Johanna, daughter of a John Knowlton, looking for her father's ancestors

[Elizabeth W Knowlton]

I have found this buried on the old Rootsweb Knowlton bulletin board, now under Help at Ancestry.com

Re: Knowltons of Conn. and Mass.

K Knowlton

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• Replies: 1
• Posted: 29 Sep 2022 4:09 PM
• Classification: Query
• Surnames: Knowlton

Hi Eben D. Knowlton, Hope you are still on here!! I as I just retired, I have been researching my Ancestry. Saw your message and am interested in any info that may pertain the Knowlton's from England, Massachusetts, Vinton co, Athens County, Especially the "a letter to Johanna" by John Knowlton, as I am Johanna Knowlton (My first name as I go by my middle name), and my father is John Knowlton. I pray you are there, hopefully you are a relative, as I am finding more than I realized. as I was raised by my mother's side once they divorced at a young age.

Hello, Johanna,
I am going to answer this here and also put it in a new thread because it was buried at the end of a long thread from 2014.  I doubt anyone else has read it.  I suggest you join the Knowlton mailing list that moved from Rootsweb (bought out by Ancestry.com) to Google a few years ago.  We will try to help you.  https://groups.google.com/g/knowlton-ancestry/about
     There are thousands of Knowltons, so you have to get pretty specific.  I do not know what "Vinton co, Athens County" means.  There is an Athens County in Ohio.    I have collected a lot of research on Athens Co., OH, Knowltons.
      Do you know your father's dates with places (birth, marriage, death)?  If he was born after 1950, do you know his parents' names with same data?  
     Almost all Knowltons descend from two men reared as brothers in Ipswich, MA, but have proved not to have had the same father through DNA testing.  That is OK, it was a long time ago, 1600s, so we are all happy to use the surname Knowlton.  I hope this reaches you.   Elizabeth W Knowlton, knowl...@earthlink.net

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Elizabeth

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