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: Benjamin TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 May 1723 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin TOWNE Birth: 10 May 1691 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 11 Feb 1772
    • Mother:
  • Susanna WILDES Birth: 20 Oct 1697 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 5 Jul 1736

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Nathan TOWNE
  2. Eunice TOWNE
  3. Mary TOWNE
  4. Hannah TOWNE Birth: 3 Jun 1742
  5. Benjamin TOWNE Birth: 17 Jun 1745 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts Death: Plainfield, Massachusetts
  6. Nathaniel TOWNE Birth: 22 Dec 1747
  7. Susannah TOWNE Birth: 3 Jun 1749 Death: Nov 1756
  8. Sarah TOWNE Birth: 9 Jun 1752 Death: Nov 1756
  9. Daniel TOWNE Birth: 25 Nov 1753 Death: Nov 1756
  10. Ruth TOWNE Birth: 3 Nov 1756 Death: Nov 1756
  11. Miriam TOWNE Birth: 23 Jul 1758
  12. Joseph TOWNE Birth: 16 Sep 1760
  13. Anna TOWNE Birth: 25 Jun 1762
  14. Abigail TOWNE Birth: 10 Apr 1767

Bibliography
  1. 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 p27],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p27],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p27]
Sources with Information about marriage to Edna TOWNE
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p36]
Research Notes:
by 1747: moved to Sturbridge [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p36]

1763: bought a tract of land in Sturbridge; sold it in 1781 to Jonathan Morris of Woodstock, Connecticut [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p36]



Pedigree of Benjamin TOWNE
                            /-----William TOWNE
                   /-----Edmund TOWNE
                  |         \-----Joan BLESSING
          /-----Joseph TOWNE
         |        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
         |         \-----Mary BROWNING
         |                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
 /-----Benjamin 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
Benjamin TOWNE
|                  /-----John WILDE
|         /-----Ephraim WILDE
|        |        |         /-----William AVERNILL
|        |         \-----Sarah AVERILL
|        |                  \-----Abigail HYNTON
 \-----Susanna WILDES
         |                  /-----Thomas HOWLETT
         |         /-----Samuel HOWLETT
         |        |        |                           /-----Stephen FRENCH
         |        |        |                  /-----Jacob FRENCH
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----William WARREN
         |        |        |        |         \-----Susan WARREN
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
         |        |         \-----Alice FRENCH
         |        |                 |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
         |        |                 |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
         |        |                  \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
         |        |                           \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
          \-----Mary HOWLETT
                  |         /-----Daniel CLARKE
                   \-----Sara CLARK
                           |                  /-----Thomas BEANE
                           |         /-----Thomas BEANE
                           |        |         \-----Agnes CORNISH
                            \-----Mary BEANE
                                     \-----Elizabeth (BEANE)



Descendants of Benjamin TOWNE
1. Benjamin TOWNE m. Edna TOWNE
m. Edna TOWNE

2nd generation

6. Benjamin TOWNE m. Martha HITCHCOCK
m. Martha HITCHCOCK

3rd generation

17. Benjamin TOWNE m1. Annis REED m2. Electa NASH
m. Annis REED
m. Electa NASH

4th generation

27. Marquis de Lafayette TOWNE m. Francenah A MORSE
m. Francenah A MORSE