Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-04
THE KNowLrON ANCESTRY.
An Interesting Chapter About Promi-
nent Windhan county Family Of the

/ Webster, Mass. AT the residence Of John
7 =. knowlton Asahel kuowltou. Surround
ed boy his kinsfolk today Feb. - OBJ
served his 95th birthday Mr.. knowltou
enjoys fair health, and still holds the po-
siuon of itnitor of the brick school
house near his home. Mr. Know on came
from old Puritan stock. His first family
record is that Of William. John and Thorn
! as knOwltOn, who settled in the town OF
/ Ipswich In 1912. These three brothers
came from England MI. knowlton was
born in Newtane. VI. Feb. y, lSU3.
He was the 14th in family Of Is children,
and is the only survivor. Several of Mr..
knowlton's ancestors served in the Revo-
lutonary war At Willimantic. Conn. In
/ the Office OF ID. A Buck is an ancient bat
/ Tie axe, the property of Col. Martin Know
/ ton. The weapon was carried through the
! french and Indian wars by Lieut.. Daniel
! hnowlton. brother OF Col I. hnowltou
and the present Col knowltou's grand
father. Col Thomas Knowlton was com
mander Of the knowlton rangers. of Rev
| olutionary fame. and Of the regiment TO
| which Nathan Hale belonged at the time
| OF his death. Col. knowlton was shot
and killed while leading a charge at the
battle OF Harlem Heights. With his dy-
/ ing breath he asked if the army was dis
persed. Gen. Washington spoke of his
/ great bravery in his report OF the battle
The ba'tle-aXe was brought to this country
/ by Tn" hnOwtous. and Is about 300 wears
old Ii Is without doubt the Oldest relic of
. its kind in New England. Mr. knowlton
came 10 Webster IN October. ISIS. where
he and his family nave since resided NJ
hnowlton married Miss SOphrOnia c.
cummings OF Auburn Jan. 10, lo5-: To-
I them three children were born. Two OF
7 whom are now living John J. hnow.iOu
. and Mrs. NJ. IS. Harrington. both of WeJ.
I sleF. lie has i've grandchildren and two
great grandchildren. Mr. knowItou ob-
served ms golden wedding Jan -. lss-
. His wife died Aug. J.. 1895"
This paragraph has some Local interest.
These three brothers, who came from Eng
land TO Ipswich, Mass, were sons OF Capt.
Iliam hnowlton. who came also.
Thomas married Margery Goodhue.
daughter of Dea. William and Margery
/ tNatsonl GoOdhue. Dec. 1862 and he be-
came deacon. Their son. Dea. Ezekiel
huowton. married Susanna Morgan. and
/ they were the parents Of Judge Luke Know
/ ton. who settled on NeWiaue Hill in l174
and was a grandfather of GOV. Ho.brook.
/ Joseph huowltOu, another son Of Thomas
ana Margery. and brother of Dea. Eek
JED. married Abigail Portland Nov. -.
Ills. al Hamilton, Mass. one of their
suns Thomas, was killed in battle with
the French and Indians Aux. L.. l-4l, al
Fort HOOsao. Another SOB. Joseph. mar
r.ed sept. ~. l14a. bis cousin Mary. daugh.
Ter of Dra. Ez-kl-. huow.jou. and sister
OF Judge Luke kuowlt0u. Their son.
Nathan. was private, musician and a
corpora. ID the Massachusetts line. .u The
Revolutionary war lie married first Ali
gail. daughter OF Dea Benjamin and Ali
gail lkc,I Maynard OF Shrewsbury Jan
J, MS. Their oldest son. Heuiimlu.
was born IN Shrewsbury. and came with
ms parents 10 the westerly par. OF New
fame about l7s4. He married olive stone.
daughter Of Israel and Tryphena stone.
Jan. =, 1907. Benjamin L. huowltou. their
son. born in Newfane and q LAWYER in Ja-
maIca, was the father OF John l.. Know
ton. Of the Brattleboro urn Of Young A.
hnowltou their daughter CAudace was
the wife OF Jerry Dung OF Jamaica. ami
they were the parents of David Young. of
the same hFm.
Nathan hnowlton married second Olive
fomeroy OF Newfane. Asahei. who is the
SUBJECT OF the Webster despatch. was their
son. Another son was Pomeroy. born
Aug. J. lIe4, who was a carpenter and
builder, and lived in Brattleboro in the
Franks house between Mrs RIc-'s and
MI Richardson on High street He and
ms nephew. Israel hnowton. son OF his
brother benjamin are said TO have built
the brick house on Main stree, where
Hon. Brouehton D. Harris lives. for Dea.
John Holbrook. the Governors father.
All Of Nathan huowton's Us children.
except benjamin, the eldest, were born Id
the western part Of Newtaue. At abou,
the time he came 10 Newtane his father I
and mother came with their family 10 the /
eastern part of Wardsbor0. They were
dismissed from the church in Shrewsbury /
10 the church in Wardsboro. which was al
the middle OF the town on the hill above T.
South NardsbOro, in 1890
Capt. Philip RGt,er of Newfane mar /
red. jane 10. l7o5. Sarah. daughter of /
Dea benjamin Maynard of Shrewsbury. /
sister of Nathan hnOwltOn's first wife. and /
lived al the well-known Rutter place. lust |
north OF the main road to Wardsboro in |
the western part of Newfane. where his /
son Philip lived after him until ne moved /
to Townshend Just north OF the bridge. 1
where his son, Philip kutteI, ESQ, has .
lived after him.
Asa WheeIock OF Wardsboro. son of .
Gershom Wheelock of Shrewsbury. mar
red, June -, l1ss Lucy. another daughter
OF Dea. Maynard, and lived in the eastern
part of NardsbOro Judge Henry Wheel
ock, afterwards of Wilhamsvile. in New
fame, was their son; and Mrs Warren.
wife OF DR.. John p. Warren, afterwards of
Chesterfield and NeWtaue, and who lived
at the corner of Green and Whipple streets
where Hiram Chamberlain now lives. was
their daughter. Asa Wheelock married.
second a Miss Reed of Worcester. and
Judge Emery Wheelock of Newfane was
their son. He married Miss Nash of
Wardsboro, sister Of Henry Nash, who
used TO keep the Revere House. and of
Mrs. Rufus kawson Of Bratteboro.
Capt. John Rice of Shrewsbury married,
Nov. lG, 1890, Elizabeth, daughter Of Ger
shom Wheelock, sister of Asa, and John
and Henry, afterwards Of Dover, Wards
boro and Newfane, were their twin sons.
born June 20, 1901. John married CYNTHIA
Hunt of Wardsboro, and Henry. Abigail
Burr OF Dover. They were in trade in
Dover and Wardsboro, and moved to New
zane in 1851 and lived on the southeast
corner of the main street and the common.
where DR.. Warren had lived before them
These were hardy, Tesolute capable and
reliable men and women who came from
Shrewsbury and settled upon the high hills
OF western Newtane and eastern Wards
Doro. These with others, among whom
were Gen. Daniel Read, who came to this