Ensign Israel Town

1684 - 1771  (86 years)

• Name	Israel Town
  Birth	18 Nov 1684	Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Married	say 1708 (23 years)  [1, 2]
  Susanna Haven, the daughter of Deacon Moses and Mary (Bullard) Haven. She was born on 20 October 1690 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died in 1787 in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Town (1709-____) 2. Susannah Town (1711-____) 3. Joseph Town (1713-1733) 4. Susannah Town (1717-1806) 5. Elijah Town (1719-____) 6. Moses Town (1721-1808) 7. Esther Town (1724-____) 8. Israel Town (1727-1805) 9. Lois Town (1729-____) 10. Mehitable Town (1731-____)
  History	1713 (28 years)  [1]
  He was one of the first thirty families to settle Oxford, Mass. The first organizational meeting of the church in Oxford met in his house.
  Death	27 Oct 1771	Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	7 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Mary Town,   b. 23 Jun 1681, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Mar   2. John Town,   b. 25 Nov 1682, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 29 Sep 1683, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   3. Ensign Israel Town,   b. 18 Nov 1684, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Oct 1771, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)   4. Esther Town,   b. 13 Dec 1686, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. Before 1744, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)   5. Ephraim Town,   c. 22 Apr 1688, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Deacon Jonathan Town,   b. 11 Mar 1691, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1771, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)   7. David Town,   b. 22 Oct 1693, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 20 Sep 1781, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years) + 8. Samuel Town,   b. 25 Jan 1695, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1760, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years) ▻ Sarah Lamb,  m. 16 Apr 1722 ;   Bathsheba Woods,  m. 11 Aug 1743   9. Edmund Town,   b. 7 May 1699, Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 May 1745, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 46 years)   10. John Town,   b. 31 May 1702, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Towne   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Frances Lechmore,   b. Abt 1588, England   (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15416
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Deacon John Town,   b. 2 Apr 1658, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1740, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Smith,   b. 28 Oct 1658, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ensign Israel Town(1684 – 1771) 2Deacon John Town(1658 – 1740) 4Ensign Jacob Towne(1632 – 1704) 8William Towne(18 Mar 1598/99 – Abt 1673) 16John Towne 17Elizabeth Clarke(1569 – ) 9Joanna Blessing(1599/1600 – 1682) 18John William Blyssinge(1575 – ) 19unknown wife 5Catherine Simonds(1630 – ) 10John Symonds(1594 – 1671) 20John Simonds(1560 – ) 21Katherine Smythe(25 Feb 1572/73 – ) 11Ruth Foxe(10 Jan 1601/02 – ) 22John Foxe(1561 – 1630) 23Catherine Crickemer(1569 – ) 3Mary Smith(1658 – ) 6Robert Smith(1626 – 1693) 12Robert Smith(1595 – ) 24Edward Smythe(1571 – ) 25unknown wife 13Margaret(Abt 1593 – ) 26 27 7Mary French(1634 – Abt 1719) 14Ensign Thomas French(1608 – 1680) 28Thomas French(1584 – 1639) 29Susan Riddlesdale(1584 – 1658) 15Mary Scudamore(Abt 1612 – 1681) 30William Scudamore(Abt 1586 – ) 31Frances Lechmore(Abt 1588 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Nov 1684 - Topsfield, Washington County, Maine, U.S.A. Death - 27 Oct 1771 - Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996).