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Richard Towner Jr. is 2. Richard Towner Jr. in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

In a deed recorded in Branford town records, dated Feb 6, 1720-21, O.S., given by him to Samul, "his brother," he is described as " a husbandman." Several deeds to him are on record between 17121 and 1737.²

Sarah Towner is 3. Sarah Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

He was one of the three first settlers in Plymouth, Conn.¹

John Towner is 4. John Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

John went to the part of Derby township which afterwards became Oxford and settled there. He was there in 1718, and was rated on the tax list at 48 pounds sterling.

In Vol. 8, p. 394, Colonial Records, it is stated that "John Towner in 1741 was in the northwest part of Derby, then called Derby Woods." His name is signed to a petition for "society privileges," which was presented to the General Court of Conn. in 1740 and which is on file in the state library at Hartford.²

Joseph Towner is 5. Joseph Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

With his brother John he went to Derby and settled, but does not appear to have married; in his father's will made May 6th, 1725, and which was admitted to probate in Guilford, Sept. 27, 1727, there is this clause: "and Joseph is not." There are provisions in this will for Richard's widow, Deborah, and for all the other sons and daughters, which facts naturally lead to the conclusion that Joseph was then deceased.²

Benjamin Towner is 6. Benjamin Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Prior to 1719, he went to Haddam, Conn. His father conveyed land to him in that town in 1716, and 1723, and the deeds say "to my son Benjamin Towner." He was one of the 100 original proprietors of the town, his name standing 21st on the recorded list. Land was set off to him by the town in 1719, and 1722, 35 acres. He purchased other lands afterwards on several occasions and appears to have acquired much property. In 1727, he was appointed executor of his father's will which was probated in Guilford. He married in Haddam, Abia Shaler. He lived in Haddam till 1738 and then moved to Killingworth, where his wife, Abia, joined the church by letter from Haddam, and where they resided, save for a few of the later years which they spent in Saybrook, till he died Jan 9, 1761, 73 years of age. His gravestone was standing in 1882, in the burial ground of Killingworth.²

Hannah Towner is 8. Hannah Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

The church records in Branford show that she became a member in 1713.¹

Mary Towner is 9. Mary Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Thankful Towner is 10. Thankful Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Jonathan Towner is 11. Jonathan Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

He spent his life in Branford and appears by the property records to have been a man of considerable substance. His name appears in a recorded list of those who took the oath of fidelity in 1781.²

Sarah Towner is 12. Sarah Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Jacob Towner is 13. Jacob Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Richard Towner is 14. Richard Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

He enlisted in the British army in the French and Indian War, in which he contracted pneumonia, and died in June 1772.²

Mercy Towner is 15. Mercy Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

Phineas Towner is 16. Phineas Towner in "A Genealogy of the Towner Family."

In 1732 he was a land owner in Waterbury, and in 1737 moved with his wife, Eunice, to New Milford; from the record of a deed there it appears that he sold land in 1738, the deed stating that he had moved to Danbury. He lived there until about 1763, in which year he was at Fredericksburg, Phillips Patent, now Patterson, Putnam County, NY. The record shows that his uncle, Samuel, 5th son of Richard, was there with him, on leased land.²