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: Joseph TOWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Apr 1718 in Topsfield, Massachusetts b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Nathan TOWNE Birth: 1693 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: Abt 15 Jul 1761
    • Mother:
  • Phebe CURTIS Death: 5 Jan 1762

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Simeon TOWNE Birth: 6 Jul 1747 Death: 23 Jan 1749
  2. Sarah TOWNE Birth: 20 Feb 1749
  3. Simeon TOWNE Birth: 31 Jul 1751 in Andover, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1810 in Bunksport, Maine
  4. Phebe TOWNE Birth: 3 Jun 1755
  5. Dorcas TOWNE Birth: 3 Mar 1758
  6. Esther TOWNE Birth: 17 May 1760
  7. Elizabeth TOWNE Birth: 15 May 1763
  8. Rebecca TOWNE Birth: 13 Mar 1768 in Andover, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Lieut Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, 1927. Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1927. Available at https://archive.org/details/ancestryoflieuta00davi. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis TOWNE p[0-9]*].
  2. Peabody, Selim Hobart, Peabody Genealogy. Boston, MA: Charles Pope, 1909. UMI #G350. Available at http://archive.org/details/peabodypaybodypa00peab. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/8295. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p[0-9]*].
  3. 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 p27],
place:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38],
parents:
[Ref: Davis TOWNE p9, TowneEE TOWNE p27]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah KIMBALL
date:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p38],
child:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p81, TowneEE TOWNE p38]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Joseph TOWNE
                            /-----William TOWNE
                   /-----Edmund TOWNE
                  |         \-----Joan BLESSING
          /-----Joseph TOWNE
         |        |         /-----Thomas BROWNING
         |         \-----Mary BROWNING
         |                  \-----Mary (BROWNING)
 /-----Nathan TOWNE
|        |         /-----Robert SMITH
|         \-----Amy SMITH
|                 |                                    /-----Stephen FRENCH
|                 |                           /-----Jacob FRENCH
|                 |                          |         \-----Mary (FRENCH)
|                 |                  /-----Thomas Sr FRENCH
|                 |                 |        |         /-----William WARREN
|                 |                 |         \-----Susan WARREN
|                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine (WARREN)
|                 |         /-----Thomas FRENCH
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Jasper RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth (RIDDLESDALE)
|                 |        |        |         /-----John RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan (RIDDLESDALE)
|                 |        |         \-----Susan RIDDLESDALE
|                 |        |                  \-----Dorcas (RIDDLESDALE)
|                  \-----Mary FRENCH
|                          |         /-----William SCUDAMORE
|                           \-----Mary SCUDMORE
Joseph TOWNE
|         /-----John CURTIS
 \-----Phebe CURTIS
          \-----Mary LOOKE



Descendants of Joseph TOWNE
1. Joseph TOWNE m. Sarah KIMBALL
m. Sarah KIMBALL

2nd generation

4. Simeon TOWNE m. Hepzibah SIMONDS
m. Hepzibah SIMONDS
9. Rebecca TOWNE m. Dudley PEABODY
m. Dudley PEABODY father: Bimsley PEABODY mother: Ruth MARSTON

3rd generation

16. Joseph TOWNE m. Mehitable COLE
m. Mehitable COLE

4th generation

29. Moody TOWNE m. Achsah RYERSON
m. Achsah RYERSON

5th generation

37. William Kimball TOWNE m. Mabel E RICKNOR
m. Mabel E RICKNOR
38. James Moody TOWNE m. Annie C LOUGH
m. Annie C LOUGH