Jone Blessing1

#1381, (say 1604 - circa 1682)

Family

William Towne b. 1598/99, d. b 1673
Children 1.Rebecca Towne+4 (c 1621/22 - 1692)
 2.John Towne4 (c 1623 - )
 3.Susannah Towne4 (c 1625 - )
 4.Edmund Towne4 (c 1628 - )
 5.Jacob Towne4 (c 1632 - )
 6.Mary Towne4 (c 1634 - 1692)
 7.Joseph Towne4 (a 1640 - )
 8.Sarah Towne+1 (1648 - 1703)
Jone Blessing was also known as Jonanna Blessing.2 
Birth*say 1604She was born say 1604.3 
Marriage*25 April 1620She married William Towne on 25 April 1620 at St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, EnglandG.1,2 
25 April 1620 As of 25 April 1620,her married name was Towne.1,2 
between 1634 and 1640She and William Towne immigrated between 1634 and 1640 to Salem, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.4 
ProbateJune 1673She was named administratrix of William Towne's estate in June 1673 at Ipswich, Essex Co., MassachusettsG.5 
Death*circa 1682She died circa 1682 at Essex Co., MassachusettsG.6 

Citations

  1. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1916, 1963), online Ancestry.com, Vol. III, p 486. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis.
  2. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. III, p 488.
  3. [S520] VWH, from the births of her children, though her age was given as seventy-five in 1670 court testimony (Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, III:487).
  4. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. III, p 487/8.
  5. [S602] George Francis Dow, compiler, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911–1919), V:197, June 1673. "Johana Towne was appointed administratrix of the estate of Wm. Towne, her late husband, and was to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court."
  6. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. III, p 487. William's property, which Jone had retained on his death, was divided among the children at court, June 1682 term.