{The following information has been gathered from Genealogy, Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., 1633, and Solomon Keyes of Newbury & Chelmsford, Mass., 1653, and their Descendants, by Asa Keyes, Brattleboro, VT, 1880, and updated with information gathered from public records and other sources. The middle English for quay and key was "key(e)", or "kay". Thus, a likely meaning for Keyes (and other variations; Kay, Kaye, Key, Keys, etc) is from residence near or employment at a wharf or quay; key-bearer is a possible meaning for all variations (A Dictionary of British Surnames, by P. H. Reaney , 1958).}

1. Robert (1) and Sarah:

1. (prob.) Solomon b. 1624?, m. Frances Grant of Newbury, MA, d. 3/28/1702
2. Sarah b. 5/26/1633, m. Samuel Buswell of Salisbury, MA
3. (prob.) Peter b. ca. 1635, m. Elizabeth __________
4. Rebecca b. 3/17/1637/8, m. William Smith of Topsfield, MA
5. Phebe b. 6/17/1639, m. John French of Topsfield
6. Mary b. 2/1641/2, d. young (buried 7/20/1642)
7. Elias b. 5/20/1643 at Watertown, MA, m. Sarah Blandford of Sudbury, MA 9/11/1665
8. Mary b. 6/16/1645 at Newbury, MA, m. Benjamin Gage (her stepbrother) of Andover, MA

Robert is believed to have arrived from England abt. 1630. The earliest record of Robert is with the birth of his first child, Sarah, in 1633. We do not know his wife’s maiden name. It is believed that Robert was also the father of Solomon Keyes found at Newbury, MA in 1653. The will (dated 4/9/1704) of his daughter Sarah’s husband, Samuel Buswell, mentions his "brother-in-law Solomon Keyes of Chelmsford".

According to one family genealogist (Paralee Keys-Simpson Hoot, The Family Keys), Robert was of County Kent and m. (1^st) Elena Coke, the daughter of William Coke of Trusley and his wife Dorothy (Fitzherbert). As authority, Paralee cites Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol. 4, Pages 268-9). Therein it is stated that Elena Coke m. a Robert Key, Keyes, or Kays. Paralee believes that Elena probably died in England after giving birth to Solomon (and a second son, Joseph) and Robert and the two boys then emigrated to America (bef. 1632), where Robert married (2^nd) Sarah. While this sounds appealing, 1. there is no evidence that Elena’s Robert is our Robert and 2. Elena’s father, William, was b. before 1518 and d. 1576. He and his wife had eleven children (five boys and six girls), Elena being the second daughter. It is safe, then, to assume that Elena was born ca. 1560 and was, therefore, unlikely to have borne children in the 1620’s when she would have been over 60.

In a later work, More Keys, Paralee speculated that Robert may have been related (perhaps a cousin) to Grace Saltonstall, wife of Sir Richard Saltonstall, the founder of Watertown. Grace was the daughter of Robert and Anna (Flowers) Kaye of Woodsome (Almondbury), Yorkshire. She was aunt to Sir John Kaye, created Baronet by Charles I, 2/4/1642 (The Baronetage of England, by E. Kimber & R. Johnson, Vol. the First, 1771).

Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. in his article William Godfrey and Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., and Elsewhere (The American Genealogist, Vol. 46, Pages 150-4) theorized that Robert may have been the the son of Peter and Susan (Nawe) Kaye of Woburn, Bedfordshire, bapt. 9/22/1617. As reflected above, Robert had a son named Peter. Sheppard opined (for no apparent reason) that it was more likely that Peter was the eldest child, born before Robert’s arrival in Watertown. Sheppard has since withdrawn (Vol. 65, Page 12) this unfortunate conclusion. If our Robert was the Robert Kaye of Woburn and the father of Peter born in England before 1633, he would have been a very young husband and father, indeed!

The New England Historic Genealogical Register (Vol. 8, Page 135, et seq., 1854) carried an article entitled "New England", Orders in Council from 1630 to 1641, when the troubles of Charles I commenced with his Parliament, Transcribed from the Original Books of the Privy Council by Geo. Allard, Esq. Feb. 1852. Therein we find the following: "At Hampton Court 29^th September, 1630": Samuel Aldersley, Matthew Cradock and others on behalf of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay petitioned, "by reason of the increase of the number of Planters lately come thether, who tooke no provision with them, And for that divers of their cattle perished ….. they are in great danger to perish this winter ….. the Board did upon their suite think fitt to transport the provisions …." (here is set forth a description of wheat, meal, beef, pork, cheese, etc) (Co. Regr. Chas. I, Vol. 6). Then we find – "Sixth of March, 1630, An order for ye Licencing Capt. (Henry) Keyes to transport into New Englande to Pascatoway 30 quarters of meal and 20 quarters of pease for the relief of the planters there who, through want of supplies, are not able to proceed to a farther discovery of those partes" (Co. Regr. Chas. I, Vol. 6, 382). Henry Keyes was Captain of a boat called the "Pied Cow" which transported supplies to settlers at the mouth of the Piscataqua River, near present day Portsmouth, NH. Perhaps Robert (and his family) came on the "Pied Cow"?

We do know that Robert and Sarah settled on a three acre "homestall" at Watertown which adjoined the lands of Sir Richard Saltonstall (nephew of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London during the time of Queen Elizabeth), who came with The Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Robert’s "homestall" is in the vicinity of what is now Brattle St. at Harvard Square, Cambridge (much of original Watertown was ceded to Cambridge in 1754). On June 26, 1638, Robert was sentenced by the court in Salem to sit in the stocks for "one hower" at both Lynn and Cambridge for "unseemly behaviors & actions" toward Goody Newell (Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. VII, No. 4, Page 186, Aug., 1865).

2. Elias (7) of Sudbury, Middlesex County, MA and Sarah Blandford (also "Blanford"):

1. Elias b. 11/16/1666, drowned in the Merrimack River 6/1690
2. John b. 1668
3. James b. 9/13/1670
4. Sarah b. 4/11/1673
5. Thomas b. 2/8/1674 at Sudbury, MA, m. Elizabeth How of Marlborough, MA 1/23/1699

Sarah was b. 1/27/1643 at Sudbury, the daughter of John and Dorothy (Wright) Blandford. Elias and Sarah were m. 9/11/1665.

3. Deacon Thomas (14) and Elizabeth How ("Howe"):

1. David b. 10/30/1699, killed by accident, 1720
2. Jonathan b. 11/17/1702 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, MA, m. Patience Morse of Watertown, MA 11/11/1726
3. Cyprian b. 9/15/1706
4. Dinah b. 3/4/1710
5. Thomas b. 9/29/1713

Elizabeth Howe was b. 7/11/1675 in the eastern part of Marlborough, on the Boston Post Rd., between the village and "Wayside Inn" (immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), which was built by her cousin, David Howe. Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ward) How. Elizabeth’s headstone and that of Thomas are found in the Old Spring Hill Cemetery in Marlborough.

The story of Elizabeth’s capture by Indians can be found in Historical Reminiscences of Marlborough. On July 18,1692, as a young girl visiting her sister, the wife of Peter Joslin of Lancaster, MA, the Joslin home was attacked by Indians. Upon his return from the field, Peter found his wife, three children and the widow Whitcomb "barbarously butchered by their hatchets, and weltering in their gore". A contemporary chronicler wrote of Peter; "Thus was he stript naked and called to bitter weeping and lamentation." Elizabeth was taken captive into Canada. She was engaged to Thomas at the time of her capture. Believing that Elizabeth would never return, Thomas took a solemn vow never to marry. Four years later she was redeemed by the Government. After her redemption, Elizabeth returned by way of the Saco River and was brought to Boston, where she told Royal Governor Phipps "that if she had been a beaver skin she would have been redeemed much earlier"! It is said that she kept certain Indian habits, such as sitting on the floor, for some years after her return from captivity.

4. Jonathan (281) and Patience Morse:

1. Jonathan b. 1/21/1728, m. Sarah Taylor. The town of Rumford, ME erected a monument to Jonathan and his family.
2. Miriam b. 10/7/1729, d. young
3. Dinah b. 8/22/1731, d. young
4. Timothy b. bapt. 11/4/1733 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, MA, m. Prudence Wilder 5/1/1755
5. Miriam b. 12/14/1735
6. Thomas b. 12/24/1737. A prominent Whig, he marched to Lexington 4/19/1775.
7. Benjamin b. 1/29/1740
8. Asa , bapt. 7/4/1742
9. Catherine b. 8/15/1744, d. infant
10. Dinah b. 8/15/1744
11. Catherine b. 10/9/1747

After their marriage, 11/11/1726, Jonathan and Patience settled in that part of Shrewsbury which later became Boylston, MA. He was Deacon in the North Parish and served as Town Selectman (1757-8).

4. Timothy (288) and Prudence Wilder:

1. Jonas b. 5/10/1756 at Rutland, MA, d. 12/7/1757
2. Betty b. 3/21/1759 at Princeton, MA
3. Patience b. 7/21/1761 at Princeton, MA
4. Jonas b. 9/28/1764 Princeton, Worcester County, MA ( there is record of Jonas, son of Timothy, having been bapt. 10/7/1765 at the First Church of Holden, MA), m. (1^st) Delana Parker of Springfield, MA 3/26/1789, (2^nd) Sally Ingols of Springfield, MA 4/14/1827
5. Lemuel b. 4/16/1768 at Princeton, MA
6. Cate b. 6/7/1770 at Princeton, MA

Timothy was said to be of Rutland, MA. He m. Prudence 5/1/1755 and removed to the Northerly part of Rutland. They are found in Ludlow, MA in the 1790 census. Timothy d. abt. 1817.

5. Jonas (464) and Delana Parker:

1. Oren b. 1789 at Springfield, MA
2. Sally b. 1791
3. Willis b. 1793 at Springfield (?), Hampden County, MA, m. Chloe Frost of Ludlow, MA 9/16/1819
4. Electa b. 1795
5. Francis b. 1797, farmer, Longmeadow, MA
6. Mary b. 1801, went West
7. Harriett b. 1803, went West
8. Levi b. 1806, farmer, Colon, MI
9. Ely b. 1808
10. Justin b. 4/13/1810 at Wilbraham, MA, was a railroad man in Chicago

Jonas m. (1^st) Delana Parker, 1789 (Vol 2, at Page 181 of the Springfield Marriage Records states as follows: "Jonas Keyes, late of Ludlow, and Delana Parker of Springfield were joined in marriage March 26, 1789", by William Pynchon, Justice of the Peace); (2^nd) Sally Ingols of Springfield 4/14/1827.

6. Willis (469) and Chloe Frost:

1. Samuel Frost b. 2/8/1818, m. Thankful Taylor
2. Angeline b. 3/9/1822
3. Eliza Ann b. 3/28/1826
4. Henry b. 9/5/1827, d. young
5. William LeRoy b. 8/7/1833 at Ludlow, MA, m. (1^st) Amanda Pease of Wilbraham, MA 4/17/1856, (2^nd) Eliza Taintor 9/3/1881
6. A Son b. 3/31/1829, d. 4/1/1829
7. Benjamin E. b. 5/18/1837, d. 3/19/1838

Willis and Chloe were m. 9/16/1819 in Ludlow, MA (P. 8R—Ludlow Town Records). It is stated that both were "of Ludlow". "A Record of the Births of the Children of Willis Keyes and Chloe, his wife" is found on P. 616 of the Ludlow Town Records.

7. William LeRoy (493) and Amanda Malvina Pease:

1. James Willis, b. 1/24/1858 at Spencer, MA, m. Emma Knowlton of Wilbraham, MA 9/11/1877
2. Harley LeRoy b. 8/26/1860, m. Alice Julia Wheeler 10/21/1882 (they had two children: Albert William b. 8/15/1887 and Elmer Francis b. 9/23/1889)

Amanda was b. in Wilbraham on 3/28/1834, the daughter of James C. and Mary Ann (Torrey) Pease. The marriage of William and Amanda was registered in Wilbraham (Book 5, Page 9 of the Marriage Records) on 4/17/1856.

According to the 1860 Springfield City Directory, William and his father, Willis, were farming and residing "near S. Wilbraham Rd". The 1880 Census reflects that William was farming at a location on Boston Rd. with his sons, Willis and Harley. Residing with them were Willis’ wife, Emma, their daughter, Grace, housekeeper, Huldah Roberts, and (presumably) Huldah’s son, Samuel.

8. James Willis (494) and Emma Frances Knowlton:

1. Grace Evelyn b. 1/4/1878, m. Daniel T. Kimpton, d. 8/24/1974
2. Ethel May d. 11/18/1879 of "prostration" – 21 days old
3. Lawrence William b. 4/2/1881, m. Frances Pearl Hathaway of W. Springfield, d. 6/26/1954 (they had a son, Paul H., b. 5/3/1917). Worked for the New York Herald Tribune, Pictorial Review and the American News Company. An enthusiastic golfer.
4. Eunice d. 10/29/1883 of "inflammation of intestine" – 14 days old
5. Dwight Harley b. 4/8/1888, m. Ida (Savioli) Bertrandi of Springfield, d. 3/31/1968
6. Mildred Sophia b. 4/26/1891 at Springfield, MA, m. Clyde W. Young of Springfield, MA 6/12/1912

James Willis ("Willis") was successively a farmer, a machinist at Smith & Wesson Firearms and a fire captain. Willis and Emma were m. 9/11/1877 in Springfield. Emma’s parents were Daniel and Sophia Knowlton (please refer to Knowlton Genealogy beginning on Page 7). After her father’s death in 1866, Emma was raised by her aunt, Hannah S. Lawrence, in E. Berkshire, VT. Emma’s sister, Hattie, was raised by their father’s second wife, Caroline, in Indian Orchard.

9. Mildred Sophia and Clyde Wheaton Young:

1. Miriam Alice b. 3/30/1913 at Springfield, MA, m. (1^st) Frank S. Vanderbrouk of New Britain, CT 6/29/1935, (2^nd) Junius A. Bowman 8/16/1967
2. Eleanor Frances b. 1/31/1916, m. (1^st) James S. Bulkley 6/12/1937 (they had three children: Martha Keyes b. 2/11/1940, Deborah Church b. 3/12/1943 and Judith Eleanor b. 7/14/1947), (2^nd) Russell B. Neff 2/6/1976

Mildred and Clyde were m. 6/12/1912 in Bridgeport, CT at the residence of Mildred’s brother, Lawrence, and wife, Frances. They honeymooned in Atlantic City, NJ. Clyde was b. 5/20/1885 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Joseph W. and Alice (Morton) Young. Clyde came to Springfield with his father and siblings after the death of his mother in 1901. He graduated from Central High School in 1903 and, rather than attend Yale University that fall, went to work for a fledgling insurance company, Masonic Mutual. He rose through the ranks, retiring in 1951 as Chairman of the Board of what had became known as Monarch Life Insurance Company.

10. Miriam Alice and Frank Smith Vanderbrouk:

Miriam m. (2^nd) Junius A. Bowman 8/16/1967. They currently reside in Phoenix, AZ.

Family Arms: "gules (color red) a chevron ermine between three leopards’ faces argent (color silver or white; another or.; color gold or yellow)". Crest: "a griffin’s head between two wings, holding in the beak a palm-branch, all ppr. (proper)".

{The following information, which has been corrected in certain instances in accordance with information gathered from public records and other sources, was taken from The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America, by the Rev. Charles Henry Wright Stocking, D.D., The Knickerbocker Press (1897). The work was dedicated to our Lt. Daniel Knowlton, hero of the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. The dedication reads as follows: "In Reverent and loving Memory of Lieutenant Daniel Knowlton of the Continental Army, The Resolute Patriot, The Fearless Scout, The Intrepid Soldier, The Upright Man, whose eminent services to his Imperiled State and Country amply merit this his first Public Memorial, This Volume is humbly dedicated, by the Author." The name comes from the old English, "cnoll" (middle English, "knolle"), meaning a small rounded hill or mound and the old English "tun", meaning an enclosed place, homestead or village; so Knowlton means town, village or place on the hill.}

1. Richard of Kent, b. 1553, m. Elizabeth Cantize 7/17/1577:

1. George b. 5/6/1578, resided in Chiswick, England
2. Stephen b. 5/1/1580, d. young
3. Thomas b. 1582
4. William (1) b. 1584, Kent, England, m. Ann Elizabeth Smith ca. 1605, occupation sea captain, emigrated to America ca. 1632-4.

According to Stocking, Richard and Elizabeth resided in the Parish of Canterbury, Kent. Elizabeth was b. abt. 1556 and d. in 1632. Recent research raises doubt that Capt. William was the son of Richard and Elizabeth. It is, therefore, probable that he and his family were part of the "Great Migration".

2. Captain William (1) and Ann Elizabeth Smith:

1. John (2) b. 1610, Kent, England, m. Marjery Wilson ca. 1632
2. Samuel b. 1611, occupation mariner, d. Hingham, MA abt. 1655
3. Robert b. 1613, d. England
4. William b. 1615, m. Elizabeth Balch? 1/10/1640, d. 1655
5. Mary b. 1617?, d. young in England
6. Deacon Thomas b. 1622, Kent, England, d. 4/3/1692, Ipswich, MA, occupation deacon, cordwainer, shoemaker, m. (1^st) Susannah ________, (2^nd) Mary Kimball, d. 4/3/1692

As no record of Captain William appears in the Customs Department in London, it must be inferred that he was independent in political action and a non-conformist in religious matters. A record was kept of only those emigrants who, upon leaving England, took an oath of loyalty to the Crown and promised conformity to the Established Church. It is believed that William was at least part owner of the vessel in which he sailed for America.

In his correction of Stocking’s work (Errata and Addenda to the Knowlton Ancestry, 1903), George H. Knowlton informs the reader that the town records of Hingham, MA reflect grants of land and a house lot in 1635 to one William "Nolton". Probate records show that the estate of William Nolton was appraised 9/18/1661 and that his widow, Ann, and grand-daughter, Susanna, were appointed administrators thereof on 10/23/1667. On 9/26/1668, "Ann Tucker, late wife of William Nolton" presented an inventory of the estate of "the late William Nolton, her former husband". Widow Ann Tucker died 10/8/1675. A Susanna Gilford was grand-daughter of Ann Tucker. Knowlton concludes that the facts strongly favor that this William Nolton was one and the same person as Capt. William Knowlton who, if buried in Nova Scotia, probably died abt. 1639, perhaps on a fishing trip or return voyage to England.

3. John (2) and Marjery Wilson:

1. John (5) b. 1633 at Ipswich or Hingham, MA, m. (1^st) Deborah (surname supposed to be Grant) ca. 1655, Ipswich, MA. She d. after 1666. m. (2^nd) Sarah ______ ca. 1667 in Wenham or Ipswich. She d. 2/14/1679 in Ipswich
2. Abraham b. 1635, d. before 1688, occupation soldier
3. Elizabeth b. 1639, d. before 1688

John was a shoemaker, settled in Ipswich in 1639, became freeman 6/2/1641, and died abt. 1654. Before a member of society (male only, of course!) could exercise the right of suffrage or hold public office, he had to be made a "freeman" by the general or quarterly court. To become such, he was required to produce evidence that he was a respectable member of the Congregational Church and take an oath. In 1652, John was appointed to "search and scale leather", that no unmarketable leather might be sold by any tanner of hides. Marjery also died abt. 1654 (both of their wills were dated 1653 and proved in 1654).

4. John (5) and (1^st) Deborah Grant?, (2^nd) Sarah _________:

1. John b. abt. 1656, m. Sarah _________
2. Nathaniel (19) b. 6/29/1658 in Ipswich, MA, m. Deborah Jewett of Rowley, MA 5/3/1682
3. Elizabeth b. 3/1/1660, m. Timothy Dorman of Topsfield, MA 11/15/1688
4. Thomas b. 5/19/1662, m. (1^st) Margery Goodhue of Ipswich, MA, (2^nd) Mary Coy of Beverly, MA
5. Catherine b. 1668
6. Deborah b. 1670?
7. Robert b. 1672, occupation soldier
8. Suzannah b. 8/15/1673
9. Ephraim b. 1676
10. Abraham b. 1678
11. Ezekiel b. 1 or 2/1679

John was a shoemaker, also residing in Ipswich, and, during King Philip’s War, was drafted into the Narragansett Winter Campaign (Major Samuel Appleton’s Company) on 11/30/1675. According to Stocking he was a man of substance, being a public official and involved in many real estate transactions. Admitted freeman 10/13/1680.

5. Nathaniel (19) and Deborah Jewett:

1. Nathaniel (74) b. 5/3/1683, m. (1^st) Mary Bennett of Ipswich 4/29/1703, (2^nd) Reforme (Trescott) Jewett, widow of Benjamin Jewett and daughter of Samuel and Margaret Trescott of Milton, MA, 4/15/1717
2. John b. 12/7/1685, d. 1760
3. Joseph b. 4/1687
4. Thomas b. 11/8/1692, m. Ruth Lord 1/11/1716, d. 2/28/1718
5. Abraham b. 2/27/1698, m. Mary Smith 9/20/1722
6. Elizabeth b. 9/15/1702, m. Thomas Hart (pub. 7/22/1721)
7. David b. 5/15/1707, m. Esther Howard 2/23/1731

6. Nathaniel (74) and Mary Bennett:

1. Mary b. 6/3/1704
2. William (197) b. 2/8/1706, m. Martha Pinder of Boxford, MA 3/12/1729
3. Nathaniel b. 6/30/1708, m. Mary Fuller 7/1/1729
4. Jeremiah bapt. 5/13//1712, d. young
5. Jeremiah bapt. 8/2/1713, m. Sarah Allen 7/24/1735 and removed to Concord, MA

Mary was b. 3/3/1685, the daughter of Henry and Frances (Burr) Bennett. Nathaniel and Mary resided in Ipswich, MA. After Mary’s death (bef. 1717), Nathaniel m. (2^nd) Reforme (Trescott) Jewett, the widow of Benjamin Jewett of Rowley, MA. Benjamin d. 1/22/1716, having been killed by falling timber at a house raising. Nathaniel d. after 1760.

7. William (197) and Martha Pinder:

1. Lucy b.?, d. young
2. Mary, bapt. 6/7/1730, m. Ezekial Tiffany of Ashford, CT 3/9/1749, d. 11/9/1816
3. William bapt. 10/10/1731, d. young
4. Sarah, bapt. 7/22/1733, m. Joshua Kendall of Ashford
5. William, bapt. 8/10/1735, m. Mehitable Eaton of Ashford
6. Lucy, bapt. 2/20/1737, m. Deacon Abijah Brook of Ashford, d. 4/13/1820
7. Daniel (424) baptized 12/31/1738 in Boxford, Essex Co., MA, m. (1^st) Elizabeth Farnham of Windham, CT 11/3/1763, (2^nd) Rebecca Fenton of Willington, CT 4/24/1788.
8. Thomas bapt. 11/30/1740, m. Anna Keyes of Ashford, CT 4/5/1759, d. 9/16/1776 at the Battle of Harlem Heights. He is buried where he fell, on the current 143^rd St. On 11/13/1895, a bronze statue of Col. Thomas Knowlton was unveiled on the Capitol grounds in Hartford, CT. In 1995, The Knowlton Award was established as a joint venture between MICA and the U.S. Army Intelligence Center. Named in honor of Lt. Col. Thomas Knowlton, the award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Army intelligence in ways that stand out in the eyes of the recipient’s seniors, subordinates and peers. During the Revolution, Gen. George Washington appointed Thomas to raise a regiment known as "Knowlton’s Rangers" expressly for desperate and delicate services. As such, he was the first intelligence officer in the Continental Army.
9. Priscilla bapt. 5/20/1744
10. Nathaniel bapt. 3/9/1746, d. 7/19/1749

William was a "housewright" and was born in Ipswich where he married Martha. They removed to Ashford, Windham County, CT in May, 1748 where William purchased a 400 acre farm which he later divided among his sons.

8. Lt. Daniel (424) and (1^st) Elizabeth Farnham:

1. Daniel (1041) b. 12/7/1765 at Ashford, CT, m. Betsey Burchard (Birchard) of Ashford, CT 4/4/1793
2. Elizabeth b. 3/24/1768, m. Frederick Chaffee of Ashford, CT
3. Nathaniel b. 12/24/1770, m. Sarah Leach 11/25/1798
4. Manassah b. 12/24/1770, m. (1^st) Lydia Burton, (2^nd) Elizabeth Card, (3^rd) Clarissa Cogswell
5. Ephraim b. 10/3/1773, m. Jemima Farnham of Ashford
6. Martha b. 2/24/1777, m. Charles W. Brandon of Ashford
7. Keziah b. 2/9/1781, m. Amasa Lyon 1/3/1815. Keziah was the mother of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, Mexican and Civil War commander.
8. Hannah b. 4/19/1783, m. Daniel Knowlton 11/24/1803

Daniel served with distinction in the French and Indian War. He was "distinguished for bravery and daring, particularly as a scout". He fought in northern New York in the vicinity of Forts Edward and Ticonderoga. During Lord Loudon’s expedition to Fort Edward (3/15 - 10/17/1757), he saved the life of Israel Putnam (later a Revolutionary War General, noted for his command of our troops at Bunker Hill) who had been attacked by Indians. Daniel arrived at the defining moment. An Indian was about to remove Putnam’s head with his tomahawk. Daniel came to his friend’s relief and "brought down the redskin by a timely shot from his musket". In June, 1758, Daniel served at Crown Point. Here he captured three men "belonging to a gang of bloodthirsty desperadoes, whose numerous atrocities made them as odious as they were terrible". Deciding it unsafe either to retain or dismiss the prisoners, the captives were hung with "halters", made from the bark of hickory saplings.

9. Daniel (1041) and Betsey Burchard (Birchard):

1. Nathaniel b. 1/7/1794 at Ashford. After this birth, there are no further references in the Ashford Town Records to the children that follow. He m. Temperance Day of Wilbraham, MA 10/6/1818. Was a soldier in the War of 1812
2. Clarissa b. 5/15/1795, d. young
3. Lydia b. 9/21/1797, d. young
4. Phineas b. 11/8/1800 at Wilbraham, MA, d. US Navy, 10/1827
5. Gordon (2648) b. 7/8/1803 at Wilbraham, m. Arethusa Atwood of Belchertown, MA 11/30/1825
6. Manassah b. 7/30/1805 at Wilbraham, m. Sally Stebbins
7. Calista b. 12/2/1807 at Wilbraham, m. Herman Corbin of Union, CT

Daniel was captain of the militia and died 2/1834, according to Stocking. Betsey was b. 10/11/1768 at Ashford, CT, the daughter of Phineas and Lydia Birchard.

10. Gordon (2648) and Arethusa Atwood:

1. Orson b. 1/7/1826, m. Julia Collins
2. Harriet b. 12/8/1827, d. 1834
3. Alonzo b. 9/15/1829, d. 11/24/1848
4. Daniel (5242) b. 9/4/1831, m. (1^st) Sophia R. Lawrence of E. Berkshire, VT 9/16/1855, (2^nd) Caroline Brooks of W. Springfield, MA
5. Sarah J. b. 5/15/1834, d. young
6. Sarah Jane b. 2/4/1836, m. Joseph Dexter, res. Springfield, MA
7. Timothy b. 7/15/1839, m. Eunice Dimock, res. Norwich, CT
8. Alfred d. 2/19/1842, d. young
9. Charles B. b. 12/25/1842, m. Agnes Williams, res. Belchertown, MA
10. Diana A. b. 2/25/1846, m. P. P. McIntyre, res. Belchertown, MA
11. George P. b. 8/19/1849

Arethusa and Gordon were married 11/30/1825 in Belchertown. The name "Arethusa" has its origins in Greek mythology; it is also the name of an orchid. Gordon died 4/7/1857. Arethusa died in Springfield on 1/21/1881, at the age of 75.

11. Daniel (5242) and Sophia B. Lawrence:

1. Emma Frances (7067) b. 7/15/1856, m. James Willis Keyes of Springfield, MA 9/11/1877
2. Hattie Sophia b. 2/12/1858, m. Arthur F. Bardwell 11/1879. Arthur was a mechanic and b. 12/24/1859 in Whately, MA. Their first child, Maud, b. 6/19/1881, d. in infancy.

Daniel m. (1^st) Sophia B. Lawrence of E. Berkshire, VT on 9/16/1855 in Somers, CT. According to the Springfield death records, Sophia died 2/12/1858 aged "24 yr., 3 mo., 23 days". The cause of death was "child birth". She is buried in Wilbraham. Daniel m. (2^nd) Caroline Brooks of W. Springfield, MA on 5/14/1860. According to the 1860 Springfield City Directory, Daniel was farming and residing at the "cor. of 16 acres and Boston Rd."

Responding to President Abraham Lincoln’s July 1, 1862 call for 300,000 volunteers, Daniel enlisted in Springfield on August 19^th (from July 21^st) for 3 years military service (Names of Officers & Soldiers Enlisted from Springfield during the Rebellion Commenced April 12^th, 1861, on file in City Hall, Springfield, MA) and collected a $25 bounty. Daniel gave his occupation as "painter". He mustered-in as a Private in Captain Algernon S. Flagg’s Company (later Co. ‘D’) of the 37^th Reg’t Mass. Inf. on September 2nd at Camp Briggs, Pittsfield, MA.

After a prodigious 19 hour, 34 mile march, the Corps reached Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. See the Appendices for excerpts describing the VI Corps’ involvement at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. The 37^th, along with others, was rushed to New York City on July 31^st to assist in quelling the draft riots. During their time in NewYork, 47 members of the 37^th deserted ("confined almost entirely to the foreign-born element", according to the History of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment Mass. Volunteers in the Civil War of 1861-1865, by James L. Bowen, 1884). "Foreign-born" meant Irish. The 37^th returned to the front on October 14, 1863.

During his Naval service, Daniel was to contract chronic diarrhea. He was discharged at New York on 5/12/1865 and was awarded a pension of $4/month. According to the medical report of S. W. Leach, Surgeon, U.S.N., Daniel "……has been afflicted with diarrhea chronica for the last four months. I am of the opinion that it was caused by the weakening influence of intermittent fever combined with the action of malaria atmospheric, vicissitudes to which he was exposed to in the line of duty." He was muster-out at Hall’s Hill, VA on 6/21/1865 and awarded the remainder on his bounty, being $75. Daniel died 3/31/1866 in Springfield of the foregoing malady. The April 2^nd Daily Republican carried a notice of Daniel’s death with the following: "Funeral from his late residence today (Monday) at 1 o’clock p.m."

The Knowlton Genealogy continues on Page 5 at James Willis and Emma (Knowlton) Keyes.

Family Crest: "Argent, a chevron, between crowns and ducal coronets sable".

1. John b. abt. 1611, d. 10/23/1687 at Sudbury, MA, m. (1^st) Mary, she d. 12/4/1641 at Sudbury, (2^nd) Dorothy Wright on 3/10/1642 at Sudbury. Dorothy d. 3/1/1703. John came from Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire. He sailed from Southampton on the "Confidence of London" in 1638 at the age of 27, coming in the employ of Walter Haynes, a linen weaver. It is presumed that he brought his 1^st wife Mary with him. He was an early proprietor of Sudbury. John and Dorothy had (among other children):
2. Sarah b. 1/27/1643 at Sudbury. She m. Elias Keyes 9/11/1665.

1. John b. 11/20/1620? at Hodnell (Oddenhall?), Warwickshire, d. 5/28/1680 at Marlborough, MA, m. Mary _______ abt. 1640. Admitted as freeman 5/13/1640. John was later the first white settler of Marlborough (having along with others received a grant of six miles square about eight miles westward of Sudbury in 1656). John kept the first public house at Marlborough. He was a neighbor and friend to the Indians, often serving as their arbitrator and advisor. He and Mary had 21 children, among whom was:
2. John b. 8/24/1640 at Sudbury, MA, d. 4/20/1676 ("slain by Indians at Sudbury" during King Philip’s War; ref. The Sudbury Fight), m. Elizabeth Ward 1/22/1662. She was b. 4/14/1643 at Sudbury and d. 4/26/1710 at Marlborough, MA. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Ward who was b. abt. 1603 in London and d. 8/16/1687 at Marlborough.
3. Elizabeth b. 7/11/1675 at Marlborough. She m. Deacon Thomas Keyes 1/23/1699.

1. Joseph b. abt. 1611, d. 3/4/1691 at Watertown, MA, m. Hester Pierce, daughter of John and Elizabeth Pierce of Watertown bef. 1637. Joseph embarked at Ipswich, England in April, 1634 on the "Elizabeth" and was one of the earliest proprietors of Watertown. Admitted freeman 5/6/1635. Joseph was the eldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Morse who came to America, probably a year or two later (probably from County Suffolk), and settled in Ipswich, MA. Elizabeth’s parents (her father, John, was a weaver from Norwich, Norfolk) emigrated in 1637, arriving June 8^th at Boston on either the "Rose of Yarmouth" or "John and Dorothy", both of which arrived on the same day from Ipswich, England.
2. Joseph b. 4/30/1637 at Watertown, d. 1677, m. Susanna Shattuck 4/12/1661 at Watertown. Susanna was b. 1643 in Watertown, the daughter of William and Susanna Shattuck. Admitted as freeman 5/15/1672. After Joseph’s death, Susanna m. (2nd) John Fay.
3. Joseph b. 11/11/1667 at Groton, MA, m. Grace Warren 1/20/1691 in Watertown. Grace was b. 3/14/1672 at Watertown, the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Barron) Warren. Daniel was the son of John and Margaret Warren from Nayland, Suffolk who arrived with The Winthrop Fleet in 1630 ("Arbella", the flagship, "Ambrose", "Talbot", "Jewel", "Charles", "Mayflower", "William and Francis", "Hopewell", "Whale", "Success" and "Trial") and settled in Watertown. Altogether about 700 passengers arrived in the ‘Great Emigration’ of that year. Joseph later moved to Marlborough.
4. Patience b. 10/30/1705 at Watertown, d. 5/1/1776, m. 11/11/1726 Deacon Jonathan Keyes.

1. Ann Allen b. 10/8/1643 at Hingham, MA, d. 2/9/1722, m. 2/2/1661 Abraham Jewett of Rowley, MA. Abraham was a "tanner" and was born abt. 1637. He d. abt. 1694.

1. Henry b. abt. 1629, m. (1^st) Lydia Perkins ca. 1651. Lydia was the daughter of John Perkins, Sr. of Hilmorton, Warwickshire who emigrated 12/1/1630 on the Ship "Lyon". Lydia was bapt. 6/3/1632 and d. abt. 1672. Henry m. (2^nd) Mary (Smith) Burr, widow of John Burr. Mary was the daughter of Richard Smith of Shropham, County Norfolk. Mary d. 1/12/1708. A farmer, Henry was on the original list of voters at Ipswich (12/2/1679). His name is also reflected on the list (dated 2/13/1678) of those persons having rights of Commonage. He was a signer of the Oath of Loyalty to His Majesty, the King in 1666. Henry d. abt. 1708.
2. Henry b. abt. 1664 at Ipswich, m. (1^st) Frances Burr 5/20/1685. Frances was the daughter of John and Mary (Smith) Burr. He m. (2^nd) Margaret _________.
3. Mary b. 3/3/1686 at Ipswich. She m. Nathaniel Knowlton 4/29/1703.

1. Henry b. abt. 1580, emigrated from England, probably a year or two before the remainder of his family. Henry’s wife, Mary, and their children arrived in 1635 on the "Susan & Ellen", the same ship which brought the Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Odell, County Bedfordshire, wife Grace, and children to the New World. Our Bulkley cousins are direct descendants of Peter Bulkeley! Henry and Mary were m. 5/22/1614 at Cambridge, England. She d. abt. 1650 and Henry m. (2^nd) Elizabeth, the widow of Robert Andrews. According to Stocking, the Pinders were lineal descendants of the Pynders of County Lincoln to whom arms were granted in 1538 (registered in Herald’s College, London). The Pinders settled in Ipswich, where, by 1641, Henry had the right of commonage. Henry d. at Ipswich 2/6/1661.

1. John b. abt. 1627, emigrated with his mother at the age of 8, m. (1^st) Elizabeth Wilson abt. 1655. Elizabeth was the daughter of Theophilus Wilson whose name is first mentioned at

1. Theophilus b. 6/28/1678 at Ipswich, d. after 1748.
2. Martha b. abt. 1709 at Ipswich?, m. William Knowlton 3/12/1729.

1. Ralph bapt. 8/4/1633 at St. Nicholas Parish, Rochester, Kent, m. Elizabeth Holt 10/26/1658 at Andover, MA. Elizabeth was the daughter of Nicholas Holt who came from Romsey, Hants., arriving in June, 1635 on the "James". Ralph d. 1/8/1692 at Andover.
2. Ralph b. 6/1/1662 at Andover, m. Sarah Sterling 10/9/1685. In 1682, Ralph (having been charged with being the father of Elizabeth Gould’s child) was discharged, there being no evidence that she ever charged him with it. Several witnesses testified that she denied it and said she did not know who the father was. Ralph d. 1/3/1738 at Andover.
3. Henry ("Henery" in the Andover Vital Records) b. 9/15/1687, m. Phebe Russell 6/12/1712.
4. Manassah b. 2/15/1717 at Andover, m. Keziah Ford 4/23/1739 at Windham, CT.
5. Elizabeth b. 3/10/1743 at Windham, CT, m. Lt. Daniel Knowlton 11/3/1763.

1. Stephen b. abt 1616, m. Abigail Dunham 11/6/1644 at Eastham, MA. Abigail was the daughter of John and Abigail (Balliou) Dunham who were m. 10/22/1622 at Leyden, Holland. It is possible (probable?) that Stephen’s ancestry can be traced through the Atwoods (Atte-Wood) of Sanderstead, Surrey back to Peter Atte-Wode b. abt. 1254 at Hooley House, Coulsdon, Surrey. Stephen d. 2/1694 at Eastham.
2. Daniel b. abt. 1655 at Eastham, MA. Although not proven, it is probable that Daniel was a son of Stephen and Abigail. He was an inhabitant of Eastham in 1695. We do not know his wife’s name.
3. Daniel b. abt. 1684.
4. Israel b. abt. 1704, m. Hannah Studley of Yarmouth, MA (int. to marry pub. 4/15/1727).
5. Daniel b. 9/15/1744 at Eastham, MA, m. Anna Doane, the daughter of John and Mary Doane 10/1/1767.
6. John b. 6/21/1768 at Spencer, MA, m. Elizabeth Rice, the daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Howe) Rice of Belchertown, MA.
7. Arethusa b. 9/25/1805 at Belchertown, MA. She m. Gordon Knowlton 11/30/1825.