John Knowlton, Sr.

John Knowlton

• Born about 1656 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Died 11 Sep 1720 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Son of John Knowlton Sr. and Deborah (Unknown) Knowlton
• Husband of Sarah (UNKNOWN) Knowlton — married 1677 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
• Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Knowlton — married about 1680 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Father of John Knowlton, Sarah (Knowlton) Ringe, Isaac Knowlton and Abraham Knowlton

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knowlton-139

Profile last modified 19 Mar 2019 | Created 22 May 2011

Essex Co. deposition shows him as 28 in 1684.

John was admonished in court for repeated disorderly behavior at meeting in the time of worship. [1]

John bought a house and land on South Main St. that passed to his son, Issac. The walkway and front yard area of the current Old Town Hill building at 30 South Main St. marks the location of his former home.

John was a shoemaker, like his father.

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knowlton-139 cites

1. Essex Co. Massachusetts Depositions, Vol. 5, pg. 311, 316.
2. Ancestry.com Massachusetts Archives Massachusetts Archives; Columbia Point, MA, USA; Index to the Deponent Records of the County of Essex, Massachusetts; Volume: 9; Page: 189 - Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp. Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1645-1686 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
3. Ancestry.com Death Records Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. Ancestry.com Probate Records John Knowlton, 27 Sep 1718. Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
5. Errata and Addenda to Dr. Stocking's HIstory and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. (Stocking ID: John 18). Page 10 (document attached) page 20 < AncestrySharing >

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His birth is not recorded in Ipswich VR.

Ipswich VR has John with these children:

• Sarah, d. John and Sarah, Sept. 19, 1685. married Daniel Ringe, jr., int. Mar. 22, 1711-2.