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Esther (Town) Towne 1686–1744 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 December 1686

Birth Location: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: Oct 1744

Death Location: Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: John Towne

Mother: Mary Smith

Spouse(s): Simon Mellen

Children(s): Mary Mellen

Esther (Town) Towne was born in 1686 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of John Towne And Mary Smith. Esther (Town) Towne married Simon Mellen, and had children including Mary Frances Mellen. Esther (Town) Towne passed away in 1744 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Esther (Town) Towne was born in 1686 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of John Towne And Mary Smith.
  • Esther (Town) Towne married Simon Mellen, and had children including Mary Frances Mellen.
  • Esther (Town) Towne passed away in 1744 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Towne
1658–1740
Birth Location: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JT
Mary Smith
1658–1726
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Simon Mellen
1690–
Birth Location: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
SM

Children(s)

Mary Mellen
1712–1778
Birth Location: Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
MM

Esther Towne's Ancestors

Self
Esther Towne
1686–1744
Birth Place: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
John Towne
1658–1740
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Smith
1658–1726
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Jacob (Blessing) Towne
1631–1704
Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
Katherine (Jone) Symonds
1630–1714
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Smith
1626–1693
Kirton, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
JONE #12-2317
1590–1675
Captain Symonds
1594–1671
Elizabeth Foxe
1602–1680
Margaret Deane
1592–1664
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Esther Towne's Descendants

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Esther ((Town)) Towne (13 December 1686–Oct 1744) m. Simon Mellen (16 May 1690–)
  1. 1. Mary (Frances) Mellen 1712–1778 m. Thomas (Gillikin) II 1703–1778
    1. 1. Sarah Gillikin 1720–1790 m. John Arthur 1703–1777
      1. 1. Seth Arthur 1750–1822 m. Sarah (Elizabeth (Betsy)) Rumley 1775–1830
        1. 1. Gilbert Arthur 1802–1880 m. Charlotte Chadwick 1800–1874
    2. 2. Thomas (Gillikin) III 1725–1812
    3. 3. Jessee Gillikin 1760–1825
    4. 4. James Gillikin 1755–1826

Esther Towne's Timeline

2 Records

1686
13 December 1686
Birth of Esther (Town) Towne in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1744
Oct 1744
Age 58
Death of Esther (Town) Towne in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 December 1686
    Event Place: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1744
    Event Place: Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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