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: John TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 22 Sep 1796 in Dana, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 15 Nov 1868 in Hardwick, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John TOWNE Birth: 23 Oct 1767 in Greenwich, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Mercy BABBITT Birth: 3 Mar 1768 Death: 19 Jul 1829

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Harriet TOWNE Birth: 3 Jun 1820 Death: 8 Dec 1820
  2. Aurelia TOWNE Birth: 31 May 1822 Death: 18 Jun 1826
  3. Eliza Ann TOWNE Birth: 2 Jun 1823 Death: 3 Apr 1856
  4. John Festus TOWNE Birth: 27 Oct 1824

Marriage: Children:
  1. Sally TOWNE Birth: 10 Feb 1829 in Ludlow, Massachusetts
  2. Amos T TOWNE Birth: 20 Feb 1831 in Ludlow, Massachusetts Death: Mar 1887
  3. Elbridge TOWNE Birth: 3 Jul 1832 in Ludlow, Massachusetts Death: 22 Jul 1862
  4. Mary Jane TOWNE Birth: 1 Sep 1834 in Dana, Massachusetts
  5. Nathan TOWNE Birth: 29 Mar 1838 in Petersham, Massachusetts Death: 17 Mar 1887
  6. Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: Aug 1840

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 p79],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p79],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p79]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth COVILL
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth SHAW
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p140]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John TOWNE
                                              /-----William TOWNE
                                     /-----Jacob TOWNE
                                    |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                            /-----Jacob TOWNE
                           |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
                           |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
                   /-----John TOWNE
                  |        |         /-----Robert SMITH
                  |         \-----Phebe SMITH
                  |                 |                           /-----Jacob FRENCH
                  |                 |                  /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Susan WARREN
                  |                 |         /-----Thomas FRENCH
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
                  |                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
                  |                  \-----Mary FRENCH
                  |                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
                  |                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
          /-----John TOWNE
         |         \-----Abigail STANLEY
 /-----John TOWNE
|         \-----Mary THOMAS
John TOWNE
 \-----Mercy BABBITT



Descendants of John TOWNE
1. John TOWNE m1. Elizabeth COVILL m2. Elizabeth SHAW
m. Elizabeth COVILL
m. Elizabeth SHAW

2nd generation

7. Amos T TOWNE m. Laura DAMON
m. Laura DAMON
9. Mary Jane TOWNE m1. Frederick STAFFORD m2. John HARRIS
m. Frederick STAFFORD
m. John HARRIS
10. Nathan TOWNE m. Sara FRANCES
m. Sara FRANCES father: Royal M FRANCES mother: Rachel S WHEELOC

3rd generation

20. John Mellen TOWNE m. Kate Mason BROWN
m. Kate Mason BROWN father: Robert BROWN