Philip TOWLE

Abt 1616 - 1696  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Philip TOWLE
  Born	Abt 1616	Crediton, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6790DC7FBB5E45BB877F267A0F79F46AF75E
  Died	11 Dec 1696	Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH   [2]
  Buried	Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH
  	Grave location: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98901600
  Notes	Jones, William Haslet, "Philip Towle, Hampton, New Hampshire: His English Origins and Some American Descendants," (1995). Jones states in the introduction at pages v.-vi., "...it seems more than likely that Philip Towle came from the parish of Crediton, County Devon, England." The name "Philip Towle" was common in Devonshire. When he emigrated is not known. His name is not found at Hampton in any early land owner records. He signed the Oath of Allegiance April 25, 1678 and became a freeman June 23, 1681. (Jones, p. 6) In an update of this book on the Towles: Philip Towle, Hampton, New Hampshire His English Origins and Some American Descendants, William Haslet Jones, Heritage Books, Inc. published August 1, 2012. The author has found, "The English home of Philip Towle, an early settler of Hampton, New Hampshire, has been established with a high degree of certainty to be the parish of Crediton, County Devon (sometimes referred to as County Devonshire). His ancestry in County Devon was traced back four generations to Roger Toolie, born about 1545 at Colebrooke, Devon. Crediton parish records, records of adjacent parishes, Devon will lists, Subsidy Rolls, and 1641 Protection Rolls are all presented as proof of Philip Towle's English origin. The name was very common in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in County Devonshire along the River Exe. The name was generally spelled Towell, but Towle was a common variant. "For the time period from 1577 through 1650, the name Philip Towell/Towle appears some 16 times in English records. All of these entries occurred in Co. Devon. And with two exceptions, all of these men named Philip Towle lived in or near the parish of Crediton. It therefore seems quite likely that this was the home of Philip Towle of Hampton, N.H." "One individual named Philip Towle was found of the correct age living at Crediton in Co. Devonshire. Perhaps he was the immigrant, since he is not named in later records. This Philip Towle was named in the 1641 Protection Record for Devonshire at Crediton. He was born about 1616 the son of Philip Towell and his wife Margaret Whyte." ---------------- He arrived in Hampton just a short while before his marriage. He bought land and the deed was from the Rev. John Wheelwright, the founder of Exeter, who had been third pastor in Hampton. The land is described as follows: 'one messuage, or dwelling-house, with the other out-housing thereunto belonging; as also a house Lott adjoining thereunto, containing by estimaccon seven acres and a halfe more or less (being formerly the house and land of Henry Ambrose) butting upon the highway leading to Exiter with one end, and with the other upon the land of John Marian, lijng between the lands of the sayd John Marian on the west and the land of Jasper Blake easterly." He was an average "yeoman" in the community and didn't appear in many records. When Philip was about 60 years old, he, along with five others, were fined "for taking tobacko neare ye meetinghouse in ye face of ye court, were fined each of them ten shillings according to law.' The law was an act of the town meeting Feb. 14, 1676, recorded as follows: 'To prvent Danger by fire itt is ordered thatt if any prson shall take any tabaco, or Carrie any fire or make use of any fire in the new meeting House or fortt yard, they shall forfitt ten shillings for Every such offense, the one Halfe to the Informer & the other Halfe to the Towne." History of Hampton: "The house-lot here described has ever since remained in the Towle family, and is now John A. Towle's homestead." [born 1827; page 1016] "Before he settled down to farming, Mr. Towle probably led a sea-faring life, as in the deed he is styled 'seaman." [3]
  Person ID	I6861	Master File
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Philip Towle,   b. 1590, Crediton, Devonshire, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1631, Crediton, Devonshire, England  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Margaret Whyte,   b. 19 Jul 1591, Crediton, Devonshire, England ,   d. 11 Jun 1624, Crediton, Devonshire, England  (Age 32 years)
  Married	09 Jun 1610	Crediton, Devonshire, England
  	Source: Stanley Vogt swvogt4650@hotmail.com
  Family ID	F11037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella AUSTIN,   b. Abt 1633, Colchester, Essexshire, England ,   d. 7 Dec 1719, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1657	Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH
  	Source: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Name: Philip Towle Gender: Male Birth Year: 1616 Spouse Name: Isabella Austin Spouse Birth Year: 1633 Marriage Year: 1657 Number Pages: 1 Source: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1985; Reprinted 1997, page 749. Source: Vital Records of Hampton New Hampshire to the End of the Year 1900,George Freeman Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992, Vol 1, p. 73. Source: Philip Towle, Hampton, New Hampshire His English Origins and Some American Descendants, William H. Jones, Heritage Books, Inc., p.123: "Philip Towle married, Nov. 19, 1657, Isabella, daughter of Francis and Isabella (Bland) Austin of Colchester, England, and Hampton, NH, and granddaughter of John and Joanna Bland of Edgartown, England"
  Children	1. Philip TOWLE,   b. 3 May 1659, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH ,   d. 17 Jun 1717, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH  (Age 58 years)   2. Caleb TOWLE,   b. 17 May 1661, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH ,   d. 13 Jun 1677, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH  (Age 16 years)   3. Joshua TOWLE,   b. 29 Jun 1663, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH ,   d. 25 Sep 1715, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH  (Age 52 years)   4. Mary TOWLE,   b. 1665 + 5. Joseph TOWLE,   b. 04 May 1669, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH ,   d. 02 Sep 1757, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH  (Age 88 years)   6. Benjamin TOWLE,   b. 04 May 1669, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH ,   d. 09 May 1759, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH  (Age 90 years)   7. Francis TOWLE,   b. 01 Aug 1672, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH   8. John TOWLE,   b. 23 Jul 1674, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH + 9. Caleb TOWLE,   b. 14 Apr 1678, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH ,   d. 20 Sep 1763, Chester, Rockingham Co. NH  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2013
  Family ID	F4864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] History of the Town of Hampton New Hampshire, Joseph Dow, (Salem Press Publishing and Printing Co., Salem, MA, 1894), p. 1000. [S51] Vital Records of Hampton New Hampshire to the End of the Year 1900, George Freeman Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992), Vol 1, p. 119.. [S46] Entertaining Satan-Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England-, John Putnam Demos, (Oxford University Press ), Chapter 10.