Joseph Towne^{[1, 2]}

1661 - 1717  (56 years)

• Name	Joseph Towne
  Birth	2 Sep 1661	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Dec 1717  [3]
  Person ID	I1004	rrss
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Edmund Towne,   b. Jun 1628, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom d. 1678, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 49 years)
  Mother	Mary Browning,   b. 7 Nov 1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Dec 1717, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1652  [4]
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amye Smith,   b. 16 Aug 1668   d. 22 Feb 1722 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	11 Aug 1687	Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Benjamin Towne,   b. 10 May 1691, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nathan Towne,   b. 1693, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Daniel Towne,   b. 22 Aug 1695, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jesse Towne,   b. 5 Dec 1697, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 1754, Massachusetts, United States (Age 56 years)   5. Nathaniel Towne,   b. 1 Jun 1700, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joseph Towne,   b. May 1703, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   7. Amy Towne,   b. 3 Feb 1704, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   8. Amos Towne,   b. 2 Jul 1709, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Sep 1661 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 11 Aug 1687 - Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Towne798, born September 02, 1661 in Topsfield, EssexCo., MA798; died Bef. December 16, 1717 in Topsfield, Essex Co.,MA798; married Amy Ruhama Smith March 13, 1686/87798; bornAugust 16, 1668799; died Unknown. Joseph Town's share is "all our fathers second devision where henow swells it being about fifty acres also Three acres of Revermedow joyning to Jacob Este on the west and William Town on theeast, also foure acres of medow on the south side of the Reverjoyning upon Joseph Town on the east and on John Curtice on thewest."

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775. Smith Amye_16680816_No Place_Birth_MID1108.jpg [S122] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Towne Joseph_16610902_United States, Massachusetts, Essex, Topsfield_Birth_MID1109.jpg [S79] The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America in or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass, Detail for Joseph Towne. JOSEPH TOWNE (Edmund, William), b. at Topsfield, September 2, 1661. m., March 13, 1687, to Amy, dau. of Robert Smith. He d. in 1717, aged fifty-six. Amy 6. August 16, 1668, and d. February 22, 1756, aged eighty-seven. Their children : i. Joseph. bapt. May 30, 1703. ii. Benjamin. b. May 10, 1691. iii. Nathan. b. 1693. iv. Daniel. b. August 22, 1695. v. Jesse. b. December 5, 1697. vi. Nathaniel. b. June 1, 1700. vii. Amy. b. February 3, 1704. m. William Hobbs. viii. Amos. 6. July 2, 1709. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 23948.004; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8. [S123] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850.