The Republican journal., 1896-07-02
Knowlton Family Reunion.
At Hotel VendOme, Boston, June 18th, Attorney
General of Massachusetts Elected President.

Few families can boast of finer lineage, or
can trace further or more direct their ances-
trial line into the long ago, than can the
Knowlton family of America, which held
its second reunion in Hotel Fendome June
18th. Few, too, can command larger
more distinguished assembly In the several
hundred Knowltons, both young and old,
that attended, i've generations We're rep
resented. 1t was in every respect de-
Hghtful occasion. and nothing was spared
to make it memorable one in the annals
| of the knowlton Association of America.
The reason that the second reunion of the
| family was held on June 18th was because
of the patriotic record made by Col. Thomas
and other Knowltons in the memorable bat
| tie of Bunker Hill. Col. Thomas Knowlton,
in whose honor the State of Connecticut re-
Gently erected a splendid bronze statue, COM
| manded patriotic forces in that engagement.
Hence it was considered only fitting that all
in whose veins coursed any of the knowl-
ton blood should assemble and join in the
historical exercises of the day.
| There was reception from until p. NJ.
The hosts ard hostesses We're Judge Marcus
knowlton of the Supreme Court, Mrs. Mary
| Louisa Knowiton Griffith of Albany, n. Y,
| DR.. and Mrs. I. knowton Marcy of Wind
| sor, Conn, Col. and Mrs. Charles L. Dean
and Rev. G. H. W. Stocking, d. D., of East
Orange, n. j., the esteemed historian of the
| knowlton family.
business meeting was held from until
urer William Herrck Griffith was read.
| This report states that the aggregate numer-
| cal strength of the Knowlton family, in
| actual correspondence with the Secretary,
| was about 900,
The following officers were elected: Presi-
| dent, Hon. Hosea NJ. Knowlton, Attorney
General OF Massachusetts; Vice President,
Edward f. Inowlton OF Brooklyn, \. Y;
| Secretary and Treasurer, William H. Grit
| fifth Of Albany, \. y; Executive Commit
e De-, l.
Y; Col. Julius w. Knowlton of Boston,
George H. Fits of Ashford, Conn. and Fred
G. j. Knowlton of St. John, n. B.
Rev. DR.. Stocking, the historian of the
| family, reported that he had already tabu-
lated the names of 5000 Knowltons living
and deceased, since 1852, and stated that the
compilation, when completed, would not
| fall below 1900 since the immigration to
this country of the Knowton family.
He also announced his intention of sailing
| for England in the course Of few days for
| the purpose of collecting and arranging in
line of historic continuity the Knowltons of
England previous TO 1880, among whom
there We're many who filled the highest sta
tions in official and private life.
| Various places of meeting for next year
were suggested. one being Old Ipswich, the
town where the first Knowltons landed, and
another being Buffalo. Neither place was
settled upon and it was finally decided to
place the question in the hands of the Ex-
| tcutlVe COMMITTEE.
| Seats We're taken for the banquet at 6
O'Clock. Following the dinner, Hon. Mar
Gus P. Knowlton of Springfield, the Presi-
| dent of the Knowlton Association, who
made an efficient POSTMASTER, raped to or
| der.
| The toasts were responded to as follows
The Battle of Bunker HILL and Day We
Celebrate" by Mr.. James B. Know lton,
Ludlow, Mass. "The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, by Hon. Hosea NJ. Knowl-
ton, Attorney General, New Bedford, Mass.
Col. Thomas knowlton OF Connecticut"
by Hon. Samuel Utley, Worcester, Mass.
Lieut. Daniel knowlton of Connecticut and
his Military Descendants" by Mr. William
Herrick Griffith, Albany, n Y. "The Good
Old State of Connecticut by MIR. Harlow
P. Knowlton, Hartford CT. ''The Knowl-
to ton Statue and First Reunion by Dr.
Thomas Knowlton Marcy, Windsor, CT;
Our Canadian Cousins by Mr.. Freder-
lex q. j. knowlton, St. John, New Bruns-
| wick, Can; "Knowlton Association by
Mr.: Leslie D. Knowlton, Boston, Mass.
The knowlton History" by Rev. Charles
H. w. Stocking, D. D.. East Orange, n. j..
ALLIED Families by Hon. George E
Mitchell, Chelsea, Mass.
The knowlton family of America de-
scends from Capt. William Knowlton who
sailed from England with his wife and three
sons, John, William and Thomas, in the
year 1852. Capt. William, having been lost
on the voyage, his wife and sons landed
temporarily in Nova Scotia, from which,
alter a few months residence. they removed
to Ipswich, Mass. Boston journal