Philip TOWLE

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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."

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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."


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Philip married Isabella AUSTIN 19 Nov 1657, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH. Isabella (daughter of Francis AUSTIN and Isabella BLAND) was born Abt 1633, Colchester, Essexshire, England; was christened 09 Jun 1633, Great Gidding, Huntingdonshire England; died 7 Dec 1719, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH. [Group Sheet]

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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"

1. Philip TOWLE was born 3 May 1659, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH; died 17 Jun 1717, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.
2. Caleb TOWLE was born 17 May 1661, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH; died 13 Jun 1677, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.
3. Joshua TOWLE was born 29 Jun 1663, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; died 25 Sep 1715, Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.
4. Mary TOWLE was born 1665.
5. Joseph TOWLE was born 04 May 1669, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH; died 02 Sep 1757, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.
6. Benjamin TOWLE was born 04 May 1669, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH; died 09 May 1759, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.
7. Francis TOWLE was born 01 Aug 1672, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH.
8. John TOWLE was born 23 Jul 1674, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH.
9. Caleb TOWLE was born 14 Apr 1678, Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH; died 20 Sep 1763, Chester, Rockingham Co. NH; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham Co. NH.

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Source: Stanley Vogt swvogt4650@hotmail.com

Philip married Margaret Whyte 09 Jun 1610, Crediton, Devonshire, England. Margaret was born 19 Jul 1591, Crediton, Devonshire, England; died 11 Jun 1624, Crediton, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Source: Stanley Vogt swvogt4650@hotmail.com

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Source: Stanley Vogt swvogt4650@hotmail.com