Catherine Simonds

1630 -

• Name	Catherine Simonds
  Christening	18 Apr 1630	Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2]
  Will	24 Nov 1704 (~ 74 years)  [3]
  She was mentioned in the will of her husband, Jacob Town.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. John Simonds,   c. 30 Mar 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   2. Edmund Simonds,   c. 31 Dec 1626, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   3. Mary Simonds,   c. 18 May 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England + 4. Catherine Simonds,   c. 18 Apr 1630, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ▻ Ensign Jacob Towne,  m. 26 Jun 1657   5. Ruth Simonds,   b. 20 Feb 1631, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 May 1670, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 39 years)   6. James Simonds,   c. 19 May 1633, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Half siblings	1 person of an unknown gender (family of John Symonds and Elizabeth )
  1. Samuel Simonds,   b. Jan 1638, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Aug 1722, Boxford, Suffolk, England  (Age 84 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Symondes   bur. 21 Jan 1599/1600, North Walsham, Norfolk, England   (Great Grandfather)  Catherine Crickemer,   b. 12 Dec 1569, Walcott, Norfolk, England   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I528	Roy Line
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Symonds,   c. 9 Oct 1594, North Walsham, Norfolk, England d. 1671, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Ruth Foxe,   c. 10 Jan 1601/02, All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Ensign Jacob Towne,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 72 years)  Other Partners: Phebe French  m. 1684
  Marriage	26 Jun 1657	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	She : 27 years and 2 months - He : 25 years and 3 months.
  Children	3 sons and 3 daughters
  +   1. Deacon John Town,   b. 2 Apr 1658, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1740, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years) ▻ Mary Smith  m. 2 Feb 1680     2. Jacob Towne,   b. 13 Feb 1660, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Oct 1741, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Catherine Towne,   b. 25 Feb 1662, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Deliverance Towne,   b. 5 Aug 1664, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 May 1705 (Age 40 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Ruth Towne,   b. 5 Aug 1664, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Aug 1739 (Age 74 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Edmund Towne,   b. 21 Jul 1666, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Dec 1736 (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Catherine Simonds(1630 – ) 2John Symonds(1594 – 1671) 4John Simonds(1560 – ) 8John Symondes( – 21 Jan 1599/1600) 16 17 9Mary( – Abt 1565) 18 19 5Katherine Smythe(25 Feb 1572/73 – ) 10Edmund Smythe 20 21 11Margaret 22 23 3Ruth Foxe(10 Jan 1601/02 – ) 6John Foxe(1561 – 1630) 12William Foxe(1536 – Mar 1572/73) 24John Foxe( – 1559) 25 13Mary Cooke(1638 – 1598) 26Edmund Cooke 27Alys 7Catherine Crickemer(1569 – ) 14Richard Crickmere(1530 – 1571) 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 18 Apr 1630 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Marriage - 26 Jun 1657 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1646] Farrow, Charles. "The Walcott Connection", (Olympia, Washington: About Towne, volume XXXII, number 1, 2012). [S1389] Wheeler, Dick. "Symonds/Foxe Update", (Rochester, New York: About Towne, volume IX, number 2, 2 June 1989). [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996). [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892).