Abigail Knowlton
(1768–1843)
BIRTH
June 20, 1768
PLACE
DEATH
September 18, 1843
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Knowlton
(1740-1776)
MOTHER
Anna Keyes
(1743-1808)
BROTHER
Thomas Knowlton
(1740-1776)
BROTHER
Frederick Knowlton
(1760-1841)
SISTER
Polly Knowlton
(1767–1845)
BROTHER
Sampson Knowlton
(1770-1777)
SISTER
Lucinda Knowlton
(1776–1805)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Abigail Knowlton Chaffee (1768–1843) was a daughter of Colonel Thomas Knowlton and Anna Keyes of Ashford, Connecticut. Her father commanded Continental scouts and was killed at Harlem Heights when she was a child. Abigail later married Thomas Chaffee and lived in Becket, Massachusetts. Published Knowlton and Chaffee genealogies agree that she died there on 18 September 1843. They differ by one day on her June 1768 birth, leaving the precise birthday unresolved.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Abigail Knowlton’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Abigail Knowlton is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Abigail Knowlton died on Sep 18, 1843. Abigail Knowlton Chaffee was a daughter of Colonel Thomas Knowlton and Anna Keyes of Ashford, Connecticut. Her father commanded Continental scouts and was killed at Harlem Heights when she was a child. Abigail later married Thomas Chaffee and lived in Becket, Massachusetts. Published Knowlton and Chaffee genealogies agree that she died there on 18 September 1843. They differ by one day on her June 1768 birth, leaving the precise birthday unresolved. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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