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Mitt Romney

Ancestry of
Mitt Romney

70th Governor of Massachusetts


    Joanna Blessing

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    • 9th Great-grandmother of Mitt Romney — 12th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 4007 
    • Birth Date:
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    • Birth Location:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 22 Jun 1595 
    • Christening Location:
    • Caistor-on-Sea, Norfolk, England 
    • Death Date:
    • ABT 1682 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 25 Apr 1620 
    • Marriage Location:
    • St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 
    • Children:

    • Rebecca Towne (Ahnentafel No:2003 )

      John Towne

      Susannah Towne

      Edmund Towne

      Jacob Towne

      Mary Towne

      Joseph Towne

      Sarah Towne

    • Notes: 
    • Joanna Blessing's given name is also seen as Joan Blessing.

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  • Sources for Joanna Blessing

    • 3 Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Baptism for Jone Blessing.
    • 4 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.
    • 5 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press (1959), 111, [Death].
    • 6 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press (1959), 111-113, 119, 125.
    • 7 Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, Portland, ME: Southworth Press (1927), 21.
    • 8 Griffeth, Bill, By Faith Alone, Harmony Books, New York, 2007, Introduction pages.
    • 9 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.
    • 10 Hubbard, Edwin, Historical and Biographical Notes of the Family of Towne, Chicago, IL: Privately Printed (1878), 6.
    • 12 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 83-84, 186.
    • 13 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.

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