Joseph
Tower
Born about in Rhode Island, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Tower
and Ann (Finney) Tower
Brother of
Joshua Tower, Benjamin Tower, George Tower, Nathaniel Tower, William Tower, Phebe (Tower) Buck, Ann (Tower) Delesdernier, Ruth (Tower) Thornton and Gideon Tower
Husband of
Sarah (Maxwell) Tower
— married
14 Jan 1808 (to before 1822) in Westmorland, New Brunswick
Husband of
Mary (Ward) Tower
— married
26 Sep 1822 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Gideon Tower, Joshua Tower, Joseph Tower, Silas Tower, Milledge Tower, Sarah H. (Tower) Buck, Mary Jane (Tower) Read, Robert Tower, Christopher Tower, Rufus Tower, William (Tower) Towers, Ruth (Tower) Kirk, Nancy Jane Tower and Jonathon Tower
Died
at about age 69
in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2018
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Biography
Joseph Tower (Benjamin , Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born about 1786. He died on 15 Jan 1857 and was buried in Rockport (GR25), Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.[1]
Joseph married (1) Sarah Maxwell, daughter of Gershom Maxwell and Nancy Tower, on 14 Jan 1808 in , Westmorland Co., NB. Sarah was born on 5 Sep 1788 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB. She died between 1818 and 1822 (DOB of last child-husband's 2nd marriage). They had the following children:
- 83 M i Gideon Tower was born about 1808.
- + 84 M ii Joshua Tower was born about 1810.
- + 85 M iii Silas Tower was born about 1814 and died on 17 Mar 1890.
- + 86 M iv Joseph Tower was born about 1818.
Joseph also married (2) Mary Ward, daughter of Jonathan Ward and Dorothy (Dolly) Maxwell, on 26 Sep 1822 in , Westmorland Co., NB. Mary was born on 26 Jan 1801 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB. She died on 22 Jan 1879 and was buried in Rockport (GR25), Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB. They had the following children:
- + 87 M v Milledge Tower was born about 1824.
- + 88 F vi Sarah H. Tower was born about 1826 and died on 29 Dec 1899.
- + 89 F vii Mary Jane Tower was born on 20 Apr 1829 and died on 29 Jan 1912.
- + 90 M viii Robert Tower was born on 1 May 1831 and died on 29 Mar 1903.
- + 91 M ix William Tower was born about 1834.
- + 92 M x Christopher Tower was born about 1835.
- + 93 M xi Rufus Tower was born on 13 May 1837 and died on 17 Sep 1907.
- 94 F xii Ruth Tower was born about 1839 in , , NB.
- 95 F xiii Nancy Tower was born about 1840 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
- 96 M xiv Jonathan Tower was born about 1847 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #31362368
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171114204209/http://home.earthlink.net/~dougayer/tower/pafg07.htm#2233
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
Kathy (Phelan) Phelan Mangen
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Mike Bennett :
23andMe, GEDmatch M936934 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Lambert :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #99466
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~0.78%
Linda (Tower) Freeto :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Sharon Manson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan (Manson) Rickards :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Bette (Pye) Wing :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan (Souriolle) Cox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A350093 [compare], Ancestry member susancox1059
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~0.78%
E. (Wry) Ochowicz :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Paul Bumpus :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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