John Tower Sr.

• Preferred Name: John Tower Sr.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]}
  
• Alternate Name: John Tower
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 16 FEB 1701 in High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.2167 LONG: E70.8875
  
• FSID: LC6G-Q6T
  
• Birth: 14 MAY 1609 in Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.5738 LONG: E0.9856
  
• Christening: 14 MAY 1609 in Hingham, Norfolk, England at LATI: N2.5833 LONG: E0.9833 with note: Removed reference to UK prior to 1801.
  
• Death: 13 FEB 1701 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N2.2418 LONG: E70.8899 with note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28416967
  
• Occupation: Farmer
  
• Occupation: farmer, planter, way-warden, constable, and fence-viewer ( from wikipedia:A Fence Viewer is a town or city official who administers fence laws by inspecting new fences and settles disputes arising from trespass by livestock that have escaped enclosure)
  
• Residence: Main Street., south of the garrison house, near Tower's Bridge in South Hingham, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States at LATI: N2.1952 LONG: E70.8759
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28416967
  
  Gravestone inscription:
  "IN MEMORY OF
  JOHN TOWER
  BORN IN HINGHAM
  NORFOLK CO. ENGLAND
  MAY 14, 1609
  AND
  MARGARET IBROOK
  HIS WIFE
  FOUNDERS OF THE
  TOWER FAMILY
  IN AMERICA
  JOHN TOWER
  1609 - 1701"
  
  John probably was one of the religiously persecuted settlers of Hingham, MA, as chronicled here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts.
  
  His father probably stayed in England (he died there).
  
  John TowerBIRTH May 1609 Hingham, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
  DEATH 13 Feb 1701 (aged 91) Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  BURIAL High Street Cemetery Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  MEMORIAL ID 28416967 · View Source
  
  Son of Robert and Dorothy (Damon) Tower.
  Husband of Margaret (Ibrook) Tower.
  
  John was baptized in May, 1609 in Hingham, England.
  John left England and arrived in Massachusetts on June 1, 1637 and married Margaret Ibrook on February 13, 1638 in Charlestown.
  
  He was one of the proprietors of Hingham, Massachusetts were he settled on Bachelor's Row (now Main Street). He initially started out with three acres of land and through the years purchased more acreage. He had also purchased some acres in Cohasset (then part of Hingham).
  In 1645 he was one of the seven men chosen to oversee the prudential affairs of the town.
  Some of the occupations that he was listed as having were: farmer, planter, way-warden, constable, and fence-viewer.
  In 1675, during King Philip’s War, John was allowed to fortify his house with a garrison.
  
  His house, today known as the Tower Homestead, near Tower Brook, Tower’s Bridge, and Tower Brook Road, still stands. [Although, according to William R. Cutter’s Genealogical and Personal Memoirs published in 1908: “Three of his sons built houses on this lot also, and some of the land has remained in the possession of descendants to the present time. The old house was torn down soon after 1800.”]
  
  Family Members
  Spouse Margaret Ibrook Tower 1620–1700
  Children
  John T. Tower 1639–1693
  Ibrook Tower 1644–1732
  Hannah Tower Whipple 1652–1722
  Inscription
  "IN MEMORY OF JOHN TOWER BORN IN HINGHAMNORFOLK CO. ENGLAND MAY 14, 1609 AND MARGARET IBROOK HIS WIFE
  FOUNDERS OF THE TOWER FAMILY IN AMERICA
  JOHN TOWER 1609 - 1701"
  Gravesite Details The Tower Memorial was constructed in 1913 and dedicated on July 3, 1914.
  
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  Today I am sending a short story by Estella Marchant.
  The place is Summit County, Massachusetts.
  
  Estella: Now this John Tower married our ancestor’s sister, so we tie in at his parents. On this To
  
  === Line 18060 from GEDCOM File not recogniz ===
  Line 18060 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BIRT DATE BAPT 17 MAY 1609 Line 18064 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: CHR PLAC Parish Of Hingham, Norfolk, England Line 18068 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: BAPL 30 SEP 1933 2 Line 18069 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: ENDL 26 JAN 1934 2 Line 18364 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGS 26 JUL 1967 AZ 2
  
  === !AF-Margaret IBROOK md. John TOWER. !PRF ===
  !AF-Margaret IBROOK md. John TOWER. !PRF CD #2-John TOWER b. abt 14 May 1609, d. 1702 Prob. Hingham, Plymouth, MA, md. Margaret IBROOK.
  
  === REFN: 27739 [entirefamily.ged] REFN2773 ===
  REFN: 27739 [entirefamily.ged] REFN27739[entirefamily.ged] REFN57332[entiref amily.ged] REFN58233
  
  === John Tower was the son of Robert Tower, ===
  John Tower was the son of Robert Tower, born abt 1585, buried 1 May 1634, and Doroithe Damon born abt 1590 and buried 10 Nov 1629, in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England. Robert and Doroithe were married 31 Aug 1607 according to the parish records of Hingham. Attempts to find the ancestry of Robert Tower have been unsuccessful. The Tower name is a significant one and found in other parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Ref: Tower Genealogy
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 1T4P-3K ===
  Ancestral File Number: 1T4P-3K
  
  === <442> <461> See much biog. from a Tower ===
  <442> <461> See much biog. from a Tower Genealogy by Charlemagne Tower.Pub.1891. <462> Pictures of church John Tower helped build in Hingham, MA. <463> Letter from Molly Adams about Hingham visit and research.
  
  === No's 1,3,4,8,10--Birth, bapt, mar dates, ===
  No's 1,3,4,8,10--Birth, bapt, mar dates, confby town clerk, Hingham; #2, prob d. young no further rec. Hingham. #5 conf, no death rec No's 6,7,9--Have birth, bapt and con, but no marriages.
  
  === Name Suffix: SR. Ancestral File Nu ===
  Name Suffix: SR. Ancestral File Number: 1T4P-3K
  
  === Line in Record @I4673@ (RIN 4664) from G ===
  Line in Record @I4673@ (RIN 4664) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _PRIMARY Y Line in Record @I4673@ (RIN 4664) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _PRIMARY Y
  
  === New England Genealogical and Historical ===
  New England Genealogical and Historical Registry Apr 1938pg 192 "immigrated to New England in 1637 and settled at Hingham and married at Charlestowon, Mass. ..was admitted a freeman 13 Mar 1638/39 he died 92 yrs. 9 Months 0 days." New England Historical and Genealogical Register Oct 1951 pg 269 Jul 1848 pg 251 first settlers in Hingham between 1635-40 Internet gendex The Founders of New England PG 79 BY Samuel Drake immigrated to New England in 1637- Daniel Cushing record
  
  === [Wings-I HOPE.FTW] ! HIST OF HING VOL 3 ===
  [Wings-I HOPE.FTW] ! HIST OF HING VOL 3 PGS 251 & 252.
  
  === An church record, referenced by but no ===
  An church record, referenced by but not identified by a Tower descendant, in England indicates that the baptismal date is May 14, 1609. John came to New England in 1637. He came on the coattails of Rev. Peter Hobart, pastor of the Hingham church (England).
  
  === !SOURCE: History of the Town of Hingham, ===
  !SOURCE: History of the Town of Hingham, Mass FHL book "became a resident of Hing., 1637. He was made freeman 13 March, 1638-39. In his deposition concerning the highway near the residences of John Foulsham and Matthew Hawke, 9 Jan. 1676-77, and recorded in the selectmen's first book of rec's, his age is given at "about 69 years." Upon his arrival in Hing. he had a grant of three acres of land for a house-lot on Bachelor (Main) St.,nearly opp. what is now Water St. He also had other lands granted to him at subsequent dates. In 1654, his name appears among others from Hing. upon the records of Lancaster, Mass. It is doubtful, however, whether he ever resided there. His home place, which has been held in the family name through successive generations, and is still recognized as "the old Tower estate," was on Main St., next south of the garrison house, near Tower's Bridge, So. Hing. Sept. 6, 1657, he purchased of William Cockraine, Jr., Att'y, land at Great Lots; also at Cooper's Island, in the sec. pre. Apr 18, 1661, he bought of Edward Wilder, "planter," dw.-house, orchard, etc., with five acres of land which was given by the town of Hing. to Martha Wilder, the mother of Edward; also a lot of three acres, and another lot of four acres which the said Edward had previously purchased of Samuel Ward. Also three acres of Salt-marsh lying in the Conahasset marshes, next adjoining Henry Chamberlain's. Deed recorded 13 May, 1673. In 1645 he was one of the seven men "chosen out of the body of the town, as well non-freemam as freeman," to order the prudential affairs of the town. "Farmer;" or, as he is called in conveyances "planter." Fence-viewer 1669, etc." SOURCE: Richard Cutter's New England Families vol 1 p 326. TOWER. (pages 251-267) THANK YOU Lisa Whiting for transcribing the following. John, s. of Robert and Dorothy (Damon) Tower, and bt. in Hing., Eng., May 17, 1609, became a resident of our Hing., 1637. He was made freeman 13 March, 1638-39. In his deposition concerning the highway near the residences of John Foulsham and Matthew Hawke, 9 Jan. 1676-77, and recorded in the selectmen's first book of rec's, his age is given at "about 69 years." The year of his birth, therefore, was not far from 1608, which coincides very nearly with the date of his baptism. Upon his arrival in Hing. he had a grant of three acres of land for a house-lot on Bachelor (Main) St., nearly opp. what is now Water St. He also had other lands granted to him at subsequent dates. In 1654, his name appears among others from Hing. upon the rec's of Lancaster, Mass. It is doubtful, however, whether he ever resided there. His home place, which has been held in the family name through successive generations, and is still recognized as "the old Tower estate," was on Main St., next south of the garrison house, near Tower's Bridge, So. Hing. Sept. 6, 1657, he purchased of William Cockraine, Jr., Att'y, land at Great Lots; also at Cooper's Island, in the sec. pre. Apr. 18, 1661, he bought of Edward Wilder, "planter," dw.-house, orchard, etc., with five acres of land which was given by the town of Hing. to Martha Wilder, the mother of Edward; also a lot of three acres, and another lot of four acres which the said Edward had previously purchased of Samuel Ward. Also three acres of salt-marsh lying in the Conahasset marshes, next adjoining Henry Chamberlin's. Deed recorded 13 May, 1673. In 1645 he was one of the seven men "chosen out of the body of the town, as well non-freeman as freeman," to order the prudential affairs of the town. "Farmer;" or, as he is called in conveyances "planter." Fence-viewer 1669, etc. He m. Feb. 13, 1638-39, Margaret, dau. of Richard Ibrook. She d. 15 May, 1700. He d. 13 Feb. 1701-2, æt. 93 yrs. Ch., all b. or bt. in Hing., were---- 2. i. John, Dec. 13, 1639. ii. Jonathan, Aug. 1, 1641; prob. d. young. 3. iii. Ibrook, Feb. 1643-44. 4. iv. Jeremiah, March 9, 1645-46. v. Elizabeth, June 4, 1648, m. Oct. 9, 1667, William Roberts. vi. Sarah, July 16, 1650. vii. Hannah, July 17, 1652, m. Dec. 13, 1677, David Whipple. 5. viii. Benjamin, Nov. 5, 1654. ix. Jemima, Apr. 25, 1659. 6. x. Samuel, Jan. 26, 1661-62.
  
  === "Tower Genealogy"; Charlemagne Tower; pp ===
  "Tower Genealogy"; Charlemagne Tower; pp 1 - NEED PAGE TWO contd... NE Mar Prior to 1700; Torrey; pp 748

• m. 13 FEB 1639 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Ibrook Tower, b. 7 FEB 1644 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America     d. 22 NOV 1732 in Cohasset, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: The Tower Genalogical Society
   Publication: Name: http://www.towergenealogy.com/;
   
2. Title: John Tower, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1609)
   Author: "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7N4-R23 : 6 November 2020), John Tower, 1609.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7N4-R23;
   
3. Title: JOHN TOWER, "BillionGraves Index"
   Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-RXFY : 27 February 2017), JOHN TOWER, died 1701; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-RXFY;
   
4. Title: Geneanet Community Trees Index
   Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/kaper6?n=tower&oc=&p=john+s;
   
5. Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2204/records/941058;
   
6. Title: John Tower, "BillionGraves Index"
   Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-ZNDY : 24 June 2015), John Tower, died 1701; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-ZNDY;
   
7. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Author: Book Title: The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England and descendants :
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/117096;
   
8. Title: John Tower in entry for Ibrook Tower, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   Author: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-17J : 15 January 2020), John Tower in entry for Ibrook Tower, 1643.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKX-17J;
   Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
   
9. Title: Joseph Tower in "The Tower Genealogy"
   Author: Tower, Charlemagne. Tower Genealogy. An Account of the Descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, 1891, pp.101-2, 135-6. Tower Family Website and some libraries have published copies
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/towergenealogyac00towe/page/134/mode/2up;
   Note: Book lists the descendents of John Tower, including information regarding their spouses and children thru to the date the book was published. In addition to the genealogy there is historical information about the lives, achievements and military service of family members.
   Page: p. 1
   
10. Title: John Tower freeman at Hingham 1638/9 Massachusetts Bay Company Records (see also image in Memories tab)
    Author: Source: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (MBCR), Vol. 1 (1853), pp. 374-375. (archive.org)
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/recordsofgoverno01mass/page/375/mode/1up;
    
11. Title: John Tower freeman at Hingham described in Great Migration Newsletter
    Author: Great Migration Newsletter, vol. 7 (1998), p. 29, “Focus on Hingham”. (AmericanAncestors.org / NEHGS)
    Note: John Tower listed as Freeman at Hingham, Massachusetts on 13 Jan 1638/9.
    
12. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
    
13. Title: Tower in entry for Benjamin Tower, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-KJF : 20 May 2022), Tower in entry for Benjamin Tower, 24 Mar 1722; citing Death, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-KJF;
    
14. Title: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    Author: Source Information Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=BXr1&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=John%20&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Tower&gsln_x=0&msypn__ftp=Hingham,%20Norfolk,%20England&msypn=86033&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C0%7C3257%7C3251%7C0%7C0%7C0%7C5276%7C86033%7C0%7C&MSAV=1&msbdy=1609&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=2ha&pcat=34&h=122745974&db=FS1EnglandBirthsandChristenings&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2;
    Note: This collection includes birth and christening records from England
    Page: Evidence of birth, residence and family relations.
    
15. Title: John Tower, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-HSJ8 : 9 June 2021), John Tower, ; Burial, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, High Street Cemetery; citing record ID 28416967, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-HSJ8;
    Page: Find A Grave Index
    
16. Title: John Chester in entry for Sarah, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
    Author: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-4KCY : 15 April 2022), John Chester in entry for Sarah, 20 Feb 1683; citing Marriage, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-4KCY;
    Page: Data matches
    
17. Title: JOHN TOWER, "BillionGraves Index"
    Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-RXFY : 27 February 2017), JOHN TOWER, died 1701; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-RXFY;
    
18. Title: John Tower, "BillionGraves Index"
    Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-52V7 : 24 June 2015), John Tower, died 1701; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-52V7;
    
19. Title: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/10371;
    
20. Title: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
    Author: Place: Hingham, Massachusetts; Year: 1637; Page Number: 294
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/1054560;
    
21. Title: Book: History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume 3 (1893)
    Author: History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume 3 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1893), 251-252.
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofh03hing#page/250;
    
22. Title: Headstone image of John Tower from billiongraves.com
    Author: Transcription of headstone image from billiongraves.com. Image taken at High Street Cemetery (Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States) on 17 July 2014
    Publication: Name: http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/JOHNTOWER/9411361?utm_campaign=treeconnect&utm_source=familysearch.org&utm_medium=sourcelink;
    Note: Name: John Tower Birth: 14 May 1609 Death: 1701 Burial: High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    
23. Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Tower
    Author: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/25378826;
    Note: Evidence of death for John Tower (1609-1701)
    
24. Title: Jemima Tower, in Tower genealogy. An account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. pp. 1, 59 [birth, marriage]
    Author: Tower genealogy. An account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. by Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889 Publication date 1891 Pages 1-46
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/towergenealogyac00towe/page/n21/mode/2up;
    Note: John" Tower1, son of Robert and Dorothy (Damon) Tower, bapt. May 17, 1609; mar. Margaret Ibrook, Feb. 13, 1638-9, in Charlestown, Mass. She was b. in England, date not known, and was dau. of Richard Ibrook. Childr. all born in Hingham, Mass. 2. I. John2 bapt. Dec. 13, 1639. II. Jonathan2 bapt." Aug. 1, 1641 ; died, unmar. 3. II. Ibrook2 bapt. Feb. 7, 1643-4. 4. IV. Jeremiah2 bapt. March 9, 1645-6. 5. U. Elizabeth2 bapt. Oct. 9, 1648. 6. VI. Sarah2 bapt. July 16. 16.30. 7. VII. Hannah2 bapt. July 17, 1652. 8. VIII Benjamin2 bapt. Nov. 5, 1654. 9. IX. Jemima2 born April 25, 1660. 10. X. Samuel2 born Jan. 26, 1661-2. John Tower1, died in Hingham, Mass., Feb. 13, 1701-2, ag. 92 y. 9 m. d. Margaret (Ibrook) Tower, died in Hingham, Mass., May 15, 1700, ag. about 83. (Many pages of additional information on this family follows.)
    Page: Same name and family
    
25. Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for John Tower
    Author: Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/25378615;
    Note: Marriage record of John Tower and Margaret Ibrook
    Page: Evidence of marriage between John Tower and Margaret Ibrook.
    
26. Title: John Sr. Tower in entry for Margaret Tower, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    Author: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-9V9 : 20 May 2022), John Sr. Tower in entry for Margaret Tower, 15 May 1700; citing Death, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1S-9V9;
    Page: Same name and spouse
    
27. Title: Headstone image of John Tower from billiongraves.com
    Author: Transcription of headstone image from billiongraves.com. Image taken at High Street Cemetery (Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States) on 16 July 2014
    Publication: Name: http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/JohnTower/9395649?utm_campaign=treeconnect&utm_source=familysearch.org&utm_medium=sourcelink;
    Note: Name: John Tower Birth: 1609 Death: 1701 Burial: High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
    
28. Title: The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640
    Author: Place: Hingham, Massachusetts; Year: 1637; Page Number: 294 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/25379147;
    Note: Evidence of immigration record for John Tower (1609-1701)
    
29. Title: John Tower, "BillionGraves Index"
    Author: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-ZNDY : 24 June 2015), John Tower, died 1701; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at High Street Cemetery, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPD-ZNDY;
    
30. Title: John Tower, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-HSJ8 : 9 June 2021), John Tower, ; Burial, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, High Street Cemetery; citing record ID 28416967, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVY-HSJ8;
    
31. Title: Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61175/records/20227;
    
32. Title: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28416967/john-tower;
    
33. Title: Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
    Author: Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 575/1
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61045/records/3402236;