This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4EB.2ACE/1063.1 Message Board Post: You will find no records for Rowe before 1770 or so, because it did not exist yet. In History and proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association; Deerfield, Mass.: The Association, 1890-1929, Vol. 7 (1922), on page 93 begins "An Historical Sketch of Rowe." There is a discussion on the various spellings of the Myrifield Plantation, and mentions the fact that a place called "Murryfield" became Chester, Mass. in the 1760s. In 1770, Myrifield (later Rowe) had 8 families, and the Knowltons are not mentioned. Seven families came from Worcester County, and one from Boston. By 1775, there were 28 families, although the new additions are not named. No Knowlton (any spelling) is cited on the early documents given. I also found in the tax rolls of 1798, as of Oct. 1st, in the township of Rowe: Timothy Knowlton Junior, one dwelling house, and 45 acres. Benjamin Knowlton, 10 acres Timothy Knowlton, one dwelling house, and 60 acres. The Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have on microfilm, Rowe births, marriages, marriage intentions, and deaths 1774 - 1848. Microfilm order number is 0902998, available for rent at your closest Family History Center. Good luck in your research! Shari Strahan