Reliance (Cole) Knowlton (abt. 1756 - 1780)

Born about 1756 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Knowlton — married 8 Oct 1779 in Colchester-Westchester, New London, Connecticut

Died 21 Jun 1780 at about age 24 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Reliance was born about 1756 in Chatham, Connecticut Colony, the daughter of Marcus Cole and Phoebe Scovill. Note that Reliance's birth record does not appear in the East Hampton (Chatham) Church records because those records begin with 1764 (see image on her father's profile page).

She married Joseph Knowlton on October 8, 1779 in Colchester, Connecticut. In the marriage record Joseph is said to be of Colchester and Reliance of Chatham.

The records of the Second Congregational Church of Colchester, Connecticut contain the following notation on June 21, 1780: "Alliance the wife of Joseph Knowlton died".

Contrary to what is shown in the Knowlton Genealogy, Reliance and Joseph had no children. All of Joseph's seven children were born to his third wife Thankful Gates.

Sources

• Early Connecticut Marriages Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
• Stocking, Rev. Charles Henry Wright. D.D. The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Vols.1, & 2. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1897. (Stocking ID 226)
• Greene (Green) Family of Plymouth Colony, Page 23; https://archive.org/details/greenegreenfamil01gree/page/n59
• Second Congregational Church, Colchester, Connecticut, Records; Family Search Archival Film No. 8199563, Image 61.