Person:Elias Knowlton (1)

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  • HElias Knowlton1769 - 1843
  • WLydia Fisk1772 - 1802
m. 2 Aug 1789
  1. Simeon Knowlton1789 - 1877
  2. James Knowlton1791 -
  3. Lyman Knowlton1793 - 1827
  4. Sally Knowlton1795 - 1795
  5. Child Knowlton1796 - 1796
  6. Linda Knowlton1798 -
  • HElias Knowlton1769 - 1843
  • WHannah Fisk1773 - 1822
m. Bef 1804
  1. Maryliza Knowlton1804 -
  2. Sarah Knowlton1805 - 1846
  3. Asa Knowlton1807 -
  4. Mercy Jones Knowlton1810 - 1891
  5. Emeline Knowlton1812 -
  6. Hannah Fisk Knowlton1814 - 1894
  7. Lydia Knowlton1816 - 1839
m. 2 May 1824
Facts and Events
Name Elias Knowlton
Gender Male
Birth[1][5] 14 May 1769 Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 2 Aug 1789 Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Fisk
Marriage Bef 1804 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Hannah Fisk
Marriage 2 May 1824 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Polly Woodbury
Death[2][3][4] 25 Jan 1843 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts, to the End of 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
    p. 90.

    KNOWLTON, Elias, s. Elias and Elisabeth, [born] May 14, 1769.

  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths which have taken place in the Town of Warwick for the year ending May 1, 1843
    Date of Death: January 25 1843
    Name: Elias Knowlton
    Age: 74 [birth about 1769]
    Occupation: Farmer
    Cause: Consumption

  3. Find A Grave: Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, MA, in Find A Grave
    Elias Knowlton.

    Mr.
    ELIAS KNOWLTON
    DIED
    Jan. 25, 1843
    in his 73 yr.

  4. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Franklin County). Probate dockets, records, and indexes, 1810-1971. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 1991)
    Case 7361 Elias Knowlton.

    14 Feb 1843: Bond of Jonathan Blake of Warwick as administrator of Elias Knowlton late of Warwick.
    17 Mar 1843: Inventory of Elias Knowlton Yeoman late of Warwick: $97.01, by Joseph Stevens, James Blake, James Goldsbury.
    25 Apr 1843: Petition of Polly Knowlton was the wife of Elias Knowleton at the time of his death, and estate will not cover just debts and funeral charges, requests an allowance out of the personal estate [allowed $8.53 per account].
    25 Apr 1843: First account of Jonathan Blake administrator of Elias Knowlton Yeoman late of Warwick, allowed.

  5. Source:Stocking, Charles H. W. History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America seems spectacularly wrong about parts of this branch of the Knowltons. It says Elias is the son of Elias Knowlton and Elizabeth Jennings, and he may be, but no marriage record can be found. Many of Elias's own children are erroneously attributed to his father, the father's residence is wrong, the father's death is wrong, etc., as pointed out in Source:Knowlton, George Henry. Errata and Addenda to Dr. Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America.
    The father Elias is attributed to Daniel Knowlton and Abigail Almy, married in 1743. His birthdate (not found in records) is supposed to be 1744, but the records show Daniel and Abigail baptizing three children by 1747 making 1749 about the earliest they could have had a son Elias, which then makes him under age when he his first child is born. So this source has essentially been ignored. Searches for deeds and probates has not been fruitful (no probate for Daniel, for the elder Elias, his wife Elizabeth is granted administration in 1784 but otherwise the file (Middlesex 13462) only contains an inventory, with no list of heirs to be found).