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Benjamin Foster Towne 1791–1833 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 November 1791

Birth Location: Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 3 November 1833

Death Location: Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Sylvanus Towne

Mother: Ruth Hovey

Spouse(s): Mary Sigourney

Children(s): Maria Leavenworth, Mary Wallace, Benjamin Towne

Benjamin Foster Towne was born in 1791 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sylvanus Towne And Ruth Hovey. Benjamin Foster Towne married Mary Sigourney, and had children including Benjamin F Towne, Maria Leavenworth, Mary Sigourney Wallace. Benjamin Foster Towne passed away in 1833 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Foster Towne was born in 1791 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sylvanus Towne And Ruth Hovey.
  • Benjamin Foster Towne married Mary Sigourney, and had children including Benjamin F Towne, Maria Leavenworth, Mary Sigourney Wallace.
  • Benjamin Foster Towne passed away in 1833 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sylvanus Towne
1750–1818
Birth Location: Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ruth Hovey
1763–1837
Birth Location: Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
RH

Spouses(s)

Mary Sigourney
1799–1860
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
MS

Children(s)

Maria Leavenworth
1823–1900
Birth Location: New York, United States
ML
Mary Wallace
1823–1893
Birth Location: –
MW
Benjamin Towne
1831–1831
Birth Location: –
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Benjamin Towne's Ancestors

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Benjamin Towne
1791–1833
Birth Place: Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Sylvanus Towne
1750–1818
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ruth Hovey
1763–1837
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Jacob Towne
1720–1755
Mary Campbell
1724–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Towne's Descendants

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Benjamin (Foster) Towne (13 November 1791–3 November 1833) m. Mary Sigourney (20 November 1799–8 June 1860)
  1. 1. Maria Leavenworth 1823–1900 m. William (Wallace) Leavenworth 1815–1893
    1. 1. Grace (A) Leavenworth 1859–1933 m. Sylvester Feller 1853–1902
      1. 1. Walter (Edward) Feller 1883–1957 m. Lizzie Phillips 1880–1967
        1. 1. Charles (H) Feller 1911–1996 m. Evelyn (A) Zimmerman 1910–1996
        2. 2. Walter (Edward(Eddie)) Feller 1906–1974 m. Martha (E.) Feller 1910–1989
      2. 2. Bertha (E) Feller 1885–1966
      3. 3. Sterling (B.) Feller 1892–1967 m. Henrietta Feller 1889–
      4. 4. Raymond (Charles) Feller 1899–1970 m. Mary (A) Feller 1893–
      5. 5. Frederick (William) Feller 1878–1954 m. Nella\Nellie Carlow 1881–
        1. 1. Mildred (F) Carlow 1911–
      6. 6. Losee ((Sorel) Augustus (Lora A Feller)) Feller 1881–1958 m. Cora (Elizabeth) Riphenburg 1884–1972
        1. 1. Edward (A) Feller 1903–1979 m. Mildred Sherman 1917–1975
        2. 2. Floyd Feller 1904–1986 m. Mabeline (Jane) McKennie 1908–1992
        3. 3. Nina (Elizabeth) Feller 1906–1997
        4. 4. Mara (B) Feller 1907–
        5. 5. Elmer Feller 1914–1979
        6. 6. Lester Feller 1912–
      7. 7. Albert (Lora) Feller 1882–
      8. 8. Lottie (M) Feller 1889–1976 m. William (F) Pulver 1889–1975
        1. 1. Evalena (" Eni") Pulver 1930–2012 m. Charles (H Hanlon) Sr. 1921–1991
        2. 2. Louise (Pulver -) Breazzano 1927–2019 m. Charles (J) Breazzano 1913–1996
        3. 3. Raymond (W) Pulver 1918–1989 m. Marie Pulver 1927–2002 m. Helen Pulver 1916–1968
        4. 4. Mabel (Dorothy Pulver -) Mergenthaler 1929–2016 m. Frederick (Dayton "Fred" Mergenthaler) Jr. 1923–1994
        5. 5. Arnold (L) Pulver 1910–1992
        6. 6. Sylvester (Charles) Pulver 1913–1977
        7. 7. Jean (M) Pulver 1925–2008 m. Ainslie (W) Coons 1906–1997
        8. 8. Katherine (Elizabeth) Pulver 1916–2012 m. Harold (H) Bruggemann 1909–1985
    2. 2. John (Henry) Leavenworth 1840–1903 m. Emily (Savage) Martin 1845–
      1. 1. William (Edmund) Leavenworth 1867–1932 m. Daisy (Louisa) Thompson 1880–1954
        1. 1. Hary (P) Coons 1900–
        2. 2. Emily (Louisa) Leavenworth 1903–1943 m. Leroy (Kendall) Castle 1893–1985
        3. 3. John (Henry) Leavenworth 1904–1969 m. Clara (Belle) CRAVER 1906–1996
        4. 4. William (L) Leavenworth 1906–1957
        5. 5. Helen Leavenworth 1910–1984
        6. 6. Louis (A) Leavenworth 1912–1971
        7. 7. Grace (T) Leavenworth 1915–1986
      2. 2. George (Albert) Leavenworth 1870–1932
      3. 3. Henry (J) Leavenworth 1877–
    3. 3. Sylvester (B) Leavenworth 1841–1901
    4. 4. Mary Leavenworth 1845–
    5. 5. Louisa Leavenworth 1852–
    6. 6. Caloiw ((Calvin) J.) Leavenworth 1852–1910 m. Catherine (E) Leavenworth 1851–
      1. 1. Maud (May) Leavenworth 1881–1941
      2. 2. Willie (J) Leavenworth 1884–
      3. 3. Lottie Leavenworth 1885–
      4. 4. Katherine (E) Leavenworth 1887–
      5. 5. Mabelle Leavenworth 1889–
      6. 6. Harry (H) Leavenworth 1891–
      7. 7. Alvah Leavenworth 1893–
      8. 8. Roy (M) Leavenworth 1894–
      9. 9. Delos Leavenworth 1896–
      10. 10. Lotty Handy 1886–
    7. 7. Charles (R) Levenworth 1862–
    8. 8. Albert Leavenworth 1856–1898
  2. 2. Mary (Sigourney) Wallace 1823–1893
  3. 3. Benjamin (F) Towne 1831–1831

Benjamin Towne's Timeline

2 Records

1791
13 November 1791
Birth of Benjamin Foster Towne in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1833
3 November 1833
Age 42
Death of Benjamin Foster Towne in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 November 1791
    Event Place: Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2188.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: EET

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1833
    Event Place: Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Benjamin F. Towne 3 Nov 1833

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 November 1833
    Event Place: Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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