Ephraim Knowlton

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Ephraim Knowlton
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Jermima Farnham

Ephraim Knowlton
Parents: Daniel Knowlton and Elizabeth Farnham
Jermima Farnham
Parents: Joseph Farnham and Catherine Spring NO INFORMATION

Ephraim Knowlton Born: 3 Oct 1773 Place: Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Marr: 1790/1792 Place: Prob. Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Died: 28 May 1818 age Place: Burial: Jermima Farnham Born: 1 Jul 1773 Place: Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Died: age Place: , , , Pike .

Their Children:
Lydia Knowlton born 1790/1800
died 1853
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Sidney Algernon Knowlton born 24 May 1793
died 20 Apr 1863
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Martha Knowlton born 16 Oct 1794
died 13 Jan 1861
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Catherine Spring Knowlton born Abt 1796
died 1870/1880
Marcia Knowlton born 1800/1810
died 1849
Ephraim Knowlton born 1804
died 1 Feb 1888

Ephraim Knowlton 3 Oct 1773 - 28 May 1818 Baptized: 29 May 1888 Endowment: 17 Oct 1888 Sealed to Parent: Sealed to Spouse: 14 Oct 1954 SLAKE - Salt Lake

Jemima Farnham 1 Jul 1773 - Baptized: 8 Mar 1904 Endowment: 13 May 1904 Sealed to Parent: Sealed to Spouse: 14 Oct 1954 SLAKE - Salt Lake

See our pedigree charts EPHRAIM KNOWLTON HANKS, father, to father, to John Hanks 1470

                    8/--JOHN HANKS  b.  5 Jun 1730 d. 23 Feb 1815 => 2
             /--ELIJAH HANKS  b.  5 Aug 1761 d. 11 Feb 1839
             |      9\--TABATHE HALL  b.  9 Jun 1734 d. 16 Sep 1788 => 3
     /--BENJAMIN HANKS  b. 12 Jun 1788 d.  2 Mar 1843
     |       |     10/--William WALKER  b. 1737
     |       \--MARY WALKER  b. 14 Aug 1763 d.  2 Sep 1844
     |             11\--MARTHA  b. 1741
EPHRAIM KNOWLTON HANKS  b. 21 Mar 1826 d.  9 Jun 1896
     |             12/--DANIEL KNOWLTON  b. 23 Dec 1738 d. 31 May 1825 => 4
     |       /--EPHRAIM KNOWLTON  b.  3 Oct 1773 d. 28 May 1818
     |       |     13\--ELIZABETH FARNHAM  b. 10 Mar 1742 d.  1 Jun 1786 => 5
     \--MARTHA KNOWLTON  b. Abt 16 Oct 1794 d. 13 Jan 1861
             |     14/--JOSEPH FARNHAM  b. 29 Nov 1748 d. 1777 => 6
             \--JEMIMA FARNHAM  b.  1 Jul 1773 d.  8 May 1804
                   15\--CATHERINE SPRING  b.  3 Mar 1750 => 7

                    8/--RALPH FARNUM  b.  1 Jun 1662 d. 1738 =>23
             /--HENRY FARNHAM  b. 15 Sep 1687 d. 25 Jul 1732
             |      9\--SARAH STERLING  b.  4 May 1669 d. 13 Apr 1732 =>24
     /--MANASSAH FARNHAM  b. 15 Feb 1716/1717 d.  2 Jul 1768
     |       |     10/--THOMAS RUSSELL  b. 16 Dec 1663 d. 30 Aug 1731 =>25
     |       \--PHOEBE RUSSELL  b. 21 Jan 1690
     |             11\--PHEBE Johnson  b.  3 Jan 1664 d.  4 Feb 1737 =>26
ELIZABETH FARNHAM  b. 10 Mar 1742 d.  1 Jun 1786
     |             12/--JOSEPH FORD  b. 1652/1653 d.  2 Nov 1690 =>27
     |       /--JOSEPH FORD  b. 26 Jul 1681 d. 18 Jun 1758
     |       |     13\--DEBORAH WALDO  b. 16 Jan 1661 d.  2 Oct 1725 =>28
     \--KEZIAH FORD  b. 27 Mar 1721
             |     14/--NATHANIEL HOVEY  b. 20 Mar 1657 d. 24 Mar 1692 =>29
             \--ELIZABETH HOVEY  b. 25 Mar 1681 d. 10 Sep 1754
                   15\--SARAH FULLER  b. 1665 d. 25 Nov 1739 =>30

It is interesting to note that Ephraim Knowlton's Mother (ELIZABETH FARNHAM) and Jamima Farnham's Father (JOSEPH FARNHAM) were brother and sister. Which makes Ephraim and his wife Jamima first cousins.


                    8/--RALPH FARNUM  b.  1 Jun 1662 d. 1738 =>(23)
             /--HENRY FARNHAM  b. 15 Sep 1687 d. 25 Jul 1732
             |      9\--SARAH STERLING  b.  4 May 1669 d. 13 Apr 1732 =>(24)
     /--MANASSAH FARNHAM  b. 15 Feb 1716/1717 d.  2 Jul 1768
     |       |     10/--THOMAS RUSSELL  b. 16 Dec 1663 d. 30 Aug 1731 =>(25)
     |       \--PHOEBE RUSSELL  b. 21 Jan 1690
     |             11\--PHEBE Johnson  b.  3 Jan 1664 d.  4 Feb 1737 =>(26)
JOSEPH FARNHAM  b. 29 Nov 1748 d. 1777
     |             12/--JOSEPH FORD  b. 1652/1653 d.  2 Nov 1690 =>(27)
     |       /--JOSEPH FORD  b. 26 Jul 1681 d. 18 Jun 1758
     |       |     13\--DEBORAH WALDO  b. 16 Jan 1661 d.  2 Oct 1725 =>(28)
     \--KEZIAH FORD  b. 27 Mar 1721
             |     14/--NATHANIEL HOVEY  b. 20 Mar 1657 d. 24 Mar 1692 =>(29)
             \--ELIZABETH HOVEY  b. 25 Mar 1681 d. 10 Sep 1754
                   15\--SARAH FULLER  b. 1665 d. 25 Nov 1739 =>(30)

Information contributed Wed Apr 26 22:00:11 2006, by Sherry Smith.
There is a Pat Rust who is the granddaughter of Sidney Alvarus Hanks-brother to Ephraim, that I have been working with that lives in Nauvoo. She has done a lot of field work for us. She has been digging through the Hanks histories and deeds in Nauvoo and Madison. I heard a lecture of Knowlton Hanks last September when I was visiting Samoa. That information sent me on a scanvenger hunt and we are now learning more about the conversion of the Hanks family with the added help of Barbara Shannon. Barbara has no ties to Eph other than our two lines trace back to a common Hanks grandfather. She loves Eph anyway. This conversion story converges with other family members that joined the church during that time period, the Knowltons & Eldredges. Did you know that Martha Jane Knowlton Coray was 1st cousin to Ephraim Hanks. She was the scribe to Mother Lucy Smith and her husband Howard Coray was personal secretary to Joseph Smith. John S. Eldredge baptized Ephraim in Nauvoo and is 2nd cousin to Ephraim Hanks. Eldredge became a general authority. And the Sidney Algeron Knowlton, brother to Mother Martha Knowlton Hanks-he and his family moved to Nauvoo. They contracted land between 1836 and 1846. In 1839 was when the Saints were starting to move to Nauvoo. Originally, in 1839, there was only about 100 Mormons but by 1846 there was 20,000. Sidney Algernon Hanks family joined the church in 1840.

Information contributed Wed Apr 26 22:00:11 2006, by Sherry Smith.
Ephraim, Sidney and Knowlton Hanks probably had more than one familial influence or thread in their conversions to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Sidney Algernon Knowlton family joined the church in 1840. They had been deeding land in Illinois from 1836 to 1846. In 1839 there were only 100 Mormons and by 1845-46 the population reached upwards 20,000.

Sidney Algernon Knowlton is an uncle to Knowlton Hanks, Sidney Alvarus Hanks & Ephraim Knowlton Hanks. Sidney Algernon Hanks is the brother Eph’s mother, Martha Knowlton Hanks. Sidney Algernon Knowlton’s daughter. Martha Jane Knowlton, was first cousin to the Hanks boys. Martha Jane Knowlton became Lucy Mack Smith's scribe. Martha Jane’s husband, Howard Coray became Joseph Smith's personal secretary.

jjaj note: Sidney Algernon Knowlton married Harriet Burnham (Knowlton)
These are the dates of endowments received in the Nauvoo Temple:

Sidney Algernon Knowlton, 24 Dec 1845
Harriet Burnham (Knowlton), 24 Dec 1845
Ruhamah Burnham Knowlton (Derby), 6 Jan 1846
Erastus H. Derby, 6 Jan 1846
Martha Jane Knowlton (Coray), 24 Dec 1845
Howard Coray, 24 Dec 1845
Mary Ann Knowlton, 21 Jan 1846
Ebenezer Joseph Hanks, 21 Jan 1846
Jane Wells Cooper (Hanks), 21 Jan 1846
Sidney Alvarus Hanks, 22 Jan 1846
Ephraim Knowlton Hanks, 3 Feb 1846

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)
Arrival: 22-24 September 1849
Knowlton, Benjamin Franklin, 10
Knowlton, George Washington, 16
Knowlton, Harriet Burnham, 52
Knowlton, John Quincy, 13
Knowlton, Marcia Eliza, 7
Knowlton, Mary Ann, 19
Knowlton, Sidney Algernon, 56