Person:William Knowlton (1)
William Knowlton
b.Abt 1615 England
d.Abt 1655 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Knowlton (add)
  1. William KnowltonAbt 1615 - Abt 1655
  2. Deacon Thomas KnowltonBet 1620 & 1622 - 1692
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1640
  1. Thomas KnowltonAbt 1641 - 1711
  2. William KnowltonAbt 1643 - 1717/18
  3. Captain John KnowltonAbt 1645 - 1728
  4. Samuel KnowltonAbt 1647 - Abt 1696/97
  5. Benjamin KnowltonAbt 1649 - 1690
  6. Joseph KnowltonAbt 1651 - Bef 1723
  7. Mary KnowltonAbt 1653 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Knowlton
Gender Male
Birth[5] Abt 1615 England
Marriage Est 1640 to Elizabeth Unknown
Occupation[1][2] Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBricklayer
Occupation? Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesTailor
Other[1] 1641/42 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesFreeman
Death[2] Abt 1655 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[2][6] 17 Jul 1655 Inventory
Ancestral File Number 30DN-BS

Common ancestor of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.[1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stocking, Charles Henry Wright. The history and genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. (New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1897)
    Pages 4, 21-22, 26.

    'William was a bricklayer, and resided in Ipswich. He was a member of the First Church of Christ (Congregational), and a freeman in 1641/2. ... He died in 1655, his estate being inventoried July 17, ...'

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Woodward, Ashbel, M.D. Memoir of Col. Thomas Knowlton: with a Genealogy of the Knowlton Family. new england historical and genealogical register. (1861)
    15:344, 1861.

    'William Knowlton was a bricklayer. ... He died in 1654 or 5. The inventory of his estate, taken July 17, 1655 ...'

  3.   The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    39:386-87, Notes and Queries, 1885.

    'In a deed of gift made by Thomas, Sen'r. [Deacon Thomas] to Thomas, Jr., dated 3 Dec 1688, Thomas, Sen'r. mentions Thomas, Jr, as "Thomas Knowlton, Junr., my brother William's eldest son." '

  4.   message 832, posted 11 Feb 2008 by Elizabeth Knowlton, in Knowlton Family Genealogy Forum, Genealogy.com online (http:/genforum.genealogy.com/knowlton/).

    'This will be brief, but enough men have participated in the familytree y-dna group to show us that the two supposed sons of the supposed Capt William Knowlton (1) are not brothers, John (2) and William (3), of Ipswich, MA. We have no proof of either's father or that a Capt Knowlton existed. Certainly no connection to a supposed Richard Knowlden and Elizabeth Cantize. And most specifically no relationship with the Paynton family who lived in the Manor house in the village of Knowlton, Kent, England.'

  5. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
    page 446.

    'KNOWLTON, William (1615-1655?) & Elizabeth [BALCH] (-living in 1655); b 1641, 10 Jan 1640/1?; Ipswich'

  6. ↑ Ipswich Court Records and Files. Essex antiquarian. (1904-1907)
    11:25,27.

    'Court, 25 : 7 : 1655. ...'
    'William Knowlton died intestate; and administration on his estate was granted to his brother Thomas Knowlton, to whom is committed ye care of ye widow and children.'

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