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Category: Dr. Stocking's Fictional Knowltons

Most of the children previously seen attached to Capt. William Knowlton, Sr. and his wife Ann Elizabeth Knowlton, also invented by Dr. Charles Stocking, actually belong with Robert Knowlton, shoemaker of Uxbridge and his wife Mary Knowlton as parents.

Updated 19 March 2025.

Research Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-114227

As William Knowlton is fictional, so too is his spouse, whom Stocking has as Ann Elizabeth Smith. See William's profile for details.

Notes from http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/know_index.html:

• [William Knowlton's] Spouse: Her identity is unknown. She would have likely been born by 1592 (18 years before first child.) They were likely married about 1605-10 in England. She likely was living in 1653, in America, as Thomas Knowlton's will of February, 14, 1653/4 says: "the rest for my mother's use during her life." Her first name or identity have not been established, that I am aware of.
• Torrey: Does not include this couple in his book.
• Knowltons in America:   Pg 20 "The English tradition is that her name was Ann Elizabeth Smith." The author gives no evidence of this identity nor of her family.
• Errata and Addenda:   Pg 2. Gives a presentation trying to make the case that Ann, widow of William "Nolton" of Hingham, who married John Tucker, and died October 8, 1675, is the immigrant widow and mother of the Knowlton brothers. However, he quotes portions of her will and she gives legacies to others who appear to be from her first marriage, not any of them being Knowltons that I know of.

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Ann Elizabeth (Smith) Knowlton (abt.1586-abt.1675)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-114227 : accessed 19 March 2025). cites
   1. Rev Charles Henry Wright Stocking DD, The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1897), Page 3
   2. George Henry Knowlton, Errata and Addenda to Dr. Stocking's History and Genealogy of the Knowltons: And A Supplement With Copies of Old Wills Administration Records, Etc. (Boston, Mass: The Everett Press Company, 1903), page 1.
   3. Preston, Edward M. A History of Captain Roswell Preston of Hampton, Connecticut (E.M. Preston, Nevada City, California, 1899) Page 45
2. Burial record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34381393/ann-elizabeth-knowlton Daughter of Richard & Elizabeth (Canty) Smith.
3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/L17N-Z4D

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