,  September  9,  1814.     m.  Caroline  Billings. 

Jacob  rem.  from  Ipswich  to  Litchfield,  Me.,  and  d.  there  July,  1814. 


787  Sarah  Knowlton  and  James  Lord  had  : 

(19S6)  Sally,  June  22,  1796.     m.  Chas.  H.  McClausland,  December  5,  1830. 

(1987)  James,  November  1,  1797.     d.  young. 

(19S8)  Thomas   H.,   January   13,    1799.     m.   Hannah   Woods,  January   16, 
1825. 

(1989)  Abigail  S.,  March  15,  1802.     m.  Daniel  Gilman,  December  19,  1824. 

(1990)  Deborah  V/.,  February  4,  1S06.     d.  May  9,  1828^. 

(1991)  James,  May  12.  1808.     d.  young. 

(1992)  Mary  C,  January  10,  1811.     m.  Oliver  Johnson,  1836.     She  d.  June 

11,  1848. 

James  Lord  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  enlisting  in  April,  1775,  and 
participating  in  many  battles.  He  d.  February  16,  1847.  Sarah  d.  January  8, 
2820. 


i$o  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

788  Mary  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Lord  had  : 

(1993)  Mary,  June  22,  1796.     m.  Joseph  True,  March  iS,  1820. 

(1994)  Abigail  K.,  January  20,  1798.     m.  Jonathan  Folsom,  November  19, 

1821. 

(1995)  Phoebe,  January  1,  1S00.     d.  young. 

(1996)  Thomas,  September,  1802.     m.  Eliza  Munroe,  January  9,  1825. 

(1997)  Elizabeth,  December  31,  1804.     m.  E.  G.  Smith,  November  27,  1824. 

(1998)  Lucy  P.,  May  2,  1807.     m.  Eliphalet  Parker,  November  26,  1828. 

(1999)  James  H.,  February  ti,  1810.     m.  Anna  K.  Rich,  July  14,  1836. 

(2000)  Daniel  D.,  July  27,  181 2.     m.  Sarah  Blackwell,  January  1,  1S40. 

(2001)  William,  July  10,  1815.     m.  Ellen  D.  Smith,  March  1,  1845. 

(2002)  Joseph  E.,  October  14,  1817.     m.  Emiline  True,  March  19,  1844. 

Thomas  d.  February  21,  1858.     Mary  d.  March  r,  1S55. 


789  Rebecca  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Lane  had  : 

(2003)  Endvey. 

(2004)  Polly. 

(2005)  Rebecca. 

(2006)  Abigail. 

(2007)  Sally. 

(2008)  Elbridge. 

(2009)  Thomas. 

(2010)  Joseph. 


791   William  B.  and  Mary  Wallace  had  : 

(201 1)  Ruth,  March  19,  1786.     m.  Asa  Knowlton. 

(2012)  John,  June  18,  1788.     d.  young. 

(2013)  Jonathan,    July  3r,   1791.     m.    Lydia   Palmer.     Res.    in    Deerlield, 

N.  H. 

(2014)  Miles,   November   25,    1792.     m.    Nancy    Demeritt,   November    28, 

1816.     He  d.  February,  1S74.     She  d.  July  3,  1870. 

(2015)  Samuel,  April  3,  1796.     d.  young. 

(2016)  Thomas,  March  24,  1798. 

(2017)  William,  July  2,  1800.     m.  Betsey  Drake. 

(2018)  David,  July  2,  tSoo.     d.  young. 

(2019)  Jane,  May  23,  1803.     m.  Miles  Durgin,  April  28,  1824. 

(2020)  Nathaniel,  May  23,  1805.     m.  Eliza  Hoyt,  March  7,  1S29. 

(2021)  David,  May  23,  1805.     d.  young. 

Res.,  Northwood,  N.  H. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  151 

792   Sarah  and  Ebenezer  Dustin  had  : 

(2022)  Nancy. 

(2023)  Irene. 

(2024)  Betsey. 

(2025)  David. 

794  David  and  Drusilla  Deague  had  : 

(2026)  Oliver,  March  12,  1792.     m.  Lucinda  Batcheller,  September  8,  1825  ; 

d.  March,  1872. 

(2027)  Mehitabie,  August  18,  1793.     m.  Lewis  Fiske,  April  14,  1817. 

(2028)  Samuel,  May  15,  1795.     m.  Sally  Danforth,  August  29,  1818. 

(2029)  Rhoda,  February  7,   1797.     m.  O.  P.  Littlefield,  1827  ;  m.  2d  

Libby.     Rem.  to  Quincy,  111. 

(2030)  Eliphalet,  January  23,  1803.     m.  Susan  Swain.     Res.  in  East  North- 

wood,  N.  H. 

(2031)  Harriet,  August  30,  1806.     m.  F.  C.  Morrill,  1827. 

(2032)  Lydia,  December  15,  1808.     m.  Jacob  Harver,  October  3,  1824.     d. 

October,  1848. 

(2033)  David,  January  23,  181 1.     d.  young. 

(2034)  George  W.,  February  9,  1815.     ra.  Eliza  Garland,  January  31,  1837  ; 

m.  2d  Mary  Virgin,  1839. 

David  was  the  first  Knowlton  b.  in  Northwood,  N.  H.     He  d.  August  3, 
[850.     She  d.  January  28,  1S67. 


797   Dolly  Knowlton  and  Daniel  Hoyt  had 

(2035)  Lydia  D.,  November  6,  1803. 

(2036)  Irene,  July  16,  1806. 

(2037)  David,  September  12,  1807.     m.  Mary  Foss. 

(2038)  Jonah  K.,  January  19,  t8ii.     m.  Nancy  Woodman. 

(2039)  Jeremiah  B.,  February  25,  1815. 

Dolly  d.  September  4,  1857. 


800  Asa  and  Ruth  Knowlton  had  : 

(2040)  Olive,  October  12,  1804.     m.  David  Smith. 

(2041)  Thomas,  February  24,  1809. 

(2042)  John,  November  25,  181 1. 


152  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Asa  m.  2d  Sally  Knowlton.     They  had  : 

(2043)  Asahel,  June  22,  1815.      m.  Eliza  Sbaw,  1S39  ;  she  d.  December  27, 

T850. 

(2044)  Samuel,  February  27,  1817.     d.  January  29,  1841. 

(2045)  James,  July  17,  1823.     m.     2  chil. 

(2046)  Asa,  April  20,  1825.     m.  Lydia  ,  1854. 

(2047)  Andrew  B.,  December  19,  1819.     m.  Mary  E.  Blake. 

(2048)  Adoniram,  July  5,  1828.     d.  1835. 

(2049)  William,  March  25,  T835.     m.  Merinda  Bailey  ;  m.  ?.d  Lydia  Currie. 

Asa  d.  October  10,  1861. 


801    Sarah  and  Samuel  Gerrish  had: 

(2050)  Benjamin. 

(2051)  David. 

(2052)  Samuel. 

(2053)  Betsey. 

(2054)  Ebenezer. 

Sarah  was  a  woman  of  remarkable  nerve.  Her  husband  became  periodi- 
cally insane,  and  at  such  times  was  dangerously  violent.  On  one  occasion, 
when  he  had  sharpened  his  knives  for  the  customary  hog-slaughter  in  the  early 
winter,  he  suddenly  appeared  before  his  wife  Sally  with  the  announcement  that 
he  had  come  to  kill  her.  Though  her  heart  almost  ceased  to  beat  from  the 
terror  of  the  situation,  she  replied  instantly,  opening  her  arms  at  the  words  : 

"  Go  ahead  !  I  would  rather  die  than  lead  such  a  life  as  I  am  leading 
with  you  !  "  "  You  would,  hey,"  shouted  the  excited  husband.  "  Well, 
you  can't  have  your  way  this  time.     You  've  got  to  live  with  me." 

So  Sally  was  left  to  congratulate  herself  on  that  shrewdness  and  nerve  that  had 
come  so  promptly  to  her  relief. 


802   Nathan  and  Abigail  Dane  had  : 

(2055)  Betsey,     m.  George  Haley. 

(2056)  William  H.  H.     m.  Eleanor  Norris. 

Nathan  d.  November  14,  185 1. 


The  Canada  Knowllons  153 

803  Stephen  C.  and  Mary  Greene  had  : 

(2057)  Jeremiah  G.,  March  n,  1812.     ra.  Mary  Ford. 

(2058)  Charles  G.,  February  21,  1S14.     ra.  Sarah  Flanders,  May,  1S37. 

(2059)  Hannah  D.,  March  26,  iSr6.     m.  Cyrus  Ford,  March  n,  1844. 

(2060)  James  S.,  February  28,  1822.     m.  Clarissa  Ford,  April  29,  1847. 

(2061)  Gustavus  C,  October  19,  1838.     d.  at  Hilton  Head,  March  26,  1862. 

Company  D,  3d  N.  H.  Vol. 

Mary  d.  April  19,  18S2.     Stephen  d.  February  17,  1873. 


80S  Joseph  and  Susan  Dearborn  had  : 

(2062)  Joseph,  June  7,  1820.     d.  young. 

(2063)  Joseph,  June  21,  1821.     m.  Clara  Butler,  October  17,  1843.     Served 

in  War  cf  Rebellion. 

(2064)  Chas.  D.,  September  20,  1822.     m.  Harriet  N.  Buck,  December,  1845. 

(2065)  Julia  A.,  August  25,  1S29.     m.  Micah  Dyer,  May  1,  1851. 

(2066)  Thomas,  January  25,  1831,  in  Concord,  N.  H.     d.  young. 

(2067)  Susan  D.,  August  S,  1836.     m.  Dr.  Joseph  Gerland,  May  3,  1S70. 

Joseph  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.     He  d.  May  31,  1865.     Susan  was 
lineal  descendant  of  General  Dearborn  of  Bunker  Hill  fame. 


809  Ebenezer  and  Lydia  Harris  had  : 

(2068)  James. 

(2069)  Hosea  C. 

(2070)  Charlotte. 

(2071)  Sally. 

(2072)  Nancy. 

(2073)  Betsey. 

(2074)  Ruth. 

(2075)  Lydia. 

Ebenezer  d.  March  22,  188S. 


810  Charlotte  Knowlton  and  Nathan  Hoyt  had  : 

(2076)  Eliza,  November  19,  1807.     m.  Nathaniel  Knowlton. 

(2077)  Hannah,  February  19,  1809.     m.  David  Robinson  of  Candia,  N.  H. 

(2078)  Harriet,  September  16,  1S12. 

(2079)  Nathan,  November  15, 1814.    m.  Emily  Bennett,  of  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 


154  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2080)  John  S.,  March  16,  1S16.  m.  Louisa  Foss,  of  Chichester,  N.  H. 
(20S1)  Hosea  C,  June  14,  1819.  m.  Mary  W.  Durgin,  Newton,  Mass. 
(2082)  Abigail,  January  21,  182 1     ra.  John  Chesley. 


811   James  and  Sally  Demerritt  had: 

(20S3)  Betsey,  April  23,  1816.     m.  Andrew  Woodman. 

(2084)  Gilbert  G.,  June  10,  1S1S.     m.  Olive  Batchelder,  January  12,  1842. 

James  d.  Septemer  2,  1824.     Sally  d.  December  22,  1865. 


816   Hosea  C.  and  Betsey  Seavey    had  : 

(2085)  Melissa,  April,  1828.     m.  F.  H.  Jones,  March  iS,  i860. 

(2086)  Alonzo,  March  29,  1831.     d.  1841. 

(2087)  Sally,  November  21,  1833.     m.  C.  Drake,  August  13,  1862. 

Residence  in  Chichester,  N.  H. 

Betsey  d.  December  1,  1861. 


821    Mary  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Blake  had  : 

(2088)  David. 
(20S9)  Jemima. 

(2090)  Marian. 

(2091)  Hannah. 

(2092)  Betsey. 

(2093)  Ithamar. 

Mary  d.  December  12,  1846.     Thomas  d.  April  14,  1844. 


824  (Rev.)  David  and  Hannah  True  had  : 
4  chil.,  all  d.  young. 

He  was  b.  in  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  and  ordained  in  Bernstead,  N.  H.     His  wid. 
m.  Jonah  Fogg. 

825  Ebenezer  and  Abigail  True  had  : 

(2093  a)  Daniel,  November  iS,  1803.     d.  1815. 

(2093  b)  Betsey,  April  27,  1806.     in.  John  Chase  ;  m.  2d  John  Madden. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  155 

(2093  c)  David,  July  13,  1813.     m.  Mehitable  Lane, 

(2093  d)   Ebenezer,  December  6,  1815.     m.  Phoebe  True,  August  16,  1840. 

He  d.  September  10,  1874. 
(2093  e)  John  C,  October  .to,  1S22.     m.  Sarah  Webb. 

Ebenezer  was  a  Representative  for  nine  years.     Rem.  from  Pittsfield,  N.H., 
to  Montville,  Me.,  and  d.  November  18,  1841. 
Abigail  d.  November  22,  1868. 


828  Benjamin  and  Abigail  Wright,  of  Mollis,  N.  H.,  had  : 

(2094)  Abigail,  June  23.  1777.     m.  Joseph  Stevens,  February  10,  1795.  '•''"' 

(2095)  Charlotte,   October,   13,   1778.     m.   Dr.  John   Rexford,  August  27, 

1794. v   9  chiL 

(2096)  Benjamin,  August  10,  1780.     m.  Lucy  Campbell. 

(2097)  Amos,  January  16,  1783.     d.  February  9,  1864. 

(2098)  Lucy,  January  13,  1786.     m.  John  Chamberlain. 

Benjamin  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and  served  in  the  Lexington 
Alarm,  at  Charlestown,  siege  of  Boston,  and  at  Fort  Ticonderoga,  in  Capt. 
Heald's  company,  Col.  Reed's  regiment,  from  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

He  rem.  to  Sangerfield,  N.  Y.,  in  1808  ;  and  thence  to  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  d.  February  13,  18 10. 


829  Henry  and  Sibyl had  : 

(2099)  Henry,  September  20,  1779.     m-  Rebecca  Southwick  ;  m.  2d  Matilda 
Moore. 

2100)  Sibyl,  August  18,  1781.     d.  1793. 

2101)  Ruth,  January  25,  1783.     d.  young. 

2102)  Charles,  November,  13,  1784. 

2103)  William,  September  n,  1786.     d.  1791. 

2104)  Timothy,  July  2,  1788. 

2105)  Eunice,  July  3,  1793. 

2106)  John,  May  10,  1790  ;  d.  young. 

Henry  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  in  the  same  company  as  his  broth- 
ers Benjamin  and  John,  and  in  the  same  engagements.  Of  the  150  volun- 
teers from  New  Ipswich,  the  names  of  only  65  have  been  preserved  in  the 
State  Rosters.  The  record  of  the  services  of  Benjamin,  Sen.,  and  his  sons  has 
been  preserved  in  the  history  of  the  town. 


*56  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

832   Sarah  Knowlton  and  Obadiah  Coolidge  had 

(2107)  Benjamin. 

(2108)  Obadiah. 

(2109)  John. 

(21 10)  Harriet. 

(2 1 11)  Hannah. 

(21 12)  Esther.- 

Res.,  Potsdam,  N.  Y. 

The  father  and  sons  were  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y. 



%33  John  and  Sally  Holden  had  : 

(2113)  Joseph,  July  19,  1795.     m-  Harriet  Jane  Temple,  October  24,  1S21. 

He  d.  1867.     She  d.  1855. 

(2 1 14)  Sally,  May  n,  1797.     m.  F.  G.  Temple,  August  17,  1S29. 

(2 1 15)  Eliza,  July  12,  1799.     m.  Shubal  Shattuck,  May  14,  1S30.      d.  Janu- 

ary 23,  1863.     7  chil. 

(2116)  John  H.,  August  19,  1802.     m.  Mary  Rodgers,  April  10,  1834. 

(21 17)  Sophronia,  September  18,  1S05.     d.  March  8,  1806. 

(2118)  Sophia,  September  18,  1805.     d.  March  10,  1806. 

(2119)  Alinira,  January  15,  180S.     m.  Daniel  Nutting.      1  chil. 

Res.,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H. 

John  served  in  the  Lexington  Alarm. 


840  John  and  Mary  Gott  had  : 

(2120)  John  L.,  17S9.     Drowned  in  1806. 

(2121)  James,  October  23,  1796.     m.  Sarah  Lane,  February  18,  1S21. 

(2122)  Mary,  1799.     m. Griffin.     4  chil. 

(2123)  Epps,  November  10,  1801.      m.  Elizabeth  Bridges,  January  n,  1825. 

(2124)  Joseph,  1803.     m-  Mary  Remick  ;  m.  2d  Lydia  Remick. 

(2125)  Ammi  L.,  January  20,  1806.     m.  Maria  Lond. 

(2126)  Josiah,  1809.     d.  March,  1875. 

(2127)  Judith,  1813.     m.  Joseph  Berry. 

(2128)  Lydia,  1815.     m. Wendell,     d.  February  23,  1S77.     4  child. 

John  d.  1825.     Mary  d.  1827. 


843  Johnathan  and  Dolly  Prouty  had  : 

(2129)  Erastus,  1795.     m.     Res.  in  Toronto,  Canada. 

(2130)  Faxon,  1797.     m.  Elizabeth  Buck. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  r57 

(2 1 31)  Dorothy. 

(2132)  Eunice. 

(2133)  Lina. 

Dolly  d.  and  Jonathan  m.  2d  and  had : 

(2134)  Charles. 

(2135)  Barnabas.      Supposed  to  have  perished   with  all  his  family  in  the 

Peshtigo,  Mich.,  fire. 

(2136)  Hannah. 

(2137)  Clarissa. 

Johnathan  was  b.  and  lived  in  West  Brookfield,  Mass.,  whence  he  removed 
to  Canada.  He  was  a  land  speculator,  and  in  his  expeditions  through  the 
wilderness  he  discovered  the  lake  which  now  bears  his  name.  After  accumu- 
lating a  large  property,  he  removed  to  Livingston  Co,  N.  Y.  In  1811  he  re- 
turned to  Canada  to  settle  up  his  affairs,  and  when  the  War  of  181 2  broke  out  he 
was  impressed  into  the  British  service.  He  escaped  with  his  two  sons  by  night 
in  a  boat  ;  and,  breaking  his  way  through  the  ice,  reached  the  American  shore, 
and  at  once  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  service. 


844  Mary  Knowlton  and  James  Bush  had  : 
9  chil.     After  Mary's  death,  James  m.  the  widow  of  John  Knowlton,  who  was 
then  living  on  a  farm  near  East  Brookfield,  Mass. 


848  Judith  Knowlton  and  Bela  C.  Stoddard  had  : 

(2138)  Charles  K. 
She  was  his  3d  wife. 

849  Capernium  and  Marshall  P.  Wilder  had  : 

(2139)  Chas.  K. 

(2140)  Mary  B. 

(2 141)  James  M. 

(2142)  Sally,     m.  Elijah  Nichols.     West  Brookfield,  Mass. 


851   John  and  Betsey  Curtis  had  : 

(2143)  Betsey,     m.  Amasa  Nash.     3  chil. 

(2144)  John,  December  29,  1789.     m.  Ruth  Holmes,  March  15,  1816.      Res. 

in  Minot,  Me. 


58  The  Knowlton  Genealoe 


(2145)  Ephraim.     m.  Sarah  Braglin.     He  d.  January  7,  1849. 

(2146)  Mercy,     m.  Phineas  Curtis.     8  chil. 

(2147)  Jane.     m.  Enoch  Ellis.     2  chil. 

(2148)  Mary,  March  16,  1802,     m.  John  Kimball,  November  14,  1821. 

(2149)  Delilah,     m.  Josiah  Seekens. 

(2150)  Ann.     m.  John  Seekens. 

(215 1)  Lucinda.     m.  Jacob  Peavey. 

(2152)  Charlotte,     d.  young. 

(2153)  Elepha.     m.  Joel  Proctor. 

(2154)  Zina,  September  20,  1813.     id,  Betsey  Proctor,  November  24,  1838. 

John  d.  April  14,  1844.     Betsey  d.  May  12,  1853. 


852   Andrew  and  Olive  Curtis  had  : 

(2155)  Benjamin,     m.     Res.  in  Kennebec,  Me. 

(2156)  Stephen,  November  3,  1803.     m.     Res.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(2157)  a  dau.     m. Weevell. 

Andrew  rem.  to  Kennebec,  Me.,  about  1807.     He  was  lost  at  sea. 


853  Stephen  and  Betsey  Curtis  had  : 

(2158)  Betsey,  September  7,  1797.     m.  Amos  Knowlton,  1820. 

(2159)  Mercy,  January  6,  1799.     m.  Lemuel  Curtis.     4  chil. 

(2160)  Avis,  November  22,   1S01.     m.  Reuben  Colsin.     She  d.  January  i, 

1849.     1  son,  Reuben. 

(2161)  Henry,  November  16,  1804.     m.  Betsey  York.    Res.  in  Maine.    Lost 

at  sea. 

(2162)  Mary,  1S06.     m.  Nathaniel  Greer. 

(2163)  Lydia,  January  14,  1807.     m.  Joseph  Batchelder. 

(2164)  Stephen,   July    19,   1812.     m.   Susan   Pottle.     Drowned  in  Bedford 

Harbor,  1875. 

(2165)  Reuben,  May  18,  1814.     d.  December  17,  1831. 

(2166)  Julius  W.,  January  19,  1S17.     d.  in  California,  1855.    R-es-  in  Maine. 

(2167)  William  M.,  January  19,  1820.     m.  Patience  Sprague. 

(2168)  Charles. 


856  Annie  Knowlton  and  William  Flanders  had 

(2169)  Jane. 

(2170)  Myer. 

(2 1 71)  Hezekiah.     m.  Mary. Thomas. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  159 

(2172)  William,     ra.  Martha  Whitney. 

(2173)  Lucy. 

(2174)  Benjamin. 

(2>  75)  EHza. 

857  Anna  Knowlton  and  Lieut  Amos  Atkinson  had  : 

(2176)  Chas.,  January  2,  1786.     d.  unm. 

(2177)  George,  November  17,  1788.     ra.  Eliza  Rider.     Eliza  wid.,  m.  

Gordon  of  Boston,  Mass. 

(2178)  Amos,  May  10,  1792.     m.  Anna  G.  Sawyer. 

(2179)  Nancy,  July  22,  1797.     m.  Alfred  Johnson,  Belfast,  Me. 

Res.  Roxbury,  Mass. 


858  John  and  Elizabeth  Parker  had  : 
(2T80)  Nancy,  September  1,  1791.     m.  Samuel  Baker  of  England,  1831. 

(2 181)  Martha,  May  7,  1800.     m.  Samuel  Baker. 

(2182)  Jane.     m.  Alvin  Burby. 

(2183)  William,     d.  young. 

John  m.  2d  Martha  Parker,  who,   after  his  death,  m.   Townsend,   of 

White  Creek,  N.  Y. 

John  d.  at  White  Creek,  1824.  Elizabeth  d.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  May 
1,  1808. 

860  William  and  Lucy  Woodley  had  : 
(21S4)  Betsey,  June  22,  1800,  d.  young. 

Lucy  d.  1800.  aged  26,  and  William  m.  her  sister  Sally,  September  25,  181 2. 
He  was  lost  at  sea,  1813,     and  his  wid.  m.  Joseph  Patch,  Jr. 


861    Daniel  and  Lucy  Freeman  had  : 

(2186)  Amos,  December  6,  1792.     m.- Eunice  Blood,  April   1,  1812  ;  m.  2d 

Mrs.  Rhoda  Bull,  September  29,  1845. 
(21S7)  Elisha,  April  1,  1796.     ra.  Sophia  Turner. 

(2188)  Josiah,  August  iS,  17 98.  m.  Eunice  Knight.  He  d.  August  23,  1846. 

(2189)  Polly,  March  19,  1801.     m.  L.  Baker,  December  9,  1851. 

(2190)  Sylvia,  May  3,  1803.     d.  young. 

(2191)  Parker,  June  20,  1804.     m.  Rebecca  Wright,  July  13,  1834.     He  d. 

October  26,  1S64. 


i6o  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2192)  Eliza,  July  13,  1806.     d.  young. 

(2193)  Thomas  C,   December  28,   1807.     m.  Louisa  Sampson,   March   24, 

1832. 

(2194)  Daniel,  October   16,   1810.     m.  Belinda   Liscomb,  January  3,    1840. 

Res.,  Moline,  111. 

(2195)  Lucy,  December  23,  1812.     m.  Lewis  Vaughn,     d.  October  30,  18S7. 

Daniel  was  with  his  father,  Amos,  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  being  then 
but  eight  years  old.  After  the  war  he  removed  to  N.  Y.,  and  lived  with  Nathan 
Warren,  brother  of  his  mother,  learning  the  nail-maker's  trade.  He  ran  away, 
went  to  sea  on  a  whaling  voyage,  and  on  his  return  married  Lucy  Freeman  in 
Middlebury,  Mass.  Thence  he  removed  to  Hartland,  Vt.,  became  a  farmer, 
and  d.  there,  November  7,  1S42.  Lucy  d.  from  insanity,  May  25,  1826,  and 
Daniel  m.  2d Liscomb,  by  whom  he  had  no  children. 


865   Polly  Knowlton  and  Ebenezer  Moulton  had  : 

(2196)  Lydia,  1S02.     in. McDermitt. 

(2197)  Ebenezer,  1803. 

(2198)  Mary,  1807.     m.  Amos  Wilkins. 

Polly  d.  August  10,  1858.     Ebenezer  d.  May  31,  1847. 


871    Robert  and  Sarah  Buckmaster  had 

(2199)  William. 

(2200)  Robert. 

(2201)  Thomas. 

(2202)  Abigail. 

(2203)  Enoch. 

(2204)  John. 

(2205)  Daniel. 

(2206)  Henry. 


872   Benjamin  and  Esther  Lindsey,  of  Deer  Isle,  Me.  had 
(2207)  Timothy. 


873  Joseph  and  Rhoda  Buckmaster  had  : 

(2208)  Stephen,  June  9,  1823.     m.  Hannah  Coombs. 

(2209)  Margaret,  May  24,  1826.     m. Moody. 

(2210)  Mary  J.,  June  6,  1827.     d.  September  12,  1852. 


(2211)  Ann  S.,  November  17,  1839.     in.  Haynes,  July  21,  i860. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  161 

(2212)  Elizabeth,  September  30,  1841.     d.  November  2,  1861. 

(2213)  Ellen,  December  20,  1843.     m.  Watson  Coombs,  January  2,  1S68. 


874  Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Solomon  Hamilton  had 

(2214)  Solomon. 

(2215)  Rebecca. 

(2216)  Daniel. 
(22x7)  John. 
(22/8)  Betsey. 

Elizabeth  d.  at  the  age  of  one  hundred. 


875   Nancy  Knowlton  and  Aaron  Matthews  had  : 

(2219)  Aaron,  1808. 

(2220)  Sally,  1S10. 

(2221)  Annie,  1812. 

(2222)  Esther,   1814. 

(2223)  Elizabeth,  1816. 

(2224)  Joseph,  1818. 

(2225)  Levi,  1820. 

(2226)  John,  1822. 


876  Jane  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Curtis  had  : 

(2227)  Joseph. 

(2228)  Jane. 

(2229)  Leonard. 

(2230)  Sarah. 


877  Sarah  Knowlton  and  George  Smith  had  : 

(2231)  Sally,  1806. 

(2232)  Sophia,  1 80S. 

(2233)  George,  1810. 

(2234)  Nancy,  1812. 

(2235)  Harriet,  1814. 

(2236)  Abiatha,  1816. 

(2237)  Barbara,   1818. 


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$77  (A)  John  and  Isabella  Bailey  had  : 

(2237  a)  Matilda,  1797.     m.  Samuel  Moore.     Had  dau!  Mary  M.  who  m. 

Lyon. 
(2237   r)  John,  1798.     m.  Chloe  Meeker  Carman. 
(2237  c)  William,  1800.     d.  about  1821. 
(2237  r>)  Isabella. 

John  was  b.  in  Beverly,  Mass.  Isabella,  his  wife,  was  the  daughter  of  a 
wealthy  English  squire,  and  John  met  her  on  a  voyage  to  America  in  his  brother 
Mark's  ship.  He  d.  in  1805,  in  New  York  City,  and  was  buried  in  Old  Trinity 
Churchyard.  In  his  will,  probated  March  27,  1805,  he  made  Isabella,  his 
widow,  his  executrix,  leaving  all  his  properly  to  her  in  trust  far  herself  and  chil- 
dren, and  making  liberal  provision  for  her  in  the  event  of  her  remarriage.  At 
her  death  in  1861,  she  left  a  handsome  property  (will  probated  June  4,  1861) 
to  her  children  and  grandchildren  in  nine  equal  shares. 


877  b  Mark  Knowlton 
was  a  sea  captain,  and  resided  in  Beverly  and  Boston,  Mass.     Had  children  by 
his  first  and  second  wife,  all  of  whom  d.  young.      Nancy,  3d  wife,  by  whom  he 
had  no  children,  was  the  widow  of  Col.  Thorndyke.     Mark  left  a  large  estate. 


883  Cyrus  Knowlton  and  Celia  Bostwick  had  : 

(2238)  Arezilla,  April   19,    1821.     m.  W.   H.  Wiggin,  March  25,  1844.     d. 

December  23,  1SS1. 

(2239)  Julia,  August  27,  1823. 

(2240)  Caroline,  May  29,  1825.     m.  W.  M.  Drury,  March  9,  1845. 

(2241)  Celia,  October  25,  1828.     m.  Samuel  Tibbets,  April  1,  1S49. 

(2242)  Cyrus,  February  7,  1831.      m.  Sarah  Taylor,  October  3,  1S53.      He 

d.  July  19,  1855. 

(2243)  Daniel,  June  3,  1833.     m.  Sarah  Rodgers,  June  8,  1856.     d.  Septem- 

ber 25,  1876. 


885   David  F.  and  Susannah  Knowlton  had  : 

(2244)  Nancy,     m.  Daniel  Black. 

(2245)  Hannah. 

(2246)  Susan,     m.  John  Davis. 

(2247)  David. 

(2248)  Lucinda.     m.  Henry  Brown. 

(2249)  Amanda,     m.  Had.  S.  Herbert. 

(2250)  Caroline. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  163 

888  Jeremiah  and  Betsey  Rhodes  had: 

(2251)  Jeremiah,  April  15,  1816.     m.  Beatrice  Whitney. 
(225?)  Harriet,  October  31,  1817.     d.  January  8,  1831. 

(2253)  Lucy  A.,  September  25,  1818.      m.  Dexter  Farrar,   May  10,  1846. 

Res.  in  Northport,  Me. 

(2254)  Lucinda,  October  31,  182 1.     m.  Geo.  L.  Phillips.  July  13,  1853. 

Jeremiah  was  a  sea  captain.      He.  d.  February  21,  185 1.      Betsey  d.  March 
4,  1878. 


889  Amos  and  Betsey  Knowlton  had  : 

(2255)  Mary  E.,  June  16,  1S21.     m.  Unah  Allstine. 

(2256)  Amos,  July   23,  1823.     m.  Esther  Robinson,  1835.     d.  August  22, 

1876. 

(2257)  Caroline,  August  9,  1825.     d.  May  16,  1844. 
(225S)  Joanna,  July  21,  1827.     m.  Joel  Nasebury  (?). 

(2259)  Lydia,  September  30,  1828.      m.  Melvin  Thomas,  in  1856.      3  chil. 

d.  April  3,  1871. 

(2260)  Susan,  April  18,  1S32.      m.  C.  F.  Wellington,  September  30,  1852. 

(2261)  Ruth,  March  23,  1835.     d.  October  4,  1852. 

(2262)  Harriet,  November  9,  1836.     m.  Ezra  Matthews,  1856. 

Amos  was  killed  by  lightning  June  29,  1837. 


890  Harriet  Knowlton  and  Robert  Moore  had : 

(2263)  Joanna. 

(2264)  Susan. 

(2265)  Harriett. 

(2266)  Daniel,     d.  in  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


891    Lewis  Knowlton 

■served  on  a  man-of-war  in  the  War  of  1812.     Having  been  wounded  in  the  arm, 
he  was  requested  to  go  below  and  have  the  wound  dressed.     He  replied  : 

"  No  !     Not  as  long  as  I  have  an  arm  or  leg  to  give  to  my  country." 

In  the  next  round  from  the  enemy,  a  ball  pierced  his  body,  and  he  fell  dead. 


164  The  Know! ton  Genealogy 

892  George  and  Ruth  Holmes  had  : 

(2267)  Thomas,  February  4,  1818.     m.  Sarah  Prescott,  April  8,  1845. 

(2268)  Sarah  J.,  February  14,  1820.     m.  O.  B.  Robinson,  October  15,  1844. 

(2269)  George,  April  23,  1822.     d.  1823. 

(2270)  Eliza  M.,  July  25,  1828.      m.  Martin  S.  Cottrell,  1846.     m.  2d  Dex- 

ter McLellan. 

(2271)  Ruth,  January  30,  1824.     d.  young. 

(2272)  George,  October  10,  1825.     d.  1826. 

(2273)  Mark,  August  13,   1830.      m.  Mary  E.  Shaw,   November  30,   1852. 

(2274)  Harriet,  December  7,  1832.     m.  Fred.  A.  Dickey,  November  2,  1852. 

3  chil. 

(2275)  Hiram,  March  n,  1835.     d-  l836- 

(2276)  Helen,  May  3,  1837.      m.  A.  A.  Fletcher,   February  10,   1859.     d. 

November  6,  1870. 

(2277)  Malvena,  October  15,  1839.      m.  Alonzo  E.  Fletcher,  November  3, 

1862.     Had  3  chil.     m.  2d  R.  D.  Fish,  1874. 


894  Nathaniel  and  Rachel  Pottle  had  : 

(2278)  George  M.,  August  15,   1835.      m.  Nellie    Matthews,  December   9, 

1866. 

(2279)  Julia  A.,  January  24,  1S37.     m.  David  H.  Rose,  July  17,  1861. 

(2280)  Albert  H.,  September  17,  1840.      m.  Judith  M.  Nelson.      2  chil. 

(2281)  Byron  O.,  July  16,  1843.     m.  Hannah  J.  Doane,  August  23,  1868. 

(2282)  Chas.  A.,   October  2,  1841.      m.   Hattie  Bacon,   February  2,   1870. 

res.,  Maiden,  Mass. 

(2283)  James,  November  17,  1846.     d.  young. 

(2284)  Clara,  December  6,  1847.     m.  Christopher  Cottrell. 

(2285)  Rachel,  December  23,  1849.     d.  January  25,  1870. 

(2286)  Vinal,  April  30,  1852.     d.  December  16,  1879. 

(2287)  Nathaniel,  January  17,  1854.     d.  October  10,  187 1. 

Rachel  d.  August  31,  1872. 


^895   Abraham  and  Lucinda  Billings  had: 

(228S)   Lewis,  February  21,  1825.     m.  Lizzie  Pendleton,  December  25,  1S48. 
Res.  in  Bedford,  Me. 

(2289)  Fred.  A.,  October  23,  1826.     m.  Lizzie  Rhodes,  January  14,  1855. 

(2290)  Cyrus,  February  22,  1828. 

(2291)  Abraham,  January  16,  1830.     m.  Jeanette  Wylie. 

(2292)  Abina,  August  2,  1831.     m. Tyler. 

(2293)  Franklin,  August  8,  1834.     m.  Mary  Winslow. 

(2294)  Lucinda,  September  4,  1836. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  165 

S96  Bernard  and  Betsey  Sargent  had  : 

(2295)  Barnet  S.,  February  26,  1812.     m.  Elizabeth  Pulsifer. 

(2296)  John  C,  18x3.     m.  Hannah  Allen. 

(2297)  Betsey,  July  7,  1814.     m.  Douglass. 

(229S)  George  W.     m.  Harriet  Rust. 

(2299)  Mehitable. 

Betsey  d.  June  22,  1876. 


897  Benjamin  and  Lydia  Haskell  had 

(2300)  Lydia,  June  16,  1814. 

(2301)  Elizabeth,  August  31,  1817. 

Residence,  Ipswich,  Mass. 

Lydia  d.  1876. 


902  Johnathan  and  Molly  Knowlton  had  : 

(2302)  Polly,  September  4,  1802. 

(2303)  Sophronia,  December  20,  1804. 

(2304)  Jonathan,  August  5,  1807. 

(2305)  Anna,  August  8,  1S10.     m.  Henry  Dodge,  August  20,  1831. 

(2306)  Ebenezer,  May  2,  1812. 

(2307)  Abraham,  September  19,  1821. 

(230S)  Ann  Maria,  April  19,  1823.     m.  Joseph  Simonds,  1841. 


905  Josiah  and  Miriam  Draper  had  : 

(2309)'  Alvan,  December  22,  1797.     m.  Lucy  Perry,  1S22.     He  d.  August  7 
1867.     She  d.  October  21,  1868. 

(2310)  Charles,     m.  Adaline  Weatherbee. 

(231 1 )  William,     m.  Sarah  Farnham. 

Josiah  d.  August  6,  1829.     Miriam  d.  February  21,  1809. 

907  Oliver  and  Mary  Dodd  had  : 

(2312)  Almira,  February  5,  1803.     d.  1813. 

(2313)  Walter,  February  27,  1805.     ra.  Harriet  Carter,  May  7,  1834.     He  d. 

April  8,  18S5. 

(2314)  George,  September  25,  1810.     d.  young. 


1 66  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2315)  Mary,  December  23,  18 14.     m.  Wm.  Flagg. 

(2316)  Eliza,  August  20,  1818.     m.  Theodore  A.  Barton,  July  27,  1837.     4 

chil.     Res.,  Middlebury,  Mass. 

(2317)  Charles,  September  2,  1820.     m.  Maria  L.  Bullard,  December  25, 

1845.     He  d.  1887. 

Oliver  d.  May  24,  1854.     Mary  d.  October  14,  1868. 


908  Asa  and  Alice  Divoli  had  : 

(2318)  Joseph,  June  1,  1805.     m.  Louisa  Swallow  ;  m.  2d  Nancy  Upton. 

(2319)  Sarah,  January  23,  1807.     m.  Albert  Merrill,  November  13,  1841. 

(2320)  Emity,   October  9,    1809.     m.    Thomas    Hammons,   September  30, 

1832. 

(2321)  Joel,  November  6,  1S11.     d.  March  14,  1858. 

(2322)  William,  March  28,  1814.     m.  Emeline  Shutleff,  October  15,  1855. 

(2323)  Delnah,  June  12,  1816.     m.  Chas.  Gillis,  October  31,  1837. 

Residence,  Sterling  and  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Asa  d.  July  13,  1857. 

912   Elisha  and  2d  wife,  Polly  Chamberlain,  had  : 

(2324)  Hannah,  July  18,  181 2.     m.  Joseph  Appleton,  November  3,  1S29. 

(2325)  Mary,  July  18,  18 12.     m.  Reuben  Thwing. 

(2326)  John  T.,  December  20,  1813. 

(2327)  Elisha. 

(2328)  Emeline.     m.   J.  W.   Earned,  October  23,    1834.     Res.,  St.  Johns- 

bury,  Vt. 

(2329)  Harriet,  1820.     m.  Prentiss  W.  Greenwood. 

(2330)  Andrew. 

(2331)  Helen  M.     m.  Joseph  W.  Russell. 

Polly  d.  December  5,  1835.     Elisha  was  a  blacksmith. 


914  Daniel  and  Lucinda  Blake  had  : 

(2332)  Daniel,  February  n,  1S04.     m.  Lucy  Dodd,  March  8,  1827. 

(2333)  Jeremiah,  August  17,  1S05.     m.  Jane  Stoddard. 

(2334)  Maria,  June  4,  1809.     m.  Winslow  Fairbanks,  October  13,  1829. 

(2335)  Caroline,  December  16,  1813.     m.  Chas.  C.  Green,  July  4,  1840. 

(2336)  George,  February  4,  1816.     m. Flagg. 

(2337)  Franklin,  June  12,  1819.     d.  young. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  167 

(233S)  Louise,     m.  Morrill  Abbott,  October  8,  1840. 
(2539)  Susan,     m.  B.  W.  Abbott,  January  15,  1845. 

(2340)  Austin,   December  9,    1824.     m.   Abby  H.    Crosby,   November    27, 

1845. 

(2341)  Angcline,  1829.     d.  June  7,  1845. 

Residence,  Holden,  Mass. 

Daniel  d.  July  14,  1877.    Lucinda  was  from  Holden.    She  d.  April  30,  1861. 


915  Jesse  and  Polly  Blake  had  : 

(2342)  Betsey,  October  24,  1794.     m.  Seth  Clapp,  Jr.,  November  26,  1812. 

(2343)  Leonard,  May  30,  1796.     Sand  Lake,  N.  Y. 

(2344)  Polly,  December  19,  1797.     m.  Paterson. 

(2345)  Susan,  October  5,  1799.     m.  Greenwood,     d.   188S. 

(2346)  Harriet  N.,  September  9,  1814.      m.  W.  E.  Minturn,  May  16,  1825. 

Res.,  Boston,  Mass. 

(2347)  Curtis,  1805.     m.  Amanda  Butcher,  1834. 

(2348)  Lucy.     m.  Walker. 

(2349)  Jason,     m.  Adeline  Partridge,  November  n,  182-.      He  d.  June  9, 

1844.     Res.,  Worcester. 

Alona.     m. Stow. 

Residence,  Holden,  Mass. 


916  Luther  and  Prudence  Dadman  had  : 

(2350)  Pauline,  November  1,  1801.     d.  August  31,  183T. 

(2351)  Eunice,  March  8,  1803.     m.  Mark  Webster,  July  3,  1832. 

(2352)  Luther  D.,  April  1,  1806.     m.  Mary  A.  Derby. 

(2353)  Charles,  March  8,  1809.     d.  young. 

(2354)  Elias  W.,  October  8,  1811.     m.  Margaret  Cannon. 

Luther  d.  February  8,  1857.     Prudence  d.  October  13,  1843. 


919  Simeon  and  Hannah  Wrisley  had  : 

(2355)  Asa,  September  15,  1821.     d.  young. 

(2356)  Simeon,  August  25,  1822.     d.  August  8,  1859. 

(2357)  Lydia,  July  10,  1824. 

(2358)  Josiah,  January  25,  1827. 


1 68  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Hannah  d.  February  22,   1827,  and  Simeon  m.  Content 
Wrisley,  March  26,  1829.     They  had  : 

(?359>)  Olive,  August  10,  [830. 

(2360)  Deborah,  November  2,  1832. 

(2361)  Elias,  June  18,  1834. 

(2362)  Asa,  March  14,  1S36. 

(2363)  Mary,  March  1,  1837. 

(2364)  Tames,  May  28,  1839.     m.  1864.     d.  December  14,  1876. 

Residence,  Dublin,  N.  H. 

Content  d.  March  30,  1840,  and  Simeon  m.  Caroline  Hortley,  December  3, 
1843.     He  d.  September,  1877. 


923   Leonard  and  Angeline  Coleman  had  ; 

(2365)  Ezra,  October  9,  1S25.     m.  Elizabeth  Gabler,  June  12,  1858. 

(2366)  Ansel,  August  27,  1827.     m.  Rebecca  Carman,  December  23,  1851. 

(2367)  Orville,  July  31,  1S29.     m.  Charlotte  Bronson,  July    18,  1S57.     Res. 

in  Durhamville,  N.  Y.     3  chil. 
(236S)  Eliza,  March   n,  1831.     m.  Wilson  Gillett,  December  15,  1850;  m. 
2d Gabler. 

(2369)  Isaiah  C,  June   18,  1835.     m.    Maria  Cummins,  May  7,  1857.     Res. 

in  Troy,  N.  Y.     4  chil. 

(2370)  Royal  H.,  July  19,  1837.     m.  Susan   Maxwell,  June  26,1860.     Res. 

Canastota,  N.  Y. 

(2371)  Minton,  July  19,  1S37.     Killed  at  Turkey  Bend,  August  12,  1863. 

(2372)  Harriet  A.,  December  26,  1846.     m.  Ferdinand  Truell.     Res.,  Lin- 

coln, Neb. 

Leonard  was  born  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  Willett,  N.  H, 
thence  to  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y.,  in  1830,  and  d.  July  15,  1875.  Angeline  d.  Janu- 
ary 30,  1879. 

929  Micah  and had  ; 

(2373)  Albert. 

(2374)  Charles.     Res.,  Ashland,  Mass. 

(2375)  A  dau.     Marlborough,  N.  H. 


935   Nathan  and  Eunice  Randall  had  : 

(2376)  Warren,     m. Gorgan.     Res.,  Hoosac,  N.  Y. 

(2377)  Mary.     m. Reynolds. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  169 

(2378)  Pauline. 

(2379)  Harriett. 

(2380)  A.  B.     m.  Martha  ■ .     Res.,  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y. 

Nathan  d.  at  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y.,  1873.     Eunice  d.  February  1,  1S64. 

936  Martha  Knowlton  and  Isaac  Hunt  had  : 

(2381)  Moses,  December  22,  17SS. 

(2382)  Aaron,  October  10,  1790. 

(2383)  David,  December  26,  1792.     d.  young. 

(2384)  Isaac,  February  4,  1795. 

(2385)  Betsey,  July,  1S02. 

(2386)  Harriet,  July  3,  1S05. 

(2387)  Hannah,  August  13,  1S07. 

(2388)  Sarah,  May  28,  1S09. 

(2389)  David,  October  12,  181 1. 

(2390)  Alvira,  October  12,  1S13. 

Residence,  Hancock,  N.  H. 


940  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Moore  had  : 

(2390  a)  Letitia,  January  13,  1816.      m.  Horace  Butterfield,  June  n,  1837. 
(2390  b)  James,   March   13,    181 8.     m.   Almira  Knowlton,    September   24, 

1846. 
Residence  rem.  from  Londonderry  to  Dublin,  N.  H.  in  181 2. 


941    Betsey  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Derby  had  : 

(2391)  Elvira,  December  8,  1806.     m.  Harvey  Learned,  December  20,  1825. 

(2392)  Mary  A.,  May  17,  1S08.     m.  Luther  D.  Knowlton,  February  4,  1S32. 
(239o)  Dexter,  July  10,  i8ro.     m.  Julia  Davis,  December  17,  1S40. 

(2394)  Franklin,  May  20,  1S12.     m.  Susannah  ,  1S35.     He  d.    Septem- 

ber 6,  r836. 

(2395)  Webster,  July  28,  1S14.     d.  April  22,  1835.     unm. 

(2396)  Betsey  J.,  November  27,  1S19.     m.  Charles  Whittemore  of  Ravens- 

wood,  L.  L,  January  29,  1839. 

Residence,  Clearwater,  Minnesota. 

Betsey  d.  March  28,  1833. 


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942  Thaddeus  and  Rebecca  Bishop  had  : 
(2397)   Eliza,     m.  Simon  Flagg. 
(239S)  Lyman,     m.  Jane  Grey,  of  Petersham. 

(2399)  Sylvia,     m.  John  Todd  ;  m.  2d  George  Todd  ;  m.  3d Chandh 

(2400)  Dexter,  1S13.     m.  Mary  Newell,  December  2,  1S34. 

Rebecca  d.  January  14,  1826. 


944   Henry  and  Polly  Leonard  had  : 
(2401)  Levi,  June,  1S31.     m.  Caroline  Simonds.     Rem.  to  Chester,  Vt. 


947  Luke  and  Mercy  Bemis  had  : 

(2402)  James,  December  20,  1828.     m.  Amelia  Mason,  1854. 

(2403)  Luke,  Jr.,  September  5,  1830.     m.  M.  J.  Pierce,  1S54. 

(2404)  Eli  B.,  December  8,  1833.     m.  Elmira  Stone,  January  n,  1858. 

(2405)  Caroline  E.,  January  27,   1836.     m.   W.   M.    Mason,  June   6,    1855. 

She  d.  December,  1S62. 

(2406)  Charles,  June  23,  1838.     He  d.  in  Poolesville,  Md.,  June  6,  1864. 

Soldier  in  the  Rebellion,  14th  Regiment,  N.  H.  Volunteers. 

(2407)  Lois  J.,  March  ro,  1842.     d.  young. 

(2408)  Sarah,  November  27,  1843.     m.  W.  M.  Nason,  November  27,  1862. 

(2409)  Maria  J.,  September  30,  1847.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Marlborough  and  Nelson,  N.  H. 


949  Mary  Knowlton  and  Cornelius  Towne  had  : 

(2410)  John  P. 

(241 1)  Cornelius. 

(2412)  Plannah  C. 

(2413)  Gilbert. 

(2414)  Mary  E. 

Residence,  Dublin,  N.  H. 
Mary  d.  May  19,  1836. 


950  Levi  and  Mrs.  Lucy  Hadley  had : 
(2415)   Mary  H.,  April  7,  1833.     m.  S.  Nixon. 


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951      Isaiah  and  Clarissa  Spooner  had: 

(2416)  Clarissa,  January  17,  1822.     m.  Robert  Lamphier,  1848. 

(2417)  Royal,  June  9,  1823.     m.  Mercy  Whitman,  1849. 

(2418)  Eunice,  August  9,  1824. 

(2419)  Leonard,   February  4,  1826.     m.   Lauretta   L.  Lowe,  December   19, 

1852. 

(2420)  Isaiah  S.,  October  11,  1827. 

(2421)  Cyrus,  March  9,  7829.     d.  September  26,  1848. 

(2422)  Sarah,  July  11,  1830.     m.  Stephen  Lamphier,  January,  1852. 

(2423)  Henry,  December  17,  1831.     m.  Lucretia  Harlow,  1855. 

Clarissa  died  March  6,    1837,  and  Isaiah    m.    Lydia  Pol- 
lard.    They  had  : 

(2424)  Kendall,  April  15,  1838.     m.  Mary  A.  Butcher,  March  3,  i860. 

(2425)  William,  October  21,  1S39.     m.  Ellen  C.  Flanders,  1867. 

(2426)  Croyden,  February  4,  1841.     m.  Lucy  Noble,  April  n,  i860. 

(2427)  Thomas,  March  8,  1842.     m.  Rosilla  Pratt,  1864. 

(2428)  Lydia,  April  20,  1846.     d.  young. 

(2429)  George,  July,  14  1847.     d.  young. 

Isaiah  d.  March  5,  1875. 



953  William  and  Jeanette  Waterman  had  : 

(2430)  Aaron,  May  29,  1830.     m.  Ianthe  Harlow,  1867  ;  m.  2d  Ruth  Davis 

1863. 

(2431)  Mary  L,  October  25,  1831.     m.  Abel  Oakes,  November  15,  1854. 

(2432)  Chas.  H.,  November  15,  1833.     m.  Grace  Howard  1866. 

(2433)  Susan  F.,  July  13,  1836.     m.  Henry  C.  Parsons,  1857. 

(2434)  Emily  J.,  July  28,  1841.     m.  Freeland  W.Thompson,  December  3, 

1871. 

954  Nancy  Knowlton  and  Asa  Jackson  had  : 

(2435)  Alden,  August  29,  1831.     d.  1834. 

(2436)  Prentiss,  September  3,  1832.     d.  1847. 

(2437)  William,  December  7,  1833. 

(2438)  Edwin,  January  1,  1836. 

(2439)  Ann  M.,  March  4,  1839.     d.  young. 

(2440)  Martin  H.,  May  r,  1840. 

(2441)  Alden,  July  1,  1843. 

(2442)  Lorene,  March  31,  1847. 


ll2  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

955   Henry  and  Hannah  Downs  had  : 

(2443)  Maria  L.,  November  30,  1832.     m.  Josiah  Herdsly,  March  23,  1S59. 

(2444)  Harriet,  July  1,  1835.     d.  March  27,  1S60. 

(2445)  Harrison,  December  r,  1S40.     d.  June  9,  1852. 

(2446)  Amelia,  November  23,  1847.     d.  April  17,  1S70. 

(2447)  Margaret,  May  25,  1S43.     m.  L.  T.  Waterman,  June  23,  1869. 


956   Mary  Knowlton  and  Wm.  Burgess  had  : 

(2448)  John  C,  April  5,  1S31.     m.  Betsey  A.  Merrill,  December  14,  1852. 

(2449)  Hannah,  November  14,  1833.     m.  S.  T.  Merrill,  December  31,  i860. 

(2450)  Jemima  S.,  August  9,  1835.     m.  A.  M.  Ayer,  April  16,  1867. 

(2451)  Mary  E.,  September  14,  1837.     m.  J.  B.  Harlow,  March  14,  1S60. 

(2452)  William,  June  17,  1839.     m.  Anna  Barrett,  September  2,  1868. 

(2453)  Mattie  A.,  April  7,  1843.     d.  December  20,  1869. 

(2454)  Charles  A.,  August  5,  1847. 

(2455)  Susie  M.,  December  2S,  1848..    d.  1S73. 


961    Ebenezer  and  Nancy  Knowlton  had  : 

(2456)  Irene  M.,  1809.     m.  Emelyn  Leland,  1843. 

(2457)  Susanna,  1812.     d.  young. 

(2458)  Daniel,  1814.     m.  Rebecca  Sleeper  ;  m.  2d  Hannah  Davis. 

(2459)  Henry,  1S16.     m.  Angeline  Hubbard. 

(2460)  Susannah,  1818.     d.  1841. 

(2461)  Alpheus,  1822.     m.  Eliza  Snow. 

(2462)  Eliza  M.,  1825.     m.  Daniel  Metcalf. 

(2463)  Nason,   1827.     d.  young. 

Res.,  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 
Ebenezer  d.  July  20,  1871. 


962  Jesse  and  Sarah  Wight  had  : 

(2464)  Mary  W.,  February  18,  181 7.     m.  J.  Phelps,  September  r,  1840. 

(2465)  Jabez,  March  9,  1822.     m.  Joanna 

Sarah  d.  February,  1829. 


963  Silas  and  Susannah  Nutting  had  : 

(2466)  Benjamin  F.,  December  1,  1818.     d.  August  18,  1S26. 

(2467)  Asa  H.,  September  S,  1820.     d.  young. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  173 

(2468)  Elmira,  October   23,  1S23.     m.  James  Moore,  September  24,    1X46  ; 

m.  2d  Rufus  Cogswell,  September,  184-. 
(24(^9)  Susan,  September  i,  1825.     m.  Phineas  Hemmingway,  April  18,  1844. 

Susannah   d.  January  j,    1832,  and  Silas  m.   2d  Elizabeth 
Hardy,  May  26,  1832,  and  had  : 

(2470)  Harriet,  March  10,  1833.     m.  Minot    Hemmingway,  March,  1856. 

(2471)  Asa,  March  2,  1834.     m.  Lydia  Darling,  1859. 


964  John  and  Lois  Bemis  had  : 

(2472)  Sylvester,  November  22,  1817.     m.  Maria  Rowell,  184s. 

(2473)  Josiah,  March  14,  1819.     m.  Rachel  Powers,  1845. 

(2474)  James  M.,  November  16,  1821.     m.  Olive  Palmer,  1S49.       1 

a    i  <> .,  H        -       Res.,  Dublin,  N.  H. 

t,    f-      ■■    •  Lr  -. 

John  d.' December  12,  1824.     (Another  date  given  1831.) 

965  Jeremy  and  Elizabeth  Farnham  had  : 

(2475)  Jeremy,  February  19,  1820.     m.  Jeanetle  Marsh,  December  4,  1850. 

(2476)  Joseph,  June  2,  1823.     m.  Martha  Weaver,  1847. 

(2477)  Louisa,  August  27,  1S26.     m.  Israel  Green,  December  1,  1847. 

(2478)  Levi,  February  1,  1830.     m.  Mrs.  Martha  Knowlton. 


966  Eunice  Knowlton  and  James  Upton  had  : 

(2479)  Daniel,  September  29,  1828.    m.  Lovinia  Ludwig,  December  18,  1856. 

(2480)  Susannah,  February  12,  1831. 

(2481)  Algina,  August  26,  1833.     m.  Frank  Bidwell. 

(2452)  Martha,  June  30,  1837.     d.  April  30,  1850. 

(2453)  Francis  F.,  March  15,  1841.     d.  1852. 


970  Dr.  Benjamin  and  Polly  Jackman  had: 

(2484)  Mercy,  February  14,  1794.     m.  Warren  Clough,  November,  1825. 

(24S5)  Enoch,  May  14,  1796. 

(2486)  Elizabeth,  February  20,  1799.  m.  Andrew  Clark,  December  26,  1826. 

(2487)  Mary,  March  24,  1803.     m.  Warren  Smith,  June  10,  1829. 

(2488)  Hannah,  July  17,  180S.     in.  Geo.  Jessamine,  January,  1832.     She  d. 

July  23,  1S33. 


i74  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 


(2489)  Charlotte,  May    11,  1811.     m.  Cyrus  Richards,     d.   November   21, 

1S21. 

(2490)  Annette,  September  27,  1815. 


971   Joseph  and  Lois  Flanders  had: 

(2491)  John,  December  n,  1S01.     m.  Eliza  Burpee.     He  d.  August  3,  1S38. 

(2492)  Eunice,  March  6,  1S03.     d.  September  30,  1849. 


972   Rosel  and  Prudence  Conkling  of  Pelham,  Mass.,  had  : 

(2493)  Susannah. 

(2494)  Mercy. 

(2495)  Sarah. 

(2496)  Chloe. 

(2497)  Jason. 
(249S)  Rosel. 


973   Rev.  Warren  and  Mary  Dunbar  had  : 

(2499)  Josiah,  August  20,  1815.     m.  Sarah  Lippett,  August  14,  1838. 

(2500)  Emeline. 

(2501)  Roswell  A.,  November,  1819. 

(2502)  Hiram,     d.  young  in  Va. 

(2503)  William,     d.  young  in  Va. 

(2504)  Mary.  m.  Albert  Lawson,  of  N.  Y.  City. 

(2505)  Nancy,  August  22,  1823.     m.  VV.  S.  Burt,  November  30,  1843. 

Rev.  Warren  Knowlton  removed  to  Virginia  in  181 7,  and  cleared  a  good 
farm  there,  which  he  subsequently  lost  through  a  defective  title. 

In  1843  he  removed  to  Cumberland  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  He 
was  also  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  the  dau.  of 
Capt.  Josiah  Dunbar,  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  an  officer  in  the  U.  S.  service 
during  the  Revolutionary  War. 


974  Nancy  Knowlton  and  James  Bartlett  had 

(2506)  Carlisle. 

(2507)  Sophia. 

(2508)  Harriet. 

(2509)  Henry  D. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  175 


(2510)  Elisha. 

(251 1)  Rebecca. 
(2s  1 2)  George. 

(2513)  Elmira. 

(2514)  Mary. 

(2515)  Susannah. 

Nancy  d.  January  27,  1877. 


975  Elisha  and  Nancy  Hubbard  had  : 

(2516)  Lucy. 

(2517)  George. 

(2518)  Warren. 

976  Susannah  Knowlton  and  Josiah  Dunbar  had 

(2519)  Nancy. 

(2520)  Mary  R. 

(2521)  Elizabeth. 

(2522)  Marion. 

(2523)  Linus. 

(2524)  Emeline. 


978   Rev.  Gideon  and  Polly  Hayden  had  : 

(2525)  Ackley.     m.  Lydia  Sherman. 

(2526.)  Henry,     m.  Tryphena  Armstrong. 

(2527)  Polly,     m.  Gilbert  Robinson.     4  chil. 

(252S)  Sally,     m.  Saul  Williams.     6  chil. 

(2529)  Betsey,     m.  Selden  Rathbone.     5  chil. 

(2530)  Lydia.     m.  John  Renigan.     2  chil. 

(2531)  Mercy. 

(2532)  Elbridge. 

(2533)  Henry. 

Rev.  Gideon  res.  in  Belchertown,  Mass.     He  d.  August  15,  1810.      Polly  d. 
August  29,  1822. 

9S0  Roswell  and  Lydia  Stone  had  : 

(2534)  Jared.     m.  Charlotte  Burright. 

(2535)  Alonzo  de  Castor,  October  31,  1804.     m.  Margaret  Parkinson,  1828. 

(2536)  James,     m.  Delia  Bennett. 


J76  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2537)  John.     m.  Pauline  Hough. 

(2538)  Lucy.     m.  Hiram  Burroughs.     3  chil. 
(2530)  Jane.     in.  Jeremiah  Pierce.     3  chil. 

Resided  in  Belchertown,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  Troy,  N.  Y.     Roswell  d 
iS39- 

998  Friend  and  Alice  Hammen  had  : 

(2540)  Nathan. 
(25.10  a)  Joshua. 


999  Betsey  Knowlton  and  Martin  Wheelock  had  : 

(2541)  Willis. 

(2542)  Samuel. 

She  d.  June  8,  187,1. 


1000  John  and  Roxana  Wheeler  had  : 

(2543)  Caroline. 

(2544)  Marietta. 


1 00 1    Sylvia  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Bradford  had  : 

(2545)  Ansel. 

(2546)  Fidelia. 

(2547)  Edward. 

Sylvia  d.  November  16,  1851. 


1002   Oren  and  Jane  Fulton  had  : 
(2548)  Fidelia. 


1004  Sally  Knowlton  and  Joshua  Shumway  had  : 

(2549)  Harrison. 

(2550)  Harriet. 
(2550  Oren. 

(2552)  Luther. 

(2553)  Laura. 

(2554)  A  dau. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  177 

j 005   Polly  Knowlton  and  John  Bidwell  had  ; 

(2555)  Betsey. 

(jf,~0)  Armanda. 

(2557)  George. 

(-558)  A  dau. 


1006  Elijah  and  Sally  Brown  had  : 

(2559)  Maria. 

1007  Ebenezer  and  Mehi table  Welch  had  : 

(2560)  Ebenezer,  1800.     Drowned  in  Echo  Lake,  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  April 

21,    l82I. 

(256:)  Joseph,  August  5,  1802.  Drowned  in  Echo  Lake,  Hopkinton,  Mass., 
April  21,  182 1. 

(2562)  Eliza,  January  23,  1807.  m.  Daniel  J.  Coburn'. 

(2563)  William,  June  29,  1809.  m.  Caroline  Taft,  January  1,  1833. 

Ebenezer  was  b.  in  Medway,  and  went,  when  young,  to  Rowe,  Mass.  He 
was  a  surgeon  in  General  Dearborn's  division,  War  of  181 2,  was  taken  pris- 
oner and  sent  to  Dartmoor,  England.  Term  of  service  four  years.  He  d.  1S26. 
Mehitable  d.  1S45. 


1008  Joseph  and  Betsey  Johnson  had  : 

(2564)  Charlotte,  March  6,  1807.     m.  Asaph  Munson,  February  22,   1824. 

She  d.  May  8,  1885.     Res.,  Clarkson,  N.  Y. 

(2565)  Emily,  November  17,   1808.     m.  Abraham  Countryman,  September 

17,  1826.     She  d.  May  16,  1895.     Res.,  Clarkson,  N.  Y. 

(2566)  Betsey,  January  30,  181 1.     m.  Morgan  Barnes,  February  24,  182S. 

She  d.  May  24,  1893.  ^ 

(2567)  Seneca,  December,  181 2.     m.  Polly  Maria  Stevens,  March  10,  1833. 

(2568)  Sidney,  October  30,  1813.     m.  Sarah  Barnes,  May  13,  1841  ;  m.  2d 

Elizabeth  Foster,  1853. 

(2569)  Angeline,  January  10,  1S1S.     m.  Wm.  Greene,  May  30,  1839  ;  m.  2d 

James  Billings,  1S56. 

Joseph  was  b.  in  Mass.,  removed  to  Salisbury,  Vt.,  married  there  his  wife 
Betsey,  of  Leicester,  Vt.,  and  thence  emigrated  to  Leroy,  N.  Y.,  finally  settling  i;i 
Clarkson,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  he  made  the  then  long  journey  in  an 
ox  cart.     He  d.  1823   and  Betsey  d.  at  Parma,  N.  Y.,  September  2c,  1863. 


*78  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1009  Benjamin  and  Betsey  Grant  had  : 

(2571)  Betsey,  1S0S. 

(2572)  Hannah,  1810. 

(2573)  Jonn  R>  lSl?-     m-  Mrs-  McFalls,  June  14,  1865. 
-      (2574)  Stephen,  1814.     d.  1858. 

(2575)  Benjamin. 

(2576)  Polly. 

(2577)  Charles,  d.  1864. 

(2578)  Phoebe  J.     m.  Woodman. 

(2579)  Milo  A.     d.  March  17,  1867. 

(2580)  Sophie. 

(2581)  Franklin. 

(2582)  William,     m. . 

(2583)  An  infant,     d.  young. 

Benjamin  rem.  to  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  kept  a  hotel  for  many  years.  He 
finally  disappeared,  and  his  relatives  have  no  knowledge  of  his  subsequent  resi- 
dence and  history,  except  that  he  is  reported  to  have  d.  at  the  house  of  Robert 
McFalls,  Ashtabula,  O. 


1 010  Mar)'  Knowlton  and  James  Clark  had  : 

(2584)  John. 

(2585)  Sallie. 

(2586)  Katie. 

(2587)  Daniel. 

(2588)  David. 

(2589)  Huldah. 


1012   Hannah  Knowlton  and Keyes  had 

(2590)  Eli. 

(2591)  Sallie. 

(2592)  Hannah. 

(2593)  Ruel. 

(2594)  Ezra. 

(2595)  Polly. 

(2596)  Nathan. 

(2597)  Lawton. 

(2598)  Azuba. 

(2599)  Daniel. 

Residence,  Reedsboro,  Vt. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  179 

1 01 3   Paul  and  Eunice  Shav  had  : 

(2600)  Comfort.  January  9,  1804.     d.  young. 

(2601)  William,  June  7,  1806;     m.  Charlotte  Haskell,  May  31,  3825. 

(2602)  Paul,  June  28,  1809.     m.  Susan  Keckley,  December  15,  1836. 

(2603)  Daniel,  February  2,  1810.     d.  July  2S,  1855. 
(2C04)  Eunice.  January  17,  1813.  -v^—    \V 

(2605)  Sally,  September  14,  1815. 

(2606)  Napoleon,  August  8,  1817. 

Paul  d.  July  20,  1S17. 


1015   Huldah  Knowlton  and  Wm.  Bratton  had 


(2607)  Lydia. 

(2608)  David. 

(2609)  R.obert. 
(26 to)  Sallie. 

(261 1)  Henry. 

(2612)  Joseph. 


1 01 9  Timothy  and  Eunice  Rice  had  : 

(2613)  Timothy,  May  23,   1792.     m.  Unity   Plimpton,    1821  ;  m    id  Lydia 

Todd,  1 83 1. 

(2614)  John,  January  n,  1794.     m.  Ruth  Stone,  1819.     He  d.  March   19, 

1869. 

(2615)  Ephraim,  June  7,  1795.     m-  Sally  Eldridge  of  Deerneld,  Mass. 

(2616)  Eunice,  December  4,  1796.     4  chil. 

(2617)  Nancy,  March  26,  1798.     m. Stone.  --- 

(2618)  Mary,  December  13,  1799.     m. Blakeslee.     Had  s.  Dr.  Edwin-. 

Res.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
{2619)  Aaron,  September  10,  1801.    5  chil. 
(2O20)   Tolly,  April  27,  1S03. 

(2621)  Abigail,  April  22,  1S05.     m.  Dexter  Moore,  1827. 

(2622)  Rhoda.  April  27,  1807. 

Eunice  was  drowned  August   12,    1808,  and  Timothy  m. 
2d  Sarah  Baxter,  and  had  : 

(2623)  Daniel,  April  n,  1810.     d.  arch  27,  1S18. 

(2624)  Sarah,  January  29,  1S12.     d.  August  17,  1815. 

(2625)  Anna,  July  ir,  1813.     d.  August  20,  1816. 

(2626)  Wm.  Rice,  March  1,  18 15. 

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i8o  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2627)  Sarah,  February  2,  181 7.     m.  Holcombe. 

(2628)  Joseph  M.,  June  12,  1S18.     m.  Hannah  Wheeler.     Pie  d.  Apr! 

1872.     Hannah  res.  in  Whittingham,  Vt. 

(2629)  Horace,  June  12,  1818. 

Residence,  Rcwe,  Mass. 

Sarah,  2d  wife,  d.  October  24,  1859. 


1020  Samuel  Brooks  and  Eunice  Bass  had  : 

(2630)  Juliana,     m.  Danforth  Armour. 

(2631)  Lucy  Knowlton. 

(2632)  Maria. 

1032  Joshua  Knowlton, 

b.  October  21,  1760,  is  thought  by  some  to  have  been  killed  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War.  As  a  possible  refutation  of  this  belief,  the  following  will  be  interest- 
ing to  the  reader.  Many  years  since,  a  man  of  about  forty  years  of  age  called 
on  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Knowlton,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  introducing  himself  as  Carl  Knowl- 
ton, from  Vienna,  Austria,  claiming  to  be  a  son  of  Joshua,  who  fought  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary War.  He  presented  a  letter  from  his  father,  in  which  the  writer 
claimed  to  be  the  identical  soldier,  and  said  that  at  the  close  of  the  war  he  had 
left  the  country  with  the  German  troops,  having  formed  intimate  friendships 
with  some  of  them,  and  settled  in  Germany,  where  he  had,  married  a  native. 
He  was  anxious  to  have  his  son  visit  his  relatives  in  Connecticut,  and  he  was 
liberally  supplied  with  funds  for  that  purpose.  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Knowlton  gave 
him  suitable  letters  for  that  purpose,  from  which  nothing  further  was  heard. 
There  can  be  but  little  doubt  that  Joshua,  not  returning  to  Ashford,  was  be- 
lieved to  have  been  killed  in  the  war,  and  that  Carl  was  his  son. 


1033  Harney  and Wheeler  had: 

(2633)  Fanelia,  September  2,  1765.     m. Hill.     2  chil. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


1034  Fanelia  Knowlton  and  — — ■  Wheeler  had  : 
(2633  a)  John. 

(2634)  Polly. 

(2635)  Permelia. 

Residence,  New  York  City. 


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1036  Stephen  and  Eunice  Swan  had  : 

(2636)  Joshua,  August,  1797.     m.  Eliza  Holmes,  March  13,  1S21. 

(2637)  Ephraim,  April  13,  1800.     m.  Irene  Bnller;   m.  2d  Mrs.  Barbery 

Berry. 
(263S)  Hannah,     m.  A.  H.  Adams  ;  m.  2d  D.  C.  Clinton. 

(2639)  Lucinda.     m.  George  Holmes. 

(2640)  Ann,   February  3,    1806.     m.   Judge  Samuel   H.   Dowden,  June   1, 

1843. 

(2641)  Stephen,  iSio.     m.  Almira  Finch. 

(2642)  Rensellaer,  April  15,  1811.     m.  Marilla  Caulkins. 
(26.13)  Schuyler,     d.  young. 

■  Stephen  rem.  from  Stonington,  Conn.,  to  Berne  Township,  N.  Y.,  where  all 
his  children  were  b.,  and  thence  to  Indiana  in  181 8. 


1041   Daniel  and  Betsey  Burchard  had: 

(2644)  Nathaniel,  January  17,  1794.     m.  Temperance  Day,  October  6,  1818. 

(2645)  Clarissa,  May  15,  1795.     d.  young. 

(2646)  Lydia,  September  21,  1797.     d.  young. 

(2647)  Fhineas,  November  8,  1800.     d.  in  U.  S.  Navy,  October,  1827. 

(2648)  Gordon,  January  18,  1803.     m.  Arethusa  Atwood. 

(2649)  Manassah,  June  30,  1805.     m.  Sally  Stebbins. 

(2650)  Calista,  December  2,  1S07.     m.  Herman  Corbin. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 

1043   Nathaniel  and  Sarah   Leach,  of  Stonington,  Conn., 
had: 

(2651)  Rev.  Farnham,   September  8,    1800.     m.   Sarah  Ingersoll,  July   18, 

1830. 

(2652)  Emily  A.,  February  5,  1802.     d.  April  1,   1880.      East  Greenbush. 

(2653)  Hosea,  January  6,  1804.      m.  Sabina  Bentley.  d.  April  4,  1857.      Al- 

bany, N.  Y. 

(2654)  Dr.  Myron,  April  12,  1806.     m.  Melissa  Buffum. 

(2655)  William,  May  5,  1808.      m.  Ann  M.  Vanderberg,  February  11,  1836. 

(2656)  Nathaniel,  July  4,  1814.     m.  Maria  Potts,  December  19,  1833. 

NATHANIEL  KNOWLTON 
was  the  son  of  Lieutenant  Daniel,  of  Ashford,  Conn.,  and  a  twin  brother  of  Ma- 
nassah.    When  he  was  but  fourteen  years  old,  his  father  came  home  on  a  fur- 
lough, and  in  the  course  of  conversation  offered  his  old  French  musket  to  that 
son  who  would  go  back  with  him.     Nathaniel  promptly  volunteered,  and  re- 


182 


The  Knowlton  Genealogy 


mained  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  rem.  to  Greenbush,  N.  Y.,  in  iSco,  and 
carried  on  farming  there.  Although  a  soldier  by  nature  and  by  profession,  he 
was  the  peace-maker  of  the  town  in  all  public  and  private  disputes,  and  his 
profound  Christian  character  gave  has  counsels  decisive  weight.  Between  him 
and  his  brother  Manassah  there  existed  a  most  tender  and  poetic  attachment. 

In  his  old  age  Nathaniel  used  to  entertain  the  young  people  by  shouldering 
his  staff,  and  marching  about  his  home  singing  patriotic  songs  with  enthusiasm. 
He  served  in  the  War  of  1812,  was  a  pensioner,  and  d.  at  Greenbush  Tuly  6, 
1852.     Sarah  d.  February  7,  1844. 


1044  Manassah  and  Lydia  Burton  had  : 

(2657)  Oren,  September  17,  1794.     d.  young. 

(2658)  Ephraim,  December  9,  1795.     d.  January  5,  1824. 

(2650)  Isaac,  May  7,  1797.     d.  May  23,  1883.     m.  Rachel  Whitbeck. 
(2660)  Orendia,   February  20,    1799.     d.    October   186 j.     m.   Benj.    Brad- 
bur),  February  20,  1818. 
(266))  Almyra,  February  i,  1801.     d.  September  10,  1827. 
(26(12)  Maria,  October  13,  1802.     d.  February  9,  1830. 

(2663)  George  Washington,  January  16,  180^.     d.  October  ir,  1884. 

(2664)  Parmeiia,  August  16,  1805.     d.  young. 

MANASSAH  KNOWLTON 
was  born  in  Ashford,  Ct.,  December  24,  1770.  His  resemblance  to  his  twin 
brother  Nathaniel  was  so  complete  that  the  identity  of  the  two  boys  could  be 
established  only  by  a  dimple  in  Manassah's  cheek,  and  his  own  mother  was 
often  obliged  to  excite  him  to  laughter  that  she  might  certainly  know  which  of 
the  two  he  really  was.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  Manassah  settled  in  Green- 
bush, N.  Y.,  near  the  City  of  Albany,  and  having  learned  the  blacksmith's  trad- 
he  opened  a  shop  of  his  own  on  the  Renssellaer  and  Columbia  Turnpike,  the 
main  and  post  road  connecting  Albany  with  N.  Y.  City  and  Boston. 

The  large  number  of  horses  used  by  mail  and  stage  coaches  and  by  travel- 
lers of  every  class— the  only  means  of  transit  at  that  time— gave  Manassah  a 
flourishing  business,  and  during  the  War  of  181 2  it  was  common  enough  to 
see  a  group  of  cavalry  horses  at  his  shop  door  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
waiting  to  be  shod  by  the  young  Vulcan.  In  179S,  he  purchased  a  farm  of  \Gi 
acres,  near  by,  formerly  a  part  of  "  ye  Manor  of  Renssellaerwyck,"  of  which 
Stephen  Van  Renssellaer  was  the  proprietor,  and  thereafter  worked  the  farm 
and  the  shop  together.  Originally  an  "  Open  Communion  Baptist  "  and  (here 
being  no  congregation  of  this  faith  at  Greenbush,  Manassah  declined  to  unite 
with  any  church  until  eight  years  before  his  death,  when  he  became  a  member 
of  the  M.  E.  Church,  adorning  his  profession  with  "  excellency  of  virtue  and 
innocence  of  life." 


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His  patriotic  spirit  was  of  the  true  and  historic  Knowlton  type,  and  on  Juna 
8,  1808,  he  was  commissioned    Lieut,  in  Li. -Col.  Philip  Staats's  regiment  of 

militia,  being  promoted  to  a  Captaincy,  February  29,  181 2. 

He  was  a  thrifty,  industrious,  solid,  benevolent  man,  whose  advice  young 
and  old  sought  and  followed,  and  whose  character  gave  him  in  later  yens  the 
honored  name  of  "  Father  Knowlton." 

He  married  tst  Lydia  Burton  of  Schodack  N.  Y.,  who  d.  July  15,  1806  ;  m. 
2d  Elizabeth  Card  of  Greenbush,  N.  Y.  ;  m.  3d  Clarissa  Cogswell,  Greenbush, 
N.  Y. 

Manassah  d.  at  Greenbush,  January  21,  184). 

104.5  Ephraim  Knowlton  and  jemima  Farnham  had  : 

(2665)  Sidney.     Rem.  to  Utah,  and   d.  there. 

(2666)  Martha,     m.  Benj.  Hanks,     d.  January  13.  1861. 

(2667)  Catherine,     m.  Wra.  Chaffee,  Ashford,  Conn. 

(2668)  Lydia.     d.  1853.     m.  Ebenezer  Eastman. 

(2669)  Marcia.     d.  1849.     m.  Benj.  Eastman. 

(267c)  Ephraim,  Jr.,   1804.      m.   Mary  A.  Burgoyne.     He  d.  February    1, 
1888. 


1046  Martha  Knowlton  and  C.  W.  Brandon  had 

(2671)  Charles. 

(2672)  Rebecca. 

(2673)  Edward. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Ct. 
Martha  d.  March  30,  1855. 


1047  Keziah  and  Amasa  Lyon  had  : 

(2674)- Amasa  Knowlton,  July  4,  1806.     d.  August  28,  1822. 

(2675)  Marcus,  July  3,  1809.     d.  April  29,  1810. 

{2676)  Delotia,  Octobei  15,  rSr'i.    in.  John  W.  Trowbridge,  April  10,  1837. 

(2677)  Sophronia,  January  4,  1813.     m.  John  W.  Hasler. 

(2678)  Lorenzo,  February  9,  1815.     Res.  in  Eastford.  Ct. 

(2679)  Elizabeth  Ann,  November  8,  1S16.     m.  Ebenezer  Knowlton. 

(2680)  Gen.  Nathaniel,  July  14,  1818.     Killed  in  the  Rebellion,  August    10, 

1861. 

(2681)  Daniel,  November  14,  J019.     Bes.  in  Eastford,  Ct. 

(2682)  Lyman,  March  30,  1822.     Res.  in  Lowe!:,  Mass. 


184  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1049  Erastus  Fenton  and  Waite  Windsor  had  : 

(2689)  Rebekah,  F.,  August  n,  1817.  m.  Henry  S.  Angell,  October  12,  1836, 
Waite  d.  April  8,  1819,  and  Erastus  m.  2d  Rhoda  Gage  of  Monson,  Mass., 
May  r6,  1820.     No  chil. 


1050  Marvin  and  Calista  Leonard  had  : 

(2690)  Rebecca  F.,  August  3,  182 1.     m.  Samuel  Paul,  September  16,  1838. 

She  d.  1840. 

(2691)  Silence,  June  30,  1823.     m.  Samuel  Paul.  Res.  in  Canada. 

(2692)  Rosina,  February  12,  1828.     m.  Hiram  Tufts.  Shed.  1849.    No  chil. 

(2693)  Elbridge,  August  27,  1830. 

(2694)  Marvin,  September  16,  1837.     unm.  Res.,  Willimantic,  Ct. 

(2695)  Maria  P.,  September,  1837.     m.  Henry  Upton,  March  1,  7869. 

105 1  FREDERIC  KNOWLTON. 

son  of  Col.  Thomas,  inherited  his  father's  spirit.  When  the  first  rumor  of 
hostilities  reached  him,  he  left  home  secretly,  walked  hurriedly  as  far  as  New 
London,  and  turned  back  only  when  he  had  learned  the  falsity  of  the  rumor. 
When  but  fifteen,  he  swore  that  he  was  eighteen  years  eld,  in  order  to  be  ac- 
cepted as  a  Volunteer.  Although  strictly  forbidden  to  follow  his  father  to 
Boston,  he  disobeyed,  and  when  the  men  "  fell  in  "  at  the  word  of  command 
at  Bunker  Hill,  Col.  Knowlton  detected  his  son  mustering  off  to  the  left  of  the 
line.  The  father  gave  him  a  poor  musket  to  discourage  him  from  joining  the 
ranks,  but  finding  his  resolution  inflexible  he  substituted  a  good  musket  for  the 
bad  one,  and  offered  no  fuTther  opposition.  He  served  under  his  father  at 
Harlem  Fleights,  after  which  Washington  sent  him  home  to  assist  in  the  support 
of  his  widowed  mother. 


1052  Sally  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Utley  : 

(2696)  Sally,  July  18,  1782,  in  Ashford.     d.  young. 

(2697)  Polly,  February  10,  1784,  in  Ashford.     m.  Gershom  House  of  Ches- 

terfield, 1803.     d.  September  13,  1S58. 

(2698)  Frederick,  in  Dalton  (?),  April  24,  1787.     m.  Cynthia  Ludden,  April 

25,  iSi6.     Res.  in  Chesterfield,     d.  in  Westfield,  Mass..  April  5, 
1856. 

(2699)  William,  in  Dalton  (?).    Res.  in  Chesterfield,     d.  in  Williamsburg, 

Mass.,  December  28,  1871,  aged  82  years,     unm.    Was  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  1812. 

(2700)  Sally,  in  Dalton  (?).    Res.  in  Chesterfield,     d.  July  12,  1846,  aged  54 

years,     unm. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  185 

(2701)  James,  in  Dalton  (?).     Res.  in  Chesterfield,     d.  December  4,  1817, 

aged  24  years,     unm. 

(2702)  Ralph,  in  Dalton  (?).     m.  Zeruah  Baker.     Res.  in  Chesterfield  and 

.   Goshen,     d.  November  7,  1862,  aged  66  years,  7  mos.,    without 
chil. 

(2703)  Samuel,  in   Dalton  (?),  February   19.   1798.     m.  Mary  J.   Eastman, 

April  14,  1834.     d.  August  20,  1883.     Clergyman. 

(2704)  Thomas   Knowlton,  in  Chesterfield,   March,   1804.     m.    Theodocia 

Knox  of  Blandford,  Mass.,  January  18,  1834.     Res.  in  Chester- 
field,    d.  November  6,  1847. 


1053   Thomas  Knowlton  and  Martha  had  : 

(2705)  Martha,  December  14,  1811.     m.  William  W.  Marcy,  1832.      d   Sep 

tember  8,  1884. 

(2706)  Thomas  M.,  September  10,  1808.     d.  July  5,  1811. 


1054  Polly   Knowlton  and    Stephen    Fitts  had,    born    in 
Ashford  : 

(2707)  Christian,  August    11,    1794.      m.  William    Loomis,   September    14, 

181 7.     d.  March  13,  1879. 

(2708)  Stephen,  Jr.,  October  29,  1798.     m.  Waty  Moore,  November  24,  1830. 

d.  October  23,  1S75. 

(2709)  Maria,  July   18,  1802.     m.  Selden  Moseley,  October   11,  1832.     d. 

April  29,  1889. 

(2710)  Thomas  Knowlton,  July  n,  1S07.     d.  February  7.  1831.     unm. 


1055  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Chaffee  had  : 

(2711)  Sampson  Knowlton,  August  4,  1792.    d.  February  19,  1816. 

(2712)  Frederick,  November  25,  1793.     d.  February  13,  1813. 

(2713)  Wolcott,  May  3,   1795.     m-  Abigail  Kingsley,  April     22,   1818.     d. 

November  25,  1870. 

(2714)  Newman  K.,   December  15,  1796.     m.  1st  Elizabeth   Phelps,  March 

15,  1820.     m.    2d,  Olive   Abbott,  March   1,   1837.     d.  in  West 
Becket,  Mass.,  December  15,  1858. 

(2715)  Miner,  February  6,   1799.     m.  Lucy  Frary,  June  9,  1825.     d.  Sep- 

tember 29,  1880. 

(2716)  Alma,  February  9,  1801.     m.  W.  M.  P.  Hamblin,  November  8,  1830. 

d.  in  Lee,  Mass.,  March  6,  1838. 


1 86  The  Knowltpn  Genealogy 

.  (2717)  Anna  H.,  February  4,  1803.     m.  Justin  M.  Ames,  January  20,1824. 
d.  August  17,  1859. 

(2718)  Thomas  S.,  March  24,  1805.     m.  1st  Betsey  Shaw,  February  4,  1829. 

m.  2d  Lucy  Culver,  January  3,  1832.     m.  3d  Catherine  L.  Biair, 
November  2,  1843.     d.  October  7,  1874. 

(2719)  Lucinda,  January   12,   1807.     in.    Kendall  Baird  of  Becket,  Mass., 

October  10,  1827.     d.  April  1,  1S63. 

(2720)  Prentiss,  January  1,  1809.     m.  Betsey  Cannon,  April   15,   1833.     d. 

April  10,  1892. 
(272^)  Abigail  H.,  April  12,  181 1.     m.  Win.  Clark,  January  8,  1833. 
(2722)  Sampson  Knowlton,  July  n,  1814.     m.  Amelia  Shaylor,  January  27, 

1839.     d.  November  19,  1891. 


1065   Gideon  and  Mildred  Curtis  had 

(2723)  Abner  L.    Rem.  to  California. 

(2724)  John  C.    d.  U.  S.  Service,  1863. 

(2725)  Francis  L. 

Residence,  Stoddard,  N.  H. 


1067  Abner  and  Nancy  Sweet  had  : 

(2726)  Jeanette.    m.  I.  D.  Woodman. 

(2727)  Mary  F. 

(2728)  Norris  E.    d.  young. 

(2729)  Hattie  E.     d.  young. 

(2730)  Arielle.     m.  J.  R.  Putney. 

Abner  was  a  brick-maker.     He  rem.  from  Hancock,  N.  H.,  to  Boston. 


1068  Anna  Knowlton  and  Ira  Moulton  had  : 
(2731)  Enoch.     Res.  and  d.  in  Lowell,  Mass. 


1069   Louisa  Knowlton  and  George  Ring  had 
(2731  a)  Gordon. 

(2732)  Mary. 

(2733)  Harriet. 

(2734)  Louisa. 

(2735)  George  E. 

(2736)  Herbert  A. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  l87 

1 070  Franklin  and  Persis  Stacey  had  : 

(2737)  Albert  N. 

(2738)  Rmcl. 

(-739)  Amorette. 
(2740)   Annette. 


072   Sophronia  Knowlton  and  Gordon  Ring  had 


107 


(2741)  Gardner W. 

(274?)  Francis. 

(2743)  Ma. 

(2744)  Augustus. 


1074  Harriet  and  Nathaniel  Mitchell  had 
(2745)  Augustus. 


1078   Moses  and  Caroline  Whitaker  had 

(274    )  Moses,  1824. 
(27.    )  Luther. 
(27.    )  Mary. 

(2749)  Lucy. 

(2750)  Lucinda. 

(2751)  Benjamin. 

(2752)  William. 

(2753)  George.     Last  heard  from  in  New  Zealand. 

(2754)  Remembrance.     Res.  in  New  York. 

(2755)  Frederick. 


1079  Abraham  and  Lucy  Hildreth  had: 

(2756)  Abraham,  September,  29,  1827.     m.  Sarah  White. 

(2757)  Susan  W.,  May  24,  1829.     m. Robins. 

(2758)  Mary  W.     m. Lovejoy. 

(2759)  Elmira. 

(2760)  Eliza. 


10S3  Sallie  Knowlton  and Oliver  had  : 

(2761)  Charles. 
(27C2)  Nathaniel. 


1 88  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(2763)  Asa. 

(2764)  Anna. 

(2765)  Abigail. 

(2766)  Sarah. 


1086  John  and  Charlotte  Holmes  had  : 

(2767)  John,  Jr.,  1808.     m. 

(2768)  Ward." 

(2769)  Thomas. 

(2770)  Nathan,  1819.     m.  Mary  A.  Stone,  1S46.     had  son  Leonard,  1848. 

(2771)  Hanson. 

(2772)  Clara. 

(2773)  Christiana. 

The  missing  marginal  numbers  from  2774-^785  inclusive  designate  duplicate 
names  elsewhere  referred  to. 


1092    Calvin  Knowlton  and  Betsey  S.  Peck  had  : 

(2786)  Hiram,  April  16,  1S13.     m.  Jane  Wire 

(2787)  Susan  M.,  October  31,  1814.     m.  Harvey  Watson,  May  31,  1834 

(2788)  Calvin  P.,  April  15,  1816.     m.  Jerusha  Colwell. 

(2789)  Erastus  R.,  April  12,  1818.     m.  Abigail  Wire.     d.  June  9.  1864,  in 

Andersonville  Prison.     Soldier. 

(2790)  Josiah  P.,  February  21,  1820.     m.  Calista  House. 

(2791)  Parney  H.,  January  13,  1822.      m.  Alvin  G.  Foote,  August  31,  1842. 

(2792)  Stephen  O.,  February  17,  1824.     m.  Mary  Paine. 

(2793)  Betsey  J.,  July  18,  1826.     m.  Abiram  Rowley. 

(2794)  Manly  C,  December  23,  1S29. 

(2795)  Joseph  M.,  January  8,  1832.     m.  Anna  Billings  ;   m.  2d  Charlotte 

McCormick. 


1093   Diodemia  Knowlton  and  Moses  Camp  had  : 

(2796)  John,   September   15,   1806.     m.  Ursula  Whitney.     3   chil.  ;  m.  2d 

Julia  Root. 

(2797)  Harriett,  February  6,  1810.     m.  Henry  Button.     Both  d. 

(2798)  Adaline,  March  n,  1812.     d.  young. 

(2799)  Mary,  August  3,  1814.     m.  Elijah  White.     2  dau. 

(2800)  Adaline,   January  3,   181 7.     m.   James  J.  Preston.     Res.,  Winsted, 
Conn.     3  dau. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  189 

(2801)  Emeline,  June  3,  1819.      m.  Lewis  Loomis.     Res.,  Fulton,  N.  Y.     3 

chil. 
(280.?)  Goodloe,  June  28,  1821.     m.  Hannah  Tuttle.     3  chil. 

(2803)  Moses  M.,  June  30,  1823.     m.  Amelia  Worthington. 

(2804)  George  G.,  February  11,  1826.     m.  Lydia  Huntley. 

(2805)  Edgar,  April  28,  1828.     d.  1833. 

"Aunt  Demia,"  as  Dicdemia  was  familiarly  called,  d.  in  Winsted,  Conn., 
August  n,  1884,  lacking  but  a  few  days  of  reaching  her  one  hundredth  year, 
preparations  for  the  celebration  of  which  were  making  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Stephen  Knowlton,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  who 
came  from  Chatham,  Conn.,  to  Winsted,  and  emigrated  to  Ohio  in  iSc-4,  taking 
his  Large  family  in  ox-wagons.  On  their  arrival  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  they  were 
overtaken  by  Moses  Camp,  who  had  found  that  he  could  not  live  without  Dio- 
demia.  and  the  reluctant  consent  to  their  marriage  was  gained  from  the  parents. 
The  young  couple  settled  in  Winsted,  where  they  lived  until  their  death.  Dio- 
demia  was  a  woman  of  extiaordinary  force  of  character,  and  her  mind  and 
memory  had  been  so  enriched  by  the  great  national  events  of  which  she  had 
been  a  witness,  that  she  was  a  most  entertaining  conversationalist.  She  wrote 
poetry  when  past  ninety  years  of  age,  and  her  wit  and  vivacity  were  keen  until 
the  last.  But  a  few  hours  before  her  death  she  remarked  when  sitting  in  the 
family  circle, 

"  I  am  so  old  that  I  think  I  have  forgotten  everything,"  "  Better 
join  the  Know-Nothings,  then,"  remarked  a  kinswoman.  "  I  would  not 
have  far  to  go,"  was  the  ready  retort. 

She  was  a  staunch  Congregationalist,  a  pattern  mother,  and  a  pure  soul 


***  1094  Laura  Knowlton  and  David  Wright  had  : 

(2806)  Cornelia,  November  10,  1810.     d.  March,  18S7. 

(2807)  Edward,  August  12,  1812.     d.  February,  18S4. 

(2808)  Florilla,  June  21,  1814.     m. Fenn. 

(2809)  Harriett,  February  26,  1817.     d.  April,  1830. 

(2810)  Laura,  April  3,  1819. 

(281 1)  Sarah  E.,  October  it,  1822.     m.  Alexander  Osborn,  March  33,  1845. 

(2812)  Eliza,  February  7,  1824.     m.  ■ ■Baldwin.     Shed.  July  1,  1890. 

(2813)  Amelia,  1826.     d.  youug. 

(2814)  Mary,  January  28,  1828.     d.  July  17,  1882. 

(2815)  Martha,  January  28,  1832.     unm. 

David  was  of  Welsh  descent.     His  grandparents,  John  Wright  and    Piu- 
dence  Demming,  settled  in  Winsted,  Conn.,  1763.     Their  son  John,  b.  in  Weth- 


l9°  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

ersfield,  Conn.,  m,  Sarah  Case.     He  was   captain  of  the  Winsled  militia  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  rem.  to  Morgan,  Ohio,  in  1802,  dying  there  in  1825. 

David,  his  son,  was  a   colonel  ot"  the   U.  S.  Army  in  the  War  of  1812.     He 
d.  May  15,  1879.     Laura  d.  March  4,  1888. 


1095  Stephen  and  Lydia  Dudley  had  : 

(2816)  George  L.,  1819.     m.  Bernice  Treadwell  ;  m.  2d  Sarah  Chapin. 

(2817)  Philo,  Qctober,  1821.     Had  dau.  Mary  C.  Creth. 

(2818)  Caroline,  1S25.     d.  young. 

(2819)  Eliza,  r827.     unm.     Res.  in  Hastings.     A  well  known  teacher. 

(2820)  Hiram,  1829.     m.  Mary  Reuk.     3  chil. 

(2821)  Louisa,  1831.     m.  Francis  Phillips.     Hastings,  Mich. 

(2822)  Caroline  M.,  1832.     d.  1846. 


1096  Samuel  and  Fanny  Beach  had  : 

(2823)  Aaron.  August  29,  1S14.     d.  1819. 

(2824)  George  W.,  March  1,1816.     d.  young. 

(2825)  Lysander,  September  20,  181 7.     d.  young. 

(2S26)  Lydia,  May  10,  1822.     m.  Ira  Paine.  October  23,  1838. 

(2827)  Silas. 

(2828)  George. 

(2829)  Edward. 

(2S30)  Renny  (Renssellaer).     d.  in  the  U.  S.  Army. 

(2831)  Aaron. 

(2S32)  Jerome  B.,  1838.     m.  Catherine  Howard.     Resided  in  Ohio. 


i  no  Monroe  and  Susan  Bryan  had: 

(2832  a)  Ruth  M.,  April  6,  1836.     m.  Madison  Simonds.     3  chil. 

(2832  b)   Edwin  C,  April  rS,  1841.     rn.  Mary  Mc'Wayne,  March  i4;  1864. 

Monroe  d.  March.  19,  1865. 


1 1 12   Perry  and  Caroline  H.  Weller  had  : 

(2832  c)  Julia,     m.  James  Hazehvood. 
(2832  d)  Ray. 

Caroline  d.  1864,  and  Perry  m.   2d  Delia  Hazelwood. 


The  Canada  Know!  tons  191 


1113  Asa  and  Rachel  Adams  had 

(2832  e)  Elvira. 

(283.2  f)  Electa,     m.  William  Lee. 


11 15  Henry  A.  and  Vastaline  Alger  had  : 

(2833)  Frank. 

(2834)  Delia. 

(2835)  Ves^a. 

Vastaline  d.  1867. 

1 1 16  Benjamin  and  Eliza  Smith  had  : 

(2836)  Eliza  J.,  April  5,  1835.     d.  young. 

(2837)  Charles  Benjamin,  September  15,  1836.     m.  Harriet  Lucinda  Simonds, 

July  15,  1879. 

(2838)  Helen   E.,  February   28,  1839.     m.  J.  Spier  Colman,  of  La  Crosse, 

Wis.,  November  22,  1862. 

Eliza  Smith   d.   January    13,    1841,   and  Benjamin   m.    2d 
Cynthia  H.  Waite,  August  14,  1842.     They  had  : 

(2839)  Clark  Cecil.  May  30,  1843.     m.  Flora  Alice  Tillinghast,  of  Sardinia, 

N.  Y.,  May  10,  1869.  She  d.  January  24,  1S70  ;  He  m.  2d. 
Sarah  E.  Vredenburg,  of  Corfu,  N.  Y.,  October  26,  1870.  She 
d.  August  28,  1888,  and  he  m.  3d  Sarah  Idella  Shourds,  of 
Spencerport,  N.  Y. 
(2839  a)  Mary  Olive,  March  7,  1854.  m.  Geo.  W.  B oyer,  of  Elkdate,  N.  Y., 
November  n,  1876. 

BENJAMIN  KNOWLTON 
was  b.  at  Clarendon.  Vt.  Fie  was  educated  in  part  at  Brandon  (Vt.)  Seminary, 
in  which  institution  he  subsequently  became  a  teacher.  Removing  to  Western 
New  York  he  accepted  the  position  of  principal  of  a  public  school  in  Buffalo, 
retiring  from  this,  after  faithful  and  successful  work,  to  Springville,  N.  Y.  He 
finally  purchased  a  farm  in  Elton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  a 
happy  and  useful  life.  He  also  studied  medicine,  and  received  a  license  to 
practice  as  a  botanical  physician,  but  he  never  made  this  his  actual  profession 
He  was  an  ardent  Methodist,  helpful  and  generous  in  his  support  of  the  worse 
of  that  denomination,  but  by  no  means  limited,  either  in  sympathy  or  practical 
assistance,  to  his  household  of  faith.  His  old  saddle-bags  are  now  the  valued 
heirlooms  of  his  son,  Dr.  Chas.  Benjamin. 

He  d.  at  Yorkshire  Centre,  N.  Y.,  March  21,  1876.     Cynthia  d.  June  8,  1890. 


l92  The  K  n  owl  ton  Genealos 


y 


Dr.  Charles  Benjamin  Knowlton,  (2837)  s.  of  Benj.  and  Eliza,  was  born  in 
Buffalo,  September  15,  1836.  He  received  his  education  at  the  Oberlin  (O.,) 
Institute,  the  Cleveland,  Bryan  &  Stratton  Business  College,  and  under 
Spencer,  the  author  of  the  "  Spencerian  Pennmanship."  Before  entering  upon 
the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  the  law,  he  was  a  professor  in  the  depart- 
ment of  commercial  education,  teaching  penmanship,  book-keeping,  and  com- 
mercial law,  in  the  Buffalo  Bryan  &  Stratton  College.,  and  his  skilful  and 
graceful  penmanship  naturally  led  to  the  selection  of  him  as  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Department  of  Penmanship  in  the  public  schools  of  Buffalo. 

He  subsequently  studied  both  law  and  medicine,  and  on  graduating  with 
first  honors  from  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  his 
thesis  on  "  Forensic  Medicine  "  was  adjudged  the  best  one  submitted,  and  as 
such  it  was  ordered  to  be  printed. 

Dr.  Knowlton  has  been  for  many  years  an  active  and  influential  friend  to 
the  educational,  interests  of  his  native  city.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Society  of  Natural  Science,  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  and  the  Buffalo  Li- 
brary Association.  Aside  from  his  practice  at  the  Buffalo  Bar,  he  is  much 
devoted  to  agricultural  interests,  and  spends  most  of  his  summers  at  "  Idleside," 
a  pretty  country-scat  on  his  large  farm  in  Elton,  his  winters  being  spent  at  his 
city  residence,  "  O-neh-gi-yok  "  on  Massachusetts  Avenue,  Buffalo. 

Hem.  July  15,  1879.  Harriet  Lucinda,  dan.  of  Lorenzo  H.  Simonds,  of 
Ararat,  Pa.,  Avho  d.  May  21,  1894. 

Clark  Cecil  Knowlton,  (2S39)  s.  of  Benj.  and  Cynthia  H..  was  b.  at  Springville, 
N.  Y.,  March  30,  1843.  He  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  enlisting  in 
Company  F.,  5th  N.  Y.  S.  V.  Cavalry  (Ira  Harris  Guards),  September  7,  1861. 
Captured,  first  at  Hanover,  Pa.,  during  the  Gettysburg  Campaign,  paroled 
after  twenty-four  hours  ;  captured  second,  at  Stevensville,  Va.,  March  1,  1864, 
during  the  Cavalry  Raid  to  Richmond,  and  was  confined  in  the  following  Rebel 
Prisons  :  Libby,  Andersonville,  Savannah,  Millen,  Charleston,  and  Florence,  S. 
C.  p;scaped  at  Goldsboro,  February  18th,  and  arrived  in  the  Union  lines  at 
at  Newbern,  N.  C,  March  1,  1865,  making  one  year  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy. 
He  was  discharged  from  the  service  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  April  30,  1865,  by  reason 
of  expiration  of  term,  having  served  three  years  and  eight  months.  He  is  now 
President  and  Manager  of  the  Merchants'  Mutual  Association  of  Chicago,  111. 


1 1 36  Robert  and  Sally  Brown  had  : 

(2840)  John  E.     in.  Lucretia  Knowlton,  his  cousin. 
Res.,  Bethlehem,  N.  Y. 

He  was  b.  in  Clifton  Park,  N.  Y.,  was  by  trade  a  blacksmith,  and  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution. 


Charles  Benjamin  Knowlton,  M.D. 
Buffalo.  N.  V. 


The  Canada  Know! tons  193 

1 138  John  and  Louisa  Evans  had  : 

(2841)  Louisa  M.,  March  12,  1S11.     m. Donnelly.     5  chil. 

(2842)  Ephraim,  1812.     m.  Eveline .     He  d.  January  iS,  ^873. 

(2843)  Thomas  E.,  July  23,  1813.     m.  Jane  Wickman,  March  1'/,  1842.    He 

was  drowned,  September  14,  1S49. 

(2844)  Elijah. 

(2845)  John  J. 

(2846)  Daniel  H.,  m. .     He  d.  in  Coloiado,  i860.     Had  1  son. 

(2847)  Esther  H. 

(2848)  Lucretia  A. 

John  d.  August  15,  1854. 


1 139  Daniel  and  Susannah  Vedder  had  : 

(2849)  Lucretia,  October  r,  1813.     m.  John  Knowlton. 

(2850)  Sarah,  August  15,  18 16.     m.  Peter  Palmer,  November,  1838. 

(2851)  Eliza,  June  29,  1819.     m.  Munson  Dotey. 

(2852)  David,  March  15,  1820.     m.  Mary  Smith,  September  10,  184S. 

(2853)  Daniel,  June  17,  1825.     m.  Ellen  Marcellus,  September,  1863.     He 

d.  April  14,  1864. 

(2854)  Harriet,  August  15,  1829.     m.  Wm.  Hicks. 

Susannah  d.   October  21,   1828,  and   Daniel  m.    2d    Mrs. 
Judith  Knowlton,  March  27,  1830.     They  had  : 
(2854  a)  Charles,  October  31,  1831.     d.  1S52. 

Daniel  was  b.  in  Clifton  Park,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  there  July  8,  1839.     Judith  d. 
there  August  31,  1879. 


1 142  Esther  Knowlton  and  John  Evans  had  : 

(2855)  Agnes. 

(2856)  John  J. 

(2857)  Caroline. 

(2858)  Eveline. 

(2859)  Ephraim  K. 

1 143  Mary  Knowlton  and  Jonah  Townsend  had 

(2860)  Sarah. 

(2861)  Joseph. 


'94  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1 144  John  B.  and  Polly  Rexford  had  : 

(2862)  Alexander,  January  20,    1807.     m.  Hannah  Hayes.     Res.,  Rexford 

Flats,  N.  Y. 

(2863)  Amelia,  September  7,  1810.     d.  March  18,  1852. 

(2864)  M-ria,  February  14,  1820,     d.  November  27,  1842. 

John  B.  res.  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y  ,  and  d.  in  N.  Y.  City,  September  ?6,  1826. 


1 145  David  and  Achsah  Barnes  had  : 

(2865)  Sophronia,  March  5,  1806.     m.  Isaac  Andrus,  May  29,  1823.     She  d. 

June  10,  1888. 

(2866)  Achsah,  March  23,  1809.     d.  young. 

(2867)  David,  February  15,  1810.     d.  young. 

(2868)  Dexter  A.,  March  3,   1812.     m.  Evaline  Arnold,  January  15,  1834. 

He  d.  March  10,  1876.     She  d.  August  19,  7874. 

(2869)  Betsey  A.,  May  3,  1820.      ra.  Lewis  Morgan.     She  d.  November  16, 

1882. 

(2870)  Dyer,  May  n,  1822.     d.  young. 

(2871)  Wm.  Alfred,  August  4,   1831.      m.  Matilda  Hitchcock,  January  21, 

1857.     He  d.  1892 

Residence,  Fairfield,  N.  Y. 

Achsah  d.  April  19,  1843,  and  David  m.  2d  Electra  Luce.      He  d.  Novem- 
ber 25,  1857. 

1 146  Ephraim  and  had  : 

(2872)  Myron. 

(2873)  Byron. 

(2874)  James  H.,  February  24,  1814.      m.  Agnes  Flanders,  who  d.  January 

29,  1879. 

Residence,  Wheaton,  111. 

Ephraim  rem.  to  Janesville  and  thence  to  Middleford,  Wis.,  where  he  died. 


1 147  William  and  Almira  Parkhurst  had  : 

(2875)  Oren.     m. .     3  chil. 

(2876)  Lydia.     m. .     Had  3  chil. 

(2S77)  Robert,     m. .     Had  4  chil. 

Residence,  rem.  to  Ferrysburgh,  N.  Y. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  * 95 


1 149  Dyer  and had  : 

(287S)  John  D  ,  June  15,  1821.     m. 
(2879)  Jonathan,  February  15,  1824. 

Residence,  rem.  to  Canada. 


1 152  Robert  Woolsey  Knowlton  and  Miriam  Gaylord  had  : 

Robert  PL,  October  18,  1817.     m.     Had  chil.     George,  Lansing,  and 

Gertrude.     He  d.  1891. 
Charles  A.,  October  30,  1820.     d.  1832. 
George   Gay,   March   22,    1805.     m.     Had  chil.     Chas.   G.,   Frank 

E.,  Hattie  M.     He  d.  1868. 
Aurelia  Lyons,  October  12,   1826.      m.  Chas.  P.Clark.      Had  son, 

Dr.  Gaylord  P.  Clark.  She  d.  1S91. 
Eliza  Starin,  December  9,  1830.  d.  1836. 
Hiram,  November  14,  1833.     d   young. 

Robert  Woolsey  was  b.  in  Greenfield,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  V.,  whence  he  removed 
to  Fairfield,  N.  Y.,  where,  at  the  age  of  21,  he  established  himself  in  the  business 
of  carriage  making.  In  1824  he  removed  to  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  where  he  carried 
on  the  same  business,  and  also  that  of  salt  manufacturing.     He  d.  August,  1876. 


1  1 


56  Daniel  and  Catherine  Burrell  had  : 
(288:5)   Henrv  D.,  December   15,  1827.     m.  Caroline  E.  Hamlin,  September 

19,1833- 
(28S4)  Jane,  September  25,  1S29.     d.  young. 

(2885)  George  B.,  June  29,  183 1.     m.  Elizabeth  Robbins. 

(2886)  Mary,  December  n,  1833.     in.  Geo.  B.  Robbins. 

(2887)  Daniel,  June  26,  1836.    d.  of  yellow  fever,  in  Memphis,  Tenn.    Law- 

yer. 

(2888)  Katherine  J.,  June  2,  1838.     m.  John  W.  Wood. 

Catherine  d.  June  I,  1841,  and  Daniel  m.  2d  Angeline  H 
Fox.     They  had  : 
(28S9)  Clara  A.,  October  19,  1843.     d.  June  2,  1S90.     unm. 

(2890)  Julia  E.,  June  iS,  1845.     m.  Myron  Willard. 

(2891)  Charles  F.,  September  14,   1847.      m.  Mary   Pettingill,  of  Holland 

Patent,  N.  Y. 
Daniel  was  a  farmer,  and  resided  in  Fairfield  and  Holland  Patent,  N.  Y. 
He  d.  February  2,  189c. 


ig6  The  Knovvlton  Genealogy 

1157   Jerusha  Caroline  Knowlton  and  Henry  Graves  had 

(2892)  Robert,     m.  Annie  Cadwallader.     Had  dan.  Elvira. 
(2S93)  Henry,     m.  Harriet  B.  Hale.     Res.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

(2894)  Annie,     in.  Edward  Benedict. 

(2895)  Ella  S.     m.  Robert  Barton. 

(2896)  Helen  A.     m.  Alfred  W.  Taylor. 

(2897)  Lizzie,     m.  Abram  Baldwin,  October  29,  1867. 

Residence,  Orange,  N.  J. 


1 158  Stephen  and  Phoebe  Russell  had  : 

(2898)  James  R.,      1795.     m.  Harriet  Merritt. 

(2899)  Robert,  179S.     m.  Margaret  Lcunsberry. 

(2900)  Ephraim,  1801.     ra.     2  chil. 

(2901)  Stephen,  1806.     m.  Harriet  Dibble  ;    m.  2d Dana. 

(2902)  Elizabeth,  1808.     d.  young. 

(2903)  Phoebe,  1810.  m. Raymond. 

(2904)  Pamela,  1812.     ra.  Samuel  Haight. 

Phoebe  d.  1858.  Stephen  owned  an  estate  of  1500  acres  of  land  in  West- 
chester Co.,  N.  Y.,  of  which  he  gave  two  hundred  acres  to  each  child  at 
marriage. 

He  was  a  man  of  unusual  physique,  over  six  feet  tall,  genial  and  courtly, 
full  of  energy  until  his  death,  and  honored  by  a  wide  circle  of  relations  and 
fellow-citizens. 


1 1 59  Abijah  and  Abigail  Ann  Russell  had  : 

(2905)  Phoebe,     m. Cotterell,  of  N.  Y.      2  chil.      m.  2d  Justus  Bar- 

rett of  Putnam  Co.,  N.  Y. 

(2906)  Stephen,  October   2,   1808.       ra.    Eliza   Clarke.       m.   2d   Mary    A. 

Wycoff. 

(2907)  Isaac,  1810.     m.  Hannah  Hippen  of  N.  Y.     3  chil. 

(2908)  James  Russell,  1809.     m.  Ann  Eliza  Von  Bos  Kirk  of  N.  Y.    1828. 

(2909)  Abigail,  April    15,    1S15.     m.    N.    B.   Lane  of  N.   Y.     in.  2d  Isaac 

Weeks. 

(2910)  Eliza  J.     m.  James  Vantine. 

Abijah  owned  a  large  farm  in  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  an  inheritance  from  hi? 
father,  and  on  which  the  battle  of  White  Plains  was  fought.  He  d.  in  1810, 
and  Abigail  in  1848,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  *97 

1 162   Stephen  Williams  and  Elizabeth  Longfellow  had  : 

(2911)  Lorenzo  D.,  September  9,   1813.     Lost   at  sea,    1838. 

(2912)  William  L.,   February   io,    1S15     m.  Mary  A.   Hardy,     m.  2d  Mary 

Clough.     d.  May  19,  1882,  Canaan,  N.  H. 

(2913)  Abraham  L.,  August  24,  1818.    m.  Christina  Burnham,  February  13, 

1845.     She  d.  August  23,   1861. 

(2914)  Samuel,  May  iS,  1820.     m.  Ursula  Day,  of  Canaan,  N.  H. 

(2915)  Susan  L.,    Tune  25,  1824.     m.  James  Eastman. 

(2916)  Mary  G.,  January    24,1826.     d.   September   22,   1886. 

(2917)  Stephen,  March  14,  1828.     m.  Rebecca  S.  Case,  of  Nashua,  N.   H. 

Residence  in  Canaan,  N.  FT. 


1 1 66  Ebenezer  and  Margaret  Bass  had  : 
(291S)  Margaret,  November  21,  1803.     ra.  Samuel  W.  Hal!,  April  26,  1830. 
She  d.  September  21,  1883. 

(2919)  Ebenezer,  November  23,  1805.     d.  October  13,  1846. 

(2920)  Lucy  Lakeman,  January  2,  1806.     m.  Alfred  A.  Wellington,  Decern- 

ber  4,  1832.     She  d.  December  22,  1871. 

(2921)  Mary  Elizabeth,  September  26,  1809.     m.  James  W.  Whiton. 


1 167  Lucy  Knowlton  and  Richard  Lakeman  : 

(2922)  Eben  Knowlton,  December  10,  1799. 

(2923)  Lucy.     m.  Ami  Smith. 

(2924)  Susan,  December  29,  1802.     m.  Abram  Lord. 

Lucy  was  b.  in  Ipswich,  in  1772.     She  was  a  great  beauty,  celebrated  for 
her  tall,  commanding  figure  and  graceful  manners. 


1 1 70  Daniel  and had  : 

(2925)  Thomas,  m. 

Daniel  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  served  at  Fort  Montgomery  on 
the  Hudson. 

1 1 71  Sylvia  Knowlton  and  Caleb  Maxham  had  : 

(2926)  Phcebe  A.,  January  15,  1828.     m.  Oramul  Averill.  May  19,  1853. 

(2927)  Stephen  Knowlton,  February  19,  1831.     m.  Frances  A.  Finney,  Sep- 

tember i8,  1866.     Had  Harriet  and  Walter. 


*98  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

Sylvia  was  a  tailoress.  When  her  father  died,  she  bought  her  brother's  '.hare 
ot  the  farm,  and  paid  for  the  whole  property  by  the  earnings  of  her  needle.  She 
d.  June  3,  1863,  thrifty  and  honored. 


1 1 76  Ezra  and  Anna  Loomis  had  : 

(2928)  Ezra,  1821.     m.  Rosanna ;  m.  2d  Emeline  Billings,  1851. 

Anna  dying-,  Ezra  m.  2d  Abigail  Hoar,  and  had  : 

(2929)  Almena.     m.  Nathan  Lyon.     Res.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

(2930)  Hannah. 

(2931)  Rufus  E.     m.  Samantha  Bowen,  185 1. 

(2932)  Edwin  Onias.     m.  Caroline  M.  Hoar. 


1 1  78  Achsah  Knowlton  and  Jesse  Marsh  had 

(2933j   Danforth,  June  20,  1826. 

(2934)  Miner  P.,  October  9,  1827. 

(2935)  John  B.,  May  26,  1830. 

(2936)  Maurice,  June  14,  1833. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


1 180  John  and  Almira  Chaffee  had  : 

(2937)  John  Marvin,  December  10,  1817.     m.  Anna  . 

(2938)  Almira  Calista,  August  8,  1820. 

Almira  d.  February  17,  1821,  and  John  m.  2d  Polly  Crab. 
They  had  : 

(2939)  Henry,  March  26,  1822. 

(2940)  Royal,  June  26,  1823.     m.     Had  son,  Frank,  1862. 

(2941)  Mary. 

(2942)  Hannah. 

(2943)  Lucretia. 

(2944)  Achsah. 

(2945)  Warren. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife  Almira,  John  rem.  from  Ashford,  Ct.,  to  Windsor 
Broome  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  October  8,  1864. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  199 

1 181   Guerdon  and  Laura  Pickett:  had  : 

(2946)  Elvira,  August  ?$,  1822.     m.  Oren  Doolittle,  January  1,  1839. 
(294;)  Sarah,  June  17,  1831.     m.  Dr.  J.  C.  Edson,  October  20,  1852. 

(2948)  Laurina.     m.  Oliver  Winsor,  October  31,  1861. 

(2949)  Alma.     m.  Walter  Hoadley,  January,  1861. 
(7950)  Alanson.     m.  Malinda  Crofut,  July  4,  1857. 

(2951)  Miles,     m.  Nancy  Wooster,  April  10,  1861. 

(2952)  Hansen. 

(2953)  Clara,     m.  Eugene  Bronson,  September  12,  1S69. 


1 182  Tamsen  and  Ezra  Crawford  had  : 

(2954)  Laura,  January  19,  1831. 

(2955)  Almira,  June  17,  1832. 

(2956)  Oren,  February  6,  1835. 

(2957)  Charles,  February  3,  1839. 

(2958)  William. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


1 183  Laura  Knowlton  and  Washington  Blakely  had 


(2959)  Jemima,  March  8,  1829. 

(2960)  Angeline,  May,  1831. 

(2961)  Otis,  October  5,  1832. 

(2962)  Delilah,  August  22,  1836. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


1 185  Armanda  Knowlton  and  Daniel  B.  Reed  had  : 

(2963)  Daniel  K.,  January  22,  1826.     m.  Matilda  Gibson. 

(2964)  William  P.,  October  23,  1S28.     m.  Annette  Park. 

(2965)  Almira,  April  2,  1830. 

(2966)  Eliza,  July  2,  183 1.     m.  Alonzo  Cheever. 

(2967)  Jeremiah,  August  26,  1833. 

(2968)  Elvira,  January  4,  1836.     m.  Chas.  H.  Moulton. 

(2969)  Henry,  July  14,  1839.     m.  B.  Austin. 

(2970)  Darwin. 

(2971)  Myron,  1843. 

(2972)  Herbert,  1845. 

(2973)  Louisa,  1848. 

Residence,  Mansfield,  Conn. 


2oo  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1 186  Palmer  and  Harriet  E.  Conant  had  : 

(2974)  David  P.,  November  16,  1833.     m.  Elmira  Simonds. 

(2975)  John  E.,  February,  16,  1839.     d.  June  6,  1847. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 

Palmer  d.  there  December  29,  1844.     Harriet  was  from  North  Haven,  Conn. 


1 188  Johnathan  W.  and  Harriet  M.  Bottom  had  : 

(2976)  Chas.  C,  September  22,  1844.     m.  Isabel  M.  Howard,  May  12,  1870. 

Res.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(2977)  Mary  E.,  April  23,  1846.     Res.,  Ashford  Conn. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 


1 192   Laura  Knowlton  and  Rev.  A.  W.  Baker  had  : 

(297 S)  James,  May  21,  1840. 
(2979)  Lafayette,  January  17,  1S43. 
(20S0)  Addie,  May  25,  1844. 
(2981)  Lewis,  January  28,  1S46. 
(2982)!Maria,  August  23,  1849. 

(2983)  Oliver,  April  13,  1853. 

(2984)  Frank,  January  22,  1855. 


1 193  Philena  Knowlton  and  Wm.  A.  Locke  had  : 

(2985)  Orlando,    May  23,  1836. 

(29S6)  Mary  E.,  January  24,  1838. 

(2987)  Francis,  March  9,  1S40. 

(2988)  Eliza  J.,  July  1,  1842. 

(2989)  Adaline,  January  25,  1845. 

(2990)  Helen  C,  September  27,  1848.  , 

(2991)  William,  August  22,  1850. 


1 194  Minerva  Knowlton  and  Henry  C.  Locke  had  : 

(2992)  Fernando,  October  7,  1835.     m.  Ellen  Rugby. 

(2993)  Caroline,  July  24,  1844.     m.  Wm.  H.  Ashley. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  201 

1  195  Sophronia  Knowlton  and  John  C.  Lamberson  had  : 

(2994)  Martha,  1841-     d.  June  4,  1S55. 

(2995)  Imogene,  1S4S.     d.  June  \,  i860. 


1197  Orissa  Knowlton  and  Chas..  Torrey  had 

(2996)  Helen  C,  May  16,  1846. 

(2997)  Mary  A.,  June  25,  1851. 

(2998)  Harriet,  August  10,  1858. 

(2999)  William,  April  24,  1861.     d.  young. 


1 198  Jane  Knowlton  and  Dorester  Torrey  had  : 

(3000)  Adelbert,  November  4,  1847. 

(3001)  Herbert,  October  3,  185 1.     m.  Lottie  Derbyshire. 

(3002)  Allen,  January  3,  1861. 


1 199  James  and  Clarinda  Wheat  had  : 

(3003)  Ellen  M.,  March  20,  1846.     m.  H.  G.  DeGroot,  December  28,  1869. 

(3004)  George  F.,  May  20,  185 iv 

(3005)  Walter,  August  15,  1855.     d.  young. 

(3006)  Milton,  August  15,  1855.     d.  young. 

(3007)  Mary  P.,  October  18,  1858. 


1200  Adelia  Knowlton  and  Isaac  Torrey  had 

(3008)  Carlton,  June  13,  1849. 

(3009)  Ella,  September  16,  1852. 


]2oi    Elizabeth  and  Wm.  H.  Ashley  had  : 

(3010)  Carrie,  January  17,  1863. 

(301 1 )  William,  October  20,  1864. 
(30 r?)  James  M.,  November  3,  1866. 
(3°' 3)  Herbert,  April  9,  1869. 


2o: 


The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1207  Merrick  and  Fatima  Perrin  had  : 

(3014)  William  M.,  October  3o,   1829.       m.  Elizabeth   Parker  Guiberson 

October  20,  1862. 

(3015)  Fidelia  H.,  January  22,  1833.  m.  Freeman  E.  Eno,  Somers,  Conn 

(3016)  Marens  P.,  February  3,  1839.  m.  Sophia  Ritchie,  July  18,  1867 

(3017)  Mary  A,  February  19,  ,843.  m.  Achille  E.  Eastman,  May  21,  1S71. 

Residence,  Palmer,  Moss. 

Fatima  d.  August  2,  1876.     Merrick  d.  January  25,  >864. 

120S  Persis  Knowlton  and  Mace  Moulton  had  : 
(301S)  Orson,  August  10,  1825.     m.  Maria  T.  Butler,  October  13,  1847 
(3019)  Mace,  June  29,  1827.     m.  Mary  A.  Burr,  Wilbraham,  Mass. 

Persis  m.  2d.  Truxton  Squire,  1829,  and  had  : 
(3070)  Elvira,  March,  1830.     d.  young. 
(3021)  Lucinda,  July,  1831.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Monson,  Mass. 
Mace  d.  June  7,  1827.     Persis  d.  July  6,  1836. 


1 2 12   Stephen  and  Cassandra  Hester  bad  : 

(3022)  Orson,  June  3,  1822.     m.  Frances  Wilde,  January  28,  18^5. 

(3023)  Fernando,  August  8,  7824. 

(3024)  Porter,  September  29,  1826. 

(3025)  Almira,  August  u,  1828.     m.  Henry  Kilburn. 

(3026)  Marcus  L.,  March  16,  1831. 

(3027)  Minerva,  March  31,  1833.     m.  Hiram  Griffin. 

(3028)  William  S.,  June  30,  1839.     m.  Sarah  Harrity. 

(3029)  Giles  H.,  August  9,  1842. 

Stephen  d.  April  28,  1893.     Cassandra  d.  November  13,  1864. 

1 213  Arnon  and  Susan  Wentworth  had  : 

(3030)  Ezra  L,  March  21,  1831.     m.  Ann  E.  Coman,  March  22,  1857 
(303O  Lydia  m.,  November  9,  1832.     m.  Wm.  R.  James,  October  16    1853 

(3032)  Henry  E.,  April  12,  1834.     d.  young. 

(3033)  Ralph,  June  19,  1835.     d.  January  18,  1S60.     Shot  while  hunting. 

(3034)  Maria  J.,  September  10,  1836.     d.  August  ic,  1870. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 
Arnon  d.  December  6,  1874. 


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121 J  Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  Lyon  had  : 

(3035)  Henry  E.,  November  1,   JS39.     in.  Hattie  S.    Ballard,  January   15, 

1 87 1. 

(3036)  Hannah,  January  18,  1842,     m.  John  Church,  March  31,  1864. 

(3037)  Nathaniel,  May  19,  1843.     m.  Sarah  E.  Wright,  April  5,  1868. 

(3038)  Mary  E.,  May  24,  (845.     m.  C.  W.  Thomas,  November  24,  1S70. 
(3030)  Adaline,  November  30,  1853. 

(30.J0)  Lillian,  December  30,  1S59. 

Ebenezer  d.  August  13,  1866. 


1218   Samuel  and  E.  Fay  Woodward  had  : 

(3041)  Albert  D.  July  4,  1840.      m.  Frances  Whittaker,  March  18,  1868. 

(3042)  Sarah  M.,  May  26,  1842.     m.  D.  P.  Woodman,  December  2?,  1869. 

(3043)  Ellen  S.,  January  21,  1S44.     m.  Frank  O.  Sanger,  March  16,  1S72. 

Samuel  d.  September  21,  1845,  and  Fay  m.  2d  P.  C.  Higgins,  November  6, 
1S46. 


1219   Hannah  Minerva  Knowkon  and  John  S.  Dean  had  : 

(3044)  Charles  E.     m.  Juliette  Fuller. 

Residence,  Boston,  Mass. 


1220  Abraham  and  Huldah  Hastings  had  : 

(3°45)  Waldo,  1831.     d.  young. 

(3046)  Knox,  July  ir,  1833.     m.  Huldah  Alexander,  April  16,  1872. 

(3347)  Emily,  October  13,  1837.     m.  J.  H.Coleman. 

(3048)  Leone,  July  14,  1839.     d.  young. 

(3°49)  Elizabeth,  June  2,  1840.     m.  J.  Stafford,  November  25,  1875. 

(305c)  Bersheba,  August  6,  1S42.     d.  1848. 

(3°50  John,  January  21,  1845.     m.  Melissa  Oliver,  January  10,  1870. 

(3°52)  Paul,  November  17,  1S47.     m.  fiunice  Stafford,  1S77. 

(3053)  Cephas,  November  17,  1849.     d.  October  ir,  1877. 

Abraham  d.  October  n,  1850. 


J22i    Lucinda  Knowkon  and  David  Mufford  had  : 

(3054)  Laura.  1830. 

(3055)  Sarah. 
(3°56)  George. 

Residence,  Aikansas. 

Lucinda  had  four  other  children  whose  names  are  not  known.     She  d.  1863. 


204  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1224  Miles  and  Mrs.  Tucker  had  : 

(3057)  Robert,  August  8,  1S3S.     m.  Ivy  Smith,  1867.     2  chil. 

(3058)  Melissa,  August  20,  1841.     m.  W;n.  Hewitt. 
(3°59)  Oregon,  May  25,  1849.     m.     2  chil. 

Residence,  Arkansas. 

Miles  d.  t866. 


1225   Cephas  and  Julia  E,  Ludlow  had  : 

(3060)  Miner,  March  13,  1854.     m.  Mary  A.  Booth,  March  23,  1877. 

(3061)  Cephas,  October  25,  1856. 

Residence,  Arkansas. 

Cephas  d.  1864. 


1235   Permelia  Knowlton  and  Lysander  C.  Frost  had 

(3062)  Ashbel,  December  n,  1821. 

(3063)  Lyman,  May  20,  1823. 

(3064)  Daniel,  February  2,  1826. 

(3065)  Reuben,  November  26,  1833. 


1236   Dennis  and  Eliza  Weatherby  had  : 

(3066)  Miriam,  April  27,  1830.     d.  September  8,  1846. 

(3067)  Henry  L.,  June  12,  1832.     d.  August  13,  1841. 

(3068)  Ernma  C,  November  18,  1834. 

(3069)  Charles  D.,  August  10,  1837.     d.  July  1,  1861. 

(3070)  William  M.,  February  14,  1840.     d.  July  8,  1858. 

Elizabeth  d.  December  16,  1847,  ar»d  Dennis  m.  2d  Laurana  Loomis. 


1237  Hesse  Knowlton  and  Wm.  S.  Barker  had 

(3071)  Lybenah,  April  8,  1834. 

(3072)  Lusette,  January  1,  1838. 

(3073)  William,  August  5,  1842. 

(3074)  Wesley,  August  5,  1842. 
(3°75)  Sherrod,  September  10,  1844. 
(3076)  Delbert,  February  i,  1847. 


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West  Point  Military  Academy,  1S04-1S70. 


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1239   Lydia  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Glover  had  : 

(3077)  3ane  E"  October  20,  1832.     ra.  Elisha  B.  Boomer. 

(3078)  James  N.,  August  15,  1835. 

(3079)  William  H.,  December  30,  1837. 

(3080)  Harriet  A.,  September  24,  1845. 

(3081)  Thomas  N.,  October  29,  1852. 


1 24 1   Abraham  and  Emily  Witt  had  : 

(3082)  Sarah  J,  January  29,  1846.     m.  Chas.  J.  Smith,  March.  19,  1874. 

(3083)  Susan  E.,  January  12,  1848. 

(3084)  Danforth  A.,  November  9,  1850.     m.  Stella  M.  Graves,  November 

14,  1874. 

(3085)  Alfred  N.,  February  13,  1852. 

(3086)  James  E.,  June  5,  1856. 

(3087)  jane  E.,  June  5,  1856.     m.  Edward  Noble,  January  3,.  1875. 

(3088)  Rufus  E.,  July  6,  1858. 

Residence,  Wilbraham,  Mass. 

Abraham  d.  March  1,  1871.     Emily  d.  Februaiy  26,  1866. 


242  CAPTAIN  MINER  KNOWLTON,  U.  S. 


A. 


Captain  Miner  Knowlton  was  a  grandson  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton,  a 
grandnephew  of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton,  and  first  cousin  of  Gen.  Nathaniel 
Lyon,  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  of  the  United  States,  and  instructor  at 
West  Point  Military  Academy.  At  the  last  officers'  mess  he  attended,  when 
ending  his  longand  arduous  duties  at  West  Point,  in  1844,  he  was  stricken  with 
epilepsy.  Ik-  was  always  an  ambitious  student  while  performing  his  duties  as 
Instructor  in  Mathematics,  French,  Artillery,  and  Cavalry,  and  he  finally  broke 
down  through  overstudy. 

For  this  reason  he  obtained  a  furlough,  and  visited  many  foreign  countries 
in  the  hope  of  overcoming  the  malady,  yet  always  striving  to  inform  himself  in 
military  affairs,  and  giving  to  the  Government  the  benefit  of  all  information  he 
acquired  of  foreign  armaments  and  methods.  Thus,  after  leaving  West  Point, 
we  find  him  in  the  French  Army  in  Algeria,  and  later  on  in  Bermuda,  and  in 
Havana,  Cuba,  on  delicate  and  special  service  for  the  Government,  and  doing 
recruiting  service  and  engineering  work  on  the  Rio  Grande,  although  incapaci- 
tated through  disease  for  service  in  the  field,  during  the  Mexican  War. 

The  "falling  sickness  "  never  left  him,  and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war 
in  1861,  being  then  57  years  old  and  the  oldest  captain  in  the  Artillery,  he 
mired   from   the  service,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  at  Burlington, 


2o6  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

N.  J.,  where  he  had  gone  to  secure  necessary  quiet,  and  where  he  organized  a 
company  of  home  guards  known  as  the  "  Knowlton  Rifles/' 

He  was  the  instructor  of  Lee,  Grant,  Beauregard,  Lyon,  and  many  of  the 
prominent  West  Point  officers,  both  Union  and  Confederate,  who  took  part  in 
the  Civil  War. 

An  ardent  Republican,  he  was  always  courteous  to  those  who  differed  from 
him  in  politics. 

He  was  more  the  student  than  the  fighter,  and,  adding  to  the  inborn  courtesy 
of  the  old  school  the  trained  etiquette  of  the  Regular  Army  officer,  he  had  the 
breadth  of  view  and  the  charity  of  a  highly  educated  and  liberal-minded  man. 

Captain  Knowlton  was  never  married.  He  is  buried  in  St.  Mary's  Church- 
yard, Burlington,  N.  J.,  and  his  monument  is  capped  with  a  fac-sirnile  in  stone 
of  a  mortar  ready  for  discharge  and  the  inscription  reads  :  "Our  aim  is  always 
heavenward — for  God  and  for  our  country." 

Ashbel  Woodward  inscribed  his  "  Life  of  General  Lyon  "  to  Captain  Knowl- 
ton as  a  tribute 

"  to  patriotism,  integrity  and  distinguished  attainments,  and  a  memorial 
of  old  and  uninterrupted  friendship." 

Captain  Knowlton  fostered  the  military  instincts  of  the  descendants  of 
Lieut.  Daniel  Knowlton,  and  it  is  believed  that  his  example  largely  influenced 
Lyon  in  adopting  a  military  career,  and  that,  thereafter,  Lyon  was  guided  in 
military  and  other  matters  by  the  precepts  and  opinions  of  the  relative  and 
friend  who,  fourteen  years  his  senior,  was  his  instructor  and  the  respected  com- 
rade of  the  older  and  then  more  distinguished  officers  of  the  Army. 

The  publication  of  the  "  Life  of  General  Lyon  "  for  distribution  among  his  rel- 
atives, and  for  the  public  libraries,  was  mainly  due  to  Captain  Knowlton.  and  it 
is  probable  that  it  was  at  his  request  that  his  friend,  Ashbel  Woodward,  edited 
the  pamphlet  with  miniature  engraving  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  memory 
of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton. 

Captain  Knowlton  built  a  beautiful  home  for  himself  in  Burlington,  N.  J., 
where  he  entertained  his  friends  and  his  old  Army  comrades,  and  in  spite  of 
a  generous  expenditure  of  money  and  of  his  many  silent  charities,  such  were  his 
habits  from  the  early  training  in  Connecticut  that,  through  good  management 
and  intelligent  investment  of  accumulated  savings  from  the  modest  pay  of  an 
Army  officer,  he  left  a  handsome  fortune  at  his  death. 


1244  Miriam  Knowlton  and  Hiram  Cady  had  : 

(3089)  Mary  A.  H.,  November  g,  1832.     m.  Philo  Chaffer,  August,  31,  18 

(3090)  Hiram,  February  17,  1837. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 
Miriam  d.  August  28,  1895. 


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Danforth  Knowlton, 

New  York  Cily,  1S11-1S90. 


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1245   Danford  and  Miranda  H.  Rockwell  had  : 

(309  .)  Maria  R.,  June  6,  1842.     d.  April  29,  1848. 

(3092)  Danforth  Henry,  April   iS,  1846.     m.  Mary  B.  Johnes,  August  21, 

*8?3- 

(3093)  Miner  R.,  June  6,  1847.    m.  Hattie  Hull,  September  17,  1867. 

(3094)  Gertrude  M.,  July  14,  1858.     m.  J.  B.  Van  Sehaick. 

DANFORD  KNOWLTON. 

was  born  at  Ashford,  Windham  County,  Conn.,  May  5,  1S11.  His  father  and 
mother  were  Daniel  and  Hannah  Knowlton,  both  of  the  same  name,  and  from 
families  remotely  connected.  On  the  paternal  side  they  were  farmers  in  com- 
fortable circumstances,  having  influence  in  the  community,  and  filling  places  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  On  the  maternal  side. they  were  also  farmers,  the 
grandfather  of  the  subject  of  the  present  sketch,  Daniel  Knowlton,  and  Thomas 
Knowlton,  his  brother,  being  conspicuous  while  quite  young  \n  the  war  against 
the  French  and  Indians,  serving  with  General  Putnam,  and  in  the  early  struggles 
for  national  independence. 

In  the  autumn  of  1S32,  Mr.  Knowlton  left  a  happy  paternal  home  with  a. 
desire  to  find  some  occupation  more  congenial  to  his  taste  than  fanning.  On 
April  10,  1833,  he  entered  into  an  existing  firm  doing  a  wholesale  grocery  busi- 
ness in  Hartford,  Conn.  Continuing  the  same  class  of  businecs  until  December, 
1843,  ne  removed  to  New  York,  looking  for  a  wider  field  of  operations.  With 
some  changes  of  partners,  the  wholesale  grocery  business  was  continued  until 
185?,  when  he  visited  the  island  of  Cuba  and  united  the  importation  of  its  pro- 
ducts with  the  existing  enterprise.  This  mixed  class  of  business  was  continued 
until  186 1,  when  the  firm  confined  itself  to  importation  only,  from  the  West 
Indies  and  South  America.  In  1855  Mr.  Knowlton  retired  from  business,  after 
fifty-two  years  of  successful  mercantile  life,  in  which  he  earned  an  enviable 
reputation  for  business  enterprise  and  commercial  honor. 

During  the  continuance  cf  the  importing  business,  a  good  deal  of  controversy 
arose  between  importers  and  refiners  of  sugar  respecting  the  proper  duty  to  be 
placed  upon  various  classes  of  sugar,  the  latter  desiring  so  to  discriminate  against 
the  better  classes  suitable  for  consumption  as  to  prevent  their  importation. 

These  controversies  led  to  various  appeals  to  Congress,  in  which  the  im- 
porters generally  fcund  the  champagne  and. good  dinners  of  the  refiners  more 
effective  than  the  solid  arguments  and  cold  water  of  the  importers.  Thus  that 
"  infant  industry  "  was  so  protected  as  to  lead  to  colossal  fortunes  among  the 
refiners  of  sugar,  at  the  expense  of  the  consumers,  resulting  in  ihe  exclusion  from 
the  country  oi  all  sugars  except  such  as  are  required  for  refining.  In  these  con- 
troversies Mr.  Knowlton  took  a  prominent  part,  appearing  before  committees  of 
Congress  and  contributing  many  articles  on  the  subject  to  the  press,  and  other- 


20S  i  iic  ivnowuon  oeneaiogy 

Danford  Knowlton  was  first  cousin  and  life-long  friend  of  Gen'l  Lyon,  and 
on  the  receipt  of  the  news  of  the  hero's  death  at  Wilson's  Creek,  he  started 
from  New  York  at  once  to  secure  the  body.  At  St.  Louis  he  secured  a  metallic 
coffin,  and  after  much  delay  there,  caused  by  General  Fremont,  he  succeeded 
in  obtaining  permission  for  an  ambulance  and  an  escort  to  pass,  under  fiag  of 
truce  inside  the  rebel  lines  to  Springfield,  Mo.  At  Rolla  he  met  our  army, 
August  20,  1 861,  and  from  Emmett  MacDonald,  Captain  Com'd'g  C.  S.  A.,  who 
was  there  to  exchange  prisoners,  he  obtained  permit  to  pass  inside  the  rebel 
lines.  After  a  rough  ride  to  Springfield  he  found  the  body  there  tenderly 
cared  for  by  Mrs.  Phelps,  a  loyal  Connecticut  woman.  It  had  been  left  on  the 
field  of  battle  ;  then  recovered  by  our  retreating  army  under  flag  of  truce,  and 
again  left  at  Springfield  in  the  hurried  retreat  from  that  place.  Danford  Knowl- 
ton brought  the  body  to  Eastford,  Conn.,  where  it  was  buried. 

In  his  matrimonial  experience.  Mr.  Knowlton  was  one  of  the  most  fortunate 
of  men.  Married  to  Miss  Miranda  H.  Rockwell,  the  daughter  of  Park  and 
Esther  Rockwell  of  Stafford,  Conn.,  September  26,  1S37,  he  passed  almost 
forty-nine  years  of  a  most  happy  union  with  one  whose  amiable  character 
rendered  her  beloved  by  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  her  acquaintance.  Previ- 
ous to  retirement  from  business,  Mr.  Knowlton  built  a  fine  country  residence  in 
Stafford,  at  the  birthplace  of  his  wife,  with  a  view  of  spending  at  least  his 
summers  in  that  delightful  locality.  He  died  there  in  December,  1890,  and 
was  buried  in  the  family  lot  in  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y. 


1246  Elvira  Knowlton  and  Asher  Knowlton  had 
(3095)  Nancy  M.,  January  23,  1841.     m.  James  F.  Chamberlain. 

Residence,  Ashford,  Conn. 
Asher  d.  May  10,  1883.     Elvira  d.  January  28,  1S87. 


1247  Edwin  and  Mary  F.  Woodward  had: 

(3097)  Robert  D.  W.,  November  18,  i860. 

(3098)  George  B.  M.,  March  3,  1863. 

(3099)  James  E.  A.,  April  28,  1866. 
(5100)  Haitie  E.,  October  26,  1868. 

Edwin  Knowlton  was  born  in  Ashford,  Conn.,  June  24,  1835.  His  educa- 
tion was  limited  to  that  of  the  public  school?,  and  though  desirous  of  a  wider 
business  sphere,  his  filial  duty  kept  him  on  the  farm  of  his  parents,  which  he 
brought  to  a  high  slate  of  cultivation,  and  greatly  extended  its  area.  It  has 
been  in  the  possession  of  the  Knowltons  for  a  century  and  a  half,  being  now 


Edwin  Know i. ton, 
Ashford,  Conn.,  1S25-1S84. 


Hon.  Jabez  Knowlton, 

Newburgh,  Me.,  1809-1895. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  209 

owned  and  worked  by  Robert,  the  eldest  son.  Edwin's  industry  and  enter- 
prise made  him  prominent  among  his  townsmen,  and  he  was  at  various  times 
Selectman,  Highway  Surveyor,  and  Representative.  His  good  judgment  and 
sterling  integrity  made  him  in  constant  request  for  the  settlement  of  estates, 
and  when  the  old  Baptist  Society  decided  to  distribute  an  accumulated  fund 
among  the  members  and  heirs  of  deceased  members,  he  was  selected  to  make 
the  distribution. 

He  married  Mary,  dan.  of  Otis  and  Eliza  Woodward,  and  d.  September  1 1, 
1884.     Mary  d.  April  29,  1895. 


1248  Sally  and  Chauncey  Warren  had  : 

(3101)  Amos  K.,  February  24,  1824.     m.  Helen  Moore. 

(3102)  Calvin,  March  27,  1825.     d.  young. 

(3103)  Jabez,  March  19,  1830.     m.  Myra  Groot. 

(3104)  Lucian  C,  May  2,  1833. 


1250  Jabez  and  Susan  M.  Bickford  had  : 
(3105)  Amos  W.,  April  27,  1845.     m-  Annie  H.  Church,  November  10,  18  . 

Jabez  Knowlton  was  born  in  Ashford,  Conn.,  where  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  during  the  summer,  attending  the  public  school  during  the  winter 
months.  This  limited  education  was  about  all  that  the  average  New  England 
boy  received  at  that  time,  but.it  proved  to  be  serviceable' and  effectual  when 
supplemented  by  native  shrewdness  and  personal  industry.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-two  Jabez  removed  to  Maine,  where  he  conducted  a  thrifty  business  in 
books  and  clocks.  When  in  Newburgh,  he  always  stopped  at  the  Bickford 
Tavern,  a  notable  hostelry  on  the  turnpike  between  Bangor  and  Augusta, 
where  he  met  Susan,  the  landord's  daughter,  whom  he  soon  after  made  his  happy 
wife.  He  went  into  the  business  of  a  "General  Store"  then  owned  by  his 
father-in-law,  and  when  this  was  burned  he  erected  one  of  his  own,  where  he 
continued  business  for  the  rest  of  his  active  life,  accumulating  a  handsome 
fortune.  His  suavity  of  mariner,  generosity  to  debtors,  and  geniality  to  every- 
one made  him  a  great  favorite.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  old  Whig 
party,  and,  though  living  in  a  Democratic  district,  was  sent  to  the  State  Legis- 
lature in  1849.  After  the  dissolution  of  his  party,  he  became  a  Democrat,  but 
his  popularity  so  far  prevailed  over  partisanship  that  both  parties  joined  in 
making  him  Postmaster  and  Selectman  for  forty  years,  and  Town  Treasurer 
for  thirty-seven  years.  He  died  at  Newburgh,  June  3,  1895,  beloved  and 
regretted  by  all. 


210  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1256  Sally  Goulding  and Warren  had  : 

(3105  a)  Waterman. 

(3105  b)  Elbridge  G.,  1S10. 

(3io5  c)  John. 


(3105  d)  George. 
And  three  others. 


1257  Sarah  Knowlton  and Gleason  had  : 

(3106)  One  child. 

He  dying,  she  m.  2d  Aaron  Sibley  and  had  : 

(3107)  F.  Knowlton  Sibley,  1825. 

Res.,  Waltham,  Mass. 

She  d.  April  10,  1861. 


1258  Benjamin  and  Olive  Stone  had  : 

(3108)  Tryphena,  September  17,  1807.     d.  August  22,  1840. 

(3109)  Mary  A.,  January  20,  1810.     d.  November  12,  1846. 

(31 10)  Abigail  M.,  June  24,  1812.     m.  Jonathan  Drury. 

(31  n)  Israel  S.,  January  22,  1815.     m.  Hepsibeth  C.  Fisk  ;  m.  2d  Mary  F. 
H.  Cochrane. 

(3112)  Candace,  December  25,  1817.     m.  Jeremiah  Young. 

(3113)  Marcia,  January  20,  1821.     m.  W.  S.  Erenbrach,  January  1,   1836. 

He  d.  1891. 
.(31 14)  Benjamin  L.,  September  26,  1824.     m.  Eliza  Ann  Maclay. 
Res.,  Salem,  Mass. 

Benjamin  d.  August  23,  1865.     Olive  d.  December  13,  1865. 


1259  Nathan  and  Sally  Gates  : 
had  many  children.     He  rem.  to  Pennsylvania  and  d.  there,  March  12,  il 


1 26 1   Abigail  Knowlton  and  Johnathan  Stone  had 

(3115)  Oliver,  August  22,  1815.     d.  February  4,  1863. 

(31 16)  Joseph  J.,  December  26,  1816.     d.  October  2,  1833. 

(3117)  Prescott  B.,  July  13,  1819.     d.  May  21,  1886. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  211 


(31 18)  Sarah  L.,  February  i,  1822.     d.  August  4,  iJ 

(31 19)  Lewis,  April  21,  1823. 

(3120)  Emory,  March  9,  1827. 

(3121)  Marshall,  April  19,  1828. 

Residence,  Auburn,  Mass. 

Abigail  d.  February  15,  18S4. 


1263    Joanna  Knowlton  and  David  Rockwood  had 

(3122)  Joanna,  October  10,  1815. 

(3123)  David,  November  29,  1816. 

(3124)  Chester,  March  27,  1818. 

(3125)  Nancy,  March  29,  1820. 

(3126)  Charles,  August  10,  182 1. 

(3127)  Joseph.  February  20,  1823. 

(3128)  Samuel,  March  ro,  1823. 

(3129)  Hermann,  March  10,  1827. 

(3130)  Nathan,  June  14,  1829. 

(3131)  Martha,  April  1,  1S31. 

(3132)  Laura,  April,  1,  1834. 

Residence,  Bennington,  Vt. 

Joanna  d.  August  16,  1857.     Daniel  d.  January  12,  1857. 


1 264  Pomcroy  and  Marcia  Palmer  had 
(3133)  Sarah. 
He  d.  January  1,  1874. 


1266  Olive  Knowlton  and  Curtis  Fay  had 

(3134)  Chandler,  October  25,  1826. 

(3135)  Augustus,  January  25,  182S; 

(3136)  Elizabeth,  September  13,  1829. 

(3137)  Ann  Eliza,  March  29,  1831. 

(3138)  Henry  B.,  December  22,  1S32. 

(3139)  Martha,  January  28,  1835. 

Residence,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Curtis  d.  February  2,  1876.     Olive  d.  March  3,  1886. 


212  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1267  Arad  and  Sophia  Wilkinson  had  : 

(3141)  Norman  W.,  September  3,  1825.     d.  1893. 

(3142)  Nancy  S.,  May  5,  1830.     d.  November  14,  1874. 

Residence  rem.  from  Townsend,  Vt.,  to  Brockton,  Mass. 

Sophia  d.  May  1875,  and  Arad,  February  17,  1S77. 


1269  Lucy  Knowlton  and  N.  S.  Clark  had  : 

(3143)   Henry  S. 

Residence,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Lucy  d.  1S82. 


1270  Asahel  and  Sophronia  C.  Cummings  had  : 

(3M4)  John  P.,  Octobers,  1833.     m.  Jane  Shumway,  November  29,  1859. 
(3M5)  Sarah   S.,   October   19,    1S36.     m.   Wm.  S.   Wood,   August   7,  1856. 

Had  son,  Wm.  C. 
(3146)  Marcia  A.,  January    20,  1842.     m.  M.    A.  Harrington,  November  28, 

1872. 

Asahel  was  b.  in  Newfane,  Vt.,  in  1803,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of  a  family 
of  sixteen  children.  In  1826  he  removed  to  Auburn,  Mass.,  where  he  worked 
on  a  farm.  By  his  industry  and  frugality  he  purchased,  in  1S35,  the  Jonas 
Stockwell  farm,  where  he  resided  until  1S56.  He  then  removed  to  Boylston, 
where  he  was  Warden  of  the  Town  Farm  for  four  years,  after  which  he  returned 
to  Auburn,  serving  the  town  successively  as  Tax  Collector,  Assessor,  Selectman, 
and  Excise  Agent  under  the  old  prohibitory  law.  In  1868  he  purchased  the 
John  Shumway  place  in  Webster,  Mass.,  and  since  that  time  he  has  acted  as 
janitor  of  the  court  and  school  houses,  and  of  the  Bank  Block.  He  is  now  94 
years  old  and  in  fair  health.  Sophronia  was  born  in  Auburn,  Mass.,  October  17, 
1809,  and  d.  August  12,  1893. 


1 271    Swan  and  Mrs.  Sarah   Eddy  Baird  had: 

(3147)  Sarah   Ann,  January  4,  1832.     m.  Wm.  R.   Barrett  of   Bane,    Mass., 

September  12,  1851. 

(3148)  Nathan  M.,  December  5,   1836.     m.  Harriet   E.  Bailey,  November 

22,  1862.     Westboro. 
(31.49)  Maria  A.,  April  6,  1840.     m.  Albert  L.  Smith,  Worcester.      1  child. 

Swan  was  a  farmer.     For  many  years  he  was  Deacon  in  the  Congregational 


The  Canada  Knowltons  213 

Church  in  Ward,  now  Auburn,  Mass.  He  served  during  the  Rebellion  as  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Commission  in  the  camps  before  Richmond.  The  last 
twenty  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Worcester,  Mass.  He  d.  November  27, 
1883.     Sarah  d.  June  29,  1893. 


1272   Luthera  Knowlton  and  Ezra  Rice  had: 

(3150)  Susan,  August  19,  1834.     d.  1851. 

(3151)  Emily,  July  27,  183S.     d.  August  9,  1865. 

(3152)  Nancy  F.,  July  28,  1840.     m.  Rev.  C.  C.  Carpenter,  May  1,  1862. 
(3x53)  George  D.,  April   16,  1842.     Soldier,  Co.  C,  51st  Reg't,   Mass.  Vol. 

d.  in  hospital  at  Newberne,  N.  C,  March  9,  1863. 

(3154)  Selina,  June  20,   1844.     m.  S.  Augustus  Perrin,  June  20,   1871.     1 

child. 

(3155)  Abbie  L.,  July  5,  1844.     m.  S.  A.  Sinnicks,  May  14,  18S5.     She  d. 

August  8,  1892. 

Residence,  Auburn,  Mass. 

Luthera  d.  February  28,  1881.     Ezra  d.  April  13,  1884. 


129S  Calvin  and  Abigail  Powers  had  : 
(3156)  A  dau.     m.  Alonzo  Farrar. 

Calvin  d.  in   Rye,  N.  H.,  January  30,  1878.     Abigail  was  from  Rye  and  d. 
in  Hardwick,  Mass.,  September  24,  1822. 


1 301    Maria  Knowlton  and  William  Dexter  had: 

(3157) 

(3*58)  Samuel  W.,  March  8,  1829.     d.  young. 

(3159)   Lucy  M.,  August  21,  1831.     m.  J.  B.  Wiggin,  September  17,  1856. 


1303  Timothy  and  Susan-  Locke  had  : 

(3160)  Mary  E.,  December  20,  1838. 

Susan    d.    July   17,    1842,  and    Timothy  m.   2d   August; 
Locke,  September  10,  1843.     They  had  : 

(3161)  Susan  A.,  January  9,  1S49. 

Timothy  lived  in  Rye,  N.  H.  and  d.  there  July  9,  1S69. 


2I4  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1308  Thomas  and  Eliza  A.  Brand  had  : 

(3162)  Walter  S.,  December  28,  1846.     d.  1850. 

(3163)  Henry  H.,  November  26,  1849. 

(3164)  Lizzie  S.,  December  1,  1851. 

Residence,  West  Brookfield,  Mass. 

1309  Amos  S.  and  Mary-jr-Hedge  had  : 

(3165)  Lucy  M.,  October  12,  1851. 

(3166)  Gerald,  December  2,  1S53.     d.  young. 

(3167)  Amos  H.,  June  19,  1S55.     m.Addie  Patch.     1  child.     Res.,  Little- 

ton, Mass.         .';V  '  ';.,-.    l^<u>;.<-     /C/0Y 

'  (3168)  Wm.  F.,  December  14,  1857. 

(3169)  Frederick,  February  13,  i860,     d.  May  29,  1875.  .. 

(3170)  Adau.  .mI, young,  fl m U   ■   ,-  -   rt  \  I  :         ''}  '  '-  '     \.  .'    '  '    ' 

(3171)  Mary  L.,  December  7,  1865.     '■       •  / 

Residence,  Wobum,  Mass,  Q.  t  .  .  t  U\.  /  .    '  -• 

Mary  d.  February  29,  1844,  and  Amos  m.  2d  Ann   M.   Stone,  January   12, 
1851. 


13 10  Susan  Knowlton  and  Francis  Gerald  had  : 
(3172)  Fannie,  February  8,  1846.     m.  Ezra  S.  White,  August  26,  1873. 


1312   Charles  H.  and  Annie  C.  Root  had 
(3173)  Annie  S.,  January  27,  1861. 


13 13   Polly  Knowlton  and  Artemas  Mann  had 

(3174)  George  H. 

(31 75)  Rosanna. 

(3176)  Joseph  H. 

(3177)  Algeria. 

(3178)  Henry. 


I3I5   Cynthia  Knowlton  and  Jason  Goulding-  had  : 

(3178  a)  Agnes  S.,  August  7,  1830.     unm.     Res.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
(3178  b)  Cynthia  K.,  November  16,  1833.     unm.     Res.,  Mills  College,  Cal. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  215 

(3178c)  Abigail  C.  D.,  August   io,  1835.     ra.  Rev.  J.  P.  Krcmler,  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  October  1,  1856. 

Cynthia  was  the  2d  wife  of  Jason.  She  d.  January  23,  1845,  and  Jason  m. 
3d  Mrs.  Harriet  Bowker  Knowlton,  widow  of  Joseph  Knowlton,  his  brother-in- 
law. 


13 1 7  Joseph  and  Abigail  Canuth  had  no  children.     He 
m.  2d  Harriet  Bowker,  June  16,  1836,  and  had  : 

(3179)  Abigail  C./May  28,  1837.     m.  J.  C.  P.  Chapin.     Had  dau.  Charlotte, 

who  m.  Dr.  V.  P.  Gibney  of  N.  Y.  City. 

(3180)  Cynthia  Eva,  April  13,  1839. 

Residence,  Phillipston,  Mass. 

Joseph  was  a  Deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church,  a  Selectman,  and  Town 
Treasurer.     He  d.  March  6,  1840.     She  d.  February  13,  1834. 


1 3 18  Francis  E.  and  Rev.  J.  W.  Chickering  had  : 

(31  Si)  Prof.  John  W.     Res.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

(3182)  Frances,  April  25,  1834. 

(3183)  Prof.  Joseph,  July  20,  1S36.     Res.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

(3184)  Mary  G.,  February  24,  1841. 


13 19  Stephen  S.  and  Sally  Atwood  had  : 

(3185)  Harriet,  November  3,  1S27.     d.  May  3.  1857. 

(3186)  Stephen,   January   20,    1831.     m.   Frances    Kent,   August   25,    185! 

A  Congregational  minister  in  Danville,  A7t. 

(3187)  Susan  E.,  October  io,  1833.     d.  April  7,  1877. 

(3188)  Mary  F.,  June  8,  1839. 

(3189)  Eliza  A.,  August  3,  1S41.     d.  December  20,  1S60. 

Residence,  Pittsfield,  Vt. 

Sally  d.  July  28,  1861.    Samuel  was  a  Deacon  in  the  Congregational  Churc] 
He  d.  February  24,  1865. 


132 1   Jonas  and  Eliza  Pinney  had  : 

(3190)  Joseph,  October  22,  1873.     m.  Sarah  Hansell,  September  17,  1867. 

(3191)  Henry,     m.  Georgiana  Penny,  October  19,  1870. 


216  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(3192)  William,  November  9,  1839.     d.  February  14,  1849. 

(3193)  Fannie,  January  18,  185 1.     m.  Jacob  Keslur. 

Residence,  Portage  des  Sioux,  Mo. 

Jonas  d.  December  3,  1876. 


1323   Emmons  and  Abigail  Taggart  had  : 

(3194)  Albert   F.,  February   21,    1841.     m.   Maria  Cozzens,   December  10, 

1867. 

Abigail  d.    March   19,  184.1,  and   Emmons  m.    Hattie  A. 
Taggart-,  October  9,  1844.     They  had  : 

(3195)  John  R.,  January  5,  1846.      m.  Emma  C.  Cornell,  January  13,  1870. 

Soldier  during  the  whole  War  of  the  Rebellion  from  1861. 

(3196)  Abbie,  March  10,  1848.     d. 

(3197)  Carrie,  July  15,  1S58.     d.  April  7,  1864. 


1325   Phoebe  (or  Phila)   Knowlton  and  Joseph  Taggart 
had  : 

(3198)  George,  April  26,  185 1.     Res.,  Royalton,  Vt. 

(3199)  Charles,  August  1,  1S55.    d.  December  14,  1S65.    Res.,  Royalton,  Vt. 

(3200)  Flora,  November,  1858.     Res.,  Royalton,  Vt. 

Res.,  Stockbridge  and  Royalton,  Vt. 


1326  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Alonzo  Keyes  had  : 

(3201)  Willie,  November  18,  1863.     d.  young. 

(3202)  Alonzo,  April  6,   1865. 


1327   George  and  Betsey  Brummell  had  : 

(3203)  Alary. 

(3204)  Sarah,     m.     Had  Harriet  A.,  March  29,  1849. 

(3205)  George. 

(3206)  Laura. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  217 

1328  John  and  Rebecca  Sperry  had  : 

(3207)  George,     m.  Henrietta  Webber. 

(3208)  Julius  S.,  1816.     m.      Res.,  Meriden,  Conn. 

(3209)  Mary  J.,  1820.     ra.  W.  N.  Porter.     Res.,  Beach  Pond,  Pa. 
(3209  a)  Moses,  1822.     Res.,  Harpersfield,  N.  Y. 

John  d.  1853. 


1330  Betsey  Knovvlton  and  Joel  Finch  had 

(3210)  Maria. 

(3211)  Harriet. 

(3212)  Mary  A. 


133 1    Polly  Knowlton  and  John  Sanford  had 

(3213)  Augustus. 

(3214)  Albert. 

(3215)  Lysander. 


1335   Erastus  and  Mary  Moore  had  : 

(3216)  Samuel,  October  24,  1833.      m.  Mary  Kenworthy,  October  28,  1858. 
.(3217)  Fannie,  May  20,  1836.     m.  Wolstan  Dixie,  May  20,  1S58. 
(32 iS)  Henry  M.,  March  30,  1840.     d.  young. 
(3219)  Mary  E.,  January  S,  1844.     m.  C.  H.  Sturtevant,  October  6,  i860. 

Erastus  res.  in  Brookfield,  Mass.  He  drove  for  many  years  the  mail  and 
passenger  coach  on  the  old  stage  road  between  Springfield  and  Worcester.  In 
1837  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  R.  R.,  and  was  baggage 
master  on  the  first  train  that  ran  between  the  above  cities.  He  was  promoted 
for  his  efficiency,  and  was  for  a  long  time,  and  until  his  death,  December  31, 
1848,  the  head  of  the  baggage  department  at  Worcester  station,  invaluable  to 
the  company  and  to  the  travelling  public  by  reason  of  his  experience  and  affa- 
bility.    Mary  d.  October  19,  1858. 


1336  Sewell  and  Maria  Ouance  had  : 

(3220)  Julia  M.,  September  8,  1S34.     m.  H.  H.  West,  July  3,  1S50. 

(3221)  James  3VL,  December  4,  1835.     m.  Sophia  Drake. 

(3222)  John  C,  January  5,  1S39.     m.  Tamsen  Ingles,  September  3,  i860. 

(3223)  George  K.,  August  26,  1840.     m.  Phoebe  Evans,  1862. 


218 


The  Knowlton  Genealogy 


*    h?  t'  s:pte™ber  2ij  i84r- m- james  stricki-d>  **6*. 

3-5     Helen  H    Apnl  3,  ,851.     m.  Franklin  Clark,  February  29    ,868 
(3«6)  Sophia,  June  20,1854.     m.  William  Smith,  May  8   187, 
(3227)  William,  July  18,  1855.     d.  April  10,  1S67.  ' 

Sewell  d.  March  21,  i860. 


1341  Fannie  Knowlton  and  A.  B.  Jones  had: 
(3228)  Edward,  March  22,  1839 

b»9)  Eliza,  January  „,  ,84,.     n,  —  Stacey.    Res.,  Springfield. 

(3230)  George,  October  23,  1844. 

(3231)  Frances,  July  18,  1849.     m. Fass.     Res.,  Springfield. 

Residence,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 

1342  James  M.  and  Nancy  Kendal!  had  : 

(3232)  Jane. 

(3233)  Mary. 

1343  Samuel  and  Marietta  Howard  had  : 

(3234)  Marietta,  August  26,  1844.     m.  W.  H.  Grath,  November  27    i8f  7 

(3235)  Albert  W.,  May  5,  1846.     d.  June  3,  1S65. 

(3236)  Lucy  E,  September  5,  1850.     m.  Fred  C.  Hyde,  February  2,  1871. 

1345   Catherine  Knowlton  and  Levi  Whitcomb  had  : 

(3237)  Calvin  H.,  March  8,  1S28. 

(3238)  Rosina,  June  29,  1830. 

(3239)  Joel  A.,  September  12,  1832. 

(3240)  Eliza  A.,  June  18,  1838. 

They  rem.  to  Simms  Co.,  Iowa,  1S47. 


1346  Levi  W.  and  Amanda  Hollister  had  : 

(3241)  Levi,  May  2,  1S34.     m.  Fannie  C.  Alsdorf,  May  13    1861 

(3242)  Amanda,  November  25,  1836.     m.  Zenophon  Wheeler,  1862     Shed 

in  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

(3243)  Mary  A,  April  25,  x 83 8.    m.  Henry  Baker,  186 1.     Res.,  Trenton,  Mo. 

Levi  rem.  to  Utica,  Ohio,  in  1832.     d.  there  September  ,8,  1870.     Amanda 

was  from  South  Glastonbury,  Conn.     d.  October  25,  r868. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  2I9 

1349  Lucy  Knowlton  and  Thomas  Carter  had  : 

(3244)  Emeline  L.,  August  13, 1832.     m. Blecker,  September,  1870. 

Residence,  Chatham,  Medina  Co.,  Ohio. 

Thomas  d.  June  24,  1876.     Lucy  d.  October  24,  1865. 


1350  Orilla  Knowlton  and  John  Luck  had  : 
(3245)  Orilla  F. 
Orilla  d.  October  22,  1842. 


1352   Edward  and  Abigail  F.  Williams  had  : 

(3246)  Ella  L.,  November  9,  1851.    m.  John  M.  Hales,  September  25,  1872. 

(3247)  Frederick,  January  28,  1854.     m.  Ida  Shirley. 

Residence,  Marion,  Iowa. 


1353  Francis  P.  and  Nancy  Wilson  had 
(3248)  Clara  E.,  May  11,  1850. 

Francis  d.  May  11,  1871. 


1354  Mary  Knowlton  and  Edward  Wright  had  : 

(3249)  Jerome,  July  18,  1826.     m.  Hannah  Almy,  October  7,  1845. 

(3250)  Mary,  March  n,  t828.     m.  Robert  Daggett,  October  17,  1847. 

(3251)  Hollis,  September  13,  1829.     d.  March  27,  1S54. 

(3252)  Folly,  October  30,  1832.     d.  July  30,  18S3. 

(3253)  Fannie,  May  29,  1834.     m.  Philip  Phelps,  February  16,  1856. 

(3254)  Addie,  December  15,  1835.     m.  Cyrus  Nichols,  April  9,  1854. 
(3254  a)   Pamela,  September  17,  1837.     m.  Giles  Austin,  April  4,  18G0. 


1356  Adaline  Knowlton  and  Apollos  Kenny  had  : 

(3255)  Amelia,  September  24,  1S35. 

(3256)  Jasper,  September  S,  1837. 

(3257)  Samuel,  May  10,  1845.     m.  Julia  Starkweather. 

(3258)  Daniel,  March  r,  184s.     m.  Elsie  Norton,  December  18,  1868. 


220  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1358  Daniel  and  Chlorine  Bowker  had  : 

(3259)  Jennie,  December  25,  1S51. 

(3260)  Florence,  May  28,  1S54.     m.  W.  H.  Sheldon,  February  8,  1874. 

(3261)  Alice  S.,  October  t8,  1857. 

(3262)  Adaline,  January  30,  1859. 

(3263)  Azor  S.,  January  2S,  1861. 

(3264)  Mary  E.,  November  6,  1863. 

(3265)  Thaddeus,  January  28,  1866. 

(3266)  Maud  J.,  May  27,  1868. 

(3267)  Edith,  June  27,  1870. 

(3268)  Fannie,  March  15,  1873. 

Residence,  Waterloo,  Wis. 

Daniel  d.  March  22,  1875. 


1359  Hepsabeth  Knowlton  and  E.  D.  Wright  had: 

(3269)  Fortescue,  November  3,  1S37.     m.  Chlorena  Knowlton. 

(3270)  Carter  E.,  March  24,  1842.     m.  Althea  Wright,  May  9,  1858. 

(3271)  Gesler  K.,  June  13,  1843.     m.  Julia  Pike,  November  16,  1864. 

(3272)  Silas  F.,  February  28,  1845.     m.  Ella  Baker,  February  8,  1865. 

(3273)  Louisa,  May  9,  1848.     m.  Wm.  Partridge. 


1360  Thaddeus  and  Mary  Stewart  had  : 

(3274)  Daniel  S.,  September  30,  1S53.     m.  Nelly  Verney,  January  27,  1876 

(3275)  Frank  J.,  December  25,  1856.     d.  young. 

(3276)  Eva  F.,  October  18,  i860,     unm. 

Res.,  Batavia,  N.  Y. 

Thaddeus  was  b.  in  Bethany,  N.  Y.,  where  he  lived  until  18S5,  removing 
then  to  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  after  a  long  illness  in  1896.  Accounts  dif- 
fer as  to  the  name  of  his  wife,  but  his  own  daughter  reports  her  mother's  name 
as  Mary  Stewart,  and  not  Phcebe  Stevens. 


1361    Levi  P.  and  Alicia  Dickerson  had: 

(3277)  Martha,  June  27,  1853.     d.  young. 

(3278)  Ezra  D.,  January  8,  1856. 

(3279)  Elizabeth,  June  22,  1858.     d.  August  27,  1863. 

(3280)  Ruel,  August  22,  1862. 

(3281)  Jeremiah,  August  8,  1867. 


The  Canada  Know! tons  221 

1362   Elbridge  and  Artclissa  Robinson  had  : 

(3282)  George  F.,  October  30,  1832.     m.  Lovie  Mason,  September  15,  1858. 

(3283)  Ellen  M.,  August  3,  1834.     m.   Thos.    Hodgkins,  Northfield,  Mass., 

March  16,  1856. 

(3284)  Lizzie,  May  27,  1836.     m.  A.  G.  Stockwell,  February  17,  1870. 

(3285)  Frances  J.,  September  13,  1838.     m.  Warner  Hodgkins,  Rochester, 

Vt.,  November  27,  i860. 

(3286)  Elbridge   G.,  July   2,  1840.     m.   Addie  Burnham,  January   11,  1869. 

Soldier  in  the  Rebellion. 

(3287)  Hermann   L.,  June    n,    1S42.     in.    Hattic  Blodgett,   December   24, 

1S70.     Soldier  in  the  Rebellion. 

(3288)  Horace  R.,  October  24,  1844.     m.  Ada  Blodgett,  April  21,  1S80. 

(3289)  Katie  A.,  November  18,  1846.     m.  Eli  Cook,  of  Halifax, Vt.,  March 

1,   1876. 

(3290)  Harlan   P.,  January   19,    1849.      m.    Hannah   Kaye,  September  14, 

1876. 

Residence,  Guilford,  Vt. 


1363   Diodema  Knowlton  and  Elijah  Wyman  had  : 

(3291)  Sarah  A.,  June  i,  1833.     m.  Henry  Lewis,  February  12,  1865. 

(3292)  Cyrus,  October  4,  1835.     m.  Ellen  Washburn,  January  10,  1859. 

(3293)  John  K.,  April,  1,  1838.     m.  Alice  Nason,  May,  1869. 

(3294)  Lucien,  1842.     Commissary  clerk  in  Army  of  Potomac,     d.  at  Fort 

Slocum,  October  16,  1863. 

Residence,  Rochester,  Vt. 


1364  Sarah  D.  Knowlton  and  D.  Franklin  Dortt  had 

(3295)  Luella,  June  to,  1834. 

(3296)  Parthenia,  November  30,  1835. 

(3297)  Lucy  Ann,  February  20,   1837. 

(3298)  Elizabeth,  January  26,  1840. 

D.  F.  Dortt  d.  in  Rochester,  Vt.,  October  19,  1840. 


1366  Ruel  and  Sarah  Luther  had 


(3299)  Sarah  J.,  March  19,  1837.     m.  John  W.  Bigelow. 

(3300)  Charles  J.,  November  12,  1842.     d.  August  8,  1 86 j 


222 


The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

136S  John  and  Louisa  Goddard  had  : 
(33<>i)  Susan,  June  15,  1844.     a  1.  Simeon  Gra     I      : 
John  d.  January  28,  1 


1369  Daniel  ana  Aurilla  Pinkhai  .  had  : 
(3502)  Lucius  H.,  August  16,  1845.      - 
(3303)  Clara        May 
{33--     .  .  July  29.  1840 

(3305)  My13  F.,  Febn         _ .        - 

(3306)  CAdora,  April  ;:    ;    :."      .    Dye  .......  - 

(33^:  .    ;       ;f-  ' 

(3308)  El  ;      . 

(3309)  Ida  J.,  June  19,  1- 

Resid 
Gordon  ...  ....  in  1859. 


1370  Elijah  and  Mehit 

(3310)  Samuel  EL,  Februai  M      m.  Flora  -    - 

(33 11)  Mar>- C,  March  ;:.  , 

(3312)  Calvin,  January  27.  1848.     d.  January  32.  1859. 


1371   Charles  H.  and  Martha  Boyde     had  : 

(3313^  "  1851.     m.     H 

(33M)  Albert  B.,  September  ;:.  ;  355. 
(3315)  Edwin  C.  January  :6,  1857. 


1375   Perrin  and  Elizabeth  Cartel  had : 

(3316)  Mary  E.  February   r.    1827.     ::..   Dr.  SylTester   F.  ]         r,  ] 

Z3i    l620- 

(3317)  RvV  .•      ;.:;;:  --  ...    ,  ;_.. 

wood,  Ohio. 
(3317  a)  Annie  -     !    ...    :-     :;    -       -  -_i:-  ,    : 

KI      \7 


N.  V. 


Perrin  . 

and  thence  to  Gncini  a 


The  Canada  Knowltons  223 

He  was  a  man  of  such  striking  appearance  as  to  arrest  the  attention  of 
strangers,  who  involuntarily  turned  about  to  get  a  second  look  at  him.  Very 
tall,  erect,  and  remarkably  handsome,  with  jet  black  hair  and  eyes,  he  was 
altogether  a  stately  figure  among  his  fellow-citizens,  and  his  great  natural  in- 
telligence, mental  force,  and  physical  energy  gave  him  an  undisputed  influence 
over  his  associates. 

Elizabeth,  was  the  daughter  of  Chauncey  Carter,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
She  d.  August  24,  1884.     Perrin  d.  in  Buffalo. 


1374  Irene  Knowlton  and  Washington  Wakefield  had  : 

(3318)  Callista, 
(33 J 9)  Charles. 


1376   Newell  and  Sophia  Wallace  had  : 

(3320)  Moses  A.,  February  26,  1828,     m.  Sarah  J.  Wright,  March  23,  1851. 

She  d.  March  12,  1858. 

(3321)  Newell  F.,  August  30,  1832.     m.  Mary  J.  Matthews,  July  22,  1852. 

(3322)  Mary  L.,  July  18,  1836.     m.  Thomas  Baxter,  July  21,  1856. 

(3323)  Grover  W.,  February  26,  1838.     d.  April  28,  1858. 

(3324)  Adelaide  S.,  June  25,  1842.  m.  M.  W.  Brigham,  December  25,  1861, 

(3325)  Marcia  E.,  June,  1,  1848.     d.  September  9,  1S57. 


1378   Lydia  B.  Knowlton  and  Elisha  A.  Briggs  had 
(3325  A)  Otis  C. 


1387  Julia  A.  Knowlton  and  Seth  Baker  had  : 

(3326)  Benjamin  F.,  April  28,  1817.     m.  Delinda  Hagar,  October  17,  1839. 

(3327)  Winfield  S.,  September  23,  1819. 

(3328)  Lucy  C,  April  19,  1822. 

(3329)  Edmund,  April  26,  1824. 

(3330)  David,  May  2S,  1827. 
(333i)  Jerome,  July  S,  1831. 

(3332)  Marietta,  April  27,  1833. 

(3333)  Cynthia,  December  17,  1838. 


224  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1389  Artemus  and  Fanny  Spencer  had  : 
(3334)  Melvin,   February    22,    l8,6.     M.  Jane   E.    Morrell,   September   6 

1847  ;  m.  2d  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Compton. 
3335)  Charles  .13,  June  20,  1827.     m.  Ellen  M.  Grover,  December  n,  i8cc 
3336     Henry,  June  x6,  1829.     d.  September  25,  l849.     Lawstudent.       * 

(3337)  Harriet,  June  12,  1833.     m.  Meredith  Thomas. 

(3338)  Josephine,     m.  Carlos  Sharp,  Lockport,  N.  Y 

(3339)  Walter,     d.  young. 

Fanny  was  b.    in  Sempronus,    Cayuga   Co.,    N.   Y,   August   30,    186,      d 
November  17  1865.  ^  a 

.     1 39 1   Abraham  and ■  had  : 

(3340)  Oscar. 
(334i)  Egbert. 


1393   David  and  Harriet  L.  Hamilton  had: 

(3342)  Mary  A.,  June  16,  1835.     m.  William  J.  Wood,  January  15,  r867.    4 

(3343)  Ella  A,  January  4,  185 1.     m.  John  Adams,  December  28,  1869. 

Residence,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 


1394  Marietta  Knowlton  and  Chester  Keycs  had: 

(3344)  Jerome  C,  February  26,  1839.     d.  July  8,  1S69. 

(3345)  Lucy  C,  October  24,  1841.     d.  young. 

(3346)  Nellie  F.,  September  6,  1844.     m.  Henry  Dickerson  ;  m.  2d  Henry 

Bangs.     2  chil. 

(3347)  Mary  G,  December  2S,  1846.     d.  young. 

(3348)  Ellis  B.,  September  25,  1842.     d.  young. 


1396   Mary  E.  Knowlton  and  Louis  Brown  had  : 
(3349)  Flenry  L,  February  13,  1830. 
(335°)  Waldo  F,  October  24^  1832. 

(335 1)  Edwin  W,  March  26,  1837. 

(3352)  Emma  A.,  October  10,  184..     m.  Ezra  F.  Peabody. 

(3353)  Myra  A.,  February  3,  1844. 
(3354.)   Benjamin  H.,  September  6,  1846. 

Residence  rem.  from  Worcester,  Mass.,  to  Reedsburg,  Wis,  and  thence  to 
Oxford,  Olno,  where  Mary  d.  May  25,  1874,  and  Louis,  March  3,  1876. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  225 

1397  James  F.  and  Olive  Brown  had  : 

(3355)  George  F.,  April  30,  1836.     d.  March  16,  1865. 

Olive  d.   February  4,    1838,  and  James  m.   2d  Margaret 
Dickey,  September  27,  1838.     They  had  : 

(3356)  Olive  B.,  November  30,  1840.  m.  Geo.  M.  Latham,  April  10,  1865.   1 

child. 

(3357)  Emily  J.,  November  13,  1843.      m.  Geo,  M.  Latham,  April  28.  1870. 

d.  December  9,  1872. 

(3358)  John  D.,  June  15,  1847.     rn.  Irene  Evans. 

(3359)  Charles  L.,  June  23,  1849.     m.  Emma  Denny,  December  5,  1872. 

(3360)  Warren  M.,  July  2,  1852.     m.  Emma  F.  Lee,  September  27,  1877. 

(3361)  Mary  J.,  June  25,  1855.  d.  young. 

Residence,  Geneva,  Kansas. 


1398  Nancy  Knowlton  and  Chas.  N.  Ide  had 

(3362)  Ella  C.,  May  it,  1843.     in.  Philetus  Martin. 
Residence,  Oxford,  Ohio. 


1399  Sarah  W.  Knowlton  and  John  Brown  had  : 

(3363)  Margaret,  April  14,  1842.     m.  Geo.  F.  Ward,  September,  1863. 

(3364)  Agnes,  April  10,  1844.     m.  Wm.  Ford,  February,  1876. 

(3365)  Lucy,  June  18,  1848. 

Residence,  Brownsville,  Ind. 


1 40 1   Charles  A.  and  Sarah  Crouch  ;  m.  2d  Caroline  E. 
Crouch  ;  m.  3d  Nancy  Cooper.     They  had  : 

(3366)  Emma  C,  October  10,  1846.     m.  Casper  Crist,  1870. 

(3367)  Charlotte,  July  22,  1848.     m.  Wm.  Macy,  1868. 

(3368)  Nathan,  December  25,  1850.     m.     Sett,  in  Texas.     An  engineer. 

Residence,  Liberty,  Ind. 


1402  Charlotte  Knowlton  and  Williamson  D.  Vanoterhad 

(3369)  Emma  K.,  September,  1853. 

(3370)  Charles  K.,  September,  1855.     d.  September  27,  1879. 

Residence,  Santa  Monica,  Cal. 
Williamson  D.  d.  July  1,  1894.     Charlotte  d.  December  27,  1893. 


226  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1403   Harry  G.  and  Martha  Miller  had  : 

(3371)  Albert,  July  16,  1847.     m.    Had  dau.,  Maud  P.,  November  13,  1874. 

(3372)  William,  June  23,  1850.     m.     Had  dau.,  Mertie,  June  15,  1875. 

(3373)  Emily,  December  20,  1S52. 

(3374)  Chas.  E.,  June  8,  1855. 

(3375)  Sanford,  June  8,  1858. 

(3376)  Marian  L.,  March  31,  1862. 

(3377)  Olive,  March  9,  1866. 


1406   Lucy  Knowlton  and  Moses  Haskell  had 
(337S)  Sylvia. 

(3379)  Charlotte. 

(3380)  Jane. 

(3381)  Waldo. 


140S  Stillman  and  Lydia  Cheney  had  : 

(3382)  Chas.  H„  1828.     d.  1S42. 

Lydia  d.  1829,  and  Stillman  m.  2d  Emily  Thorpe,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1 83 1.      They  had  : 

(3383)  Nathan,  1830. 

(3384)  Emma  J.,  1837.     m.     Had  Eva,  Grace,  and  Samuel. 

(3385)  Josephine,  1841.     m.     Had  Henry  II.  and  Fred  H. 

(3386)  Charles  W.,  August  21,  1844.     Res.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Stillman  was  a  man  of  remarkable  physique,  being  6  ft.   z\  in.  tall.     He  d. 
May  i8,  1874. 


141 1    Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Blood  had 
(3387)   Edward  J.,  April  r,  1852. 

Residence,  Groter,  Kansas. 


1413   Emery  and  Polly  Fisher  had  : 

(33s8)  Ezekiel,  November  12,  1823.     d.  young. 

(3389)  Mary,  October  20,  1825.     d.  young. 

(3390)  Ezekiel  A.,  August  26,  1S26.     d.  March  24,  1S30. 

(3391)  Leander,  November  21,  1828.      m.  Nancy  Kelton,  January  10,  1S54. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  227 

(3392)  Augustus,  October  14,  1S31.     m.  Martha  Putnam,  April  2,  1862. 

(3393)  Henry  C,  December  24,  1833.     m.  Mary  A.  Eaton,  January  5,  1857. 

(3394)  Mary  A.,  May  19,  1S36.     m.  Charles  Whitney,  December  2,  1S57. 

(3395)  Chloe,  January  23,  1838. 

(3396)  Lyman,  April  26,  1842. 

Emery  was  a  manufacturer.     He  d.  July  1,  1857,  in  Gardner,  Mass. 


1 414  Charles  and  Tabitha  Stewart  had  : 

(3397)  Charles  L.,  May  3,  1824.     m.  Rebecca  Williams. 

(3398)  Lucy  M.,  August  5,  1827.     m.  S.  W.  Faber,  May  2,  1843. 

(3399)  Owen  S.,  October  29,  1828.     d.  1849. 

(3400)  Augusta  C,  November  25,  1831.     m.  A.  H.  Thompson,  November 

15,  1854.     She  d.  July,  1892. 

(3401)  Willis,  May  2,  1837.     m.  Mary  H.  Holten,  May  15,  1858. 

Residence,  Ashfield  (Winchendon),  Mass. 

Dr.  Charles  Knowlton  was  b.  in  Templeton,  Mass.  He  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  in  summer,  and  attended  school  in  winter  until  eighteen  years 
old.  He  was  graduated  from  Hanover  Medical  College  in  1824,  practised 
medicine  in  various  towns,  and  finally  settled  in  Ashfield,  Mass.  As  a  physi- 
cian and  a  writer  on  medical  science  he  showed  talents  of  a  high  order,  and 
many  of  hi:;  publications  were  widely  circulated  and  highly  prized.  He  d. 
February  io;  1850. 

1415  Augustus  B.  and  Anna  M.  Simms  had  : 

(3402)  Dr.  Augustus  Barton,  June  23,  1827.     Augusta,  Ga. 

(3403)  Stephen,  May  15,  1S40.     m.  Eliza  Hallett. 

(3404)  Anna  Simms,  July  27,  1844.     m.  Chas.  L.  Colby,  May  10,  1864. 

Augustus  Barton  Knowlton  res.  in  Ashfield,  Mass.  He  was  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  Knowlton  genealogy,  and  made  a  considerable  collection  of  family 
records,  all  of  which  were  destroyed  by  fire. 


1417  Justus  and  Chloe  Hanruven  had  : 

(3405)  Permelia,  November   21,  1816.     m.   Dr.  Joel  Holton,   December  3, 

1839. 

(3406)  Melvin,  August  7,  181 8.     m.  Orendia  Sabin,  December  2,  1841. 

(3407)  Lucy  F.,  July  24,  JS20.     m.  D.  Dobbins,  September  16,  1842. 

(3408)  Miles  J.,  February  28,  1825.     m.  Lucy  St.  John,  July  10,  1853. 

(3409)  Jason  S.,  June  8,  1827.     m.  Cornelia  Thompson,  May,  1850. 


228  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

141 8  Sullivan  and  Isabel  Begold  had  : 

(3410)  A  son,  September  23,  1S18.     d.  young. 

(3411)  Philomela,  August  21,  1S19.     d.  young. 

(3412)  Amelia,  October  14,  1820.     m.  C.  P.  Pierce,  May  15,  1844. 

(3413)  Lyman   S.,   February   12,  1S22.     m.   Mary  J.   Boyle,  September  16, 

1850. 

(3414)  Elizabeth  S.,  June   10,  1826.     m.  Alden   Wakefield,  June   9,   1849. 

She  d.  January  29,  1S54. 

(3415)  Lucretia,  June  r,  1832.     m.  Geo.  M.  Bissell,  October  5,  1865. 


1419  Chester  and  Sally  Bixby  had  : 

(3416)  Rosina,  April  18,  1818.     d.  April  12,  1839. 

(3417)  Tiyphena,  April  8,  1820.     m.  Isaac  W.  Fero,  January  9,  1842. 
(341S)  Jeyhendra,  April  30,  1821.     in.  Win,  Blandon,  July  6,  1843. 
(3419)  Sarah  D.,  February  22,  1823.     m.  Daniel  Chapman,  May  30,  1841. 
(3420J  Calista,  February  20,  1824.     d.  young. 

(3421)  Mary  R.,  January  22,  1826.     m.  Alfred  Robson,  September  20,  1855. 

(3422)  Philura,  April  5,  1827.     m.  Daniel  Clark,  November  30,  1848.     She 

d.    February3,  1872. 

(3423)  Louisa,  January   27,  1829.     m.    Wm.    Culver. 
(3424}   Malvina,  July  20,  1832.     d.  young. 

Sally  d.   October  25,  1841,  and  Chester  m.  2d  Susan  Un- 
derwood, June  5,  1842.     They  had  : 
(3425)  Lodemia,  April  4,  1S51. 
Chester  d  July  9,  1867. 


1420  Samantha  Knowlton  and  Luther  Johnson  had  : 

(3426)  Arvilla,  October  27,  1821. 

(3427)  Chandler,  October  29,  1822. 


1421    Miles  J.  and  Letayra  Bartlett  ;    m.  2d  Abigail  How- 
ard ;  m.  3d.  Betsey  Jones.     They  had  : 

(3428)  Frank,     m.  Sarah  Gillson,  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 

(3429)  Henry,     m.  Eliza  Prouty. 

(343°)  William,     m. .     d.  in  Baltimore,  1885. 

(3431)  Adaline.     m.  Wm.  B.  Prouty.     He  d.  1863. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  229 

1422  Tryphena  Knowlton  and  Nathaniel  Kidder  had  : 

(3432)  Elvira,  March  16,  1821. 

(3433)  Catherine,  July  23,  1S22. 

(3434)  Francis,  February  1,  1924. 

(3435)  Jerome,  March  n,  1826. 

(3436)  Albert,  January  10,  1828. 

(3437)  Tryphena,  December  4,  1830. 

(3438)  Roxalina,  September  5,  1832. 

(3439)  William,  March  18,  1S34. 

(3440)  Harriet,  August  27,  1836. 

(3441)  Sarah  P.,  September  7,  1838. 

(3442)  Lucinda,  September  io,  1840. 


1423   Roxanna  Knowlton  and  Simeon  Hungerford  had 

(3443}  Angeline,  July  8,  1S40. 

(3444)  Nelson,  January  14,  1842. 

(3445)  Samantha,  January  1,  1846. 

Simeon  d.  February  20,  1877. 


1435   Miles  and  Belena  Ellis  had  : 

(3446)  Lyman,  1834.     m.  Maria  S.  Patton,  1856. 

(3447)  Melinda,  1842.      m.  Osgood  P.  Brown.      Had  chil.,  Nellie  and  Win- 

throp. 

Miles  d.  in  Canada,  P.  Q.,   1876. 


1438   Hannah  Knowlton  and  Amasa  Lewis  had  : 

(3448)  MaryE. 

(3449)  Betsey  L. 
(345°)  Cynthia. 

(3451)  Amasa  E. 

(3452)  Hannah  H. 

(3453)  Silas. 

(3454)  Ezekiel. 

(3455)  Asaph  K. 

(3456)  George. 

Hannah  d.  April  27,  1888,  in  Waterloo,  P.  Q. 


23«  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1439  Amasa  and  Harriet  Lewis  had  : 

(3457)  Stillman,  February  19,  1837.  m.  Cornelia  Hyatt,  September  14,  1S5S. 

(3458)  Caroline  E.  October  9,  1S38.     m.  Wm.  F.  Kent,  August  9,  1857. 

(3459)  Alfred  S.,  April  8,  1842.     m.  Mary  Hamilton,  December  27,  1S64. 

(3460)  Laura  S.,  March  11,  1S45.     m.  Hiram  Kent,  December  29,  1862. 

(3461)  Abigail  C,  February  15,  1850.     m.  Samuel  Porter,  October  r,  1873. 

(3462)  Sarah  M.,  November  5,  1855.     m.  Wm.  Christie,  March  5,  1875. 

Residence,  Stukely  and  Waterloo,  P.  Q. 

Amasa  d.  January  18,  1S85.     Harriet  d.  November  25,  1875. 


1441    Harriet  Knowlton  and  Hial  Curtis  had: 

(3463)  John,  December  30,  1839.     m.  Myra Knowlton. 

(3464)  Amos  B.,  September  n,  1843.     m.  Mary  E.  Willard. 

(346.)  Ezra  N.,  October  19,   1854.      m.   Emma   Batchelder,  February   12, 

1S80. 
(3466)  Homer,  September  20,  1848.     d.  1853. 


1442   Asaph  A.  and  Mary  Peasley  had  : 

(3467)  Mary  L.,  July  1,  1846.     m.  Wm.  A.  Geddes,  June  1,  1864. 

(3468)  James  A.,  March  9,  184S.     m.  Ella  Wilder,  March  14,  1877.      He.  d. 

November  18,  1883. 
(3469"   Harriet  A.,  January  22,  1S50.     unra.     Res.  Oldfield,  Iowa. 
(3470)  Marion  B.,  March  9,  1857.     d.  young. 

Asaph  rem.  from  Canada,  to  Mitchellsville,  Iowa,  and  d.  June   1,  1886,  at 
Oldneld,  Jova. 


1443   Luke  Holland  and  Elizabeth  Spinney  had  : 

(3471)  Mark  A.,  August  19,  1841.     m.  Josephine  Hyatt,  May  15,  1867. 

(3472)  Mi  ra  C,  September  10,  1843.    m.  John  C.  Curtis,  February  3,  186, 

(3473)  Luke  W.,  December  6,  1S45.     m.  Sophie  Willard,  October  7,  18S6. 

(3474)  Armina,  December  6,  1S45.     unm. 

(3475)  John  A.,  January  22,  1S4S.     unm. 

(3476)  Jane  E.,  June  3,  1853.     d.  1S56. 

(3477)  Levi  M.,  February  26,  1S56.     d.  1856. 

(3478)  Walter  M.,  August  27,  1S57.     unm. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  231 

Luke  Holland  was  a  farmer  and  merchant.  He  was  very  prominent  in  pub- 
lic and  political  affairs,  and  for  over  thirty  years  he  held  the  offices  of  Secretary- 
Treasurer  of  the  school  and  municipal  funds  of  South  Stukely,  P.  Q.  He  d. 
July  13,  1892.     Elizabeth  d.  1895. 


1444  Cynthia  Knowlton  and  Roswell  Sargent  had  : 

(3479)  Prosper,  August  22,  1836. 

(3480)  Sarah  W.,  November  27,  1840. 
(3-181)  Aretta,  June  7,  1846. 

(348s)  Alfred,  July  4,  1851. 
(3483)  Myron  K.,  May  18,  1S56. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely,  P.  Q. 

Cynthia  d.  August  7,  1893.     Roswell  d.  at  So.  Stukelcy. 


1445   Ezekiel  and  Nancy  Bryant  had  : 

(3484)  Betsey  A.,  July  18,  1843.    m.  Chas.  A.  Savage,  January  1,  1863.    She 

d.  June  8,  1865. 

(3485)  Holey  A.,  September  12,   1844.     m.  Delia  Smith,  October  4,  1S70. 

Res.,  Plain  view,  Minn. 

(3486)  Nancy  L.,  June  12,  1846.     m.  Chas.  A.  Savage,  June  17,  186S.    Res. 

Leominster,  Mass. 

(3487)  Amasa  J.,  February  10,  1848.     m.  Ellen  Rixford,  May,  1872. 

(3488)  Loella,  March  3,  1850.     m.  Frank  Eaton,  January  22,  1875. 

(3489)  Lyman  E.,  December  7,  1851.  m.  Eleanor  Stone,  June  14,  1878. 
(34Q0)  Albert  C,  March  4,  1854.  m.  Lydia  Giddings.  Res.,  Knowlton. 
(3491)  George,  October  4,   1855.     m.     Res.,  Dakota. 

(349?)  Hattie  A.,  April  23,  1857.     m.     Res.,  Manchester,  Mass. 

(3493)  Amos  C,  August  9,  1859. 

(3494)  Chas  S.,  June  12,  1861.     unm. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely. 

Ezekiel  d.  January  31,  1889. 


T447  Czarina  Knowlton  and  Shepard  Parker  had  : 

(3495)  Shepard  Pratt,  November  14,  tSi 7.     m.  Elizabeth  Harris. 

(349G)  Helen  M.,  January  26,  1S22.     m.  Julius  Shepherd. 

(3497)  Cynthia,  December  15,  1823.     m.  Joseph  Palmer. 

(3498)  Danford,  November   n,  1825.     m.  Sophronia  Lewis.     Killed  in  the 

battle  of  Gettysburg. 


232  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(3499)  Luke,  September  8,  1827.     Died  from  effects  of  a  fall. 

(3500)  Enos,  October  27,  1829.     m.  Ellen  Gould.     Killed  by  fall  from  horse. 

(3501)  Mark,  January  13,  1833.     Res.  in  California. 

(3502)  Leander,  August  29,  1837.     m.  Ellen  Oakley,  February  9,  1864. 

(3503)  Elizabeth,  October  23,  1839.     m.  Edward  Hinckley. 

They  rem.  from  Canada  to  Wisconsin,  where  Czarina  d.  at  Hartford,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1846.     Shepard  P.  d.  August  23,  1846. 


1448   Rosetta  Knowlton  and  Aaron  Frost  had  : 

(3504)  William. 
(35°S)  Harriet. 

(3506)  Matilda. 

(3507)  Martha. 

(3505)  Mary  W. 
(3609)  Caroline. 

Residence,  rem.  from  Frost  Village,  P.  Q.,  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  Rosetta 
d.  January,  1829. 


1449  Lee  and  Maria  Sargent  had  : 

(3510)  Eliza  M.,  June  9,  1829.     m.  Win.  M.  Atwood,  November  9,  1852. 

(35 11)  Horace   L.,  September  6,   1831.     m.   Caroline  Goff,  September  28, 

1852. 

(3512)  Sophia  S.  S.,  October  17,  1835.     m.  James  Channell,  March  31,  1857. 

(3513)  Amanda  M.,  July  13,  1841.     m.  Gilbert  M.  Willey,  March  18,  1S73. 

One  son  d.  young.    Res.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely  and  Magog,  P.  Q. 

Lee  was  engaged  in  insurance,  manufacturing,  and  railroad  enterprises.     He 
d.  March  8,  1854. 


1450  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  Hiliker  had  : 

(3514)  Rosetta  M.,   January  22,  1834.     m.  George  I.  Shepherd,  December 

23,  1839. 

(3515)  Hannah  M.,  April  22,  1836.     m.  James  Rooney,  December  27,  1859. 

(3516)  Stephen,  February   14,  1S38.     m.  Margaret  Rooney,   December  24, 

1863. 

(3517)  Lyman,  March  30,  1S40.     m.  Catherine  E.  Martin,  January  11,  1S64. 

(3518)  William  Keene,  March  27,  1S42.     m.  Annie  P.  Day,  May  17,  1870. 
'3519)  Alfred,  November  19,  1S45.     m.  Charlotte  Coburn,  February  6,  1870. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  233 

(3520)  Melinda,  June   2,  1848.     ra.  Franklin  Martin,  March  1,  1869.     She 

d.  June  9,  1873. 

(3521)  Merinda,  June  2,  1848.     d.  young. 

(3522)  Merinda,  August  25,  1852.     m.  Robert  Savage,  January  5,  1876. 

Stephen  P.  d.  July  10,  1866.     Elizabeth  d.  March  4,  1887. 


145 1   Jane  Knowlton  and  Jacob  Shepherd  had  : 

(3523)  Stillman  K.,  August  22,  1826. 

(3524)  Thomas  L.,  August  22,  1828. 

(3525)  William  H.,  October  13,  1830. 

(3526)  Sepha  J.,  October  28,  1833. 

(3527)  Ezekiel  H.,  May  5,  1835. 

(3528)  Symira,  August  30,  1S37. 

(3529)  George  A.,  June  30,  1840. 

(3530)  Helen  L.,  November  23,  1S42. 

(3531)  Ambrose,  April  23,  1S45. 

(3532)  Roxanna  C,  April  19,  1847. 

(3533)  Flora  A->  June  2°>  l849- 

(3534)  Frederick,  October  5,  1851. 

(3535)  Ida  M-»  January  13,  1S53. 

(3536)  Jonathan. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely,  Canada,  P.  Q. 

Jane  d.  December  24,  1895.     Jacob  was  a  tanner.     He  d.  June  1,  1889,  in 
Osage,  Iowa. 


1453   Newton  and  Laura  Turner  had  : 

(3537)  Stillman   N.,  November   17,   1840.     m.  Sophia  Libbey,  August    id, 

i860. 

(3538)  George  W.,  January  1,  1843.     m.  Melissa  Schoolcraft,  December  7, 

1864. 

(3539)  Arthur  A.,  September  9,  1845.     m.  Lizzie  M.  Boynton.  Res.,  Magog, 

P.  Q. 

(3540)  Paul  H.,  January  13,  1848.     m.  Lizzie  Keezer.     Res.,  No.  Hatley. 

(3541)  Jessie  M.,  September  10,  1850.     m.  Shaw. 

(3542)  Cynthia  M.,  June   19,  1S53.     m.  C.   M.  Keezer,  November  25,  1875. 

(3543)  Lee  H,  February  19,  1856.     unm. 

(3544)  Whitcomb,  December  3,  1858.     d.  November  25,  1870. 

Residence,  Magog,  P.  Q. 

Ne-     /lid.  February  2,  1862. 


234  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1454  Anna  Knowlton  and  Luther  Libby  had  : 

(3545)  LucV  M- 

(3546)  David  G. 

(3547)  Harriet  S. 

(3548)  Mark. 

(3549)  Elizabeth. 

(3550)  Almira. 
(355i)  Lyman  M. 

Anna  d.  September  25, 1864. 


1455   George  Willard  and  Elizabeth  Carroll  had  : 

(S55-2)  Sophia  W.,  June  9,  1831.     ro.  Chas.  Perkins,     November  20,  1852. 
She  d.  June  12,  1853. 

(3553)  Maria  C,  April  26,  1833.     m.  John  Rice,  November  30,  1852.     She 

d.  1884. 

(3554)  Elizabeth,  December  3,  1834.     d.  August  16,  1847. 

(3555)  J°hn  c>  February  22,  1837.     m.  Susan  Fiske,  December  3,  1863. 

(3556)  George  W.,  August  17,  1839.     m.  Frances  G.  Clark  ;  m.  2d  Gertrude 

S.  Ely. 

George  Willard  Knowlton  was  b.  in  Newfane,  Vt.,  and  rem.  to  Brattleboro, 
thence  to  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  in  1825.  In  1824  he  organized  the  firm  of  Knowl- 
ton &  Rice,  for  manufacturing  paper,  and  he  continued  actively  in  this  business 
until  1854,  when  he  retired,  leaving  the  business  to  his  two  sons.  The  goods 
manufactured  by  this  firm  have  always  held  a  first  position  in  the  market. 

Elizabeth  d.  in  1896.     Geo.  W.  d.  October  18,  1886. 


1457  Sally  Knowlton  Warner  and  James  Miller  had  : 

(3557)  James  Warner  Miller,  July  8,  1807.     m.  Mary  G.  Bryant.   Residence, 
Newark,  O. 

Residence  rem.  from  Dummerston,  Vt.,  to  Ohio.  The  Millers  were  of  Scotch 
descent,  and  furnished  soldiers  for  the  French  and  Indian,  Revolutionary,  181 2, 
Mexican,  and  Civil  Wars  of  America. 


1460  Willard  Warner  and  Elvira  Williams  had  : 

(3558)  Anna  E.     m.  Hon. Woods,  Justice  Supreme  Court,  U.  S.    Wrid. 

Anna  E.  res.,  Vineyard  Haven,  Mass. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  235 

1465  Paul  Holland  and  Laura  Moss  having-  no  children, 
they  adopted  several  of  the  children  of  Luke,  son  of 
Silas. 

HON.    PAUL   HOLLAND    KNOWLTON. 

Paul  Holland,  son  of  Silas  and  Sarah  was  born  in  Newfane,  Vt.,  and  was, 
therefore,  but  a  lad  when  his  parents  invaded  the  wilderness.  He  was  old  enough, 
however,  to  remember  that  he  was  left  with  his  mother  in  a  temporary  log  cabin 
on  the  way  while  his  father  and  Capt.  John  Whitney  went  off  to  hunt  game  for 
supper,  and  to  procure  fodder  for  their  oxen  ;  the  women  keeping  off  the  wild 
beasts  by  lighting  fires  around  the  cabin,  and  hanging  blankets  before  the  door 
and  windows.  Young  Paul  was  sent  back  to  Newfane  three  years  later  to  be 
educated,  and  while  attending  the  academy  he  boarded  with  his  grandfather 
Luke,  and  his  uncle,  Luke,  Jr.  From  these  two  kinsmen  and  rare  men  he  daily 
drew  an  inspiration  that  determined  his  future  career.  He  returned  to  Stukely 
in  1807,  and  when  but  twenty  years  old  married  Miss  Laura  Moss,  a  school 
teacher  of  Bridport,  Vt.  After  spending  six  years  in  farming,  he  purchased 
another  large  farm  in  Brown  Township  in  1834,  and  also  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits  on  an  extensive  and  varied  scale.  He  built  mills,  stores,  and  a 
church,  and  threw  himself  with  characteristic  energy  into  every  possible  effort  to 
promote  the  public  and  private  interests  of  the  infant  community. 

The  permanent  result  of  his  creative  genius  and  public  spirit  is  seen  to-day 
in  the  town  of  Knowlton,  named  from  its  founder,  charmingly  situated  at  the 
head  of  Brorne  Lake,  and  a  centre  of  business,  social,  and  religious  activity. 
It  was  inevitable  that  the  first  permanent  settler  in,  and  founder  of,  Knowlton 
should  become  a  prominent  factor  in  the  larger  problem  and  sphere  of  provin- 
( ial  development,  and  this  he  became,  giving  his  services  for  the  most  part  with- 
out fee  or  reward.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Historical  and  Literary 
Society  of  the  Province  of  Quebec  ;  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Parliament  in 
1827,  and  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Special  Council  for  Lover  Canada,  and 
alsc  of  the  Legislative  Council  for  thirty-five  years,  until  his  death  in  1S63.  He 
was  commissioned  Lieut.-Colonel  of  Militia  in  1837,  and  by  his  personal  force 
and  military  skill  the  Canadian  troops  subdued  the  Papineau  rebellion  incited 
by  religious  fanaticism.  For  this  public  service  he  received  the  thanks  of  Parlia- 
ment, and  his  reputation  passed  over  to  the  mother  country.  Henceforth  his 
life  was  tinged  with  something  of  romance.  The  honorable  mention  in  the  Eng- 
lish papers  attracted  the  attention  of  Miss  Knowlton  of  Darley  Dale,  and  led 
first  to  a  correspondence,  and  then  to  an  invitation  to  visit  her.  The  invitation 
was  accepted,  an  intimate  friendship  resulted,  and  in  April,  18.15,  he  opened  an 
English  letter  to  learn  that  the  celebrated  Devonshire  beauty  had  died,  leaving 
him  heir  to  her  entire  and  handsome  fortune. 

Hon.  Paul  Knowlton  and  Laura,  his  wife,  having  no  children,  adopted  three 
>*  his  brother  Luke's  children. 


236  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1466   Luke  and  Mary  Ware  had  : 

(3559)  Sarah,  April  20,  1822.     m.  Hiram  S.  Foster. 

(3560)  Sophia  M.,  December  21,  1824.     m.  Samuel  P.  Wood,  May  25,  1851. 

(3561)  Laura,  January  25,  1826.     unm. 

(3562)  Amanda,  February  5,  1828.     d.  July  7,  1853.     unm. 

(3563)  John  Holland,  January  30,  1830.     m.  Alena  Gleason,  December  10 

1856. 

(3564)  Luke  H.,  December  24,  1831.     unm.     d.  1852. 

(3565)  Silas  W.,  January  27,  1834.     m.  Susan  Randall,  December  4,  1861. 

No  chil.     He  d.  October  6,  1S65.     She  m.  2d N.  Currier, 

and  d.  in  Illinois. 

(3566)  Rotus  P.,  January  11.  1836.     unm.     Res.,  Montana. 

(3567)  Alice  M.,  May  18,  1837.     m.  James  C.  Reed,  August  4,   1859.     She 

d.  Dtcember,  1S66.     He  d.  March  12,  1867. 

(3568)  Jane  E.,  September  13,  ,839.     m.  Arad  F.  Foster,  October  3,  1S59. 

She  d.  1878.     He  d.  March  29,  1894.     2  chil. 

(3569)  William  S.,  September  22,  1S41.     m.  Jane  Ingalls. 

(3570)  Thomas  Anson,  August  22,  1843.     m.  Sarah  D.  Foster,  February  26 

1868. 

Residence,  Knowlton,  P.  Q. 


1467  Samantha  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Stone  had  : 


(3571)  Melissa. 

(3572)  John. 

(3573)  William. 

(3574)  Simon. 

(3575)  Lucy. 

(3576)  Ellen.     Res.,  California. 

(3577)  Adaline. 

(3578)  Fitch. 


Res.  rem.  to  Michigan  in  1837,  where  five  of  her  children  died. 


1468  Samuel  W.  and  Amanda  Loomis  had  : 

(3579)  Anna. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely,  P.  Q. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  237 

1469  Patty  Holbrook  and  William  Fessenden  had  : 

(35 So)  Sarah,     m.  Hon.  Elisha  H.  Allen,  Chief- Justice   of  the  Sandwich 
Islands. 

(3581)  Ellen,     m.  John  S.  Blake,  of  Boston. 

(3582)  William  W.     unm. 
(35S3)  Sophia  K.     unm. 

Patty  Holbrook  and  Wm.  Fessenden  res.  for  a  time  in  Warehouse  Point, 
Conn.  William  was  a  printer,  book-binder,  book-dealer,  publisher,  and  paper- 
maker,  carrying  on  an  extensive  business  which  the  reputation  of  his  product 
had  built  up  for  him.  The  development  of  the  business  compelled  Mr.  Fes- 
senden to  return  to  Brattleboro,  where  he  d.  at.  the  age  of  36,  widely  lamented. 

He  published  the  first  newspaper,  "  The  Reporter,"  ever  issued  in  Brattle- 
boro. 


1472   Sally  Holbrook  and  Geo.  W.  Hall  had 

(3584)  Edward,  and  three  others.     Res.  in  Philadelphia. 
Sally  m.  2d  Isaac  Crale,  and  had  : 

(3585)  Dau.     m. Hyde,  of  Visaba,  Cal. 

(3586)  Belle. 

(3587)  William.     Res.  in  N.  Y.  City. 

Sally  d.  September  5,  1849. 


1476  Rev.  John  C.  Holbrook  and  Cynthia  Tuttle  had  : 

(3588)  

(3589)  


He  res.  in  Stockton,  Cal. 


1478   Frederick  Holbrook  and  Harriet  Goodhue  had  : 

(3590)  Franklin  Fessenden,  March  1,  1837.     m.     Res.  in  Boston.     4  chil. 

(3591)  William  Cune,  July  14,  1842.     m.  M.  Chalmers.     Res.,  N.  Y.  City. 

6.  chil. 

(3592)  John  Calvin,  July  17,  1852.     unm.     Res.,  Clearfield,  Pa. 

HON.  FREDERICK  HOLBROOK 

is  historically  known  as  the  distinguished  "  War  Governor"  of  Vermont.     He 
was  the  great-great-grandson  of  Thomas  Knowlton,  who   married  for  his  first 


238  The  Knowlton  Genealogy- 

wife  Margery,  daughter  of  Joseph  Goodhue,  and  four  generations  later  the 
Knowlton  and  Goodhue  bloods  again  unite  in  Frederick  Holbrook  and  his 
wife,  the  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Goodhue.  Mr.  Holbrook  was  b.  in  1813,  in 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  where  his  parents  had  settled  in  1795.  Natural  genius  had 
been  assisted  by  a  good  education  when  young  Holbrook  began  the  work  of  prac- 
tical life.  At  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  was  captain  of  a  company  of  State  Militia. 
Before  he  was  of  age  he  had  learned  a  good  deal  of  business  matters  and  meth- 
ods in  the  book  store  of  Richardson,  Lord,  &  Holbrook,  Boston,  but  preferring 
agricultural  life  he  returned  to  Brattleboro,  and  for  many  years  was  a  practical 
farmer.  He  began  his  political  career  in  1847  as  Register  of  Probate,  and  in 
1849  and  '50  was  a  State  Senator.  Chiefly  by  his  efforts  a  joint  committee  was 
appointed  at  this  time  to  consider  the  expediency  of  forming  a  National  Bureau 
of  Agriculture,  and  as  Chairman  of  such  committee  he  prepared  a  memorial  to 
Congress  which  found  prompt  support  in  a  recommendation  in  President  Tay- 
lor's Message  to  Congress,  that  the  proposed  Bureau  be  organized.  The  rec- 
ommendation was  adopted,  and  the  Bureau  became  a  fact."  From  1850-1861, 
Senator  Holbrook  was  President  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society,  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Brattleboro  Retreat,  and  President  of  the  Vermont 
Savings  Bank. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion,  Senator  Holbrook  was  nominated  for 
Governor  in  a  notable  convention  of  men  of  all  political  creeds,  who  forgot 
party  interests  in  the  greater  question  of  the  preservation  of  the  Union,  and  in 
September,  1861,  he  was  elected  by  an  overwhelming  majority.  He  proposed 
and  carried  through  a  financial  measure  which  enabled  the  State  to  equip  and 
send  into  the  field  a  larger  number  of  troops,  it  is  said,  than  any  other  State,  in 
proportion  to  its  population. 

When  President  Lincoln  was  almost  bewildered  by  conflicting  opinions  of 
politicians,  he  turned,  in  his  anxious  search  for  a  clear  and  judicious  estimate 
of  duty,  to  Governor  Holbrook,  and  the  letter  written  by  the  latter  being  laid 
before  Gen.  Simeon  Draper,  Provost  Marshal-General,  and  the  Secretary  of 
War,  on  a  Tuesday  night,  solved  the  President's  difficulties,  and  resulted  in  the 
call  for  300,000  volunteers.  To  Governor  Holbrook's  courage  and  faith  is  due, 
in  large  part,  the  splendid  record  of  the  State  in  the  war  for  the  Union.  In  the 
face  of  opposition  and  honest  doubts,  he  pushed  through  his  own  plan  for  a 
military  hospital  in  Vermont,  and  the  surprising  cures  wrought  on  the  sick  and 
wounded  in  the  hospital  at  Brattleboro,  and  the  conservation  of  the  splendid 
material  in  the  Green  Mountain  soldiers,  placed  the  State  far  ahead  of  all  other 
States  in  her  successful  treatment  of  sick  and  disabled  soldiers. 

The  term  of  Governor  Holbrook's  official  service  was  a  most  memorable 
one.  And  in  private  life  he  is  an  illustration  of  the  symmetrical  statesman,  the 
zealous  patriot,  the  modest  gentleman,  and  the  genial  friend. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  239 

1491   Seleucia  Knowlton  and  Hezekiah  Robinson  had  : 

(3593)  Charlotte  K.,  November   28,  rSi8.     m.  Roswell  Ellis,  February  26, 

1839. 

(3594)  Jonathan.  November  4,  1820.     m.  Emily  Dampier. 

(3595)  Rev.  Frederick,  February  20,1823.     m.  Johnson.      Rector   of 

Abbotsford,  and  Canon,  Diocese  of  Montreal,     d.  1893. 

(3596)  Seleucia,  November  2,  1824.     d.  1839  (or  1835). 

(3597)  Luke  EL,  January  1,  1827.     in.  four  times.     One  son,  George. 
(359S)  Sarah  M.,  December  5.  1828.     m. Chandler.     Son,  George  M., 

is  a  professor  in  Magill  University,  Montreal. 

(3599)  Rev.  George  C,  August  25,  1831.     m.  Emma  Whitten. 

(3600)  Abigail  K.,  April  31,  1S34.     m.  J.  D.  Parsonage,  merchant. 

(3601)  Edward,  September  6,  1S37.     m.  Emily  Dunning. 

Seleucia  d.  December  8,  1876.  Hezekiah  was  one  of  the  most  influential 
men  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  and  connected  with  its  agricultural,  com- 
mercial, and  financial  development,  a  devoted  churchman  and  an  upright 
citizen. 


1492   Marcia  Knowlton  and  Clarke  Fisher  had 

(3603)  Katherine,  September  3,  1S21. 

(3604)  Marcia,  June  10,  1823. 

(3605)  Sarah  J.,  May  8,  1S25. 

(3606)  Charlotte,  March  18,  1827. 

(3607)  William  S.,  February,  1829. 

(3608)  Marion,  April  12,  1831. 

(3609)  Daniel,  March  31,  1834. 

(3610)  Henry,  October  27,  1S36. 

Marcia  d.  in  Ohio,  July  19,  1849. 


1493  Sally  Knowlton  and  Daniel  W.  Sanborn  had  : 

(3611)  Myron,  November  23,  1820.     m.  Julia  Westover. 

(3612)  Luke,  April  29,  1S22.     unrn.     d.  in  Michigan. 

(3613)  Julia,    November    15,    1823.     in.    "Win.    Damphier.      She  d.  in    Los 

Angeles,  Cal.,  January  n,  1897. 

Daniel  d.  September  7,  1827,  and  Sally  m.   2d  Dr.  I^otns 
Parmalee,  and  had  : 

(3614)  Mary,  January    3,    1836.     m.    Prof.    Joseph    Marsh,    Forest    Grove, 

Oregon. 


240  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(3615)  David,  March  10,  1S38.     d.  in  California. 

Dr.  Rotus  d.  in  Forest  Grove,  Oregon,  and  Sally  d.  there,  May  20,  1896. 


1495   Charlotte  and  Austin  Wheeler  had  : 

(3616)  Abigail  S.,  September  3,  18  \.     m.  Bethuel  Ranger,  June  26,  1851. 

Brattleboro,  Vt. 

(3617)  Susan  W.,  February  14,  1829.     m.  J.  C.  Pettes,  September  26,  1849. 

(3618)  Thomas  W.,  November  16,  1830.     m.  Anna  Duboise.     Res.,  Knowl- 

ton. 

Residence,  Knowlton,  P.  Q. 

Charlotte  d.  December  29,  1831.      Austin  d. 


1496  Luke  M.  and  Laura  A.  Wheeler  had  : 

(3619)  Luke  W.,  October  6,  1S33.     d.  young. 

(3620)  Infant  son,  August  n,  1834.     d.  same  day. 

(3621)  Ellen  M.,  February  8,  1836.     m.  John  M.  Fisk,  June  5,  1S60. 

(3622)  Henry  C,  June  20,  1838.     m.  Alma  J.  Corey,  December  25,  1864. 

(3623)  A  dau.,  August  8,  1848.     d.  young. 

(3624)  Lucia  A.,  November  15,  184].     m.  James  Carter.     Res.,  Missawippi, 

P.  Q.     No  chil. 

(3625)  Luke  L.,  July  21,  1843.     m.  Julia  M.  England,  October  1,  1S6S. 

(3626)  Franklin,  May  29,  1845.     d.  young. 

Laura  d.  June  4,  1845,  anc^  Luke  M.  m.  2d  Emma  Peters, 
October  28,  1847.     They  had: 

(3627)  William  M.,  July  24,  1849.     d.  young. 

(3628)  Mary  E.,  April  12,  1850.     m.  Richard  L.  Carter,  June  1,  1869. 

(3629)  Myron  M  ,  December  5,  185 1.     m.  Susan  Wheeler. 

(3630)  Charles  R.,  December  14,   1853.     m.  Emily  Crawford.     He  d.  1894, 

in  California. 

(3631)  Frederick  A.,  June  10,  [855.     m.  Sarah  A.  J.  Corey.     Res.,  Knowl- 

ton. 

(3632)  Walter  H.,  March  8,  1858.     d.  April  14,  1864. 

Emma  d.  January  20,  1876,  and  Luke  M.  m.  3d.  Mrs.  Chase.     No  chil. 
Residence,  Knowlton,  P.  Q. 

Luke  d.  May  15,  1890.  He  was,  at  his  death,  the  oldest  inhabitant  of 
Knowlton,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Commissioner,  and  Councillor  for  many 
years,  and  was  the  father  of  the  Liberal  Party. 


The  Canada  Knowltons 


241 


1499  Katherine  and  Merrick  Cummings  had  : 

(3633)  Helen  Warner,  May   1,  1S41.     m.  Chas.  A.  Wood,  March   12,  i860. 

Res.,  Faribault,  Minn. 

(3634)  Julia  E.,  August  17,  1843.     d.  1846. 

(3635)  Charles  M.,  December  5,  1845.     d.  May  2,  1896. 

(3636)  Louisa,  March  8,  1848.     m.  Chas.  M.  Starr,  November  23,  1876. 

(3637)  George  F.,  October  15,  1850.     d.  1854. 

(3638)  Edward  W.,  February  24,  1S54.     Druggist,  Tower,  Minn. 

(3639)  Abbie  E.,  November  iS,  1856.     d.  March  23,  1893,  in  Montreal. 

Residence,  Granby,  P.  Q. 


1500  Hanson  and  Mary  Soles  had  : 

(3640)  Charlotte  M.,  February  3,   1840.     m.  Asaph   K.   Lewis,  March    16, 

1869. 

(3641)  Agnes  A„  October  3,  1841.     m.  Almus  Rexford,  November  6,  1864. 

Res.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.     1  dau.,  d. 

(3642)  Willard  W.,  January   2,    1845.      m.   Isabella  Elliot,  September    14 

1868. 

(3643)  Warren  H.,  April  29,  1847.     m.  Frances  Cummings,  June  16,  1874. 

(3644)  Hanson  L.,  November  19,  1849.     d.  young. 

(3645)  Calvin  H.,  June  2,  1852.     &  young. 

(3646)  Emma  A.,  January  30,  1854.     m.  Ernest  Drake,  January  20,  1873. 

(3647)  George  A.,  May  26, 1855.     m.  Mary  Clark,  June  22,  1886.     d.  at  So. 

Stukely. 

(3648)  Hanson  E.,  June  26,  1858.     d.  1861. 

(3649)  Arthur  R.,  June  26,  i860,     m.  Ellen  Kowe,  December  22,  1881. 

Hanson  rem.  from  Canada  to  Mitchell,  Iowa,  in  1865,  and  thence  to  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 


1501    Patty  Knowlton  and  John  A.  Jackson  had  : 

(3650)  Charles  J.,  June  29,  1853.     m.  Julia  Sanborn.     1  dau.     Res.,  M< 

treal. 

(3651)  Frederick,  June  29,  1858.     d.  young. 


1502   Merab  Knowlton  and  Wm.  W.  Willard  had  : 

(3652)  Charlotte,   April   18,    1844.      m.  McLaughlin.     Res.,    Sweets- 
burg,  P.  Q. 


242  The  Know] Ion  Genealogy 


(3653)  Samuel  R.,  August  26,  1845.     m.  Emma  Hill  of  Waterloo.     3  chil. 

Res.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(3654)  Mary  E.,  August  7,  1847.     m.  Amos  B.  Curtis. 

(3655)  Sophia  A.,  October  7,  185 1.     m.  Luke  W.  Knowlton. 

(3656)  Merab  K.,  November,  1853.     unm. 

(3657)  George,  March  15,  1856.      m.  Jennie  Spinney.      Res.,  So.  Stukely. 

2  chil. 

(3658)  Elizabeth,  July  25,  1863.     unm. 

Residence,  So.  Stukely. 
Merab  d.  July  13,  18S7. 


1503  Goodloe  and  Julia  Duboise  had  : 

(3659)  Lyman  W.,  June  10,  1846.     m.  Nellie  Ryerson,  July  16,  1872. 

(3660)  Emily,  February  24,  1848.     d.  1854. 

(3661)  Luke  G.,  June  12,  1S62.     d.  October,  1896. 

(3662)  Martin  H.,  June  12,  1S62.     m.  Flora  V.  Detchemeudy. 

Residence  rem.   from  Canada  to  Iowa  in   1S67,  where  he  d.  November  7, 
1894. 


1506  Asa  and  Damans  Howe  had  : 

(3663)  Adaline,  June  2,  1820.     m.  Simon  Newton.     She  d.  1846. 

(3664)  Charles,  January  4,  1822. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 


151 1   Seth  and  Volma  (or  Vilma),  Shepard  had  : 

(3665)  Otis   S.,   February   22,   1831.     m.   Mary  Miller,    January    n,   1854. 

Res.,  Clinton,  Iowa.     Furniture  dealer  and  undertaker. 

(3666)  Artemus,  May   2c,   1830.     m.  Lavinia  Bennett.     He  d.  at  Monson, 

Mass.,  June  10,  1S74. 

Seth  was  b.  in  Charleston,  Mass.     He  rem.  to  Clinton,  Iowa,  where  he  d. 
January  21,  1887.     Vilma  d.  at  North  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  December  13,  1843. 


15 1 3   Huldah  Knowlton  and  John  Hart  had 

(3667)  Martha. 

(3668)  Mary. 

(3669)  Seth. 


(3670)  Phoebe. 

(3671)  Waldo  C. 

(3672)  Vilma. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  24, 


Residence,  Sutton,  Mass. 


15 16  Artemus  and  Maria  Kenny  had  : 

(3673)  Joseph,  September  n,  1838.     d.  young. 

(3674)  Eliza,  April  10,  1840.     d.  1845. 

(3675)  Caroline,  August  19,  1842.     m.  Loren  Howell,  March,  1864. 

(3676)  Marion,  September  6,  1846.     d.  young. 

(3677)  Harriet,  April  23,  1849. 

(3678)  Ella,  October  18,  1855.     m.  Anton  Knowlton. 

(3679)  Clara,  December  3,  1S57.     m.  L.  C.  Phillips. 

Residence  rem.  from  East  Douglass,  Mass.,  to  Templeton,  Iowa,  where  Ar- 
temus d.  1843.     Maria  d.  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  March,  1894. 


15 19  Freeman  and  Hannah  Murphy  had  : 

(3680)  Catherine  A.,  August  13,  1826.     m.  Henry  B.  Winslow. 

(3681)  Josiah  L.,  January  19   1S29.     m.  Mary  Wakefield,  April  15,  1S52. 

(3682)  George  H.,  February  28,  1832.     m.  Abbie  Noyes,  May  30,  1S60. 

(3683)  Thomas  M.,  June  10,  1836.     d.  young. 

(3684)  Walter  M.  July  15,  1839.     m-     Adaline  Millard,  December  25,  i860. 

(3685)  James  A.,  August  27,  1844.  m.  Catherine  Taylor,  December  30, 1871. 
Residence,  Providence,  R.  I.,  where  Freeman  d.  August  2,  1893. 

Freeman  was  a  longshoreman.     Hannah  was  from  Bedford,  N.  II.       She  d. 
August  9,  1891. 


1520  Joseph  and  Sarah  Fitts  had  : 

(3686)  Adaline,  November  15,  1S24,  Jamaica.     Vt. 

(3687)  Emory  J.,  March  12,  1826.     m.  Adaline  Pierce.     Res.,  Brattleboro. 

(3688)  Gilbert  N.,  September  16,  182S.     d.  December  15,  1S47. 

(3689)  William  F.,  November  7,  1831.     m.  Ella  Brigham.     Res.,  Colorado. 

(3690)  Orrin  F.,  February  4,  1836.     m.  C.  J.  Haskell.     Res.,  Windsor,  Vt. 

(3691)  Laura,  March  30,   1S38.     m.   VVm.   H.  Carr.    Res.  Jamaica.     Shed. 


244  •    The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(3692)  Julia  H.,  August  30,  1840.     m.Chas.  S.  Clark.     Res.,  Jamaica.     She 

d.  April  22,  j  S76. 

(3693)  Edwin  S.,  May  13    1844.     d.  young. 

Joseph  d.  at  Jamaica,  Vt.,  November  24,  1894.     Sarah  d.  there  August  12, 


1525   Darwin  and  Sarah  N.  Harrington  had  : 

(3695)  Chas.  F.,  June  7,  1829      m.  Lucy  M.  Temple,  July  iS,  1855. 

(3696)  Relief,  January  21,  1831. 

(3697)  Hannah,  October  n,  1832.     m.  W.  G.  Holt,  July  22,  1851. 
(369S)  Daniel,  June  25,  1835.     m.  Elizabeth  Temple,  August  31,  1S5. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 


1528  Artemus  and  Emeline  Smith  had  no  chil.  She  d. 
November  2,  1837,  and  Artemus  m.  2d  Mary 
Ewell,  August,  1841. 

Residence,  Marlboro,  Mass. 


1529  William  and  Hannah  Harrington  had  no  chil.       He 
m.  2d  Miriam  Dresser,  August,  1837.     They  had: 

(3699)  Julius  W.,  November  28,  1838.     m.  Jane  E.  Fairchild,  December  17 

1866. 

Miriam    d,  March    4,    1847;    and  William    m.    3d   Stella 
Brooks,  October  2,  1850.     1  hey  had  : 

(3700)  Stella  L.,  March  28,  1854.     d.  young. 

(3701)  Stella  B.,  February  15,  1857.     d.  young. 

William  rem.  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  March  22,  1880. 


1530  Eunice  Knowlton  and  E.  G.  Putnam  had  : 

(3702)  Ann  E. 

(3703)  William  H. 

(3704)  William  H.  2d. 

(3705)  J°hn  E- 

(3706)  Francis  M. 

(3707)  Abbie  M. 

(3708)  Charles  H. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  245 

1531  Nancy  Knowlton  and  Horace  Stowe  had  : 

(3709)  Walter  H.,  January  n,  1834.     m.  Mary  Ogden,  1854. 

Horace  d.  March  23,  1839,  and  Nancy  m.  2d  E.  13.  Rice,  July  3,  1843  ;  m. 

3d  C.  C.  Felton. 

. .  / 

1532  Calvin  and  Mary  C.  Warren  had  : 

(3710)  Henry  C,  April  29,  1842.  m.  Sophia  Lippincott,  November  22,  1870. 

(3711)  Edward  R.}  January  23,  1844.     m.  Alice  Wheeler,  January  u,  1865. 

Calvin  was  b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  He  was  engaged  in  railroad  business 
for  twenty-five  years,  and  in  banking  for  seventeen  years.  He  d.  in  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cab,  March  6,  1880.     Mary  C.  d.  in  Joliet,  111.,  June  24,  18S6. 


1533   Dolly  Knowlton  and  Joseph  P.  Leland  had  : 

(3712)  Nancy  H.,  June  30,  183S. 

(3713)  Marion  P.,  April  26,  1848. 

(3714)  Stella,  October  6,  1861. 


1534  William  H.  and  Susan  Brigham  had: 

(3715)  Susan   E.,  December  26,  1828.     m.  Elnathan  C.  Wheeler,  May  25, 

1859. 

(3716)  Mary  A.,  May  19,  1831.     m.  Joseph  Nourse,  April,  1855. 

(3717)  Everett  W.,  September  26,   1832.     m.  Mary  E.  Brown,  January  7, 

1856. 

(3718)  Lucy  M.,  May  25,  1835.     d.  September  30,  1880. 

(3719)  William  E.,  September  26,  1836. 

(3720)  Eliza  G.,  October  18,  1837.     d.  November  26,  1855. 

(3721)  Martha  B.,  October  6,  1839.     d.  young. 

(3722)  Caroline  E.,  April  13,  1843.     d-  January  9,  186S. 

(3723)  Walter  B.,  December  2,  1845.     d.  January  3,  1866. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 

William  d.  August  5,  1852.     Susan  d.  September  25,  1S71. 


1535   Hannah  W.  Knowlton  and  S.  Haven  had  : 

(3724)  Oscar  D.,  May  29,  1S30. 

(3725)  Joseph  S.,  October  9,  1833. 

(3726)  Ward  R.,  October  3,  1837. 


24()  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(o727)  George  F.,  October  5,  1843. 
(3728)  Charles  M.,  March  29,  1849. 


1537  Joseph  and  Huldah  Newton  had  : 

(3729)   Mary  E.,  August  8,  1835.     d'  July  7,  1849. 
(373°)  Susan  M.,  May  27,  1S37.     d.  August  30,  1889. 

(373 1)  Joseph  H.,  April  25,  1839.     m.  Helen  Lowell,  November  22,  1866. 

Huldah  d.   August   2,    1839,  ancl  Joseph  m.  2d  Sarah  E. 
Johnson,  November  26,  1840.     They  had  : 

(3732)  Frederick,  February  23,  1842.     m.  Catherine  E.Allen,  May  16,  1S67. 

(3733)  Greenville,  March  24,  1844.     d.  young. 

(3734)  Lorenzo,  October  19,  1846.      m.  Mary  F.  Brigham,  August  31,  1870. 

(3735)  Francis  A.,  January  7,  1849.     m.  Lucy  J.  Slratton,  April  26,  1S71. 

(3736)  Herbert  J.,  July  5,  1851. 

(3737)  John  F.,  September  18,  1S52.      m.  Carrie  Plasted,  February  6,  1879. 

(3738)  George  W.,  September  26,  1854.     d.  1S57. 

(3739)  Sarah  E.,  October  19,  1856. 

(3740)  George  W".,  May  20,  1858. 

(3741)  Walter  C,  July  20,  1S60. 

Residence,  Shrewsbury,  Mass. 


1538  Susan  W.  Knowlton  and  John  Rice  had  : 
(3742)  Emily  A.,  December  1,  1S38.     m.  Rufus  C.  Eldridge,  March  4,  1861. 

Residence,  Northbridge,  Mass. 
Susan  W.  d.  March  16,  1S42. 


1543   Lincoln  B.  and  Charlotte  Spooner  had  : 

(3743)  Eleanor  B.,  1S35.     m.  William  Shepard,  Springfield,  Mass.     She  d. 

18S9. 

(3744)  William  S.,  1841.     m.  Anna  Negus,  of  Rock  Island,  III,  November, 

iS75- 
Charlotte    d.    1841,    and    Lincoln    m.    Lucretia   Wolcott 
August,  1842.     They  had  : 

.3745')  James  W.,  May  1,  1843.     m.  Mary  Riddle,  June,  1873. 
/374°)  Louise  Wolcott.     m.  Wm.  II.  Brown,  Novembei  15,  1888. 
(3747)  Elizabeth  P.     m.  Harrison  Dodge,  June  1,  1875. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  247 

LINCOLN  B.  KNOWLTON 

was  b.  in  Shrewsbury,  Mass.  He  graduated  from  Union  College,  under  the 
presidency  of  Dr.  Nott,  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Governor  Davis  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  opened  a  law  office  in  Peoria,  111.  He  was  an  intimate  friend  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  David  Davis,  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  and  other  noted  men  of 
his  time.  His  natural  eloquence  as  a  speaker,  and  his  vigorous  presentation 
of  his  legal  cases,  were  made  all  the  more  forceful  by  his  striking  personality. 

Over  six  feet  in  height,  and  remarkably  well  proportioned,  he  towered  above 
his  fellows  physically  as  well  as  mentally,  and  he  easily  won  the  name  of  "  the 
Henry  Clay  of  the  Illinois  Bar."  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Baltimore  Conven- 
tion in  the  interest  of  Henry  Clay,  and  was  nominated  for  Congress,  but  died 
before  the  election.  Being  asked  to  name  his  successor  in  the  canvass,  he 
named  his  friend  James  Knox,  who  was  elected.  In  the  history  and  traditions 
of  the  Illinois  Bar,  Lincoln  B.  Knowlton  will  always  hold  a  prominent  place, 
and  it  was  not  an  extravagant  estimate  of  his  extraordinary  abilities  and  ster- 
ling character  that  made  his  friends  predict  for  him  an  illustrious  national 
career.  His  sense  of  justice  called  him  promptly  to  the  side  of  an  injured  or 
oppressed  defendant,  often  without  fee  or  reward,  ant]  his  only  weakness  seems 
to  have  been  a  too  implicit  confidence  in  the  honesty  of  others,  a  confidence 
which  involved  him  in  large  financial  losses.  He  married  in  1834  Charlotte 
Spooner,  and  after  her  death  Lucretia  Wolcott,  a  lineal  descendant  on  the 
maternal  side  of  Governor  William  Bradford  and  Alice  Southworth,  his  wife,  of 
the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and,  on  the  paternal  side,  of  the  Plymptons 
and  Peabodys  of  England,  and  Governors  Rogers  and  Oliver  Wolcott,  promi- 
nent in  the  settlement  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  and  Signers  of  the  Declar- 
ation of  Independence. 

Mrs.  Knowlton  survives  her  husband  in  a  green  and  genial  old  age  that  is  a 
benediction  to  all  the  members  of  a  large  social  and  domestic  circle. 

Lincoln  d.  in  Peoria,  111.,  June,  1853. 


1553   Rebecca  W.  Knowlton  and  Dr.  A.  Brigham  had 

(3748)  Fred  A.,  April  1,  1S35. 

(3749)  Franklin  W.,  September  3,  1S41. 

(3750)  Arthur  K.,  December  13,  1850. 


1555   Harriet  A.  Knowlton  and  John  Hatton  had 
(375 r)  William  L.,  February  15,  1843. 

(3752)  Charles  L.,  April  6,  1845. 

(3753)  Horace  K,  March  io,  1847. 

(3754)  Martha,  April  17,  1849. 


248  inc  i^nowiton  ueneaiogy 

1558  George  L.  and  Olive  Haskins,  (or  Haskell),  had: 

(3755)  Mary  R.,  November  1,  1849.     d.  1852. 

(3756)  James  L.,  November  21,  1851.     m.  Ella  Chamer,  December,  1875. 

(3757)  Katie  E.,  March  12,  1854. 

(3758)  Belle,  December  21,  1856.     m.  Henry  Englebeck,  May .4,  1876. 


1560  Sarah  E.  Knowlton  and  Rufus  Blood  had  : 
(3759)  Sarah  A.,  July  17,  1849.     m.  Chas.  E.  Ingalls,  May  30,  1870. 


1 56 1   Catherine  Knowlton  and  Osman  S.  Rice. 

Had  no  children.     He  d.  February  25,  1849,  and  she  m.  2d  Moses 
January  14,  1859.    He  d.  February  17,  1871. 


1564  Caroline  Knowlton  and  George  Stebbins  had 

(3760)  Charles  H.,  September  13,  1849.     m.  Emily  D.  Chase. 

(3761)  Anna,  July  20,  1854. 

(3762)  Emily,  September  8,  i860,     d.  young. 


1566   Nancy  M.  Knowlton  and  Horace  Nichols  had 

(3763)  Walter,  June  6,  1862. 

(3764)  Herbert. 


1 57 1   Jonathan  and  Molly  Knowlton  had  : 

(3765)  Polly,  September  4,  1802. 

(3766)  Sophronia,  December  20,  1804. 

(3767)  Jonathan,  August  5,  1807. 

(376S)  Anna,  August  8,  1810.     m.  Henry  Dodge,  August  20,  1831. 

(3769)  Ebenezer,  May  2,  1812.     Res.,  Newburyport,  Mass. 

(3770)  Abraham,  September  19,  1821. 

(3771)  Ann  M.,  April  19,  1823.     m.  Joseph  Simonds,  October  26,  1S41. 

Residence,  YVenham,  Mass. 


1572   Caleb  and  Anna  Sargent  had  : 
(3772)  William,  1802.     m.  Eliza  Bedney,  of  Salem,  Mass 


The  Canada  Knowltons  249 

(3773)  Isaac>  1S05.     d.  April,  1840. 

(3774)  Willis  S.     m.  Agatha .     Res.,  Salem,  Mass.     3  chil. 

(3775)  James. 


Anna  d.  1808,  and  Caleb  had  by  2d  wife  : 

(3776)  Andrew,  November  28,  1S11.     m.  Mary  Benson.     Child,  b.  in  Michi- 

gan. 

(3777)  Eliza,  February  13,  1S10.     m.  Justus  Benson.     Child,  b.  in  Iowa. 

(3778)  Mary,    November   15,    1814.     m.    Ephraim  Webster.     Child,   b.    in 

Springfield,  Mass. 

(3779)  Isaac,  December  15,  1S15. 

(3780)  Cyrus,  May  14,  1822.     m.  Adaline  Dodge,  December  31,  1851. 

(3781)  Martha,  April  15,  1S1S.     m.  Chester  Kingsley. 
(37S2)  Allen,  March  8,  1820.     d.  October  31,  1839. 

(3783)  Amanda,  May  6,  1S24.     d.  August  18,  1840. 

(3784)  Daniel,  October  17,  1826.     m.  Julia  Schofield,  September  4,  1849. 

Child,  b.  in  Newton,  Kan. 

(3785)  Jane,  April  20,  1S2S.     m.  Henry  C.  Martin,  July  6,  1847. 

(3786)  Maria,  August  27,  1830.     d.  young. 

(3787)  Caleb  C,  September  21,  1831.     d.  young. 

Caleb  rem.  from  Manchester,  Mass.,  to  Brandon,  Vt.     Anna  d.  October  5, 
1808. 


1573   William  and  Betsey  Andrews  had  : 

(3788)  William  F.,  November  9,  1804.     Wenham,  Mass. 

(3789)  Betsey,  April  16,  1806.     m.  Jonah  Carver,  August  26,  1827. 

(3790)  Sally,  May  19,  1S08;     m.  Sylvester  Spooner,  December  15,  1830. 

(3791)  Mary,  July  14,  1S10.     m.  Homer  Hart,  September  18,  1830. 

(3792)  Albert,"  March  23,  1812.     m.  Sarah  Whitcomb,  1S33. 

(3793)  Nancy,  January  5,  18 17.     m.  Zebulon  Crane,  December  6,  1836. 

(3794)  Adaline",  January  7,  1819.  m.     Austin  Williams,  January  7,  1841. 

(3795)  Alonzo,  January  1,  1S21.     m.  Eliza  De  Peyster,  December  1845. 
(?79^)  John,  JulY  2>  t823-     m-  Lois  Crittenden,  1847. 

(3797)  Ephraim,  December  25,  1824.  m.  Jane  Alvord.  rem.  to  Coldwater,  O. 

(3798)  Ann  E.,  March  7,  1S36. 

William  d.  August  12,  1866.     Betsey  d.  March  24,  1878. 
Residence  in  Gloucester,  Mass.     Rem.  to  Brandon,  Vt.,  thence  to  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  to  Kent,  Ohio,  where  the  parents  died. 


250  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1575   Anna  and  Mark  Sexberry  had  :  1  v5  <h  N 
(3799)  Maria,  October  3,  1804. 


1 579  John  and  Betsey  Buckley  had  : 

(3800)  Julius  A.,  May  1830.     m. 

(3801)  Gardner  J.,  June  8,  1839. 

Residence,  Brandon,  Vt. 

John  d.  August  24,  1793. 


1598  Polly  Knowlton  and  Asa  Fogg  had  : 

(3802)  Ezekiel.     Res.  Freedom,  111. 

(3803)  Nelson. 

(3804)  Miranda. 

(3805)  Mary  Ann. 

(3806)  Martha. 

(3807)  Jane. 

(3808)  Leander  (or  Lucinda). 

Residence,  New  Sharon,  Me. 

Polly  d.  1S72. 


1599  Sally  Knowlton  and  Henry  Erskine  had  : 

(3809)  Rev.  Justus,  Juno  3,  1822.     m.  Martha  True  ;  m.  2d  Hattie  B.  Rand. 

1  son. 

(3810)  Roselinda,  March  30,  1824.     d.  1874. 

(3811)  Sally,  January  27,  1833.     d.  1846. 

Residence,  Palermo  and  Montville,  Me. 


1600  Hiram  and  Lorena  Hunt  had  : 

(3812)  Benjamin  O.,  December  12,  1838.     d.  January  23,  1849. 

(3813)  James  S.  April  30,  1840.     m.  Mary  E.  Chase,  July  13,  1S6S.     Res., 

Camden,  Me. 
(3S14)  Thomas  Oakes,  January  4,  1843.     New  Boston  and  Oil  Mills,  N.  H 
Lawyer. 

(3815)  Claudius  B.,  October  7,  1845.     Res.  Menominee,  Mich. 

(3816)  Benjamin  0.,  April  5,  1850.     State  Farm  of  Mass. 

'  Hiram  d.  ..-T0"),  in  Camd<  n,  Me.,  on  the  old  Knowlton  Homestead. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  251 

1 601   Amy  Knowlton  and  Edward  Stevens  had  : 

(38*7)  John,     d.  young. 

(3818)  Abigail,     d.  young. 

(3819)  Mary.     m.  Enos  Harding. 

(3820)  John. 

(3821)  Edward. 

(3822)  Isaac  C.     d.  young. 

(3823)  Abbie.     m. Daniels.     Res.,  Montville. 

Residence,  Montville,  Me. 


1 602  Joseph  W.  and  Julia  Davis  had  : 

(3824)  Placentia,  June  iS,  3833.     unm. 

(3825)  Infant,  1834.     d.  young. 

(3826)  Joseph  E.,  February  16,1835.     m-  Joanna  Gridley.      Res.  in  Duluth, 

Wis.     m.  2d  Joanna  Crandall. 

(3827)  Acca  L.,  November  22,  1838.     m.  Elbridge  C.  Norton.     Shed.  1877. 

Res.,  Liberty,  Me. 

(3828)  Edward  P.,  April  10,  1S42.     m.  Lizzie  A.  Worth. 

(3829)  Frederick,  May  30,  1845.     m.  Abbie  M.  Sanborn,  February  14,  1870. 

(3830)  Francis  Wayland,  December  2^,  1846.      rn.  Belinda  Wentworth,  Oc- 

tober 16,  1870.     Lawyer  and  editor.     Res.,  Belfast,  Me. 

Joseph  W.  is  a  lawyer,  and  has  been  Probate  Judge. 


1603   Lucinda  Knowlton  and  Daniel  Carey  had: 

(3831)  Mary  E.     m.  Calvin  Hubbard.     Res.,  Belfast,  Me. 

(3832)  Daniel  Warren,     rn.  Chapman  ;  m.  2d  Luella  Bean. 

(3833)  John  C.     m.  Francis  Dickson.     Res.,  Mountville,  Me. 
(3833A)  Fred  E.     Drowned  when  young. 

Lucinda  d.  i860,  at  the  old  farm  in  Maine. 


1605   Rev.  Isaac  C.  and  Mary  S.  Wellington  had  : 

(3834)  Hosea  Morrill,  May   30,   1847.     m.  Sylvia    Bassett  Almy,  May   22; 

1873- 

(3835)  Ma-y  Alice,  February  7,  1850.     m.  Edward  S.  Rich,  June,  1874. 

(3836)  Fiank  Warren,  October  2,  1851.    d.  January  20,  1871.     West  Acton. 

(3837)  Wellington  Case,  May  14,  1S5S.     d.  1861,  in  Keene,  N.  H. 


252  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

REV.  ISAAC  CASE  KNOWLTON,  D.D., 

son  of  Ezekiel  and  Mary  Knowlton,  was  b.  at  Liberty,  Me.,  September  6,  18x9, 
and  d.  at  West  Acton,  Mass.,  March  23,  1894.  His  father  and  mother  died  in 
his  infancy,  and  he  was  brought  up  by  his  oldest  sister,  Abigail.  At  an  early 
age  he  began  earning  his  livelihood  by  coopering,  making  lime  casks  at  Rock- 
land and  Thomastown,  Me.  Early  in  life  he  formed  the  purpose  of  entering  the 
Universalist  ministry,  and  while  engaged  in  coopering  he  studied  Latin  and 
Llebrew.  With  the  exception  of  a  brief  pupilage  in  the  Academy  in  China, 
Me.,  he  was  entirely  self-educated.  He  first  preached  at  Albion,  Me.,  about 
1844.  His  first  settlement  was  in  Lincoln,  Me.,  in  1843.  His  several  settlements 
were  in  Lincoln,  Me.,  1843  ;  Durham,  1845  ;  Auburn,  1850  ;  Hampden,  185 1  ; 
Oldtown,  1853  ;  Keene,  N.  H.,  i860  ;  South  Boston,  Mass.,  1863  ;  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.,  1S65  ;  Calais,  Me.,  1870  ;  West  Acton,  Mass.,  1875.  His  pastorate 
at  West  Acton  continued  for  eighteen  years,  or  until  1893,  when,  after  having 
completed  fifty  years'  work  in  the  ministry,  he  formally  retired.  During  the 
whole  of  his  ministerial  life  he  was  active  in  literary  work,  being  a  frequent 
contributor  to  the  Universalist  papers  and  magazines.  He  was  also  the  author 
of  two  books,  "History  of  Calais,  Maine,"  published  in  1873,  and  of  a  denomi- 
national work  entitled  "  Through  the  Shadows,"  published  in  Boston  in  1885. 
The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Tufts  College  in 
1S89. 

He  was  m.  at  Albion,  Me.,  November  27,  1845,  to  Mary  Smith  Welling- 
ton, daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Smith  (Winslow)  Wellington.  He  d.  April  17, 
1894,  and  his  widow  is  still  living  in  West  Acton. 


1606  George  and  Louisa  Bowker  had 

(383S)  Ellen. 

(3839)  Helena. 

(3840)  Orestes. 

(3841)  Marcia. 

(3842)  Lucia. 

(3843)  Josephine. 

(3844)  Alice. 

Residence;  Johnstown,  Pa. 


1607  Roxanna  Knowlton  and  James  Grant  had 

(3845)  Mary  L.,  October  8,  1832. 

(3846)  James  A.,  May  10,  1S49.     d.  J%53- 


• 

• 

1 

1 

Reverend  Isaac  C.  Kkowlton,  D.D. 
Liberty,  Maine,  iSig-1894. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  ?53 

1608  Freeman  and  Abbie  Bowker  had  : 
(3847)  Emily  F.,  October  3,  1836.     m.  Ariel  Fogg,  December  12,  i860. 

(3548)  John  W.,  June  2?,  1S3.S.     m.  A.  E.  Trow,  January  10,  1861. 

(3549)  Chester  F.,  November  2,  1840.     d.  young. 

(3850)  Wm.  Wesley,  September   16,  1842.     m.  Nellie  Garland,  November 

20,  1867. 

(3851)  Chester  L.,  August  9,  1845.     d.  young. 

(3853)  Mark  L->  January  23,  1847. 

(3854)  Frank  E.,  December  7, 185 1.     d.  young. 

(3855)  Neddie  E.,  November  28,  1854.     d.  young. 

(3856)  Chas.  E.,  August  14,  1857. 

(3857)  Edward  W.,  July  2,  1858. 

Residence,  Liberty,  Me. 

Freeman  d.  August,  1864. 


1609  Martha  Knowlton  and Prince  had 

(3858)  Laura,  April  16,   1835. 

She  m.  2d Johnson  and  had  : 

(3859)  Ralph,  March  29,  1841. 

She  m.  3d  John  Safford. 


1 6 10  John  C.  and  Eveline  Bacon  had  : 

(3860)  Dallas,  October  2,  1S44.     m.  May  Rhodes,  August,  1877. 

(3861)  Albertus,  1845.     m.  Martha  W.  Angell,  October,  1877.    Res.,  Hutch- 

inson, Me. 

(3862)  Georgianna,  June  10,  1847.     m.  A.  W.  Young,  December  25,  186S. 

(3863)  Maria,  1849. 

(3864)  Willis  J.,  1855.     Farmer,  Liberty,  Me. 

(3865)  Kleber  J.,  1856.     Res.,  Waterville,  Mc. 

Residence,  Liberty,  Me. 

JOHN  C.  KNOWLTON 

was  b.  and  for  many  years  resided,  in  Liberty,  Me.  He  was  a  lumberman,  and 
prominent  in  political  circles.  When  but  twenty-two  years  old,  he  was  a  Repre- 
sentative in  the  State  Legislature,  serving  three  terms  in  that  body,  twice  in  the 
State  Senate,  and  in  the  governor's  Council.  In  1864  he  was  commissioned  by 
the  Governor  of  Maine  to  receive  and  carry  to  the  State  capital  the  votes  of 
the  Maine  soldiers  in  the  field.     He  served  three  years  as  Asst.  Doorkeeper  of 


254  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

the  U.  S.  Senate,  and  two  years  as  the  Supt.  of  the  Seed  Room  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  at  Washington.     He  d.  at  Brantford,  Ont.,  in  March  1888. 


161 1   Ann  Knowlton  and  Kendall  Brown  had  : 

(3866)  Fidelia,  May  17,  1836. 

(3867)  John  H.,  May  22,  1840. 

(3868)  C.  Wesley,  January   28,  1842. 

(3869)  Caroline,  November  18,  1844. 

Residence,  Liberty,  Me. 


161 2   David  and  Susan  French  had  : 

(3870)  Viola  G.,  August  5,  1847.     m.  C.  A.  Buckland,  August  7,  1867. 

(3871)  Joseph  A.,  July  22,  1849.     m.  Nellie  Crosby,  October  1,  1874. 

(3872)  John  D.,  August  7,  1851. 

(3873)  Frank  E.,  May  10,  1S56. 

(3874)  Willis  D.,  June  9,  1859. 

(3875)  Mary  E.,  July  10,  i860,     d.  young. 

(3876)  George  W.,  May  8,  1862.     d.  young. 

(3877)  Susie  E.,Ausust  7,  1865. 

Residence,  Camden,  Me. 


1614  Charles  H.  and  Delinda  Davis  had  : 

(38/8)  Freeland,  February  22,  1849.     Served  in  U.  S.  Navy. 
(3879)  Freeman  P.,  January  3,  1854.     Res.,  Michigan. 

Delinda  d.  January  23,  1854. 

Chas.  H.  m.  2d  Victoria  Speer  and  had  : 

(3S80)  Chas.  F.,  November  14,  1859. 
(3881)  Nellie,  September  29,  1866. 

Residence,  Rockland,  Me. 


1619  Alfred  and had  : 

(3882)   Mary  F.,  September  26,  1S41. 

(3S83)  Adoniram. 

(3884)  Walter.     Res.,  Nevada. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  255 

.1622   William  A.  and had  : 

(3885)  George. 

(3886)  A  son. 

(3887)  A  daughter. 

Residence,  Lincoln,  Neb. 


1623  Samuel  and  Hannah  B.  Lewis  had  : 

(3S88)  James  L.,  February  24,  1845.     m.  Sarah  Chapman,  April  1867. 

(3889)  Joseph  F.,  October  21,  1847.     d.  in  War  of  the  Rebellion,  4th  Maine 

Regiment. 

(3890)  Rosetta,   January    16,   1850.     m.   Chas.   F.   Thompson,    August   29, 

1870. 

(3891)  George  F.,  July  10,  1855. 

(3892)  Neddie,  April  16,  1859. 

(3893)  Aurilla,  September  26,  1S60.     m.  Geo.  W.  Stevens. 


1626   Lot  and  Alice  Dolen  had  : 

(3894)  S.  Byron,  October  13,  1857. 

(3895)  Hollis  F.,  December  6,  1859. 

(3896)  Winfield,  March  12,  1862. 

(3897)  Carrie  B.,  January  2,  1865. 
(3S9S)  Arthur  M.,  March  22,  1873. 

-899)  Lillian  G.,  November  14,  1S75. 

Residence,  Camden,  Me. 


1627  Bainbridge  and  Augusta  Ozier  had 

(3900)  Chas.  H. 

(3901)  Franklin. 

(3902)  Blanche. 

(3903)  F.  Llewellyn. 

(3904)  Henry  B. 
v39°5)  Ernest  L. 


1629  Henry  and  Mary  A.  Semms  had 

(3906)  Maurice,  November  20,  1862. 

(3907)  Herbert,  June  30,  1865. 


256  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1 63 1   Julia  Knowlton  and Davis  had 

(3908)  Mary  K.,  February  6,  1S64. 

(3909)  Julia,  December  7.  1865. 


1632   Angeronia  Knowlton  and  ■ Cotton  had 

(3910)  George  E.,  November  24,  1865. 

(391 1 )  John  F.,  January  13,  1867. 


1633  Carrie  B.  Knowlton  and  A.  A.  Brown  had  : 

(3912)  Lizzie,  October  ti,  1868. 

(3913)  Mary,  April  17,  1870. 


1637  Sarah  A.  Knowlton  and  Everett  Stetson  had  : 

(3914)   Henry  C,  June  28,  1854.     d.  1872. 

Residence,  Darnariscotta,  Me. 


1638   Martha  Knowlton  and  Abner  Robinson  had  : 
(3915)  Martha  S.,  August  27,  1857. 


1641   Mary  H.  Knowlton  and  Capt.  Martin  Tukey  had 

(3916)  Fred,  February  18,  1862. 

(3917)  Corinne,  August  2,  1S66. 

(3918)  Alice,  March  17,  1S70. 

(3919)  Frank,  June  2,  1S72. 

(3920)  Mary  M.,  October  22,  1874. 


1655  Sally  Knowlton  and  Benjamin  B.  Barstow  had 

(3921)  Ida  L.     m.  Fred  Weeks. 

(3922)  Mary  Isabel,     m. Coombs. 

(3923)  Millie. 

(3924)  Celia. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  257 

1657  Rufus  M.  and  Mary  A.  Hodgkins  had  : 

(3925)  Rufus  A.' 
Rufus  Sen.  d.  1852. 


1659   Martin  and  Nancy  Dunbar  had 

(3926)  Ruth  A.,  May  10,  1S48.     d.  young. 

(3927)  Althea  A..  March  20,  1859. 

(3928)  Martin,  May  16,  1S61.     d.  young. 

(3929)  Lina,  December  29,  1866. 

(3930)  Irvin  L.,  December  29,  1866. 

(3931)  Cyril,  February  4,  1869.     d.  young. 

(3932)  lona  Belle,  April  16,  1870. 

(3933)  Edwin  A.,  December  14,  187 1. 

Residence,  Belfast,  Me. 

Nancy  d.  December  19,  1871. 


1660  Mary  M.  Knowlton  and  Nelson  Glidden  had 

(3934)  Mary  A.,  1857. 

(3935)  George,  1859. 

(3936)  Willis,  1861. 

(3937)  Anna,  1S63. 

(3938)  Julia.  1877. 


1672  Josiah  B,  and  Deborah  Weeks  had 

(3938  a)  Isaac. 

Res.,  N.  Chesterville,  Me. 


1673   Rebecca  Knowlton  and  Francis  Butler  had  : 

(3939)  Caroline  E.     m.  A.  W.  F.  Belcher. 

(3940)  Hiram  Ii. 

(3941)  Margaret  J.     m.  F.  F.  Belcher. 

Rebecca  in.  2d  Eliphaz  Gray,  April  28,  1846,  and  had 

(3942)  Mary  J.  (Gray),     m.  Geo.  W.  Ramer. 
17 


258  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1674  Caroline  Knowlton  and  Ephraim  Butler  had 

(3943)  Julia  ^r- 

(3944)  Charles  F. 

Residence,  Farmington,  Me. 


1676  Sumner  and  Mariana  Gilbert  had  : 
(3945)  Charles. 


1679  Selden  and  Abigail  Hodgkins  had  : 

(3946)  Henry  T.,  May  6,  1S44.     unm. 

(3947)  Ann   R.,  October   13,  1846.     m.  James  F.  Gower,  October  3,  1S70. 

Res.,  Pendir,  Neb. 

(3948)  Abbie  R.,  October  12,  1849.     m.  C.  Asa  Talbot,  November  24,  1870. 

Res.,  East  Wilton,  Me. 

(3949)  Selden  II.,  May  28,  1852. 

(395°)  Julia  G.,  June  28,  1854.     m.  Jacob  Alexander,  March  6,  rSSi.    Res. 

Cisco,  Texas. 
(395  0  J-  Preston,  November  6,  1855.     m.  Louisa  C.  Baker,  May  26,  1S80. 

(3952)  Margie   EM  September  26,   1855.     m.  C.  Frank   Fogg,  June,    1881. 

Res.,  Gray,  Me. 

(3953)  Augustus  E.,  August  31,  1862. 

Selden  was  for  many  years  a  school  teacher,  and  he  was  noted  as  a  Shake- 
spearir.n  scholar.     Resides  in  Farmington,  Me. 


1680  Edward  A.  and  Cornelia  A.  Backus  had  : 

(3954)  Cora  Blanche,  October  14,  1S57.     Res.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

(3955)  Harriette,  April    12,    1859.     m-    Wm.    R.    Pitman,  February,    1885. 

Res.,  N.  Y.  City. 

(3956)  Harry  May,  May  1,  1864. 

Edward  rem.  from  Farmington,  Me.,  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  of  heart 
disease,  July  '5,  1883.  Cornelia  res.  in  Boston.  She  was  the  dau.  of  Zenas 
Backus,  Esq.,  of  Farmington,  Me.,  and  on  her  mother's  side  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Hon.  Thomas  Hinckley,  the  last  Governor  of  Plymouth  Colony,  an  office 
which  he  held  for  nearly  twenty  years. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  259 

1 68 1    Francis  H.  and  Fannie  Foster  had  : 

(3957)  Daniel  S.,  December,  1842.     Soldier  in  Civil  War.     Merchant  and 

Banker. 

(3958)  John,  1845.     Lumber  business,  Milan,  Ind. 

(3959)  Francis,  October,  1854.     Money  lender  in  Chicago. 

Francis  went  overland  to  California  in  1849,  returned  in  1851  by  the  Isth- 
mus, and  contracted  a  fever  from  which  he  d.  in  Milan,  lnd.,  July  15,  1854. 
His  widow  d.  April,  1870. 


1682  Hon.  Hiram  and  Mary  Stephenson  had: 

(3960)  Elizabeth,  June,  1836.     m.  J.  S.  Stiles,  June,  i860. 

(3961)  Olive,  October,  1S42.     m.  Dr.  W.  H.  Jeffries,  1870.     2  chil. 

(3962)  Hiram,   April,    1844.       m.    Lucy   Connelly,    November,    1S67.     He 

served  in  83d  Regiment,  Indiana  Vol.,  War  of  Rebellion. 

(3963)  Mary,  May,  1S45.     Res.,  Indianapolis. 

(3964)  Edwin    F.,    September,    1846.     m.    Elizabeth    Hall.     Had    2    chil., 

Annie  and  Edna. 

Residence,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Hon.  Hiram  d.  February,  12,  1878.  Mary  d.  September  10,  1885,  at  Milan, 
Ind.  Hiram  was  a  Representative  and  State  Senator.  Moved  to  Indiana 
1843.  

1683  Permelia  Knowlton  and  Benjamin  Tufts,  Jr.,  had  : 

(3965)  Elial  L.,  August  17,  1S34.     Soldier  in  the  Rebellion. 

(3966)  Mary  J.,  February  11,  1839.     m.  Reuben  Deems. 

(3967)  Benjamin,  October  16,  1841. 

(3968)  Olive,  January  16,  1S44. 

(3969)  Cornelia  B.,  March  15,  1849.     m.  Dr.  L.  W.  Bishop,  1S74. 

(3970)  Chas.  YV\,  October  30,  1855.     Res.,  Hartwell,  Ohio. 

(3971)  Lewis  George,  August  20,  1S58. 

Residence,  Maineville,  Ohio. 

Benjamin  was  a  farmer. 


1684  Sherman  m.  Dorcas  Monahan,  May  13,  1848.  She 
d.  January  1849,  anc^  Sherman  m.  2d  Martha  Stev- 
ens,  August    23,    1850.       He  d.   of   cholera   July  9, 

1850. 

Residence,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


26o  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1685  Samuel  and  Julia  Hadley  had  : 

(3972)  Olive  A.,  October  31,   1846.     m.  W.  H.  Needham,  December  20, 

1S66.      t  child. 

(3973)  Sherman,  May  3,  1848. 

(3974)  Simon  H.,  May  16,  1849.     m.  Susan  Nordycke,  September  29,  1S71. 

3  chil. 

(3975)  Mary  M.,  February  24,  185 1.     m.  K.  C.  Naylor,  October  4,  1S70. 

(3976)  Charles  F.,  May  16,  1853.     m.  Anna  Arnold.     Res.,  Chicago. 

(3977)  Emma  H.,  March  18,  1S55.      m.  J.  C.  Gritman,  May  17,  1876.     ;She 

d.  July  14,  1S7S. 
(397S)  Edwin  S.,  March  2,  1857.     m.  Sylvia  Hunt,  February  1,  18SS. 
(3979)  Annie  P.,  May  17,  1859.     m.  L.  B.  Christman,  June  9,  1880. 

(3950)  Rosa  L.,  June  9,  1861.     m.  George  A.  Webster,  August  28,  18S3.    d. 

March  15,  1886. 

(3951)  Julia  E.,  January  3,  1864.     m.  Otis  Noel,  September  15,   1892.     d. 

1S80. 

(3982)  Minnie  B.,  June  27,  1866.     m.  D.  E.  Whitehill,  September  3,  1S91. 

(3983)  Cora  M.,  March  10,  1869.     m.  A.  F.  Styles,  September  13,  1893. 


1686  Sarah  Knowlton  and  Temple  Fouche  had  : 

(3984)  Hiram  T.,  May  20,  1850. 

(3985)  George  B.,  October  11,  1S51. 

Residence,  Foster's  Crossing,  Maineville,  Ohio. 


1687  George  W.  and  Nancy  Hunter  had  : 

(3956)  Francis  S.,  February  28,  1S66. 

(3957)  Mary  O.,  June  17,  1869. 
(398S)  Samuel  B.,  July  27,  1872. 

Residence,  Rising  Sun,  Ind.,  and  thence  rem.  to  Cunningham,  Kansas. 


1703  Jeremiah  and  Sarah  Fassett  had  : 

(3989)  Samuel  F.,  May  17,  1853.     m.  Isabella  Towle. 
(3090)   Lovie  B.,  March  1,  1859.     d.  December  6,  1880. 
Residence,  Strong,  Me. 

Jeremiah  was  an  extensive  farmer. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  261 


1704  William  and  Irene  Carrick  had  : 

(3991)  Francis  W.,  August  24,  1864. 

(3992)  Martha  A.,  January  22,  1866. 

(3993)  Frederick  J.,  November  15,  1867. 

(3994)  Maud  M.,  November  15,  1871. 

(3995)  Ada  L.,  1879. 

(3996)  Grace  I.,  1881. 

Residence  rem.  to  St.  Cloud,  Minn. 


1705   Rev.  Francis  B.  and  Mrs.  Louisa  Butterfield  had: 

(3997)  Lillian  E.,  June  30,  1867.     d.  young. 
(399S)  Ellen  F.,  June  3,  1S69. 
(3999)  Irwin  L.,  July  17,  1876. 

Present  Residence,  Athol,  Mass. 

Rev.  Francis  B.  prepared  for  college  at  the  Farminglon  Academy,  and  was 
graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1858,  He  taught  in  the  Classic  Grove 
Seminary  at  Oxford,  Pa.,  for  two  years,  after  which  he  entered  the  Bangor 
Theological  Seminary,  and  was  ordained  to  the  Congregational  ministry,  Au- 
gust 29,  1S65.  He  has  had  the  charge  of  churches  in  South  Paris,  Alstead,  and 
Oxford,  N.  H. 


1706  David  and  Clara  Hinckley  had  : 

(4000)  Clarence  H.,  September  19,  1876. 

(4001)  Helen,  October  9,  1S79. 

Residence,  Farmington,  Me. 

DAVID  KNOWLTON 

prepared  for  college  at  Lewiston  Falls  Academy,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1S69.  He  has  been  a  prominent  educator,  and  is  deeply  interested 
in  literary  pursuits.  In  1871  he  founded  the  steam-printing  and  publishing 
house  of  Knowlton,  McLeary  &  Co.,  which  has  become  a  strong  and  reputable 
establishment,  David  Knowlton  being  the  senior  partner. 

He  was   Town  Treasurer  for  four  years,  and  is  one  of  the  representative 
men  of  his  native  State. 


1707   Mary  B.  Knowlton  and  Henry  C.  Johnson  had: 

(400?)  Ruth  I. 
(4003)  Mary. 


262  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1 712   Robert  and  Betsey  Bixby  had  : 

(4004)  Almira,  August  31,  1820.     m.  Solomon  Sutton,  March  6,  183S. 

(4005)  Missouriana,  January  26,  1823.     m.  Adam  Cowan. 

(4006)  Narcissa,  September  23,  1825.     m.  Isaac  Miles,  1840. 

(4007)  Margaret,  December  6,  1S27.     m.  Daniel  Hoffman. 

(4008)  Jerome,  June  21,  1830.     d.  young. 

(4009)  Elizabeth,  March  5,  1833.     m.  Walter  Blakely. 

(4010)  Rebecca,  December  29,  1S36.     m.  Jonah  Crouse. 

Residence,  Yevay,  Ind. 

Robert  d.  December  29,  1836.     Betsey  d.  September  3,  1S59. 


1 713   Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Pike  had  : 

(4011)  Dennis  G.,  m.  Elizabeth  Chase. 

(4012)  Moses  F.,  July  7,  17 16.     m.  Elizabeth  Bailey. 

(4013)  John  P.,  September  1,  1821.     m.  Abigail  S.  Morgan. 
Samuel  rem.  to  Sunapee,  N.  H.     He  was  a  State  Legislature. 


1 714  Josiah  and  Sarah  Smith  had  : 

(4014)  Catherine,  January  31,  1824.     d.  young. 

(4015)  Mary  L.,  November  5,  1725.     d.  young. 

(4016)  George  C,   September   28,   1834.     m.   Mary  Ann   Higbee.     He  d. 

November  30,  1896. 

(4017)  Eliza  J.,  May  3,  1837.     m.  Joseph  Bryest. 

Sarah  d.  September  n,  1836,  and  Josiah  m.  2d  Rosanna  Wilcox,  March  15, 
1839.  She  d.  May  15,  1871.  Josiah  twice  represented  Herkimer,  N.  H.,  in  the 
Legislature.  He  was  Capt.  in  the  State  Militia,  and  for  twenty-five  years  a 
Deacon  in  the  Baptist  church,  succeeding  his  father  who  held  the  same  position 
for  the  same  number  of  years. 


1  715   Sophronia  Knowlton  and  JcnaLhan  Flanders  had  : 

(4018)  Thankful,  March  7,  1S22. 

(4019)  Phillip,  January  6,  1S25.     m.  Elsie  A.  Richards. 

(4020)  Jonathan  P.,  January  2,  1S26.     in.  Mary  Brooks. 

(4021)  Euphonius,  September  iS,  1828.     d.  young. 

(4022)  Robert  L.,  May  8,  1830.     m.  Almira  H olden. 

(4023)  William  W.,  January  15,  1833.     m.  Eliza  Handel. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  263 

(4024)  Martin  B.}  January  i,  1835.     m.  Tryphena  Murray. 

(4025)  Samuel  K.,  February  14,  1837. 

(4026)  Sophronia  A.,  August  23,  1839.     m.  Roswell  Appleton. 

(4027)  John  K.,  August  29,  1842.     d.  January  14,  1S66. 


1724  Ezekiel  K.  Trussell  and  Emily  Colburn  had  : 

(4028)  Marcia  J.,  November  12,  1826.     m.  W.  W.  Boardman,  August  1854. 

She  d.  April  1891. 

(4029)  James  H.,  September  28,    1828.     m.   Mary   E.   Hill,  of  Champlin, 

Minn.,  November  18,  1S57.     d.  March  15,  1895. 

(4030)  Charles  F.,  November,  1831.  m.  M.  A.  Goodhue,  of  Boscawen,  N.  H., 

March  18,  1857.     She  d.  August  20,  1861. 

(4031)  Marietta  S.,  September  6,  1833.     m.   2d  C.  B.   Martin,  of  Grafton, 

November  7,  1S61, 
Residence.  New  London  and  Lebanon,  N.  H. 


1725   Luther  Trussell  and  Eliza  Story  had  : 

(4033)  Sarah  E.,  July  30,  1845.     m.  John  W.  Morse,  April  8,   1875.     d.  at 

New  London,  N.  H.,  August  5,  1SS1. 

(4034)  Mary  K.}  January  8,  1849.     m.  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Bennett,  June  17,  1S82. 

She  d.  May  28,  1S83,  at  Shapleigh,  Me. 
Residence,  New  London,  N.  H. 


t  725  a   Nathaniel  and  Ruth  Herrick  had  : 

(4035)  Nathaniel  C,  March    16,  1820.     m.  Caroline  Chadwick,  October  20, 

1S50. 

(4036)  Caroline  R.,  December  2,  1S21.     m.  Elbridge  Haynes,  November  3, 

184c. 

Capt.  Nathaniel   rem.   from   Newbury,  to  Sutton,    N.   H.,  in   1825.     He  d. 
there  July  14,  1879.     Ruth  d.  March  29,  1867. 


1725  b  Samuel  S.  and  Martha  Witherspoon  had  : 

(4037)  Andrew,  1823.     d.  young. 

(4038)  Betsey,  1825.     m.  John  Cutler  ;   m.  2d  C.  Messer,  October  14.  1858. 

(4039)  Samuel,  March  28,  1827.     m.  Sabrina  Morrill  ;  m.  2d  Allora  Win- 

chester.    He  d.  in  California. 


264  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(4040)  James,  December  7,  1828.     m.  Mary  F.  Marshall,  January  9j  1855 

(4041)  Ezekiel,  December  7,  1828.  d.  1S57.     School  Teacher  in  Baltimore. 

(4042)  John,  February,  1831.     m.  Susan  Harvey,  of  Sutton,  N.  H 

(4043)  Mary,  1S32.     d.  young. 

(4044)  George,  December  28,  1833.     m.  Laura  Goodrich. 

(4045)  Martha,  June  2,  1837.     d.  January  iS,  1S60. 

(4046)  Nathaniel,  March  28,  1838.     m.  Elizabeth  F.  Hill.  March  10,  1864. 

(4047)  Mary,  1841.     d.  May  20,  1867. 

Samuel  resided  on  the  home  farm  which  he  purchased  from  his  father  in 
1834,  to  which  he  subsequently  added  other  valuable  property,  becoming  a 
prosperous  and  representative  farmer.  He  was  of  striking  physique,  being  over 
six  feet  tall,  weighing  two  hundred  and  thirty  pounds,  and  his  many  physical 
feats  were  the  foundation  of  many  interesting  anecdotes  still  current  in  his 
native  town.  His  farm  was  noted  for  the  size  of  its  huge  stone  fences,  which 
he  called  "Jackson  Walls"  out  of  admiration  for  the  hero  of  New  Orleans 
His  wife  Martha  was  a  noble  woman,  taking  unusual  and  intelligent  interest  in 
public  affairs,  ruling  also  her  household  well,  and  her  death  which  occurred 
July  10,  1SS1,  was  the  occasion  of  a  general  demonstration  of  regretful  regard. 
Samuel  d.  May  12,  1852. 


1741    Benjamin  and  Lucinda  Allen  had  : 
(404S)  D.  L.  B. 

(4049)  Samuel. 

(4050)  Mary  L.     m.  • Porter. 

(4051)  Sarah  A.     m. Glements. 

Benjamin  d.  February  2,  1844. 


1 743   Daniel  and  Rhoda  Abbott  had  : 

(4052)  Rhoda,  1818.     m.  Jeremiah  Abbott. 

(4053)  Adaline.     d.  young. 

(4054)  Adaline  A.,  1825.     m.  Jeremiah  Abbott.     Had  dau.  who  m    D   K 

Abbott. 

(4055)  Mary  F.,  1830. 

Daniel  d.  March,  1873. 


1745   Nathaniel  and  Ruth  Sargent  had  : 

(4056)  William  C,  October  8,  1822.     m.  Roxana  Kidder,  August  27,  1842. 

(4057)  Hazen,  May  23,  1824.     m.  Eliza  Shedd,  November  27,  1S50.  ' 

(4058)  Robert,     in.     3  chil. 

Nathaniel  d.  March  rS,  1S70.     Ruth  d.  July  17,  1877. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  265 

1746  Gilman  and  Sarah  Sargent  had: 

(4059)  Ellen  A.,  September  30, 1825.  m.  Hon.  Richard  Potter.  Res.  Holyoke 

Mass. 
(40G0)  Ann  M.,  October  7,  182S.     m.  J.  P.  Beverly,  September  29,  1S47. 

(4061)  Nancy  I.,  June  17,  1830.     m-  Pliny  B.  Young,  October  25,  1849. 

(4062)  Edwin  G.,  September  14,  1838.     m.  Belle  Benham,  December  3,  1867. 

(4063)  Joseph  A.,  September  10,  1848.  m.  Fanny  Brown,  September  10,  1871. 

Gilman  d.  April  2,  1S74.     Sarah  d.  March  22,  1S75. 


1759  Benjamin  Leach  and  Susan  Cheever  had  : 

(4064)  John,  June  24,  1S13.     m.  Ann  Black,  1S43. 

(4065)  Benj.  B.,  November  8,  1815.     m.  Cynthia  Hall,  June  25,  184S. 

(4066)  Susan  C.,  February  6,  18 19. 

(4067)  Sarah,  April  16,  182 1.     d. 

(4068)  Elizabeth  C.,  January  7,  1825.     m.  John  A.  Gould,  October  5,  1845. 

Susan  d.  June  7,  1829,  and  Benj.  m.  2d  Lucy,  Widow  of 
Nathan  Allen,  and  dau.  of  Aaron  Allen,  January  7, 
1830.     They  had  : 

(4069)  Richard,  December  31,  1830.     m.  Sally  Moody,  October  20,  1855. 

(4070)  Henry  C.,  October  9,  1S32.     m.  Caroline  E.  Roberts,  July  30,  1866. 

(4071)  Aaron  A.,  January '26,  1S36.     d.  young. 

(4072)  Samuel,  August  29,  1837.     m.  Helen  F.  Wheaton,  April  13,  1870. 

(4073)  Lewis,  December  13,  1S39.     in.  Ellen  Ward,  September  20,  1862. 

Benj.  d.  October  10,  1859.     Lucy  d.  March  26,  1889. 


1770  Ariel  and  Abigail  Lee  had  : 

(4074)  Edward  L.,  April   17,   1822.     m.   Frances  Kendrick,  1852.       He  d. 

December  28,  1881.     She  d.  1S75. 

(4075)  George  C,  June  5,  1826.     d.  young. 

(4076)  Mary  C,  October  7,  1S27.     rh.  Chas.   French,  September  25,  1844. 

She  d.  October  6,  1852. 

(4077)  Miranda,  June  2,  1833.     m.  Benj.  L.  Culver,  January  24,  1856.     Res. 

Suncook.  N.  H.     He  d.  December  4,  1896. 

(4078)  John  H.,  April  17,  1S36.     d.  young. 

(4079)  John  H.,  November  12,  1S38.     Res.  Hopkinton,  N.  H.     Merchant. 

Ariel  d.  September  2,  1866.     Abigail  d.  December  17,  1874. 


266  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1772  John  S.  C.  and  Anna  W.  Hartwell  had: 

(4050)  Frank,  September  12,  1830.     d.  young. 

(4051)  Helen  M.,  August  16,  1832.     unm.     An  artist. 

(4082)  Francis  A.,  November  13,  1834. 

(4083)  Lucy  E.,   December  12,   1S37.     Res.,  Worcester,  Mass.      A  music 

teacher. 

(4084)  Elizabeth  C,  December  io,  1840.     d.  1845. 

(4085)  John  A.,  May  23,  1S43.     m.  Fannie  Phelps,  August  30,  1S70. 

(4086)  Frederick,  February  26,  1846.     m.  Annie  J.  Rice,  September  20,  1869, 

He  d.  July  19,  1S73. 

(4087)  Edward  H.,  October  29,   1848.     m.  Josie  E.  Sprague,  October  18, 

1S72  ;  m.  2d  Harriet  Utley,  September  27,  1882. 

(4088)  Charles  F.  June  16,  1852. 

John  S.  C.  d.  June  11,  187 1.     Annie  W.  d.  May  25,  1892. 

He  resided  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  of  which  city  he 
was  Mayor.  He  edited  and  published  the  Worcester  Palladium  for  thirty-eight 
years,  was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate,  and  High  Sheriff  of  Worcester  Co. 
for  sixteen  years. 

Anna  was  dau.  of  Dea.  John  Hartwell,  of  Littleton,  N.  H. 


j  774  Daniel  and  Anne  Billings  had  : 

(4089)  Mary  F.,  November  29,   1833.     m.  Henry  B.  Adams,  June  8,  1871. 

Res.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

(4090)  George  B.,  January  10, 1836.  unm.  Res.  Fitchburg,  Mass.  Merchant. 

Daniel  d.  April  17,  1837,  and  Ann  m.  2d  Waldo  Wallace. 
Daniel  was  the  Editor  and  Publisher  of  the  Lowell  Journal. 


1 1  75   Lucy  P.  and  John  M.  Bailey  had  : 

(4091)  George  H.,  July  14,  1829.     m.  Helen  Young,  October  15,  i860. 

(4092)  Fred  H.,   September  18,  1S32.     m.    L.   G.   Jones;  m.   2d  Sarah  M. 

Knowlton. 
John  M.  d.  January  18,  18S6.     Lucy  P.  d.  November  17,  1891. 
Residence,  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 


1776  William  and  Mary  L.  Ferguson  had 
children  whose  names  have  not  been  ascertained. 

William  was  a  Professor  of  Music.    He  d.  in  Pontiac,  Mich.,  J  anuary  j  5,  1  Sa$- 


Francis  P.  Kx'cavlton, 
Littleton,  Mass. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  267 

nyyy  Francis  P.  and  Mary  Hartwell  had  : 

(4093)  George  Hartwell,  November  6,  1839.     ra.  Isabel  J.  Johnson,  January 

1,  1S6S. 

(4094)  Ellen  F.,  October  16,  1844.     m.  Robert  A.  Johnson,  May  1,  1870. 

(4095)  Sarah  M.,  January  29,  1S49.    ,m.  Fred  II.  Bailey,  January  1,  1.SS5. 

Res.,  Chicago,  111. 

(4096)  Mary  Dix,  December  12,  1852.     unm.     Res.  in  Littleton,  Mass. 

FRANCIS     KNOWLTON 
was  a  jeweller.     He  resided  in  Hopkinton,  N.  II.,  until  1834,  and  from  1837-55 
when  he  rem.  to  Littleton,  Mass.     He  was  Town  Clerk  for  seven  years,  and  a 
Representative  to  the  General  Court  in  1850-52,  and,  as  may  be  inferred  from 
these  public  and  political  honors,  a  man  of  ability  and  deserved  prominence. 

He  was  indefatigable  in  his  genealogical  researches  among  the  Knowltons  of 
America,  and  to  his  patience  and  zeal  is  due  no  small  portion  of  the  Records  of 
this  history.  His  residence  in  Hopkinton  was  burned  after  he  left  it,  and  his 
Littleton  residence  was  also  destroyed  by  fire  after  his  death,  which  occurred, 
March  14,  1887.     Mary  d.  April  16,  1892. 


1 78 1    Coolidg-e  B.  Murphy  and  Mary  A.  Atkins  had 

(4097)  Erskine  C.  m.  Mary  Hardy. 

(4098)  Elijah  M.  m.  Helen  A.  Hurlburt. 

(4099)  Thomas  A.     m.  Mary  E.  Whipple. 

(4100)  Sophia  L.  m.  Dr.  Harmon  Waterman. 

(4101)  Harriet  E.  m.  David  Burr. 

(4102)  Mary  K.  m.  Chas.  B.  Howe. 

(4103)  Martha  B. 


1787  John  and  Lucy  Vaughn  had  : 

(4104)  S.  A.,  1851.     d.  October  22,  1893. 

Lucy  d.  1861  and  John  m.  2d  Romelia  Connor,  who  d.  No- 
vember 4,  1876.      They  had  : 

(4105)  Belle,     m.  Collins. 

Residence,  No.  Chesterville,  Me. 


1792   Samuel  and  Hepsie  M.  Mitchell  had  : 

(4106)  Frank  IT.,  May  2S,  1S5S. 

(4107)  Mabel  L.,  May  23,  1S62.     m.  Albert  Morrow,  December  8,  18S0. 


268  The  Knowlton  Genealoe 


y 


(4108)  Dana  A.,  July  19,  1865.     d.  young. 

(4109)  Walter  E.,  March  10,  1S68. 

Samuel  was  a  farmer  and  carriage  maker.     Hepsie  d.  August  27,  1870.     He 
d.  June  6,  1884. 

Residence,  Farmington,  Me. 


1794  Ebenezer  and  Emily  A.  Perry  had  : 

(41  jo)  Augusta,  August  18,  1857.     m.  Frank  Burbank,  January  10,  1883. 

(4111)  Eben  A.,  April  5,  1S59.     d.  1S64. 

(4112)  Harnden  J.,  February  21,  1S61.     d.  1867. 

(41 13)  William  U.,  February  4,  1866.     d.  1869. 

(41 14)  Eben  C,  December  8,  1867. 

(41 15)  Emily  F.,  December  8,  1867. 

Ebenezer  was  a  farmer  and  carriage  maker. 

Residence,  Farmington  Centre,  Me. 


1800  Sylvanus  and  Rebecca  Colburn  had  : 

(4116)  Emily  L.,  May  24,  1854.     m.  Elbridge  Allen,  June  10,  1877. 

(4117)  Newell  R.,  April  30,  1856. 

(41 18)  Frederick,  November  2,  1862. 

(41 19)  Sylvanus,  Jr.,  June  15,   1S64.     m.  Jennie  S.  Mason,  December  25, 

18S1. 

Sylvanus  was  formerly  a  farmer,  but  subsequently  an  inn-keeper  in  Farm- 
inaton,  Me. 


181 1   Caroline  Knowlton  and  John  B.  Bass  had  : 

(4120)  Arthur,  September  19,  1854.     d.  young. 

(4121)  Edward  C,  September  24,  1858.     d.  October  13,  1S65. 

(4122)  George  S.,  July  5,  i860. 

Residence,  Quincy,  Mass. 

John  B.  was  Postmaster  for  twenty  years,  and  d.  February  19,  1859.     Caro- 
line d.  July  23,  1890. 


Mark  D.  Knowlton, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  269 

1S12   Nancy  J.  Knowlton  and  Elnathan  P.  Brewer  had  : 

(4E23)  Charles  W.,  July  4,  1855, 

(4124)  Elizabeth  M.,  January  19,  1S62. 

(4125)  Harry  G.,  June  9,  1865. 

Elnathan  d.  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  December  5,  1890.     His  widow  resides  in 
Milford,  Mass. 


1813  William  M.  and  Smyra  J.    Brown,  of  Lowell,  Vt, 
had  : 

(4126)  Hattie  E.,  January  30,  1855.     d.  young. 

(4127)  Isabel  M.,  March  4,  1S61.     rn.  Fred.  Goss. 

William  is  a  banker  in  Milford,  Mass. 


18 1 5   Harriet  E.  Knowlton.  and  Andrew  Fuller  had  : 

(4128)  Helen  M.,  April  24,  1865. 

(4129)  Caroline  K.,  June  16,  1868. 

Residence,  Needham,  Mass. 

Andrew  d.  May  6,  186 1,  and  his  widow  resides  in  Milford,  Mass. 


1816  Mark  D.  and  Abbie  E.  Currier,  of  Methuen,  Mass., 
had  : 

(4130)  Annie  D.,  March  25,  1865. 

(4131)  Grace  E.,  December  2,  1866. 

(4132)  Hattie  G.,  October  27,  1S6S. 

(4133)  Kirk,  February  23,  1879. 

(4134)  Ola,  July  17,  1 888. 

MARK  D.  KNOWLTON 
was  b.  in  Milford,  N.  H.,  October  5,  1S40.  He  received  the  education  com- 
mon to  the  average  New  England  lad;  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  went  to 
Nashua  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  carriage  maker.  Jn  1861  he  went  to  Camden, 
N.  Y.,  to  assist  his  brother  in  the  management  of  his  farm,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  entered  the  service  of  Rice,  Barton  &  Co.,  Paper  Machinery  Manufac- 
turers, Worcester,  Mass. 

In  1863  he  was  in  charge  of  a  prosperous  business  in  the  manufacture  of 
carriage  hardware,  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  from  which  he  withdrew  to  become  the 


270  The  Knowlton  Genealogy- 

owner  of  a  paper  box  manufactory  a  year  later.  In  1867  his  interest  in  the 
extraordinary  business  development  and  future  promise  of  the  great  West 
induced  him  to  remove  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  the  first  to  apply  modern 
methods  and  mechanical  improvements  in  his  growing  business.  The  prosper- 
ity which  at  once  rewarded  his  foresight  and  enterprise  was  rudely  interrupted 
by  the  great  Chicago  fire,  which  left  of  his  flourishing  business  only  a  heap  of 
ashes.  Having  located  his  residence  at  the  neighboring  suburb  of  Evanston, 
he  promptly  assisted  in  organizing  a  relief  association  and  mounted  patrol  for 
the  assistance  of  refugees  and  the  protection  of  the  homes  and  property  of  his 
fellow-citizens,  filling  his  own  house  with  the  unfortunate  and  the  destitute,  his 
family,  with  equal  benevolence,  cooking  the  necessary  food  for  the  famishing, 
and  clothing  the  almost  naked  victims  of  that  tragic  horror.  Mr.  Knowlton 
was  the  first  to  re-establish  his  business  while  the  city  was  still  burning. 

In  1873  the  second  fire  swept  away  every  vestige  of  his  manufactory,  but 
with  characteristic  energy  he  again  rebuilt,  and  in  187S  was  as  prosperous  as 
ever,  employing  over  four  hundred  operatives,  and  producing  a  daily  average 
of  over  four  tons  of  boxes.  His  early  mechanical  experience  was  so  assisted 
by  his  inventive  genius  that  in  1890  he  was  furnishing  both  new  machinery  and 
finished  products  throughout  the  country. 

As  most  of  the  manufacturers  in  his  line  were  East  of  the  Alleghanies,  he 
concluded  to  confine  himself  to  the  manufacture  of  machinery,  and  the  busi- 
ness was  divided,  he  removing  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  his  partner  continuing 
to  manufacture  goods  in  Chicago. 

Since  March,  1891,  Mr.  Knowlton  has  resided  in  Rochester,  where  he  now 
continues  his  business,  protected  by  many  U.  S.  Patents  which  he  has  secured 
by  his  own  inventive  genius,  and  which  have  given  him  an  enviable  footing  in 
the  great  American  and  European  markets. 

He  served  for  two  years  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Evanston,  111.,  declining 
re-election,  and  has  devoted  himself  to  business  ana  philanthropic  interests 
since  that  time.  An  ardent  Republican  in  politics  and  a  devout  and  loyal  Pres- 
byterian in  religious  faith,  he  serves  his  country  with  conscientious  citizenship, 
and  his  fellow-men  with  modest  benevolence  that  commend  him  to  the  love  and 
regard  of  all. 

His  only  son,  Kirk  K.,  is  in  Purdue  University,  La  Fayette,  Ind.,  of  the 
class  of  1900,  taking  a  full  course  in  electrical  engineering.  His  grade  of 
scholarship  in  previous  years  gives  full  assurance  of  distinction  in  his  chosen 
profession. 


181  7   George  P.  and  Helen  B.  Gibbs,  of  Brighton,  Mass., 
had  : 

(4135)  Lillian  S.,  March  24,  1S69.     d.  young. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  271 

(4136)  Samuel  I).,  June  10,  1871. 

(4137)  George  F.,  April  it,  1873. 

George  was  in  the  leather  business,  and  was  burned  out  by  the  great  Boston 
fire.  He  subsequently  opened  a  hotel,  and  finally  settled  down  in  a  prosperous 
grocery  business  in  North  Cambridge,  Mass. 


1839  Willis  and  Ida  L.  Orr  had 
(4138)  Dean  Owen,  May  25,  1876. 
Ida  d.  April  13,  1S85. 


1840  Chas.  M.  and  Martha  J.  Bradley  had 

(4139)  Daniel  C. 

(4140)  Infant  son.     d. 

(4 141)  Esther  B.  )  _    . 

e         \  tv/i         -n      f  Twins. 

(4142)  Mary  R.    ) 

(4143)  C.  Milton. 

(4144)  Willard.     d.  young. 

Residence,  Cazenovia.  N.  Y. 


1 841   Annie  R.  Knowlton  and  E.  Bowen  Crandall  had 

(4145)  Ruth  K. 

(4146)  Bowen. 

(4147)  Eugene  B. 

Residence,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 


1842   Mary  A.  Knowlton  and  Walter  C.  Jackson  had 

(4148)  E.  Steele. 

(4149)  Annie  F. 

Residence,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 


1844  William  and  Mary  Chapman  had  : 

(4150)  Hiram,    August    17,    1823.      m.    Salina   W.    Chapman,    March    it, 

1846. 

(4151)  Elvira,  April  13,  1825.     d.  young. 


272  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(4152)  A.  K.  P.,  December  10,   1827.     m.   Mary  McGuire,  May  23,  1859; 

m.  2d  Almira  Chase,  December  13,  1864. 

(4153)  William  A.,  April  5,  1S30.     m.  Hannah  Kimball,  January,  1853. 

(4154)  Isaac,  June  10,  1833.     m.  Eliza  Blanchard,  December  17,  1858. 

(4155)  Mary  E.,  March  31,  1S36.     d.  1839.  -    ?<    / 

(4156)  Martha  H.,  August  29,   1S39.     m.  Joseph  W.  Methuen,  September 

4,  1859. 

(4157)  Mark  L.,  January  10,  18J3.     m.  Emma  Savage,  February  5,  1864. 


1845  Joseph  and  Hannah  Sanborn  had  : 

(4158)  Leonard,  October  14,  1830.     m.  Caroline  Bartlett,  October  9,  1853  ; 

m.  2d  Laura  Knowles,  February  3,   1864  ;  m.  3d    Mrs.   Emma 
Pierce. 

(4159)  Lucy,  January  19,  1832.     d.  May  23,  1843. 

(4160)  Nancy,  January  12,  1836. 


1847  John  and  Caroline  Churchill  had  : 

(4161)  Asa,  January  15,  1845.     d.  August  22,  1856. 

(4162)  Asa  1L,  March  16,  1847.     m.  Eliza  Hutchins. 

(4163)  Alice,  October  15,  1848.     d.  September  26,  1865. 

(4164)  Nancy,  November  26,  1850.     d.  young. 

(4165)  Juliette,  January  24,  1S52. 

(4166)  John,  October  7,  1854. 

(4167)  Jennie,  March  26,  1857. 

(4168)  Berthia,  December  23,  1864.     d.  1869. 

Residence,  East  New  Portland,  Me. 


1848  Martha  Knowlton  and  George  Howes  had  : 

(4169)  Wra,  Joseph  PL,  December  17,  1834. 

(4170)  Mary,  June  t6,  1836. 

(4171)  George,  May  iS,  1837. 

(4172)  Mary  E.,  February  17,  1839. 

(4173)  George  F.,  March  7,  1842. 

(4174)  Carrie  P.,  August  17,  rS44. 

(4175)  Wm.  II.  PL,  October  4,  1845. 

(4176)  John  A.,  February  12,  1850. 

(4177)  Edmund  G.,  December  5,  1S55. 


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1850  Sarah  Knowlton  and  David  McKenney  had  : 

(4178)  Joseph,  December  17,  1843. 

(4179)  William,  September  17,  1845. 

(4180)  Winfield,  November  8,  1847. 

(41 81)  James,  February  19,  1850.     d.  young. 

(4182)  Hannah,  April  26,  1856. 


1852   Albion  and  Ellen  Poland  had  : 

(4183)  Mary  D.,  August  iG,  1847.     m.  Herbert  M.  Daly,  August  i,  1869. 

(4184)  Eliza  C,  August  20,  1849.     m.  Thomas  Merchant,  November  22,  1868. 

Albion  d.  February  S,  1857,  and  his  wid.  m.  2d  Moses  Parsons,  June  1,  1864. 


1854  David  and  Vienna  Ilolbrook  had 

(4185)  David  A.,  June  24,  1857. 

(41S6)  George  H.,  August  21,  1859.     d.  1865. 

(4187)  Charles,  January  20,  1867. 

(4188)  Edith,  December  6,  186S.     d.  young. 

(4189)  Charles,  March    16,  1874.  j  d     oung< 

(4190)  Anna,  March  16,  1874.        ) 


1856  John  and  Adelaide  Marshall  had 

(4191)  Annie,  May  17,  1S49. 
(4x92)  John  D.,  Octobor  21,  1852. 
(4193)   Mary  E.,  June  22,  1854. 

Residence,  Boston,  Mass. 


1858  Joseph  and  Adeline  Preston  had 

(4194)  George  R.,  November  9,  1857. 

(4195)  Nellie  P.,  November  2G,  1S60. 

(4196)  Frank  L.,  April  7,  1867. 

(4197)  Fannie  P.,  August  10.  1870. 


274  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1861   George  K.  and  Irene  M.  Pullins  had  : 

(4198)  Lucretia  M.,  May  31,  1862. 

(4199)  Odella  E.,  July  11,  1864. 

(4200)  Charles,  December  9,  1867. 


1863   Isaac  and  Sarah  W.  Dodge  had 
(4200  a)  Gertrude  F.,  June  24,  1873. 


1865  John  H.  and  Sarah  A.  Knowlton  had 

(4201)  Orendia,  July  12,  1872. 

(4202)  Clarence  D. 

(4203)  Grace  A. 


1866  Joseph  and  Esther  Knowlton  had  : 

(4204)  Eliza  P.,  March  15,  1837. 

(4205)  Martha  M.,  June  10,  1838.     m.  H.  P.  Witham,  November  25,  1875. 

(4206)  Esther  A.,  November  19,  1S39.     d.  young. 

(4207)  Isaac  P.,  March  14,  1843.     m-  Georgiana  Brackett. 

(4208)  Joseph  F.,  October  13,  1844. 

Residence,  Hamilton,  Mass. 


1867  Edmund  and  Amanda  Saunders  had 
(4209)  Levi,  March  18,  1838.     m.  Rosanna  Dudley. 
Edmund  d.  March  12,  1866. 


1889  James  A.  and  Clarinda  M.  Fuller  had  : 

(4210)  Austin  A.,  March  18,  1848.     d.  July  18,  1876. 

(4211)  James  B.,  September  14,   1855.     m.  Fannie  Seavey,  September  15, 

1893. 

(4212)  Edward  F.,  March  9,   1S58.      m.  Martha   N.  Marsh,  November  16, 

1 88 2.     Res.,  Salem,  Mass. 

(4213)  Daniel  F.,  October  31,   i860,     m.  Mary  Lansing,  October  4,  1892. 

(4214)  Nellie  M.,  March  16,  1863.     m.  Arthur  Widger,  October  30,  1889. 

(4215)  Charles  F.  January  3r,  1865.     Supt.  Public  Works,  Quincy,  Mass. 

(4216)  Hattie  F.,  March  31,  1872.     Unra. 


The  Canada  Knowltons  275 

JAMES  A.  KNOWLTON 
was  born  in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  in  1821.  When  but  a  small  boy  he  removed  to 
Salem,  where  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  ship-builder,  and  before  many  y 
had  founded  a  business  of  his  own,  in  which  he  was  eminently  successful.  In 
1844  he  removed  from  Salem  to  Gloucester,  becoming  the  proprietor  of  a  ship- 
yard from  which  craft  of  all  sorts  have  been  launched.  lie  inevitably  became 
one  of  the  most  widely  known  and  respected  of  the  citizens  of  his  native  town, 
taking  great  interest  in  local  and  political  matters,  and  serving  as  overseer  of  the 
poor,  assessor,  selectman,  and,  .in  fact,  in  nearly  every  office  in  the  gift  of  his 
fellow-citizens.     For  about  forty  years  he  spent  his  winters  at  Norfolk,  Va. 

Clara  M.f  is  the  daughter  of  William  and  Marion  Fuller,  1).  at  Swampscott  in 
1823.  This  worthy  couple  recently  celebrated  their  golden  wedding,  surrounded 
by  numerous  descendants. 


1890  Allen  and  Frances  Farr  had 

(4217)  Johnnie,  June  18,  1870. 

(4218)  Warren. 

Frances  d.  November,  18S8. 


1892   Ira  P.  and  Esther  Appleton  had  : 

(4219)  Mary  E.,  January  10,  1847.     m.  Rufus  Benham,  September,  18,  1S70. 

(4220)  Sarah  A.,  May  22,  TS49.     m.  J.  IF  Knowhon. 

(4221)  Mary  E.,  November  18,  1S54. 

(4222)  Ellen  H.,  February  13,  1859. 

Residence,  Salem,  Mass.     A  farmer. 


1S94  Richard  and  Mary  Means  had: 

(4223)  Mary  E.,  Octobers,  1S52. 

(4224)  Charles  H.,  October  30,  1854.     d.  young. 

(4225)  Reuben,  April  23,  1S56.     Killed  by  lightning  the  same  year. 
(4226}  Alice  H.,  March  31,  185s.     m.  George  M.  Low,  November  29,  1879. 


1896  Charles  and  Mary  W.  Tuttle  bad  : 
(4226  a)  Lucy  N.,  1826.     m.  Thos.  Hale,  June  17,  1S47. 
Charles  d.  September  75,  1S50. 


276  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1S97  Timothy  and  Hannah  Farr  had  : 
(4227)  Martha,  October  S,  1S26. 

Timothy  was  the  s.  of  Neamiah  (735)  and  Patience  Parsons,  (accidentally 
omitted).     He  d.  March  1,  1826. 


1898   Harvey  and  Lucy  Davis  had  : 

(4228)  Lucy  II.,  April  3,  1825.     m.  Allen  Pettingill,  1857. 

(4229)  Harvey,  October  6,  1S28. 

(4230)  Cordelia,  February  12,  1S30.     d.  young. 

Harvey  m.  2d  Elizabeth  Webber,  1839. 


1899   Neamiah  and  Harriet  Colcy  had  : 

(4231)  John  C,  October  15,  1S39.     m.  Mary  Mc'Ennis,  December  19,  JS65. 

(4232)  Harriet,  August,  1S42.     d.  1851. 

(4233)  Harriet  L.,  1851.     m.  Frank  II.  Dennis,  February  20,  1S73. 

Residence,  Rod: port,  Mass. 


t 90 1   Asa,  Jr.,  and  Eliza  A.  Porter  had  : 

(4234)  Frances  A.,  July  19,  1833.     in.  D.  S.  Watson,  May  4,  1856. 

Asa,  Jr.,  m.  2d  Anna  E.  Trask,  1842.  Residence,  Gloucester,  Mass.     Asa, 
Jr.,  d.  June  25,  1S78. 


1905   Hannah  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Andrews  had  : 

(4235)  Joseph  Warren,     m.  Agnes  Burnham  of  Gloucester,  Mass. 

(4236)  Susan  Elvira,     m.  Luther  F.  Allen  of  Manchester,  Mass. 

(4237)  Francis  Marion,  September  20,  1S31.     m.  Mary  P.  Morrill. 

(4238)  Horatio  N.     in.  Helen  Story. 

(4239)  Maryline.     m.  Chas.  Prindall. 

(4240)  Elias  C.     m.  Florence  Foist. 

(4241)  Hannah,  M.,  January  31,  1846.     in.  Noah  Burnham. 

(4242)  Horace  M.,  January  10,  1849.     in.  Ida  A.  Scovillc. 

Residence,  Essex,  Mass. 


The  American  Knowltons  277 

1906  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Noah  Story  had  : 

(4243)  Abbie. 
{4244)  Albert. 
(4245)  Clement  A. 


1907  Susan  Knowlton  and  Jeremiah  Henderson  had  : 

(4246)  Abbie  L.     m.  Albert  F.  Low. 

(4247)  Susan  M.     m.  Charles  Burnham. 

(424S)  Moses  K.     m.  Isabelle  Richardson,     m.  2d  Anetle  Hobbs. 

(4249)  George  \V.     d.     Served  in  the  U.  S.  Army  during  the  Rebellion. 

(4250)  Fannie  H.     m.  Elias  Crocker. 


1908   Moses  and  Mary  Lufkin  had: 

(4251)  Alphonso,  1840.     d.  1S46. 

(4252)  Elizabeth,  November  14,  1843.     m.  David  B.  Burnham. 

(4253)  Lydia,  October  22,  1845.     d.  young. 

(4254)  Alphonso    M.,  June  21,  1848.       m.  Susie  F.  Andrews,  December  6, 

1S71. 

(4255)  John  C,  March  23,  1S50. 

(4256)  George,  August  5,  1853.     d.  young. 

(4257)  Mary  L.     m.  Thomas  Morgan. 

(4258)  Lydia  C,  July  3,  1S57.     m.  Chas.  S.  Marston. 

Moses  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Essex,  and  a  director  in  the  Cape  Ann  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Gloucester,  Mass. 


1909  Esther  and  William  A.  Andrews  had: 

(4259)  Leonard. 

(4260)  Oscar  A. 

(4261)  Edtnond. 

(4262)  William  A.  Jr.,  1846.     d.  in  the  army,  during  the  Rebellion. 

(4263)  Zylpha  H. 

Residence,  Essex.  Mass. 


191 1    David  and  Anstice  C.  Norton  had  : 

(4264)  Flerbert  A.     m.  Nancy  G.  Story,  February  4,  JS70. 

(4265)  Webster,     d.  young. 


2/8  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

(4266)  Perry  B.     m.  Emma  A.  Howes,  March  10,  1S76. 

(4267)  Annie  C.     m.  Ephraim  Dane. 

Residence,  Essex,  Mass. 


191 2  Aaron  and  Harriet  Choate  Norton  had  : 

(4268)  Charles  L.,  December  29,  1854.! 

(4269)  Edward  F. 

(4270)  Sarah  Eva. 
(42-71)  Alva  L. 

Harriet  d.  and  Aaron  m.  2d  Emma  F.  Andrews,  fune  21, 
1876.     They  had: 
(4272)  Jessie  A.,  June  30,  1S77. 

Aaron  is  a  farmer  on  the  old  paternal  estate. 

Residence,  Essex,  Mass. 


19 1 3  Elizabeth  Knowlton  and  John  P.  Lufkin  had  : 

(4:73)  ChasE. 

(4274}  Charles  Perry,  1843.     Killed  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

(4275)  John  E. 

(4276)  Abbie  L. 

John  P.  d.  and  Elizabeth  m.  Jesse  Burnham.     They  had 

(4276  a)  Edward  Burnham.     m.  Abbie  A.  Hill 
(4276  Ji)  Sarah  L.  Burnham.     m.  Joseph  Brown. 

Elizabeth  res.  in  Essex,  Mass. 


1914  Minerva  Knowlton  and  Johnathan  Richardson  had 
(4^77)  Frank  Chester,     m.  Myra  Etta  Davis  of  Essex,  Mass. 
Residence,  Danvers  and  Essex,  Mass. 


191 5   Perry  and had 

(4278)  George. 

(4279)  Evelyn. 
(42S0)  Florence. 


The  American  Knowltons  279 

1 916  Cassandra  Knowlton  and  Chas.  T.  Littlefield  had : 

(4281)  Charles  W.     m.  Eva  D.  Mannell. 


1919  Michael  and  Louisa  Hodgkins  had  : 

(4282)  Sidney  D.,  October  i8,  1850. 

(4283)  Almeda,  April  16,  1S52.     m.  L.  G.  Pool,  December  18,  1876. 

(4284)  Isaac  D.,  November  15,  1855. 

(4285)  Louisa,  May  14,  1S58. 

(4286)  Albert. 

(4287)  Frank. 

(4288)  Eva,  August  5,  1866.     d.  young. 

Louisa  d.  April  1,  1877. 


1923  Addison  and  Mercy  Willcy  had  : 

(4289)  Thomas  E.,  February  3,  1838.     m.  Olive  A.  Walker,  August  r7,  1S58. 

(4290)  Melville,   August    18,    1S43.     m.   Rebecca   Grimmings,  February   3. 

1863. 

(4291)  Orlando,  January  26,  1846.     m.  Rhoda  Pool,  January  29,  1S68. 

(4292)  Edgar,  May  5,  1851.     d.  1859. 

(4293)  Mary  L.,  April  18,  1S54. 

(4294)  Edgar,  December,  20,  1859. 


1926   George  \V.  and  Mary  Dodge  had  : 

(4295)  Adaline,  September  30,  1S36. 
George  E. 

(4296)  George  W.,  September  10,  1838.     in.  Olive  J.  Foster,  April  28,'i859. 

(4297)  Mary  E. 

(4298)  Frank  D.,  April  21,  1843. 

Residence,  Salem,  Mass. 


1927  William  II.  and  Mary  Clarkson  had 

(4298  a)  William  J.,  August  31,  1846.     Res.  in  Boston. 

(4299)  Margaret,  December  5,  1847. 

(4300)  Alona  L.,  April  5,  1849. 


s8o  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

1928  Andrew  and  Mary  O.  Fulton  had  : 

(4301)  Jackson,     m.  Catherine 

(4302)  John  T.,  April  28,  1841.     d.  1849. 

(4303)  Edwin  H.,  November  14,  1843. 


1929  Azor  and  Martha  Tower  (or  Turner),  had 

(4304)   Edwin  E.,  October  22,  1S45.     d.  young. 
(43°S)  John,  November  27,  1S54. 

Azor  d.  February  23,  1879. 


1 93 1   Eben  and  Elizabeth  Matthews  had  : 

(4306)  Eben  S.,  June  9,  1851. 

(4307)  Rebecca,  April  11,  1S53.     m.  W.  H.  Colby,  January  16,  1875. 
(430S)  Forrest  H.,  August  10,  1854. 

(4309) ,  July  10,  1856. 

(4310)  Herbert,  July  10,  1 85 8.     d.  1S61. 

(431 1)  A  son,  December  26,  1862. 

(4312)  James  A.,  January  14,  1S67. 


1936  Frank  P.  and  Phoebe had  : 

(4313)  Addie  A.,  March  14,  1867. 
(4314).  Mabel  A.,  September  24,  T869. 

(4315)  Blanche  B.,  December  25,  1S71. 

(4316)  Frank  W.,  October  18,  1875.     d.  young. 


1937  Martha  L.  Knowlton  and  Augustus  Dodge  had  : 

(4317)  Martha  A.,  September  2r,   1835.     m.  Samuel  11.   Prime,  of  Salem, 

January  1,  1856.     9  chil. 

(4318)  Sarah  P.,  September  n,  1837.     d.  in  Wenham,  March  13,  T893. 

(4319)  George  A.,   March   21,    1842.     d.    in    Wenham,  December    15,  1879. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  Company  F.,  23d  Regiment, 
Mass.  Vol.,  1862-4.  He  m.  Elizabeth  G.  Dodge,  February  iC, 
1865. 

(4320)  Frances  E.,  March  30,  1S50. 

Martha  L.  was  from  Hamilton,  Mass. 


The  American  Knowltons  281 

193S  Sarah  D.  Knowlton  and  Zebulon  Burnham  had  : 

(4321)  Sarah  A.,  June  21,  1837. 

(4322)  Ives  D.,  September  10,  1S3S. 

(4323)  John  C,  July  3,  1840. 

(4324)  Anna  P.,  August  14,  1842. 

(4325)  Calvin,  January  4,  1844. 

(4326)  Otis,  December  30,  1S45. 

(4327)  Frank,  March  3,  1847. 


1949   Ephraim  and  Catherine  Holmes  had 

(4328)  Caroline. 

(4329)  Mary  A.,  1838.     m.  Finley  Bond. 

(4330)  Ellen  M.,  1842. 

(4331)  Anna  E.,  1S46. 

(4332)  Ephraim,  1851. 

(4333)  Clam  B.,  1857. 


1950  Benjamin  and  Mrs.  Caroline  (Gray)  Mc'Mullen  had: 

(4334)  Franklin,  July  4,  185.-.     m.   Evie   Ward,  April   23,   1879.     Had  son 

Clarence  F.,  i8;6. 

(4335)  Emma,  May  28,  1S54.     m.  Benj.  Thomas. 

(4336)  Maria  A.,  June  10,  1861.     res.  Warren,  Maine. 

(4337)  Bennie,  September  17,  1S67.     res.  Warren,  Maine. 

Benjamin  was  born  in  Rockland,  and  rem.  to  Warren,  Maine,  April,  1876. 


1955   Thomas  and  Lucy  Blanchard  had  : 

(4338)  William  B.,  July  21,  1817.     m.  Alma  Persons. 

(4339)  Lucy  M.,  March  2,  1819.     m.  Royal  Barrow. 

(4340)  Thomas  J.,  July  21,  1821.     in.  Laura  Beecher. 

(4341)  James  S.,  February  6,  1823.     m.     Had  4  chil. 

(4342)  George  W.,  November  12,  1824.     m.  Ellen  Peck. 

(4343)  Henry,  November  1.1,  1825.     m.  Laura  Goodwin. 

(4344)  Ephraim,  October  3,  3830. 

(4345)  Amos  A.,  July  25,  1S33. 

(4346)  Charles  P.,  June  15,  1835. 

(4347).  John  C,  November  20,  1837.     m.  Celia  Caulkins,  November  9,  1859. 

(4348)  Byron  P.,  August  20.  1841.     m.  Kitty  Graham. 

(4349)  Alvira,  December  2:,  1842.     d.  February  25,  J  863. 

Thomas  d.  February  25,  1859. 


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1957  William  and  Maria  Barney  had  : 

(4350)  Augustus  E.,  December  11,  1819. 

(4351)  Lucy,  December  27,  1821. 

(4352)  Marian,  December  29,  1823. 

(4353)  Julia,  October  3,  1825. 

(4354)  Sarah  J.,  July  13,  1829. 

(4355)  John  B->  July  28>  l857-     m- Clymer  of  N.  Y.,  October  16,  1852. 

(4356)  Wm.  W.,  September,  6,  1831. 

(4357)  Harriet,  May  29,  1833.     d.  May  5,  1S70. 

(4358)  Hiram,  June  29,  1835. 

(4359)  Emily,  October  3,  1837.     d.  December  16,  1863. 

(4360)  Maria,  July  6,  1840.     She  d.  February  n,  1874. 


1969  Samuel  Stearns  and  Mary  Filch  Moore  had  : 

(4361)  Mary  Elizabeth,  August  18,  1832.     m.  Hon.  James  Vandervcer,  of 

New  Jersey,  December  29,  1864. 

(4362)  Ezra  Scollay,  September  i,  1838. 

(4363)  Samuel  H.,  July  27,  1840. 

(4364)  George,  August  16,  1842. 

Samuel  and  Mary  (Moore)  Stearns  removed  in  1834  to  Rindge,  N.  H.,  and 
he  at  once  took  a  very  prominent  part  in  the  civil  arc!  religious  affairs  of  the 
town.  Among  the  various  positions  of  public  trust  to  which  he  was  repeatedly 
elected  were  those  of  Selectman  and  Representative.  His  wife  Mary  died  Au- 
gust 2S,  1849,  and  Samuel  m.  2d  Almira  Hale,  daughter  of  John  and  Betsey 
(Bennett)  Hale,  of  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  who  died  in  1877. 


1973   Nathaniel  and  Rosanna  Goodwin  had  : 

(4365)  Sarah,  August  22,  1817.     m.   George  W.  Emery,  January    1,    1845. 

Res.,  South  Berwick,  Maine. 

(4366)  James,  September  2,   1819.     m.   Harriet  Hanscom,  in   1846.     Res., 

Portland. 

(4367)  John,   December    18,    1820.     m.   Elizabeth   C.   Ham,    September    4, 

1845.     Res.,  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

(436S)  Jeremiah,  July  30,  1822.  m.  Eliza  Goodwin,  January  26,  1851. 
Res.,  Salmon  Falls. 

(4369)  Hannah,  December  24,  1824.  m.  H.  D.  Walker.  Settled  in  Ber- 
wick, Maine. 


The  American  Knowltons  283 

(4370)  Carrie,  August  20,  1826.     m.  Isaac  P.  Yeaton.    Res.,  at  So.  Berwick, 

Maine. 

(4371)  Nathaniel,  May  n,  1830.     ra.  Addie  Goodwin.     Res.,  So.  Berwick, 

Maine. 

Nathaniel  was  a  cabinet-maker,  res.  in  Eliot,  Maine,  where  he  d.  March  17, 
1864. 


1974  James  and  Isabel  Tobey  had  : 

(4372)  Nathaniel,  July  4,  1822.     d.  October  4,  1867. 

(4373)  Mary,  September  20,  1S26.     d.  young. 

(4374)  Isabel,  March  1,  1824.     m.  Jefferson  Pratt,  (or  Raitt),  November  17, 

1868.     She  d.  January  9,  1S56. 

(4375)  Mary  F.,  April  7,  1828.     d.  1848. 

(4376)  Jas.  H.,  October  20,  1831.     m.  Matilda  Bartlett. 

(4377)  Hannah  A.,  January  15,  1834.     m.  C.  H.  Daniels,  June  8,  1848. 

(4378)  Lucy  J.,  February  8,  1837.     m.  J.  D.  Frost,  November  14,  1859. 

(4379)  Sarah,  December  6,  1839.     m.  M.  L.  Hatch.     4  chil. 

(4380)  George  W.,  February  18,  1843.     m.  Sarah  E.  Monroe. 

Residence,  Eliot,  Me. 

James  was  a  Farmer.     He  d.  June  13,  1SS0.     Isabel  d.  January  11,  1895. 


1975  John  and  Nancy  I.  Frye  had: 

(4381)  Annie  E.,  November  6,  1836.     m.  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Sanborn,  June   10, 

1858.     Res.,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

(4382)  Sarah  A.,  March  18,  1839.    m.  Horace  E.  Robinson,  September  18, 

1861.     4  chil. 
(43S3)  Mary.  H.,   July   15,   1842.     m.  Chas.  E.  Lane,  October,  1863.     She 
d.  1865. 

(4384)  Wm.  H.  H.,  June  28,  1841.     m.  Mary  L.  Butcher,  November  9,  1865. 

(4385)  Eliza  \V.,  March  1,  1S48.     Unm.     Res.,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

John  d.  August  1,  1S70. 


1976   Lucy  Knowlton  and  James  Bartlett  had  : 

(4386)  John.     Residence,  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

(4387)  Lucy.     m. Thompson. 

(43S8)   Edwin.     Res.,  in  New  York  City. 


2S4 


(4389)  Sarah,     m.  Johnson.     Res.,  Baltimore. 

(4390)  Margaret,     d. 

(4391)  James  P.     Res.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

(4392)  Louisa,     m.  — —  Goodale. 


1977  Hannah  Knowlton and  Joshua  XV.  Kenney  had 

(4393)  Joshua,  August  27,  1S26.     d.  August  6,  1852. 


1979  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Joseph  G.  True  had  : 

(4394)  Elias  F.,  November   13,  1828.     m.  C.  G.  Crossman,   November   n, 

i855- 

(4395)  Mary  R-i  February  20,  1830.     m.  Hannah  Staniels,  January  27,  i860. 

(4396)  Jacob   R,  September    11,   1831.     m.  Annie   R.  Pierce,  October   21, 

1852. 

(4397)  Lewis  P.,  January  15,  1833. 

(4398)  Abbie  J.,  November  18,  1835.     m.  Win.  Snow,  January  16,  1S62. 

(4399)  Joseph  E.,  September  2,  1837.     m.  Hattie  Tibbets. 

(4400)  Ora  A.,  December  15,  1839.     m.  Susan  Staniels,  May  25,  1871. 

(4401)  Annie,   September  20,  1S41.     m.  J.  Gushing  Bartlett  ;  m.    2d  Jesse 

F.  Bartlett. 


1980  Thomas  and  Cynthia  Savage  had  : 

(4402)  Augusta,  1S35.     Res.,  Brunswick,  Maine. 

(4403)  Emily,  September  7,  1S36. 

(4404)  Chas.  T.,  February  7,  1838.     m.  Martha  Hoagdon. 

(4405)  Chauncy,  July  3,  1S40.     Killed  in  the  Civil  War,  October  16,  186: 

(4406)  Josephine,  November  11,  1841.     Res.,  Watsonville,  Cal. 

(4407)  Wesley,  1845.     d.  young. 

(4408)  Isadore,  January  4,  1848. 

Thomas  d.  June  16,  1863,  in  San  Francisco.     Cynthia  cl.  March  1S,  1SS8. 


1 98 2   Joseph  and  Rachel.  Lowe  had 

(4409)  Infant,      d. 

(4410)  Abby.     m.  Peterson. 

(441  r)  Isabel,     m.  Theodore  Wilder. 

(4412)  Lucy.     m.  Geo.  D.  Card. 

(4413)  Joseph,     m.  Lizzie  Doolittlc.     2  chil. 

(4414)  Annie  E.     m.  Osborne. 


\  The  American  Knowltons  .  285 


1893  Jacob  and  Mary  Rogers  had  : 

(4415)  George,  March  u,  1838.     d.  January  26,  1864. 

(4416)  Abby,  January  23,  1840. 

(4417)  John  R.,  October  26,  1S42.     m.  Sarali  M.  Kidder,  June  2,  1870. 

(4418)  Sarah,  March  19,  1844.     m.  John  H.  Bowditch,  April,  1S64. 

(4419)  Beatrice,  January  1,  1846.     d.  young. 

(4420)  Frances,  January  11,  1850.     m.  Chas.  L.  Nichols,  June  27,  1871. 

Jacob  d.  May  21,  1867.     Mary  d.  March  6,  1874. 


,\      1985   Francis  and  Caroline  Billings  had  : 

(4421)  Mary,  ^839.     m.  Ferdinand  Hall.     He  d.  in  California. 

(4422)  Emily,  January  18,  1842.     m.  Robert  C.  Smith,  December  30,  i860. 

(4423)  Edward,  April,  1844.     m.  Lucy  Annis. 

Rem.  to  Michigan. 


2013  Jonathan  and  Lydia  Palmer  had  : 

(4424)  Mayhew  C,  April  3,  1S23.  m.     Had  s.  Everett.     Lynn,  Mass. 

(4425)  Alonzo,  October  11,  1824.  m.     Had  s.  Walter  F. 

(4426)  Georg.:  H.,  April  21,  1S3S.  m.  Hannah  Cilley,  February  4,  1869. 

(4427)  Mary,  September  8,  1830. 


2014  Miles  and  Nancy  M.  Demeritt  had: 

(4428)  Henry.  June  25,  1S19.     m.  Mary  Morrison,  February  14,  1841. 

(4429)  James,  August  5,  1821.     m.  Jane  M.  Morrison,  September  3,  1844. 

(4430)  John,  March  26,  1831.     d.  young. 

(4431)  Daniel  C,  December  15,  1S32.      m.  Mary  Dearborn,  March  5,  1857. 

(4432)  Alfred,  December  2,  1S24.     d.  young. 

(4433)  Angeline,   April   19,   1S27.     m.  J.   B.  Morrison,  October   2S,    1852. 

Res.,  North  wood,  N.  H. 

(4434)  Elizabeth,  October  15,  1S2S.     m.  Ebcn  James,  of  Deerfield,  N.  H., 

June  14,  1851. 

(4435)  Roxana,  April  21,  1823.      m.  Stephen  Tuttle  ;  m.  2d  W.  H.  Furber, 

ct  Boston.     She  d.  1S69. 

(4436)  Gardner,  June  25,  1S34.     d.  August  17,  1S58. 

(4437)  Chas.  E.,  June  25,  1S36. 

(4438)  Annie  M.,  April  30,  1837.     m.  Jonah  Morrison,  July  2,  1855. 

(4439)  Olive  J.,  February  7,  1839.     m.  N.  J.  Tilton,  of  Deerfield,  Mass. 

Miles  d.  February,  1874.     Nancy  d.  July  3,  1870. 


2  86  The  Kn  owl  ton  Genealogy 

2017  William  and  Betsey  Drake  had  : 

(4440)  Chas.  B.     m.  Eleanor  Norris. 

(4441)  James  W. 

(4442)  Mary  W.     m.  William  Hodgman. 

(4443)  Helen,     m.  Hon.  L.  Clark. 

(4444)  Adaliza.     m.  John  M.  Kane. 

(4445)  Josephine. 

(4446)  Emma  F.     m.  Geo.  M.  Teele. 

(4447)  Jonathan. 
(444S)  Miles. 

(4449)  William. 

(4450)  Nathan. 

Residence.  Northwood,  N.  H. 


2019  Jane  Knowlton  and  Miles  Durgin  had  : 

(4451)  Woodbury  M.,  June  8,   1S25.     m.  Ahbie  E.  James,   December   16, 

1847. 

(4452)  Mary  J.,  May  13,  1827.     m.  W.  H.  Simmons,  June  14,  1848. 

(4453)  William   T.,    February    13,    1833.     m.    Ilattie  Stewart,  February    8, 

1863. 

(4454)  Amos  S.,  February  2,   1837.     m.  Annie  Batchelder,  November  29, 

1859. 

(4455)  John  A.,  May  15,  1839.     m.  Mary  E.  Webster,  1859. 


20 


20  Nathaniel  and  Eliza  Hoyt  had  : 


(4456)  Emery  M.,  September  16,  1831.     d.  1840. 

(4457)  Mary,  October  3,  1836.     in.  C.  H.  Robinson,  July  1,  1857. 

(4458)  Eliza,  December  18,  1837.      m.  A.  G.  James,  November  16,  1S58. 

(4459)  J°hn  B->  April  6, 1838.  m.  Mary  A.  Harvey,  September  22,  i860.  1  son. 

(4460)  Melissa,  May  22,  1844.     m.  P>.  P.  Giles,  August  6,  1864. 

(4461)  Francenia,  September  23,  1S46.     m.  John  H.  Thompson,  August  22, 

1874. 

(4462)  Plummer,  May  3,  1848.     m.  Mary  A.  Thompson,  1866. 

Residence,  Chichester,  N.  Ii. 


2026  Oliver  and  Lucinda  Batcheller  had  : 

(4463)  George,  February,  25,  i827-     m-   Mary  -T-   ^emerritt,  December  19, 
1853.     Soldier  in  Civil  War. 


• 


The  American  Knowltons  287 

(4464)  Charles,  November  9,  1S29.     Res.  in  Miles  City,  Montana. 

(4465)  Kirk,  February  24,  1836.     m.  Susan  Clark,  1865. 

(4466)  John,  May  25,  1832.     m.  Rachael  Batchelder,  May  2,  185S. 

(4467)  Frank,  August  12,   1834.      Killed  at  Battle  of  Gettysburg,  July    2, 

1863. 

(4468)  Mary,  April,  20,  1840.     m.  Geo.  Sanborn,  February  9,  1861. 

Residence,   Sanbornton,  N.  H. 

Oliver  was  a  teacher,  Selectman,  and  Representative  in  the  Legislature. 


2027  Mehitable  Knowlton  and  Lewis  Fiske  had: 

(4469)  Oliver,  January  22,  1819. 

(4470)  Amos,  July  5,  1821. 

(4471)  Charles,  September  9,  1827. 

(4472)  Daniel,  November  22,  1829. 

Mehitable  d.  July  10,  1873. 


2028  Samuel  and  Sally  Danforth  had  : 

(4473)  George  W.,  December  19,  1818.     m.Sophronia  Evans,  June  28,  1840. 

(4474)  Mary  J.,  March  25,  1820. 

(4475)  Warren,  October  13,  1S21.     d.  1825. 

(4476)  Emcline,  December  25,  1S24. 

(4477)  Lucy  A.,  September  17,  1826. 

(4478)  Sarah  O.,  December  25,  1828.      m.  H.  H.  Channell,  March  20,  1862. 

(4479)  Oliver,  April  16,  1834.     m.  Ellen . 

(44S0)  Abigail,  April  13,  1S36. 

(4481)  Andrew,  August  12,  1839. 

Res.,  Northwood,  N.  H. 

Sally  d.  September  17,  1859. 


2631    Harriet  Knowlton  and  F.  C.  Morrill  had 

(4482)  Samuel  G.,  August  19,  182S. 

(4483)  Harriet,  February  24,  1S30. 

(4484)  Lydia,  February  10,  1S33. 
(44S5)  Drusilla. 

(4486)  Charles. 

Harriet  d.  July  31,  1877.     He  d.  1840. 


288  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

2032   Lydia  Knowlton  and  Jacob  C.  Harvey  had  : 

(4487)  Susan,  January  2,  1S26.     m.  J.  H.  Winslow,  December  26,  1859. 

(4488)  Francis,  August  6,  1S27.     m.  Annie  Robinson,  December  4,  1853 

(4489)  George  J.,  January  12,  1829. 

(4490)  Louisa  A.,  May  8,  1830.     m.  Paschal  Sturtevant,  March  1,  1S49. 

(4491)  Merilla,  June  20,  1832.     d.  1839. 

Lydia  d.  October  1,  1848. 


( 


2034  George  W.  and  Eliza  W.  Garland  had  no  chil.      He 
m.  2d  Mary  A.  Virgin,  and  had  : 

(4492)  Olive,  April  4,  1S40.     m.  Wm.  F.  Hill,  January  25,  1858. 

(4493)  George,  September  22,  1844.     m.  Olive  A.  Cate,  February  10,  1S66. 

(4494)  Ursula,  November  5,  1846.    m.  Chas.  Batchelder  ;  m.  2d  John  Smith, 

1877. 

(4495)  Winfield,  October  17,  1S48.      m.  Ellen  M.  Clark,  December  4,  1869, 

(4496)  Lizzie,  June  21,  1853.     m.  George  M.  Morse,  July  10,  1872. 

(4497)  Frank  P.,  December  29,  1858. 

(4498)  Sarah  K.  February  8,  i860. 

Residence,  Lowell,  Mass. 


2043  Asahel  and  Eliza  Shaw  had  : 

(4499)  John,  January  9,  1S41. 

(4500}  Lizzie,  November  27,  1842. 

(4501)  Flosea  C,  October  9,  1844.     m.  Ellen  Flagg.     1  child. 

(4502)  Edwin,  October  16,  1846. 

(4503)  Frank,  November  9,  1S50. 

Eliza  d.  December  27,  1850,  and  Asahel  ra.  2d.  Mary  D. 
Clark,  April  1851,  and  had  : 
Chas.  F.,  September  17,  1886. 

Residence,  Chichester,  N.  H. 


(2044)  SAMUEL  KNOWLTON 

enlisted  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  served  in  the  Florida  War.  His  regi- 
ment having  been  so  invested  by  the  savages  that  provisions  and  war  material 
could  no  longer  be  had,  and  the  troops  being  on  the  verge  of  starvation,  the 
commanding  officer  called  for  volunteers  in  a  "  forlorn  ho'»e,"  and  who  would 


The  American  Knowltons  289 

risk  their  lives  in  an  attempt  to  reach  the  next  garrison  and  obtain  relief. 
Samuel  Knowlton  was  the  only  volunteer.  He  threaded  the  dense  forest  by 
night,  hiding  and  sleeping  by  day  ;  and  for  several  days  he  eluded  the  vigilance 
of  the  enemy.  He  finally  lost  his  way,  was  captured  by  the  savages,  and  flayed 
alive. 


2045  James  and had  : 


(4504)  Amanda,  m.  George  Diamond. 

(4505)  Adaline.     m.  John  Danforth. 

Residence,  Danbury,  N.  H. 


2046  Asa  and  Lydia had  : 

(4506)  Marietta,  January  7,  1854.     m.  James  P.  Reed,  1870. 

(4507)  Kinsman,  September  12,  1850.     d.  1854. 

(4508)  George,  September  30,   1853.      m.  Lucy  Bennett,  1875.      Had  dau. 

Lillian. 

(4509)  Olive,  March  10,  1862.     d.  young. 


2047  Andrew  and  Mary  Blake  had  : 

(4510)  Charles,  November  23,  1847. 
(45 n)  Nellie,  May  3,  1S50. 

Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 


2049  William  and  Merinda  Bailey  had  : 

(4513)  Charles  B.,  April  12,  1856. 

(4514)  Sarah,  November  25,  1857.     m.  Frank  Webster,  November,  1877. 

(4515)  George,  July  20,  1S60.     d.  1864. 

(4516)  Henry,  June  9,  1863. 

Residence,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

William  m.  2d  Lydia  Currier,  1847. 


2056  William  II.  II.  and  Eleanor  Norris  had: 

(4517)  Blake  N.,  1831.     d.  1863. 

(4518)  Martha  A.,  February  25,  1833.     m-  J-  M.  P.  Batchelder,  February  17, 

1859. 

(4519)  Susan,  January  23,  1831.     m.  Dr.  N.  Clarke,  June  15,  1859. 


29°  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

2057  Jeremiah  and  Mary  Ford  had  : 

(4520)  Edward. 

Residence,  Danbury,  N.  H. 


2058  Chas.  G.  and  Sarah  Flandors  had  : 

(4521)  Frances,  December,  1838. 

(4522)  Amasette,  April  16,  1843.      m.  Ezekiel  S.  Waldron.      m.  2d  Geo.  H. 

Waldron.     m.  3d  James  M.  Abbott. 
(\52z)  George,  1845. 

Sarah  d.  June  27,  1845.     Chas.  m.  2d  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Rob- 
son,     m.  3d  Mrs.  French  and  had: 

(4524)  Mary.     m.  Brooks.     Res.,  Independence,  Ta. 

(4525)  Eliza. 

(4526)  Martha. 

(4527)  Charles. 

(4528)  Anna. 

Chas.  d.  November  19,  187 1,  in  Maysville,  Iowa. 


2060  James  and  Clarissa  Ford  had  : 

(4529)  Sarah  J.,  January  22,  1850. 

(4530)  Alma  A.,  October  12,  1851. 

(4531)  Anna,  November  15,  rS52. 

(4532)  James,  June  27,  1854.     m.  Carrie  E.  Gordon,     res.  in  Lebanon,  Ind. 

(4533)  Clara  E.,  November  21,  1S59.     d.  November  23,  1883. 

Clarissa  was  from  Orange,  N.  H.,  whence  the  family  rein,  to  Danbury,  N.  H. 


2063  Joseph  and  Clara  Butler  had  : 

(4534)  Horace,  March  18,  1846.  .  m.  Ella  Dobbins.   . 

(4535)  Frank,  December  14,  1847.     m.  Clara  Powell.      1  child,     d.  young. 

(4536)  Joseph,  January  16,  1S57. 

(4537)  Thomas  E.,  January  3,  1S60.     m.  Maude . 

Residence,  Manchester,  N.  II. 

Joseph,  Senr.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


The  American  Knowltons  291 

2064  Chas.  D.  and  Harriet  Buck  had  : 

(4538)  Ellen  W.,  March  i,  1S46.     m.  Chas.  Green,  of  Springfield,  Mass. 

(4539)  Chas.  E.,  1S47.     d.  1S57. 

Chas.  D.  rem.  from  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  to  Mexico. 


2065  Julia  Ann  Knowlton  and  Micah  Dyer  had  : 

(4540)  Willarcl  K.,  April  1,  1852.    m.  Sarah  Holmes  ;  m.  2d  Georgie  Dunham. 

(4541)  Walter  R.,  m.  Mabel  Cross;  m.  2d   Martha  Houston.     He-  d.  April 

20,  1855. 

(4542)  Mabel,  October  1 6,  1857.     d.  young. 

JULIA  KNOWLTON  DYER 

was  b.  in  Deerfield,  N.  H.,  August  25,  1S29.  She  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Gen. 
Dearborn,  of  Bunker  Hill  fame,  and  of  Col.  Thomas  Knowlton  of  Maine. 

Her  infancy  was  spent  in  Concord,  N.  II.,  and  in  1839  she  was  taken  to 
Manchester,  and  educated  under  private  teachers,  and  in  boarding  school.  At 
the  age  of  18,  she  was  graduated  from  New  Hampton  Institute,  with  first  honors, 
and  became  a  teacher  of  French,  English  Literature,  and  Higher  Mathematics. 

On  her  marriage  to  Micah  Dyer,  Esq.,  a  lawyer  of  high  standing,  she  re- 
moved to  Dorchester,  on  the  old  and  attractive  Clapp  estate,  where  she  still 
resides.  Her  caree?  has  been  so  marked  that  few  women  in  Massachusetts  society 
are  better,  or  more  honorably,  known  than  she.  In  1864,  the  Dedham  Dome 
for  Discharged  Soldiers  was  founded  through  her  personal  efforts,  and  she  has 
for  thirty  years  made  monthly  visits  to  the  Institution. 

In  1882,  she  was  chosen  President  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Association.  She- 
founded  the  Worne  i's  Charity  Club  for  the  benefit  of  females  needing  surgical 
treatment,  starting  the  enterprise  with  faith  and  courage,  though  without  one 
dollar  of  capital,  and  made  it  a  permanent  success  and  blessing. 

She  organized  the  Wintergreen  Club  for  women  over  fifty  years  of  age.  be- 
came its  President,  and  has  been  the  V.  Pres.  of  the  W.  T.  U.,  and  an  active 
member  and  officer  in  not  less  than  twenty-five  different  charitable,  philanthro- 
pic, and  patriotic  societies.  Her  extraordinary  ability  as  an  organizer,  a  speaker, 
and  an  administrator  has  made  her  an  indispensable  factor  in  the  working  out 
of  many  problems  of  modern  society. 


2067  Susan  Knowlton  and  Dr.  Joseph  Garland  had  : 

(4543)  Ethel  E. 

(4544)  Alice. 

(4545)  Roy. 

Residence,  Springfield,  Mass. 


2  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

2084  Gilbert  and  Olive  Batchelder  had  : 

(4546)  James  F.,  December  25,  1854. 

(4547)  Carrie,  January  4,  185S. 

(4548)  Addie,  February  25,  i860. 

Residence,  Nottingham,  N.  H. 


2093  c  David  and  Mehitable  True  had  : 

(4549)  Ebenezer,  November,   1835.     m.    Lizzie   Johnstone.     Rem.   to    San 

Francisco. 

(4550)  David  M.,  July  3,  1837.  d.  May  30,  1877. 

(4551)  Chas.,  1839.  d.  young. 

(4552)  Sarah  G.,  1841.     d.  young. 

(4553)  Charles,  March   1843.     d.  1848. 

Residence,  Monteville,  Maine. 


2093  d  Ebenezer  and  Pheobe  True  had  : 

(4554)  Ellen,  August  27,  1843.     m.  Chas.  A.   Milliken,  May  21,  1875.      He 

was  Mayor  of  Augusta,  Maine. 

(4555)  Hattie,  August  14,  1847.     m.  Lyman  G.  Jordan,  December  24,  1S71. 

(4556)  Abbic,  August  5,  1S49.     d.  August  31,  1874. 

(4557)  Eben,  November  23,  1859.     d.  young. 

Widow  Phoebe  resides  in  Lewiston,  Me. 


2093  E  John  C.  Knowlton  and  Sarah  A.  Webb  had  : 

(4558)  Charles,  August  29,  1843.     m.  Helen  Blood,  1867. 

(4559)  Mary,  April  17,  1845.     m.  Daniel  Farr,  1S69. 

(4560)  Carrie,  December  5,  1848.     m.  F.  C.  Keating,  1875. 

(4561)  J.  Frank,  March  19,  1856.     m.  Josie  Merservy,  December  4,  1878. 

Widow  Sarah  lives  in  Lewiston,  Me. 


2094  Abigail  Knowlton  and  Joseph  Stevens  had 

(4562)   Jared,  September   10,  1795. 
(456o)  Hatiic  B.,  June  1,  1797. 

(4564)  Permelia,  March  20,  1799. 

(4565)  Amos,  May  31,  1801. 

(4566)  Jonas,  March  13,  1803. 
(4566  a)   Benjamin,  May  12,  1805. 

1.567)  Joseph,  August  20,  1809. 


The  American  Knowltons  2 

(4568)  Ralph,  December  2,  181 1. 

(4569)  Marcus,  February  20,  1814.     m.  Mary  Erwin,  December  26,  1S54. 

(4570)  Almond,  June  12,  1816.     m.  Martha  Gates. 

(457  0  John,  February  19,  1819.     m.  Mary  B.  Covert,  October  8,  1845. 

(4572)  Millicen  A.     m.  Joseph  Pratt. 

(4573)  A  daughter,     d.  young. 

Abigail  d.  December  19,  1864.     Joseph  d.  December  1,  1846. 


2095  Charlotte  Knowlton  and  Dr.  John  Rexford  had 

(4574)  Calista,  January  28,  1796. 

(4575)  Polly,  October  8,  1798. 
(457G)  William,  July  25,  1800. 
(4577)  Daniel,  April  21,  1802. 
(457S)   Abigail,  April    1,  1804. 

(4579)  John,  July  7,  1806. 

(4580)  Charlotte,  July  1,  1S08. 

(4581)  Lucy,  May  10,  1810. 

(4582)  Ensign,  March  13,  181 2. 


2090  Benjamin  and  Lucy  Campbell  had  : 

(4583)  Ursula,  June  25,  1804.     d.  November  29,  1.837. 

(4584)  Charlotte,  July  3,  1S06.     d.  1809. 

(4585)  Benjamin,  December  8,  1S09.     d.  July  17,  1S33. 

(4586)  Charlotte,  October  17,  1S11.    m.  Dr.  P.  W.  Belknap,  January  9,  1837. 

and  had  son,  Noyes. 

(4587)  Emeline,  November   ]6,  1813.     m.  Freeman   Smith.  Res.  and   d.  in 

Cato,  N.  Y. 

(4588)  Oliver  J.,  January  6,  1816.   d.  July  3,  1840.  Res.,  Portage,  Michigan. 

(4589)  Ernest  J.,  February  ri,  1818.     m.  R.  A.  Potter. 

(4590)  Maria,  November  29,  1822.     m.  M.  M.  Emerson.     She  d.  March  19, 

1874. 

Benjamin -,vas  a  captain  in  the  war.  of  1S12.  He  resided  for  several  years 
in  Portage,  Mich.,  removing  thence  to  South  New  Lyons,  Mich.,  where  he  d. 
February,  1864. 

2098   Lucy  Knowlton  and  John  Chamberlain  had  : 

(4591)  Destimony,  July  8,  1806.     m.  Amos  Cornell,  January  15,  1S24. 

(4592)  Isabella,     unm. 


294  The  Know! ton  Genealogy 

2099  Henry  and  Rebecca  Southwick  had  : 

(4593)  Chas.  A.,  August '14,  1810.     m.  Ruby  Ingraham,  March  7,  1835. 

(4594)  Leander,  May  7,  18 14.     m.  Matilda  Monroe. 

(4595)  Henry,   May  24,  181 9.     m.  Harriet  N.  Dodge. 

(4596)  Clark,  1821.     m.  Jemima . 

(4597)  Hannah,  181 1.     m,     Had  4  chil. 

(4598)  Caroline,  181 7.     m.  Nathaniel  Crofut.      d.  in  the  War  of  the  Re- 

bellion.    3  chil. 
(4590)  Harriet,  1823.     m.  E.  B.  Burt,  of  Oswego,  N.  Y.     3  chil. 

(4600)  Ruth,  1825.     m.     Had  2  chil. 

(4601)  Eliza,  1827.     d.  1845.     Had  4  chil. 

Henry  m.  2d  Matilda  Moore,  who  d.  June  26,  1S44.     Residence,  New  Ips- 
wich, N.  H.,  where  Henry  d.  1838. 


21 13  Joseph  and  Harriet  Jane  Temple  : 

(4602)  William,  September  10,  1822. 

(4603)  Sarah  E.,  1825.     m.  John  B.  Fuller,  1844. 

(4604)  Benjamin,  November  2,  1828.     m.  Grace  Nichols,  May  29,  1853. 

(4605)  Laura  J.,  1832.     d.  young. 

Joseph  is  said  to  have  been  an  adopted  son,  his  surname  being  Dorling. 


21 14  Sally  Knowlton  and  F.  G.  Temple  had  : 

(4606)  John,  December  19,  1831. 

(4607)  Charles,  February  14,  1833. 

(4608)  George,  October  n,  1835. 

(4609)  Ira,  December  19,  1837.     d.  1842. 

Sally  d.  April  15,  1848. 


2115   Eliza  Knowlton  and  Shubal  Shattuck  had  : 

(4610)  Edward,  December  6,  1831.  .  m.  Lizzie  Cruen,  1S61. 

(4611)  Elmira,  January  26,  1S33.     m.  J.  W.  Crosby,  1861. 

(4612)  John,   October   24,    1834.     Killed  at  Morris  Island,  S.    C,    in    the 

Civil  War,  August  5,  1863. 

(4613)  Eliza,  December  22,  1835.     m.  Chas.  Simonds,  1865. 

(4614)  Harriet  C,  December  9,  1837.     d.  young. 

(4615)  George  W.,  December  iS,  1838. 

(4616)  Harrison  H.,  May  15,  185 1.     m.  Clara  Palmer,  1870. 


The  American  Knowltons 

21 16  John  H.  and  Mary  Rogers  had  : 

(4617)  Mary,  1836. 

(4618)  Martha,  June  7,  1840.     m.  C.  IT.  King,  October  11,  1872. 

Residence,  Williamstown,  Mass. 


21 2 1   James  and  Sarah  Lane  had  : 

(4619)  Sarah  E.,  January  22,  1824.     m.   Maurice  Hodgkins,  December  24, 

1S47. 

(4620)  John  J.,  July  26,  1826.     m.  Susan  A.  F.  Dennison,  April  27,  1856. 

(4621)  Joseph  L.,  July  26,  1829.     m.  Clara  F.  Thomas,  September  23,  1851. 

(4622)  Daniel  W.,  November  2,  1831.     m.  Lucy  Cloudman,  September  15, 

1871. 

Residence,  Annisquam,  Gloucester,  Mass. 


2123   Epps  and  Elizabeth  Badger  had  : 

(4623)  Sarah  A.,  October  12,  1825.      m.  Caleb  Prouty,  Jr.,  March  14,  1855. 

He  d.  at  Vicksburg,  1863.     4  chil. 

(4624)  James  J.,   October  3,  1827.     m.   Lucy  Welsh,  June    26,   1849.      10 

chil. 

(4625)  John  W.,  December  3,  1830.     d.  in  Illinois,  September  22,  1862. 

(4626)  Ann  E.,  December  5,  1833.     m.  W.  H.  Sturtevant,  June  24,  1855. 

(4627)  Joseph  S.,  May  8,  1836.     m.  Mary  Morgan,  October  28,  1857. 

(4628)  William  H.,  July  4,  1841.     m.  Sarah  J.  Rowlee,  November  14,  1869. 

Epps  res.  in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  during  a  portion  of  his  life,  and  d.  of  yellow 
fever  near  Savannah,  Ga.,  1844.  Elizabeth  was  from  Badger's  Island,  Me.,  and 
d.  March  2,  1875. 


2124  Joseph  and  Mary  Remick  had  : 

(4629)  Joseph  B.,  January  12,  1828.     m.  Louisa  Brewer,  February  20,  1862. 

(4630)  Hannah,  October  21,  1830.     m.  Albert  R.  Walker,  March  4,  1864. 

'  (4631)  William,  September  13,  1832.      m.  Ellen  M.  Prindall,  June  19.  i860. 

(4632)  Reuben,  July  30,  1S34.     d.  young. 

(4633)  Annie,  September  4,  183G.      in.  Frank  B.  Hanson,  May,  1861.      He 

d.  at  Newbern,  N.  C,  1S62. 

Mary  d.  May  19,   1852,  and  Joseph  m.   2d  Lydia  Remick,  who  d.    July  10, 
i860.     He  d.  January  8,  1876. 


296  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

2125  Ammi  L.  and  Maria  Lond  had  : 

(4634)  Frank,  October  21,  1836.     m.  Victoria  Morion. 

(4635)  William,  August  15,  1839. 

(4636)  Mary,  October  25,  1842. 

Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  II. 


2126  Josiah  and  Lucy had  : 

(4637)  Clara. 

(4638)  Lucy,  November  18,  1S32.     m.  James  H.  Adams. 

(4639)  George,  April  n,  1835.     d.  January  3,  1S71. 


~J 


2129  Erastus  and had  : 

(4640)  Charles  B.,  February  18,  1810.     m.  Harriet  Evans,  July  9,  1S37. 
Erastus  res.  in  Toronto,  Canada. 


2130  Faxon  and  Elizabeth  Buck  had  : 

(4641)  Frederick  B.,  1822.     A  Methodist  preacher. 

(4642)  Louisa,  1825.     in.  John  Spafford  who  d.  1S90. 

(4643)  John  H.     Res.,  Vermillion,  N.  Y. 

(4644)  Calvin  H.     Res..  Vermillion,  N.  Y. 

Faxon  was  b.  in  Canada.      He  resided  there  most  of  his  life,  and  was  killed 
by  the  falling  of  a  tree,  in  1830.     Elizabeth  d.  iSSS. 


.2144  John  and  Ruth  Holmes  had  : 

(4645)  William  H.,  February  4,   1818.        m.  Betsey  Bruce.        m.  2d   Sarah 

Allen,  1837. 

(4646)  Mary  J.,  September  26,  1S20.     m.  William  Knowlton. 

(4647)  John  W.,  August  n,  1822.     m.  Elmira  Ames,  May  ir,  1845. 

(4648)  Ruth,  May  27,  1824.     m.  George  Groover  (or  Grover). 

(4649)  George  T.,  May  11,  1826.     d.  May  12,  1842. 

(4650)  Sally  A.,  March  21,  1829.     m.  Watson  Curtis,  November  4,  1845. 

(4651)  Susan  A.,  March  11,  JS30.     m.  Joseph  Morrison,  February  5,  1850. 

(4652)  Ezra  T..  February  17,  1833.     m.  Eliza  Quimby,  August  30,  1S58. 

(4653)  Rebecca,  December  4,  1835.     m.  John  Bunce. 


The  American  Knowltons  297 

(4654)   Elisha  P.,  January   17,  1838.     m.  Susannah  Lenfest.     He  d.  in  the 

War  of  the  Rebellion. 
(4654  a)  Adamizer,  November  2,  1839.     m.  Lucy  Nash,  i860. 
Residence,  Minot,  Me. 


2145   Ephraim  and  Sarah  Braglin  had  : 

(4655)  William,     m.  Mary  J.  Knowlton,  October  8,  1S37. 

(4656)  Aaron,     m.  Mary  Curtis,  September  18,  1S39. 

(4657)  Amasa.     m.  Olive  M.  Howard. 

(4658)  Ephraim.     m.  Sally  A.  Allen,  September  1?,  1839. 

(4659)  Thomas,     in.  Mehitable  Nash. 

(4660)  Mary  Jane.     m.  J  ere  Small,  October  30,  1S45. 

(4661)  Sally,     m.  Watson  Reaney. 

Ephraim  d.  January  7,  1849. 


2151    Lucinda  Knowlton  and  Jacob  Peavey  had 

(4662)  Watson,  April  28,  1828. 

(4663)  Hollis  M.,  July  7,  1830. 

(4664)  Washington,  December  13,  1833. 

(4665)  Mary  J.,  April  19,  1835. 

(4666)  Emory,  October  26,  1S38. 

(4667)  Rosella,  May  3,  1841. 

(4668)  George,  July  8,  1843. 

(4669)  Fannie,  April  29,  1S46. 

(4670)  Columbus,  December  31,  1848. 


2154  Zina  and  Betsey  Proctor  had  : 

(4671)  Andrew,  February  12,  1835.     m.  Ann  Curtis,  August  6,  1853. 

(4672)  James,  January  iS,  1837.     m.  Harriet  Martin,  June  6,  1858. 

(4673)  Jane  C,  April  24,  1839.     m.  James  C.  Gray,  October  2,  1859. 

(4674)  Charlotte,  August  8,  1841.     in.  Samuel  Stevens,  August  16,  1857. 
(4.675)  Joshua,  January  1,  1S43.     m-  Phoebe  Bates,  December  10,  1865. 

(4676)  Caleb,  October  4,  1846.     m.  Jennie  Putnam,  October  23,  1866. 

(4677)  John,  January  5,  1850.     m.  Ann  Mason,  December  25,  1870. 

(4678)  Zina,  October  2,  1S52.     d.  young. 

(4679)  Rose,  August  10,  1S55.     d.  September  2,  1S72. 

Residence,  Maine. 


298  The  Knowlton  Genealogy 

2 1 61    Henry  and  Betsey  York  had  : 

(4680)  Rebecca. 

(4681)  Georgiana. 

(4682)  Lucy. 

2164  Stephen  and  Susan  Pottle  had  : 

(4683)  Amanda,     m.  Rev.  A.  Perkins.     She  d.  1865. 

(4684)  Edwin,     m.  Maria  Case.     Res.  in  West  End,f  Alameda  Co.,  Cal. 

(4685)  Faustina,     m.  George  Batchelder. 

(4686)  Emma. 

(4687)  Eugene. 

Stephen  was  drowned  in  Belfast  Harbor,  Me. 


2167  William  and  Patience  Sprague  had  : 

(468S)  Wm.  W.     m.  Sarah  Batchelder.     He  d.  1877. 
(4689)  Alonzo. 

They  res.  in  Troy,  Me. 


2 1 78  Amos  Atkinson  and  Anna  G,  Sawyer  had 

(4690)  William  F.     d. 

(4691)  George. 

(4692)  Elizabeth  Parsons. 

(4693)  Edward,     m.  Mary  C.  Heath. 

(4694)  Henry,     d. 

(4695)  Annie,     m.  Richard  M.  Stagg.     d. 


2180  Nancy  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Baker  had  : 

(4696)  Elizabeth,  November  1,  1819.     m.  Michael  Pond,  1839.     2  chil. 

(4697)  Samuel,  July  1,  1826.     d.  May  24,  1852. 

Nancy  d.   before   September,    1829.     Samuel  Baker  was   from  Wallingford, 
Berkshire  Co.,  England.     He  d.  in  Mineral  Point,  Wis.,  January,  1846. 


2 181    Martha  Knowlton  and  Samuel  Baker  had  : 

(4698)  William,  September  5,   1832.     m.   Adelaide  Ortman,  July  28,  1861. 
1  dau.     Res.,  Boston,  Mass. 


The  American  Knowltons  299 

(4699)  John  H.,  March   i,  1835.     rri.  Jessie  Sumner,  of  Tiffin,  O.,  July  31, 

1S67. 

(4700)  George  A.,  September  2,  1837.     unm.     d.  at   Sacramento,  Decem- 

ber 19,  189c. 

Martha  d.  at  Madison,  Wis.,  November  3,  1866.  Samuel  d.  May  24,  1852, 
of  yellow  fever,  when  en  route  for  California.  His  s.  William  res.  in  Hobo- 
ken,  N.  J. 


2186  Amos  and  Eunice  Blood  had  : 

(4701)  Lucy,  December  28,  1812.     m.  Ralph  Hatch,  October  7,  1847. 

(4702)  Mary,  August  2,  1814.     m.  John  Phelps,  March  5,  1S35.     Shed.  No- 

.vember  S,  1S51. 

(4703)  Patience,  December  1,   1815.     m.  Geo.  Miller,  December  12,  1839. 

She  d.  December  24,  1896. 

(4704)  Eunice,  August  20,  1S17.     m.  Lucius  Bradley,  July  4,  1843. 

(4705)  Angelette,  June  15,  1819.     m.  John  Begole,  October  6,  1842.     1  child. 

(4706)  Hannah,  September  25,  1822.     unm.  Res.,  Olean,  N.  Y. 

(4707)  Frederick,  November  17,  1826.     m.  Althea  Van  Deusen,  October  iS, 

Amos  m.  2d  Rhoda  Ann  Ball  and  bad  : 

(4708)  William  H.,  April  22,  1848.     m.  Mary  E.  McConnell,  September  24, 

1878. 

Amos  rem.  from  Hartland,  Vt.,  to  Moreau,  N.  Y.  in  1810,  and  d.  August  21, 
1864. 


2187  Elisha  and  Sophia  Turner  had  : 

(4708  a)  Emily,  March  21,  1821.     m.  Joseph  Hascall. 

(4709)  Alfred,  August  n,  1823.     m.  Aurelia  Atwill. 

(4710)  Minerva,  April  14,  1825.     m.  Lorenzo  Kenney, 

(4711)  Lucy,  November  9,  1S27.     m.  EliasWard. 

(4712)  Harriet,  July  2,  1830.     m.  Oren  Grimes. 
(47,3)  Augusta,  1S31.     d.  young. 

(4774)  Orville,  May  10,  1833.     m.  Jennie  Crawford. 
Res.,  Hartland,  Vt. 

Elisha  d.  Jul)   19,  1861.