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Joanna Blessing 1595–1682 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 June 1595

Birth Location: Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 1682

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

Father: WILLIAM BLYSSYNGE

Mother: JOAN PREASTE

Spouse(s): William Towne

Children(s): Edmund Towne, Rebecca Nurse, Mary Estey

Joanna Blessing was born in 1595 in Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England, the child of William Blyssynge And Joan Preaste. Joanna Blessing married William Towne, and had children including Edmund Towne, Mary Towne Estey, Rebecca Nurse. Joanna Blessing passed away in 1682 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Joanna Blessing was born in 1595 in Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England, the child of William Blyssynge And Joan Preaste.
  • Joanna Blessing married William Towne, and had children including Edmund Towne, Mary Towne Estey, Rebecca Nurse.
  • Joanna Blessing passed away in 1682 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joanna Blessing's Ancestors

Self
Joanna Blessing
1595–1682
Birth Place: Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
Parents
WILLIAM BLYSSYNGE
1575–1677
Somerlayton, Suffolk, England
JOAN PREASTE
1572–1675
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
John (William) Blessing
1549–1648
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Joan Preaste
1553–1653
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Preaste
1533–1575
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Barbara Dockynge
1533–1592
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Blessing
1529–1591
Mary Blessing
1529–1580
Hugh Preaste
1527–1581
Alice Newcourt
1531–1573
John Preaste
1490–1534
Isabell Drewe
1494–1534
Thomas Debyne
1505–1565
Ellyn Captyst
1505–1565
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joanna Blessing's Descendants

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Joanna Blessing (3 June 1595–1682) m. William Towne (15 March 1598–24 Jun 1673)
  1. 1. Edmund Towne 1628–1678 m. Mary Browning 1637–1717
    1. 1. Samuel Towne 1673–1714 m. Elizabeth (Towne) Perkins 1676–1764
      1. 1. elizabeth (Judith) Townes 1709–1782 m. Thomas (Lockett) III 1700–1775
        1. 1. James (Locket Sr.) Capt. 1731–1800 m. Susanna Dupuy 1734–1760
  2. 2. Rebecca Nurse 1621–1692
  3. 3. Mary (Towne) Estey 1634–1692

Joanna Blessing's Timeline

2 Records

1595
3 June 1595
Birth of Joanna Blessing in Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
1682
1682
Age 87
Death of Joanna Blessing in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 June 1595
    Event Place: Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1682
    Event Place: Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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