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    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 25 Sep 1738 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 1830 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jabez TOWNE Birth: 15 Jun 1704 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 1 Apr 1783 in Londonderry, New Hampshire
  • Mother:
  • Tryphemia DWINELL Death: 16 Apr 1785

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jacob TOWNE Birth: 30 Jun 1764
  2. Hepzibah TOWNE Birth: 10 Jul 1765
  3. Daniel TOWNE Birth: 5 Jul 1766 in Keene, New Hampshire Death: 15 Feb 1850 in Rosbury, New Hampshire
  4. Mehitable TOWNE Birth: 1768
  5. Susannah TOWNE Birth: 1772 Death: Aug 1817
  6. Amos TOWNE Birth: 25 Feb 1775 in Keene, New Hampshire Death: 1860
  7. John TOWNE Birth: 17 Oct 1777 in Keene, New Hampshire Death: 23 Mar 1860
  8. Samuel TOWNE Birth: 24 Nov 1781 in Keene, New Hampshire Death: 1858

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 p32],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p32]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susannah BROWN
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49]
Research Notes:
was with Stark's Rangers in French and Indian War [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49]

8 Jul 1758: wounded at Old Fort Ticonderoga; saved from scalping by being hidden under a brushy tree-top [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49]

abt 1767: moved to Keene, New Hampshire [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p49]



Pedigree of Jacob TOWNE
                            /-----William TOWNE
                   /-----Jacob TOWNE
                  |         \-----Joan BLESSING
          /-----Jacob TOWNE
         |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
         |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
         |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
 /-----Jabez 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
Jacob TOWNE
 \-----Tryphemia DWINELL



Descendants of Jacob TOWNE
1. Jacob TOWNE m. Susannah BROWN
m. Susannah BROWN

2nd generation

4. Daniel TOWNE m. Sarah BANKS
m. Sarah BANKS
7. Amos TOWNE m. Betsey WRIGHT
m. Betsey WRIGHT
8. John TOWNE m. Susannah GRIMES
m. Susannah GRIMES
9. Samuel TOWNE m. Susan McDOWELL
m. Susan McDOWELL

3rd generation

12. Daniel TOWNE m. Fanny NIMS
m. Fanny NIMS
15. Seth TOWNE m. Maria A EAMES
m. Maria A EAMES
16. James W TOWNE m. Lucinda HILDRETH
m. Lucinda HILDRETH
17. Barton G TOWNE m. Harriet F TIFT
m. Harriet F TIFT
18. Luther B TOWNE m. Nancy W THOMPSON
m. Nancy W THOMPSON
19. Roby C TOWNE m. Abigail PIERSON
m. Abigail PIERSON
27. Samuel A TOWNE m. Lydia H DICKENSON
m. Lydia H DICKENSON
28. Andrew Hamilton TOWNE m1. Martha SPRING m2. Caroline SPRING
m. Martha SPRING
m. Caroline SPRING
29. George Edson TOWNE m. Martha M COLONY
m. Martha M COLONY

4th generation

35. Henry A TOWNE m1. C Lettitia DWINELL m2. Mary Jane DWINELL
m. C Lettitia DWINELL
m. Mary Jane DWINELL
36. David Sumner TOWNE m. Hannah Faulkner PRATT
m. Hannah Faulkner PRATT
54. Quincy A TOWNE m.
56. William Buchanan TOWNE m. Nellie L SANDERSON
m. Nellie L SANDERSON
59. George E TOWNE m. Bertha I SMITH
m. Bertha I SMITH

5th generation

65. Edgar F TOWNE m. Eva E WILCOX
m. Eva E WILCOX
69. George P TOWNE m. Bertha A BARNES
m. Bertha A BARNES
70. Fred Henry TOWNE m. Annie Gertrude TRULL
m. Annie Gertrude TRULL