Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Ezra TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 30 Apr 1736 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 25 Dec 1795 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin TOWNE Birth: 10 May 1691 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 11 Feb 1772
    • Mother:
  • Susanna WILDES Birth: 20 Oct 1697 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 5 Jul 1736

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ezra Jr TOWNE Birth: 29 Mar 1759 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 1831
  2. Rebecca TOWNE Birth: 25 Jul 1763
  3. Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: 21 May 1765
  4. Elijah TOWNE Birth: 11 Feb 1767 in New Ipswich, New Hampshire Death: 28 Dec 1828 in Mason, New Hampshire

Marriage: Children:
  1. Nehemiah TOWNE Birth: 11 Aug 1769
  2. Luther TOWNE Birth: 5 May 1772 Death: 9 Sep 1775
  3. Rhoda TOWNE Birth: 26 Feb 1774 Death: 1775
  4. Rhoda TOWNE Birth: 2 Jun 1776
  5. Mercy TOWNE Birth: 5 May 1778
  6. Rachel TOWNE Birth: 18 Jun 1780 Death: 2 Nov 1780
  7. Wilder TOWNE Birth: 1781

Marriage: Children:
  1. Jeremiah TOWNE Birth: 11 Feb 1792

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, 1759-1820, of Topsfield, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1959. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/33853 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis WILDES p[0-9]*].
  2. Towne, Edwin Eugene, Descendants of William TOWNE, Newtonville, MA: author, 1901. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/26765. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p27]
abt May 1736 [Ref: Davis WILDES p18],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p27],
parents:
[Ref: Davis WILDES p18, TowneEE TOWNE p27]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth (TOWNE)
date:
first marriage of Ezra [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37],
names:
Ezra TOWNE & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37, TowneEE TOWNE p38],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth DUTTON
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38]
Sources with Information about marriage to Kezia (START)
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37],
names:
Ezra TOWNE & Kezia ___ [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37, TowneEE TOWNE p38],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38]
Research Notes:
1763: resided in New Ipswich [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37]

20 Apr 1775: marched before daylight on the alarm of the battle at Concord [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37]

23 Apr 1775: entered military service, as captain of a company in Col Reed's New Hampshire regiment [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37]

17 Jun 1775: fought at the "Rail Fence" (battle of Bunker Hill) holding the British in check and covering the retreat of Col Prescott's men [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37]

13 Feb 1777: discharged, at Morristown, NJ [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38]



Pedigree of Ezra TOWNE
                            /-----William TOWNE
                   /-----Edmund TOWNE
                  |         \-----Joan BLESSING
          /-----Joseph TOWNE
         |        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
         |         \-----Mary BROWNING
         |                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
 /-----Benjamin TOWNE
|        |         /-----Robert SMITH
|         \-----Amy SMITH
|                 |                                    /-----Stephen FRENCH
|                 |                           /-----Jacob FRENCH
|                 |                          |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
|                 |                  /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
|                 |                 |        |         /-----William WARREN
|                 |                 |         \-----Susan WARREN
|                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
|                 |         /-----Thomas FRENCH
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
|                 |        |        |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
|                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |                  \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
|                  \-----Mary FRENCH
|                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
|                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
Ezra TOWNE
|                  /-----John WILDE
|         /-----Ephraim WILDE
|        |        |         /-----William AVERNILL
|        |         \-----Sarah AVERILL
|        |                  \-----Abigail HYNTON
 \-----Susanna WILDES
         |                  /-----Thomas HOWLETT
         |         /-----Samuel HOWLETT
         |        |        |                           /-----Stephen FRENCH
         |        |        |                  /-----Jacob FRENCH
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----William WARREN
         |        |        |        |         \-----Susan WARREN
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
         |        |         \-----Alice FRENCH
         |        |                 |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
         |        |                 |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
         |        |                  \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                           \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
          \-----Mary HOWLETT
                  |         /-----Daniel CLARKE
                   \-----Sara CLARK
                           |                  /-----Thomas BEANE
                           |         /-----Thomas BEANE
                           |        |         \-----Agnes CORNISH
                            \-----Mary BEANE
                                     \-----Elizabeth (BEANE)



Descendants of Ezra TOWNE
1. Ezra TOWNE m1. Elizabeth (TOWNE) m2. Elizabeth DUTTON m3. Kezia (START)
m. Elizabeth (TOWNE)
m. Elizabeth DUTTON
m. Kezia (START)

2nd generation

2. Ezra Jr TOWNE m. Rebecca JENKS
m. Rebecca JENKS
5. Elijah TOWNE m. Elizabeth FLAGG
m. Elizabeth FLAGG

3rd generation

16. Ezra TOWNE m. Frances COOK
m. Frances COOK