Person:Edmund Towne (2)
Sergeant Edmund Towne
chr.28 Jun 1628 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
d.Bef 3 May 1678 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Apr 1620
  1. Rebecca Towne1621 - 1692
  2. John Towne1624 -
  3. Susanna Towne1625 - 1664
  4. Sergeant Edmund Towne1628 - Bef 1678
  5. Jacob Towne1630/31 - 1704
  6. Jacob Towne1633 -
  7. Mary Towne1634 - 1692
  8. Sarah Towne1635/36 - 1703
  9. Joseph Towne1639 - 1711/12
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Edmund Towne1628 - Bef 1678
  • W.  Mary Browning1637/38 - Bef 1717
m. Abt 1652
  1. Thomas TowneEst 1655 - 1719/20
  2. Sarah Towne1657 -
  3. William Town1658/59 - 1750
  4. Joseph Towne1661 - 1717
  5. Abigail Towne1664 - 1712
  6. Benjamin Towne1666 -
  7. Rebecca Towne1667/68 -
  8. Elizabeth Towne1669 -
  9. Samuel Towne1672/73 - Bef 1713/14
  10. Mary Towne
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sergeant Edmund Towne
Gender Male
Christening[1] 28 Jun 1628 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Marriage Abt 1652 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Browning
Death[1][2][3] Bef 3 May 1678 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 3 May 1678
Probate[3] 27 Jun 1678 Administration to the widow, Mary.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Towne, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
    3:488-90.

    Sergt. Edmund2 Towne (William1, JohnA) was baptized in the church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, June 28, 1628. He came to New England when he was nine years old as an apprentice of Henry Skerry on the ship "Rose" which sailed from Great Yarmouth in 1637.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edmund Towne, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:316.

    "Towne, Edmund, Topsfield, was eldest s. of William, wh. prob. was s. of Richard of Braceby in Co. Lincoln, where Ann, wid. of said Richard, made her will 10 Dec. 1629, of wh. copy is in Geneal. Reg. X. 36. Braceby is 6 ms. from Grantham and 5 from Folkenham. He came, 1637, prob. in the Rose of Yarmouth, aged 18, as apprent. to Henry Skerry of Salem, m. Mary, d. of Thomas Browning, had Thomas; William, b. 1658; Joseph, 1661; Abigail; Benjamin, 1666; Rebecca; Samuel, 1673; Mary; Sarah; Eliz.; and ano. d. and he d. early in 1678. Abigail m. 12 Jan. 1686, Jacob Peabody; and next, 14 Jan. 1696, Thomas Perley. Abstr. of his will, of wh. wid. Mary had admin. is in Essex Inst. II. 277."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Estate of Edmond Towne of Topsfield, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    3:238-40.
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