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]*].
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[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p75]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth PROUTY