Benjamin Towne

1666 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Benjamin Towne
  Birth	26 May 1666	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1018	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  [2]
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 May 1666 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America in or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass, Detail for Edmund Towne. EDMUND TOWNE . bapt. June 28, 1628. m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Browning, who was bapt. January 7, 1638. He was one of a committee from the town of Topsfield who in 1675 (during King Philip's War) presented a petition to the General Court for leave to form military companies to protect the people from the Indians while at their work. He d. before May 3, 1678. The will of his widow was proved December 16, 1717. The sons Thomas and William were appointed administrators. Their children : i. Mary. m. John Prichard. She d. 1717. ii. Thomas. b. 1655. iii. Sarah, b. April 26, 1657. m. John Howe. iv. William. b. March 13, 1659. v. Joseph. b. September 2, 1661. vi. Abigail. b. August 6, 1664. m., first, Jacob Peabody, January 15, 1686 ; second, Thomas Perley, January 14, 1696. vii. Benjamin. b. May 26, 1666. viii. Rebecca. b. February 2, 1668. m., first, Philip Knight ; second, Nicholas Bailey. ix Elizabeth b. November 2, 1669. m. Thomas Wilkins, of Salem, December 19, 1691, and settled in Middleton. x. Samuel. b. February II, 1673. [S42] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 23948.004; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 8.