Joanna Blessing

1600 - 1682  (82 years)

• Name	Joanna Blessing
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1599/1600	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Moved To	1652 (Age 52)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Deed	1663 (Age 63)
  Joanna deeded land to her son, Joseph.
  Religion	1664 (Age 64)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3]
  William and Joanna were dismissed from the Salem Church to the Topsfield Church.
  Legal	1670 (Age 70)
  She deposed in 1670 giving her age as 70 years.
  Estate Admin	24 Jun 1673
  She was appointed administrator of the estate of her late husband.
  Legal	say 1675 (Age 75)
  Joanna testified in a series of suits brought against the Rev. Thomas Gilbert who was accused of excessive drinking.
  Death	1682	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Margaret Blessing   d. Abt 1633, England   2. Alice Blessing   d. 9 Feb 1656, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts + 3. Joanna Blessing,   b. 1599/1600, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 1682, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years) ▻ William Towne,  m. 25 Mar 1620   4. Julian Blessing
  Person ID	I580	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John William Blyssinge,   b. 1575, Somerleyton, Norfolk, England
  Mother	unknown wife
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Towne,   c. 18 Mar 1598/99, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1673, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1620	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 20 years and 3 months - He : 21 years.
  Children	1. Rebecca Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1621, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 19 Jul 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years)   2. John Towne,   c. 21 Feb 1624, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   3. Susannah Towne,   c. 20 Oct 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Before 1672 (Age ~ 46 years)   4. Sargent Edmund Towne,   c. 28 Jun 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England + 5. Ensign Jacob Towne,   c. 11 Mar 1632, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 27 Nov 1704, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 72 years)   6. Mary Towne,   c. 24 Aug 1634, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 58 years)   7. Joseph Towne,   b. Abt 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1713, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)   8. Sarah Towne,   c. 3 Sep 1648, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. Before 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 55 years)
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1599/1600 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Marriage - 25 Mar 1620 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Rebecca Towne - 21 Feb 1621 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - John Towne - 21 Feb 1624 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Susannah Towne - 20 Oct 1625 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Sargent Edmund Towne - 28 Jun 1628 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Ensign Jacob Towne - 11 Mar 1632 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Mary Towne - 24 Aug 1634 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Joseph Towne - Abt 1639 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Child - Sarah Towne - 3 Sep 1648 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Moved To - 1652 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Religion - 1664 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Death - 1682 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [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). [S635] Annett, Albert and Alice E. E. Lehtinen. The Generations of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, (Jaffrey, New Hampshire: The Town of Jaffrey, 1934). [S651] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume I, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995). [S1388] Patterson, Shirley Drury Email: 2000-01-06 "William Towne" , (Email message from jpsp28 (at) aol.com, 6 January 2000).