Name: John Towner
      Sex: M

          Birth: 1687 - Guilford, CT
    Christening: 
          Death: May 1759
         Burial: 
Cause of Death: 

         Father: Richard Towner (1650-1727)
         Mother: Mary ? (          -          )

1.  *Jane French (18 Nov 1679 - 4 May 1759) 
       Marriage: 13 Aug 1707 - Derby, New Haven Co. CT
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Towner (               -           )
                2. Jane Towner (               -           )
                3. Phineas Towner (28 Apr 1708 - 1767)
                4. Martha Eunice Towner (1710 -           )
                5. Elizabeth Towner (23 Mar 1710 -           )
                6. Joseph Towner (22 Apr 1712 -           )
                7. John Towner (29 Jan 1714 - 1805)

In Derby, later known as Oxford, in 1718, he was rated on t he tax list at 48 pounds of sterling, In 1740, his name wa s signed to a petition for society privileges and presente d to the General Court of CT which is on file in the stat e library at Hartford CT. In vol. 8 pg. 394 of the Colomia l Records it is stated that John Towner, in 1741, was in th e Northwest part of Derby, Then called Derby Woods.