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Joseph Tower 1685–1762 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: February 27, 1685

Birth Location: New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: After 1762

Death Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Jr.

Mother: Sarah Harding

Spouse(s): Ruth Thayer

Children(s): Gideon Tower, Ruth Tower, Hannah Tower, Sarah Tower, Margaret Tower, John Tower, Joseph Tower, Mary Tower

Joseph Tower was born in 1685 in New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Tower Jr And Sarah Harding. Joseph Tower married Elizabeth Arnold, Hannah Jones, Ruth Thayer, and had children including Gideon Tower, Hannah Tower, John Tower, Joseph Tower, Margaret Tower, Mary Tower, Ruth Tower, Sarah Tower. Joseph Tower passed away in 1762 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Tower was born in 1685 in New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the child of John Tower Jr And Sarah Harding.
  • Joseph Tower married Elizabeth Arnold, Hannah Jones, Ruth Thayer, and had children including Gideon Tower, Hannah Tower, John Tower, Joseph Tower, Margaret Tower, Mary Tower, Ruth Tower, Sarah Tower.
  • Joseph Tower passed away in 1762 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Jr.
1639–1693
Birth Location: New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JJ
Sarah Harding
1648–1729
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
SH

Spouses(s)

Ruth Thayer
1689–1752
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
RT

Children(s)

Gideon Tower
1723–1803
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
GT
Ruth Tower
1711–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
RT
Hannah Tower
1713–1757
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
HT
Sarah Tower
1715–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
ST
Margaret Tower
1721–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
MT
John Tower
1717–1759
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
JT
Joseph Tower
1725–1801
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
JT
Mary Tower
1728–1811
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
MT

Joseph Tower's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Tower
1685–1762
Birth Place: New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
John Tower Jr.
1639–1693
New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Harding
1648–1729
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
John (Tower) Sr.
1609–1702
Hingham Parish, Norfolk, England
Margaret Ibrook
1620–1700
Southwold, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Tower
1582–1634
Dorothy Damon
1590–1629
Richard Ibrook
1580–1651
Margaret Clarke
1589–1664
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Tower
1550–

Joseph Tower's Descendants

1.
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Joseph Tower (February 27, 1685–After 1762) m. Ruth Thayer (July 17, 1689–1752)
  1. 1. Gideon Tower 1723–1803 m. Lydia Sylvester 1730–1810
    1. 1. Gideon Tower 1752–1825
    2. 2. Lydia Tower 1754–
    3. 3. Sarah Tower 1758–
    4. 4. Richard (Sylvester) Tower 1760–
    5. 5. Ruth Tower 1762–1823
    6. 6. Abigail Tower 1772–1854
    7. 7. Margaret Tower 1777–1843
    8. 8. Benjamin (Tower ,) 6GG 1765–1859 m. Eunice (Liscom ,) 6GG 1765–1839
      1. 1. Fannie (Liscom) Tower 1787–1816
      2. 2. Lydia Tower 1790–
      3. 3. Mary Tower 1792– m. John Thomas 1792–
      4. 4. Cynthia Tower 1794–
      5. 5. Roxanna Tower 1797–1867
      6. 6. Sarah Tower 1798–
      7. 7. Betsey Tower 1802–
      8. 8. Abigail Tower 1804–
      9. 9. Benjamin Tower 1806–1853
      10. 10. Meriam Tower 1808–
      11. 11. Lucretia Tower 1812–1877
      12. 12. Eunice (H. Tower , 5GG, DNA) Confirmed 1786–1873 m. Gideon (Shattuck , 5GG, EOL, DNA) Confirmed 1782–1818 m. Sarel ("Cyril") Hayward 1769–1849 m. Elisha (A.) Baldwin 1788–1875
        1. 1. Edna (Hayward (DNA) Line) 1824–1897 m. Eliphaz Elmore 1822–1892
        2. 2. 1806–1889 m. Adeline (Ward , 4GG, Died from old age, DNA) Confirmed 1814–1888
        3. 3. Samuel Shattuck 1805–1818
        4. 4. Gideon (W.?) Shattuck 1808–
        5. 5. Eunice (Mary) Shattuck 1810–
        6. 6. Martha (Shattuck (DNA) line) 1812–1886 m. Hiram (Abiff) Reed 1806–1886
        7. 7. Benjamin Shattuck 1814–
        8. 8. Mary (E.) Shattuck 1816–
        9. 9. Abiah Hayward 1822–1822
        10. 10. Edmund (B.) Hayward 1823–1856 m. Johanna Carroll 1816–1894 m. Mary (Jane) Brown 1830–1899
        11. 11. Dolly Hayward 1825–1910
        12. 12. George (Horace) Hayward 1827–1879
        13. 13. Foster Hayward 1825–1915 m. Johanna Carroll 1816–1894
        14. 14. Philena (Hayward (DNA) Line) 1831–1913 m. George (Willard) Reed 1824–1899
  2. 2. Ruth Tower 1711–
  3. 3. Hannah Tower 1713–1757
  4. 4. Sarah Tower 1715–
  5. 5. Margaret Tower 1721–
  6. 6. John Tower 1717–1759
  7. 7. Joseph Tower 1725–1801
  8. 8. Mary Tower 1728–1811

Joseph Tower's Timeline

2 Records

1685
February 27, 1685
Birth of Joseph Tower in New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1762
After 1762
Age 77
Death of Joseph Tower in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: February 27, 1685
    Event Place: New Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: After 1762
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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