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: Jacob TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Kennebunkport, Maine b
  • Baptism: 10 Apr 1757 c
  • Death: 21 Apr 1836 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph TOWNE Birth: Kennebunkport, Maine Death: Before 1763
    • Mother:
  • Rebecca CREDIFORD Death: 8 Sep 1808

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John TOWNE Birth: 17 Oct 1784 in Kennebunkport, Maine Death: 16 Jan 1868
  2. Jacob TOWNE Birth: 18 Mar 1786 in Kennebunkport, Maine Death: 2 Sep 1860
  3. Joseph TOWNE Birth: 22 Dec 1787 in Kennebunkport, Maine Death: 9 Sep 1851
  4. Esther TOWNE Birth: 28 Mar 1789 Death: 7 Nov 1867
  5. Jesse TOWNE Birth: 5 Nov 1793 in Kennebunkport, Maine Death: 10 Sep 1868
  6. Sally TOWNE Birth: 3 Nov 1796 Death: 9 Apr 1876
  7. Mary TOWNE Birth: 2 Jan 1802 Death: 25 Mar 1862

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:
1758 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p40, TowneEE TOWNE p63],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p63],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p10, TowneEE TOWNE p40]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p10]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p10, TowneEE TOWNE p63]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah LEWIS
date:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p10],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p63]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Jacob 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
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
         |                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
         |                 |        |                  \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
         |                  \-----Mary FRENCH
         |                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
         |                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
 /-----Joseph TOWNE
|         \-----Ruth (TOWNE)
Jacob TOWNE
|         /-----Jacob CREDIFORD
 \-----Rebecca CREDIFORD
          \-----Esther LITTLEFIELD



Descendants of Jacob TOWNE
1. Jacob TOWNE m. Sarah LEWIS
m. Sarah LEWIS father: John LEWIS mother: Anna CARR

2nd generation

2. John TOWNE m. Elizabeth MITCHELL
m. Elizabeth MITCHELL
3. Jacob TOWNE m. Mary HUTCHINS
m. Mary HUTCHINS
4. Joseph TOWNE m. Joanna MITCHELL
m. Joanna MITCHELL
6. Jesse TOWNE m. Betsey DURRELL
m. Betsey DURRELL

3rd generation

12. Francis W TOWNE m1. Harriet U STAPLES m2. Lydia A WIGGIN
m. Harriet U STAPLES
m. Lydia A WIGGIN
20. Cyrus TOWNE m. Mary Ann WEBBER
m. Mary Ann WEBBER
21. Charles F TOWNE m. Nancy Rankin WORMWOOD
m. Nancy Rankin WORMWOOD
24. Lewis TOWNE m. Rosella LINSCOTT
m. Rosella LINSCOTT
25. Joseph C TOWNE m. Sarah Amanda RHODES
m. Sarah Amanda RHODES
28. Hugh M TOWNE m1. Martha TRIPP m2. Mary E JELLISON
m. Martha TRIPP
m. Mary E JELLISON
38. Joseph TOWNE m. Olivia E SMITH
m. Olivia E SMITH
42. Henry Porter TOWNE m. Pamelia WELLS
m. Pamelia WELLS

4th generation

47. Marcus W TOWNE m1. Annie M WYMAN m2. Ida M ROBERTS
m. Annie M WYMAN
m. Ida M ROBERTS
53. Charles W TOWNE m. Elizabeth A GRAVES
m. Elizabeth A GRAVES
57. Howard M TOWNE m1. Georgie C FRIEND m2. Chestina M TATE
m. Georgie C FRIEND
m. Chestina M TATE
58. Jefferson S TOWNE m. Emma A TITUS
m. Emma A TITUS
69. Preston TOWNE m. Ploomer Jane CLOUGH
m. Ploomer Jane CLOUGH
71. Howard TOWNE m. Harriet HANSCOMB
m. Harriet HANSCOMB
74. Frank H TOWNE m. Elmira HANSCOMB
m. Elmira HANSCOMB
81. Charles Edwin TOWNE m. Kate E YOUNG
m. Kate E YOUNG
82. Jacob A TOWNE m. Emma Frances WALKER
m. Emma Frances WALKER

5th generation

84. Francis Watts TOWNE m. Lilian M FRYE
m. Lilian M FRYE