Cathy, In this email, I will list the bare bones of your Knowlton pedigree and will mail you more details. This information is from THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE KNOWLTONS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA by Charles Henry Wright Stocking, Knickerbocker Press, 1897. It was so full of errors that a few years later an ERRATA AND ADDENDA was published by George Knowlton. However, our list members are still coming up with documents to correct both these books. I will start with Arie/Ayera and work backwards. The numbers in ( ) are the numbers assigned to the persons in Stocking's HISTORY. Arie or Ayera Knowlton b 1874 Coffey Co, KS (1652) Atwood Jackson Knowlton b ca 1828 Nobleboro, Lincoln Co, ME (615) Joseph Knowlton b ca 1792 in ME married Susan Redlaw or Ridlow (231C) Andrew Knowlton b 1750 in MA, perhaps Beverly. Married Ruth Ridlow or Redlaw. He was a soldier in Revolutionary War. (121) Samuel Knowlton b Ipswich, MA 1726 married Anna Fellows. He moved up to Maine around 1776 with most of his family. (74) Nathaniel Knowlton b 1683 in Ipswich, MA. Married 1) Mary Bennett 1703 2) Mrs. Reform Trescott Jewett, a widow, bef 1719. Reform was the mother of Samuel. (19) Nathaniel Knowlton b 1658/9 in Ipswich, MA. Married Deborah Jewett 1682. Nathaniel was the half brother of my ancestor Ephraim Knowlton, b 1676 (24A). (5) John Knowlton, b 1633 in Ipswich, MA. Married 1) Deborah [Grant?] (2) John Knowlton, b 1610 in England Married Marjery or Marjory Wilson (1) William Knowlton who was supposedly married to Ann Elizabeth Smith and died on the way to America. This last bit is mostly hearsay handed down through generations with no real proof. WHATEVER YOU READ ON THE WEB AND ELSEWHERE ABOUT ANYTHING FURTHER BACK IS NOT PROVEN AND QUITE OBVIOUSLY WRONG. These people were yeoman farmers, not any kind of gentry, and did not leave many records. They worked as shoemakers and the like in Massachusetts. Elizabeth W. Knowlton