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: 5 Jun 1818 in Norway, Maine b
  • Death: California d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Amos TOWNE Birth: 28 May 1779 in Andover, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Mary FARNUM

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Amos F TOWNE Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
  2. William H TOWNE Birth: 14 Apr 1840 in Boston, Massachusetts
  3. John M TOWNE Birth: 1842 Death: 1881
  4. Harmon S TOWNE Birth: 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts Death: 28 Jan 1873

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 p108],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p108],
parents:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p108]
Sources for death Information
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p180]
Sources with Information about marriage to Caroline F MASON
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p180]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin 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
          /-----Peter TOWNE
         |         \-----Mary POOLE
 /-----Amos TOWNE
|         \-----Rebecca SHELDON
Benjamin TOWNE
 \-----Mary FARNUM



Descendants of Benjamin TOWNE
1. Benjamin TOWNE m. Caroline F MASON
m. Caroline F MASON

2nd generation

3. William H TOWNE m1. Mary J BIRD m2. Maria PURRINGTON
m. Mary J BIRD
m. Maria PURRINGTON
4. John M TOWNE m. Frances SHELDON
m. Frances SHELDON