Hi, Juanita, Nice to hear from a recently-immigrated Knowlton line. Thanks for hanging in with us because we really are about 95% descended from that crowd in Ipswich, MA< USA. I used to foolishly think there were no Knowltons left in England after 1800. My, was I wrong! A good project would be to use the LDS 1880/1881 censuses of USA, Canada, and UK to create a database of Knowltons who were born in England or Ireland. You might use Excel or some similar program and have fields for First Name; Location at time of census; place of birth; age or est birthyear; relationships to others in database; religion when given; occupation; and so forth. You might include American male Knowltons who say their fathers were born in England or Ireland also. I am sure this would prove more and more useful as time goes on for all of you with recent English roots. And in the long run it might even prove useful to helping us Ipswich people determine our English roots also. Elizabeth Message text written by INTERNET:KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com >Hi there Knowlton's, I have been receiving the Knowlton newsletter for sometime and I thought I would write in to see if anyone can help me. My mother was a Knowlton. Her grandfather came to Canada in 1886 as a home child although he was about 20 years old. Barnardo's arranged his passage and he had to repay the organisation. His name was Alfred Walter Knowlton. He settled in the Shelburne Ontario area and was a very well respected member of the community from all accounts. Anyway his family was from England, St Pancras, Middlesex. His father was James(b. 1840 approx.) and he drowned in Bath in 1870. James married Letitia Stringer in 1858, in St Thomas, Stepney, England. I have found five children, including Alfred. I have traced this family to Joseph and Hannah Knowlton, who as far as I can tell had their first child in 1805 in Essex? or York(shire)?. Any help anyone can offer would be very, very much appreciated. I look forward to hearing something from anyone with thanks,-Juanita< Elizabeth W. Knowlton