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The History and Genealogy DEDICATION THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE KNOWLTONS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA BY THE REV. CHARLES HENRY WRIGHT STOCKING, D.D. PRINCIPAL OF FREEHOLD, N.J., LADIES SEMINARY "It were, indeed, a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory of it belongs to our ancestors."—PLUTARCH. COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY CHAS. H. W. STOCKING PREFACE. HE extraordinary stimulus given to researches in the genealogical field by the T various patriotic societies, is one of the happy signs of the times. The activities of commercial, and the blandishments of social life, the mad race for wealth and the pathetic struggle for the necessities of daily existence, the indifference of many to everything outside and beyond their own personal and narrow circle, and the lack of opportunity in others have, until quite recently, made the work of the genealogist an exceptional and unappreciated labor. When men are concerned only about their present condition and individual interests, caring nothing for ancestry or posterity, they live in a very small world, and, like the squirrel playing in its cage, fancy they are happy. But that which now is, is the result of what has been. " No man liveth unto himself and no man dieth unto himself " was the conclusion of an ancient and revered philosopher, and he who cares nothing for those whose transmitted name he bears, and who have written that name high up among the records of of the race, is lacking in the essentials of a self-respecting manhood. And the world has too many of this sort of people. But because there are others that cherish a legitimate pride of pedigree and of country, this history has been written. It represents the continuous labors of a few persons for about forty years, supplemented by the work of the historian who has sufficiently overcome indifference and discouragement to offer to the members of a large and honorable family this result of his researches. It does not claim to be a perfect and exhaustive record, nor is it likely to be free from errors. The careless manner in which some family records are prepared and kept, the tendency to substitute fiction for fact, the differences in names and dates of the same persons reported by different branches of the same family, and the refusal of other persons to answer inquiries at all, make it inevitable that mistakes will creep into the most carefully prepared genealogy. Accordingly, all persons interested in this particular history are invited to inform vi Preface the author of any authenticated errors, and he will correct them in a future supplement, adding the names, dates, and pedigree of all who are not herein included. He now submits this interesting result of his labors to the fair judgment of all members of the interesting and honored family whose distinguished record it has been his ambition to preserve, in the hope that it will meet with their cordial approbation. FREEHOLD, N. J., October, 1897. CONTENTS. THE KNOWLTONS OF ENGLAND i THE KNOWLTONS OF NEW ENGLAND 18 THE CANADA AND AMERICAN KNOWLTONS. 119 FAMILIES UNCLASSIFIED 498 ROYAL DESCENTS OF THE GRIFFITHS 513 THE KNOWLTONS OF NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK 547 WILLS AND DEEDS 557 EPITAPHS 569 THE KNOWLTON ASSOCIATION 595 vii ERRATA. Owing to the reception of sundry family records after the body of this work was in type, and individuals numbered, it became necessary to indicate supplemental names alphabetically, and, in a few cases, out of their numerical order. (45) Benjamin was killed in 1745. (247) d. young. His brother (250) m. Comfort Holman. (477) Miriam, m. James Lockhart. (1680) Edward, m. Cornelia Backus. (1683) Remove Dorcas Monahan to 1684. (1897) Erase Timothy from children of Moses. (1911) Read Anstice instead of Austice. (2093 c) Read Mehitable True. (3303) S. B. Slater. (3554) Erase death date. (3089) Chaffee, not Chaffer. (3090) Erase from Miriam's children. (5614) March 20. (6237) Froment family misnumbered. See Supplement. List of Illustrations xi PAGE MAJOR MINER N. KNOWLTON 460 INGERSOLL F. KNOWLTON, ENGINEER CORPS, U. S. N. 461 MRS. MARY LOUISA KNOWLTON GRIFFITH 464 SUMMER RESIDENCE OF MRS. GRIFFITH 466 GEORGE HENRY KNOWLTON 468 THE KNOWLTON HOMESTEAD, SING SING 474 MASTER EDGAR C. KNOWLTON 481 MR. ALBION KNOWLTON 484 KNOWLTON HOMESTEAD, NORTHWOOD, N. H 484 CITY RESIDENCE OF ALBION KNOWLTON, BOSTON . 484 NORMAN R. CORNELL, M.D. 485 THE COUNTESS SIERSTOPPFF 492 ELIZA KNOWLTON KEITH 493 WILLIAM HERRICK GRIFFITH 493 MARGARET FRANCES GRIFFITH 494 MASTER HENRY RANDOLPH KNOWLTON 497 CHARLES SUMNER KNOWLTON 497 NANCY THORNDYKE KNOWLTON FROMENT 514 REV. CHAS. H. W. STOCKING, D.D 594 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE COL. THOMAS KNOWLTON (ENGLAND) Frontispiece KNOWLTON HALI 2 THOMAS KNOWLTON, ANTIQUARIAN 6 LONDESBOROUGH HOUSE 8 ELIZABETH KNOWLTON WILSON 10 REV. CHARLES KNOWLTON 11 THE RIVER AIRE 12 KEIGHLEY CHURCH 13 EDENSOR 14 LISMORE CASTLE 15 MISS SARAH KNOWLTON 16 DARLEY HOUSE 16 TOMBS OF THE ENGLISH KNOWLTONS 17 OLD IPSWICH 19 JOHN KNOWLTON'S HOUSE 21 KNOWLTON POND 39 WILLIAM KNOWLTON'S GRAVE 49 HON. LUKE KNOWLTON . 58 LIEUT. DANIEL KNOWLTON 83 LIEUT. DANIEL KNOWLTON'S HOUSE 85 REVOLUTIONARY RELICS OF LIEUT. DANIEL KNOWLTON 86 SPOT WHERE KNOWLTON HEARD THE LEXINGTON ALARM 86 GRAVE OF LIEUT. DANIEL KNOWLTON 87 COL. THOMAS KNOWLTON AT BUNKER HILL 89 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 90 STATUE OF COL. THOMAS KNOWLTON 92 DANIEL KNOWLTON 105 MRS. HANNAH KNOWLTON 106 PANORAMA OF KNOWLTON, CANADA 118 MANASSAH KNOWLTON'S HOUSE 182 CHARLES BENJAMIN KNOWLTON, M.D 192 CAPT. MINER KNOWLTON, U. S. A 205 ix x List of Illustrations DANFORTH KNOWLTON 207 EDWIN KNOWLTON 208 JABEZ KNOWLTON 209 HON. PAUL HOLLAND KNOWLTON 235 REV. ISAAC C. KNOWLTON, D.D. 252 FRANCIS P. KNOWLTON 267 MARK D. KNOWLTON 269 ELIZA KNOWLTON COBURN 321 HON. WILLIAM KNOWLTON 322 REV. FARNHAM KNOWLTON 330 MYRON KNOWLTON, M.D 331 NATHANIEL KNOWLTON 332 GEORGE WASHINGTON KNOWLTON 334 MAJ. GEN. NATHANIEL LYON . 336 GEN. LYON'S MONUMENT 338 JAMES RUSSELL KNOWLTON 351 MISS BERTHA A. KNOWLTON 357 DANFORTH HENRY KNOWLTON 360 MINER ROCKWELL KNOWLTON 361 ROBERT R. KNOWLTON 362 SUMMER RESIDENCE OF MINER R. KNOWLTON 364 MRS. SARAH KNOWLTON FOSTER 384 JULIUS W. KNOWLTON 392 HON. HOSEA MORRILL KNOWLTON 401 GEORGE COGSWELL KNOWLTON 406 MR. JAMES KNOWLTON 408 MR. GEORGE KNOWLTON 410 GEORGE HARTWELL KNOWLTON 413 MAJOR WILLIAM KNOWLTON 415 WILLIAM ALLEN ANDREWS, JR 417 CHARLES PERRY LUFKIN 418 HON. EZRA SCOLLEY STEARNS 420 MR. MARCUS STEVENS 430 MISS EDITH KNOWLTON 449 EDWIN F. KNOWLTON 452 GEORGE W. KNOWLTON 452 MRS. CHARLOTTE KNOWLTON BACHELOR 453 EBEN J. KNOWLTON 454 EBEN B. KNOWLTON 454 DANIEL W. KNOWLTON 455 THE KNOWLTON FAMILY GENEALOGY CHAPTER I The Knowltons of England MONG the stories of the Middle Ages, there is a tradition of two brothers A enlisting in the service of William the Conqueror, and fighting so bravely during his invasion of Wales that they readily won their spurs. Having observed that they resided, the one on a hill and the other on a knoll, or lesser hill, the king, on investing them with the honors and insignia of knighthood, dubbed them Hill-ton and Knoll-ton. Whatever of truth may attach to this tradition, it is certain that the name is an ancient one, born out of its own native soil. A large proportion of English proper names has been suggested by local situations and associations, and of these the name Knowlton is one of the most striking, as it is one of the most ancient. The suffix ion is the old Saxon bin, town, so that in its primary use it meant the people, or town, on the knoll, but in process of time it lost this collective force, and was applied to the chief family, or personage, resident thereon. For the purpose both of government and revenue, the English people were grouped in Hundreds, so called because one hundred families were made to comprise one district, or borough. In Domesday Book, that curious and quaint record of estates and surveys which the Conqueror ordered in 1083, that he might know the extent of his realm and provide for the royal revenues, there was a Knowlton Hundred, originally but a mere hamlet in Dorsetshire, which became by royal appointment a Fair Town, and a rural centre of considerable importance. The original hamlet and manor have long since passed away, but the name survives, and its present boundaries include Knowlhill, Long Crichel, Crichel-Govis, Crichel-Lucy, All Saints, Boreson, Week Farm, Phillipston, and Woodlands. This estate was anciently held by Ansgar, and in Domesday Book the name is Chenoltone, while in subsequent books it is indifferently spelled Cnolton, Knolton, Knollton, Knowlton, Knoulton, Knowton, Knowlden,* Nowton, Noulton, and Nolton. A * Knowlden means, " at the foot of the knoll." 2 The Knowlton Genealogy careful inspection of the Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury and York reveals these varied spellings of the one and same name, for it is differently spelled in the same document, and by the same person. When the reader remembers that proper names were until a very recent date spelled phonetically, or according to their sound, he will find a ready explanation of these singular orthographies. Knowlton Parish and Knowlton Hall still designate a Manor and Baronial Residence in Kent County, six miles from the archiepiscopal city of Canterbury. It originally belonged to Odo, Bishop of Baieux, who was subsequently disgraced, and his property confiscated to the Crown. In the fifteenth year of the Conqueror, the estate was surveyed, and given to one of his followers, from whom it passed by Knight's service to Perot, and thence to other owners. In the thirty-third year of Edward the First, Perot assumed the title of Lord Knollton, an early example of the transfer of a proper name from the soil to its owner.
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