Elisha Towle

Brief Life History of Elisha

When Elisha Towle was born on 23 July 1715, in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Towle, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Bowden, was 44. He married Anne Vittum on 1 March 1739, in Hampton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hampton, Talbot, Maryland, United States in 1738. He died on 29 May 1759, in Hampton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Elisha Towle
1715–1759
Anne Vittum
1718–
Marriage: 1 March 1739
Benjamin Towle
1735–1831
Elisha Towle
1739–1820
William S. Towle
1740–1825
Abigail Towle
1741–1815
Anne Towle
1743–1821
Jeremiah Towle
1752–1754
Sarah Towle
1756–1759
Joshua Towle
1758–1758

Sources (4)

  • Elisha Towle, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Elisha Towle in entry for Precilla Philbrick, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • Elisha Towle, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"

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Name Meaning

English (mainly Nottinghamshire):

from Middle English Tolle or Tole, usually a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, a well-used personal name by the Normans in Normandy and England and ultimately from Old Norse Thóraldr(Thórr the god Thor + vald ‘power, rule’). Middle English Tole was also an Anglicized form of Old Norse Tóli (see Tooley ) and could alternatively have derived from Old English Tola. Compare Tolson .

variant of Towell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Mrs. Anna B. Glancy 42327 born East Boston, Massachusetts Wife of Robert E. Glancy Descendant of Corp. Elisha Towle, Sgt. Jethro Blake, Nathan Blake, and Samuel Prescott, all of New Hampshire …

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