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From: Abruzzesi@aol.com
Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Susannah, dau. of William Towne
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 15:43:58 EDT
In response to a previous posting, I am reprinting below my original response
to the question regarding the identity of Susannah, daughter of William
and Joanna (Blessing) Towne and the true identity of the Susannah Towne
who married Thomas Hayward of Bridgewater:
"Susanna (Towne) Hayward was
not a daughter of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne of Topsfield. She
is incorrectly listed as such on several genealogical websites based on
what I can only surmise to be careless assumption. William and Joanna did
have a daughter named Susan(nah) Towne who was baptized 26 Oct 1625 at
the St. Nicholas parish church in Great Yarmouth, Co. Norfolk, England,
however she was very likely the Susannah Towne, "a girl," who was buried
there 29 Jul 1630. Furthermore, there is no mention of William and Joanna's
daughter Susanna after the family immigrated from England to Massachusetts
and she is not named among the heirs of William Towne in the division of
his estate.
The Susanna Towne who married Thomas Hayward was born about
1601 in England and was a sister of the William Towne who was a resident
of Cambridge, MA in 1635 (this William Towne was not the same man as the
William Towne of Topsfield). She was possibly the daughter of Peter Towne
of Aylesford, England. In about 1622 Susanna married Thomas Hayward in
Aylesford, Co. Kent, England. Susanna's relationship to the William Towne
of Cambridge is substantiated by the fact that Peter Towne, only son of
William Towne of Cambridge, MA, died childless in 1705 and left his estate
to his first cousins who were the five living children of Susanna (Towne)
Hayward as of that date."
The Susannah Towne who married Thomas Hayward
was, therefore, a distinctly separate individual from the Susannah Towne
who was the daughter of William and Joanna (Blessing) Towne.
I would be
happy to share any information concerning the other children of William
and Joanna.
Frank J. Rosaio
Associate Genealogist
Towne Family Association, Inc.
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