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: Joel TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 Mar 1776 in Oxford, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 24 Sep 1863 in Ashford, Connecticut d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Simon TOWNE Birth: 25 Feb 1748 in Oxford, Massachusetts Death: Dec 1837 in Ashford, Connecticut
    • Mother:
  • Mary PIKE Birth: Abt 1745 Death: 1838

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Celestina TOWNE Birth: 8 Oct 1801 in Dudley, Massachusetts Death: 11 Apr 1871
  2. George W TOWNE Birth: 15 Apr 1804 in Dudley, Massachusetts
  3. Nelson Parker TOWNE Birth: 1 Nov 1806 in Dudley, Massachusetts Death: 24 Nov 1846
  4. Semira P TOWNE Birth: 24 Aug 1809 in Dudley, Massachusetts Death: 28 Sep 1865
  5. Oliver W TOWNE Birth: 29 Mar 1812 in Dudley, Massachusetts
  6. Betsey TOWNE Birth: 21 Apr 1816 in Dudley, Massachusetts
  7. Rejoice Foster TOWNE Birth: 15 Jun 1819 in Dudley, Massachusetts Death: 14 Jan 1892

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 p46],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p46]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth WILLARD
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77]
Research Notes:
moved to Charlton, then to Dudley, then to Woodstock, CT, then to Ashford, CT [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77]



Pedigree of Joel TOWNE
                                     /-----William TOWNE
                            /-----Jacob TOWNE
                           |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                   /-----John TOWNE
                  |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
                  |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
          /-----John 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
 /-----Simon TOWNE
|         \-----Lydia HUNKINS
Joel TOWNE
 \-----Mary PIKE



Descendants of Joel TOWNE
1. Joel TOWNE m. Elizabeth WILLARD
m. Elizabeth WILLARD

2nd generation

4. Nelson Parker TOWNE m. Julia A DRESSER
m. Julia A DRESSER father: Moses DRESSER mother: Susannah TOWNE
8. Rejoice Foster TOWNE m. Elizabeth Chloe SESSIONS
m. Elizabeth Chloe SESSIONS father: Moses C Col SESSIONS mother: Elizabeth (SESSIONS)

3rd generation

9. Alban Nelson TOWNE m. Caroline Amelia MANSFIELD
m. Caroline Amelia MANSFIELD father: Asahel MANSFIELD
11. Lewis Willard TOWNE m. Clarissa C COOPER
m. Clarissa C COOPER
12. Horace Alonzo TOWNE m1. Sarah E MILLER m2. Emma M SCOVILLE
m. Sarah E MILLER
m. Emma M SCOVILLE
13. Semira Sophia TOWNE m1. Francis H NICHOLS m2. William F SHELTON
m. Francis H NICHOLS
m. William F SHELTON
17. Marcus Morton TOWNE m. Hattie AYER
m. Hattie AYER
21. Horace TOWNE m. Florence BIDWELL
m. Florence BIDWELL
22. Frank TOWNE m. Estelle HOUSE
m. Estelle HOUSE
24. George TOWNE m. Josephine BARBOUR
m. Josephine BARBOUR

4th generation

25. Evelyn Amelia TOWNE m1. Charles N SHAW m2. Clinton E WORDEN
m. Charles N SHAW
m. Clinton E WORDEN
31. Julia Ayer TOWNE m. William Burton STEVENS
m. William Burton STEVENS