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    Person Info
  • Name: Jesse TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Dec 1697 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: Before 28 Jan 1754 in Wells, Maine d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph TOWNE Birth: 2 Sep 1661 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: Abt 18 May 1717
  • Mother:
  • Amy SMITH Birth: 16 Aug 1668 in Rowley, Massachusetts Death: 22 Feb 1756

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Joseph TOWNE Birth: Kennebunkport, Maine Death: Before 1763
  2. Thomas TOWNE Birth: Kennebunkport, Maine
  3. Sarah TOWNE Death: Before 1763

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 p9, TowneEE TOWNE p24],
place:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p9],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p9, TowneEE TOWNE p24]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 28 Jan 1754 [Ref: Davis TOWNE p9],
place:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p9]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ruth (TOWNE)
names:
Jesse TOWNE & Ruth ___ [Ref: Davis TOWNE p10, Davis TOWNE p9],
child:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p10]
Research Notes:
married and moved to Kennebunkport, Maine [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p28]

1729: proprietor in Kennebunkport [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p28]

1740: settled in Wells, Maine, and built a house [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p28]

1754: drowned when crossing the river and broke through the ice [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p28]



Pedigree of Jesse TOWNE
                   /-----William TOWNE
          /-----Edmund TOWNE
         |         \-----Joan BLESSING
 /-----Joseph TOWNE
|        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
|         \-----Mary BROWNING
|                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
Jesse TOWNE
|         /-----Robert SMITH
 \-----Amy 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 Jesse TOWNE
1. Jesse TOWNE m. Ruth (TOWNE)
m. Ruth (TOWNE)

2nd generation

2. Joseph TOWNE m. Rebecca CREDIFORD
m. Rebecca CREDIFORD father: Jacob CREDIFORD mother: Esther LITTLEFIELD
3. Thomas TOWNE m. Abigail CREDIFORD
m. Abigail CREDIFORD father: Jacob CREDIFORD mother: Esther LITTLEFIELD

3rd generation

8. Jacob TOWNE m. Sarah LEWIS
m. Sarah LEWIS father: John LEWIS mother: Anna CARR
10. Joseph TOWNE m. Elizabeth WOODWARD
m. Elizabeth WOODWARD
13. Noah TOWNE m. Ruth BURBANK
m. Ruth BURBANK
15. Thomas TOWNE m1. Susan HALEY m2. Margaret DOUGLAS
m. Susan HALEY
m. Margaret DOUGLAS
16. Israel TOWNE m. Ruth NILES
m. Ruth NILES

4th generation

17. John TOWNE m. Elizabeth MITCHELL
m. Elizabeth MITCHELL
18. Jacob TOWNE m. Mary HUTCHINS
m. Mary HUTCHINS
19. Joseph TOWNE m. Joanna MITCHELL
m. Joanna MITCHELL
21. Jesse TOWNE m. Betsey DURRELL
m. Betsey DURRELL
24. John TOWNE m. Anna SEAVER
m. Anna SEAVER father: Ebenezer SEAVER mother: Sarah COOLIDGE
29. Joseph TOWNE m. Sophia PARKS
m. Sophia PARKS
33. David TOWNE m. Almira THATCHER
m. Almira THATCHER
44. Thomas TOWNE m. Rachel NEWELL
m. Rachel NEWELL
45. John TOWNE m. Rhoda SMITH
m. Rhoda SMITH
46. Israel TOWNE m. Margaret HENPENGARDNER
m. Margaret HENPENGARDNER
47. Robert TOWNE m. Sarah HENPENGARDNER
m. Sarah HENPENGARDNER
48. Joseph TOWNE m. Henrietta Fisher VINK
m. Henrietta Fisher VINK
49. Noah TOWNE m. Sarah SKELTON
m. Sarah SKELTON

5th generation

53. Francis W TOWNE m1. Harriet U STAPLES m2. Lydia A WIGGIN
m. Harriet U STAPLES
m. Lydia A WIGGIN
61. Cyrus TOWNE m. Mary Ann WEBBER
m. Mary Ann WEBBER
62. Charles F TOWNE m. Nancy Rankin WORMWOOD
m. Nancy Rankin WORMWOOD
65. Lewis TOWNE m. Rosella LINSCOTT
m. Rosella LINSCOTT
66. Joseph C TOWNE m. Sarah Amanda RHODES
m. Sarah Amanda RHODES
69. Hugh M TOWNE m1. Martha TRIPP m2. Mary E JELLISON
m. Martha TRIPP
m. Mary E JELLISON
79. Joseph TOWNE m. Olivia E SMITH
m. Olivia E SMITH
83. Henry Porter TOWNE m. Pamelia WELLS
m. Pamelia WELLS
97. Joseph Lewis TOWNE m1. Harriet TURNER m2. Laura MARSHALL
m. Harriet TURNER
m. Laura MARSHALL
101. William J TOWNE m. Ellen M BURGESS
m. Ellen M BURGESS
103. Cyrus TOWNE m. Rachel DUCK
m. Rachel DUCK
105. Newell TOWNE m. Margaret McALLISTER
m. Margaret McALLISTER
108. Noah TOWNE m. Ann Janette ARMSTRONG
m. Ann Janette ARMSTRONG
117. William TOWNE m. Margaretta FISHBAUGH
m. Margaretta FISHBAUGH
118. Hiram TOWNE m. Elizabeth REA
m. Elizabeth REA
119. Dennis TOWNE m. Amanda M STIGER
m. Amanda M STIGER
120. Levi TOWNE m. Rachel Jane CONNER
m. Rachel Jane CONNER
121. Joseph P TOWNE m. Rachel B BARTON
m. Rachel B BARTON
122. John TOWNE m. Jane ANGELINE
m. Jane ANGELINE
126. Jesse L TOWNE m. Sarah B BOSTON
m. Sarah B BOSTON
127. Henry TOWNE m. Mary E EASTERLY
m. Mary E EASTERLY
129. William A TOWNE m. Cornelia E BOYD
m. Cornelia E BOYD
132. Thomas Harvey TOWNE m. Mary E ROTTMAN
m. Mary E ROTTMAN
133. William Franklin TOWNE m. Hattie M DURHAM
m. Hattie M DURHAM
137. Lewis Jefferson TOWNE m. Julia R DAWLEY
m. Julia R DAWLEY
140. Elson TOWNE m. Mattie E MITCHELL
m. Mattie E MITCHELL
143. Judge D TOWNE m. Maria Jane STINE
m. Maria Jane STINE
144. Allen TOWNE m. Mary Elizabeth McNEAL
m. Mary Elizabeth McNEAL
146. Paredas TOWNE m. Ella E PURCELL
m. Ella E PURCELL