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: Thomas TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1655 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: Before 7 Mar 1719/20 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Edmund TOWNE Death: 1678
    • Mother:
  • Mary BROWNING Death: Abt 1 Feb 1709/10

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Edmund TOWNE Birth: 28 Jan 1686 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 1741
  2. Experience TOWNE Birth: Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 27 Oct 1760
  3. Thomas TOWNE Birth: Topsfield, Massachusetts
  4. Sarah TOWNE Birth: 8 May 1694 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 1 Nov 1761
  5. Ednah TOWNE Birth: 3 Dec 1696 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  6. Richard TOWNE Birth: 16 Jul 1700 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 21 Feb 1765 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  7. Mercy TOWNE Birth: 7 Jul 1703 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 11 Mar 1741

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Lieut Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, 1927. Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1927. Available at https://archive.org/details/ancestryoflieuta00davi. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis TOWNE 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:
1655 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p21]
abt 1655 [Ref: Davis TOWNE p7],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p23],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p7, TowneEE TOWNE p21]
Sources for death Information
date:
1720 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p23]
will pro 7 Mar 1719/20 [Ref: Davis TOWNE p7]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah FRENCH
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p49]
17 Mar 1685 [Ref: Davis TOWNE p7, TowneEE TOWNE p23],
child:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p7, TowneEE TOWNE p23]
Research Notes:
12 Aug 1675: in Captain Lothrop's company at Hatfield; one of the very few whoescaped from the fatal encounter with the Indians on 18 Sep following Bloody Brook [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p23]



Pedigree of Thomas TOWNE
          /-----William TOWNE
 /-----Edmund TOWNE
|         \-----Joan BLESSING
Thomas TOWNE
|         /-----Thomas BROWNING
 \-----Mary BROWNING
          \-----Mary (BROWNING)



Descendants of Thomas TOWNE
1. Thomas TOWNE m. Sarah FRENCH
m. Sarah FRENCH father: John FRENCH mother: Phoebe KEYES

2nd generation

7. Richard TOWNE m1. Elizabeth BIXBY m2. Hannah BIXBY
m. Elizabeth BIXBY
m. Hannah BIXBY