JOSEPH TOWNE (Joseph, William, John, William), b. Topsfield, Mar 22, 1673. Married 9 Nov, 1699, MARGARET CASE, recorded in Salem. He died May 28, 1757.

Children:

i. MARGARET TOWNE, b. Aug 6, 1700.(VR*) m. SAMUEL PERKINS, Aug 22, 1723. She d. Jan 5, 1757.
ii. JOSEPH TOWNE, b. Dec 26, 1701 (VR*)
iii. ARCHELAUS, B.Aug 31, 1703 (VR*)
iv. ISRAEL TOWNE, b. Mar 24, 1705 (VR*)
v. ELISHA TOWNE, b. Sep 5, 1708 (VR*)
vi. BARTHOLOMEW TOWNE, b. May 10, 1710 (VR*)
vii. MARY TOWNE, b. Feb 18, 1712 (VR*)
viii. DAVID TOWNE, b. Feb 13, 1715 (VR*)
ix. ABIGAIL TOWNE, b. May 3, 1716, (VR*) m. JOHN SIBLEY, of Sutton
x. PHEBE TOWNE, b. May 31, 1718 (VR*)
xi. HANNAH TOWNE, b. Feb 15, 1720 (VR*)
xii. MARTHA TOWNE, b. Aug 26, 1722 (VR*)
xiii. SARAH TOWNE, b. Apr 2, 1726 (VR*)
xiv. JONATHAN TOWNE, b. Sep 6, 1728 (VR*)

REFERENCE:
THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM TOWNE, Who Came To America On Or About 1630 And Settled In Salem, Mass., comiled by Edwin Eugene Towne (1900), page 25
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MARGARET CASE, daughter of HUMPHREY CASE, B. 8 jAN 1673-4, M. 9 NOV 1699 JOSEPH TOWNE 3d, of Topsfield; d. 5 Nov 1751. 12 ch.

REFERENCE:
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, page 131
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* All children are listed in Vital Records of Topsfieled to end of year 1849, as children of "Joseph, 3rd and Margrit" starting page 100
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NB..Joseph b. 1639-1713, son Joseph b. (1672-1757);
Edmund b. 1628-1678, son Joseph b. 1661-1718;
A JOSEPH TOWNE married MARGARET CASE in 1699 at Salem. Joseph born in 1672 would have been 27. Joseph born 1661 would have been 38.;
A Joseph Towne married in 1687 AMY SMITH, Joseph born 1672 would have been 16, Joseph born in 1661 would have been 26