Frederick Knowlton
(1760-1841)
BIRTH
December 4, 1760
PLACE
DEATH
October 9, 1841
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Knowlton
(1740-1776)
MOTHER
Anna Keyes
(1743-1808)
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
Frederick Knowlton (1760–1841) was a son of Colonel Thomas Knowlton and Anna Keyes of Connecticut. His father’s published statue dedication records his service with the Ashford company from May to December 1775, when he was fourteen, and in the 1776 campaign. He was with his father at Harlem Heights, where the colonel was killed. The same genealogy gives Frederick’s birth as December 4 and death as October 9. His later occupation and rank remain unestablished.
EARLY LIFE
Frederick Knowlton was born in 1760, a son of Colonel Thomas Knowlton and Anna Keyes. His documented Revolutionary service began while he was still a teenager. No reliable account of his childhood or schooling was found in the reviewed family material.
Frederick Knowlton served with his father during the American Revolution and is associated with the Battle of Harlem Heights in 1776. The reviewed family accounts establish that service but do not provide a reliable full account of his later occupation or postwar career. His father’s command responsibilities should not be assigned to him.
CAREER
DEATH
Frederick Knowlton died on Oct 9, 1841. Frederick Knowlton was a son of Colonel Thomas Knowlton and Anna Keyes of Connecticut. His father’s published statue dedication records his service with the Ashford company from May to December 1775, when he was fourteen, and in the 1776 campaign. He was with his father at Harlem Heights, where the colonel was killed. The same genealogy gives Frederick’s birth as December 4 and death as October 9. His later occupation and rank remain unestablished. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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