Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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 available to be downloaded.

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


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Samuel TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Feb 1673 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 22 May 1714 in Massachusetts d


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

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: 1 Sep 1697
  2. Rebecca TOWNE Birth: 8 Feb 1700
  3. Samuel TOWNE Birth: 5 Jul 1702
  4. Phlip TOWNE Birth: 22 Jun 1707

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. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  3. 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 p8, Hart PresidentWives p68, TowneEE TOWNE p22, TowneEE TOWNE p24],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p68, TowneEE TOWNE p24],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p8, TowneEE TOWNE p22, TowneEE TOWNE p24]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p8, Hart PresidentWives p68, TowneEE TOWNE p24],
place:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p68]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth KNIGHT
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p8, Hart PresidentWives p68, TowneEE TOWNE p24],
child:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p8, Hart PresidentWives p68, TowneEE TOWNE p24]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of Samuel TOWNE
1. Samuel TOWNE m. Elizabeth KNIGHT
m. Elizabeth KNIGHT father: Philip KNIGHT mother: Margery WILKINS

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth TOWNE m. Robert PERKINS
m. Robert PERKINS father: Thomas PERKINS mother: Sarah WALLIS

3rd generation

6. Sarah PERKINS m. Eleazer LAKE
m. Eleazer LAKE father: Eleazer LAKE mother: Lydia FORDE
7. Phebe PERKINS m. Jonathan KNIGHT
m. Jonathan KNIGHT

4th generation

8. Lydia LAKE m. Benjamin KNIGHT
m. Benjamin KNIGHT father: Jonathan KNIGHT mother: Phebe PERKINS
9. Benjamin KNIGHT m. Lydia LAKE
m. Lydia LAKE father: Eleazer LAKE mother: Sarah PERKINS

5th generation

10. Mehitable KNIGHT m. Ebenezer GOODHUE
m. Ebenezer GOODHUE father: Ebenezer GOODHUE mother: Sarah POTTER