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Richard Tower 1580–1651 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Southwold, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 14 Nov 1651

Death Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Sir Tower

Mother: Alice Oldfeld

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Richard Tower was born in 1580 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Christopher John Humeir Tower And Alice Oldfeld. Richard Tower passed away in 1651 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • Richard Tower was born in 1580 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, the child of Sir Christopher John Humeir Tower And Alice Oldfeld.
  • Richard Tower passed away in 1651 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Richard Tower's Ancestors

Self
Richard Tower
1580–1651
Birth Place: Southwold, Suffolk, England
Parents
Sir Christopher John Humeir Tower
1550–1612
Southwold, Suffolk, England
Alice Oldfeld
1555–1622
Rowley, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John Tower
1510–1574
England
Mariota (Hume) (Home)
1492–1572
England
John Oldfeld
1532–1623
Weeton, Rowley, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John (Touris)
1452–1489
Elizabeth Hepburn
1450–1516
David Wedderburn
1457–1513
Isabelle Hoppringle
1460–1545
John Sr
1512–1608
Lady Drake
1516–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Touris
1430–
Janet Napier
1430–1490
David Hepburn
1430–1513
Christian Calder
1425–1483
Patrick Polwarth
1428–1497
Margaret Sinclair
1435–1496
James (Pringle)
1435–1495
Lady Buchan
1442–1486
John Drake
1474–1544
Margaret Cole
1476–1539

Richard Tower's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Richard Tower in Southwold, Suffolk, England
Southwold, Suffolk, England
1651
14 Nov 1651
Age 71
Death of Richard Tower in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Southwold, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Nov 1651
    Event Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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