Mary (Pulsifer) Knowlton (1763 - aft. 1819)

Born 23 Aug 1763 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Knowlton — married 27 Dec 1781 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 21 May 1819 after age 55 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Knowlton Name Study.

Mary Pulsifer was born on August 23, 1763 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, daughter of David Pulsifer (1731–~1832) and Hannah Knowlton (1729–1831) ^[1].

Mary (18) married Moses Knowlton (25) (born about 1755 in Ipswich, Essex; son of Benjamin Knowlton Jr. and Susanna (Potter) Knowlton) on December 27, 1781 in Gloucester.^{[2] [3]}

Their children were:

1. Hannah Knowlton (<1782– )
2. Moses Knowlton (<1784–1872)
3. Mary Knowlton (<1787– )
4. Esther Knowlton (1789– )
5. Susanna Knowlton (~1789– )
6. Benjamin Knowlton (~1791–1803)
7. David Knowlton (<1801–>1835)
8. Elizabeth Knowlton (<1801– )
9. Benjamin Knowlton (<1805– )

Mary died after May 21, 1819 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States, aged about 55.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch: 4 December 2014, Mary Pulcifer, 23 Aug 1763; citing GLOUCESTER, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,641, 823,642.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch: 4 December 2014, Moses Knowlton and Polley Pulcifer, 27 Dec 1781; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0823641 V. 1-2.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHH-NY4 : 28 July 2021), Polley Pulcifer in entry for Moses Knowlton, 1781.

See also:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 15 p. 178
• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KT3Z-192
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-FNQ : 15 January 2020), Mary Pulcifer, 1763.