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Individual:
JOSEPH4 TOWNE (Edmund3, William2, John1) was born in Topsfield September 2, 1661. He married Amy Smith, daughter of Robert and Mary (French) Smith of Boxford, on August 10, 1687.
Joseph Towne made his will on May 18, 1717, and it was proved on the following December 16. To his wife "Emmy" he left his household furniture, a cow and one-third of his real
estate, and his son Daniel, who had the homestead, was to allow his mother a living-room and a chamber above it during her life. To his son Benjamin he left other real property, while the younger children, Nathan, Jesse, Nathaniel, Amos and Amy, received œ30 apiece. Benjamin and Daniel were appointed executors, and the witnesses were William Towne, Jacob Towne and John Curtis.(*)
Amy (Smith) Towne survived until February 22, 1756, when she died in her eighty-eighth year.
Children, born in Topsfield:--
i. JOSEPH, bapt. May 30, 1703; d. before 1717, s. p.
ii. BENJAMIN, b. May 10, 1691; m. (1) Catherine Towne, daughter of
Jacob4 and Catherine (Symonds) Towne; m. (2) Susanna Wildes,
daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Howlett) Wildes, April 12,
1722; m. (3) Mary Perkins May 2, 1738; m. (4) widow Mary
Clark, April 15, 1761; a man of local prominence and wealth; d.
Feb. 11, 1772.
iii. NATHAN; m. (1) Phebe Curtis, daughter of John2 and Mary
(Looke) Curtis of Topsfield, Dec. 31, 1715; m. (2) Grace (???);
will, dated July 15, 1761, mentions wife Grace, daughters Anna
McIntire, Phebe Varnum and Catherine Curtis (deceased), and
sons Joseph, Nathan, Jonathan, Asa and Aaron.(+)
iv. DANIEL, b. Aug. 22, 1695; m. Dorothy Dorman Aug. 29, 1721, in
Topsfield; eight children b. in Topsfield and Middleton.
5. v. JESSE, b. Dec. 5, 1697.
vi. NATHANIEL, b. June 1, 1700; m. Jemima Perkins Aug. 27, 1723, in
Topsfield; seven children.
vii. AMY, b. Feb. 3, 1704; m. William Hobbs of Salem Jan. 10, 1728.
6. viii. AMOS, b. July 2, 1709.
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