William Knowlton 
William was born in 1615 in Knowlton Manor, Chiswick, Kent, England. William's father was Capt. William Knowlton and his mother was Ann Elizabeth Smith. His paternal grandparents were Richard Knowlton and Elizabeth Cantize; his maternal grandparents were Richard Smith and Eliza Canty. He had four brothers and two sisters, named John, Robert, Samuel, Thomas, Mary and Susanna. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 40 on July 17th, 1655 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.General Notes
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BIOGRAPHY
William Knowlton, son of Captain William Knowlton (I), was born in Kent, England, 1615. He settled at Ipswich and was a brick mason by
tr ade. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational). He was admitted a freeman in 1641-42. He was given commonage with pasturage for one cow and a share in Plum Island. He sold to Edward Bragg, of Ipswich, December 12, 1643, a house and lot he had bought of John Andrews. He died in 1655. The account of the estate was presented in the Essex court by his brother, Thomas Knowlton, in 1678.
Thomas stated that he had kept two boys from the age of five to eight and a girl from one year old till she married.
Children of Will iam and Elizabeth Knowlton were: Thomas, born 1640, married Hannah Green, Nove mber 24, 1668; Nathaniel, born 1641, married Deborah Grant, May 3,1662; Willia m, born 1642, married Susannah (???); John, born 1644, married Bethia Carter; Benjamin, born 1646, married Hannah Mirick, November 30,1676; Samuel, born 164 7, married Elizabeth Witt, 1669; Mary, born 1649, married Samuel Abbe, October 12, 1672, had a son Jonathan, resided at Wenham.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1450 in Knowlton Manor, Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.~ 1485 in Knowlton Manor, Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.~ 1460
- b.~ 1527 in Knowlton Manor, Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1553 in Knowlton Manor, Canterbury, Kent, England d.~ 1633 in Canterbury, Kent, England
- b.1584 in Knowlton Manor, Sandwich Parish, Chiswick, Kent, England d.06 Jun 1639 in at sea near Shelburn, Nova Scotia, Canada
- b.1515 in Birchington, Kent, England
- b.17 Apr 1550 in Birchington, Kent, England d.1632
- b.~ 1520 in Birchington, Kent, England
- b.1615 in Knowlton Manor, Chiswick, Kent, England d.17 Jul 1655 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.1533 in Kent, England
- b.1586 in Kent, England d.08 Oct 1675 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1543 in Kent, England
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‌William and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. They had seven sons and three daughters, named Thomas, Nathaniel, William, John, Benjamin, Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Margery and Mary.
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Children
Thomas Knowlton
Thomas was born in 1640 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He died at the age of 71 on November 2nd, 1711 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
William Knowlton
William was born in 1642 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He died in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
John Knowlton
John was born on June 2nd, 1644 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He died at the age of 84 in August 1728 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Knowlton
Benjamin was born in 1646 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He died at the age of 44 on August 19th, 1690 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
Mary Knowlton
Mary was born in 1649 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. She died after 1699 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
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