Diadama Duncan1

(circa 1783 - 12 May 1842)
Diadama was born circa 1783. She married John Knowlton in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on 18 December 1804. Diadama was probably age 26 and under 45 in John Knowlton's household in the 1810 Census taken in Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont.2 Diadama died on 12 May 1842 in Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont.

Cited documentation

  1. Her name may have been "Diodemia."
  2. [S126] Knowlton, John, 1810 US Census, Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA M252 Roll 65, pg. 654, I have not identified the male under 10, the male 10 to 16, and the female under 10 in this household; presumably they are John and Diadama's children.
 
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