Deacon John Town

1658 - 1740  (81 years)

• Name	John Town
  Birth	2 Apr 1658	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Offices Held	5 Aug 1700 (42 years)	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  He was elected a Selectman at the town's first Town Meeting.
  Will	24 Nov 1704 (46 years)  [2]
  He was mentioned in his father's will.
  Residence	1708 (49 years)	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Moved to	1713 (54 years)	Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  They moved from Framingham.
  Offices Held	1714 (55 years)	Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  At the first Town Meeting of Oxford, he was chosen a Selectman, and later served in many positions in Oxford. He was also one of the four who started the church there and its first Deacon
  Death	1740	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 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)   3. Catherine Towne,   b. 25 Feb 1662, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. Deliverance Towne,   b. 5 Aug 1664, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 May 1705  (Age 40 years)   5. Ruth Towne,   b. 5 Aug 1664, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Aug 1739  (Age 74 years)   6. Edmund Towne,   b. 21 Jul 1666, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Dec 1736  (Age 70 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Towne   (Great Grandfather)  Catherine Crickemer,   b. 12 Dec 1569, Walcott, Norfolk, England   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I582	Roy Line
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Catherine Simonds,   c. 18 Apr 1630, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Saint Nicholas Church,  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary Smith,   b. 28 Oct 1658, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Marriage	2 Feb 1680	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	He : 21 years and 10 months - She : 21 years and 4 months.
  Children	8 sons and 2 daughters
  1. Mary Town,   b. 23 Jun 1681, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Mar  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. John Town,   b. 25 Nov 1682, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 29 Sep 1683, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Ensign Israel Town,   b. 18 Nov 1684, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Oct 1771, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 86 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Esther Town,   b. 13 Dec 1686, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. Before 1744, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Ephraim Town,   c. 22 Apr 1688, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Deacon Jonathan Town,   b. 11 Mar 1691, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1771, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. David Town,   b. 22 Oct 1693, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 20 Sep 1781, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   8. Samuel Town,   b. 25 Jan 1695, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1760, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 64 years) ▻ Sarah Lamb  m. 16 Apr 1722;   Bathsheba Woods  m. 11 Aug 1743     9. Edmund Town,   b. 7 May 1699, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 May 1745, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 46 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. John Town,   b. 31 May 1702, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2018

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon John Town(1658 – 1740) 2Ensign Jacob Towne(1632 – 1704) 4William Towne(18 Mar 1598/99 – Abt 1673) 8John Towne 16 17 9Elizabeth Clarke(1569 – ) 18John Clarke( – 1610) 19Rose Fenne( – 1619) 5Joanna Blessing(1599/1600 – 1682) 10John William Blyssinge(1575 – ) 20 21 11unknown wife 22 23 3Catherine Simonds(1630 – ) 6John Symonds(1594 – 1671) 12John Simonds(1560 – ) 24John Symondes( – 21 Jan 1599/1600) 25Mary( – Abt 1565) 13Katherine Smythe(25 Feb 1572/73 – ) 26Edmund Smythe 27Margaret 7Ruth Foxe(10 Jan 1601/02 – ) 14John Foxe(1561 – 1630) 28William Foxe(1536 – Mar 1572/73) 29Mary Cooke(1638 – 1598) 15Catherine Crickemer(1569 – ) 30Richard Crickmere(1530 – 1571) 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Apr 1658 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 2 Feb 1680 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 5 Aug 1700 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - 1708 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved to - 1713 - Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1714 - Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1740 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [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).