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: 17 Jun 1745 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts b
  • Death: Plainfield, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin TOWNE Birth: 12 May 1723 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Edna TOWNE Death: 10 Oct 1788

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Candice TOWNE Birth: 17 May 1777
  2. Benjamin TOWNE Birth: 18 Apr 1779 in Plainfield, Massachusetts
  3. Chloe TOWNE Birth: 14 Mar 1785
  4. Younglove TOWNE Birth: 24 Jun 1788
  5. John TOWNE Birth: 31 May 1791

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 p36],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p56],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p36]
Sources for death Information
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p56]
Sources with Information about marriage to Martha HITCHCOCK
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p56]
Research Notes:



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
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry 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
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Henry 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)
Benjamin TOWNE
 \-----Edna TOWNE



Descendants of Benjamin TOWNE
1. Benjamin TOWNE m. Martha HITCHCOCK
m. Martha HITCHCOCK

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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