Subject: Knowlton info
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:03:29 -0500

I am new to the Knowlton Website and in fact to the web. I had sent a correction to the benetech address and wondered what now. My gggrandfather Nathan Watkins Knowlton was married to Martha Marsha Dickinson according to any records I have seen. Not Dickson. I could of course, not have all the facts. Also if a Canadian surveyor found a old tombstone with William Knowlton on it, in Nova Scotia, and reported it to the Quebec Knowltons, dated 1632, why is the date for Wm. posed as 1636 with a ? mark?

My Knowlton info comes from my fathers memories of his grandmother Angeline Knowlton Stewart.

I don't want to sound pushy and in time when I get the hang of things I would like to help in some way. I have a lot of info on Angeline and her sister Mary Knowlton who married Henry Ripley and moved to Ontario which is where I live.

Thanks,
Elaine English Wright

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:09:57 EST
Subject: KNOWLTON Surname
Can anybody help this lady?
Thanks! BILL KNOWLTON

From: "Shirley Kay Reed" <gazelle@penn.com>
Subject: KNOWLTON Surname
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:49:25 -0500

I am helping a lady check her Knowltons and wondered if possibly this would be familiar to you;

Joseph Knowlton b Jul 23 1799 m. Jane Schoonover. Came to Potter Co., PA, in 1837, had 10 children, died Salem, IL, Sep 9 1875.

Thanks
Kay Brownell Reed, former sec'y of Western New York BG & Old Time Music Assoc.

Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:01:01 -0500
From: Nancy Moore <nmoor02@banet.net>
Subject: Re: KNOWLTON Surname

"The Knowltons of England and America" lists, under "Families not Otherwise Classified":
Joseph Knowlton (1799) ran away from home in Conn., Served in the War of 1812. Settled in Lancaster, Pa., where he m. Jane Schoonhover, and had eleven children. His mother was a Sheldon. The Errata says Joseph Knowlton b. 1779, not 1799.

Udmacon@aol.com wrote:
> Can anybody help this lady?
> I am helping a lady check her Knowltons and wondered if possibly this would be familiar to you

> Joseph Knowlton b Jul 23 1799 m. Jane Schoonover. Came to Potter Co., PA, in 1837, had 10 children, died Salem, IL, Sep 9 1875.

From: "Elaine Wright" <eew@execulink.com>
Subject: Knowlton;Nova Scotians
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:42:59 -0500

Hi All,
Here I go again. Does anyone have any leads on my obtaining the book by Roma Duncan and Randy Creely [Creelman - ed.], Knowlton Ancestry; England to Conn. to Louisbourg to Onslow to Truro to Advocate to Florida.? Or does anyone have an email address for either of the compilers? I am about to enlist a researcher to take copies of a number of documents pertaining to Daniel Knowlton and the Onslow " planting' and this book may be helpful to me in that respect. I am writing a book at the moment and hope to be finished by late summer 1999. All my ancestors not just Knowltons.

If there is anyone on the list from Nova Scotia who would like to email me please do.

Thanks,

Elaine English Wright

From: "Kathy Vincent" <kkv@mbay.net>
Subject: Susanna Knowlton
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:52:26 -0800

Kathy Vincent
kkv@mbay.net

Subject: Re: Susanna Knowlton
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 02:59:58 GMT

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:52:26 -0800, you wrote:

>I sent away for an interesting article in The Nova Scotia Genealogist about >Josiah and his Mayflower descendancy.
>I thought I would share a slight paraphrasing of its contents
>Josiah Dodge and Susanna Knowlton: <snip – repeated content deleted>

Thanks for the info! Is Susannah a daughter of Benjamin Knowlton / Susanna Dutch? I have them in my data base with you as a source and go no further...??
Thanks
Norris

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:57:52 -0800
Subject: William Henry Knowlton

I am researching William Henry Knowlton, born 1830 in Newbury, Vermont, son of Moses Knowlton and Caroline Whitcher.
The following information about the children of William Henry Knowlton is provided in the hope that someone on the list is descended from one of them and will contact me.

William Henry Knowlton married Clara Adaline Walker Scott on 28 Mar 1887. They lived in Clay Center, Kansas and William Henry Knowlton died there in 1914. They had the following children:

Elizabeth, born 25 Nov 1886, died Oct 1968, North Hollywood, CA married Adam Roth
William Clinton, born 16 Jul 1888 married ? McCain
Benjamin Franklin, born 2 Feb 1890 married Margaret Smith
Jesse Henry, born 30 Apr 1892, buried in Bala, KS married Kate Purling
Frederick Beroev, born 2 Sep 1894, died 10 Nov 1962, Santa Barbara, CA married Mary M.?
Grace Pearl, born 30 Aug 1896, died in Glendale, CA married Pete Peterson
Amelia Margrite, born 18 Nov 1901, died 1 Nov 1957 married William Theodore Cragg
Thanks.
Berta Dempster

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:40:45 +0000
From: "Charles B. Whiting Jr." <cbwhiting@snet.net>
Subject: Re: Knowlton Mail List

My great grandmother was Charlotte (Knowlton) Jackson, from Liberty, Maine. Charlotte's father was James Lewis Knowlton a civil war soldier of the Maine First Cavalry. James was the son of Samuel and Hannah B.Lewis. Samuel was the son of Samuel and third wife Esther (Kenniston) Knowlton. This Samuel was the son of Samuel and Esther (Dane) Knowlton. This Samuel was the son of Samuel and Sarah(Fellows) Knowlton of Candlewood, Massachusetts. This Samuel was the son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Poland) Knowlton. Ebenezer was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Witt) Knowlton. Samuel was the son of William and Elizabeth________? William was the son of Captain William and Anne Elizabeth Smith. Captain William is supposedly interred in Nova Scotia. I believe this to be as good a bloodline as any I've seen in my years of amateur genealogy. I am just asking to included in the "Knowlton Loop", since there are several blanks in this line beginning with Captain William. I also would like to be updated as to the status of the John Knowlton Homestead in Ipswich.
Thanks, Charles B Whiting

Jr.cbwhiting@snet.net

From: [JKnow132@aol.com]
Subject: Another book?
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:24:47 EST

THERE IS SOMEONE IN OHIO WHO HAS RESENTLY PUBLISHED A BOOK ON THE KNOWLTON FAMILY AND MAILED OUT INFORMATION REGARDING ITS PURCHASE FOR A FEE OF 24 OR SO DOLLARS. CAN YOU GIVE ME INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS SOURCE?

Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:01:30 -0600 (CST)
From: "Peter Vanderbrouk" <rpckvv@flash.net>
Subject: Re: Purchase Stocking?

[To purchase the Stocking, Errata, and possibly the Duncan/Creelman,] contact Higginson's Bookstore in Salem, MA. They have a website, but I don't have the address. Just donated mine to our local genealogical library. Regards,
Clyde Vanderbrouk

From: Sandra Naehrig <snaehrig@magnet.ch>
Subject: New Book
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:04:04 +-100

Last summer at the Knowlton House, a bed and breakfast in Parrsboro, Mrs. Knowlton let me look at a huge binder of Knowlton material gathered by Donald Knowlton of Ohio. The title was "Traces of a New England Planter and his descendants in Nova Scotia: Daniel Knowlton of Onslow Township" It could be that he has now produced a book and is selling it. His address is 10917 Gregory Lane, North Royalton Ohio 44133.
If you find out that this is the book you heard about, will you please let me know as I'd like to order it too.

Sandra Naehrig
Hinterbergweg 12
CH 4153 Reinach
Switzerland

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:56:06 -0500
From: "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <KnowltonEW@compuserve.com>
Subject: Grant Archibald Knowlton

Carla asked:
>I am just starting working on genealogy. The farthest Knowlton that I can trace back (which is my married name by the way) is to Grant Archibald Knowlton, born in Wisconsin on January 29, 1877. I think his father is possibly Thomas Ephriam Knowlton but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any information linking to either of these Knowltons?<

Yes, Carla. I had to dig around, but I found it. Several years ago a John C. Knowlton of Anoka, MN, was rewriting Stocking in longhand. People sent him Knowlton data from all over the US, which is how he got a Bible record [below] from Milton O. Knowlton who later died; his widow moved to California. John C. is not closely related to these Knowltons, but I am.

The typed transcription by Milton begins: "The following record is taken from our old Family Bible in which the insertion (Ephraim H.B. Knowlton's Book) was written on the inside of the front cover. I remember my grandfather, Thomas Ephraim Knowlton having this book (bible) in his home." This is great stuff, since most of it is not in Stocking or the Errata.
Your Grant Archibald Knowlton (1877-1941) was the son of Thomas Ephraim Knowlton (1841-1915) as you guessed and Margery Bethel. TEK is the son of Hiram Baker Knowlton (1810-1888) and Elizabeth Flanders (b. 1815).
Hiram Baker Knowlton was the son of (# 1146 in Stocking) Ephraim H.B. [probably Hiram Baker?] Knowlton (1785 or 86-1867) and Anna Lepper (1788-1867).
Ephraim HB Knowlton (1146) was the son of Ephraim (460) born 1756 and (probably) Elizabeth Butler. This Ephraim was an American Revolutionary War soldier and had a pension, etc., that you can send for.
At this point Stocking is so wrong, and the Errata no better, that it would only confuse you. #460 is often confused with my Ephraim ancestor, alive at the same time, also a soldier, who died about 1784.
Jill Russell and Doreen Smillie might chime in here as they are descended from Ephraim's brothers, Enoch and Thomas, and have another Bible record.
We believe all of them to be the sons of Thomas Knowlton (229A), mother uncertain. That Thomas is either the son or grandson of Ephraim Knowlton of Ipswich, MA, and Westchester town, NY, as posted on the web page. At the moment I am leaning toward thinking that Ephraim Knowlton (1676-ca 1735) had a son John around 1700 who was the father of Thomas (b. 1720). Nothing is proved.
>From Ephraim see earlier line on web page. You CAN be sure your Knowltons are descended from this family. Just all the links are not proved.
I am descended from Ephraim (b. 1676)'s son Robert.
If you give me an address, I will mail you the Milton Knowlton Bible record transcriptions.

Elizabeth W. Knowlton KnowltonEW@Compuserve.com

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:40:00 –0400
From: Carla Knowlton <carla@caro.k12.mi.us>
Subject: Re: Grant Archibald Knowlton

Wow! Thanks for all of the information!
My address is:
Carla Knowlton, 301 Hooper Street, Caro MI 48723
Thanks again for all of your help!
I don't have much time to work on this but any information I can get, helps! I appreciate you taking the time to answer me.
Carla Knowlton

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:55:50 -0500
From: "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <KnowltonEW@compuserve.com>
Subject: Copy of: Glad you liked Knowlton info

Carla, my note to you bounced back, so I am sending it to the list and also again to you.
Elizabeth

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Elizabeth W. Knowlton, 75013.1446
TO: Carla Knowlton, INTERNET:carla@caro.k12.mi.us
DATE: 1/21/99 7:30 PM
RE: Copy of: Glad you liked Knowlton info

Carla Glad you got all the stuff.
I am at home with a BAD cold right now but will copy the Bible transcriptions next week and send them on.
So who is your husband, our new cousin?

Are you able to check the Knowlton web page? I hear that you do not have a lot of time to work on this so don't worry about replying until you get the pages I will send. I am sure my message was pretty garbled, but I hope either Jill Russell or Doreen Knowlton Smillie will contact you. I bet the email sender will mess up what I try to "draw" here, but here is a sketch of our tree:

Ephraim (b 1676) & Katherine Griffin
|
John (?) Robert
| |
Thomas (b.1720) Ephraim (b. ca. 1740)
| | | | |
Ephraim Enoch Thomas Stephen Abijah
(b. 1756) (b. 1760) (b. 1761) (b. 1776) (b. 1782)
You-all are descended from the last Ephraim; Doreen, from Enoch; Jill, from the last Thomas; and I from Stephen. Thomas (b. 1720) had other sons too, beginning in 1747. They lived all lived in Westchester Co., NY, until Thomas (b. 1720) moved off up the Hudson River around 1750.

It has taken us a LONG time and a LOT of work to figure this all out together as almost no records remain for the 18th c. in Westchester Co. and not a lot of Knowltons descend from this branch.

Elizabeth W. Knowlton 

From: nmt1@ix.netcom.com (Norris)
Subject: Thomas Knowlton
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:31:36 GMT

Hi:
I have on my web page that Thomas Knowlton was killed at the Battle of Long Island. A patron of my web page contends he was actually killed at the Battle of Harlem Heights, a month later. I have misplaced my source article and can't find it right now. Can someone tell me what you have for which battle our hero met his demise?
Thanks
Norris

From: "Peter Vanderbrouk" <rpckvv@flash.net>
Subject: Re: Thomas Knowlton
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:45:04 -0600

[see note above]

Thomas was killed at the Battle of Harlem Heights. I am descended from his brother, Lt. Daniel.

From: "Marilyn Madden" <mmadden@northland.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Thomas Knowlton & John Keyes
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:08:15 -0600

Norris wrote [see note above] …

According to my notes for Thomas Knowlton you had
Ref. Norris : Killed in the Battle of Harlem Heights, Island of New York

Also-The Robert Keyes Family V. KEYES, ANNA (305), dau. of Sampson, Sr., m., in 1759, at Ashford, Conn., Col. Thomas Knowlton, a native of Ashford.

Gen. Washington, in a general order after his death, termed him "the gallant and brave Col. Knowlton, who would have been an honor to any country." Col. Knowlton was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was killed at Harlem Heights in 1776. He had a young son with him in the battle, probably the eldest, Fred.

Anna, wife of Col. Knowlton, d. May 22, 1808.
CHILDREN. Fred, b. 1760. Sally, b. 1763. Thomas, b. 1765. Polly, b. 1767. Abygail, b. 1768. Sampson, b. 1770. Anna, b. 1773. Lucinda, b. 1776.

Thought the following might be of interest concerning John Keyes brother-in- law of Col. Thomas Knowlton

The Robert Keyes Family: Page 90
V. KEYES, JOHN (306), son of Sampson, Sr. "Ashford, Sept. 28, A. D., 1767.
These may certify that Mr. John Keyes of said Ashford, son of Mr. Sampson Keyes of said town, was this day joined in marriage with Miss Mary Wales, dau. to Capt. Elisha Wales of said Ashford, by Mr. Nathan Wales, Jr., Justice of the Peace."--Ashford Record.

Gen. John Keyes, a commissioned officer for the State of Conn., was the companion in boyhood and mature years of Gen. Israel Putnam and Col. Thomas Knowlton, and, with the latter, who married his sister, Anna, he was always on the most intimate terms of friendship. He was also under Col. Knowlton when that officer fell, at Harlem Heights, in 1776. He was a most devoted patriot, and contributed his energies and property freely to his country's cause. It is said that he kept eight of his negroes in the service, throughout the Revolutionary War. He was not without his peculiarities. He frequently took his negro servant C'sar, behind him on his horse in going to Battle. A lady of Schenectady, a descendant of Gen. John, says: "I have heard much of his servant C'sar, he was with his master through the war, and in the battle of Bunker Hill, in the midst of the fight, a brave soldier.

Soon after the war, he emigrated to Vermont, where he probably remained but a short time, and subsequently having obtained a township, under the Act of Congress, according grants

Page 89
to the officers and soldiers of the Revolution, removed to Canajoharie, N. Y., then a wilderness. He resided at intervals with his son Zackariah, at Amsterdam, N. Y., then an important point, seven miles west of Schenectady. A slave holder, and living at a time when social distinctions were pronounced and acknowledged, the habits of the camp did not detract from the influences which made him a pronounced and punctilious gentleman of the old school. Besides being thoroughly public spirited, he was very generous, also genial, methodical, prompt and honest, and very tenacious in adhering to friendships.

The following is taken from the Charlestown Courier, a newspaper of the period, published in Montgomery Co., about thirty miles west of Schenectady:
"Died, in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., N. Y., on 13th inst. (13th April, 1824), Gen. John Keyes, aged 80 years. As a Revolutionary officer, he exhibited a peculiar degree of devotion to his country's cause--regardless alike of fatigue and danger. He has lived many years to share the fruits of that Revolution, in the obtaining of which he acted an honorable part. He retained to the day of his death, a degree of vigor, both of body and mind, which the ravages of eighty years leave to but few. The day previous to his death, he rode nearly three miles to transact some business with tenants on land, of which he had the agency. After his return he retired at his usual hour, and in apparent health. At about three o'clock next morning, he was discovered lifeless, having expired apparently without a struggle. As a friend he was ardent; as a neighbor, benevolent; and in his death the community sustains a very sensible loss. Mary, his wife, and the mother of his children, d. in Montgomery Co., N.Y., Sept. 11, 1806, and he m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1807, at Farmington, Conn., Mercy Scott, a lady much younger than himself, spoken of by the grandchildren as an accomplished and elegant woman. She m. 2d, Capt. Palmer of Stillwater, N. Y., who served under Gen. Gates at Saratoga. They lived at Stillwater, on an elevation adjoining and overlooking the battlefield. She died at Geneva, N. Y., at the age of 92, about the year 1860.

From: OBRoots@aol.com
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:42:37 EST
Subject: Harry Butler - Grandson (?)

While researching my line of Knowlton, [Timothy (6) Knowlton, # 420 in Stocking's book] who married Sarah somebody I came across information that says Grandchild Harry Butler died the same day as his Grandfather, Timothy Knowlton (20 June 1815).

Who were the parents of this Harry Butler and what was the cause of death for him (and perhaps his Grandfather) ??? I am thinking the Butler/Knowlton line may be another source of information to help solve my line if I can find some living descendants.
Olive Hoffman

Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:55:47 -0500
From: "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <KnowltonEW@compuserve.com>
Subject: Sally Knowlton/Ozias Nettleton

I think this is the message that a month ago I said could be checked in Stocking's history by matching the surname Smith with Robert Knowltons--but of course there were a lot of each. Well, I am sick at home with a cold so did it myself and easily found the couple you mention.

>By the way, the family diary says that Sally's parents were Robert Knowlton and Jemima Smith. I can find absolutely no proof of that, nor that they were even in NY. I don't know how Sally came to be in Onondaga Co.; how she met Ozias (they were married on 5 Jan 1817, maybe in Onondaga Co.) or any of

that kind of info. Might you have some leads for me? Sally was b. 5 Feb 1794, supposedly in New London NH (if her parents were Robert and Jemina)<

What kind of "diary" is this? Did someone just go to Stocking and pick out a Sally and then copy this info? Or did someone know her birthdate and place? or her parents' names?

I refreshed my memory here by consulting the atlas and found Fayetteville/Manlius in NY state, Onondaga Co., as you said, near Syracuse. [When was the Erie canal built?] If Sally's parents were Robert and Jemima, Sally did use these names with her fourth and tenth children, not the regular naming pattern, but at least they were used. Her own parents did not follow that pattern either, rather named their first children after themselves. Have you checked the 1840 census back to 1790 to see if any Knowltons or Nettletons are in that county? Robert (#637), her supposed father, was born in Manchester, MA, but moved to Hopkinton, NH, as a small child. He then lived in New London, NH, where (you were told) Sally was born [Stocking says 1795, not 1794, by the way]. Robert was supposedly in the War of 1812, when Sally was only 18. There was a lot of war activity in NY state at that time with men rushing back and forth across the boundaries with Canada, which include the Great Lakes. ALL of Stocking must be viewed suspiciously, of course. Robert, like a number of Knowltons, seems to have gone to Vevay, IN, sometime after the war. The migration pattern from NH would be across VT or MA, across NY or by way of the Great Lakes, and then somehow connect with the Ohio River and come down along Ohio to Vevay, IN, which is right on the river.
I would check the censuses to find out where people of those surnames were in the relevant counties of NY and MA. I would look for church records without a lot of hope, since NY is a difficult state for records. Only in Puritan communities did there seem to be civil birth records before the late 19th century, and that was because the religious and the civil community were the same in Puritan communities. The Knowltons began in such a community in Massachusetts. I would work backwards, reading about the places where the Nettletons lived in NY. Where did the Nettletons [your line] go next?

< I have not yet written to the church for copies of the records, nor have I checked into the land records yet.>

Yes, certainly do these things. There is probably an historical society for the area, the courthouse, the state archives in Albany, etc. If you have never seen THE SOURCE, a reference book about records, take a look at it in your public library. Let me know how you are doing.
If it does turn out that Robert (637) is yours, he is the son of Ezekiel (305) b. 1740 and Elizabeth Woodbury, his cousin. Ezekiel was the son of Robert (145) b. 1701, all of Manchester, MA. Robert is the son of Ezekiel (21D) b. 1679 and Sarah Leach, both of Ipswich, MA; and you can find him on the Knowlton web page as the youngest child of John (5). I have touched base with a number of descendants of this line over the years.
Elizabeth W. Knowlton

From: "Dorothy Knowlton" <dorothy_phil@hotmail.com>
Subject: Knowlton history
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:53:57 PST

Hi,
I have been researching Knowlton family histories and genealogies on the
Web, but I haven't had much luck in finding any of my ancestors. Maybe
someone out there can help me, or at the least maybe my info will help
someone else. My father is Sydney Parkinson Knowlton, born in Jamestown,
New York 2/27/1916. His mother was Lily Parkinson, of Yorkshire, England
(she emigrated at age 18). His father was Delroy Berchard Knowlton, b.
9/30/1879, d. 12/11/1942. Delroy was the son of Frank Knowlton (b.
9/1853-d. 9/1889)and Henrietta Waters (d. 1916) Frank died of typhoid
contracted while he was helping in the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood.
Frank was the son of John Berchard Knowlton (b. 7/2/1826-d. 1906) and
Martha Johnson. John had a furniture mill in the town of Clymer (not
sure what state this was, maybe Penn?). I have a drawing of him and his
"Residence and Mill, Town of Clymer". John was the son of William
Knowlton (b. 1795 in Danville, VT) and Sarah Mariah Barney (a descendant
of Jacob Barney Sr. who came to Salem in 1630). This is as far back as I
have any info, and as I said, I haven't been able to find any of these
people in the databases I have searched. How this might fit into the
tree on the Knowlton Geneology Page I can only speculate. Perhaps
William was a sibling of Dana Knowlton, who was born in Vermont in 1791.
Any info that anyone would care to provide would be most appreciated! I
hope this may also help further the family tree.
Many Thanks,
Dorothy Adair Knowlton, Norco CA.

Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:40:30 -0500
From: declark <declark@prodigy.net>
Subject: Knowlton query

Hi:
first - Clymer, is Chautauqua county, New York.
According to Stocking "The Knowltons of England and America " and the subsequent "Errata and Addendum" (orig. pub. 1897); now at serveral good libraries:
Sarah Maria Barney is listed as Maria S. Barney, born Oct 14, 1800 (pg. 64 errata) and died Feb 11, 1874 (pg 147 kea); She married William Knowlton (#1957 kea) Dec 2, 1818 (pg 147 kea). He was born June 11, 1795 Danville Vt., (pg. 64 errata) farmer (pg 94 errata), son of Thomas (#775 kea) ann unknown wife. He died May 15, 1881 in Corry, Pa. but was listed as resident of Charlotte, N.Y. and served in the War of 1812 (pg 93 errata)
Eleven children were listed (pg 282 kea) Your John B. Knowlton (#4355 kea) was listed as 6th child. He was born July 24, 1827; mechanic and farmer, resident of Jacquins, P.O., Chaut.,N.Y. (pg 93 errata) He married Martha A. Johnson Oct 6, 1852 in Clymer, Chaut.,N.Y. (pg 93 errata)
There is at least one page of typing on William and family.

Thomas Knowlton (#775 kea) was born 1756 (pg 147 kea) and died abt. 1801, removing to Danville, Vt. (pg 63 errata) Wife unknown. His father was John Knowlton (#348 kea) Wife also unknown. Five children are listed under Thomas (#775 kea), William (#1957 kea) being the fourth.

John Knowlton (#348 kea) was baptised 23; xbr; 1722 Ipswich, Essex, Mass. son of Abraham and Sarah.(vital records pg. 226). and briefly mentioned (pg 70 kea) and (pg 29 errata). I can't remember if he was son of lst or 2nd wife, both names Sarah.

Abraham (#163 kea) who married Sarah Caldwell and Sarah Lull, was the son of Abraham Knowlton (#21A kea); wife not listed. He in turn was son of #John Knowlton (#5 kea) and wife Sarah. I believe this John is listed on the Knowlton Home Page Genealogy.

Thanks for sharing your information.
Marcia Clark

From: "Marilyn Madden" <mmadden@northland.lib.mi.us>
Subject: John Knowlton (132) Elizabeth Hilton
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:32:34 -0600

John Knowlton (132) in The Knowltons of England and America p.42
This is for descendents of John (132) and Elizabeth (Hilton) Knowlton
It is about Elizabeth Hilton's father and names her mother.
1 William Hilton b: 1678 d: June 21, 1723 in age 45 years
. +Margaret Stilson m: June 2, 1699 in Marblehead d: 1763
2 Elizabeth Hilton
+John Knowlton (132) b: August 8, 1699
See Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 337
Lt. William (20) b. 1678, fisherman, Ensign, scalp hunter, land speculator, army officer, See N. E. Reg. 31, 188-94. In 1703 had gr. adj. the homestead and another at Braveboat Harbor.
In 1706 Sergt. W. H., 58 men, 2 horses crossed the Merrimac ferry. Bot in Manchester 1709, not selling in York until 1711. in Me. ct. 1710 for striking Robt. Oliver. Boston Newsletter, Nov.19, 1711---Boston Monday
last Lt. Hilton brot in 3 Ind. scalps for bounty taken by him from 3 Ind. who with a Frenchman from Menis had sacked a part of York and carried away a sloop. They were followed and taken by Lt. Hilton and a dozen volunteers.
Presently it app. he had taken the Ind. prisoners into the woods, shot and scalped them. Indicted for false oath bef. Gov. and Council, the jury acq. him and his military was not blocked. He had married at Marblehead 2 June 1699 Margaret Stilson, a returned Ind. captive.
In 1717 he and James Stilson tore down the ho. of his mo-in-law's step-fa. at Muscongus ( see Chamblet), but later took him into cahoots with them in their Muscongus land swindles. Every one of their deeds, which vanished as soon as recorded and are kn. only by certif. copies of the records made at the time, is under suspicion of crude forgery. This incl. not only the "1626" John Brown deed, which now ack. a forgery of W. H.'s but the equally impossible deed (Y.D. 15.234) Hilton's two Indian deeds and others.
Befogged by fraud, the list of children of Brown (15) alleged(p.337) gt.-gr.fa. of Margaret (Stilson) Hilton calls for scrutiny bef. acceptance.
Meanwhil, calling himself coaster, mariner, fisherman, Hilton was reprimanded by Maj. Moody at Casco Bay for insolence.
His gr.st. at Manchester, Lifnt. William Hilton d. June the 21st 1723 aged 45 years, marks the close of a strenuous and desperate struggle to rebuild the Hilton fortunes. The wid. m 2d, 8 Dec. 1727, John Allen, and d. Nov 1763, very aged, Ch: Elizabeth, m 1st John Knowlton, 2d John Hassam, 3d John Day sn Stilson m. Hannah Severy, who m 2d Richard Day. His son Amos removed to Yarmouth, N.S. aft. recording 3 ch in Manchester, of whom Thomas b 8 Nov 1765, was gr. fa. of Nathan (1819-1895) who investigated the 'lost heir' swindle. Mary m 1st Samuel Woodbury, 2d Benj Presson. Margaret m Josiah allen. Joshua, Sheepscot 1765; 2 ch. william k. at Muscongus. See N.E. reg. 46.120. Samuel, mason, m. 1st at Beverly 12 Apr. 1732, Eleanor Griggs of Salem: m again. see N.E. Reg. 31. 193 and Hists of Newton and Lununburg. Thomas appd.y. Benjamin k. in 1st Fr. and Ind. War. Amos, k. by Ind,; 2 ch.

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:29:05 -0600
From: Christopher Lyttle <clyttle@rush.edu>
Subject: Re: Knowlton history

I can't help you with a specific connection, but I can help a little with places. The USGS Geographic Names Information System (http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html) is THE way to find places.
In Pennsylvania, it gives 6 places with the word "Clymer" in their name (two are populated places, one in Indiana County and one in Tioga County).
In New York, it lists 5 places (3 populated places, one church, and one civil division) all in Chautauqua County. Jamestown is also in Chautauqua County, so these are probably your best bet. If I were you, I would look at the GenWeb site for Chautauqua County, New York. These sites love to get pictures! So you could gather some good will and maybe some help.
Also, get on the county's e-mail list, if they have one.
Regards,
Chris Lyttle
At 08:34 AM 1/28/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have been researching Knowlton family histories and geneologies on the
> Web, but I haven't had much luck in finding any of my ancestors. Maybe
<snip>
> Martha Johnson. John had a furniture mill in the town of Clymer (not
> sure what state this was, maybe Penn?). I have a drawing of him and his
<snip>
> Dorothy Adair Knowlton, Norco CA.

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:47:37 -0500
From: Penelope Pierce <pkp33@innova.net>
Subject: Re: Knowlton query

As long as we are talking Thomas Knowlton #775. My side of the family comes from another son, Thomas # 1955, married to Lucy Blanchard, If and of you are interested. I have traced her back to 1555 with the help of the Blanchard list.
Penny

Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:51:30 –0500
From: Bill and JoAnne French <jbfrench@sprynet.com>
Subject: SOS on Merrimack Knowltons/Bunker

We have for years been at a "wall" in a NH branch of our family. We have a Benjamin Bunker born 23 Feb 1765 who married Betsy Daniels. One of their sons was Ezekiel Knowlton Bunker, born 5 Oct 1803 in New London, Merrimack, NH.

It seems obvious though not proven that the middle name Knowlton most probably came from some family connection back there somewhere, one of the grandmothers' names or some such. We are so far uncertain of definite ID on either set of grandparents. I have seen on your resources indication that there was an Ezekiel Knowlton in each of several generations and that the families were in Merrimack. Do you know, or can you direct me to, a resource through which we might locate if there was in the early 1700s generations one of those Knowlton daughters who married a Bunker (and perhaps then with a son Benjamin b 1764)?

Thank you so very much for any assistance you will be able to give us!
Jo French <jbfrench@sprynet.com>