This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5Mn.2ACEB/297.1.2 Message Board Post: There still seems to be a lot of mis-information about this family because they are not checking the Medway Mass, Vital Records. John's (964) Father (409) was the son of William Knowlton and Rachael Anderson, not Jonathan. Stocking and the Errata both get it wrong because they (also) did not check the Medway records that tell all. Info Follows: Descendants of William Knowlton Generation No. 1 1. William Knowlton (Jonathan, Daniel, John, John, William, Richard) was born Abt 1737 in Bp. Rec. In Hopkinton, MA. He married Rachael Anderson 9 Nov 1758 in Holliston, MA, daughter of John Anderson and Margaret Fisher. She was born 28 Mar 1740 in Medway, MA. More About William Knowlton: Comment: Part of Hopkinton, Mass became part of Holliston. Children of William Knowlton and Rachael Anderson are: i. Mary Knowlton, b. 29 May 1759, Rec. in Medway, MA; d. 15 May 1783, Rec. in Sherborn, MA. ii. Miriam Knowlton, b. 12 Dec 1761, Rec. in Medway, MA. (Stocking 409)iii. John Knowlton, b. 23 Feb 1763, Rec. in Medway, MA. iv. Keziah Knowlton, b. 15 Mar 1765, Rec. in Medway, MA. (Stocking 410)v. Isaiah Knowlton, b. 22 May 1767, Rec. in Medway, MA; d. 24 Nov 1842, East Sangerville, ME; m. Jemima Johnson, 25 May 1796, Framingham, MA; b. Abt 1770, MA; d. 2 Mar 1854, East Sangerville, ME. Notes for Isaiah Knowlton: Some children of Isaiah and Jemima had births (and death of Leonard) registered in Framingham, MA, however they lived in Sherborn. Sherborn did not have registrations at the time and therefore the vital records were recorded in other towns. Isaiah was listed as the son of John (Stocking #184) That may have been inferred from Sherborn records. However, the key to Isaiah's lineage is recorded in Medway, MA, Medway Births, Pg 85. He was the son of William Knowlton (of Holliston) and Rachael Anderson. vi. William Knowlton, b. 10 Feb 1770, Rec. in Medway, MA; d. 25 Feb 1770, Rec. in Medway, MA. vii. Josiah Knowlton, b. 10 Apr 1771, Rec. in Medway, MA; m. Meriam Draper, 13 Oct 1797, Dover, MA. viii. Kate Knowlton, b. 30 Nov 1773, Sherborn, MA. ix. Oliver Knowlton, b. 8 Jul 1779, Sherborn, MA. Sources 1. Medway, MA - Vital Records of Medway, Mass to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass, 1905. 2. Sherborn, MA Vital Records - Town Records. 3. Sherborn, MA Vital Records to the year 1850, Baldwin, Pub 1911, Marriages-Pg145 & Sherborn Town Records-"Mar in Framingham"