A Rough Draft of My Family Tree

James Tower

M, #290, b. 6 February 1723/24, d. 1796

Father	Benjamin Tower (b. 2 September 1686)
Mother	Bethiah Woodward (b. 5 December 1685, d. 1744)

Son	John Tower (b. 19 October 1781, d. 1814)
Daughter	Polly Tower (b. 11 October 1783)
Son	Solomon Tower (b. 25 October 1785)
Son	David Tower (b. 6 July 1788)
Daughter	Lucy Tower+ (b. 14 October 1791, d. 23 November 1871)
Daughter	Rachel Tower (b. 20 May 1794)

Birth	6 February 1723/24	James Tower was born on 6 February 1723/24 in Massachusetts.^1,2
Marriage	16 January 1746/47	He and Mary Day were married on 16 January 1746/47 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^3,1
Marr Bann	9 April 1780	He and Lucy Dunbar had marriage banns published on 9 April 1780.³
Marriage	23 May 1780	He and Lucy Dunbar were married on 23 May 1780 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.⁴
Death	1796	He died in 1796 at age ~72.⁵

Person Source		James Tower had person sources.⁶
Military	25 May 1768	He served in the military on 25 May 1768.⁷
Military	18 April 1776	He served in the military on 18 April 1776.⁷

Last Edited

3 July 2016

[S6] George Lincoln et al., History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982), vol. 3, p. 253. Hereinafter cited as History of the Town of Hingham.
[S19] Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy, An Account of the Descendants of John Tower of Hingham, Mass (Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, 1891), 87. Hereinafter cited as Tower Genealogy.
[S19] Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy, p. 114.
[S1218] , Vital Records of Scituate to the Year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: The New England Historical Society, 1909), vol. 2, vol. 2, p. 298. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Scituate.
[S19] Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy, 114.
[S1347] Richard A. Damon and D. Bradford Damon, Damon Family of Scituate, Mass (Dexter, Michigan: Thomas-Shore, Inc., 2002), p. 73.
[S19] Charlemagne Tower, Tower Genealogy.