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I have Walter, but must be from the same reference as I have no further
info than that below. It would be interesting to find out who he was
though - must have some relation I would think.
At 05:51 PM 3/19/99 -0500, Tom Cloyes wrote:
>Don't have a Walter in my database. Anybody else?
>Tom
>
>At 08:21 PM 3/16/99 -0800, William L. Harvey wrote:
>>Whilst searching for someone else on the Ancestry Site I found the
>>following reference to a Walter Cloys - hopefully it will be of use to
>>someone on the list.
>>
>>Bill Harvey
>>wlh(a)foothill.net
>>
>>Full Context of Freemen of Massachusetts
>> LIST OF FREEMEN.
>> C. R., Vol. V. p. 146.
>> 8 May 1678.
>> page 30
>> Walter Cloys, Salem
>>
>>Viewing records 3667-3676 of 5236
>>
>
>
Stephanie
Shenandoah Valley, VA
walkers(a)vaix2.net
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html
Currently collecting/sharing these surnames
BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, CURTIS (CT), FAIRBANKS,
GENT/JENT,
PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA)
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"Listen to the footsteps that echo behind when you walk alone."
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Don't have a Walter in my database. Anybody else?
Tom
At 08:21 PM 3/16/99 -0800, William L. Harvey wrote:
>Whilst searching for someone else on the Ancestry Site I found the
>following reference to a Walter Cloys - hopefully it will be of use to
>someone on the list.
>
>Bill Harvey
>wlh(a)foothill.net
>
>Full Context of Freemen of Massachusetts
> LIST OF FREEMEN.
> C. R., Vol. V. p. 146.
> 8 May 1678.
> page 30
> Walter Cloys, Salem
>
>Viewing records 3667-3676 of 5236
>
Candy,
My file only shows that she was married to Brown and he not married to
anybody else. I don't have anything else on him. She was born November 15,
1696, daughter of Peter Cloyes b.Bef. August 05, 1677,Wells, York Co.,
Maine, and Mary Preston m.December 13, 1693, Salem, Massachusetts. Peter
was the son of Peter Cloyes b.March 27, 1639, Watertown, Middlesex Co.,
Massachusetts, m.1663 Hannah Littlefield Wells Maine. His father was John
Cloyes b.December 02, 1604, St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England m.
1635, St. Nicholas Church, Colchester, England, Abigail Mournings. Peter
Cloyse b. June 28, 1567, St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England, m.Abt.
1599, Colchester, Essex, England, Elizabeth b.Abt. 1571, St. Nicholas,
Colchester, Essex, England. Peter Cloyse b.1539, in or near Cloyes, France,
m.1563, St Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England, Ellen Hollandt b.1543, St.
Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England.
Hope this helps,
Tom
At 05:00 PM 3/17/99 -0500, DugSchae(a)aol.com wrote:
>Looking for any information on CLAICE (CLAYES) living in Marlborough, MA.
>My ancestory was Mary CLAICE married to James BROWNE on Dec 7, 1727 she was
>his third wife and she died ca. 1725. Any information would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Candy Schaefer
>DugSchae(a)aol.com
>
Looking for any information on CLAICE (CLAYES) living in Marlborough, MA.
My ancestory was Mary CLAICE married to James BROWNE on Dec 7, 1727 she was
his third wife and she died ca. 1725. Any information would be greatly
appreciated.
Regards,
Candy Schaefer
DugSchae(a)aol.com
Whilst searching for someone else on the Ancestry Site I found the
following reference to a Walter Cloys - hopefully it will be of use to
someone on the list.
Bill Harvey
wlh(a)foothill.net
Full Context of Freemen of Massachusetts
LIST OF FREEMEN.
C. R., Vol. V. p. 146.
8 May 1678.
page 30
Walter Cloys, Salem
Viewing records 3667-3676 of 5236
This should end with # 249
Endnotes
1. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15, 16.
2. Currents of Malice - McMillen
3. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15.
4. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15, 16.
5. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692;
LDS ancestral file; Currents of Malice - McMillen
6. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
7. Currents of Malice - McMillen
8. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
9. Suffolk Co. Wills
10. Pope's Pioneers of MA
11. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
12. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
13. Suffolk Co. Wills
14. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
15. internet -
www.infobases.com/cgi-bin/folio...ii/gennam-i/query=phipps/doc/{@3292;
Currents of Malice - McMillen
16. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
17. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. I; History of Framingham; Encyclopedia
of New England History
18. promotional brochure for the Rebecca Nurse homestead.
19. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
20. The Devil Discovered - Robinson; Currents of Malice - McMillen
21. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. I; History of Framingham
22. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II, Genealogical Dictionary 1st
settlers N.E.
23. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New
England, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1965).
24. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
25. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II
26. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
27. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. I
28. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
29. visit to Danver's Massachusetts
30. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
31. Currents of Malice - McMillen
32. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II
33. internet -
www.infobases.com/cgi-bin/folio...ii/gennam-i/query=phipps/doc/{@3292
34. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; internet
35. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
36. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
37. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
38. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
39. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
40. Private researcher
41. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II
42. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
43. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
44. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
45. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
46. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
47. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
48. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692;
The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
49. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
50. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
51. Topsfield Vital Records to 1850, 100.
52. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15, 16.
53. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
54. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
55. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
56. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
57. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
58. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
59. Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New England < May 1692
60. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
61. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
62. LDs ancestral file
63. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
64. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
65. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
66. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
67. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
68. Topsfield Vital Records
69. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
70. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
71. William Barry, History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880,
(James Munroe and Company, 1847, Boston).
72. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
73. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
74. Topsfield Vital Records
75. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
76. Topsfield Vital Records to 1850, 100.
77. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
78. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
79. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
80. William Barry, History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880,
(James Munroe and Company, 1847, Boston).
81. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
82. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
83. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
84. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
85. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
86. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
87. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
88. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
89. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
90. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
91. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne; History of Framingham
92. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
93. William Barry, History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880,
(James Munroe and Company, 1847, Boston).
94. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
95. Topsfield Vital Records
96. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
97. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
98. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne; History of Framingham
99. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
100. William Barry, History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880,
(James Munroe and Company, 1847, Boston).
101. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
102. Topsfield Vital Records
103. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
104. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
105. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
106. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
107. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
108. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
109. History of Boxford, MA
110. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
111. History of Boxford, MA
112. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
113. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
114. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15, 16.
115. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
116. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
117. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
118. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
119. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
120. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
121. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
122. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
123. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New
England, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1965).
124. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
125. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
126. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
127. Private researcher
128. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
129. Private researcher
130. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
131. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
132. Private researcher
133. Private researcher.
134. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
135. Private researcher
136. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
137. Private researcher
138. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
139. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; History of Framingham
140. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; History of Boxford, MA
141. History of Boxford, MA
142. Private researcher
143. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne; History of Framingham
144. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
145. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
146. History of Boxford, MA
147. Private researcher
148. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880; The Descendants of
William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
149. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
150. Private researcher
151. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
152. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
153. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II, Savage's, The Devil Discovered -
Robinson
154. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New
England, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1965).
155. Robinson, The Devil Discovered.
156. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
157. Upham, Salem Witchcraft, Vol. II.
158. Robinson, The Devil Discovered.
159. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15.
160. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
161. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; Savage's; Salem Witchcraft - Upham
162. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New
England, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1965).
163. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
164. Upham, Salem Witchcraft.
165. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
166. The History of Topsfield, 340, 341.
167. Currents of Malice - McMillen
168. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II, The Devil Discovered - Robinson
169. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II
170. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
171. Salem Vital Records, Genealogical Dictionary 1st settlers NE,
172. Currents of Malice - McMillen
173. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
174. Currents of Malice - McMillen
175. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
176. Currents of Malice - McMillen
177. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
178. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA.
179. Records of Peabody Institute Library, Danvers MA.
180. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
181. Salem Vital Records; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New
Hampshire; IGI; The Mills and Cloyes Families of Wells, Maine: Encyclopedia
of New England Families
182. IGI
183. Robinson, The Devil Discovered.
184. The Mills and Cloyes Families of Wells, ME.
185. Encyclopedia of New England Families.
186. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
187. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
188. Salem Vital Records; Savage's; History of Framingham; The Devil
Discovered; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne;
Topsfield Vital Records
189. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the 1st Settlers of New
England, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1965).
190. William Barry, History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880,
(James Munroe and Company, 1847, Boston).
191. Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne.
192. Robinson, The Devil Discovered.
193. Topsfield Vital Records to 1850.
194. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
195. Watertown Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 20.
196. Danvers Church Records.
197. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
198. The Mills and Cloyes Families of Wells, ME.
199. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II; The Descendants of William Towne -
Edwin Eugene Towne
200. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II, The Devil Discovered - Robinson
201. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
202. Savage's
203. The Cloyes Family; History of Framingham, Manssachusetts
204. The Mormon Cosmology
205. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
206. Mormon Cosmology 1644 - 1844
207. IGI
208. The Cloyes Family
209. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II
210. The Cloyes Family
211. Maine Wills
212. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
213. The Devil Discovered - Robinson
214. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
215. The Cloyes Family; Savage's; History of Framingham
216. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; Savage's
217. Salem Vital Records. IGI
218. Salem Withcraft by C. Upham
219. Salem Vital Records. IGI
220. The Records ot the First Church in Salem
221. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
222. IGI, History of Framingham
223. History of Framingham.
224. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
225. Middlesex Co. Probate - will of Peter Cloyes
226. Salem Vital Records
227. Noyes, Libby, Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New
Hampshire; 1550 - 1800, (Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD, 1972).
228. The Mills and Cloyes Families of Wells, ME.
229. Sidney Perley, History of Salem, MA, Vol. III, 110.
230. International Genealogy Index.
231. The Records of the First Church in Salem.
232. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15, 16.
233. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. I
234. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 16.
235. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
236. NEHGS, Vol. 21, 15.
237. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne
238. Salem Witchcraft by Upham Vol. II; The Descendants of William Towne -
Edwin Eugene Towne; Salem Vital Records
239. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
240. History of Framingham, Massachusetts 1640 - 1880
241. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
242. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
243. Salem Vital Records
244. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
245. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
246. The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne
247. Topsfield Vital Records
248. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne; History of Framingham
249. Ancestry of My Parents - Rejoice Foster Towne and Elizabeth Chloe
(Sessions) Towne - George Towne; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne
Stephanie
Shenandoah Valley, VA
walkers(a)vaix2.net
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html
Currently collecting/sharing these surnames
BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, FAIRBANKS, GENT/JENT,
PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA)
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8. JOSEPH3 TOWNE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)232 was born Abt. 1639 in Topsfield,
Essex Co., Massachusetts233,234, and died February 21, 1713/14 in
Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts235. He married PHEBE PERKINS236 1663
in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts237, daughter of THOMAS PERKINS and
PHEBE GOULD.
Notes for JOSEPH TOWNE:
1660; At a county court held at Salem, in the case of Henry Bartholomew
plaintiff, Jacob Towne as defendant; William, Edmund and Joseph Towne were
witnesses, and in their evidence William stated that he was three score
years old, Edmund that he was thirty one years of age, and Joseph that he
was about one and twenty. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 16)
1663; Parents William and Joanna, deeded 2/3 of the home they live in, the
barn, outhouses, yard, gardens, orchards, "lying situate and being in
Topsfield, together with a parcel of broken upland by the meadow side, only
a cartway reserved between the said land and the meadow towards the South,
and the land of Jacob Towne towards the East, and the land of Jacob Towne
and Edmund Towne towards the North, and the Lands of Isaac Estie towards
the West - also another parcell of land broke up and upbroken, containing
an estimation of thirty acres, bounded by the way towards the Southeast and
Northeast, and a way also towards the Southwest; the land of Zacheus Gould
and Edmund Towne towards the Northwest and the land of Edmund Towne and
Isaac Estie towards the North. Also a parcell of meddow lying on the North
side of the river, having the river for the bounds towards the South, a
highway towards the West, and a way towards the North, and meddow of Jacob
Towne towards the East, containing by estimation fourteen acres." to son
Joseph just prior to his marriage with Phebe Perkins; "In consideration of
natural affection and the contemplated marriage of our son Joseph Towne to
Phebe Perkins..." Joseph also to have first refussal of the remaining 1/3
when it should be for sale. (George Towne book; Pope's Pioneers of MA;
NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1664; Paid over one pound to the minister. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1/17/1683; Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned
by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his
estate in the hands of their mother who was appointed administatrix and the
estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the
following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his
three sons, Edmond, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the
three daughters, Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay
all debts now due and what charges shall arise in settlement of the estate
to be equally borne by all six. Signed by Mary (her mark) Towne relict of
Edmond, Jacob Towne, Joseph (his mark) Towne, Francis (his mark) Nurse with
the consent of Rebecca, Mary (her mark) Esty formerly Mary Towne, Sarah
(her mark) Bridges. Witness: John How, John Pritchet
Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683
(Ipswich Deeds, Vol 4 page 515)
3/22/1690; Removed from Salem to Topsfield. (The Descendants of William
Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne)
12/14/1692; with John Nichols succeeded in bailing out neighbor Hobbs who
was in prison accused of witchcraft. On 12/17/1692 total of 1200 lbs
recognizance bail posted and 200lbs was later lost when it was thought
unsafe to return Hobbs the following month for court. (Salem Witchcraft Vol
II by Upham; The Devil Discovered - Robinson)
More About JOSEPH TOWNE:
christening: September 03, 1648, First Church Salem, Salem, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts238
Fact 6: church member at Topsfield239
Children of JOSEPH TOWNE and PHEBE PERKINS are:
i. PHEBE4 TOWNE, b. May 04, 1666, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts240;
d. January 03, 1668/69241.
ii. JOANNA TOWNE, b. January 22, 1667/68, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts241; d. Aft. 1736, of Sutton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts242;
m. (1) PHILLIP NICHOLS, December 12, 1694, Salem, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts243; m. (2) THOMAS NICHOLS, December 12, 1694, Salem, Essex
Co., Massachusetts243.
More About JOANNA TOWNE:
Fact 6: 1736, of Sutton, Worcester Co., MA244
iii. MARY TOWNE, b. March 27, 1670, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts245.
iv. SUSANNA TOWNE, b. December 24, 1671, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts245; d. September 13, 1776246; m. JOHN CUMMINGS, January 23,
1688/89, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts247.
23. v. JOSEPH TOWNE, b. March 22, 1672/73, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. May 28, 1757, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
vi. SARAH TOWNE, b. December 30, 1675, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts248; d. November 01, 1760249.
24. vii. JOHN TOWNE, b. February 20, 1677/78, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. March 28, 1714.
viii. MARTHA TOWNE, b. May 19, 1680, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts249; m. ISAAC LEACH.
ix. PHEBE TOWNE, b. July 23, 1685, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts249;
m. NEWHALL.
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Stephanie
Shenandoah Valley, VA
walkers(a)vaix2.net
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Stephanie-J-Walker/index.html
Currently collecting/sharing these surnames
BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, FAIRBANKS, GENT/JENT,
PARKHILL, PEPPER, PHIPPS, THOMPSON (VT, CT), WALKER (MA,NY), WATSON (MA)
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5. JACOB3 TOWNE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)114 was born Abt. 1632 in Great Yarmouth,
England115,116, and died November 27, 1704 in Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts - age abt 73117,118. He married CATHERINE SYMONDS118 June
26, 1657 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts119,120,121, daughter of
JOHN SYMONDS and RUTH FOX.
Notes for JACOB TOWNE:
"Jacob Towne was a boy of three or four when he came to New England with
his parents." (The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
Lived with his father in Salem about 12 years at Northfields, probably
going to Topsfield when his father did. (George Towne book; The
Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne; NEGHS, Vol. 21 page 16)
1657; Sued by Mr. William Perkins, but case withdrawn. (The Ancestry of
Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1660; At a county court held at Salem, in the case of Henry Bartholomew
plaintiff, Jacob Towne as defendant; William, Edmund and Joseph Towne were
witnesses, and in their evidence William stated that he was three score
years old, Edmund that he was thirty one years of age, and Joseph that he
was about one and twenty. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 16) Jacob sued for
witholding a mare and foal from Bartholomew. Bartholomew the victor. (The
Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1661; Name appears with Isaac Esty, Edmond and William Towne on
Topsfield's original list of thirty commoners. (Currents of Malice -
McMillen)
1663; Parents William and Joanna, deeded 2/3 of the home they live in, the
barn, outhouses, yard, gardens, orchards, "lying situate and being in
Topsfield, together with a parcel of broken upland by the meadow side, only
a cartway reserved between the said land and the meadow towards the South,
and the land of Jacob Towne towards the East, and the land of Jacob Towne
and Edmund Towne towards the North, and the Lands of Isaac Estie towards
the West - also another parcell of land broke up and upbroken, containing
an estimation of thirty acres, bounded by the way towards the Southeast and
Northeast, and a way also towards the Southwest; the land of Zacheus Gould
and Edmund Towne towards the Northwest and the land of Edmund Towne and
Isaac Estie towards the North. Also a parcell of meddow lying on the North
side of the river, having the river for the bounds towards the South, a
highway towards the West, and a way towards the North, and meddow of Jacob
Towne towards the East, containing by estimation fourteen acres." to son
Joseph just prior to his marriage with Phebe Perkins; "In consideration of
natural affection and the contemplated marriage of our son Joseph Towne to
Phebe Perkins..." Joseph also to have first refussal of the remaining 1/3
when it should be for sale. (George Towne book; Pope's Pioneers of MA;
NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1669; Committee to lay out a highway. With brother Jacob, laid out the
road leading towards the south from the bridge near their father's house.
This road was to be one pole wide, and must be one of the oldest roads on
the south side of the river. History of Topsfield; Topsfield Town Records)
1675; Committee to view a highway. (Topsfield Town Records)
1676; Trial Juror. (The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1677 - 8; Topsfield granted him upland and swamp south of the river.
(Topsfield Town Records)
1678-9; Selectman. (Topsfield Town Records)
1679-80-81; Committee to settle boundary disputes. (Topsfield Town Records)
1680; One of the committee appointed by the church to choose a minister,
and Mr. Joseph Capen having come to Topsfield for the preliminary
interviews, Towne was directed to accompany Capen back to Dorchester "and
bring him again with his friends consent to continue with us in the
ministry". (The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1681; Trial Juror and Corporal in town's train band.
At age about 50 he testified that thirty five or six years ago his father
had bought twenty acres of land from Jeffery Massey and paid for it in
wheat, and when his father removed from Salem to Topsfield in 1651, he sold
the lot, which was at Ryal Side, to Nathaniel Felton. (The Ancestry of
Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1682; Committee to lay out 12 acres to Mr. Capen. Selectman. Corporal.
(Topsfield Town Records)
Acted as agent for his town in the bitter dispute between Salem and
Topsfield over the boundary line, which is considered to have had vengeful
repercussions in the witchcraft accusations of 1692. (The Ancestry of
Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1/17/1683; Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned
by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his
estate in the hands of their mother who was appointed administatrix and the
estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the
following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his
three sons, Edmond, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the
three daughters, Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay
all debts now due and what charges shall arise in settlement of the estate
to be equally borne by all six. Signed by Mary (her mark) Towne relict of
Edmond, Jacob Towne, Joseph (his mark) Towne, Francis (his mark) Nurse with
the consent of Rebecca, Mary (her mark) Esty formerly Mary Towne, Sarah
(her mark) Bridges. Witness: John How, John Pritchet
Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683
(Ipswich Deeds, Vol 4 page 515)
1683 - 4; Selectman. (Topsfield Town Records)
1684; Committee to provide for Mr. Capen's ordination and on the committee
to settle line between Ipswich and Topsfield. (Topsfield Town Records;
The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1685; In the case of Norman vs. Orne, at Ipswich, Jacob Towne, Sr., aged
about 54 years, testified and said that he lived in Salem in the North
fields, that he had lived there about 12 years and that he had been absent
from there now for thirty four years. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 16)
1686; Committee to examine bounds adjoining common. (Topsfield Town Record)
1687; Committee to seat meeting house, a task requiring great tact.
Ensign in town's train band. (Topsfield Town Records; The Ancestry of
Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis))
1692; Grand Juror. (The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
1701; Tythingman. (The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes - Walter Goodwin Davis)
11/24/1704; Will dated at Topsfield. (George Towne book; The Descendants
of William Towne - Edwin Eugene Towne; NEHGS, Vol. 21 page16)
1/1/1705; Will proven. Synopsis; Jacob Jr. to have the land he was
settled upon, about 49 acres on the Ipswich River, also 1 acre and 60 poles
of meadow on the north side.
Daughter Catherine Perkins to have 5 pounds in addition to what he had
already done for her, not in or as money but other current pay.
Daughter Deliverance Stiles wife of John, to have 4 pounds in addition to
what he had already done for her.
Son John and daughter Ruth to have equal share of land he lived on and not
otherwise disposed of, together with house, outbuildings thereon, orchards,
and all movables, they to provide comfortable maintenance for wife
Catherine and son Edmond during their natural lives, and to pay his debts
and funeral expenses. After wife's decease give to Deliverance the bed
Edmond usually had the improvement of. Son John made Executor. (George
Towne book; NEHGS, Vol. 21 page16)
More About JACOB TOWNE:
christening: March 11, 1632/33, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England122,123,124,125
Fact 6: January 01, 1704/05, will proved, inventory 196.2.6 lbs126
Fact 7: no birth record found
Fact 8: 127
Notes for CATHERINE SYMONDS:
8/16/1671; Father's Will written, proved 9/19/1671. ".....I give to my
sonne James Symonds at my wives decease my dwelling house outhousing
Orchard together with all my land... paying 40 pounds in 4 year 10 pounds
pr annum for my wife for 4 year as aforesaid, and 5 pounds per annum for 4
years unto my son Samuel and my daughter Kathren 50 shillings per annum to
each of them...I give all the rest of my estate to my sonne Samuel Symonds
and my daughter Kathren Town equally to be divided between them...." Sons
James and Samuel were executors. (George Towne book)
More About CATHERINE SYMONDS:
christening: April 18, 1630, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - St.
Nicholas Church128
Fact 6: no birth record found
Children of JACOB TOWNE and CATHERINE SYMONDS are:
16. i. JOHN4 TOWNE, b. April 02, 1658, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts;
d. 1740, Oxford, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
17. ii. JACOB TOWNE, b. February 13, 1659/60, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. October 04, 1741, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
iii. KATHERINE TOWNE129, b. February 25, 1661/62, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts130; d. July 02, 1714131,132; m. (1) ELISHA PERKINS133,
February 23, 1679/80, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts134; m. (2) ELISHA
PERKINS135, February 23, 1679/80, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts136.
Notes for KATHERINE TOWNE:
11/24/1704; Bequest in father's will; Daughter Catherine Perkins to have
5 pounds in addition to what he had already done for her. (George Towne book)
iv. DELIVERANCE TOWNE137, b. August 05, 1664, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts138; d. May 16, 1705139; m. JOHN STILES, November 24, 1684,
Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts140.
Notes for DELIVERANCE TOWNE:
11/24/1704; Bequest in father's will; Daughter Deliverance Stiles to have
4 pounds in addition to what he had already done for her.
... after wife's decease give to Deliverance the bed Edmond had had the
improvement of. (George Towne book)
Notes for JOHN STILES:
Lived Boxford, s side of Fish Brook. Had several children. (History of
Boxford, MA)
More About JOHN STILES:
Fact 6: October 1690, freeman141
v. RUTH TOWNE142, b. August 05, 1664, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts143; d. August 01, 1739, of Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts?144; m. JOHN STILES, 1684145.
Notes for RUTH TOWNE:
11/24/1704; Bequest in father's will; Son John and daughter Ruth to have
equal share of land he lived on and not otherwise disposed of, together
with outbuildings thereon and all movables, they to provide comfortable
maintenance for wife Catherine and son Edmond and pay his debts and funeral
expenses (George Towne book)
More About RUTH TOWNE:
burial: Died unmarried
Notes for JOHN STILES:
Lived Boxford, s side of Fish Brook. Had several children. (History of
Boxford, MA)
More About JOHN STILES:
Fact 6: October 1690, freeman146
vi. EDMUND TOWNE147, b. July 21, 1666, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts148; d. December 25, 1736, of Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts?149.
Notes for EDMUND TOWNE:
11/24/1704; Bequest in father's will ; Son John and daughter Ruth to have
equal share of land he lived on and not otherwise disposed of, together
with outbuildings thereon and all movables, they to provide comfortable
maintenance for wife Catherine and son Edmond and pay his debts and funeral
expenses and after wife's decease give to Deliverance the bed Edmond had
had the improvement of. (George Towne book)
More About EDMUND TOWNE:
burial: Died unmarried
vii. JACOB TOWNE150, b. Bef. 1659, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts151;
d. 1659, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts151.
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Generation 2
2. REBECCA3 TOWNE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)14 was born Abt. 1622 in Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England15,16, and died July 19, 1692 in Salem Village,
Essex Co., Massachusetts17. She married FRANCIS NURSE18,19 August 24,
1644 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts20.
(I have more on her family)
3. JOHN3 TOWNE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)45 was born Abt. 1624 in Great Yarmouth,
England46,47, and died Abt. 1672 in Massachusetts. He married PHEBE LAWSON.
More About JOHN TOWNE:
christening: February 16, 1623/24, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England48,49,50
Child of JOHN TOWNE and PHEBE LAWSON is:
i. JOSEPH4 TOWNE.
4. EDMUND3 TOWNE (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)51,52,53 was born Abt. 1628 in St
Nicholas Parish Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England54,55, and died
Bef. May 03, 1678 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts56. He married
MARY BROWNING57 Abt. 1652 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England58, daughter
of THOMAS BROWNING.
Notes for EDMUND TOWNE:
1637; Listed on manifest of ship Rose of Yarmouth, as an 'apprentice' and
member of the family of Henry Skerry, cordwainer. (Currents of Malice -
McMillen) An apprentice to William Skerry
who was a shoemaker specializing in cordovan shoes.
1656; New road laid out "from the ford nigh to the house of William Towne,
through the lands of said William Towne, William Howard, Jacob Towne,
Edmund Towne, and George Buckner..." Edmond one of the men empowered by
the town to lay out the road. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1660; At a county court held at Salem, in the case of Henry Bartholomew
plaintiff, Jacob Towne as defendant; William, Edmund and Joseph Towne were
witnesses, and in their evidence William stated that he was three score
years old, Edmund that he was thirty one years of age, and Joseph that he
was about one and twenty. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 16)
1661; Name appears with Isaac Esty, Jacob and William Towne on Topsfield's
original list of thirty commoners. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1663; Parents William and Joanna, deeded 2/3 of the home they live in, the
barn, outhouses, yard, gardens, orchards, "lying situate and being in
Topsfield, together with a parcel of broken upland by the meadow side, only
a cartway reserved between the said land and the meadow towards the South,
and the land of Jacob Towne towards the East, and the land of Jacob Towne
and Edmund Towne towards the North, and the Lands of Isaac Estie towards
the West - also another parcell of land broke up and upbroken, containing
an estimation of thirty acres, bounded by the way towards the Southeast and
Northeast, and a way also towards the Southwest; the land of Zacheus Gould
and Edmund Towne towards the Northwest and the land of Edmund Towne and
Isaac Estie towards the North. Also a parcell of meddow lying on the North
side of the river, having the river for the bounds towards the South, a
highway towards the West, and a way towards the North, and meddow of Jacob
Towne towards the East, containing by estimation fourteen acres." to son
Joseph just prior to his marriage with Phebe Perkins; "In consideration of
natural affection and the contemplated marriage of our son Joseph Towne to
Phebe Perkins..." Joseph also to have first refussal of the remaining 1/3
when it should be for sale. (George Towne book; Pope's Pioneers of MA;
NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1664; Paid over one pound to the minister. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1669; With brother Jacob, laid out the road leading towards the south from
the bridge near their father's house. This road was to be one polewide, and
must be one of the oldestroads on the south side of the river. History of
Topsfield)
1675; One of a committee of six men from Topsfield which petitioned the
General Court of Boston asking permission to form a military guard to
protect the settlers from Indian attack; "for the caring of the husbandry,
we conceive that it will be most safe for us to be ordered to go in
companies to our work that so we may some to watch, when others work..."
they asked to be allowed to form themselves into 4 garrisons. A stone wall
was built around the meeting house that was to be used as a fort.
(Currents of Malice - McMillen; The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin
Eugene Towne; NEHGS, Vol. 21, page 16)
9/1677; Chosen with four others to oversee the families of Ensign John
Gould, Joseph and Jacob Towne, and Isaac Esty and three other families as
tythingman. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
5/3/1678; Estate inventory. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, page 16)
More About EDMUND TOWNE:
christening: June 28, 1628, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England59,60,61,61
Fact 7: d. bef 5/3/1678 Topsfield?62
Notes for MARY BROWNING:
1/17/1683; Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned
by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his
estate in the hands of their mother who was appointed administatrix and the
estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the
following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his
three sons, Edmond, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the
three daughters, Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay
all debts now due and what charges shall arise in settlement of the estate
to be equally borne by all six. Signed by Mary (her mark) Towne relict of
Edmond, Jacob Towne, Joseph (his mark) Towne, Francis (his mark) Nurse with
the consent of Rebecca, Mary (her mark) Esty formerly Mary Towne, Sarah
(her mark) Bridges. Witness: John How, John Pritchet
Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683
(Ipswich Deeds, Vol 4 page 515)
9/6/1692; Called as a witness against sister - in - laws Mary and Sarah in
witchcraft trials with some of her children. (The Devil Discovered -
Robinson) Summons for witnesses from Topsfield to testify versus Sarah
Cloyce and Mary Easty: Margaret Gould Reddington, 70; Widow Mary Browning
Towne and her children William, 34, Rebecca, Abt 23, Samuel, 19, and
Elizabeth abt 18. (Records of the Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, MA)
9/7/1692; Contacted court to say they would not be able to come as they
were all ill in bed with a "strange condition" (The Devil Discovered -
Robinson) "I humbly beg that your honors will not Impuet anything
concerning our not coming as Contempt of Authority...we would Come, but we
are in a Strain condition and most of us can scarce get out of our beds we
are so weak, and not able to rise at all. As for my daughter, Rebecca, she
hath Strange fits and sometimes she is knocked downe of a sudden."
(Records of the Peabody Institute Library, Danvers, MA)
9/8/1692; 2nd summons for their appearance. No testimony by them is
found. (The Devil Discovered - Robinson)
12/16/1717; Will proven. (The Descendants of William Towne - Edwin Eugene
Towne)9/6/1692; Called as a witness against sister - in - laws Mary and
Sarah in witchcraft trials with some of her children. (The Devil
Discovered - Robinson)
9/7/1692; Contacted court to say they would not be able to come as they
were all ill in bed with a "strange condition" (The Devil Discovered -
Robinson)
9/8/1692; 2nd summons for their appearance. No testimony by them is
found. (The Devil Discovered - Robinson)
2/1/1710; Will dated. (NEHGS, Vol. 21 page16)
12/16/1717; Will proved. Joseph named as administrator. but he died
before mother, and Thomas and William were appointed. (NEHGS, Vol. 21 page16)
More About MARY BROWNING:
christening: January 07, 1637/3863
Children of EDMUND TOWNE and MARY BROWNING are:
i. TOWNE4, d. 166164.
ii. MARY TOWNE65, b. Abt. 1654, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts66; d.
173167; m. JOHN PRITCHARD, March 01, 1680/81, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts68.
12. iii. THOMAS TOWNE, b. 1655, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d.
Abt. 1720.
iv. SARAH TOWNE69, b. April 26, 1657, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts70,71,72,73; m. (1) PRITCHETT73; m. (2) JOHN HOWE, Bef.
December 20, 1686, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts74.
13. v. WILLIAM TOWNE, b. March 13, 1658/59, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. January 30, 1749/50.
14. vi. JOSEPH TOWNE, b. September 02, 1661, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1717, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
vii. TOWNE, b. March 07, 1662/6375; d. March 07, 1662/6375.
viii. ABIGAIL TOWNE76,77, b. August 06, 1664, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts78,79,80,81; d. 171282; m. (1) JACOB PEABODY, January 12,
1685/8683; m. (2) THOMAS PERLEY, January 14, 1695/9684.
ix. BENJAMIN TOWNE85, b. May 26, 166686,87,88; d. Bef. 167889.
x. REBECCA TOWNE90, b. February 02, 1667/68, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts91,92,93,94; m. (1) NICHOLAS BAILEY; m. (2) PHILIP KNIGHT94,
Bef. August 20, 1693, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts95.
More About REBECCA TOWNE:
Fact 6: 1692, called to testify against aunts in witch trials, no testimony
exists96
Fact 7: September 07, 1692, mother says she has strange fits and is knocked
down suddenly96
xi. REBECCA TOWNE97, b. February 02, 1667/68, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts98,99,100,101; m. (1) NICHOLAS BAILEY; m. (2) PHILLIP
KNIGHT101, Bef. August 20, 1693, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts102.
More About REBECCA TOWNE:
Fact 6: 1692, called to testify against aunts in witch trials, no testimony
exists103
Fact 7: September 07, 1692, mother says she has strange fits and is knocked
down suddenly103
xii. ELIZABETH TOWNE104, b. November 02, 1669, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts105,106; d. of Middleton, Massachusetts107; m. THOMAS
WILKINS108, December 19, 1694, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts109
More About ELIZABETH TOWNE:
christening: b. 1669?112
Fact 6: 1692, called to testify against aunts in witch trials, no testimony
exists113
15. xiii. SAMUEL TOWNE, b. February 11, 1672/73, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. May 22, 1714.
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1663; With wife Joanna, deeded 2/3 of the home they live in, the barn,
outhouses, yard, gardens, orchards, "lying situate and being in Topsfield,
together with a parcel of broken upland by the meadow side, only a cartway
reserved between the said land and the meadow towards the South, and the
land of Jacob Towne towards the East, and the land of Jacob Towne and
Edmund Towne towards the North, and the Lands of Isaac Estie towards the
West - also another parcell of land broke up and upbroken, containing an
estimation of thirty acres, bounded by the way towards the Southeast and
Northeast, and a way also towards the Southwest; the land of Zacheus Gould
and Edmund Towne towards the Northwest and the land of Edmund Towne and
Isaac Estie towards the North. Also a parcell of meddow lying on the North
side of the river, having the river for the bounds towards the South, a
highway towards the West, and a way towards the North, and meddow of Jacob
Towne towards the East, containing by estimation fourteen acres." to son
Joseph just prior to his marriage with Phebe Perkins; "In consideration of
natural affection and the contemplated marriage of our son Joseph Towne to
Phebe Perkins..." Joseph also to have first refussal of the remaining 1/3
when it should be for sale. (George Towne book; Pope's Pioneers of MA;
NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1664; He and wife dismissed from church at Salem to church at Topsfield.
(Currents of Malice - McMillen)
4/24/1673; Administration granted to Joanna Towne of the estate of William
Towne. She was to bring inventory to the next Ipswich court. (Salem
Quarterly Court Records)
1/17/1683; Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned
by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his
estate in the hands of their mother who was appointed administatrix and the
estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the
following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his
three sons, Edmond, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the
three daughters, Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay
all debts now due and what charges shall arise in settlement of the estate
to be equally borne by all six. Signed by Mary (her mark) Towne relict of
Edmond, Jacob Towne, Joseph (his mark) Towne, Francis (his mark) Nurse with
the consent of Rebecca, Mary (her mark) Esty formerly Mary Towne, Sarah
(her mark) Bridges. Witness: John How, John Pritchet
Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683
(Ipswich Deeds, Vol 4 page 515)
Mr. Edwin Hubbard in his compilation The Towne Family says, "In this
country, it is believed there are few families deriving their name from a
single pair, that can show a larger number of descendants that William and
Joanna Towne of Salem. Counting only the descendants of the Towne
daughters, of the first and second generations, a list of more than ten
thousand might easily be made out, without coming down later than the
earlier portion of the nineteenth century." (George Towne book)
More About WILLIAM TOWNE:
burial: Pine Hill Cemetary, Topsfield, Massachusetts (no markers)6
christening: March 18, 1598/99, St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, England7
Fact 6: June 1637, came to America, grant of land at Salem, Essex Co. 12/16408
Fact 7: later removed to Topsfield, Essex Co., Mass.8
Fact 8: 1647, named in inventory of estate of Nathaniel Sparrowhawk of
Cambridge9
Fact 9: son of John Towne and Elizabeth?
occupation: gardiner10
Notes for JOANNA BLESSING:
"The origin of the Blessing family is obscure. The name Blessing has not
been found after considerable search in the Norfolk County records at
Norwich, and as the name Jone is the only instance of the name in the
Yarmouth register for the period 1558 - 1611, it is possible that she was a
foreigner. A general search for the name Blessing in records covering all
England has been unavailing, and families of the name Blessing in now
living in the United States claim a German origin. A glance at the map of
Europe will show that Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and just south of it,
Ipswich in Suffolk (the ancestral home of the Estys), are directly opposite
the low countries across the North Sea to the west. Many emigrants from
Germany and the low countries were attracted to Yarmouth by the herring
fisheries in the sixteenth century." (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1670; She deposed that she was 70 years old in this year. (Pope's
Pioneers of MA)
4/24/1673; Administration granted to Joanna Towne of the estate of William
Towne. She was to bring inventory to the next Ipswich court. (Salem
Quarterly Court Records)
More About JOANNA BLESSING:
burial: Pine Hill Cemetary, Topsfield, Massachusetts (no markers)11
Fact 6: 1692, when daughters accused she also accused of having been a witch12
Fact 7: February 08, 1655/56, bequeathed "old cloth gowne" by sister Alice13
Children of WILLIAM TOWNE and JOANNA BLESSING are:
2. i. REBECCA3 TOWNE, b. Abt. 1622, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; d.
July 19, 1692, Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3. ii. JOHN TOWNE, b. Abt. 1624, Great Yarmouth, England; d. Abt. 1672,
Massachusetts.
4. iii. EDMUND TOWNE, b. Abt. 1628, St Nicholas Parish Church, Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; d. Bef. May 03, 1678, Topsfield, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts.
5. iv. JACOB TOWNE, b. Abt. 1632, Great Yarmouth, England; d. November 27,
1704, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts - age abt 73.
6. v. MARY TOWNE, b. Abt. 1634, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; d.
September 22, 1692, Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts - a chill and
rainy day - Thursday.
7. vi. SARAH TOWNE, b. January 11, 1636/37, Salem, Essex Co.,
Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1703, Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
8. vii. JOSEPH TOWNE, b. Abt. 1639, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d.
February 21, 1713/14, Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
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At 01:31 PM 3/10/99 -0500, Donna L. Neu wrote:
>I would like information concerning the TOWNE Sisters of Salem,
>Massachusetts>
>
>
I have info on the Towne sisters. I descend from Jacob Towne, and from
Sarah Towne Cloyes 2nd husband Peter Cloyes and his 1st wife Hannah
Littlefield. Will post information to the list, and then if you need
further information on descendants (or ancestors), or have other questions
please let me know.
What connection are you? I am interested in adding your line to my database.
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM2 TOWNE (JOHN1)1 was born Abt. 1599 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
England2, and died Abt. 1672 in Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts3. He
married JOANNA BLESSING4 April 25, 1620 in St. Nicholas Church, Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (on border of Suffolk)5, daughter of WILLIAM
BLESSING.
Notes for WILLIAM TOWNE:
"The name of Towne is not one of the frequent occurences in England; the
first mention of it is in A.D.1227. The next we hear the name is one
hundred and thirty years later, in the reign of Henry IV, when upon
thewindows of the church in Kennington, Kent Co., unpaledwith that of Ellis
of the same place, were the arms of a family by this name being, argent,
ona chevron, a sable, three cross crosslets, ermine. The next reference to
the name known to the writer, is in the county of Lincoln where it has
existedformore than four hundred years." (William Towne, his Daughters,
and the Witchcraft Delusions by Mrs. Abbie W. Towne for the History of
Topsfield?)
According to "The Four Blessing Sisters", by Walter Goodwin Davis, an
article in the American Genealogists, Vol 33 pages 199 - 206; "Although
William is first recorded at Salem in 1640, it is possible that the family
emigrated a few years earlier, with the Buffums and the Firmages. The
eldest son, Edmund, who was apprenticed to Henry Skerry in Great Yarmouth,
sailed with his master in 1637, either on the Rose of Great Yarmouth, or
the Henry and Dorothy of Ipswich, two vessels commanded by Wm. and William
Andrews Jr., arriving in Boston in June. Skerry and his family settled in
Salem."
1637; Came to America on ship Rose from Great Yarmouth, leaving Ipswich
and arriving 6/1637 with wife and 5 or 6 children. (Currents of Malice -
McMillen)
4/18/1637; "Towne, William, gardiner, Salem, freeman 4/18/1637. (George
Towne book)
5/1/1640; Plaintiff against Jonathan Cook, defendant in an action of debt,
Jury found for the plaintiff "some to be deputed to measure John Cook's
land and what is remaining to make up Goodman Town's land and if it be fyve
acres to pay Towne fyve marks and ___ is wanting of fyve acres to abate
13s, 4d. p. acre; and costs 4s, : 0 " (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 15)
8/11/1640; granted "a little neck of Land right over against his house on
the other side of the river" the section of Salem known asThe Northfields.
Believe the home in Salem to have been on the s side of Waters river
about 1/8 mile e of Water Street. (Pope's Pioneers of Mass; Currents of
Malice - McMillen; NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
Abt 1646; Purchased of Jeffrey Massey, 20 acres and paid for it in wheat
the same year. The land bordered on a swamp at the s, was common belonging
to Salem at Ryal side, and ran 80 rods to the northward. This lot sold to
Nathaniel Felton of Salem, on his removal to Topsfield. (George Towne book)
1651; Bought land in Topsfield from early proprietor William Paine of
Ipswich, containing "forty acres of ground or thereabouts, whereof 6 acres
is by the seller (cellar) which William Howard of Topsfield built, and
about 32 acres joyning up to the sayd 6 acres eastward of it, part of
which is plow ground, another part is meadow, another part is upland,
unplowed, all lying together, having the meadow and the plow ground of the
said William Howards towards the east, and the ground of Walter Roper
towards the north and a certain river towards the south or southwest, also
a little piece of meadow of about 2 acres lying on the south side of the
river directly against the plains of the said William Howard, having ye
grounds of the said William Howard towards ye East and the said River
towards ye North and upland towards the South." His property was partly on
the boundary line between Topsfield and Salem (the part known as "The
Farms" or "Salem Village". The site of his home may have been on the w
side of Main St, nearly opposite Maple St. and on the highest ground about
midway of two apple trees formerly standing near the street. This site is
near what is known as the Estey house, and on the opposite side of Main St.
(George Towne book; Currents of Malice - McMillen) The Towne children
were brought up in a house which was located "near the intersedtion of
South Main Street and Salem Street." (Topsfield and the Witchcraft Tragedy
-Topsfield Historical Society Publication) In the latter part of October
1756, Nathaniel Porter and Thomas Baker, selectman of Topsfield,sent a
yeoman to Boston to transport the French family of Michael Dugoy to town in
accordance with an order of the Province to distribute the French
imigrants. John Gould had been engaged to find a house for them, so he
rented from the tanner, David Balch for 4 s8 d per month, the old William
Towne house, then over 100 years old (built1651). (the property later
belonged to John L. Saltonstall). (History of Topsfield; NEHGS, Vol. 21,
p 15)
1652; Salem property sold to Henry (Harry) Bullock. (Currents of Malice -
McMillen; NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1656; Bought additional land in Topsfield. (Currents of Malice -
McMillen; NEHGS, Vol. 21, p 15)
1656; New road laid out "from the ford nigh to the house of William Towne,
through the lands of said William Towne, William Howard, Jacob Towne,
Edmund Towne, and George Buckner..." Edmond one of the men empowered by
the town to lay out the road. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
1660; At a county court held at Salem, in the case of Henry Bartholomew
plaintiff, Jacob Towne as defendant; William, Edmund and Joseph Towne were
witnesses, and in their evidence William stated that he was three score
years old, Edmund that he was thirty one years of age, and Joseph that he
was about one and twenty. (NEHGS, Vol. 21, p. 16, Pope's - Pioneers of MA)
1661; Name appears with Isaac Esty, Jacob and Edmond Towne on Topsfield's
original list of thirty commoners. (Currents of Malice - McMillen)
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BARTHOLOMEW (<1800, NY), CLAYES/CLOYES, CUPPERNALL, FAIRBANKS, GENT/JENT,
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