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    Person Info
  • Name: Francis TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Nov 1757 in Oxford, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 24 Aug 1827 in South Hadley, Massachusetts d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David TOWNE Birth: 15 Jul 1734 in Oxford, Massachusetts Death: Jan 1792 in Hebron, New York
  • Mother:
  • Keziah SHUMWAY Death: 22 Apr 1790 in Belchertown, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ruth TOWNE Birth: 24 Jan 1790 in Belchertown, Massachusetts
  2. Vila TOWNE Birth: 28 Feb 1792 in Belchertown, Massachusetts Death: 1858 in Ware, Massachusetts
  3. Sarah TOWNE Birth: 28 Aug 1795 in Hebron, New York
  4. William TOWNE Birth: 23 Dec 1797 in Hebron, New York
  5. J Warner TOWNE Birth: 15 Apr 1800 in Hebron, New York
  6. Eleazer TOWNE Birth: 24 Dec 1802 in Hebron, New York
  7. David TOWNE Birth: 25 Dec 1802 in Hebron, New York Death: 24 Apr 1834
  8. Hannah TOWNE Birth: 7 Aug 1805 in Hebron, New York
  9. Asher TOWNE Birth: 25 Mar 1809 in Belchertown, Massachusetts Death: 11 Jun 1859 in Belchertown, 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 p45],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p45],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p45]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eunice WARNER
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74]
Research Notes:
soldier in Revolutionary War; at battle of Bunker Hill and at Quebec, and the surrender of Burgoyne and Lord Cornwallis [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74]

lived in Belchertown until 1794 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74]

1794: moved to Hebron, New York [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p74]



Pedigree of Francis TOWNE
                                     /-----William TOWNE
                            /-----Jacob TOWNE
                           |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                   /-----John TOWNE
                  |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
                  |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
          /-----David TOWNE
         |        |         /-----Robert SMITH
         |         \-----Mary 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
 /-----David TOWNE
|         \-----Mary BARTON
Francis TOWNE
 \-----Keziah SHUMWAY



Descendants of Francis TOWNE
1. Francis TOWNE m. Eunice WARNER
m. Eunice WARNER

2nd generation

5. William TOWNE m. Christian WHILE
m. Christian WHILE
10. Asher TOWNE m. Arabella MOORE
m. Arabella MOORE

3rd generation

11. William Lyman TOWNE m1. Charlotte SWEET m2. Mary L KIRBY
m. Charlotte SWEET
m. Mary L KIRBY
14. Alonson W TOWNE m. Mary Evans LAW
m. Mary Evans LAW
16. Alphonso W TOWNE m1. Jerusha DENSMORE m2. Elizabeth A EARLE
m. Jerusha DENSMORE
m. Elizabeth A EARLE
17. Francis TOWNE m1. Emily JAMES m2. Emily HALL m3. Mary A STOWE
m. Emily JAMES
m. Emily HALL
m. Mary A STOWE
22. Franklin A TOWNE m1. Helen CLYNE m2. Jane B ROACH
m. Helen CLYNE
m. Jane B ROACH

4th generation

29. Charles Edward TOWNE m. Helen GIBBS
m. Helen GIBBS
32. Fred Eugene TOWNE m. Ella LaGOSH
m. Ella LaGOSH
34. Wesley Marshall TOWNE m. Mertie BOOMER
m. Mertie BOOMER
48. Byron James TOWNE m. Lucy A STEVENS
m. Lucy A STEVENS
53. William F TOWNE m. Lilian BILSON
m. Lilian BILSON
57. Henry F TOWNE m. Susan CARTER
m. Susan CARTER