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Joseph Tower 1685–1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 FEB 1685

Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England

Death Date: 1761

Death Location: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England

Father: John Tower

Mother: Sarah Hardin(g)

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Gideon I

Joseph Tower was born in 1685 in Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England, the child of John Tower And Sarah Hardin G. Joseph Tower had children including Gideon Tower I. Joseph Tower passed away in 1761 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England.

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Biography

  • Joseph Tower was born in 1685 in Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England, the child of John Tower And Sarah Hardin G.
  • Joseph Tower had children including Gideon Tower I.
  • Joseph Tower passed away in 1761 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England.

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Joseph Tower's Ancestors

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Joseph Tower
1685–1761
Birth Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England
Parents
John Tower
1639–1693
Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
Sarah Hardin(g)
1648–1729
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Colony
Grandparents
John (T.) Tower
1609–1702
Hingham, Norfolk, England
Margaret Ibrook
1620–1700
Southwold, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Tower
1586–1666
Dorothy Damon
1590–1629
Richard Ibrook
1583–1651
(Mary) Cooper
1589–1664
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anne Chetwood
1562–1638
Richard Ibrooke
1550–1612
Alice Oldfield
1562–1622
Elizabeth (Hobson)
1564–1622

Joseph Tower's Descendants

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Joseph Tower (27 FEB 1685–1761)
  1. 1. Gideon (Tower) I 1723–1803 m. Lydia Sylvester 1730–1810
    1. 1. Ruth Tower 1762–1823 m. Samuel Hunt 1760–1822
      1. 1. Samuel Hunt 1802–1859 m. Maria Blanchard 1808–1875
        1. 1. Maria (B) Hunt 1832–1859 m. Leonard (Everett) Jr 1827–1861

Joseph Tower's Timeline

2 Records

1685
27 FEB 1685
Birth of Joseph Tower in Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England
Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England
1761
1761
Age 76
Death of Joseph Tower in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England
Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 FEB 1685
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Province of Mass. Bay, New England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1761
    Event Place: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England

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