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 p44],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p44]
Research Notes:
had a passion for a military life, and when reports of Napolean's
brilliant victories in his campaign in Italy reached this country, he left
with the intention of joining him, declaring it to be the highest ambition of
his life to serve under such a "galliant chieftan"; which which time he has
never been heard of [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p44]