This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Knowlton,Despain Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.knowlton/502.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Great Great Grandfather was Joseph Knowlton but i'll have to check the dates,it may not be the same one.I do know he lived in Maine and he was a shipbuilder..I know he had a son named Atwood Knowlton,who was also listed as a shipbuilder in Nobleboro/Noblesboro,Maine..I have more info i'll just have to check my papers.I know my mother always told me her father was French and his name i'm not quite sure of Areyia/Ayrie or something like that,they called him Harry but we guessed it was because of his accent thats what they thought he was saying and he was the son of Atwood/A.T.Knowlton.Atwood married Indiana Despain,i think but i'll check to make sure...