Capt. William Knowlton

M, b. 1584, d. circa 1639
     Capt. William Knowlton was born in 1584 at England.1 Traditionally the name Knowlton reached back to the time of William the Conqueror, 1066-87. William Knowlton, commonly called Captain William, was the last of four children of Richard and Elizabeth Knowlton. Richard Knowlton was born in 1553, probably at Knowlton Manor about six miles from the great cathedral at Canterbury, Kent County, England. Richard married Elizabeth Cantize on 17 July 1577.2 William married Ann Elizabeth Smith ??? 1608 at in England .3 He died circa 1639 at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Captain William and his family sailed for America in 1632. Stocking's Knowlton History indicated Capt. William died during this voyage and may have been buried in Nova Scotia where an ancient gravestone bearing the name of William Knowlton was discovered by a land surveyor in 1839. However, subsequent research by George Knowlton makes it more probable that William reached Hingham and died there about 1639..4

Family

Ann Elizabeth Smith b. ??? 1586, d. 8 Oct 1675
Children

Citations

  1. [S597] Rev. Charles Henry Wright Stocking, History & Genealogy of Knowltons of England and America (as corrected by Errata and Addenda by George Henry Knowlton, 1903), Part 1, p.3.
  2. [S550] Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols, Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, p.10. Cites "Knowlton Ancestry" compiled by Rev. C.H.W.Stocking of Freehold, NJ, publishedc 1897, as the source of this information.
  3. [S333] Assumption:, Date of marriage guessed from birthdate of children.
  4. [S215] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, pp.1-2.

Ann Elizabeth Smith

F, b. ??? 1586, d. 8 October 1675
     Ann Elizabeth Smith was born ??? 1586 in in England.1

Ann married Capt. William Knowlton ??? 1608 in in England.2 After William Knowlton's death, Ann married John Tucker on 11 June 1649 at Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. John had 3 children from a previous marriage but no children with Ann..3 Ann died on 8 October 1675. Widow Ann Tucker left a will dated 21 Sept 1675, proved 26 Oct 1675..4

Family 1

Capt. William Knowlton b. 1584, d. c 1639
Children

Family 2

John Tucker b. ??? 1585, d. 5 Aug 1662

Citations

  1. [S333] Assumption:, Date of birth guessed from birthdate of husband.
  2. [S333] Assumption:, Date of marriage guessed from birthdate of children.
  3. [S598] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, p.2. Association with widow of Capt. William Knowlton based on strong circumstantial evidence.
  4. [S598] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, pge.2.

John Tucker

M, b. ??? 1585, d. 5 August 1662
     John Tucker was born ??? 1585.1

John married Ann Elizabeth Smith on 11 June 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. John had 3 children from a previous marriage but no children with Ann..2

John died on 5 August 1662.3

Family

Ann Elizabeth Smith b. ??? 1586, d. 8 Oct 1675

Citations

  1. [S333] Assumption:, Date of birth guessed from birthdate of wife's previous husband.
  2. [S598] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, p.2. Association with widow of Capt. William Knowlton based on strong circumstantial evidence.
  3. [S598] George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, p.2.