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: Nelson Parker TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 Nov 1806 in Dudley, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 24 Nov 1846 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joel TOWNE Birth: 12 Mar 1776 in Oxford, Massachusetts Death: 24 Sep 1863 in Ashford, Connecticut
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth WILLARD

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Alban Nelson TOWNE Birth: 26 May 1829 in Dresser Hill, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Death: 16 Jul 1895
  2. Moses Dresser TOWNE Birth: 15 Aug 1831 in Charlton, Massachusetts
  3. Lewis Willard TOWNE Birth: 4 Sep 1833 in Charlton, Massachusetts Death: 14 May 1892
  4. Horace Alonzo TOWNE Birth: 12 Jul 1835 in Charlton, Massachusetts
  5. Semira Sophia TOWNE Birth: 14 Sep 1837
  6. Semantha Maria TOWNE Birth: 14 Sep 1837
  7. Susan Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: 21 Dec 1839 Death: 19 Oct 1861
  8. Amelia Louisa TOWNE Birth: 8 Jan 1842 Death: 23 Sep 1856
  9. Marcus Morton TOWNE Birth: 28 May 1844 in Charlton, Massachusetts Death: 16 Oct 1897

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 p77],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p77]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p135]
Sources with Information about marriage to Julia A DRESSER
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p135],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p135, TowneEE TOWNE p136, TowneEE TOWNE p227]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Nelson Parker TOWNE
                                              /-----William TOWNE
                                     /-----Jacob TOWNE
                                    |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                            /-----John TOWNE
                           |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
                           |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
                   /-----John TOWNE
                  |        |         /-----Robert SMITH
                  |         \-----Mary SMITH
                  |                 |                           /-----Jacob FRENCH
                  |                 |                  /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Susan WARREN
                  |                 |         /-----Thomas FRENCH
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
                  |                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
                  |                  \-----Mary FRENCH
                  |                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
                  |                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
          /-----Simon TOWNE
         |         \-----Lydia HUNKINS
 /-----Joel TOWNE
|         \-----Mary PIKE
Nelson Parker TOWNE
 \-----Elizabeth WILLARD



Descendants of Nelson Parker TOWNE
1. Nelson Parker TOWNE m. Julia A DRESSER
m. Julia A DRESSER father: Moses DRESSER mother: Susannah TOWNE

2nd generation

2. Alban Nelson TOWNE m. Caroline Amelia MANSFIELD
m. Caroline Amelia MANSFIELD father: Asahel MANSFIELD
4. Lewis Willard TOWNE m. Clarissa C COOPER
m. Clarissa C COOPER
5. Horace Alonzo TOWNE m1. Sarah E MILLER m2. Emma M SCOVILLE
m. Sarah E MILLER
m. Emma M SCOVILLE
6. Semira Sophia TOWNE m1. Francis H NICHOLS m2. William F SHELTON
m. Francis H NICHOLS
m. William F SHELTON
10. Marcus Morton TOWNE m. Hattie AYER
m. Hattie AYER

3rd generation

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