Dorithe ‘Dorothy’ Tower

possible daughter of _ Damon

Year of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1669.

Robert Tower,father of John was married to Dorothy Damon, Aug 31, 1607. Robert was buried May 1, 1634 and Dorithe was buried Nov 10, 1629. This information is from the Hingham parish records and information on the Towar family is nowhere else to be found in them. All attempts to find ancestry of Robert have been unsuccessful.

Children:

1. John Tower Born before 14 May 1609 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, died 13 Feb 1702 after age 92 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. Married Margaret Ibrook.

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Dorothy (Damon) Tower (1590-1629)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Damon-41 : accessed 11 June 2024). (Shows additional child Jonathan born in Cornwall!!) cites
   1. "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXTL-ZY3 : 6 November 2020), Dorithie Damm in entry for Robert Taner, 1607.
   2. Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889. Tower genealogy : an account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. / compiled under the direction of Charlemagne Tower. Cambridge [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, 1891-2003. p.1
   3. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.251 https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/186851617?cid=mem_copy
   4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204477197/dorothy-tower: accessed 25 June 2023), memorial page for Dorothy Damon Tower (1590–10 Nov 1629), Find A Grave: Memorial #204477197, citing St. Andrew's Churchyard, Hingham, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England.
   5. "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8CK-MYQ : 6 November 2020), Dorithye Tower, 1629.
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M8JK-MNK