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Ann KNOWLTON

Female Abt 1752 - Bef 1811  (58 years)


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  • Name Ann KNOWLTON  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1752  [2
    • Was "21 years and upwards" in 1773 when marriage bond was taken

      Not yet 21 years old and "youngest daughter" in her father's will written 18 June 1757

      Age listed as 56 in her 1809 marriage to William TURNER
    Christening
    • Unable to find a will for Ann or her siblings, it's possible they were baptised in non-conformist chapels in the area as there is some indication that the family flirted with the non-conformist movement. The records for those chapels have not survived.

      Hampshire Record Office copy of the baptism of Ann Knowlton gave the following, either it is the wrong Ann or the father's name was recorded incorrectly. At this point it can't be used given this problem.

      1753 Bramshaw baptism register Hampshire
      Anne daughter of William and Mary Knowlton June 9
    Gender Female 
    _UID 3F16B0621D9C495AAD3EECFEA6F63289EFE7 
    Residence 25 Apr 1796  Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Crouchfield 
    Will 25 Apr 1796 
    PCC Prob 11/1526 1811 
    • Will Ann Turner herebefore Pitchford - Via Rod Wise
      PCC Prob 11/1526 1811.

      This is the last will and testament of Ann Pitchford of Couchfield in the Parish of Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire ****** form following that is to say first and ****I commend my soul into the hand of Almighty God my maker and etc etc that is to say ** executors pay funeral expenses that it is my wish to be buried as near as convenient to my last loving husband Francis Pitchford and to my dear" Mary Ann Pitchford all my wearing cloaks and the clok that stands in the ******* I will last that my sons William & Francis Pitchford shall have all the * * that was my brothers equally divided between them. I will that my goods and chattels plate & and * with my money in funds shall be equally divided between my three children William, Francis and Mary Ann Pitchford at the arrival of their twenty one years and not until that age provided * before my childrens of the age of 21. I * that my personal estate shall be sold and the money arising from such sale be placed in the funds ar interest * in the funds at my decease shall divided equally between my three children provided my children shall be with 21 years old at my decease it is my wish that my personal property shall be equally divided between them as it may be you agreeable to them to have the personals than to have them sold and for the * of the * * to my children I request my dear friend Jonathon * London my loving brother Edward Hill

      To take upon themselves * of acting as executors to tend my last will and testament
      To which I put my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of April 1796 Ann Pitchford
      Witness to the signing Thomas Ease, Sarah Hill.

      Proved at London 1811
    Death Bef 1811 
    • Will proved at London 1811
    Person ID I4328  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2015 

    Father Thomas KNOWLTON,   b. Abt 1720   d. Bef 18 Apr 1778 (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Mary   d. Bef 26 May 1795 
    Family ID F1171  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Francis PITCHFORD,   b. 14 Jun 1752, Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1788, Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jun 1773  Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    • Hemel Hempstead marriage register:
      Francis Pitchford of this parish bachelor and Ann Knowlton of the same spinster were married in this chuch by licence this fifteenth day of June 1773 by me, Rice Hughes, Curate. In the presence of John? Moseley, Mary Knowlton, Mariah Pitchford Jos. Hill. [4]
    Children 
     1. William PITCHFORD,   b. Aft 1775   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Ann PITCHFORD,   b. Aft 1775   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Francis Knowlton PITCHFORD,   b. 1777, Crouch Fields, Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1863, South Benfleet, , Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F1375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 

    Family 2 William TURNER,   b. 1739   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1809  Northchurch, , Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Both were widowed at the time of this marriage

      William Turner of this parish widower and Ann Knowlton widow of Hemel Hempstead were married by licence 6th November 1809 by me, F.H. Barker, Rector. In the presence of Joseph Turner John Holiday.

      The Marriage allegation [AHH20] in 1809 of Ann Knowlton / Pitchford to William Turner gives an age of 70 for William and 56 for Ann
    Family ID F1376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jun 1773 - Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Crouchfield - 25 Apr 1796 - Hemel Hempstead, , Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Nov 1809 - Northchurch, , Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Youngest Daughter

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org).

    2. [S13] Rod Wise, Rod Wise.

    3. [S767] Will of Thomas Knowlton PROB11/1041.

    4. [S178] Francis Pitchford and Ann Knowlton Marriage Register Entry.


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