Descendants of Robert Tower

Sixth Generation


32. Benjamin Tower (Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born on 22 Sep 1744 in Cumberland, Providence Co., RI. He died about 7 Jul 1804 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.

Benjamin married Anne Finney, daughter of Nathaniel Finney and Hannah Wood, on 1 May 1766 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS. Anne was born on 26 Aug 1747 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. She died after 1798.

They had the following children:

  39 M i Joshua Tower was born on 2 May 1768 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
+ 40 M ii Benjamin Tower was born on 3 May 1770.
+ 41 M iii George Tower was born on 30 Apr 1772.
  42 M iv Nathaniel Tower was born on 31 Oct 1774 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
+ 43 F v Phebe Tower was born about 1777 and died on 1 Mar 1822.
+ 44 M vi Joseph Tower was born about 1786 and died on 15 Jan 1857.
  45 M vii Gideon Tower was born before 1791.
        Gideon married Catherine McFarlane on 1 Jan 1815 in , Queens Co., NB.
  46 M viii William Tower died after 1804.
+ 47 F ix Ann Tower died before 1816.
+ 48 F x Ruth Tower.

36. Lucy Tower (Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born on 13 Oct 1752 in Cumberland, Providence Co., RI. She died after 5 Jan 1822.

Lucy married Gideon Smith, son of Gideon Smith and Mary Randall, on 18 Oct 1770 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS. Gideon was born in 1748 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He died on 18 Apr 1816 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB and was buried in Sackville (GR3), Westmorland Co., NB.

They had the following children:

+ 49 F i Ruth Smith was born on 29 Feb 1772.
+ 50 F ii Zilpha Smith was born on 9 Nov 1773 and died on 23 Jul 1859.
  51 F iii Judith Smith was born on 5 Jun 1775.
+ 52 M iv Gideon Smith was born on 13 Jun 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1850.
  53 M v Joseph Smith was born on 7 Jun 1779 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
        Joseph married Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Titus? Thornton and Mary? Hicks?, on 31 Mar 1803 in , Westmorland Co., NB. Elizabeth was born about 1781.
  54 M vi Henry Smith was born on 18 Jul 1781 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
        Henry married Sarah.
+ 55 M vii Stephen Smith was born on 3 Nov 1783.
  56 M viii Charles Smith was born about 1789.
        Charles married (1) Charlotte Snowdon, daughter of Pickering Snowdon and Dorcas Estabrooks. Charlotte died before 1820.
        Charles also married (2) Rachel. Rachel was born about 1799 in , , NB.
  57 M ix Jotham Smith.
        Jotham married Mary Snowdon, daughter of Pickering Snowdon and Dorcas Estabrooks, on 22 Oct 1807 in , Westmorland Co., NB.
+ 58 M x Jonathan Smith was born about 1788 and died on 23 Apr 1868.

38. Nancy Tower (Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born about 1760.

Nancy married Gershom Maxwell, son of William Maxwell and Sarah, on 19 Jan 1778 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS. Gershom was born on 7 Jun 1758. He died on 16 Jan 1828 and was buried in Rockport (GR25), Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.

They had the following children:

+ 59 F i Dorothy (Dolly) Maxwell was born on 7 May 1779.
  60 F ii Mary Maxwell was born on 17 Mar 1782 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
        Mary married William Taylor.
  61 F iii Lucy Maxwell was born on 20 May 1786 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
        Lucy married William Taylor, son of George Taylor and Mary Chapman, on 1 Jan 1809 in , Westmorland Co., NB. William was born in 1783 in , Cumberland Co., NS. He died on 19 Jan 1861 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
+ 62 F iv Sarah Maxwell was born on 5 Sep 1788 and died in 1818/1824.
  63 F v Ruth Maxwell was born on 25 Apr 1792 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
        Ruth married James Davidson on 8 Mar 1811 in , Westmorland Co., NB.
  64 F vi Zilpha Maxwell was born on 19 Feb 1795 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
+ 65 M vii Gideon Maxwell was born on 17 Feb 1797 and died on 28 Dec 1859.
+ 66 M viii James Maxwell was born on 4 Apr 1800 and died on 17 Dec 1870.
+ 67 M ix Gershom Maxwell was born about 1802 and died in 1861/1871.

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