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Simon, b. Aug. 8, 1751 ; d., unm.
Hannah, bp. Dec. 23, 1753; m. Jeremiah Marston (43).
XII. BENJAMIN TOWLE, son of Benjamin (4), married Jan. 30, 1735, Rebecca, danghter of Jacob Garland (5) ; lived where Dea. Da- vid B. Elkins afterwards lived. Children :
Hannah, b. July 24, 1735; m. Nov. 18, 1756, Jeremiah Norris, of Epping. Their son, Benjamin, bp. in H., Dec. 4, 1757.
Sarah, b. Apr. 14, 1737. Abigail, b. Aug. 24, 1739 ; d. Feb. 22, 1756.
Patience, b. Dec. 16, 1741 ; m. Thomas Drake, son of Abraham (6) ; d. Apr. 15, 1765.
Jacob (27), b. June 16, 1744 ; m. - Moulton ; went to Loudon.
Ebenezer, bp. Apr. 5, 1747; d. Oct., 1753.
Benjamin, bp. Sept. 24, 1749; d. Nov. 16, 1753.
XIII. ELISHA TOWLE, son of Benjamin (4), married Mar. 1, 1739, Ann, daughter of William Vittum (1). Children :
Elisha (28), bp. Sept. 23, 1739 ; m. Aun Sanborn; d. Jan. 7, 1820.
Abigail, bp. Mar. 1, 1741 ; d., unm., Sept. 23, 1815.
Am, bp. Feb. 6, 1743; d., unm., Mar. 3, 1821.
Benjamin, bp. Dec. 8, 1745 ; prob. lived in Candia and "East."
Sarah, bp. Oct. 25, 1747; d. June 3, 1754. Mary, bp. Oct. 15, 1749 ; d. June 5, 1754.
Jeremiah, bp. May 10, 1752; d. June 7, 1754.
Jeremiah, bp. June 30, 1754; "went East."
Sarah, bp. June 6, 1756; d. Apr. 24, 1759.
Joshua, bp. Mar. 14, 1758; d. the next day.
William, bp. June 7, 1761 ; prob. lived in Candia and "East."
XIV. PHILIP TOWLE, son of Caleb (5), married Mar. 4, 1724, Lydia, daughter of Jabez Dow (7). Children :
Jabez, b. Nov. 24, 1724; d., unm., at Louisburg, C. B.
Philip, b. Mar. 30, 1727 ; d. June, 1736.
Jeremiah, b. Aug. 17, 1729. Ezekiel, b. Jan. 16, 1731.
Esther, b. Jan. 16, 1734; m. Benjamin Leavitt (11) ; d. at H. F. 1815.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 5, 1735.
Philip (29), b. Oct. 20, 1737 ; m. Anna Page; d. Mar. 19, 1798.
Patience, b. Oct. 20, 1740; d., unm., July 28, 1788.
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XV. ZECHARIAHI TOWLE, son of Caleb (5), married May 15, 1728, Anne, daughter of William Godfrey (5) ; lived in North Hampton. Children :
Abraham, b. June 19, 1728 ; d. young.
Jane, b. May 4, 1730. Abraham, b. July 19, 1732.
Isaac, b. Feb. 23, 1735; m. Elizabeth Philbrick, dau. of Nathan (14) ; d. in Chester, Ang. 24, 1791.
Zechariah, b. June 8, 1736; d. Sept. 21, 1741.
Simon, b. May 11, 1740 ; d. Sept. 20, 1741.
Mary, b. July 21, 1742; d., unm., May 9, 1830. Had a son, Amos (30), bp. Sept. 8, 1764, who lived where the late Christopher Moore lived, in No. H. ; cl. Feb. 15, 1855.
Zechariah, b. Dec. 9, 1746 ; m. Mary Dearborn, dan. of Jonathan (19) ; lived on the homestead. Had ch. : Anna. Abraham. Jonathan D. Sarah. Sarah. Jane. Molly. Simon. Jonathan D. m. Sarah, dan. of Josiah Lane (11).
XVI. MATTHIAS TOWLE, son of Caleb (5), married Children :
Samnel (31), b. ab. 1738; m. Rachel Elkins; d. Apr. 25, 1796.
Ilannah, owned the covenant, and was bp. Sept. 23, 1753 ; m. Josiah Towle (32).
Zipporah, b. ab. 1748.
XVII. JEREMIAH TOWLE, son of Caleb (5), married, first, Han- nalı, daughter of Thomas Dearborn (10) ; second, Aug. 18, 1791, widow Sarah Tuck, daughter of Shubael Sanborn (21), Mr. Towle being then eighty-two years and seven months old. He died without children, and his nephew, Josiah Marston, inherited his estate, which was the present Dunbar place.
XVIII. NATHANIEL TOWLE, son of Caleb (5), married Sept. 17, 1741, Lydia Tilton (who died Oct., 1800, aged eighty-two years) ; lived on the "Towle road," where Samuel A. Towle lives,-house a little north of the present house. Children :
Elizabeth, bp. Nov. 29, 1741 ; d., unm., Apr. 19, 1785.
Josiah, bp. Jan. 16, 1743; d. July 20, 1743.
Huldah, b. May 13, 1744; d. Aug. 3, 1746.
Josialı (32), bp. Aug. 11, 1745 ; m. Hannah Towle; d. July 21, 1817.
Jabez (33), bp. Apr. 5, 1747 ; m. Sarah Garland; d. June 20, 1837.
Daniel, bp. June 11, 1749 ; d. July 22, 1754.
HInldah, bp. June 9, 1751 ; d. July 19, 1754.
Zipporah, bp. May 27, 1753; m. Robert Drake (14) ; d. July 16, 1828.
Lydia, bp. June 8, 1755; m. Lient. John Lovering (4) ; d. in No. H., Aug. 15, 1829.
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XIX. JOSHUA TOWLE, son of Joshua (6), married, Jan. 1, 1746, Elizabeth, daughter of Shubael Sanborn (21). Child :
Joshına (34), b. ab. 1752; m. Jane Drake; d. Sept. 13, 1797.
XX. LEMUEL TOWLE, son of John (7), married Mary, daughter of Gideon Shaw (11) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Lydia, b. Dec. 19, 1757 ; m. Samuel Hobbs, son of Joseph (14). Eliphalet, b. Oct. 6, 1760.
Lemnel (35), bp. June 12, 1768; m. Abigail Lane; d. in Labrador, Aug. 5, 1807.
Mary, bp. Sept. 1, 1771.
XXI. JOSEPH TOWLE, son of Joseph (8), married, first, Elizabeth (Towle?), who died Nov., 1795, aged fifty-eight years ; second, Mrs. Mary Redman, daughter of Samnel Locke (7) ; lived on the homestead. Only child, by first marriage :
Joseph (36), b. 1768 ; m. Sarah Marston; d. Oct. 11, 1828.
XXII. AMOS TOWLE, son of Joseph (8), married June 30, 1763, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Nudd (4) ; lived where Stacy W. Brown now lives. Children :
Betty, b. July 15, 1764 ; d. Aug. 6. 1776.
Daniel (37), b. Oct. 29, 1767 ; m. Lydia Towle; d. June 11, 1812.
Sally, bp. Apr. 24. 1774 ; m. John Redman (8) ; d. Apr. 27, 1843.
Betsey, b. Aug. 5, 1783; m. John Tuck (14) ; d. Aug. 5, 1860.
XXIII. ABRAHAM P. TOWLE, son of James (9) married Dec. 28, 1763, Abigail, danghter of John Moulton (23) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Hannah, bp. Oct. 7, 1764; d., unm., July 13, 1849.
Anna, bp. Apr. 24, 1768; m. May 31, 1789, Dea. David Locke, of Rye and Epsom.
Molly, bp. May 3, 1772; m. Ang. 28, 1797, John Cate, of Epsom.
Abigail, bp. July 10, 1774 ; m. Jesse Prescott; d. Nov. 20, 1826.
James (38), b. Nov. 26, 1776; m. Abigail Brown; d. June 15, 1859.
XXIV. JAMES TOWLE, son of James (9), married Ann - lived on the David Moulton place (now Harris). Children :
James (39). bp. May 3, 1766; m. Anna Lane ; d. June 16, 1828. Jonathan, bp. Apr. 3, 1769.
David (40), b. July 15, 1771 ; m. Zipporah Dearborn; d. May 1, 1828. Perkins, bp. July 18, 1773.
William, bp. July 13, 1777 ; d. Apr. 30, 1778.
Simon, bp. July 14, 1779; m. Mary, dan. of John Sanborn, of Exeter; set- tled in Gilmanton.
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XXV. JONATIIAN TOWLE, son of James (9), married Jan. 21, 1773, Miriam Marston, of North Hampton ; was of Chichester, 1781; afterwards, Pittsfield. Children :
Molly, bp. Oct. 16, 1774. Huldah, bp. June 18, 1775.
Jonathan, bp. June 8, 1777. Daniel, bp. Feb. 21, 1779.
James, bp. June 3, 1781.
Abraham Perkins, bp. Oet. 12, 1788.
XXVI. AMOS TOWLE, son of Amos (11), married Mar. 19, 1775, Abigail, daughter of Dea. Samnel Dow (17) ; lived on the homestead, and late in life, in the house where the late Jolin S. Towle lived and died, formerly of Thomas Leavitt (17), a little to the west of the old house. Children :
Amos (41), b. Apr., 1776; m. Hannah Drake ; d. Apr. 7, 1855.
Sarah, b. June 22, 1778 ; m. Moses Leavitt (22) ; d. Feb. 21, 1852.
Comfort, b. June, 1781; m., 1st, David Marston (49) ; 2d, Cotton W. Mars- ton (48) ; d. Ang. 4, 1832.
Oliver, blacksmith, b. Mar., 1783; m. Apr. 21, 1806, Betty, dau. of James Leavitt (16); lived in Exeter; d. May, 1855. Ch. : Oliver. Mary G. Oliver. Enoch W. Betsey. Angelina. Betsey L. Amos. Adoniram. Emily B.
Dolly, b. Feb., 1785 ; m., 1st, Dec. 1, 1806, Jonathan Robinson, of No. H. ; 2d, July 7, 1818, Simon Leavitt, of No. H , gr.son of John (12).
Hannah, b. Mar. 7, 1787; m. Simon N. Dearborn (35) ; d. Aug. 29, 1844 (1843-Fam. Rec.).
Simon (42), b. Nov., 1789 ; m., 1st, Lydia Leavitt ; 2d, Theodate Sanborn ; d. Apr. 25, 1866.
Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1791 ; m. Thomas Nndd (12) ; d. Sept., 1857.
Mr. Towle had eight grandchildren, born in 1815; and so a day was appointed and the babies, Lavina Dearborn, Sarah Robinson, An- gelina Towle, Julia Nudd, Abigail Towle, Ann B. L. Towle, Harriet Leavitt and Mary Marston, were marshalled in review at their grand- father's house.
XXVII. JACOB TOWLE, son of Benjamin (12), married -, daughter of Edward Moulton (28) ; lived on the Deacon Elkins place, at Bride Hill ; removed to Loudon. Children :
Lney, bp. June 2, 1765 ; d. Jan. 16, 1768.
Ebenezer, bp. Dec. 11, 1766. Mary, bp. Apr. 2, 1769.
XXVIII. ELISIIA TOWLE, son of Elisha (13), married Ano, daugh- ter of Jonathan Sanborn (33) ; lived a little west of the causeway, near the beach. Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1761 ; m. James Philbrick (22) ; d. June 3, 1844. Joshua, b. Oet. 20, 1764; m. Olive Brown, Apr., 1787.
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Jeremiah, b. Ang. 18, 1767 ; m. Patty Harding, of Gorham, Me.
Sarah, b. Apr. 4, 1770; m. Jonathan Seavey (2) ; d. Oct. 27, 1858.
Elisha, b. Feb. 2, 1773 ; m. Sarah Bragg.
Priscilla, b. Oct. 20, 1775 ; m. Samuel Philbrick (23) ; d. Oct. 6, 1858.
Ann, b. Apr. 6, 1778 ; m., 1st, Samuel Palmer (14) ; 2d, Thomas P. Merrill, of N. P. ; d. in H., Feb. 16, 1857.
Abner, b. Jan. 20, 1781 ; m. - , of Gorham, Me.
Aaron, b. Dec. 10, 1783; d. at sea, num., 1806.
XXIX. PHILIP TOWLE, Ensign, son of Philip (14), married Dec. 15, 1763, Anna, daughter of Stephen Page (11). ; lived where the late Simon P. Towle lived ; was town clerk and selectman several years. Children :
Jabez, b. Sept. 12, 1764; m. July 25, 1790, Anna, dan. of James Johnson (13); settled in Parsonsfield, Me. Ch .: Jabez. James. David. A daughter.
Anna, b. Nov. 19, 1767 ; m. Daniel Page, of New Hampton, Ang 12, 1784; d. Oct. 20, 1816.
Philip (43), 2 twins, b. Apr. 5, 1770 ; d. Apr. 27, 1771.
f m. Betty Nudd; d. Sept., 1831.
Lydia,
Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1773; m. Daniel Towle (37) ; d. May 4, 1843.
XXX. AMOS TOWLE, grandson of Zechariah (15), married Aug. 1, 1792, Hannah Philbrick, of Rye; settled in North Hampton. Children :
Mary M., d., unm., Sept. 7, 1855.
John, b. 1794; m. Ruth, dan. of David Nudd, of No. H .; d. Oct. 11, 1849.
XXXI. SAMUEL TOWLE, son of Matthias (16), married Aug. 21, 1760, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Elkins (6). Children (perhaps not in order of birth) :
Anna, m. Ang. 13, 1784, Daniel Page.
Caleb, b. 1766; d. in Centre Harbor, Oct. 1, 1822. His son Caleb was the father of Emmons B. Towle, market gardener, of H. F., and of Elbridge A. Towle, for many years a conductor on the Eastern R R.
(a child), d. Apr. 16, 1767.
Brackett, drowned at sea, on a West Indian voyage.
-(a child), d. Mar. 21, 1771.
Jeremiah, b. May 1, 1771; m .; d. in Centre Harbor, May 20, 1849. His dan., Sally M., b. May 15, 1808 ; m. John P. Emery (5) ; d. June 16, 1877. Polly, m. Jonathan Lane, gr.son of Samuel (4). In 1841 she was living in Piermont.
Zipporab, b. Feb. 5, 1774; m. John Shaw (17) ; d. Dec. 31, 1850.
Joanna, m. Jonathan Moulton Ambrose, of Moultonborough.
Rachel, m. Greenleaf Ambrose, of Moultonborough.
Betsey, b. 1785; m. Anthony Emery (3) ; d. Dec., 1863.
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CALEB TOWLE, son of Samuel (31), died suddenly, of corpulencey- " melted, in his carriage," so it was said. The following notices of him appeared in Farmer and Moore's Hist. Col., Vol. I, pp. 79, 240 : " Mr. Caleb Towle, of Centre Harbor, a man fifty-five years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. high, temperate and till within a few years, industrious - weighs 490 lbs. and measures 6 ft. 4 in. round the body. He gained during the last year (1821-2) thirty-two pounds ; enjoys a good state of health ; is cheerful and able to visit his neighbors."
" Mr. Caleb Towle, whom we noticed [in a former number] as being remarkable for corpuleney, died at Centre Harbor, on the 1st of October, at the age of fifty-six. An extraordinary increase of flesh is supposed to have been the cause of his death. Though short of 5 ft. 10 in. in height, he weighed, a few months previous to his death, 515 Ibs. and probably was not lighter at the time of his death."
XXXII. JOSIAHI TOWLE, son of Nathaniel (18), married Nov. 10, 1773, Hannah, daughter of Matthias Towle (16) ; lived where the late Rev. Elihu Scott lived. Children :
Mary, b. Sept., 1774; m. Simeon Blake (18) ; d. Apr. 20, 1855. fuldah, d. Oct. 12, 1777. Josiah, b. Jan., 1780; d. July 8, 1784.
Lydia, b. Apr. 3, 1783; m. Daniel W. Lane (22) ; d. Dec. 18, 1849.
XXXIII. JABEZ TOWLE, son of Nathaniel (18), married Jan. 6, 1778, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Garland (10) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Samuel (44), b Dec. 9, 1778; m. Fanny Jenness ; d. Dec. 20, 1852.
Daniel, b. Dec. 28, 1780; d., unm., Nov. 11, 1843. Selectman, sixteen yrs. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 14, 1783; m. Esther Davis, of N. P. Had three sons, three dans.
Jabez (45), b. Apr. 19, 1785; m. Elizabeth Dow; d. June 6, 1847.
Jonathan, b. ab. 1799; d , unm., Mar. 5, 1832.
XXXIV. JOSHUA TOWLE, son of Joshua (19), married Oct. 31, 1771, Jane Drake. He was the first buried in the cemetery near Nathaniel Johnson's, in 1797. Children :
Betty, bp. May 16, 1773. Ebenezer, bp. July 9, 1775.
Joshua (46), bp. May 5, 1782; m. Deborah Nudd; d. Nov. 4, 1835. John, bp. Sept. 19, 1784.
Shubael, bp. Feb. 12, 1786; drowned, Apr. 16, 1787.
Shubael, bp. Aug. 21, 1788. Abraham, bp. Apr. 22, 1792.
XXXV. LEMUEL TOWLE, son of Lemuel (20), married Nov. 14, 1791, Abigail, daughter of Ward Lane (13). Children :
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John ; settled in Ki.
Lydia, b. July 1, 1794; d. Aug. 7, 1872. lfad a dan., Abigail A. Towle, b. May 27, 1827; m. Elisha M. Lamprey (45).
Newell. b. 1798; m. Betsey, dau. of John Redman (8) ; lived on Shaw's hill: d. Sept. 26, 1871. No ch.
Mehetabel, b. 1801; m. Charles W. Clements (2); d. Feb. 2, 1877.
Charlotte, m., 1st. John Moulton (58) ; 2d, Reuben Marden, of Rye, whose Ist wife was Mr. Moulton's sister. Ch , by 2d marriage: Jomm. Mary. Eliza and a twin sister, who d. young. Daniel.
XXXVI. JOSEPH TOWLE, Esquire, son of Joseph (21), married Nov. 22, 1790, Sarah, daughter of John Marston (34) ; had the home- stead, which he sold to Joshua Lane, many years before his father's death, and located a little west of the town-house (the Philemon Dalton grant) where he kept store. Children :
John, b. 1791; m Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Locke (9) ; killed on the rail- road at Berwick, Me., Dec. 1, 1857. Hlad ch .: Elbridge, machinist, of Dover. Horatio. Perhaps others.
Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1793; m. Jonathan Dearborn (33) ; d. Mar. 1, 1871.
Mary, m. John Stevens; d. July 24, 1870.
-, b. and d. Mar., 1796.
Joseph, b. Mar. 11, 1797 ; in. Mary, wid. of John L. Sanborn, and dau of James Tuck (12). Her dau., Nancy Tuck Sanborn, m. Feb. 10, 1840, Charles II. Moore, of Boston; they lived sometime in H; had several chi .; removed to Boston. Mr. Towle's home was opposite Mr. Isaac Emery's. He d. Feb , 1864.
Frederic, b. 1799; m. Betsey Harrington ; d. June 18, 1845.
Belinda, m. Nathaniel Jenkins. Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Clapp.
Darins, b. 1805; m. Sally Downs ; lived opposite the Barker estate, tow- ards the beach ; d. Jan. 21, 1862. She d. Dec. 24, 1866. No ch.
Luther. Archibald Emery, m. Julia Stone; policeman in Boston; d. there. Harriet Atwood, m Henry Noyes ; d. Apr. 7, 1847. Their ch., Arthur W. and Harriet, were brought up at their uncle Jonathan Dearborn's (33). [See Perkins (19).]
XXXVII. DANIEL TOWLE, son of Amos (22), married April 13, 1793, Lydia, daughter of Ens. Philip Towle (29) ; lived on the home- stead. Children :
Philip, b. July 24, 1793; d , unm., July 21, 1816.
Amos (47), b. Jan. 22, 1796 ; m. Polly Perkins ; d. Oct., 1855.
Sally, b. Apr. 30, 1798; d. Sept. 7, 1812.
Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1802; m., 1st, Mary Varney ; 2d, - - Snell.
Anna, b. Dec. 22, 1807; m. 1835, Simeon Standish Ames, of Boston; d.
Mar. 22, 1852; buried in H. Ch. : Isaac L., b. Dec. 26, 1835. George L., b. Apr. 4, 1837; m. Almarette Goodwin. Otis G., b. Apr. 10, 1839. Sarah E., b. June 11, 1841 ; m. Casimir G. von Wallmenich, son of Baron von Wallmenich, of Germany ; have ch. : 1. Inez Viola, b. Oct., 1882. 2. Vivia Ottilie, b. Jan., 1884. Lydia Hale, b. Sept. 23, 1843. Lydia Ann Hale, b. Dec., 1844.
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XXXVIII. JAMES TOWLE, son of Abraham P. (23), married Ang. 15, 1798, Abigail, daughter of Moses Brown (20) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Abraham Perkins (48), b. Sept. 17, 1800; m. Eliza Brown; d. June 3, 1879. John Moulton, blacksmith, b. Dec. 19, 1802; m. Betsey Pindar; settled in Newmarket; d. 1890.
Moses (49), b. Sept. 12, 1805; m. Christiana Batchelder; d. Oct. 15, 1890.
Mary Ann, b. 1808; d. Mar. 14, 1810.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1810; m. John Dearborn (37) ; d. Sept. 15. 1844.
Nancy L., b. Feb. 4, 1812; m. Sewell W. Dow (36) ; d. Mar. 2, 1881.
Oliver (50), b. Apr. 30, 1815; m., 1st, Elizabeth L. Weeks; 2d, Mrs. Mary Haines.
Eliza B., b. Mar. 1, 1819; m. David S. Marston (61). .
XXXIX. JAMES TOWLE, son of James (24), married Anna, daughter of Samuel Lane, son of Samuel (4) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Mary, b. 1798; m. David Janvrin, of H. F.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1800; m., 1827, Sarah, dau. of Joshua Lane (14) ; removed to Pittsfield; d. 1875. Eight ch., some of whom were b. in H. Dorothy, b. Aug. 6, 1803; m. Reuben L. Seavey (1) ; d. June 12, 1867.
XL. DAVID TOWLE, Adjutant, son of James (24), married Nov. 13, 1798, Zipporah, daughter of John Dearborn (25), and in 1801, settled as a blacksmith where John C. Marston lives. Children :
Nancy, b. Nov. 22, 1799; d. young.
Nancy, b. Nov. 22, 1802; m. Thomas Marston (59) ; d. May 10, 1888.
Mahala, b. Sept. 9, 1804; m. Jacob Dearborn, son of Jacob (31) ; d. Feb. 28, 1861.
Ruth Hoyt, b. Feb. 4, 1800; m. Thomas Philbrook (37) ; d. Oct. 30, 1838. Clarissa, b. Feb. 22, 1812; m. David M. Leavitt (29) ; d. Nov. 2, 1868.
XLI. AMos TOWLE, Ensign, son of Amos (26), married Nov. 13, 1798, Hannah, daughter of John Drake (13) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Mary, b. Mar. 18, 1799; m. Thomas Lovering (7) ; d. in Exeter, Feb. 25, 1867.
David (51), b. Feb. 28, 1801; m. Mary Garland; d. Dec. 24, 1873.
John Stacy (52), b. July 13, 1803; m. Hannah Redman; d. Jan. 11, 1876.
Sarah Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1806; m. Samuel Garland, son of David (14).
Oliver, b. Dec. 22, 1808; m. Elizabeth Pushard; d. in Exeter, Jan. 30, 1852.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 16, 1811; d., unm., Sept. 4, 1864.
Abigail D., b. Aug. 26, 1815; m. George W. Drake (22) ; d. Oct. 20, 1856.
XLII. SIMON TOWLE, Captain, son of Amos (26), married, first, Nov. 11, 1813, Lydia, daughter of James Leavitt (16) ; second,
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Theodate, daughter of Jeremiah Sanborn, of Sanbornton, who died April, 1874, aged sixty-eight years, eight months. Children :
Ann Brackett Leavitt, b. Sept 15, 1815; m. John Mason (10) ; d. Apr. 4, 1837.
Lydia Maria, b. Jan. 7, 1819; d. June 2, 1839.
James Leavitt, b. Mar. 26, 1820; d. Mar. 14, 1823.
Simon Franklin, b. Oct. 21, 1821; m. Feb. 8, 1843, Mary E. Tarlton, of No. H .; d. Mar. 8, 1843. She m., 2d, Simon L. Jenness (10).
Abigail, b. June 21, 1825; m. Charles H. Coffin (11).
Thomas Jefferson (53), b. July 13, 1827; m. Elizabeth A. Brown.
XLIII. PHILIP TOWLE, Colonel, son of Ensign Philip (29), mar- ried Aug. 16, 1792, Betty, danghter of Cornet Simon Nudd (5) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Sally Bartlett, b. Nov. 30, 1792; m. Dr. George Odell, of Greenland; d. Ang. 16, 1858.
David, b. Oct. 12, 1794; lived, unm., on the homestead; d. May 19, 1867. Nancy, b. Feb. 13, 1796; d., unm., Jan. 1, 1876.
Philip, physician, b. Sept. 29, 1798; m. wid. Sarah Leavitt, dan. of Col. Thomas Lovering (5) ; d. at Charleston, S. C., en route for Florida, for his health, Mar. 20, 1832. One son, David Philip.
Eliza Hook, b. Mar. 31, 1800; m , Ist, George Berry; 2d, Col. Jonathan Marston (55) ; d. May, 1877.
Simon (54), b. May 24, 1803; m. Sarah Berry ; d. Jan. 17, 1840.
Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1805; m. Sept. 18, 1842, Moses Collins; d. Feb. 28, 1843. Patience Jane, b. Feb. 28, 1807; m. Willard E. Nudd (14) ; d. Aug. 8, 1886. Lydia Hale, b. June 1, 1811 ; m. Nov. 21, 1848, Hiram Wood, of N. P. Had one son, Eddie Hale, b. Nov. 1851; d. Sept. 30, 1852; buried in H. Mrs. Wood d.
NANCY TOWLE, third child of Col. Philip, was of an ardent tem- perament, and when she was converted, in 1818, all her enthusiasm took the form of religious devotion. Having attended the Academy for some time, she became a teacher, but soon felt called to preach. She made her first attempt to speak from a text at a meeting in Stratham. According to her own account, she was frightened and made a failure of it, but persevered till she acquired more confidence.
In 1822 she "felt her mind strongly drawn toward the south ; and, with her Bible as her only companion, took stage for Gloucester and other towns in Rhode Island and Connecticut," where the " steeple- houses" of several denominations were thrown open to her. After making several such tours, in the course of which she often met with Harriet Livermore, she went (in 1828) into the British possessions -near Eastport and as far as St. John, holding revival meetings. At the latter city, she first began to think of crossing the ocean, and with this plan in view, went to Halifax, N. S., in December, and
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after preaching there about six weeks, journeyed on to Lunenburg and Liverpool. Here the hoped-for opportunity came, "kind friends of these regions being pleased to defray the expense of the voyage." Miss Towle and one companion sailed in June, 1829, and after a passage of three weeks, were kindly received at the greater Liver- pool, on the other side.
In Ireland, they found rougher treatment-"Some of Dow's fol- lowers," the people said, and shut their " preaching-houses ; " though a few heard them gladly.
In this year 1829 Miss Towle visited famine-stricken London ; and returned the next year to America, landing in Philadelphia, and making a continuons preaching tour towards home, arriving in Hampton after an absence of three and a half years, and having travelled nearly fifteen thousand miles. But the next autumn she was on the wing again - this time to Ohio, to combat the Mormons, lately arisen. She attended their meetings, read the book of Mormon and denounced the apostle, Smith, to his face.
She went South the next year, visiting Richmond about the same time with Lorenzo Dow and Harriet Livermore. In May she received news of her brother Philip's death, in Charleston, S. C., and love drew her on, to visit his grave and erect a monument to his mem- Ory.
In 1833 Miss Towle published a small book, entitled : " VICISSI- TUDES ILLUSTRATED, in the Experience of Nancy Towle, in Europe and America." The same year she went to Montreal, and the year following, began the publication of " THE FEMALE RELIGIOUS ADVOCATE," in New York city. But this did not long survive.
Impressions of her foreign travels remained longest in memory and glorified the phantasms of her later years, when, her over-taxed system shattered, her useful labors closed, the still restless soul kept up the hopeful refrain : "The good ship is coming - we're going to-morrow."
XLIV. SAMUEL TOWLE, son of Jabez (33), married July 15, 1823, Fanny, daughter of Thomas Jenness (8) ; lived on the homestead. Children :
Sarah A., b. Feb. 26, 1824; lives on the homestead.
Lydia G., b. May 10, 1826; m. Joseph Johnson (17).
Eliza A., b. Mar. 8, 1829; m. Moses Hobbs (23) ; d. July 30, 1856.
Emeline F., b. Jan. 20, 1831; d. in Lowell, Ms., Oct. 9, 1849.
Isabel A., b. Nov. 28, 1833; m. Nathaniel Johnson (18).
Mary E., h. Feb. 24, 1835 ; m. Aug. 2, 1877, Cyrus S. Jones, son of John, of Rye. No ch.
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Abby J., b. Nov. 24, 1836; m. July 13, 1863, Charles W. Jones, son of John, of Rye. Their dan., Fannie Esther, b. 1872. -
Samuel A., b. Oct. 14, 1838; m. May 24, 1882, Mrs. Martha J. Leighton, of Rye, who d. Jan. 13, 1892, aged 46 yrs. Mr. Towle lives on the home- stead. No ch.
XLV. JABEZ TOWLE, carpenter, son of Jabez (33), married May 16, 1810, Elizabeth, daughter of John Dow (22) ; lived several years in Newburyport, where their children were born ; returned to Hampton, and in 1843 bought the mansion built by Gen. Jonathan Moulton, last owned by James Leavitt, Esq. Children :
Charles Lewis. Charles. Both d. young.
Samuel, carpenter; m. Pamelia Jones, of Ring's Island, near N. P. Ch. : Mary Ellen, d. young. Olive Ann, m. George Currier and moved to Den- ver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Towle went to Denver and d. there - he, ab. 1889; she, ab. 1890.
John Dow, d. in N. P. ab. 20 yrs. old.
Anthony, silversmith, m. Hannah Jones, sister of Samuel's wife. Ch. : Ed- ward Bass. Florence. William. The sous are in business with their father, and all removed from N. P. to Greenfield, Ms., in 1891.
Elizabeth Frances, b. Feb. 19, 1831; m. Josiah D. Mace (15).
TOWLE-BATCHELDER.
XLVI. JOSHUA TOWLE, son of Joshua (34), married Deborah (bap- tized June 15, 1777), daughter of John Nudd, of North Hampton ; lived first on the "Towle road," and afterwards at Bride Hill. She died Sept. 22, 1867. Children (order of age uncertain) :
Elizabeth, m. George Daniels.
Abraham, b. Mar. 2, 1810; d., unm., Sept. 2, 1885.
Ruth, b. 1815 ; m. Thomas L. Batchelder, of N. P. ; d. in H., Nov., 1870. He d. in H., Sept. 24, 1887, aged 72 yrs. Their dau., Annie M., m. Walter L. Drake, son of Samuel J. (20).
John, lives, unm., in No. H.
Nancy, b. 1819; m. William Thayer, of Boston; d. Aug. 9, 1851.
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