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     Amelia Bessie Towell was born circa February 1871 in Totnes RD, Devon. She was registered as Bessie Amelia in the March quarter of 1871. She was the daughter of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton. Mary, Amelia and Annie were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1871 census in Brixham, Devon.
     Amelia died in May 1876 in Brixham, Devon. She was buried on 24 May.

     Ann Towell was christened on 6 November 1836 in Abbotskerswell, Devon. The Devon FHS transcript shows 12 Nov 1835, Anne Towel, daughter of John & Mary, baker. She may have been born on the 6th?. She was the daughter of John Towell and Mary Sergeant.
     Ann Towell appeared on the 1841 census in the household of John Towell and Mary Sergeant in Abbotskerswell, Devon. William, Ann, John and Mary were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1851 census in Staverton, Devon.

     Annie Sargeant Towell was born in 1869 in Totnes RD, Devon. She was the daughter of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton. Mary, Amelia and Annie were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1871 census in Brixham, Devon.
     Annie died in September 1871 in Brixham, Devon. Annie Sergent of Lower Brixham, aged 2, buried 17 Sep 1871.

     Anson John Towell was born circa 1836 in Bow, London, England. Anson was a Baptist Minister.
The marriage of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell, daughter of John Squirrell and Harriet Squirrell, was registered in St Giles RD, England, in the March 1860 quarter.
     Anson's death was registered in the quarter ending in December 1878 in Pancras RD.

     Anson John Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in December 1860 in Islington RD. He was the son of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell.
     Anson's death was registered in the quarter ending in June 1861 in Islington RD .

     Child died young. He was born in Middlesex. He was the son of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell.

     Elizabeth Jeffreys Towell was born on 10 March 1839 in Abbotskerswell, Devon. Elizabeth Jeffreys Towell, daughter of John & Mary, baker.. She was the daughter of John Towell and Mary Sergeant.
     Elizabeth Jeffreys Towell appeared on the 1841 census in the household of John Towell and Mary Sergeant in Abbotskerswell, Devon.

     Emily Jane Towell married Unknown Maines. Emily Jane Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1862 in Camden Town, St Pancras, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell.

     Ethel Sophia Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in March 1877 in Pancras RD, England. She was the daughter of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell.
     Ethel died after 1950 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

      She was a member of the Salvation Army.. Jessie Pleasance Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in December 1865 in Oxford Street, Soho, Westminster, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell. Jessie Pleasance Towell was listed as Harriet Squirrell's grandchild in the 1871 census in 47 Margaret St, Marylebone. Harriet Squirrell, head, widow, 66, stay maker, born Bildeston, Sfk; Pleasance, unmarried daughter 38, ditto, born Stowmarket, Esther, 29, ditto, Jessie Towell, gd daughter 5, born London, Charles Towell, gd son 3, born London, with a servant and two lodgers.
Jessie Pleasance Towell emigrated from London to USA.

     John was present at Sarah Ryther's christening on 10 December 1804 in Bardney, Lincolnshire.

     John Towell was born circa 1810 in Newton Abbot, Highweek, Devon.
John Towell married Mary Sergeant, daughter of William Sergeant and Mary Jeffery, on 7 April 1833 in Blackawton, Devon.
     John Towell and Mary Sergeant were recorded on the 1841 census in Abbotskerswell, Devon. John Towell, 30 baker, Mary, 30, William, 6, Ann 4, Eliza 2, John 8 months; Ann Carpenter, 66, independent, all born in the county.
     John Towell and Mary Sergeant were recorded on the 1851 census in Staverton, Devon. John Towell, aged 40, baker & innkeeper, born Highweek, his wife Mary, 40, born Denbury; children William, 16, Ann 14, John 10 & Mary 8, all born at Abbotskerswell.
     John Towell and Mary Sergeant were recorded on the 1861 census in Stoney Combe, Kingskerswell, Devon. John Towell 50, baker, born Highweek, Devon; his wife Mary Towell 52, born Denbury, Devon, and sons William Towell 26, house servant, John Towell 20, baker, both born at Abbotskerswell, Devon.
     John Towell and Mary Sergeant were recorded on the 1871 census in Little Lane, Brixham, Devon. John Towell, 59 baker, born Highweek and Mary his wife, 62 born Denbury.
     John died in November 1876. His probably the John Towell, aged 66 who was buried at Brixham on Nov 17th 1876.

     John Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1840 in Abbotskerswell, Newton Abbot RD, Devon. He was the son of John Towell and Mary Sergeant.
     John Towell appeared on the 1841 census in the household of John Towell and Mary Sergeant in Abbotskerswell, Devon. William, Ann, John and Mary were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1851 census in Staverton, Devon. William and John were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1861 census in Stoney Combe, Kingskerswell, Devon.
The marriage of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton was registered in Totnes RD, Devon, in the September 1867 quarter.
     John Towell was recorded on the 1871 census in Brixham, Devon. John Towell, 30 baker, born Abbotskerswell, wife Amelia 32, born Exeter, daughters Anne 2 & Amelia 2 months, both born at Brixham, with a servant, and Thomas Trickey a visitor (Master Mariner) and Lydia Maddick another visitor.
     John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton were recorded on the 1881 census in 8 Bolton St, Brixham, Devon. John Towell, 40, baker, wife Amelia J. Towell 42, children Mary J. T. Towell 12, scholar, John T. E. Towell, 6, Amelia B. Towell, 4, William T?. Towell 5 months, all born at Brixham?
     John Towell and William Frederick Towell were recorded on the 1891 census in 26 Greenswood St, Brixham, Devon. John Towell, 50, baker, born Abbotskerswell, wife Amelia S Towell, 52, born Lympstone, children Mary J T Towell, 23. domestic helper at home, John T E Towell, 16, baker's assistant, Amelia B Towell, 14, Help in home, William F Towell, 10, scholar, all born at Brixham.
     John died in September 1899 in Brixham, Devon. He was buried 13 Sep 1899 at Brixham.

     John Charles Towell was also known as Charles in records. He's birth was registered in the quarter ending in December 1867 in St John's Wood, Middlesex, England. He was the son of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell. John Charles Towell was listed as Harriet Squirrell's grandchild in the 1871 census in 47 Margaret St, Marylebone. Harriet Squirrell, head, widow, 66, stay maker, born Bildeston, Sfk; Pleasance, unmarried daughter 38, ditto, born Stowmarket, Esther, 29, ditto, Jessie Towell, gd daughter 5, born London, Charles Towell, gd son 3, born London, with a servant and two lodgers.
     John died circa 1942 in Gt Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

     John T E Towell was born circa 1875. He was the son of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton.

     Mary Towell was born circa 1842 in Abbotskerswell, Devon. She was the daughter of John Towell and Mary Sergeant. William, Ann, John and Mary were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1851 census in Staverton, Devon.

     Mary Jane Trickey Towell's birth was registered in the quarter ending in Totnes RD, Devon. Mary Jane M Towell. She was born on 6 April 1868 in Lower Brixham, Devon. She was the daughter of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton. Mary Jane Trickey Towell was christened on 14 June 1868 in Brixham, Devon. Mary, Amelia and Annie were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1871 census in Brixham, Devon. Mary Jane Trickey Towell was listed as John Towell's daughter in the 1881 census. Mary Jane Trickey Towell was listed as William Frederick Towell's daughter in the 1891 census in 26 Greenswood St, Brixham, Devon.
     Mary Jane Trickey Towell married William Henry Sheridan as his second wife, in September 1903 in Liverpool, West Derby RD, Lancashire. Bill Sheridan wrote: She was known in the family as Polly. Leo lived next door and I am told were terrible snobs andthat is why she left him and went back to Devon.
     Mary died on 20 March 1929 in 10 Shrubbery Rd, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, aged 60.
     Her will was proved on 31 May 1929. Mary Jane Trickey Sheridan, of Thundersley, Essex (wife of William Henry Sheridan) died 20 March 1929 at Shrubbery Eoad, Weston Super Mare. Probate to her solicitor, effiects £2627.7.9.

     Polly (Mary Ann?) Towell was born circa 1873 in Brixham, Devon. She was the daughter of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton.

     Rosa Hannah Towell was born on 6 March 1864 in Beccles, Suffolk. She was the daughter of Anson John Towell and Jane Dinah Squirrell.
The marriage of Rosa Hannah Towell and William Edwards was registered in London, St Giles RD, Middlesex, in the June 1895 quarter.
     Rosa died after 1930 in Wellington, Surrey.

     William Frederick Towell was born in 1880 in Brixham, Devon. He was the son of John Towell and Amelia Jane Newton. William Frederick Towell was listed as John Towell's son in the 1881 census in 8 Bolton St, Brixham, Devon.
     William Frederick Towell and John Towell were recorded on the 1891 census in 26 Greenswood St, Brixham, Devon. John Towell, 50, baker, born Abbotskerswell, wife Amelia S Towell, 52, born Lympstone, children Mary J T Towell, 23. domestic helper at home, John T E Towell, 16, baker's assistant, Amelia B Towell, 14, Help in home, William F Towell, 10, scholar, all born at Brixham.
     William Frederick Towell and Amelia Jane Newton were recorded on the 1901 census in Brixham, Devon. William F Towell, aged 20 was living with his mother Amelia, widow, baker, aged 62 and sister Polly Towell, aged 28. both children born in Brixham and working as bread ..... Amelia was born in Lympstone.
     William Frederick Towell was recorded on the 1911 census in 3 St Hilda Terrace, Brixham, Devon. Wiliam Fred Towell, aged 30, single, law clerk, born Brixham, was a lodger with the Murray sisters, teacher of nusic.
     William died on 9 August 1955 in 27 Merton Rd, Bootle, Lancashire.
     His will was proved on 16 September 1955 at Exeter, Devon. William Frederick Towell of 28 Queens-drive, Walton, Liverpool 4 - granted to Winefrede Mary Savage (wife of Herber Eric Oliver Savage). Effects £494 1s 8d.

     William Sergeant Towell was christened on 9 November 1834 in Abbotskerswell, Devon. He was the son of John Towell and Mary Sergeant.
     William Sergeant Towell appeared on the 1841 census in the household of John Towell and Mary Sergeant in Abbotskerswell, Devon. William, Ann, John and Mary were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1851 census in Staverton, Devon. William and John were listed as the children of John Towell in the 1861 census in Stoney Combe, Kingskerswell, Devon.

     Sarah Ann Towle was born circa 1865 in Yorkshire.
The marriage of Sarah Ann Towle and Frederick Amor Rich, son of Henry Rich and Annie Brooks, was registered in Sculcoates RD, Yorkshire, in the March 1889 quarter.
     Sarah Ann Towle and Frederick Amor Rich were recorded on the 1891 census in 5 Wilson St, Drypool, Yorkshire. Frederick A Rich, 29, warehouseman born Brafferton & his wife Sarah A, 25 born Hull.
     Sarah died in 1894 in Sculcoates RD Yorkshire.

     Thomas John Townend married Claretta Octavia Popplewell, daughter of Richard Popplewell and Sara Ann Hallifield, on 7 May 1884 in Belton, Lincolnshire. The Lincolnshire chronicle on 23 May 1884 reported: At the parish church. Belton, on the 7th inst., Thos John Townend to Clairetta Octavia Popplewell, both of Belton.
     Thomas died in 1886.

     Stephen Towner married Alice Geere, daughter of Thomas Geere and Barbara Berde, on 24 October 1626 in Ovingdean, Sussex. Stephen Towner of Kingston & Als Geer of Ovingden [1624?].

     Elizabeth Townrow was christened on 28 February 1768? In Kneesall, Nottinghamshire.
Elizabeth Townrow married George Stanser on 15 February 1796 in St Bartholomew, Kneesall, Nottinghamshire, England. Findmypast gives the date as 28 May 1793 at Sheffield, from the Yorks BTs..

     Matilda Towns married Elijah Cocksedge, son of John Cocksedge and Sophia Osborne, on 25 May 1863 in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey.

     Anna Townsend was born before March 1809 in Ireland.
Anna Townsend married Samuel Handy, son of John Handy and Emily Alexander, in 1836 in Leighlin diocese, Ireland.
     Anna Townsend and Samuel Handy were recorded on the 1851 census in 30 King St, Liverpool, Lancashire. Samuel Handy aged 47, book keeper, Anna aged 40, Mary C 14, John A 13 scholar, William O 11, Samuel I 10, Charles J J 8, Emily J 7, Anna J 5, Fleming H (male) aged 4 is on the next page; all born in Ireland.
     Anna Townsend and Samuel Handy were recorded on the 1861 census in Marine Terrace, Liscard, Cheshire. Samuel Handy, head, married, 57, merchant, born Ireland; Anna Handy, wife, 50, born Ireland, Samuel, son, 20, clerk in merchant's office; Emily F 17, Annie E 15, Fleming Henry 14, scholar, all born Ireland and Francis [sic] Townsend, cousin aged 54, unmarried female, and William Crawford, cousin aged 16, both born Ireland, with three Irish servants.
     Anna Townsend was recorded on the 1871 census in Magazine Park, Liscard, Cheshire. Anna Handy, head, widow aged 61, no occupation, private means, born Ireland; Charles J, son unmarried, 27, cotton salesman; Henry son, unmarried 24, corresponding clerk; Emily Poole, daughter married 27, all born Ireland; William Poole, 32, son-in-law, stock broker born Liverpool, with William, aged 4, Samuel T aged and Emily M, 9? months, grandchildren all born at New Brighton, Cheshire. Also living with her were John W? Townsend her unmarried nephew aged 20 who worked in the cotton saleroom, born Ireland; 3 servants; and Blakely Tarleton son in law aged 33, cotton salesman and his wife Annie aged 25, both born in Ireland. She was listed as Blakely Lorenzo Tarleton's mother-in-law in the 1881 census in Mt Pleasant Rd, Liscard, Cheshire.
     Anna Townsend and Emily Frances Handy were recorded on the 1891 census in 92 Westbourne Rd, Birkenhead, Cheshire. Emily F Poole 47, head, widow, born Ireland; William A Poole 24, son, Marion H Poole 16, daughter, both born New Brighton, Cheshire; Caroline Poole 55, Helena Poole 44, sisters in law, both born Liverpool, Sarah E Humphrey 31, domestic servant, Annie Mulqueen 24, cook, born Ireland, Anna Handy 81, mother, widow, born Ireland.
     Anna died before 3 August 1894 in Birkenhead RD, Cheshire. She was buried on 3 August 1894 in St Hillary, Wallasey, Cheshire.

     Col Bryan Townsend was born in 1648?. He was the son of Col Richard Townsend.
Bryan Townsend the heir is reputed to have been Commander of HMS "Swiftsure" (but I have found no reliable confirmation of this other than Burke's). In 1695 he was MP for Clonakilty, Co. Cork. His residence was Castletownshend. He married Mary Synge 1680, daughter of Edward Synge, D.D., Bishop of Cork and Ross. From this Synge family would come the poet J.J. Synge.
     Bryan died in 1726.

     Edwin Townsend was the son of Osborne Edwin Townsend and Violet Cunningham.

     Frances Marie Townsend was commonly known as Fanny. She was born in 1876 in Queensland. She was the youngest of the 20 children (by 3 wives)of Captain William Townsend & Elizabeth Salmon Thomas. For the 'work in progress' see http://captainwilliamtownsend.blogspot.com/. "Fanny" was an accomplished musician, and studied in London during the 1890s according to the on-line newspapers from the National Library.
     Dr George William Frederic Paul married Frances Marie Townsend as his second wife, on 27 December 1905 in St Kilda, Victoria.
     Frances and George were registered at Cnr Vulture & Main Sts, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, on the 1913 electoral roll.
     Frances and George were registered at Cnr Vulture & Main Sts, Kangaroo Point, on the 1925 electoral roll.
     Frances died on 20 September 1962. She was buried in the cemetery, Toowong. Frances Marie Paul died 20 Sep 1962 aged 86. She is buried with her husband, father in law and her son.