Reuben
Tower
Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Isaiah Tower
and Hannah (Jacob) Tower
Husband of
Rebekah (Hathaway) Tower
— married
2 Dec 1819 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Reuben Tower Jr, Rebekah (Tower) Wilder, Betsey Ann (Tower) Stodder, Caroline (Tower) Bowditch, William Sewell Tower, John Brooks Tower, Andrew Tower, James Grenville Tower, Henry Thomas Tower, George Franklin Tower, Charles Stewart Tower, Charles Stewart Tower, Adeline Edwards Tower and Hannah Jacob Tower
Died
at age 86
in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jun 2016
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Biography
Reuben was born in 1795. He was the son of Isaiah Tower and Hannah Jacob.[1]
He married [[Hathaway-1937|Rebecca Hathaway] 2 Dec 1819 in Hingham.[2]
He passed away in 1881.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3F-S5P : 10 February 2018), Reuben Tower, 07 Jul 1795; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR2-TLV : 5 November 2017), Reuben Tower and Rebeckah Hathaway, 02 Dec 1819; citing Marriage, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
- ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.262, p.264
Notes
References to children's deaths were removed to the individual child's profiles.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben 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 Reuben:
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Tower-2645 and Tower-2983 appear to represent the same person because: my mistake
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