Hannah Tower
was born on August 5, 1744 in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode
Island. She was one of seven children born to John Tower
and Hannah Hancock. On October
21, 1764 Hannah married James Streeter.
Hannah and James were the parents of John, Jacob, Lydia, Asa,
Lucretia, Jonathan, James, Paul and Hannah.
John
Tower was born on November 23, 1711 in Cumberland, Providence
County, Rhode Island. He was one of eleven children born to Benjamin
Tower and Deborah Whipple.
John married Hannah Hancock
on November 22, 1739 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
John and Hannah were the parents of Jonathan, Freelove, Hannah,
Molly, John, Deborah and Gideon.
Benjamin Tower
was born on January 25, 1674 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
He is the eldest son of John Tower and Sarah Harding\Hardin.
About 1697, Benjamin married his first cousin, Deborah Whipple in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Benjamin and Deborah were the parents of Gideon, Patience, Sarah,
Margaret, Zipporah, John, Hannah, Benjamin, Hester, Joseph and
Enoch. Benjamin died on May 2, 1743 in Cumberland, Providence
County, Rhode Island. He was buried in Ballou Cemetary, Cumberland,
Rhode Island.
John Tower was christened
on December 13, 1639. John was the eldest of ten children born
to John Tower and Margaret Ibrook.
John married Sarah Harding\Hardin
on May 14, 1669 in Hingham, Massachusetts. John and Sarah were
the parents of Benjamin, Gideon, Sarah, John, Joseph and Mary.
John died on August 30, 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Hannah
Tower was born on July 17, 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. She was one of ten children born to John Tower
and Margaret Ibrook. Hannah married
first, unknown first name Cowell. Hannah and Mr. Cowell
were the parents of Joseph. On November 11, 1677 Hannah married
David Whipple in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts. Hannah and David were the parents of Israel,
Deborah, Jeremiah, William, Sarah, Hannah and Abigail. Hannah
died in November 1722.
John Tower was christened
on May 14, 1609 in Hingham, Norfolk County, England. He was the
son of Robert Tower and Dorothe Damon. John immigrated
in 1637 to Hingham, Massachusetts with Robert Peck, minister
of Hingham. On February 13, 1639 in Charleston, Massachusetts
John and Margaret Ibrook were
married by Peter Hobart, her sisters husband. John and
Margaret were the parents of John, Jonathan, Ibrook, Jeremiah,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Hannah, Benjamin, Jemima and Samuel, two of
the children being my direct ancestors. It is supposed John had
no school education as he signed his mark, which looked like a
capital T, to the many deeds and conveyances during his life.
John had many occupations including that of Yeoman, waywarden,
constable and in 1665 he was on an important town committee to
lay out highways, with very full powers. In 1644 John was inprisoned
for denying the authority of the court over a military situation
involving the appointment of a Captain of the military. He was
charged with causing a disturbance by the testimony he gave in
the church, and by his contempt of authority in refusing to give
bond for his appearance, and for signing the petition bringing
charges against the deputy governor. In a deed dated May 16, 1664
he bought land from Edward Wilder in Hingham extending
from what is now Main Street at Cole's Corner to the brook at
Tower's Bridge, and soon afterward built a house on it. Three
of his sons built homes on this lot also and some of the land
remained in the possession of descendants for a long time. In
1675, at the start of King Phillip's War John petitioned the town
of Hingham to allow his family to stay at his fortified home rather
than move to the fort. The town allowed him to stay and in his
home he sheltered himself, his wife and seven children including,
John with wife Sarah and infant son Benjamin, son Ibrook with
wife Margaret and children Richard, Daniel, John, and Rachel;
son Jeremiah with wife Elizabeth and children Jeremiah and Mary;
daughter Hannah with son Joseph Cowell and unmarried children
Benjamin, Jemima and Samuel. John died on February 13, 1702 in
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died intestate having
deeded land to his children, and thus in part settled his own
estate.
Robert Tower married Dorothe Damon
on August 31, 1607 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Robert and Dorothe
were the parents of John. Robert was buried on May 1, 1634 in
Hingham, Norfolk, England.
Dorothe Damon was buried on
November 10, 1629 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
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