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Generation 1
1. William Knowlton, b. 1584, Kent, England, d. 1639?, Nova Scotia?
Canada, occupation sea captain.
Married ca 1605, England, Ann Elizabeth Smith, b. England, d. 8 OCT 1675,
Hingham, MA.
Children:
2. i John, b. 1610.
ii Samuel Knowlton, b. AFTER 1610, occupation mariner.
iii Robert Knowlton, b. 1613, England, d. England.
iv Mary Knowlton, b. 1617?, England, d. young, England.
3. v William, b. 1615.
vi Thomas Knowlton, b. 1622, Kent, England, d. 3 APR 1692,
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, occupation deaconcordwainershoemaker.
Generation 2
2. John Knowlton, b. 1610, Kent, England, d. 1653, Ipswich, Essex Co.,
MA, occupation shoemaker.
(Stocking 2)
Married ca 1632, Marjery Wilson, b. England, d. 1653, Ipswich, Essex Co.,
MA.
Children:
4. i John, b. 1633.
ii Abraham Knowlton, b. 1635, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA?, d.
BEFORE 1688, occupation soldier.
iii Elizabeth Knowlton, b. 1639, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA?, d. BY
1688.
3. William Knowlton, b. 1615, Kent, England, d. 1655, Ipswich, Essex
Co., MA, occupation bricklayer.
Married by 1641, MA, Elizabeth Balch (?).
Children:
5. i Thomas, b. 1641.
6. ii William, b. 1643.
7. iii John, b. 1645/46.
8. iv Samuel, b. 1647.
9. v Benjamin, b. 1649.
10. vi Joseph, b. ABOUT 1651.
vii Mary Knowlton, b. 1653, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. AFTER
1700, Windham, CT?, occupation housewife.
Generation 3
4. John Knowlton, b. 1633, Ipswich or Hingham, MA, d. 8 OCT 1684,
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, occupation shoemaker.
(Stocking 5)
Married (1) ca 1655, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Deborah Grant?, d. AFTER
1666?, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
Married (2) ca 1667, Wenham or Ipswich, MA, Sarah, d. 3 FEB 1679, Ipswich,
Essex Co., MA.
Children by Deborah Grant?:
i John Knowlton, b. ABOUT 1656, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 11
SEP 1720, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
11. ii Nathaniel, b. 29 JUN 1658.
iii Elizabeth Knowlton, b. 1 MAR 1660, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA,
d. 22 SEP 1738, Boxford, MA.
12. iv Thomas, b. 19 MAY 1662.
Children by Sarah:
v Catherine Knowlton, b. 1668, Wenham?, MA.
vi Deborah Knowlton, b. 1670?, Wenham?, MA.
vii Robert Knowlton, b. 1672, Wenham?, MA, d. Mar 1691,
occupation soldier.
viii Suzannah Knowlton, b. 15 AUG 1673, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
13. ix Ephraim, b. 1676.
x Abraham Knowlton, b. 1678, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
14. xi Ezekiel, b. Jan/Feb 1679.
5. Thomas Knowlton, b. 1641, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 2 Nov
1717/19, Norwich, CT, occupation cordwainer, jailer.
Married 27 NOV 1688, Hannah Green, d. 24 OCT 1708, Norwich, CT.
Children:
i Thomas Knowlton, b. 11 MAY 1670, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
20 SEP 1730, East Haddam, CT, occupation farmer.
ii Ebenezer Knowlton, b. 1674, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. AFTER
1699.
iii Zerubbabel Knowlton, b. 1675-1680, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA,
d. 23 SEP 1684, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
iv Mary Knowlton, b. 29 MAR 1681, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 9
MAR 1749, Poquetannock, Norwich, CT, occupation benfactor.
v Patience Knowlton, b. 2 DEC 1686, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
East Haddam, CT.
vi Hannah Knowlton, b. Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
6. William Knowlton, b. 1643, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 17 MAR
1718, Wenham, Essex Co., MA, occupation cordwainer.
Married (1) bef 1678, Susannah, d. 3 MAR 1695, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
Married (2) bef 1707, Wenham, Essex Co., MA, Lydia Griffin.
Children by Susannah:
i Susannah? Knowlton, b. 1678, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
ii Margaret(?) Knowlton, b. 1688/89, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
Children by Lydia Griffin:
iii William Knowlton, b. 7 MAR 1707, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
7. John Knowlton, b. 1645/46, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. AUG 1728,
Hamlet, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, occupation carpenter, captain.
Married (1) Bethia Edwards, d. aft 1707, Hamlet, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
Married (2) 1714, Wenham, Essex Co., MA, Susanna Hutton, d. aft 1728.
Children by Bethia Edwards:
i John Knowlton, b. 1670, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, occupation
carpenter.
ii Mary Knowlton, b. Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. by 1713.
iii Rice Knowlton, b. 1676, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 15 MAR
1766, Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
iv Suzanna Knowlton, d. aft 1715, Beverly, MA.
v Benjamin Knowlton, d. Dec 1764, Hamlet, Ipswich, Essex Co.,
MA.
vi Bethia Knowlton.
vii Thomas Knowlton, b. ca 1686, Manchester, MA, d. 22 JUL 1755,
Middleborough, MA.
viii Timothy Knowlton, b. 1687?, Manchester, MA, d. Hopkinton,
MA.
ix Elizabeth Knowlton.
15. x Abigail.
xi Miriam Knowlton.
8. Samuel Knowlton, b. 1647, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. FEB 1697,
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, occupation shoemaker.
Married Apr 1669, Elizabeth Witt.
Children:
i Elizabeth Knowlton, b. 4 DEC 1669, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA,
d. by 1686, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
ii Sarah Knowlton, b. 16 JAN 1671, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
iii Samuel Knowlton, b. 9 NOV 1672, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
Jun 1756, occupation yeoman.
iv Jonathan Knowlton, b. 16 MAR 1678, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA,
d. 1728.
v Ebenezer Knowlton, b. 18 JUN 1684, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA,
d. 10 MAR 1743, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
vi Elizabeth Knowlton, b. 18 APR 1686, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
9. Benjamin Knowlton, b. 1649, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 19 AUG
1690, Springfield, MA, occupation soldier, farmer.
Married 30 NOV 1676, Hannah Mirick, b. 10 FEB 1649.
Children:
i Mary Knowlton, b. 17 SEP 1677.
ii Benjamin Knowlton, b. 9 DEC 1679, Springfield, MA, d. 1745,
Siege of Louisburg.
iii Sarah Knowlton, b. 31 AUG 1682, Springfield, MA.
iv Mercy Knowlton, b. 19 MAY 1685, Springfield, MA, d. by 1690,
Springfield, MA.
v Joseph Knowlton, b. 3 JAN 1687, Springfield, MA, d. 1718,
Norwich, CT.
vi Mercy Knowlton, b. 11 NOV 1690, Springfield, MA, d. 3 MAR
1751, Longmeadow, MA.
10. Joseph Knowlton, b. ABOUT 1651, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
Ipswich?.
Married 14 AUG 1677, Mary Wilson.
Children:
i Elisha Knowlton, b. 1678?, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
ii Joseph Knowlton, b. 1 FEB 1681, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
Rhode Island.
iii unknown Knowlton, b. 30 APR 1686, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d.
6 SEP 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
iv Daniel Knowlton, b. 1 APR 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
v Anna Knowlton, b. 1698, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 25 AUG
1778, Norwich, CT ?.
Generation 4
11. Nathaniel Knowlton, b. 29 JUN 1658, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 24
SEP 1726, MA, occupation deacon.
Married 3 MAY 1682, Deborah Jewett, b. 3 DEC 1664, Rowley, MA, d. 25 APR
1743, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.
Children:
16. i Nathaniel, b. 3 MAY 1683.
12. Thomas Knowlton, b. 19 MAY 1662, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 4 FEB
1750, MA.
(Stocking 21)
Married (1) 9 DEC 1692, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, Margery Goodhue, d.
aft 1704.
Married (2) 6 JUN 1706, Hamlet, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, Mary Coy.
Children by Margery Goodhue:
17. i Robert, b. 7 SEP 1693.
18. ii Ezekiel.
13. Ephraim Knowlton, b. 1676, Ipswich or Wenham, MA, d. ABOUT 1735,
Westchester Co., NY, occupation farmer.
(Stocking 24A)
Married CA DEC 1701, Westchester, Westchester Co., NY, Katherine Griffin,
b. by 1678.
Children:
19. i Robert, b. ABOUT 1705.
20. ii Thomas, b. 7 APR 1720.
iii Ephraim? Knowlton, b. abt 1702-1720, Westchester,
Westchester Co., NY.
14. Ezekiel Knowlton, b. Jan/Feb 1679, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA, d. 29
SEP 1706, Manchester(?), MA, occupation weaver.
Married 29 JAN 1698, Sarah Leach.
Children:
i Deborah Knowlton, b. 1699, Hopkinton, NH.
ii Robert Knowlton, b. 1701, Hopkinton, NH.
21. iii Ezekiel, b. 7 FEB 1703.
iv Sarah Knowlton, b. 1704, Hopkinton, NH.
15. Abigail Knowlton, d. 1756.
Married (1) Isaac Giddings, d. 26 MAR 1737.
Married (2) William Dodge, occupation lieutenant.
Children by Isaac Giddings:
i Joseph Giddings.
ii Isaac Giddings.
iii Susanna Giddings.
iv Abigail Giddings.
v Berthra Giddings.
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