FIRST GENERATION 1. Catherine Alice CHUBB was born about 1903. SECOND GENERATION 2. Samuel D. CHUBB. He was married to Alice RANOUS in 1902. 3. Alice RANOUS was born on 9 May 1882 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died in Mar 1906. She was buried in Center Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. First Ladies From Ashfield's History, by Mary Priscilla Howes and the Ashfield Historical Society. Published by the Ashfield Historical Society, 1983. p. 14. Married when she was 20, and she and her husband moved to southern California. She died of tuberculosis. Samuel D. CHUBB and Alice RANOUS had the following children: 1 i. Catherine Alice CHUBB. THIRD GENERATION 6. William V. RANOUS. He was married to Dora THOMPSON on 26 May 1881 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. 7. Dora THOMPSON was born in 1859 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 19 Jan 1916 in New York City, New York, New York. William V. RANOUS and Dora THOMPSON had the following children: 3 i. Alice RANOUS. FOURTH GENERATION 14. Alexander Hamilton THOMPSON. He was married to Augusta Comfort KNOWLTON on 14 Nov 1854 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. 15. Augusta Comfort KNOWLTON was born on 25 Nov 1831 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Alexander Hamilton THOMPSON and Augusta Comfort KNOWLTON had the following children: 7 i. Dora THOMPSON. FIFTH GENERATION 30. Dr. Charles KNOWLTON. First Ladies From Ashfield's History, by Mary Priscilla Howes and the Ashfield Historical Society. Published by the Ashfield Historical Society, 1983. p. 8. Author of a controversial pamphlet called "The Fruits of Philosophy" published in the 1830's. This pamphlet dealt with the evils of over-population among the poor, and it advocated birth control. The Queen of England in 1872 imprisoned two people for distributing this literature among the lower classes in Great Britain. Dr. Knowlton did not back down. One author said he felt that there had been "intemperate criticism from many conventional thinkers." He was married to Tabitha F. STUART on 17 Apr 1821 in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts. 31. Tabitha F. STUART. Dr. Charles KNOWLTON and Tabitha F. STUART had the following children: 15 i. Augusta Comfort KNOWLTON. ii. Charles Lorenzo KNOWLTON was born on 3 May 1824 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts. iii. Lucy Melvinia KNOWLTON was born on 5 Aug 1826 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts.