Knowlton Name Study
Surname/tag: Knowlton
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To join the Knowlton name study simply add your name and a description of what you are working on below. Or contact the project leader Barry weetman. You can also post a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!
Goals
This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about the Knowlton surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.
Knowlton Background and Sources
Much of the information on the Internet is based on the 1897 family genealogy, The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America by the Reverend Charles Henry Wright Stocking.While the "Stocking Bible" contains some excellent information on 19th century Knowltons, it was so riddled with errors on 18th century and earlier Knowltons that George Henry Knowlton published an Errata and Addenda to Dr. Stocking's genealogy only six years later. Both the Stocking Genealogy and the Errata are available at the link above; the Genealogy is searchable but as yet we have not had the Errata scanned with OCR. Physical copies of both books are also available on-demand from Amazon.
The two books together make for a fairly accurate work, but even they do not dispel the biggest "Knowlton Myth," which is the connection between the three Knowlton brothers who emigrated from England to Ipswich, MA in the 1630s to a noble family of Knowltons in Kent through the supposed father of the three brothers, Captain William Knowlton. See Captain Bill's entry for details, but the summary is that he never existed; the Kent family are Knowldens, not Knowltons; and DNA testing has established that there is no link between them and that the Knowlton brothers were born to tradesmen in Uxbridge in West London.
Many personal trees on Ancestry.com and Rootsweb are straight out of Stocking and reproduce this and numerous other errors. A great deal of research from the 1980s on has been organized through the Knowlton Rootsweb Mailing List, primarily by Elizabeth Knowlton (Rootsweb/Worldconnect) on the descendants of John (2) and Wendy Mulligan (Ancestry.com, membership required) on the descendants of William (3) though members from both sides have been instrumental in furthering research and analysis.
What You Can Do
The current status of Wikitree Knowlton entries is inconsistent as the best sources at the moment are those two individual trees. Efforts are underway to update all of the Knowltons from Stocking with the latest research from Rootsweb and Ancestry, but as there are thousands of them, this is a significant undertaking.
If you encounter a Knowlton that is unsourced or poorly sourced (or well-sourced but with spaghetti source layout from a GEDCOM), you can search for them on either or both of the two primary Knowlton databases above and update the corresponding Wikitree entry. While there is no standard format enforced, we recommend appropriate categorization and an easy-to-read layout of sources. For an example, see Nathan Knowlton (A12). For questions or assistance with this project, please contact Samuel Knowlton.
Another very important aspect of Knowlton genealogical research is the FTDNA Knowlton DNA Project on FTDNA
DNA testing has demonstrated with certainty that the descendants of John Knowlton (2) and William Knowlton (3) are not related through the male line. John's line falls into haplogroup R1b, while William's falls into haplogroup T. Current thinking as of August 2017 is that the initial three brothers (John, William, and Deacon Thomas) were biological brothers due to the lack of any indication in England (including the will of their kinsman, Ralph) that would hint otherwise. The likely source of the irregularity is John (5) but please see the DNA project link for additional details.
Members
Add your name here and what you are working on if you would like to join.
- Sean Benjamin - My focus will likely be Knowltons in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Jasper Knowlton in Newfoundland is a big brick wall of mine, and I'm also descended from Daniel Knowlton, a New England Planter who migrated from Connecticut to Nova Scotia in 1760.
- Bill Bilkey I connect at my 6th Great Grandparents: Miriam Marjorie Knowlton 1750 Ashford, CT, USA m. James Lockhart 1751 New England Colonies, USA and emigrated to Horton Nova Scotia, Canada in 1761 where he married Miriam Marjorie Knowlton on 6 Sept, 1771 Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. Miriam Marjorie Knowlton was the Daughter of Captain Daniel Knowlton 1726 and Zerviah Watkins 1728 m. 7 Nov 1745 in Ashford, CT, USA.
- Karen Knowlton - Descendant of Robert and Ruth Knowlton
- Michelle Knowlton) Perry -
- Samuel Knowlton - Compiling research from off-wikitree, e.g. Rootsweb & Knowlton mailing list and transferring it to Wikitree.
- Ray Jones I am a descendant of Margery Knowlton - Knowlton-522 who is possibly the daughter of Jared Knowlton and his first wife Abia of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
- Barry Sweetman - Knowltons from England, New England, and Canada.
Knowlton DNA Project
The Knowlton DNA Project is being hosted at FTDNA Knowlton DNA Project
Subprojects
Current Research (Timothy Knowlton (S71) c. 1716)
This research and associated images have been moved to The Knowltons of 1700 in New England.
Task List
- Enter your Knowltons ancestors.
- Upload photos of your Knowlton ancestors.
- Connect all Knowltons to the main tree.
- Find and enter notable Knowltons.
- Make sure all Knowltons are sourced.
- Choose a Knowlton already in the tree and enter all of their Knowlton descendants.
- Add the template or category to important people with the Knowlton surname.
- Choose a location and enter all Knowlton family members that live there.
- If you are a male Knowlton and have had your Y-DNA tested, enter your test information on Wikitree.
- If you are descended from a Knowlton and have had your Autosomal DNA done, upload your data to Gedmatch and enter your test information on Wikitree so we can confirm relationships with triangulation.
Template
If the individual is a significant member of the Knowlton family add this categorization above the biography section:
- "{{One Name Study|name=Knowlton|space=Knowlton_Name_Study}}"
Categories
To categorize your Knowlton ancestors please refer to the Knowlton categorizations and pick the most accurate category you can find. You may request to have categorizations added by contacting the administrator Barry Sweetman
Otherwise just include this category:
- "[[Category: Knowlton_Name_Study]]"
Helpful Wikitree Links
- Knowlton Name Study Category - Lists all people and pages related to the name study.
- Knowlton surname list - A list of all the Knowltons on Wikitree.
- Unconnected Knowlton - These not connected to the main tree.
- Unsourced Knowltons - These Knowltons are in need of sources.
- Recent Activity - Changes made to Knowlton profiles in the last week.
- The Knowltons of 1700 in New England A collection of research notes from Wendy Mulligan and Elizabeth Knowlton on the Knowlton lines in New England between 1700 and 1800
Other Links
The Knowlton Ancestry Google Group succeeded the Rootsweb mailing list in February of 2018 and is open to the public.
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I'm also particularly interested in trying to learn more about Edward K. Knowlton Jr. born around 1908. [Knowlton-1203] There is uncertain information about his possible marriage and his death. I learned growing up (told to me by his sister, my grandmother) that he had died as a young man, but I have not been able to find any certain confirmation of his death date or location or any grave marker.
Also, I'm trying to find death dates and the burial locations of Edward Knowles Knowlton [Knowlton-1201] and his wife Florence "Flossie" Nichols Johnson [Unknown-381540] and Edward's father Daniel Robert Knowlton [Knowlton-1200] and his mother Caroline "Carrie" [Smith-134558].
My grandmother, who was very proud of her Knowlton ancestry and active in the DAR, seemed to indicate that there was some tragedy in her immediate family history, but which she never talked about explicitly, and the fact that it is so difficult to find much information on her brother, her parents or her paternal grandparents makes me think her branch of the family experienced difficult circumstances.
Feel pretty good about my data to Thomas Knowlton Ipswich, Essex, MA, US m. Marjory Goodhue 1671 on 2 Dec, 1692 in MA, USA but not clear going back from there.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knowlton-109
I am a descendant of Margery Knowlton - Knowlton-522 who is possibly the daughter of Jared Knowlton and his first wife Abia of Connecticut and Massachusetts. I would like to join this project. Thanks.