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    Person Info
  • Name: John TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 2 Feb 1686 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob TOWNE Birth: 13 Feb 1660 Death: 4 Oct 1741
  • Mother:
  • Phebe SMITH Birth: 26 Aug 1661 in Rowley, Massachusetts Death: 14 Jan 1740

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Samuel TOWNE Birth: 1717 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: Nov 1778 in Greenwich, Massachusetts
  2. Jonathan TOWNE Birth: 25 May 1719 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 1 Oct 1778 in Greenwich, Massachusetts
  3. Abigail TOWNE Birth: 29 Sep 1721
  4. Catharine TOWNE Birth: 14 Dec 1725
  5. John TOWNE Birth: 5 Dec 1729 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 9 Jan 1820

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:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p26, TowneEE TOWNE p25],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p26, TowneEE TOWNE p25]
Sources with Information about marriage to Abigail STANLEY
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31]
11 May 1715 as second marriage of Abigail [Ref: Davis TOWNE p26],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31]
Research Notes:
settled in Quabbin, prior to its incorporation in 1754; now called Greenwich [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31]



Pedigree of John TOWNE
                   /-----William TOWNE
          /-----Jacob TOWNE
         |         \-----Joan BLESSING
 /-----Jacob TOWNE
|        |         /-----John SYMONDS
|         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
|                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
John TOWNE
|         /-----Robert SMITH
 \-----Phebe 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



Descendants of John TOWNE
1. John TOWNE m. Abigail STANLEY
m. Abigail STANLEY

2nd generation

2. Samuel TOWNE m. Eunice EMMONS
m. Eunice EMMONS
3. Jonathan TOWNE m1. Sarah FOWLER m2. Abigail HALE
m. Sarah FOWLER
m. Abigail HALE
6. John TOWNE m. Mary THOMAS
m. Mary THOMAS

3rd generation

9. Reuben TOWNE m. Mary THAYER
m. Mary THAYER
10. Elijah TOWNE m. Hannah PARKHURST
m. Hannah PARKHURST
13. Jonathan TOWNE m. Betsey STRATTON
m. Betsey STRATTON
14. Ichabod TOWNE m. Lydia WHIPPLE
m. Lydia WHIPPLE
19. John TOWNE m1. Mercy BABBITT m2. Mary EMMONS
m. Mercy BABBITT
m. Mary EMMONS
23. Nathan TOWNE m. Elizabeth RUSSELL
m. Elizabeth RUSSELL

4th generation

27. John T TOWNE m1. Susan CHEEVER m2. Eunice WILDER
m. Susan CHEEVER
m. Eunice WILDER
34. Samuel TOWNE m. Rachel JOHNSON
m. Rachel JOHNSON
37. Sally TOWNE m. Lorenzo HALE
m. Lorenzo HALE
38. Lyman TOWNE m. Ursula SKINNER
m. Ursula SKINNER
39. Stillman TOWNE m. Mary Ann WHITNEY
m. Mary Ann WHITNEY
40. Jonathan TOWNE m. Abigail GLEASON
m. Abigail GLEASON
41. Truman TOWNE m. Eliza Ann BOND
m. Eliza Ann BOND
44. Orrin TOWNE m. Nancy EDISON
m. Nancy EDISON
50. Ichabod TOWNE m. Amanda DOUBLEDAY
m. Amanda DOUBLEDAY
55. Celia TOWNE m. Bernard HALE
m. Bernard HALE
58. John TOWNE m1. Elizabeth COVILL m2. Elizabeth SHAW
m. Elizabeth COVILL
m. Elizabeth SHAW
59. Elijah TOWNE m. Louisa FELTON
m. Louisa FELTON
62. Cyril TOWNE m. Adah SKINNER
m. Adah SKINNER
67. Orson TOWNE m. Mary JOHNSON
m. Mary JOHNSON
70. Ariel TOWNE m. Mary TOWNE
m. Mary TOWNE father: Ichabod TOWNE mother: Amanda DOUBLEDAY
72. Alanson TOWNE m1. Rosanna SKINNER m2. Lizzie J ADAMS
m. Rosanna SKINNER
m. Lizzie J ADAMS
73. Edwin Eugene TOWNE m. Emily M MERRITT
m. Emily M MERRITT father: Levi MERRITT

5th generation

74. William A TOWNE m. Andelucia C KING
m. Andelucia C KING
80. Edmund L TOWNE m. Arabella Fortina AVERY
m. Arabella Fortina AVERY
89. Ellen HALE m. Jacob TOWNE
m. Jacob TOWNE father: Ichabod TOWNE mother: Amanda DOUBLEDAY
92. Willis L TOWNE m1. Anna F WING m2. Clara Frances OBER
m. Anna F WING
m. Clara Frances OBER
94. Charles S TOWNE m. Annie L BROCK
m. Annie L BROCK
95. Addison W TOWNE m. Gertrude A SOUTHWICK
m. Gertrude A SOUTHWICK
96. Joseph Warren TOWNE m. Maria S EDSON
m. Maria S EDSON
99. William Brown TOWNE m. Catharine E CURTIS
m. Catharine E CURTIS
101. Andrew Jackson TOWNE m. Clara F HOUSE
m. Clara F HOUSE
105. Charles R TOWNE m. Frances FOSTER
m. Frances FOSTER
107. George W TOWNE m. Mary T BARNES
m. Mary T BARNES
117. Mary TOWNE m. Ariel TOWNE
m. Ariel TOWNE father: Nathan TOWNE mother: Elizabeth RUSSELL
118. Jacob TOWNE m. Ellen HALE
m. Ellen HALE father: Lorenzo HALE mother: Sally TOWNE
134. Amos T TOWNE m. Laura DAMON
m. Laura DAMON
136. Mary Jane TOWNE m1. Frederick STAFFORD m2. John HARRIS
m. Frederick STAFFORD
m. John HARRIS
137. Nathan TOWNE m. Sara FRANCES
m. Sara FRANCES father: Royal M FRANCES mother: Rachel S WHEELOC
140. Paul Allen TOWNE m. Mary Stuart CAMPBELL
m. Mary Stuart CAMPBELL father: James M CAMPBELL
153. Eugene James TOWNE m. Hattie N GALE
m. Hattie N GALE
155. Ulysses A TOWNE m. Bertha CLARK
m. Bertha CLARK
157. Walter A TOWNE m. Alice WARNER
m. Alice WARNER
160. Cora Eveline TOWNE m. James L RICHARDS
m. James L RICHARDS
161. Emma Louise TOWNE m. Charles H R MILLER
m. Charles H R MILLER
162. Esther Frances TOWNE m. Sayward GALBRAITH
m. Sayward GALBRAITH