Thanks Kathy for the info., that helps. Have a bit of sortiing of all the data I have gathered. Will probably be in touch later. Dena P.S. Do you know whowere the parents of Bethia Edwards ? Kathleen Prior wrote: > > >Let me start with grandparents since my parents are a "no brainer". > >This is my maternal grandfathers side of the family so first I obtained his >birth certificate from Hamilton, Essex County, MA. This was easy. His name was >Clarence Stuart Knowlton, Jr. > >My g-grandparents were Clarence Stuart Knowlton, Sr. and Mabel Preston >Woodberry. I knew when both had died from family records. She died in 1908 >(very young) and he died in 1932. I got his birth certificate from Hamilton and >I got hers from Beverly, MA. Both certificates listed their parents. This >again was easy. > >My gg-grandparents, John Harrison Knowlton (originally Mears - he was adopted) >and Sarah Ann Knowlton, both from Hamilton, MA. Both births are listed in the >Hamilton Vital Records along with their parents. I am in the process of >transcribing Hamilton's Vital Records pages for John Slaugther's website ( >http://john-slaughter.rootsweb.com/VitalRecords ). > >My ggg-grandparents, Ira Patch Knowlton and Esther Lovering Appleton were also >listed in the Vital Records along with their marriage. I also have pictures of >their tombstones which connects the two as spouses. > >All of these generations were not brain surgery. They lived in the same house >for 6 generations. I have pictures of the family and the house dating back to >the 1800's. This portion of my entire family tree was the most "well" >documented until I reached my gggg-grandparents. > >My gggg-grandparents were the toughest link. I knew they were Edmund Knowlton, >Jr. and Lydia Patch but I had to prove they married. Their son Ira Patch >Knowlton's (my ggg-grandfather) birth certificate only lists his parents as >Edmund and Lydia Knowlton - no maiden name for her. (I was not transcribing the >Hamilton Records at the time I was proving this portion of my line - when I >received the Vital Records from John I saw their marriage listed) So I had to >go to Hamilton and hope to find their tombstone and pray that it would have some >sort of a connection and BINGO! it did. They have a joint tombstone which has >them listed as Edmund Knowlton and Lydia Patch Knowlton with exact birth and >death dates. Once I proved their relationship I was home free. > >The Mayflower Society needed proof of Edmund, Jr. and Lydia's marriage (which I >got) because they have the previous generations documented and they are as >follows: > >Edmund, Jr's parents were Edmund Knowlton, Sr. and Mary Austin (Mayflower >Society documented) > >Edmund, Sr's parents were Benjamin Knowlton, Jr. and Susanna Potter (Mayflower >Society documented) > >Benjamin, Jr's parents were Benjamin Knowlton, Sr. and Susanna Dutch (Susanna is >the granddaughter of Richard More and this is all documented through the >Mayflower Society) > >The remainder of the line I had from a family tree that my GG-Aunts worked on >back in the late 1800's. I have seen the same line on the internet in many >different trees so I am assuming that it's correct but we know what happens when >one assumes. > >Benjamin Knowlton's parents were John Knowlton and Bethia Edwards > >John's parents were William Knowlton and Elizabeth Balch > >William's parents were Capt. William Knowlton and Ann Elizabeth Smith > >I hope this is not too confusing. You can always refer to my website ( >http://www.geocities.com/popepa_chick/Knowlton.html ). > >Kathy Prior >Executive Assistant >Bayer HealthCare >Technical Operations - North America >973-254-4621 >973-408-8122 (Fax) >Kathleen.Prior.B@Bayer > > > > Dick/Dena Iverson > <norarts@worldnet To: KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com > .att.net> cc: > Subject: Re: [KNOWLTON] Re: William Knowlton Born 1584. mar. Ann > 02/05/2004 12:46 Elizabeth Smith > PM > Please respond to > KNOWLTON-L > > > > > > >You mentioned earlier that you had "Concert Proof" on the Knowltons. I >have been doing some intense research the past couple of weeks on this >line, and finding many areas where there seems to be no sources for >documentation. I would b every much interested in know, what are your >sources of proof ??????????? > >Regards, >Dena > >Kathleen Prior wrote: > > > >>Which 3 Knowlton boys are you referring to who settled in Ipswich? I just want >>to make sure my William who married Elizabeth Balch is the real McCoy. Thanks! >> >>Kathy Prior >>Executive Assistant >>Bayer HealthCare >>Technical Operations - North America >>973-254-4621 >>973-408-8122 (Fax) >>Kathleen.Prior.B@Bayer >> >> >>============================== >>Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >>Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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