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: Gideon TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 Feb 1696 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. Abner TOWNE Birth: 5 Feb 1722 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  2. Gideon TOWNE Birth: 21 Feb 1724 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 6 Oct 1802 in Attleboro, Massachusetts
  3. Hannah TOWNE Birth: 5 Aug 1727
  4. Phebe TOWNE Birth: 22 Aug 1729
  5. Abisha TOWNE Birth: 1 Mar 1732

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 p27, TowneEE TOWNE p25],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p27, TowneEE TOWNE p25]
Sources with Information about marriage to Hannah GOULD
names:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p27],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31, TowneEE TOWNE p32]
Research Notes:
moved to Quabbin, now Greenwich, and purchased land of Andrew Powers in 1748 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p31]



Pedigree of Gideon TOWNE
                   /-----William TOWNE
          /-----Jacob TOWNE
         |         \-----Joan BLESSING
 /-----Jacob TOWNE
|        |         /-----John SYMONDS
|         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
|                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
Gideon 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 Gideon TOWNE
1. Gideon TOWNE m. Hannah GOULD
m. Hannah GOULD

2nd generation

2. Abner TOWNE m. Sarah BUTLER
m. Sarah BUTLER
3. Gideon TOWNE m. Martha STANLEY
m. Martha STANLEY father: Thomas STANLEY

3rd generation

7. Moses TOWNE m. Sarah LAWSON
m. Sarah LAWSON
10. Eliphalet TOWNE m. Jerusha RUGG
m. Jerusha RUGG
15. Solomon TOWNE m1. Lois BUTLER m2. Abigail JENKINS
m. Lois BUTLER
m. Abigail JENKINS
18. Thomas TOWNE m. (Unk) VAN TASSELL
m. (Unk) VAN TASSELL
21. Abisha TOWNE m. Lucinda WELLMAN
m. Lucinda WELLMAN

4th generation

26. Jabez TOWNE m. Lucy WRIGHT
m. Lucy WRIGHT
29. Elisha TOWNE m. Nancy LAWSON
m. Nancy LAWSON
38. Marcus TOWNE m. Charlotte PHINNEY
m. Charlotte PHINNEY
41. Solomon TOWNE m. Mary HUNT
m. Mary HUNT

5th generation

51. Aseph TOWNE m1. Betsey E CHRISTY m2. Eliza BROWN
m. Betsey E CHRISTY
m. Eliza BROWN
52. Abner TOWNE m. Louisa NORCROSS
m. Louisa NORCROSS
53. Elisha TOWNE m. Phebe CELLEY
m. Phebe CELLEY
55. Jason W TOWNE m. Laura A PUTNAM
m. Laura A PUTNAM
61. Snow TOWNE m. Judith E HOWLAND
m. Judith E HOWLAND
62. Samuel TOWNE m. Mary HILL
m. Mary HILL
63. Benjamin TOWNE m. Janette PARTRIDGE
m. Janette PARTRIDGE
64. Joseph TOWNE m. Mary A CUTLER
m. Mary A CUTLER
70. Abner Elliott TOWNE m. S L OAKES
m. S L OAKES
73. Edwin TOWNE m1. Cordelia ESTES m2. Abbie E VINING
m. Cordelia ESTES
m. Abbie E VINING
76. Nelson TOWNE m. Mary N CRITTENDON
m. Mary N CRITTENDON
77. Milton TOWNE m. Elsie E CHAPIN
m. Elsie E CHAPIN