Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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 available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Esther PEABODY
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 12 Sep 1812 b
  • Death: 31 Dec 1891 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Potter PEABODY Birth: 5 Dec 1780 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 5 Nov 1846
    • Mother:
  • Esther PERKINS Birth: 12 Jan 1790 Death: 11 Aug 1842

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Serene Josephine TOWNE Birth: 16 Sep 1836
  2. Harriet Rose TOWNE Birth: 4 Dec 1838
  3. John Henry TOWNE Birth: 2 Feb 1841 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  4. Mary Ann B TOWNE Birth: 31 Dec 1844 Death: 20 Jul 1856
  5. Esther Jane TOWNE Birth: 11 Mar 1847
  6. Benjamin Walter TOWNE Birth: 7 Feb 1851 Death: 17 Mar 1853

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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: PeabodySH PEABODY p88, TowneEE TOWNE p235],
parents:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88, TowneEE TOWNE p235]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88]
21 Dec 1891 [Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p235]
Sources with Information about marriage to Benjamin Boardman TOWNE
date:
[Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p88, TowneEE TOWNE p235],
child:
[Ref: TowneEE TOWNE p235]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Esther PEABODY
                                              /-----John PAYBODY
                                     /-----Francis PAYBODY
                                    |         \-----Isabell (PAYBODY)
                            /-----Isaac PEABODY
                           |         \-----Lydia (PAYBODY)
                   /-----Joseph PEABODY
                  |        |         /-----Robert ESTES
                  |         \-----Sarah ESTES
          /-----Jacob PEABODY
         |        |                                    /-----Simon Rev BRADSTREET
         |        |                           /-----Simon Gov BRADSTREET
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
         |        |                  /-----(Unk) BRADSTREET
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Roger Captain DUDLEY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas Gov DUDLEY
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Susan THORNE
         |        |                 |         \-----Anne DUDLEY
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Edmund YORKE
         |        |                 |                  \-----Dorothy YORKE
         |        |                 |                           \-----Katherine
         |        |         /-----Simon BRADSTREET
         |         \-----Elizabeth BRADSTREET
         |                  \-----Elizabeth CAPEN
 /-----John Potter PEABODY
|         \-----Sarah POTTER
Esther PEABODY
|         /-----Robert PERKINS
 \-----Esther PERKINS
          \-----Esther GOULD



Descendants of Esther PEABODY
1. Esther PEABODY m. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE
m. Benjamin Boardman TOWNE father: Benjamin TOWNE mother: Sally BOARDMAN

2nd generation

4. John Henry TOWNE m. Laura Jane ROBERTS
m. Laura Jane ROBERTS father: Nathan H ROBERTS mother: Mary J SYKES