William KNOWLTON b. Abt 18 Mar 1603/04 , , Middlesex County, England d. Bef 26 Jun 1655 , Essex County, Massachusetts,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1604 - Bef 1655 (~ 51 years)

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Name	William KNOWLTON [1, 2]
Birth	Abt 18 Mar 1603/04	, , Middlesex County, England [1, 2]
Christening	18 Mar 1603/04	Uxbridge, , Middlesex, England [3]
Gender	Male
_UID	C61DD56F2AC249C19358663C9E463622E6B5
Immigration	Between 1632 and 1634	, , Nova Scotia, Canada [4]
From London, England with his father and mother
Residence	1642	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [4]
Death	Bef 26 Jun 1655	, Essex County, Massachusetts, [4, 5]
Probate	26 Jun 1655	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, [6]
William died in 1654/5, intestate, in Massachusetts, most likely Ipswich, Essex County, and in the 26 June 1655 court of Salem administration was granted to his brother Deacon Thomas Knowlton, "to whom is committed ye care of ye widow and children."[9] His estate was inventoried 17 July 1655, and estimated at 37.2.1. His debts amounted to 27.14.1.
Person ID	I7226	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	2 Apr 2022

Father	Robert KNOWLTON, b. Abt 1565, , , Herefordshire, England d. 1634, Uxbridge, , Middlesex, England (Age ~ 69 years)
Mother	Mary, b. Abt 1570 d. Bef 4 Nov 1622 (Age ~ 52 years)
Marriage	Abt 1586
Family ID	F2166	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth, b. Abt 1620, , , , England d. Aft 1668 (Age ~ 49 years)

Marriage Abt 1640 [2]

Children

	1. Thomas KNOWLTON, b. Abt 1642 d. Abt 1717 (Age ~ 75 years)
	2. William KNOWLTON, b. 1644, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 15 Mar 1717/18, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age 74 years)
+	3. John KNOWLTON, b. Abt 2 Jun 1644, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 14 Aug 1728, Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 84 years)
+	4. Samuel KNOWLTON, b. 1647, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. Feb 1696/97, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age 50 years)
	5. Benjamin KNOWLTON, b. 1649, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Joseph KNOWLTON, b. Abt 1651, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Mary KNOWLTON, b. 1653, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. Aft 1700 (Age 48 years)

Family ID F2156 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Mar 2022

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 18 Mar 1603/04 - , , Middlesex County, England
	Christening - 18 Mar 1603/04 - Uxbridge, , Middlesex, England
	Immigration - From London, England with his father and mother - Between 1632 and 1634 - , , Nova Scotia, Canada
	Residence - 1642 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,
	Death - Bef 26 Jun 1655 - , Essex County, Massachusetts,
	Probate - 26 Jun 1655 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I7226&tree=tree1: accessed 7 April 2025), "William KNOWLTON."

Sources

[S2677] Charles Henry Wright Stocking, The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vols. (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897), (https://archive.com: 2009), 18-20. accessed 27 Mar 2022.
[S2683] Knowlton, Finding Knowltons., (https://findknowltons.com/ : 2022), accessed 29 Mar 2022), William (S3) b. 1604 Middlesex, England
[S2680] "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812." Database and images., (Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2010.), (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Mar 2022); Willm Knowlton Baptism, 18 Mar. 1603/4; citing London Metropolitan Archives, London, England, Reference Number: DRO/010/001; digital image 18 of 98.
[S2677] Charles Henry Wright Stocking, The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Internet Archive. Digital images. 2 vols. (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897), (https://archive.com: 2009), 18-22. accessed 27 Mar 2022.
[S2675] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and addenda to Dr. Stocking's History and genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Boston: The Everett Press Co., 1903), (https://archive.org: 2008), 3-4. accessed 27 Mar 2022.
[S2679] Massachusetts. Quaterly Courts (Essex County), editor, Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Internet Archive. Digital images. 9 vols. (1656, Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute,1911), (https://archive.org/details/recordsandfiles00massgoog/page/404/mode/2up: 1 Feb 2008), 1: 404. accessed 28 Mar 2022.