William Towne

1599 - Abt 1673  (~ 73 years)

• Name	William Towne
  Christening	18 Mar 1598/99	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Agency: Saint Nicholas Church
  Land/House	1640 (~ 40 years)	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Moved To	1652 (~ 52 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  Religion	1664 (~ 64 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  William and Joanna were dismissed from the Salem Church to the Topsfield Church.
  Death	Abt 1673	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Towne   (Father)  Rose Fenne   bur. 30 Jan 1619, Blundeston, Fixton Parish, Suffolk, England   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I579	Roy Line
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Christening: Muse (1995) gives the date of the christening as 21 May 1603. [1] Death: Muse (1995) gives his death date as 30 April 1685. [1]

  
  

Father	John Towne
Mother	Elizabeth Clarke,   c. 3 Apr 1569, Blundeston, Fixton Parish, Suffolk, England
Family ID	F582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Joanna Blessing,   b. 1599/1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 82 years)
Marriage	25 Mar 1620	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Age at Marriage	He : 21 years - She : ~ 20 years and 3 months.
Children	4 sons and 4 daughters
1. Rebecca Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1621, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 19 Jul 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. John Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1624, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Susannah Towne,   c. 20 Oct 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Before 1672 (Age ~ 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Sargent Edmund Towne,   c. 28 Jun 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   5. 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) ▻ Catherine Simonds  m. 26 Jun 1657;   Phebe French  m. 1684     6. Mary Towne,   c. 24 Aug 1634, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 58 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Joseph Towne,   b. Abt 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1713, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 74 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Sarah Towne,   c. 3 Sep 1648, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	17 Jul 2019




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Towne(18 Mar 1598/99 – Abt 1673) 2John Towne 4 5 3Elizabeth Clarke(1569 – ) 6John Clarke( – 1610) 7Rose Fenne( – 1619)

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 18 Mar 1598/99 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Marriage - 25 Mar 1620 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Land/House - 1640 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 1652 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 1664 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Abt 1673 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = 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

  [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996). [S1388] Patterson, Shirley Drury Email: 2000-01-06 "William Towne" , (Email message from jpsp28 (at) aol.com, 6 January 2000). [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S635] Annett, Albert and Alice E. E. Lehtinen. The Generations of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, (Jaffrey, New Hampshire: The Town of Jaffrey, 1934). [S651] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume I, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995).