Knowlton, Luke Jr.

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Knowlton, Luke Jr.

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        Luke Knowlton Jr. was the son of Luke and Sarah (Holland) Knowlton of Newfane, Vt. The father, Luke was Judge of the Windham County Court 1787-1793 Luke Jr. was a very successful lawyer in his younger years in Vermont, practising with his brother Calvin. He married Charlotte Kenny of Newfane in 1799 All but one of their 14 children were born in Newfane, that was Almas A. who was born in Stukely, L.C. in 1822. The family had moved to Stukely in 1821 and settled on a farm near to his brother Silas Knowlton who was one of the first three settlers in that Township. The father, Judge Luke, who had upheld the British cause during the American Revolutionary War, had, as a Loyalist, received free land grants in Stukely and Orford Townships. Judge Luke did not move into Lower Canada but his sons and nephews were among the first settlers in Stukely.

        Luke Jr. remained only a few years in Stukely removing his family in 1829 into Brome Township where his nephew, Paul Holland Knowlton, had already settled on the east shore of Brome Lake. Actually Luke had built a house closer to the Bolton Twp. line which is considered to be the first in the Knowlton area located near the extreme end of St. Paul's Road. A path led from his house over to Paul Holland Knowlton's on the Lake where the Golf Club is now.

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