“!BIRTH: place from Ancestral File.
CRAWFORD, David N.. 1026484-0922100091059. 2463 LaVelle Rd. Flint, MI 48504, USA, (810)720-0530, , Date 22 Sep 2000.”
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THE CHILDLESS BROTHER
Thomas "Deacon" Knowlton
Thomas "Deacon" Knowlton was a cordwainer in Ipswich, Massachusetts and also a shoemaker, for he is so called in a deed which John Knowlton, his brother, and John Baker joined him in grantors. He was in Ipswich in 1642, and took a prominent part in the civil affairs of town, and was Deacon of the old First (Congregational) Church.Having no children, he sent William's boys to school from age 5 to 8, and a girl 1 1/2 till she was married, and he also took Nathaniel, his nephe, to live with him.His nephew Thomas, styled "thomas, Jr." (early in life, then Thomas, Sr. after his son, Thomas Jr, was born) was given a bequest December 3, 1688, and he conveyed the bulk of his remaining property to his nephew, Nathaniel, by a deed of gift, dated December 5, 1688, for which the said Nathaniel executed a bond of even date for he faithful performance of his trust. As thsi will and bond expressly declare the legattes to be the children of his brother William, this evidently settles in the negative the disputed question as to whether Deacon had children. He left a silver vessel to the church, and the rest of his property as mentioned in the appendix (of stockings 1897 "Geneaology of Knowltons in England and America) His wife, Susannah died November 20, 1688. Deacon Thomas died on April 23, 1692. He was the last of the brothers to pass on.
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