Samuel Town

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• Married: 9 Mar 1769, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Tabitha Eddy, the daughter of Ebenezer and Ruth (Ward) Eddy. She was born on 27 November 1743 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was living in 1790 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Tabitha Town (1769-____) 2. Samuel Town (1772-1853) 3. Enoch Town (c1774-____) 4. Salem Town (1776-1861) 5. Lucy Town (c1778-____) 6. Rachel Town (c1780-____) 7. Fanny Town (c1782-____) 8. Reuben Town (c1784-1862) 9. Sylvanus Town (c1789-1841)
• Moved To: After 1770, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1781, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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• Will: 22 Apr 1760, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Samuel married Bathsheba Woods on 11 Aug 1743 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Bathsheba (daughter of Nathaniel Woods and Alice) was born on 5 Apr 1702 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1773 in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: Jun 1722; After Collins and Bathsheba were married, they lived on a 100 acre farm on Tatnuck Hill in Worcester.
• Moved To: 1730, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Married:
2ed - Samuel
2ed - Bathsheba

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• Offices Held: 5 Aug 1700, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman at the town's first Town Meeting.
• Will: 24 Nov 1704; He was mentioned in his father's will.
• Residence: 1708, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1713, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; They moved from Framingham.
• Offices Held: 1714, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; At the first Town Meeting of Oxford, he was chosen a Selectman, and later served in many positions in Oxford. He was also one of the four who started the church there and its first Deacon

John married Mary Smith on 2 Feb 1680 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Robert Smith and Mary French) was born on 28 Oct 1658 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 7 Aug 1693, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; She is mentioned in her father's will.
• Moved to: 1713, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; They moved from Framingham.

Notes:

Buried:
HERE LIES BURIED
Y^e BODY OF
Mr NATHANIEL
WOODS WHO
DEC^d JUNE Y^e
20^th ANNO 1738
IN Y^e 71^st YEAR
OF HIS AGE

Nathaniel married Alice about 1693. Alice was born about 1673/74 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1717/18 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
She was 45 years old when she died.

Buried:
Here Lyes Ye Body
of Mrs. Alice Woods
Wife to Mr Nathaniel
Woods, Who Decd.
Janry ye 10th 1717/8 in ye
45th year of Her Age

Other Events and Attributes:

• Freeman: 1686, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1687 to 1704; He was an Ensign in the militia.
• Will: 24 Nov 1704, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Catherine, and his children: John, Jacob, Edmund, Catherine, Deliverance, and Ruth.
• Probate/Proved: 1 Jan 1704/05
• Inventory: Abt Feb 1704/05, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts; The inventory of his estate was valued at £196 2/6.

Notes:

2ed Marriage: He mentions his first wife, Catherine, in his will 20 years after this supposed marriage.

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Jacob married Catherine Simonds on 26 Jun 1657 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Catherine (daughter of John Symonds and Ruth Fox) was christened on 18 Apr 1630 in Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 24 Nov 1704; She was mentioned in the will of her husband, Jacob Town.

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• Legal: Robert Smith deposed in 1659 giving his age as 33 years.
• Immigration: 1638; He came to New England as an apprentice to a Mr. Whittingham.
• History: 19 Dec 1648, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; He subscribed to the town 2 shillings.
• Oath: 1678, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; Robert took the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance.
• Will: 7 Aug 1693, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Mary, and his children: Mary, Phebe, Ephraim, Samuel, Amye, Jacob, Mariah, and Nathaniel.
• Probate/Proved: 26 Sep 1693, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: say 20 Sep 1698; Robert's estate was inventoried and valued at £189 7/3.

Notes:

The two Robert's appear to have been swapped. Probably the christening dates have been miss assigned.

Name:

Robert married Mary French before 26 Mar 1656 in Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Ensign Thomas French and Mary Scudamore) was born on 22 Mar 1634 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died about 1719 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 3 Aug 1680, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; She was mentioned in her father's will.
• Will: 7 Aug 1693, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; She is mentioned in the will of her husband, Robert Smith.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1653, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a member of train-band.
• Moved To: say 1656, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1662, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; When Groton was destroyed during King Philip's War, he returned to Watertown, Massachusetts.
• History: 1677, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He signed an agreement at Concord, Massachusetts to resettle Groton.

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Samuel married Alice Rushton on 28 Sep 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Alice was born about 1636; died on 17 Apr 1712 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]