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: Benjamin TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 22 Dec 1793 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 29 Mar 1879 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob TOWNE Birth: 15 Dec 1750 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 30 Apr 1835
    • Mother:
  • Rachel CAIN Death: 11 Dec 1807

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE Birth: 1 Sep 1812 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 20 Feb 1888
  2. Alfred Porter TOWNE Birth: 16 Jun 1814 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 14 Apr 1891
  3. Jacob Adin TOWNE Birth: 21 Nov 1816 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 22 Dec 1881
  4. Eunice Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: 7 Jun 1819 Death: 1849
  5. Elisha Huntington TOWNE Birth: 2 Dec 1823 Death: 2 Sep 1895
  6. Jeremiah Stone TOWNE Birth: 8 May 1827 Death: 7 Dec 1827
  7. Sally Ann TOWNE Birth: 26 Oct 1829
  8. Caroline Haskell TOWNE Birth: 4 Mar 1833

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 p80],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p143],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p80]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p143]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sally BOARDMAN
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p143],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p143, TowneEE TOWNE p144]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin TOWNE
                                              /-----William TOWNE
                                     /-----Jacob TOWNE
                                    |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                            /-----Jacob TOWNE
                           |        |         /-----John SYMONDS
                           |         \-----Catherine SYMONDS
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth (SYMONDS)
                   /-----Jacob 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
          /-----Joshua TOWNE
         |         \-----Louise PAGE
 /-----Jacob TOWNE
|         \-----Sarah BALL
Benjamin TOWNE
 \-----Rachel CAIN



Descendants of Benjamin TOWNE
1. Benjamin TOWNE m. Sally BOARDMAN
m. Sally BOARDMAN

2nd generation

2. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE m. Esther PEABODY
m. Esther PEABODY father: John Potter PEABODY mother: Esther PERKINS
3. Alfred Porter TOWNE m. Harriet Newell PEABODY
m. Harriet Newell PEABODY father: John Potter PEABODY mother: Esther PERKINS
4. Jacob Adin TOWNE m. Sarah B PEABODY
m. Sarah B PEABODY father: John Potter PEABODY mother: Esther PERKINS

3rd generation

12. John Henry TOWNE m. Laura Jane ROBERTS
m. Laura Jane ROBERTS father: Nathan H ROBERTS mother: Mary J SYKES
17. Alfred Everett TOWNE m. Mary Jane KAVANAUGH
m. Mary Jane KAVANAUGH
18. Benjamin Porter TOWNE m. Leonora Guertner De ROCHEMONT
m. Leonora Guertner De ROCHEMONT
25. Jacob Martin TOWNE m. Alice BRIERLY
m. Alice BRIERLY
30. Walter Irving TOWNE m. Amy A SMART
m. Amy A SMART
33. Mabel Rosa TOWNE m. Frederick Morgan PEABODY
m. Frederick Morgan PEABODY father: George Warren PEABODY mother: Mary Elizabeth GRAY