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: Absolom TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 24 Sep 1744 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 14 Nov 1813 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Elisha TOWNE Birth: 25 Oct 1706 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Sarah RHODES

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Judith TOWNE Birth: 7 Aug 1768 Death: 21 Feb 1858
  2. Phineas TOWNE Birth: 17 Sep 1770 Death: Apr 1858
  3. David TOWNE Birth: 14 Oct 1772 Death: 2 Mar 1831
  4. Abel TOWNE Birth: 13 May 1775 Death: 8 Oct 1860
  5. Amos TOWNE Birth: 4 Jun 1777 Death: 28 Jan 1866
  6. Mehitable TOWNE Birth: 29 Oct 1779 Death: 16 Aug 1865
  7. Asa TOWNE Birth: 26 Apr 1782 in Rose, New York Death: 25 May 1848 in Rose, New York
  8. Silas TOWNE Birth: 21 Jan 1786 in Winchendon, Massachusetts Death: 17 Sep 1873 in Rose, New York
  9. Sally TOWNE Birth: 27 Jan 1786 Death: 3 Aug 1862
  10. Betsey TOWNE Birth: 1 Sep 1788 Death: 10 Sep 1856
  11. Levia TOWNE Birth: 9 Sep 1792

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: TowneEE TOWNE p32],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p50],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p32]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p50]
Sources with Information about marriage to Judith HALE
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p37]
1766 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p50],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p50]
Research Notes:
lived in Winchendon, and later in Paris, NY, and then in Whitestone, NY [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p50]



Pedigree of Absolom TOWNE
                            /-----William TOWNE
                   /-----Jacob TOWNE
                  |         \-----Joan BLESSING
          /-----Jacob TOWNE
         |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
         |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
 /-----Elisha 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
Absolom TOWNE
 \-----Sarah RHODES



Descendants of Absolom TOWNE
1. Absolom TOWNE m. Judith HALE
m. Judith HALE father: Abner HALE mother: Kezia SMITH

2nd generation

6. Amos TOWNE m. Philancy UTLEY
m. Philancy UTLEY
8. Asa TOWNE m. Hannah STACY
m. Hannah STACY
9. Silas TOWNE m. Mary E SEELYE
m. Mary E SEELYE

3rd generation

15. Amos H TOWNE m1. Emma J PARSONS m2. Helen S PARSONS
m. Emma J PARSONS
m. Helen S PARSONS
16. Charles D TOWNE m. Sarah BOSWORTH
m. Sarah BOSWORTH
17. Henry M TOWNE m. Malina J CHAMBERLAIN
m. Malina J CHAMBERLAIN
20. David Hale TOWNE m. Cordelia VALENTINE
m. Cordelia VALENTINE
23. John Milton TOWNE m. Clarinda LEE
m. Clarinda LEE
28. Theron Eugene TOWNE m. Ellen NORRIS
m. Ellen NORRIS

4th generation

32. Amos P TOWNE m. Lulu MILLER
m. Lulu MILLER
33. Clayton D TOWNE m. Flora E JOHNSON
m. Flora E JOHNSON
41. Frederick A TOWNE m. Isabel R BARLAND
m. Isabel R BARLAND father: Thomas BARLAND mother: Margaret (BARLAND)
42. Hamlin A TOWNE m. Harriet Ella WELLS
m. Harriet Ella WELLS
44. Charles Henry TOWNE m. Elizabeth SCOTT
m. Elizabeth SCOTT