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Ann (Finney) Tower (1747 - abt. 1807)

Ann Tower formerly Finney
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , and [half]
Wife of — married 1 May 1766 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswickmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 59 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswickmap
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Biography

Ann Finney was born on August 26, 1747 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay [1] daughter of Nathaniel Finney and Hannah Wood.

Anne married Benjamin Tower on May 1, 1766 in Sackville, New Brunswick.[2]

Marriage 01 May 1766 • Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

  1. Birth of Son Joshua Tower(1763–) 02 May 1763 • Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
  2. Birth of Son William Tower(1766–) 1766
  3. Birth of Daughter Ruth Tower(1766–) 1766
  4. Birth of Son Benjamin Tower(1770–1851) 03 May 1770 • Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada,
  5. Birth of Son George Tower(1772–1850) 30 Apr 1772 • Sackville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
  6. Birth of Son Nathaniel Tower(1774–) 31 Oct 1774 • Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
  7. Birth of Daughter Phebe Tower(1777–) 1777 • Sackville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
  8. Birth of Daughter Ann Tower(1785–1815) 1785 • Sackville, Westmoreland, New Brunswick, Canada
  9. Birth of Son Gideon Tower(1791–) 1791 • Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

Husband's Will

The will of Benjamin Tower, dated Jul 7, 1804, and proved July 14 that same year, states:[3]

Parish of Sackville, Westmorland County, Yeoman. Will dated 7 July 1804, proved 14 July 1804. Wife Ann one third of real estate while widow, with a comfortable privilege in my dwelling and the use of my household furniture. Two youngest sons Joseph and Gideon my homestead farm with the dwelling house and buildings. The rest of my sons and daughters, Joshua Tower, Benjamin Tower, George Tower, William Tower, Phebe Buck, Ann Tower and Ruth Tower, the residue of my real and personal estate. Gideon Palmer Esq. of Dorchester and James Rogers of Sackville executors and to each 5 shillings. Witnesses: Catharine Palmer, Samuel Ballaou, Timothy Lockhart. Inventory, filed 24 May 1805, valued at £522 by the executors, James Rogers and Gideon Palmer.

Research notes

She seems to have died ca 1807, when her youngest son Gideon was given a guardian.[4]


Sources

  1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-TDJX ]
  2. ↑ Sackville Township Record Book - Tower
  3. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835. Will of Benjamin Tower, Jul 14 1804. Sackville, Westmoreland. Reference 9397. Accessed 2021.
  4. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835. Probate for Benjamin Tower, Sackville, Westmoreland, 13 May 1807. Reference 9398. Accessed 2021.

See also:

  • New Brunswick Genealogy Society, First Families - Tower




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