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    William Towne

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    • 9th Great-grandfather of Mark Isham — 12th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 2240 
    • Birth Date:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 18 Mar 1598/1599 
    • Christening Location:
    • St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 
    • Death Date:
    • ABT 1673 
    • Death Location:
    • Topsfield,Essex,MA 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 Apr 1620 
    • Marriage Location:
    • St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 
    • Children:

    • Rebecca Towne

      John Towne

      Susannah Towne

      Edmund Towne

      Jacob Towne

      Mary Towne

      Joseph Towne (Ahnentafel No:1120 )

      Sarah Towne

    • Notes: 
    • William and Joanna were the parents of three of the accused witches during the Salem witch trials in 1692, Rebecca Nurse, Mary Esty,and Sarah (Bridges) Cloyce. Rebecca and Mary were executed. Sarah barely escaped with her life.

      William's first six children were all baptized in the church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

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  • Sources for William Towne

    • 5 Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Third Series, Volume 1, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915), 50.
    • 6 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press (1959), 111, [Christening].
    • 7 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press (1959), 111, [Death].
    • 8 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press (1959), 111-113, 119, 125.
    • 9 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, Portland, ME: Southworth Press (1927), 21.
    • 10 Griffeth, Bill, By Faith Alone, Harmony Books, New York, 2007, Introduction pages.
    • 11 Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his Wife Frances Helen Miller, Vol. 1, Concord, New Hampshire: Privately Printed at The Rumford Press (1948), 166.
    • 12 Hubbard, Edwin, Historical and Biographical Notes of the Family of Towne, Chicago, IL: Privately Printed (1878), 6.
    • 14 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 83-84, 186.
    • 15 Towne, Edwin Eugene, The Descendants of William Towne: Who Came to American On or About 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass., Newtonville, Massachusetts: Published by the Author (1901), 21, incorrectly gives William's father as Richard Towne of Braceby, England.