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             Husband: John TOWNER (1 2 3 4)
                Born: 29 JAN 1714 (5)
             Married: 26 JUN 1759 (7)
                Died: 1805 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (6)
              Father: John TOWNER
              Mother: Jane FRENCH
             Spouses: Eunice; Sarah WILDMAN
                Wife: Hannah CAIN
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Footnotes

  1. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 5.
    ... 1740 ... Timothy Worster, John Twitchel and John Towner, &c., dwelling in the northwest part of the township of Derby ...
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/005.html.]
  2. Ibid., 6-7.
    "Att a meetting of the Parrish or society of oxford, in the Colony of Connecticut, on the thirtieth Day of June, 1741, being Lawfully warned and held att the house of mr Samuel Twitchels. Isaac Trowbridge, of said Parrish, by a major vote was chosen Clerk of the same, and the oath by Law provided for a society Clerk was to him administered in said meeting pr Samll Bassit, Esquir, Justice of peace.
    Att said meeting mr Isaac Knowles by a major vote was chosen medderator for said meeting.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr Caleb Perry, mr Ebenezer Riggs, mr John Lumm to be a committe for said society to take care of the prudentials of sd society.
    Voted and past in said meeting to hier a minister for this Present year.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner, mr Abial Fairchild and mr Samll Twitchel to be a minister committee for this Present year and to hier a minister upon probation.
    Voted and Past in said meetting that thear shall be a rate made of five pence upon the pound upon the list in the year 1740, in order to Defray the Charges in heiring mr Birdsey. this vote the inhabitants of Rock house hill are exempted from paying and charges thereof.
    Voted and past in said meeting that mr Ephraim Washband shall be a Collector and Treasurer and to collect and gather sd five peney rate by the first day of September next ensuing.
    Voted and Past in said meeting that mr John Towner and mr Samll Woster shall be in with the first committee in order to take care of the prudentials of said society.
    test per me
    Isaac Trowbridge
    Society Clerk."
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/006.html.]
  3. Ibid., 11.
    Sarah ye Wife of John Towner received to Communion from ye Pastor & Chh of Christ in Danbury bairing Date May 28th, 1746.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/011.html.]
  4. Ibid., 12.
    Jean, ye Wife of John Towner Senr, Joseph Towner, and John Towner Jnr, Mary Towner, and Elizabeth Baker, received to Communion from ye Pastor and Chh of Christ in Southbury, bairing Date Decr 30th, 1745.
    [ (Oxford Congregational)
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/012.html.]
  5. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 303.
  6. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 76.
    John, of Southbury, d. [1805], ae. 90.
  7. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 304.

    ... Mrs. Hannah CAINE ...

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