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 Henry TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 20 Feb 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 7 Apr 1875 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John TOWNE Birth: 30 Apr 1787 in Methuen, Massachusetts Death: 24 Jul 1851
    • Mother:
  • Sarah ROBINSON

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Henry Robinson TOWNE Birth: 28 Aug 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  2. Helen Carman TOWNE Birth: Jan 1848
  3. Alice North TOWNE Birth: 13 Nov 1853

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 p107],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p179],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p107]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p179]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria R TEVIS
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p179],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p179]
Research Notes:
made a large gift to University of Pennsylvania in his will; the "Towne Scientific School" was named in his honor [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p180]



Pedigree of John Henry TOWNE
                                                       /-----William TOWNE
                                              /-----Edmund TOWNE
                                             |         \-----Joan BLESSING
                                     /-----Joseph TOWNE
                                    |        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
                                    |         \-----Mary BROWNING
                                    |                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
                            /-----Nathan TOWNE
                           |        |         /-----Robert SMITH
                           |         \-----Amy SMITH
                           |                 |                  /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
                           |                 |         /-----Thomas FRENCH
                           |                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
                           |                  \-----Mary FRENCH
                           |                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
                           |                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
                   /-----Nathan TOWNE
                  |        |         /-----John CURTIS
                  |         \-----Phebe CURTIS
                  |                  \-----Mary LOOKE
          /-----Benjamin TOWNE
         |         \-----Mary POOLE
 /-----John TOWNE
|         \-----Mehitable CHANDLER
John Henry TOWNE
 \-----Sarah ROBINSON



Descendants of John Henry TOWNE
1. John Henry TOWNE m. Maria R TEVIS
m. Maria R TEVIS

2nd generation

2. Henry Robinson TOWNE m. Cora E WHITE
m. Cora E WHITE

3rd generation

6. Frederick Talmadge TOWNE m. Mary C GIBBONS
m. Mary C GIBBONS