"6 Benjamin2 Towner, (Richard1) was born Branford, Conn., in 1688; prior to 1719, he went to Haddam, Conn. His father conveyed land to him in that town in 1716, and 1723, and the deeds say 'to my son Benjamin Towner.' He was one of the 100 original proprietors of the town, his name standing 21st on the recorded list. Land was set off to him by the town in 1719, and 1722, 35 acres. He purchased other lands afterwards on several occasions and appears to have acquired much property. In 1727, he was appointed executor of his father's will which was probated in Guilford. He married in Haddam, Abia Shaler [first Jerusha Shaler; second Abiah Dudley]. He lived in Haddam till 1738 and then moved to Killingworth, where his wife, Abia, joined the church by letter from Haddam, and where they resided, save for a few of the later years which they spent in Saybrook, till he died Jan. 9, 1761, 73 years of age. His gravestone was standing in 1882, in the burial ground of Killingworth …"
