Thomas Knowlton III (1670 - 1730)

Born 11 May 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Unknown) Knowlton — married about 1693 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Susanna (Unknown) Knowlton — married about 1698 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1730 at age 60 in Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas Knowton III was born on 11 May 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2]

Birth

11 May 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Property

• 2 July 1692 (Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay) Receives from his father, Thomas, a bequest of a portion of his house in a document. Stocking calls this his "will" and has only a very brief transcription; needs additional research.^[3]

Marriage

• ca. 1693 (Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts) to Mercy (d. 1694)^[2]
• ca. 1698 (Ipswich, Essex Co, or Norwich, CT) to Susannah ?^[4]

Residence

• 1698 (Norwich, New London, CT). Thomas probably moved to Norwich with his father when his father sold the family home and land in Ipswich.
• 1705 (East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut) Purchased a farm in East Haddam^[2]

Military Service

• 1706 (East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT) Commissioned as a military officer (lieutenant) of the train brand at Haddam on the east side of the river.^[5]

Other

• Agreement (12 Mar 1699, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA). Thomas and his wife Susannah are named in a document which appears to be some kind of agreement with John Califfe who had purchased Thomas' father's Thomas' house and land in 1698.

Death

• 25 Sep 1730 (East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut). Probate Place: Hartford, CT.^[4][6]

• Stocking gives this Thomas a 3rd wife, Sarah Benjamin, but there is no wife Sarah mentioned in his will; only Susannah.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT (2011)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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 25)
3. ↑ The Will of Thomas Knowlton, Son of William/Agreement with Jos. C Ancestry.com (this is an image of pg. 568 of Stocking which is available from the previous source link)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc (2012). Provo, UT
5. ↑ The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT (2005)
6. ↑ Connecticut State Library. Connecticut Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT (2015)

• Notes and Queries, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1885) Vol. 39, Page 387