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: 8 Oct 1771 in New Ipswich, New Hampshire b
  • Death: 15 May 1845 in Windsor, Vermont d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Edmund TOWNE Birth: 30 Apr 1736 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 12 Feb 1813
    • Mother:
  • Susannah CUMMINGS

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Orinda TOWNE Birth: 20 Jan 1803 Death: 15 Mar 1875 in Jackson, Michigan
  2. Sarah TOWNE Birth: 26 Nov 1804 Death: 29 Aug 1860
  3. Mary TOWNE Birth: 7 Apr 1807 Death: 26 Jun 1851 in Montpelier, Vermont
  4. Nahum TOWNE Birth: 9 Jan 1808 Death: 7 Mar 1809
  5. Dean Dr TOWNE Birth: 7 Feb 1810 in Windsor, Vermont Death: 4 Mar 1895 in Worcester, Massachusetts
  6. Benjamin Jr TOWNE Birth: 5 Sep 1812 in Windsor, Vermont Death: 19 Aug 1841 in Houston, Texas
  7. William TOWNE Birth: 9 Apr 1815 in Windsor, Vermont Death: 16 Feb 1863 in Tompkins, Michigan
  8. Emily Melissa TOWNE Birth: 5 Feb 1820 Death: 16 Jul 1899 in Worcester, Massachusetts

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 p37],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p37]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah BURT
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59]
Research Notes:
settled in Windsor, Vermont [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p59]



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
 /-----Edmund 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
 \-----Susannah CUMMINGS



Descendants of Benjamin TOWNE
1. Benjamin TOWNE m. Sarah BURT
m. Sarah BURT

2nd generation

7. Benjamin Jr TOWNE m. Hannah PICKERT
m. Hannah PICKERT
8. William TOWNE m. Abigail EATON
m. Abigail EATON
9. Emily Melissa TOWNE m. Samuel S ELLIS
m. Samuel S ELLIS

3rd generation

10. George C TOWNE m. Sarah C SMITH
m. Sarah C SMITH