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Jacob Towne, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 27, 1704
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Towne, of Topsfield and Joanna Towne
Husband of Catherine Towne
Father of Deacon John Towne; Jacob Towne, II; Catherine Perkins; Ruth Styles; Deliverance Stiles and 1 other
Brother of Rebecca Nurse; John Towne; Susanna Towne; Sgt. Edmund Towne; Mary (Towne) Estey, Salem Witch Trials and 2 others

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About Jacob Towne, Sr.



Jacob Towne, son of William Towne, of Topsfield and Joanna Blessing, was born about Mar 1632 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England. He was christened on 11 Mar 1632 in St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolkshire, England. He died on 27 Nov 1704 in Topsfield, Essex Co, MA.

Family

Jacob Towne married Catherine Symonds on 26 Jun 1657 in Salem, Essex Co, MA. She was born 18 Apr 1630 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, and died 1704 at Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Symonds & Elizabeth Fox.

They had the following children:

  • i Deacon John Towne was born on 02 Apr 1658. He died on 27 Nov 1740.
  • ii Jacob Towne was born on 13 Feb 1659/1660.
  • iii Catherine Towne was born on 25 Feb 1662.
  • iv Deliverance Towne (Twin) was born on 05 Aug 1664.
  • v Ruth Towne (Twin) was born on 05 Aug 1664.
  • vi Edmund Towne was born on 21 Jul 1666.

At court March Term 1681, Jacob Town, aged about fifty years, deposed that about thirty-five or six years ago his father, William Towne, bought twenty acres of land of Jeffery Massey of Salem and paid for it in wheat the same year.

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Jacob Towne, Sr.'s Timeline

1632
March 11, 1632
Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas Parish, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas Parish, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
March 11, 1632
St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England