Selected Families and Individuals


Elisha Knowlton [Parents] was born 1 on 5 Jun 1767 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass. He died 2 before 1847. Elisha married Lydia Chamberlin.

Lydia Chamberlin 1. Lydia married Elisha Knowlton.

2. Elisha, b. June 5, 1767, m. Chamberlin, of Dublin.


Elias Knowlton [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 14 May 1769 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass. Elias married Hannah Fisk.

Other marriages:
Fisk, Lydia

#913 in Stocking. Page 77 (913). Elias settled in Warwick, Mass., in 1800. His two wives were sisters, daughters of Asa Fisk of Holliston, Mass. He m. Lydia Fisk Aug. 2, 1788, not 1789. For their family see Errata, page 166.

Hannah Fisk 1. Hannah married Elias Knowlton.

They had the following children.

  M i
Simeon Knowlton was born on 31 Oct 1779.

Elias Knowlton [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 14 May 1769 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass. Elias married 3 Lydia Fisk on 2 Aug 1788.

Other marriages:
Fisk, Hannah

#913 in Stocking. Page 77 (913). Elias settled in Warwick, Mass., in 1800. His two wives were sisters, daughters of Asa Fisk of Holliston, Mass. He m. Lydia Fisk Aug. 2, 1788, not 1789. For their family see Errata, page 166.

Lydia Fisk 1 died 2 on 14 Dec 1802. Lydia married 3 Elias Knowlton on 2 Aug 1788.

They had the following children.

  M i
James Knowlton 1 was born 2 on 6 Jun 1791.
  F ii
Sally Knowlton was born 1 on 27 Feb 1795.
  F iii
Lucinda Knowlton was born 1 in 1798.

Luther Knowlton [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 14 Feb 1773. Luther married 3 Prudence Dadmun on 28 Dec 1800.

Stockings #916.

Prudence Dadmun 1. Prudence married 1 Luther Knowlton on 28 Dec 1800.


Jesse Knowlton [Parents] was born 1 before 1775. Jesse married 2 Polly Blake on 7 May 1794 in Holliston, Massachusetts.

Possibly married Polly Blake on 7 May 1794 and had a daughter "Betcy" born 24 Oct 1794, as listed in the book Holden Births (image of page 59 from Carol Miner). Same Jesse and Polly had Harriet Newell on 9 Sep 1814 in Holden. Also Leonard, b 30 May 1796, Polly, b 19 Dec 1797, Sukey (daughter), b 5 Oct 1799.

From 1820 census. 1 son age 10-16. 1 daughter under 10. 2 daughters 10-16.

Polly Blake 1. Polly married 2 Jesse Knowlton on 7 May 1794 in Holliston, Massachusetts.

Of Holden.

They had the following children.

  F i Betsy Knowlton was born on 24 Oct 1794. She died on 4 Apr 1875.

Daniel Knowlton [Parents]. Daniel married 1 unknown about 1714.

Sockings #67. Stockings Errata seems to disconnect Daniel from the descendants of Captian William (#1), But genetic testing places him in the family of John (#11) and Bertha Edwards. The original Stocking publication had him a son of Daniel #17.

unknown. unknown married 1 Daniel Knowlton about 1714.

The Stocking Errata rejects Borguilla Lamb as the wife of this Daniel.  Note the similarity of spelling with a male Borzillai Lamb, husband of Sarah Knowlton (S 182).

They had the following children.

  F i Ruth Knowlton was born in 1715.
  M ii Daniel Knowlton was born in 1717. He died on 15 Sep 1782.
  F iii Sarah Knowlton.

Deacon John Knowlton [Parents] was born 1 on 24/24 Jan 1744/1745 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass. He died 1 in Apr 1835. John married 2 Martha Jennings on 20/20 Apr 1768/1769.

John, s. Dan[i]el, bp. Oct. 27, 1745. C.R.1 in Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 By Holliston (Mass.).

Martha Jennings [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 15 Aug 1748 in Holliston, Massachusetts. Martha married 1 Deacon John Knowlton on 20/20 Apr 1768/1769.


Ephraim Bigelow was born 1 on 28 Dec 1757 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died 1 on 14 Mar 1834. Ephraim married 1 Mary Knowlton on 8 Mar 1781.

Found on http://bigelow.simplenet.com/rod/eph54511.htm. They settled at Holliston after the Revolutionary War, in which Ephraim served.

Mary Knowlton [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 14 Jul 1752 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Mass. She died 3 on 20 Aug 1839 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary married 3 Ephraim Bigelow on 8 Mar 1781.


Philip Metcalf 1 was born on 2 Oct 1756. Philip married Anna Knowlton.

Anna Knowlton [Parents] was born 1 about 1752 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass. Anna married Philip Metcalf.


Daniel Knowlton [Parents] was born in Holliston, Massachusetts. Daniel married 1 Abigail Marshall on 11 Nov 1781.

Abigail Marshall 1. Abigail married 1 Daniel Knowlton on 11 Nov 1781.

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