John Towns^[1]

1796 - 1861  (65 years)

• Name	John Towns
  Birth	20 Mar 1796	Sagadahoc, Maine, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Dec 1861
  Person ID	I989	rrss
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Israel Towne,   b. 1764, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States d. 1820, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Ruth Niles,   b. 1770, Massachusetts, Maine d. Abt 1815, Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1790	Maine, United States
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Smith,   b. Abt 1800   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Nov 1820	Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States   [2]
  	The marriage date stated in the book (Nov 1820) is too late--in the summer of 1820 he's already in Pennsylvania with a wife and daughter.
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Mar 1796 - Sagadahoc, Maine, United States Marriage - 26 Nov 1820 - Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] 1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Napier, Bedford, Pennsylvania; Page: 25; NARA Roll: M33_98; Image: 37. Towns John_18200000_United States, Pennsylvania, Bedford, Bedford_Residence_MID1102.jpg [S79] The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America in or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass, Detail for John Towne, born 1795. JOHN TOWNE (Israel*, Thomas*, Jesse*, Joseph*, Edmund *, William i). b. at Gardiner, Me., about 1795, and moved with his father to New Franklin, Ohio. m. Rhoda Smith, at Gardiner, November 26, 1820. Afterward moved to Indiana, and d. there. Their children : i. Susan. II. John. iii. Casper.