Mary Towne^{[1, 2, 3]}

1634 - 1692  (58 years)

• Name	Mary Towne
  Birth	24 Aug 1634	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Sep 1692	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 4]
  		Wikipedia entry for Mary Esty point-in-time biographical information for Mary Towne Esty
  		Mary Esty, Transcript of Salem Witch Trial The Salem witchcraft papers, Volume 1 : verbatim transcripts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692 / edited by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
  Burial	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I935	rrss
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	William Towne,   b. Abt 1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1662, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Joanna Blessing,   b. Abt 1600, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Apr 1620	Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom   [5]
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Estey,   b. 17 Nov 1627, Freston, Suffolk, England d. 11 Jun 1712, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1655	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Children	1. Joseph Estey,   b. 5 Feb 1658, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 25 Oct 1739, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 81 years)   2. Sarah Estey,   b. 30 Jun 1660, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Jun 1749, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 88 years)   3. Hannah Estey,   b. 1665, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Nov 1741, Massachusetts, United States (Age 76 years)   4. Abigail Estey,   b. 1665, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1665, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)   5. Isaac Estey,   b. 22 Mar 1667, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Apr 1714, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 47 years)   6. Benjamin Estey,   b. 29 Apr 1669, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 Mar 1750, Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years)   7. Samuel Estey,   b. 25 Mar 1672, Massachusetts, United States d. 1709, Massachusetts, United States (Age 36 years)   8. Jacob Estey,   b. 24 Jan 1674, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 3 Oct 1732, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 58 years)   9. Joshua Estey,   b. 2 Jul 1678, Massachusetts, United States d. 25 Apr 1718, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1634 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Marriage - 1655 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death - 22 Sep 1692 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Burial - - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Summons for Mary Towne and Rebecca Towne and Officer's Return (Summons for Mary Towne and Rebecca Towne and Officer's Return ) View Entire Case File [September 8, 1692 ] W'm & Mary by the Grace of God of England Scotland france & Ireland King & Queen defend'rs of the faith To Mary Towne widow & Rebecka Towne her Daughter Greeting. Wee Comand you all Excuses Set apart to be & appear at the Court of Oyer &…
  		Towne Sisters Statue "The Towne Sisters" by Yiannis Stefinarkis, ca. 1970 Plaster statue of Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes wearing shackles. The statue is located in the Salem Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers, Salem.
  		Towne Family Summons, 1692
  		Salem Witchcraft Trials Commentary Book excerpt
  		Excerpt on Salem Witchcraft Trials Transcription of part of the chapter on the Salem Witchcraft Trials

  
  

  Headstones

  Mary Towne Gravestone

  
  

• Notes

  For more information on Mary Towne Eastey and the Salem Witch Trials, see: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/mary-easty-salem/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Eastey

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. [S75] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. [S76] Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England. Towne Mary_16340824_United Kingdom, England, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth_Baptism_MID713.jpg [S79] The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America in or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass, Brief Sketch of the Salem Witchcraft. The other daughter of William Towne who suffered on the scaffold in the perilous times before referred to was Mary, the wife of Isaac Estey. She was arrested April 22, tried September 9, and executed September 22 Excerpt on Salem Witchcraft Trials Transcription of part of the chapter on the Salem Witchcraft Trials [S77] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973. [S115] Family Data Collection - Marriages.