Message text written by INTERNET:KNOWLTON-L@rootsweb.com >Dear Elizabeth Knowlton, Are we certain that William married Elizabeth Balch? My research conducted 3-4 years ago indicates a ?. Clyde< Sorry it has taken me so long to chime in; I get the list in digest mode and did not see anything until late last night. Yes, the Balch connection was satisfactorily disproved to me several years ago. Savage is apparently wrong. Someone regular on this list--Marcia?--had the data to show William II was not married to a Balch. Kathy, your descent is fine, but we do not know Elizabeth's maiden name. I am glad you did not have the garbage stuff in your database. Getting Cantize off the web could be a life work! And then some of the nonsense about our Knowltons living in Knowlton manor. PUL--ease. If we had ever lived there, we would never have needed to go to New England. Thanks for all of you helping newbies with our beginnings in Ipswich. I think it is a wonderful beginning in the new world, back to the 1630s. Most people cannot trace their families anywhere near that far. Frankly, I would just like to get the maiden names of Knowlton wives in the 18th century in Westchester county, NY. Or find out where my adopted paternal grandmother came from! It is a wonderful, never-ending hobby. Elizabeth W. Knowlton