Elisha Towne, Jr

ELISHA TOWNE (Joseph, Joseph, William, John, William). b. at Topsfield, September 5, 1708.(VR) m.(VR) MERCY FOSTER, of Boxford, June 11, 1738, and removed to Munson, now Milford, N.H., where he and his brother Israel purchased the Taylor Farm of three hundred acres for one thousand pounds, of wid. Abigail Taylor of Boston.

Family

From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83207804

Their children:

• i JOSEPH. b. 1739. d. in infancy. (VR,*)
• ii BARTHOLOMEW. b. April 8, 1741. (VR*)
• iii THOMAS. b. February 8, 1743. (VR*)
• iv MERCY. b. February 15, 1745. (VR*)
• v SARAH. b. November 20, 1747 (VR*)
• vi ELISHA. b. May 11, 1751.
• vii SAMUEL. b. August 23, 1755.
• viii MARY. b. 1755.
• ix ELISHA b. March 9, 1760

References

• THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM TOWNE, Who Came To America On Or About 1630 And Settled In Salem, Mass., comiled by Edwin Eugene Towne (1900), page
• Vital Records of Topsfiled to end of year 1849, starting page 100 "Elisha , Jr and Mercy"
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Topsfield/aBirthsT.shtml "(TOWNE (Town)) Elisha, s. Joseph, 3d and Margrit, Sept. 5, 1708." Note - Clerk error. Mother s/b Abigail who married Joseph in 1707.
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Topsfield/aMarriagesT.shtml "(TOWNE (Town)) Elisha, jr., and Mercy Foster of Boxford, Jan. 11, 1737-8."
• NB. An ELISHA, s. Jacob, jr and Phebe was born 25 Oct 1706, and an ELISHA, s. Joseph, 3d and Margrit on 5 Sep 1708......Jr does not neccesarily mean son, but younger of two people same name.
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cetowne/Towne_Bowditch/p158.htm#i4724 details his vital info and lists his children.

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==: Elisha Towne, son of Joseph and Abigail (Curtis) Towne, was born 5 Sept 1708 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.<ref name="Hoover">The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 361</ref>

: Elisha married Mercy Foster 11 Jan 1737/38 in Topsfield.<ref name="Hoover"/> Mercy is the daughter of Samuel Foster and Mercy Maccoon, born 23 Oct 1710 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts.<ref name="Hoover"/> : Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne had nine children. Their children born in Topsfield are: Joseph, Bartholomew, Thomas, Mercy, and Sarah.<ref name="Hoover"/> : In about 1748, Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne removed to Monson (now Milford), Hillsborough, New Hampshire.<ref name="Hoover"/> Their children born in Milford, New Hampshire are: Elisha, Samuel, Mary/Mercy, and (again) Elisha.<ref name="Hoover"/> : Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne both died in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.<ref name="Hoover"/>

Birth

: Birth: 5 SEP 1708, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Source: #S92

: Marriage: 11 JAN 1737, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Note: Towne genealogy has marriage date of June 11, 1738. :: Source: #S92

:: Source: #S111

:: Source: #S117 ::: Page: page 33-34

: @F1179@ FAM : Marriage: 5 NOV 1707, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Source: #S92 :: Source: #S111 :: Source: #S117 page 25

:: Source: #S161 Volume 1, Page 340

Research Notes ==: Elisha Towne son of Joseph and Abigail (Curtis) Towne had only one wife: Mercy Foster. Elisha's cousin also named Elisha Towne, also living in Topsfield, married in the same year, to Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes. They are two separate families. See Towne Family page 218 for the other family.

:: The family described below shows Elisha Towne as born to Joseph Towne and his first wife, Margaret Case. Margaret died before Nov 1707, and she is not the mother of Elisha Towne.:: Joseph Towne married (2) Abigail Curtis 5 Nov 1707 in Topsfield.<ref>The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 330 - 331</ref> Abigail Curtis is the mother of Elisha Towne.<ref>The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 330 - 331</ref>

Marriage Husband Wife Child: Elisha Towne. Marriage: 09 Nov 1699, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. <ref>Source: #S1505493880 Birth year: 1673; Birth city: Salem; Birth state: MA </ref>

Sources

<references />* The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), Towne Family Association by Otter Bay Books, Baltimore, Maryland. Page 361::: This Towne book was commissioned by the Towne Family Association. Towne Family won the 2011 Grand Prize from the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, and in the same year received the 2011 Award of Excellence for a Genealogy and Family History from the National Genealogical Society.

• Source S161 Walter Goodwin Davis, <i>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 compedia</i>, Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1996)
• Source S117 The Descendants of William Towne, who came to America on or about 1630 and settled in Salem, Mass., Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne. Newtonville, Mass. 1901.
• Source S111Vital Records
• Source: S1505437569 Repository: #R1500314884 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=106016416&pi...
• Repository: R1500314884 Ancestry.com
• Source S92 Abbreviation: Claire Dietz, Title: gedcom file found on Rootsweb.com posted by Claire Dietz on March 26, 2001, Bibliography
• Created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.

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Biography

: Elisha Towne, son of Joseph and Abigail (Curtis) Towne, was born 5 Sept 1708 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.<ref name="Hoover">The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 361</ref> : Elisha married Mercy Foster 11 Jan 1737/38 in Topsfield.<ref name="Hoover"/> Mercy is the daughter of Samuel Foster and Mercy Maccoon, born 23 Oct 1710 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts.<ref name="Hoover"/> : Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne had nine children. Their children born in Topsfield are: Joseph, Bartholomew, Thomas, Mercy, and Sarah.<ref name="Hoover"/> : In about 1748, Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne removed to Monson (now Milford), Hillsborough, New Hampshire.<ref name="Hoover"/> Their children born in Milford, New Hampshire are: Elisha, Samuel, Mary/Mercy, and (again) Elisha.<ref name="Hoover"/> : Elisha and Mercy (Foster) Towne both died in Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.<ref name="Hoover"/>

Birth

: Birth: 5 SEP 1708, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Source: #S92

: Marriage: 11 JAN 1737, Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Note: Towne genealogy has marriage date of June 11, 1738. :: Source: #S92

:: Source: #S111

:: Source: #S117 ::: Page: page 33-34

: Marriage: 5 NOV 1707, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts :: Source: #S92 :: Source: #S111 :: Source: #S117 page 25

:: Source: #S161 Volume 1, Page 340

Research Notes ==: Elisha Towne son of Joseph and Abigail (Curtis) Towne had only one wife: Mercy Foster. Elisha's cousin also named Elisha Towne, also living in Topsfield, married in the same year, to Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes. They are two separate families. See Towne Family page 218 for the other family.

:: The family described below shows Elisha Towne as born to Joseph Towne and his first wife, Margaret Case. Margaret died before Nov 1707, and she is not the mother of Elisha Towne.:: Joseph Towne married (2) Abigail Curtis 5 Nov 1707 in Topsfield.<ref>The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 330 - 331</ref> Abigail Curtis is the mother of Elisha Towne.<ref>The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), page 330 - 331</ref>

Marriage Husband Wife Child: Elisha Towne. Marriage: 09 Nov 1699, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. <ref>Source: #S1505493880 Birth year: 1673; Birth city: Salem; Birth state: MA </ref>

Sources

<references />

• The Towne Family, William Towne and Joanna Blessing, Salem Massachusetts, 1635, Five Generations of Descendants, by Lois Payne Hoover, (2010, 3rd printing 2015), Towne Family Association by Otter Bay Books, Baltimore, Maryland. Page 361::: This Towne book was commissioned by the Towne Family Association. Towne Family won the 2011 Grand Prize from the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, and in the same year received the 2011 Award of Excellence for a Genealogy and Family History from the National Genealogical Society.
• Source S161 Walter Goodwin Davis, <i>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 compedia</i>, Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1996)
• Source S117 The Descendants of William Towne, who came to America on or about 1630 and settled in Salem, Mass., Compiled by Edwin Eugene Towne. Newtonville, Mass. 1901.
• Source S111Vital Records
• Source: S1505437569Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=106016416&pi...
• Source S92 Abbreviation: Claire Dietz, Title: gedcom file found on Rootsweb.com posted by Claire Dietz on March 26, 2001, Bibliography
• Created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.* Source: S1505437569Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=106016416&pi...

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