Margery Knowlton

Her name was not Wilson it was Kennon or Kening. The family lived in the far western suburbs of London. John Knowlton and Margery Kennon were married in 1632 in London.

Different parents: Luke Kenninge and Anne (Rayner) Kenninge

Margerie (Kenninge) Knowlton aka Kenning aka Margery

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Margerie (Kenninge) Knowlton

Born about May 1602 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England

Daughter of Luke Kenninge and Anne (Rayner) Kenninge

Sister of Katheryne Kenninge [half], Tomasina Kenninge [half], Ursula Kenninge, Matthew Kenninge,

Elizabeth (Kenninge) Wilson and	Jane Kenninge

Wife of John Knowlton — married 12 Jun 1632 in Saint Matthew, London, England

Mother of John Knowlton Sr., Elizabeth Knowlton, Thomas Knowlton and Abraham Knowlton

Died about 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 16 Mar 2019 | Created 10 Aug 2017

Disputed surname

Margery was not a Wilson (as she is in Stocking); that is her sister, Elizabeth.

Biography

Margery, the wife of John Knowlton, has long been identified as Margery Wilson.[1]This was due to the line in her will making "my brother Wilson my overseer."

Research has proved this to be an error. From the will of Jane Kenning of Ipswich, 14 Feb 1653: "do make my two sisters Elisabeth Wilson and Margery Knowlton to be my Executrixes...to John Knowlton ... and to the rest of my sisters Children .... Elisabeth Knowlton Elisabeth Wilson Seaborne Wilson, & Abraham Knowlton ... To my brother Wilsons sone Thomas .... & the rest for my mothers use during her life ..."[2]

Margerie, daughter of L___ Keininge (spelling unclear) was baptized 30 May 1602, at St. John the Baptist Church, Hillingdon, England[3] The marriage of Luke Kenninge and Ami Raynor had taken place a few years earlier, verifying his first name and identifying her mother.[4]

The marriage of Margery Kenning and John Kolton took place 12 June 1632, at Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, England.[5]

Will of Margery Knowlton, dated 20 Feb 1653

This is to certify that I, Margery Knowlton, widow, do make my Bro. Thomas Knowlton, executer to use and assigne in my steade to fulfill my husband’s Will, and also for myselfe to give to my children according to our Wills for my household doe give equally to be devided between my three children John, Abraham, and Elizabeth. Only I give my gread Byble to John and all my wearing apparell to Elizabeth, and an iron pott with a bed ticke that is hers and 20s that is John’s and two candlesticks that are Abrahams and I make Mr. Treadwell and my brother Wilson my overseers. Also Abraham is to have the yearne and cloth to make two shifts and to have a new hatt. The Marke of margery Knowlton. The 3 wer made before she set her hand.

Proved in Courte held at Ipswich the 28th of March 1654 by the oath of Theopolis Wilson Elizabeth Wilson and Wm. Treadwell. Before me Robert Lord, Cleric.[1][6][7]

Children listed in Margery's will.

John Knowlton Abraham Knowlton Elizabeth Knowlton Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Stocking, Rev. Charles Henry Wright. D.D. The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. Vol 2. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1897. ↑ Dow, George Francis. The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916 Link at Ancestry ($) pp. 165/66 Link at Archive ↑ Ancestry.com Baptism Records London Metropolitan Archives, St John the Baptist, Hillingdon, Composite register: baptisms Feb 1560 - Aug 1668, marriages Oct 1559 - Apr 1656, burials Apr 1559 - Feb 1657, DRO/110/001 - Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. ↑ Ancestry.com Marriage Records London Metropolitan Archives, St John the Baptist, Hillingdon, Composite register: baptisms Feb 1560 - Aug 1668, marriages Oct 1559 - Apr 1656, burials Apr 1559 - Feb 1657, DRO/110/001 - Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. ↑ Ancestry.com England Select Marriages Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. ↑ Dow, George Francis. The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916 pp. 163/64 Link at Archive ↑ The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 5. Sidney Perley, editor. Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian, 1901 p. 52

Ancestry.com Family Tree TheTreeDr-Three (previous sources and commentary) "Memoir of Col. Thomas Knowlton, with a Genealogy of the Knowlton Family." NEHGR Vol 15 (1861) p 344.