Richard Towne

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Land Grant 1640 MA
Gardener. Arrived Salem, April 18, 1637. Moved to Topsfield,MA

William married Joanna Blessing on 28 Apr 1620 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. Joanna was born about 1600 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

For more on Rebecca Towne Nurse and the Salem Witch Trials, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Nurse or https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-trial-of-rebecca-nurse/

Rebecca married Francis Nurse in 1644. Francis was born in 1618; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for Sergt. Edmund Towne:
From SAVAGE, VOL 4 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE

A Genealogical history of early New England settlers; Thesebooks are still regarded as the authority on early New Englandgenealogy; Written by James Savage; Vol. IV

"He came, 1637, prob. in the Rose of Yarmouth, aged 18, asapprent. to Henry Skerry of Salem, m. Mary, d. of ThomasBrowning, had Thomas; William, b. 1658; Joseph, 1661; Abigail;Benjamin, 1666; Rebecca; Samuel, 1673; Mary; Sarah; Eliz.; andano. d. and he d. early in 1678."

From FTM WWW site of Tami K Barton

Notes for EDMUND TOWNE:
238 Probate Records of Essex County
Estate of Edmond Towne of Topsfield
"The intent and purpose of Edmond Towne presented by Mary hiswife Conscernin his state presented to this Hounored Court nowsitting Imprimis The minde of the deceased was as is mineallsoe; and is consented too by all partys conscerned that thefour sonns shall have all the Lands Equally devyed amongst them.And the rest of the estate to be Equally devyed amongst the 5:garles only Sarah the second Daughter is already marryed andhath rescieved to the vallue of twelve pounds already. Soleaveing my Cause to God, and your Honnors scariousConsideration I subscrybe myselfe mary Towne. Only provided thewidow's thirds of the whole be taken out furst. Jacob Townedeposed that Thomas Towne, eldest son of Edmund Towne, deceased,declared himself to be satisfied with an equal share with therest of his brethren" Sworn in court, 27: 4: 1678.
Proved by the widow, 27: 4: 1678, with the consent of all thesurviving persons concerned.
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol 29, leaf 30

Adminstration upon the estate of Edmond Towne was granted 27: 4:1678, to Mary, the relict, who was to dispose of the estateaccording to the mind of the deceased, as by mutual agreement ofall surviving persons concerned, which writing was allowed. Aninventory was also presented and sworn to.
Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 117

Inventory of the estate of Sargeant Edman Towne, taken atTopsfield, May 3, 1678, by Frances Pabody and Thomas Baker:Books, 1li.; wearing clothes, 7li. 14s.; linning sheetes andneckpins, 11li. 6s.; house and landes on the north of the Riuer,220li.; upland and mado on the south side River, 72li.; fiveoxen and seven coues, 52li.; young Cattel, 19li. 17s.; shepe andlambes, 6li.; two horses, 6li.; swine, 8li.; iron tooles, 3li.;kittels and potes and other iron ware, 4li. 4s.; gones, 4li.6s.; wheles and other lumbur, 6li. 3s.; a cubbard and cheastes,2li. 10s.; bedsted and beddin, 16li. 10s.; pillin and saddel,2li.; wooll and flax, 17s.; five barrels of sider, 2li. 10s.;woolin and linninyarne, 2li. 10s.; home spon cloath, 7li. 10s.;corne and porke, 4li.; for halfe the farme which was given toSargent Toune in Revertion by Thomas Browning; total, 453li.12s. Depts owing, 26li. 3s. 3d.; by the death of one cow, 3li.10s. Allowed in Salem court 27: 4: 1678.
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 29, leaf 31.

Selectman, 1673; town constable, 1675; tything-man, 1677; tookoath as freeman, 1664; corpl. Topsfield mil. co., 1666; helpedform mil. guard during King Philip's War. from Fredrick A.Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy Vol V, (1930), 206.


From The Ancestry of Lieut, Amos Towne 1737-1793

3. SERGT. EDMUND3 TOWNE (William2, John1) was baptized in thechurch of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, June28, 1628. He came to New England when he was nine years old asan apprentice of Henry Skerry on the ship "Rose" which sailedfrom Great Yarmouth in 1637. Skerry settled in Salem.

Edmund Towne married Mary Browning, daughter of Thomas and MaryBrowning, about the year 1652, when he was twenty-two and shefourteen years of age, and settled in Topsfield. He served onthe trial jury of the County Court in 1655, was made a commonerin 1661, sat on the grand jury in 1663 and took the oath asfreeman in 1664. He was appointed corporal of the Topsfieldmilitary company in June, 1666, and in 1675, during KingPhilip's War, he was one of the committee from the town whichpresented a petition to the General Court asking permission toform a military guard to protect the settlers at their work. Hewas a selectman in 1673, town constable in 1675, and tythingmanin 1677, when he is called Sergeant Towne.(*)

Sergt. Towne died in 1678. He left no will, but his widow, Mary,proved a statement covering his "Intent and purpose," saying"The minde of the deceased was as is mine allsoe; and isconsented too by all partys conscernd that the four sonns shallhave all the Lands Equally devyded amongst them, And the rest ofthe estate to be Equally devyded amongst the 5 : garles onlySarah the second Daughter is already marryed and Hath rescievedto the vallue of twelve pounds already." Administration wasgranted to Mary Towne on 27 : 4 : 1678. The inventory, taken byFrancis Peabody and Thomas Baker, lists real estate, exclusiveof the Browning lands, worth o292, books worth o1, etc.(+)

(*) Records and Files, etc., I : 397; III : 84, 137, 336.

(+) Probate Records of Essex County, III : 238.




More About Sergt. Edmund Towne:
Christening: June 28, 1628, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Co.,England784
Will proved: April 24, 1678, Essex Co., MA784

Edmund married Mary Browning in 1652. Mary (daughter of Thomas Browning and Mary Hindes) was born on 7 Nov 1637 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 16 Dec 1717 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine SYMONDS. Catherine was born about 1635; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Mary married Isaac Estey in 1655 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Isaac (son of Jeffrey Estey) was born on 17 Nov 1627 in Freston, Suffolk, England; died on 11 Jun 1712 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Phebe Perkins in 1665 in Massachusetts, United States. Phebe was born in 1644 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Pritchett on 15 Mar 1680 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. John was born about 1650; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

pg 239 The Probate Records of Essex County
An agrrement made between Thomas Towne, William (his W mark)Towne, Joseph Town and Samuel Town, all of Topsfield, thatwhereas the court settled the lands of our father, Edmond Townof Topsfield upon us, and also our mother Mrs. Mary Town hathgiven to us her share of the land which belonged to ourgrandfather Thomas Browning, and we have divided all the saidlands amongst ourselves as is here-after expressed (exceptingonly two acres and a half of medow of said Browning's which ourmother hath given by her will to our sisters); "Thomas Town hathtwo twenty acre lotts in the first Division where he now dwelsand about six acres of medow joyning to his Land and to theRever also about foure acres of medow Lyeing betwen Beverelymedows and Wenham medows which he had of our father for Twentiand Two pounds will to him by our grandfather Browning."
William Town's share of upland "is all that which was ourrathers on the north side of the Rever where he now dwells asalso a peace of medow of about three acres hoyning eastward onJacob Easte and westward upon Joseph Town and also six acres ofmedow on the south side of the Rever over against his dore."
Joseph Town's share is "all our fathers second devision where henow swells it being about fifty acres asso 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 onJohn Curtice on thewest."
Samuell Town's share is "all the upland and medow that was ourgrandfather Brownings on the north side of the Rever In which isincluded William Towns share of land and (continued on pg. 240)medow which he and Samuell Town bought of our Unkle JamesSymonds, also about an acre and halfe of Revir medow joyning toJoseph Town to the west and Jacob Town to the east."
Signed Feb. 1, 1709-10. Witness: William Porter, JonathanPutnam.
Acknowledged Dec. 16, 1717, by Thomas Town, Wiliam Towne, Benja.and Daniell Town sons of Joseph Towne, and executors to theirfather's will.
Essex County Probate File, Docket 27,886

Thomas married Sarah French on 17 Mar 1684 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah was born about 1660; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Howe on 20 Dec 1686 in New England, United States. John was born about 1650; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eliza (Towne). Eliza was born about 1660; died about 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Margaret (Willard) (Towne) on 22 Aug 1694 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Margaret was born about 1660; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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."

Joseph married Amye Smith on 11 Aug 1687 in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Amye (daughter of Robert Smith and Mary French) was born on 16 Aug 1668; died on 22 Feb 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Jacob Peabody on 12 Jan 1686 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Jacob was born on 28 Jul 1664 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 24 Nov 1689 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Thomas Perley on 14 Jan 1696 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas was born about 1660; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Thomas Wilkins on 19 Dec 1694 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas was born on 26 May 1673 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Elizabeth Knight on 20 Oct 1696 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was born on 25 Jan 1676 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Jane Stewart on 2 Jun 1682 in New England, United States. Jane was born in 1654; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abigail Poole. Abigail was born on 22 Mar 1668 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 12 Feb 1760 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail Stanly on 8 Jul 1712 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail was born about 1680; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Rae in 1708 in Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth was born about 1680; died in 1711 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]