St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

TFA is going to ENGLAND in 2012! SOLD OUT!!!

Welcome to the Towne Family Association, Inc. site, dedicated to the descendants of William Towne and Joanna Blessing who were married at St. Nicholas Church on April 25, 1620. Six of their children, Rebecca, John, Susan, Edmund, Jacob, and Mary were baptized there. After emigrating to Salem MA, two additional children, Joseph and Sarah were born. Rebecca (Nurse), Mary (Esty) and Sarah (Bridges Cloyse) were victims of the witchcraft hysteria of 1692. A plaque commemorating this family, donated by TFA hangs in St. Nicholas Church. On September 4-12, 2012, TFA members will be touring ancestral sites in England and holding our 32nd annual meeting in the church itself.

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Feature Articles

feature 1 All about TFA,Inc. A little bit of everything: Learn who is who and how to contact us. Find out how to get a copy of Lois Hoover's nationally acclaimed genealogy, Towne Family: Five Generations of Descendants. Get ready for Easter with 3 recipes from our cookbook! JOIN or RENEW: Renewals for 2012 were due January 1st.

feature 2 Newsletter Read the MARCH issue of our quarterly newsletter, About Towne. You will read about the fire which destroyed an historic church in Somers, CT, more "finds" from Charles Farrow, our genealogist in England, and two Civil War stories submitted by members. Members may access our newsletter archive which contains all past issues or order a CD compilation of 30 years of back issues. Search the Subject and People Index, updated for 2010.

feature 3 Reunions and Meetings TFA members have been meeting annually since 1981. Read about our most recent reunion in Salem, MA in August 2011. Find out about the next regional meeting in Germantown, TN April 21, 2012. Our trip to England in September 2012has sold out!!! Get a preview of our 2013 reunion in Beaufort, SC.

feature 4 DNA Project William Towne's Y-DNA legacy is passed down almost identically through every one of his exclusively-male lines. Are you a male Towne? Or Town/Towns/Tune/etc??? Confirm your lineage and help us map out William's Y-DNA tree!

 
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