Joanna Blessing

1600 - 1682  (82 years)

• Name	Joanna Blessing
  Birth	1599/1600	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Moved To	1652 (52 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Deed	1663 (63 years)
  Joanna deeded land to her son, Joseph.
  Religion	1664 (64 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  William and Joanna were dismissed from the Salem Church to the Topsfield Church.
  Legal	1670 (70 years)
  She deposed in 1670 giving her age as 70 years.
  Estate Admin	24 Jun 1673 (73 years)
  She was appointed administrator of the estate of her late husband.
  Legal	say 1675 (75 years)
  Joanna testified in a series of suits brought against the Rev. Thomas Gilbert who was accused of excessive drinking.
  Death	1682	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  1. Margaret Blessing   d. Abt 1633, England   2. Alice Blessing   d. 9 Feb 1656, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 3. Joanna Blessing,   b. 1599/1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years) ▻ William Towne,  m. 25 Mar 1620   4. Julian Blessing
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John William Blyssinge,   b. 1575, Somerleyton, Norfolk, England   (Father)  unknown wife  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I580	Roy Line
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John William Blyssinge,   b. 1575, Somerleyton, Norfolk, England
  Mother	unknown wife
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	William Towne,   c. 18 Mar 1598/99, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1673, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1620	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 20 years and 3 months - He : 21 years.
  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 1Joanna Blessing(1599/1600 – 1682) 2John William Blyssinge(1575 – ) 3unknown wife

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1599/1600 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Marriage - 25 Mar 1620 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Moved To - 1652 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Religion - 1664 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1682 - 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). [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996). [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). [S1388] Patterson, Shirley Drury Email: 2000-01-06 "William Towne" , (Email message from jpsp28 (at) aol.com, 6 January 2000).