Catherine Towne

Catharine Symonds

• Birth   Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England 
• Christening 18 Apr 1630  Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England2,4 
• Death Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts 
• Father John Symonds b. c 1595, d. 1671 Mother Ruth Fox
• Marriage* 26 Jun 1657  Groom=Jacob Towne3,5,4,6 

Family

Jacob Towne was baptized on March 11, 1632/33 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England. He was christened on March 11, 1632/33 in St. Nicholas Parish. His parents were William Towne and Joanna Blessing.

He was a husbandman.

He married Catharine Symonds (Simonds) on June 26, 1657. Catherine was born on April 18, 1630 in Great Yarmouth, England. Her parents were John Symonds and Ruth Fox.

Their children were born in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, and were:

1. John Towne (1657, married Mary Smith),
2. Jacob Towne (1659/60, married Phebe Smith)
3. Catherine Towne Perkins (1662, married Elisha Perkins),
4. Deliverance Towne Stiles (1664, married John Stiles)
5. Ruth Towne (1664) and
6. Edmund Towne (1666).

Jacob, Sr. died on November 27, 1704 in Topsfield.

Citations

• [S10] Sidney Perley, The History of Salem Massachusetts, 1924, Unknown repository, F74.S1P4.
• [S39] George Andrews Moriarty, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1942.
• [S40] George Towne, Ancestry of My Parents - RF Towne & EC Towne, Harold Towne, 1974.
• [S61] Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820 of Toppsfield, Massachusetts (Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1959).
• [S41] William B. Towne, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1886, p 367-371, 1887, p12-22.
• [S84] Edwin Eugene Towne, The Descendants of William Towne, Who Came to America on or about 1630 and Settled in Salem, Mass. (Newtonville, MA: 1901).
• http://www.dxhansen.com/SS2Hansen-o/p5.htm#i247
• https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Towne%20Family/TowneJacob16...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 18 2017, 21:48:38 UTC