Individual Details

William Knowlton

(1583/84 - Bet 6 Jun 1631 and 1632)

Family History: New England Families #2 Captain William Knowlton, father of John, was at least part owner of a vessel in which he, with his wife and children, sailed to America. He died on the voyage, and a gravestone erected to his memory still stands in Shelburne, Canada. His wife and children moved to Hingham, Massachusetts. Captain

Events

Birth1583/84Chiswick, Middlesex, England
Marriage1611/12England - Anne Elizabeth Smith
DeathBet 6 Jun 1631 and 1632At Sea, Annapolis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Immigration1632
Title (Nobility)Captain

Families

SpouseAnne Elizabeth Smith (1585 - 1674)
ChildJohn Knowlton (1609 - 1653)
ChildSamuel Knowlton (1610 - 1655)
ChildRobert Knowlton (1612 - )
ChildWilliam Knowlton (1614 - 1655)
ChildMary Knowlton (1616 - )
ChildThomas Knowlton (1620 - )
FatherRichard Knowlton (1533 - )
MotherElizabeth Cantize ( - )
SiblingGeorge Knowlton (1578 - )
SiblingStephen Knowlton (1580 - )
SiblingThomas Knowlton (1582 - )

Endnotes

1. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume: III (n.p: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York - Chicago, 1907, n.d), 17.

2. Edward Preston, A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut (n.p: Edward Preston, Nevada City, California, 1899, n.d), 45.

3. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume: III (n.p: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York - Chicago, 1907, n.d), 17.

4. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume: III (n.p: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York - Chicago, 1907, n.d), 19.

5. Edward Preston, A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut (n.p: Edward Preston, Nevada City, California, 1899, n.d), 45.

6. Edward Preston, A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut (n.p: Edward Preston, Nevada City, California, 1899, n.d), 45.

7. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume: III (n.p: The Lewis Publishing Company, New York - Chicago, 1907, n.d), 17.