My mother and I just got back from our trip to Ashtabula County, Ohio, where we conducted research and attended a party for the 50th wedding anniversary of my uncle and my mother's brother Leslie Laverne Knowlton and his wife Karen Hunsley Knowlton in nearby Bratenahl, Cuyahoga County. Although we were unable to locate any further information regarding the seemingly even more mysterious Benjamin Knowlton, we did locate records of Robert McFall having lived in Harpersfield Township, who is the man in whose home Benjamin supposedly died. We even located the cemetery in which Mr. McFall and his wife are buried, but their tombstones seem to no longer exist. We did locate marriage records, graves and information about numerous Knowltons in the area, particularly in Morgan Township, but none seem directly related to us, instead having descended from a different one of the original brothers (Thomas) and having migrated from Connecticut.
My mother, Jeanne Anne Knowlton, and her brother Leslie Laverne Knowlton at Les and his wife Karen Hunsley Knowlton's 50th wedding anniversary gala in Bratenahl, OH on August 7, 2010. Photo courtesy of Les's daughter Sarah Knowlton and used with permission of Mr. Knowlton.
Below are some of the tombstones we encountered in Ashtabula County.
Stephen Knowlton (Actually Stephen Knowlton III). Descended from the Knowltons of East Haddam, CT. The seeming patriarch of the Ashtabula County Knowltons.
Deidamia Chubb Knowlton, wife of Stephen. Lived to the age of 97 years.
Berintha Knowlton, wife of George. We were unable to locate George's grave.
We encountered quite a few other Knowlton gravestones, but they were either too faint to be worth photographing or were overgrown with poison ivy.
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